Judge Dunagan May Order Permanent Ban
In Tyler Texas AP District Judge Otis T Dunagan faces a bid to permanently ban the NAACP from Texas. Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd seeks a permanent injunction after obtaining a temporary restraining order. The hearing drew large crowds as NAACP lawyers challenge jurisdiction and the service of 133 Texas branches claiming they are not incorporated.
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Tyler
Tex
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Otis T. Dunagan
NAACP
Texas
John Ben Shepperd
Judge Dunagan
Dunagan
Shepperd
Political foe of Rhee shot at convention
In Seoul, Chang Myun, vice president and critic of President Syngman Rhee, was wounded by a gunman as he stepped from a Democratic party convention. Police identified the attacker as Kin Sang Poon, 28, who fired two shots, severing bones in Chang’s hand while he spoke at the municipal theater.
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Seoul
Chang Myun
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
Chang
United States
Democratic Party
Rhee
Kin Sang Poon
Welfare Board Authorizes $3 Old Age Increase
The State Board of Public Welfare authorized October 1 increases in maximum public assistance grants due to Social Security amendments and federal matching funds. Old Age Assistance rises to 68 for a single recipient and 62 for households with two or more, up by 3 and 2 respectively, reducing state costs by about 150,000 compared with September.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Public Welfare
Mary Evelyn Parker
Department of Public Welfare
Train Service Disrupted On Illinois Central Line
13 freight cars derailed on the Illinois Central main line near Amite Louisiana delaying service to New Orleans bound traffic. Tracks expected to be usable today with full restoration in 24 to 48 hours. No injuries reported.
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Amite
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Arkness
New Jerleans
McComb
Miss
Classified Fragments Offer Odd Phrases and Numbers
An OCR fragment appears as a mix of scattered words and numbers about ads and media. The readable portions include references to venues, times, and listings, but the text is incomplete and nonspecific. The item resembles a classified column with stray pricing and section headers.
Tito and Khrushchev Seen Near Second Yalta Talks
In a surprise move Yugoslav President Tito and Soviet leader Khrushchev arrived at a Black Sea area amid reports of a possible second Yalta conference. Bulganin and Shepilov's Sochi appearance fed Western hopes of top level talks, with Tito and Bulganin flying from Belgrade and a large party accompanying them.
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Tito
Nikita Khrushchev
Belje
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
London
Yalta
Black Sea
Bulganin
Dmitri Shepilov
Sochi
Belgrade
Russia
Shepilov
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Tito-Khrushcheva
Jovanka
Alexander Rankovic
Djuro Pucar
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Communist Party
Alexei Kirichenko
Ekaterina Furtseva
Comptroller Seeks Condition Report for Banks as of Sept 26
The comptroller of the currency today urged a statement of condition from national banks as of September 26, outlining their financial status and stability.
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Washington
Comptroller of Currency
City Considers One Cent Sales Tax Vote Delay
A special city council session to set up a special election for a one cent city sales tax was aborted as the resolution was not prepared. City Attorney Haynes Harkey said state tax and bond board authority is needed to hold the election. A new council meeting to finalize the resolution is planned for Tuesday. The body also approved purchasing 23 bus turnstiles from Diamond Sales Co. for 3335 to fit city buses. It was announced an alley obstruction by Ouachita Bakery must be removed following concerns raised by O B Nolen about a potential sale blocked by the blockage.
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Haynes Harkey
State Tax and Bond Board
H. W. McSherry
Finance and Utilities
Diamond Sales Company of
Kansas City
McSherry
Hurkey
Ouachita Bokery, Inc
South
Grand Street
O. B. Nolen
Melee over hog head halts Texarkana street traffic
About 300 students from Texarkana Arkansas and Texas fought in a two hour street battle over a bloody hogs head mascot ahead of tonight’s football game between Razorbacks and Tigers. Police kept silent as mobs clashed and the head was recovered and paraded. No injuries were reported.
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Texarkana
Ark
Tex
Arkansas
Texas
Razorbacks
Tigers
Leon Arnold
Arkansans
Chain Phone Campaign Demands White Boycott in Henderson
In Henderson Kentucky the White Citizens Council urged a chain phone boycott to support protests against integrating three elementary schools. Rayburn Sugg Jr led about 350 people at Weaverton School urging attendees to recruit ten others each while avoiding threats. Government officials and police were kept informed as seven school buses arrived for a first day with far fewer white students than the prior day.
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Henderson
White Citizens Council
Rayburn Sugg Jr
Weaverton
Sugg
Don Sturgill
Kentucky State Police
A. B. Chandler
High illegitimate rate disclosed in racial hearings
Washington hearings reveal about one in four district school children is illegitimate with higher rates among Negroes than whites. Howard West of the DC Health Department cites 1954 figures of 442 white and 2,944 non white illegitimate births and higher reported general diseases among non whites, noting possible underreporting among whites.
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Washington
House
Howard West
District of Columbia Health Department
District of Columbia Committee
West
Lash Larue Held On Stolen Goods Count
Lash Larue the Western star was charged with receiving three stolen sewing machines and a calculating machine during a Memphis tour. His 64 year old sidekick Alfred St. John and 20 year old Carla Gilbert were detained as witnesses. The machines, valued at 1200 dollars, were stolen from cars near the Midsouth Fair Centennial where the troupe performed.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lash Larue
Larue
Alfred “Fuzzy
St. John
Carla Gilbert
Hollywood
Innocent Plea Entered By Sigmund Weil In Robbery Case
Sigmund Weil, charged with two counts of armed robbery for the August 10 West Monroe First National Bank heist, pleaded not guilty in fourth district court. The arraignment before Judge Jesse Heard set November 5 as start of a jury trial.
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Sigmund Weil
First National Bank of
West Monroe
Weil
Fourth District
Jesse Heard
Leon Massey
Luther Yeager
Massey
Yeager
Pistol Point
Heard
Monroe
Health Officer Fired Over Lunch With Negro
In Monticello Florida the three north Florida counties Jefferson Taylor and Madison vote to dismiss Deborah Coggins 32 the region s only woman health officer after she had a private business lunch with Ethel Kirkland a Negro nurse The firing followed audience calls to remove her and a pledge of a Madison hearing on October 3 Coggins says the lunch was a private business discussion about a Negro midwives class and their schedules
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Monticello
Fla
Florida
Deborah Coggins
Jefferson
Taylor
Madison
Coggins
Blonde
Tallahassee
Wilmer J. Coggins
Ethel Kirkland
State Board of Health
States Righters Win Spot On Miss Ballot
Mississippi election officials approved four slates for the November ballot. The States Rights group won an independent candidate slot with no party pledge, joining Democratic, Republican Lily White, and Black and Tan slates. Governor Coleman pressed to label the States Rights electors unpledged.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
The
Election Commission
J. P. Coleman
Atty
Joe Patterson
Heber Ladner
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Nixon
Grand Old Party
States Rights Group
Coleman
Commission
Patterson
Ladner
Boggs objects to Weather Bureau over Gulf hurricane plan
U S Weather Bureau faced protests from Rep. Hale Boggs and Rep. T A Thompson over Hurricane Flossy coverage and the bureau's refusal to place a Gulf of Mexico weather ship for hurricane spotting Boggs notes Congress earmarked 87000 for a Gulf weather ship in 1956 and accuses the bureau of delay due to opposition A New Orleans bureau official defended local charting and said adequate information was available.
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New Orleans
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Hale Boggs
D-La
Bureau
Boggs
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Rep
T. A. Thompson
Congress
Pleasant weather extends into weekend in northeast Louisiana
Forecast calls for continued pleasant conditions in northeast Louisiana with nightly low 50s to 60s and daytime highs near 80s to 90s. Tonight’s low should be 58 to 62 degrees, with Saturday highs around 92 to 96. Last night’s statewide low of 55 was logged at Selman Field by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Monroe
Forger In Prison After Near-Tragic Police Error
In McAlester Oklahoma Louis Montgomery Howard 32 of Fort Worth occupied a state prison cell today after a mistaken identity case linked to a Dallas man Albert Crawford 30 who had been arrested for forgeries totaling 5655 dollars across 22 Oklahoma banks. Crawford proved innocent by lie detector and FBI handwriting tests and was released. Oklahoma officials discovered similarities between Crawford and Howard and arrested Howard who then confessed under a plea to forgery charges in Norman.
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Mcalester
Okla
Louis Montgomery Howard
Fort Worth
Albert Crawford
Dallas
Oklahoma
Crawford
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
FBI
Crime Bureau
O.K. Bivins
Florida
Howard
Norman
Harvey Matusow Is Sentenced To Five Years For Perjury
New York UPI reports Harvey Matusow, once a noted Communist witness, received five year sentences on five counts of perjury. Judge John F. McGoney ordered concurrent terms after rejecting bail pending appeal. Matusow apologized and said he would serve the sentence and rejoin his family. He remained jailed after failing to post bail.
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New York
Harvey Matusow
John F. McGoney
Matusow
Federal House of Detention
MecGahey
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