NAACP Ban Sought by Alabama Attorney General
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones issued a temporary injunction barring the NAACP from operating in Alabama, halting new chapters and funds. Alabama Atty. Gen. John Patterson said the group backs the Montgomery bus boycott and paid a University of Alabama enrollee and another woman, accusing violations of state law. The NAACP may seek dismissal or a hearing to contest the injunction. the order remains until further court orders.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
John Patterson
NAACP
Patterson
Autherine Lucy Foster
University of Alabama
New York
Louisiana
Inspection plan urged as guard against arms pledges
Washington officials say Korea armistice violations highlight need for iron clad inspection in any global disarmament program. They note a proposed neutral zone for the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission and warn that North Korea and its allies may protest but comply only under protest.
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Washington
State Department
Korea
United States
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
North
South Korea
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
U. S
R. G. Gard
U. N
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Marilyn Monroe Stirs Commotion At Indonesia Visit
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe caused a stir at a state visit by Indonesian President Suharto. She attended an unofficial press party after being excluded from a formal dinner, drawing mobs of Indonesian journalists and officials and delaying the banquet by forty five minutes while she posed for photographs.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Suarno
Miss Monroe
Rlen Johnston
Assa
Marilyn
Joshua Logan
Bening
Phoa
Nhere To Find It ae VD 18-19-20-21 16
The readable fragments show a cryptic note with numbers 18 19 20 21 and letters. no clear event, person, or organization is identifiable. The item remains fragmentary with no coherent facts to summarize into a standard news record.
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Ae VD
Crippled AF B-25 Crashes Near Denver Killing Four
A crippled Air Force B-25 bomber crashed in a suburban area southeast of Denver killing four of the eight aboard and injuring four survivors including a Women’s Air Force member. The plane en route from McChord to Tyndall took off from Lowry at 6 59 a m mst saying engine trouble before crashing into homes but ground casualties were avoided. The tail section rested near another house as a fire was quickly put out.
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Denver
Women’s Air Force
Lowry Air Force Base
McChord Air Force Base
Washington
Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Lowry
Tyndall
Arapahoe County
May building permits total on $1,219,446 at state college site
Sam Awl city building inspector reported May 1955 permits reached $1,219,446 with 26 dwelling units totaling $204,450 the largest single sum. The Northeast Louisiana State College agr iculture and home economics building led at $173,166. other permits included 19 residence repairs 6 non residence additions $136,275 office shed $20,000 three small businesses $1,175.
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Sam Awl
Louisiana State College
Lightning Kills Farmer Jennings Near Andrus Cove
A farmer named Jennings was struck and killed by lightning while fishing on Lake Arthur near Andrus Cove yesterday. Yves Lejeune about 50 and three companions escaped injury.
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Jennings
Yves Lejeune
Andrus Cove
Lejeune
Lake Arthur
Passman Defends States Rights Motive in Southern Manifesto
U S Representative Otto E Passman of Monroe defended states rights before Congress arguing the southern manifesto reflects long standing traditions and principles not just racial segregation He urged lawmakers to cease actions that fuel unrest and suspicion and called for open understanding of southern problems.
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Washington
U. S
Otto E. Passman
Monroe
Congress
South
Louisiana Fifth District
Congressman Passman
Passman
Dead Sea Scrolls Hint at 200 Tons of Hidden Gold
The Jordan government cited 2000 year old Dead Sea Scrolls examined at Manchester University claiming a vast hoard of gold and silver buried across 60 caches along the Israel Jordan border west of the Dead Sea. Experts questioned the feasibility while detailing specific location clues tied to Zadok's tomb and surrounding cisterns.
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Manchester
England
Holy Land
Jordan
Manchester University
Israel-Jordan
Dead Sea
Race Harmony as GOP Ammunition in Campaign Talks
Eisenhower supporters urged using race relations as major ammunition to persuade Black voters in the election. Richard Tobin of National Citizens for Eisenhower framed Supreme Court decisions under a Republican president as a telling story, urging outreach to Negro voters. He argued Democrats would control congressional committees and urged a Republican House and Senate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard L. Tobin
National Citizens For Eisenhower
Tobin
New York Herald Tribune
Supreme Court
Lincoln
Nixon
New York
Earl Warren
Congress
House
Senate
Southern Baptists Vote On Local Church Autonomy
The Southern Baptist Convention faced a vote on local church autonomy after two days of debate. Rev. James W. Bulman proposed a constitutional amendment and a resolution to reaffirm church self governance by congregational vote. The amendment advances to 1957. the resolution goes to the Resolutions Committee for study.
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Southern Baptists
Kansas City
Southern Baptist Convention
James W. Bulman
East Spencer
N.C
Bulman
Resolutions Committee
SBC
North Carolina Supreme Court
Rocky Mount
Monroe Phone Union Accused Of Unfairness
The Monroe local of the Communications Workers of America faces unfair labor practice charges by the National Labor Relations Board over the 1955 72 day strike against Southern Bell. Forty six locals in eight states are named and must appear before a trial examiner in Atlanta on July 10 with hearings to follow locally.
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Monroe
The
Communications Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Associated Press
Atlanta
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
Mississippi
CWA
NLRB
Birmingham
Decatur
Gadsden
Huntsville
Jasper
Montgomery
Sheffield
Tuscaloosa
Chattanooga
Jackson
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Baton Rouge
Bogalusa
Lafayette
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Shreveport
Biloxi
Columbus
Hattiesburg
Whooping Crane No 32 Breaks Shell In New Orleans
A slow developing event ends as Whooping Crane No. 32 emerges from its shell in New Orleans after nearly two days of pecking. The chick marks a milestone for North American whooping cranes in a cautious hatching process.
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New Orleans
North America
Third Man Wounded Editor Slavian Club Holdup
Two gunmen robbed a lower East Side social club killing Detroit Polish editor Thomas Dombrowski and Frank Grodzki. Dombrowski had testified before HUAC and led Communist party efforts in Hamtramck. A third man was wounded in the apparent robbery. Dombrowski married a week ago in Detroit.
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New York
Detroit
Lower East Side
Thomas Dombrowski
Glos Ludowy
People’s Voice
Frank Grodzki
New York City
Dombrowski
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Communist Party
Charles Potter
Michigan
U.S
Communist Party of Hamtramck
Congress
Stella Nowakowski
the Polon
Widow of Police Jury Member Shot in Ouachita Parish
Mrs. S O Henry 67 of Cadeville were hospitalized with a personal safety related gunshot wound after a 2 31 a m call to her home Deputies found her alive but unable to speak The bullet entered above the left breast and exited at the left shoulder blade She was taken to St Francis Hospital in Mulhearn ambulance in fair condition Friday widow of the late O Henry who served several terms on the Ouachita parish police jury
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S. O. Henry
Cadeville
Sheriff's Office
Debutantes defend Duke of Kent amid champagne rain fuss
A socialite crowd calls the Duke of Kent well mannered while critics in Parliament question his antics. The Daily Express backs a lighthearted view as reporters note a rooftop champagne event in 1947. A Home Office spokesman replies to Labour MP George Thomson of Dundee with a cautious statement.
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London
Duke of Kent
Mayfair
Parliament
The
Daily Express
the Express
Dibutante
George Thomson
Dundee
House of Commons
Home Office
Ouachita Parish Seniors Tonight Will Graduate
The Ouachita Parish High School class of 1956 graduates tonight at 8:15 in Neville High auditorium. Dr. R L Ropp of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute delivers the address after a program including Pomp and Circumstance, invocations, a mixed ensemble, and salutatory and valedictory remarks. Diplomas will be awarded by Principal I C Strickland and President J H Trousdale.
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Ouachita Parish
Neville High School
R. L. Ropp
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Elgar
T. A. Brown
Gordon Avenue Methodist Church
Ivy
H. F. Madison, Jr
Amantecan Legion
I. C. Strickland
J. H. Trousdale
Alma
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Colorado
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Monroe Phone Union
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