Left Wing Targets Kennedy In Democratic Battle For 1960
The piece describes Democratic left wing efforts to block front-runner John F. Kennedy with Eleanor Roosevelt backing against him. It notes possible support for Hubert Humphrey from Walter Reuther’s UAW and hints Kennedy could be named as Humphrey’s running mate. It compares to 1948 civil rights clashes and warns the left must stop Kennedy to influence 1960 outcomes.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Mrs. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA National
ADA
Harry S. Truman
Humphry
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Truman
Eary Foot
Leggett To Lead Methodists To Denver Meeting
Dr. J. W. Leggett Jr of Hattiesburg will head the Mississippi Methodist delegation to the 1960 general conference in Denver. Also named are Rev. T. Prewitt Gulfport Rev. G. Eliot Jones Rev. Seth W. Granberry of Vicksburg as clergymen. Lay members include Dr. J. P. Stafford Cary Dr. Ben M. Stevens Rich ton and W. D. Myers Philadelphia.
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Gulfport
Miss
J. W. Leggett Jr
Hattiesburg
Mississippi Methodist Conference
Denver
Colo
T. ©. Prewitt
G. Eliot Jones
Seth W. Granberry
Vicksburg
J. P. Stafford
Cary
Ben M. Stevens
Richton
W. D. Myers
Philadelphia
Marvin Franklin
Robert L. Alexander
Moss Point
Martin A. Chase
Satartia
Denton Bunman
Lyman E. Havens Jr
Biloxi
Percy W. Lander
Waynesboro
Jack M. Loflin
Star
Arthur M. O'Neil Jr
Meridian
Tommie E. Price
Woodville
William J. Poole
Saucier
Oscar G. Trigg
Quitman
James D. Slay Jr
Laurel
William H. Wicker
Alabama House Kills Prayer Testimony Bill
Segregation leaders in the Alabama Legislature blocked a bill allowing ordained ministers to refuse testimony on confidential pastor parishioner talks. Rep. Hugh Locke of Birmingham warned the move could aid Negro pastors pushing racial integration in the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Alabama
Hugh Locke
Birmingham
Pass Christian Man Jailed On Check Charge
Joseph Michaels 35 of Pass Christian Miss was jailed for 30 days and fined 25 dollars for issuing worthless checks. He appealed and posted 500 dollars bond. He faces grand jury and false pretense charges with 750 dollars bond. He previously received 120 days and 100 dollar fine for issuing bad checks and remains under 2000 dollars total appeal bonds.
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Mobile
Ala
Miss
Joseph Michaels
Michaels
Lawmakers Riled Over New Property Tax Plan
Alabama lawmakers clash over Patterson property tax plan as Senate committees move to block or ease passage. Opposition groups push constitutional amendment and limits on the revenue commissioner’s power to assess property, amid threats of filibusters and a possible special session.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
John Patterson
Patterson
Senate Constitution Committee
Senate Finance Committee
State Revenue Commissioner
Heat Triggers Five Alarm Blaze In Brooklyn Factory
In 91 degree heat a five alarm fire gutted a Brooklyn factory making rubberized cloth and damaged four other buildings. Fire Marshal Martin Scott said the extreme temperature apparently caused an explosion of fumes inside the plant.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Martin Scott
Stereotypers Strike at Two St Louis Newspapers
St Louis Stereotypers Union Local 8 struck the Globe-Democrat and Post-Dispatch, forcing the Globe-Democrat to suspend morning publication. Picket lines appeared at midnight while negotiations stalled over base material clauses and engrav ing practices. The dispute also involved wage demands of $10 weekly first year and $5 weekly second year retroactive to Jan. 1.
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ST. Louis
Afternoon
Post-Dispatch
Morning Globe-Democrat
The
Globe
American Newspaper Guild
Globe-Democrat
Newspaper Guild
Arthur Hale
Pulitzer Publishing Co
Fifth Circuit Upholds Desegregation Order in Nineteen Fifty Eight
New Orleans AP report shows the U S Fifth Circuit upholding a lower court order desegregating New Orleans public schools. The court invalidates act 319 of 1956 and issues a permanent injunction against continued segregation though no end date is set.
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New Orleans
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
J. Skelly Wright
Wright
Appeals Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit
Joseph C. Hutcheson Jr
Richard T. Rives
Elbert Tuttle
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