Death Sentence For Two Negro Bandits In Fla
In Wewahitchka Florida a circuit judge imposed the death penalty on Wilbur Lee and Freddie Pitts after they pled guilty to a $131 service station robbery and the killings of two white attendants. The white jury did not mercy the pair, sending them to Raiford state prison for execution. Pitts claimed fear after Lee beat the men. Pitts admitted firing the fatal shots.
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William L. Fitzpatrick
Raiford
Lee
Pitts
Jessie Burkett
Grover Floyd Jr
White City
Civil rights march in Washington marks a beginning
The massive Washington march drew about 200000 participants. Leaders including Martin Luther King Jr declared the event a start, urging action on Kennedy's civil rights bill while noting Congress may not move quickly. Kennedy met with leaders afterward acknowledging a long road ahead.
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Washington
America
Lincoln Memorial
Martin Luther King Jr
Kennedy
Congress
King
FTC’s Landmark Rulings On Honest Product Demos
Washington report notes the FTC’s strict standards for television product demonstrations. It cites cases requiring real materials in ads such as sandpaper for shaving cream and glass for transparency tests, and hints at a groundbreaking future case on deceptive ad practice.
Chamber Fights Rail Freight Rate Increase
Monroe's Chamber of Commerce collaborates with the Louisiana Wholesale Grocery Association and the Louisiana Manufacturers Association to oppose proposed rail rate changes. If sufficient protests reach by September 5, the plan could fail. proposed rules cut free loading time to 24 hours and add escalating daily charges including weekends and holidays. Local officials warn the amendment would cause costly hardships and potential loss of thousands in business. Protests should go to Mrs C A Lauby in Washington DC and copies to the Monroe Chamber.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Wholesale Grocery Association
Louisiana Manufacturers Association
Monroe Chamber
J. C.moses Loftin
American Association of Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Legislative Committee
Fred Fudickar Jr
C. A. Lauby
The
Association of American Railroads
Transportation Building
Washington , D.C
Fadickar
Nation's Plenty Described At Rotary Club Meet
John A Laberee of Du Pont outlines American abundance at the Monroe Rotary Club noting that motive and tools distinguish the U S from other nations. He cites free individuals and savings as the backbone of growth, with modern tech driving affordable goods for workers.
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Plenty
Rotary Club
America
John A. Laberee
du Pont
United States
China
India
Man paints family names on Highway 89 rocks
John Peter Connolly, 32, of Garden Grove, California, scrubbed rocks along four miles of Highway 89 in Tahoe Valley. He had hoped painting his family’s names would be fun, but authorities ordered him to remove the paint.
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Tahoe Valley
Calif
UPI
John Peter Connolly
Garden Grove
Connolly
New Orleans Negroes Eligible for Integrated Schools
More than 300 Negro pupils are eligible to attend once segregated public schools as classes begin next Thursday. Superintendent O Perry Walker notes 309 registered may include most of the 107 Negroes who attended integrated schools last year. White admittance requests were rare and the plan shifts first and second grades to the nearest school in a single district, with third and fourth grades maintaining desegregation placement rules.
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New Orleans
UPS
O. Perry Walker
Physician Reconsiders Speed Kansas Church Offer
A California doctor who once offered much of Speed to atheists now proposes gifting a former bank building for a church and community center. Dr Harold Chapman says he will refurbish the derelict structure if Speed's officials accept the plan, stating he has no desire to promote atheism and Speed currently has no church.
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Phillipsburg
Kan
California
Kansas
Speed
Harold Chapman
Okalarid
Calif
Madalyn Murray
Baltimore
Stockton
Chapman
Speed Real Estate
Phillips County Review
Speed Speed
Bald Brotherhood Founded in Cologne to Help Men
In Cologne Germany Innkeeper Willy Breuer announced the formation of the National Brotherhood of the Bald to assist West German men who lose their hair in overcoming their perceived inferiority, describing the group as a support network for self confidence.
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Cologne
Germany
UPID
Willy Breuer
National Brotherhood of the Bald
Chiropractors ban personal advertising in society rules
The Louisiana Chiropractic Society, Inc. states it does not approve personal advertising and denies membership to individuals engaging in such unethical practices.
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Louisiana Chiropractic Society, Inc
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Mary Anne Corpin
Walker
Woodcrest
Sale Vos
Little Girls
W.t.grant CO
Oldsmobile-Cadillac, Inc
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