Republican drive aims at every precinct in 1956 race
Republican leaders push a nationwide campaign for 1956 with President Eisenhower pledging to do everything in his power to back the effort. A Chicago GOP meeting heard vows he will lead and campaign actively as health allows, with state and local officials predicting his re election bid.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican National Committee
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Morton M. Hollingsworth
Illinois
Harry Darby
Kansas
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
AFL and CIO merge into single labor federation
The AFL and CIO voted to unite into the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, creating the largest free world labor federation with about 16 million members. The CIO backed the merger amid strong objections from Transport Workers Union head Michael J. Quill, who warned of a CIO under AFL control.
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New York
AFL and
CIO
Free World
New Yorker
AFL
Hotel Statler
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
1St Regiment Armory
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
New York City
Subway
Quill
Dominic Merella
Wilkes-Barre
Industrial Council
United Steelworkers
Frank England
Springfield, Ill
Caudle and Connelly Blame Politics For Indictments
In St Louis a federal grand jury indicted Theron Caudle Matthew Connelly and Harry S Schwimmer on conspiring to defraud the government during the Truman era The defendants blame politics and say they are innocent Connelly alleges a group now in power in Washington called Truman a traitor and a crook while Caudle and Schwimmer deny any wrongdoing
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St, Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
Theron Lamar Caudle
Truman Administration
Truman
Connelly
New York
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Caudle
Harry S. Schwimmer
Kansas City
Schwimmer
Two Children Die as Ark Farm Home Burns Down
In Dumas Arkansas a fire swept through a farm home killing Patsy five and Richard three Thatch. Father Odell Thatch thirty nine is not expected to live and 11 month old Tommy is in critical condition. Mrs Marie Thatch twenty five and daughter Shelia six have lesser burns. Fire officials say kerosene used on a wood heater sparked the blaze.
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Dumas
Ark
Mear
Odell Thatch
Here
Patsy
Richard Thatch
Tommy
Marie Thatch
Shelia
Thatch
Georgia Governor Demands Tech Boycott If Pitt Integrates
Gov Marvin Griffin urged Georgia Board of Regents to bar Georgia Tech from the Sugar Bowl if Pittsburgh fields a Negro player or spectators are not segregated. Pitt plans fullback Bobby Grier to play and travel with the team, while Sugar Bowl sections remain nonsegregated. Griffin pressed for an immediate meeting, linking the issue to battles over school segregation and the state constitution.
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Atlanta
Marvin Griffin
State Board of Regents
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Pitt
Bobby Grier
University
Robert O. Arnold
Tech
Georgia Citizens Council
Bobby Dodd
Georgia
Supreme Court
Arnold
Griffin
University System of Georgia
Georgia States Rights and Segregation
Roy Harris
Board of Regents
All States Endorse Federal School Aid Drive
Washington AP A White House Conference on Education ends with 1800 delegates backing broader federal aid for school construction. Secretary Folsom says Eisenhower to ask Congress for expanded funds. NEA leaders praise the plan as nationwide and needs based with state discretion.
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Washington
White House
Folsom
Eisenhower
Congress
National Education Assn
John Buford
Mount Vernon
Ill
NEA
Louisiana Faces Major Segregation Battle In Federal Court
In New Orleans the NAACP lawsuit challenges Louisiana 1954 school segregation program adopted to sidestep Supreme Court rulings. The NAACP filed against the Orleans Parish School Board in U S District Court after a prior Baton Rouge ruling by Judge Coleman Lindsey upheld use of the program.
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New Orleans
NAACP
Louisiana
U. S. Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Orleans Parish
U. S
Baton Rouge
Coleman Lindsey
Labor Election Held Franklin-Up
A 79 to 69 vote favored the American Federation of Labor Chemical Workers union. Fred Lewis of the National Labor Relations Board supervised the election at Cabot Carbon Co.
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Franklin
American Federation of Labor Chemical Workers Union
Cabot Carbon Co
Fred Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Harriman Attacks Ike Surrender to Big Business in New Orleans
Gov. Averell Harriman of New York denounces President Eisenhower as surrendering the country to big business and special interests. He cites General Motors profits, criticizes Geneva talks, and urges 90 percent farm price parity, while noting uncertainty about a Democratic nomination.
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Mcintosh
Ala
Averell Harriman
New York
Eisenhower
United States
General Motors
Wyoming
O’mahoney
Washington
America
Harriman
Frank Boykin
New Orleans
Diver Rescued After 9 Hours In Cold Waters
Solomon s Md A Navy diver Joe Tallarico 35 was trapped nearly nine hours in the Patuxent River 120 feet down after his lines fouled on an anchor. He spent four hours in a decompression chamber and walked unaided from recovery last night. Fifteen divers aided his rescue near the naval ordnance laboratory test facility.
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Tallarico
Navy
Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility
Police Jury Inspects Ouachita Parish Roads Over 2 Days
Ouachita parish police jury begins a two day road inspection of parish highway department routes. Jurors survey west river roads Friday and east bank roads Saturday. About 750 miles are maintained with 90 miles paved, rest gravel. Drainage projects also reviewed.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish Highway Department
Passing Sentence Shocks New Orleans Survivor Case
A 17 year old Black youth named Isaac Peart was found guilty of raping a 21 year old white girl in Audubon park last July 16. A 12 man jury convicted him after 40 minutes of deliberation and he faces an automatic passing sentence. The attack followed a park incident where a male companion was robbed of $10. The girl identified Peart from a lineup and confessions were introduced at trial.
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New Orleans
Audubon Park
Isaac Peart
Peart
Pontiac Dealer Attacks GM as Dictator at Senate Hearing
At a Senate anti trust hearing GM President Harlow Curtice and Chairman Alfred Sloan faced fierce criticism from a Pontiac dealer and other former dealers. M H Yager of Albany described GM as arrogant and controlling, claiming dealers are pawns while GM touts value to customers.
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Washington
Senate
General Motors Corp
Pontiac
GM Command
Harlow H. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
Judiciary Subcommittee
Subcommittee
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Curtice
Judges Hand Out Fines and Set Trials in District Court
Judge Jesse S Heard presided in fourth district court Friday morning issuing fines for guilty pleas and setting trial dates for those pleading not guilty on driving offenses. Several defendants faced higher crimes including attempted manslaughter and aggravated battery with trials slated for January 23 and 24. Maurice Poisso pleaded guilty in the session.
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Jesse S. Heard
Fourth
Eugene Douglas
James L. Mathews
C. B. Moore
Andrew Fleming
Alvin B. Fletcher
R. C. Parker
Parker
R. L. Richards
L. C. Carter
Ernestine Frost Henderson
James Kennybrook
O. D. Roberson
Maurice Poisso
Clearing Weather Forecast for Twin City Area
Partly cloudy skies were forecast to clear Friday night in the Twin City area. A trace of rain fell before daylight and the morning high reached 66 degrees with a low of 49. Winds were expected from the south southwest around 15 miles per hour in the afternoon.
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Twin City
Afernoon
Monroe S D Day license sales start strong in 1956 year
Licenses for 1956 went on sale in Monroe with about 400 sold on the first day. C R Tidwell, revenue branch manager in Monroe, said the deadline is February 6 and about 60 000 licenses must be sold in the fifth district. Licenses are green with white numerals and Louisiana outline. The S D Day toll reached 65 dead nationwide in a day of hazardous driving amid rain and snow.
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Monroe
C. R. Tidwell
Department of Revenue
Tidwell
Louisiana
Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New England
Ohio
California
Adm
H. D. Miller
President’s Committee For Traffic Safety
Miller
South Grand Street
Shoes Needed to Keep Girls in School in Monroe
A mother explains that lack of shoes keeps five girls from attending school in Monroe. Frank Williams offers to work evenings to raise funds for the Good Fellows drive as donations rise with the Christmas season.
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Good Fellows
Monroe
Frank Williams
Camp Street
Good Fellows Fund
Williams
Christ
Rayville Man Killed in Braidwood Illinois Crash
Thomas A. Brown a 24 year old Rayville resident died Friday in a traffic crash in Braidwood Illinois. He worked for a seismograph firm and was en route to his job when a car skidded on ice and collided with a large truck. A second occupant was unidentified. Brown’s body was sent to Hall's Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife and daughter Sheila, his parents, maternal and paternal grandparents, and numerous uncles and aunts.
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Thomas A. Brown
Rayville
Briadwood
Ill
Brown
Illinois
Hall
Sheila
Johnny W. Brown
Jim Ross
Will Brown
Builder Of Wright Plane Engine Now A Charity Case
Charles E. Taylor, who built the engine for the Wright brothers first flights at Kitty Hawk, is in Los Angeles County Hospital. At 87 he suffers asthma and debility and has $800 yearly from a Wright fund but no other income. The hospital may seek a sanitorium or rest home unless a private benefactor helps.
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Los Angeles
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Los Angeles County
Charles E. Taylor
Orville Wright
Wilbur
Taylor
Wrights
Dayton
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CIC
Gettysburg
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Harold P. Jordan
Indianapolis
Ind
Irving Feaster
Force
TWU
U.S
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Geneva
Dictator
J. W Wettr
Jerry
David Marcovitzz
Louise R. Amman
Ike Dem
Nannie
Susan
Jimmy
Wayne Occa
David Heller
Majur
Sharyn Marcovitz
Carolyn Marcovitz Benski
Charles Saltz- Bula Swinson
Louis Masur
Henry
Eva Heller
Braidwood, Ill
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