Woman Electrocuted While Ironing At Home in Florence
Mrs. Francis Livings Davis, 40 year-old housewife, died in her Florence home after an iron knocked against an electric fan and caused a fatal shock. Justice of the Peace W. C. Dear led an inquest with investigators from Jackson. Survivors include her husband, son Andy, daughters Barbara Jean and Judy, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Andy Livings of Petal, and brother Julian Livings of Mobile. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Perez accuses Jackson of blocking school segregation plan
District Attorney Leander Perez accuses state Education Supt Shelby Jackson of blocking his alternate proposal to preserve segregated public schools. Perez argues a Senate bill would allow a special election on emergency plans after Supreme Court decrees, while Jackson and committee members deny efforts to sway support.
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Summerfield
Lee Fontenot
House
Farley Named Sales Manager at Commercial Solvents
James A. Farley is appointed field sales manager of the Industrial chemicals sales department at Commercial Solvents a unit of the petrochemicals division. He will oversee district offices nationwide and will base his headquarters at 260 Madison Avenue New York City. He has served with the company since 1935 most recently as district manager of the Boston office.
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Boston
Amvet Groups To Meet Thursday In Bernstein Park
Walter 8 Savage Jr Post AMVETS and Auxiliary plan 8 p.m. Thursday gathering at the Marine Corps Hut in Bernstein Park. Delegates Deno Kokinos Louis Schle kau Marshall Johnston Herman Guilledge report on the New Iberia state convention. Auxiliary reports by Ruth Nosvody Maxine Roane Phoebe Miller. Committees to be formed for post activities and new projects. Commander Deno Kokinos and President Ruth Nosvody urge all officers and members to attend.
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Walter 8. Savage, Jr
Mississippi mulls school assignments to preserve separation
Wayne Freeman said a Mississippi advisory group is investigating but not finalizing plans to assign students to specific schools to keep races separate. Atty. Gen. Coleman and Chief Justice McGehee joined the talks as the state weighs a new law to survive Supreme Court rulings and even considers abolishing public schools if needed.
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Wayne Freeman
Greenville
S. C
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Atty
J. P. Coleman
Harvey McGehee
Mississippi
Coleman
U. S. Supreme Court
Will Meet Today With Negroes Pro Segregation
Ui Gov Hugh White meets Negro leaders who favor segregation after talks with a South Carolina group. They plan a larger committee to coordinate methods to uphold segregation, working with Mississippi's Legal Educational Advisory Committee which meets July 12.
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Hugh White
South Carolina
White
U. S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
Missis
Archbishop Beran Reported Confined in Moravian Villa
Vienna report says Archbishop Dr. Josef Beran head of the Czechoslovak Church has been held in a Moravian villa near Krusek for five years. He has no contact with the outside world, according to the Austrian Catholic Press Service.
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Austria
Josef Beran
Prague
Krusek
Moravia
Dr. Beran
Czechoslovakia
Wall Objects To Hasty Action On Segregation
Rep. Shady Wall of West Monroe criticized three segregation measures as hasty and unsound. He voted against the measures designed to maintain segregation, saying the action was premature though he favored segregation in principle.
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Shady Wall
West Monroe
Wall
Louisiana
Parish Voting Triggers Criticism From Ouachita Residents
The voting process sparked a wave of criticism from Ouachita Parish constituents as residents voiced concerns over procedures and outcomes. Officials defended the steps and cited transparency measures amid ongoing debate.
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Ouachita Parish
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