Supreme Court to Rule on Segregated Public Schools
The Supreme Court is asked to decide if segregated public schools violate the Constitution. Cases from four states and the District of Columbia challenge the separate but equal doctrine, with implications for 13 other states. The argument features Thurgood Marshall for NAACP and John W. Davis for South Carolina, as courts weigh 14th Amendment equality and due process.
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Washington
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
John W. Davis
Davis
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Virginia
Kansas
Delaware
Congress
Administration Seeks New Life for Wage Stabilization Board
Washington AP officials vow to keep wage controls even if the Wage Stabilization Board remains crippled. Mobilization Director Henry Fowler and Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam urged new industry members to join the board after mass resignations over Truman’s coal pay raise reversal. They warned the program will continue and denied using the coal case as a general wage precedent. Walter Reuther meets Truman to press for dropping controls.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Henry Fowler
Roger S. Putnam
WSB
Truman
John L. Lewis
Putnam
Walter “Reuther
CIO
Fowler- Putnam
Fowler
Tuuman
Waterfront crime probe hears ex convict describe dock jobs
Anthony Tischen testifies before the State Crime Commission about ex convicts being hired for waterfront work in New York and New Jersey. He says the harsest records helped secure jobs while in Sing Sing and that protection on docks is needed for firms like American Export Lines.
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New York
Sing Sing
Anthony
Tony) Tischen
State Crime Commission
Tischen
New Jersey
Ossining
N. Y
Tischon
John E. Slater
Ibig American Export Lines
Slater
Independence
Constitution
Postoffice To Stay Open on Saturdays
Odessa post master W. T. Henderson announced all contract substations Hancock and main postoffice will remain open for stamp and parcel post all day this Saturday. Service windows have closed at noon on Saturdays in the past. He urged Odessans to mail Christmas parcels now to avoid the rush for faster and better service.
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W. T. Henderson
Odessa
Hancock
Main Postoffice
Site Leased For TB Hospital By VA in Kerrville
The State Hospitals Board approved a two year lease of VA property at Kerrville to temporarily house tubercular patients. They asked Gov. Shivers to sign with the federal government and to start occupancy Feb 15 1953 instead of Dec 15 1952 to allow time for renovation and for permanent facilities.
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Austin
Veterans Administration
Kerrville
State Hospitals Board
Gov
Shivers
Bus drivers strike for higher wages and vacations
Roswell New Mexico Transportation Company bus drivers stage a morning strike in Roswell seeking higher wages and better vacation benefits.
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Roswell, N. M
New Mexico Transportation Company
Kidnap Suspects Nabbed After Car Shooting
Hugo Oklahoma patrolmen arrest two Texas men Henry Lee Ervin and Bill Ervin after a pursuit ending on a dead end road near Valiant. They allegedly kidnapped and beat Tot Davidson at Pearl’s Red River tavern. Davidson, hospitalized with a fractured skull, gave conflicting statements.
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Hugo
Okla
Paris
Tex
Tot Davidson
Hugo Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Henry Lee Ervin
Bill Ervin
Davidson
Cy Killian
Cecil Snapp
Valiant
State Crime Bureau
Jack Julien
Ervin Brothers
Bus Driver Quits In Spectacular Show On Christmas Rush
Chicago transit scene erupts as CTA driver William E. Jackson abandons his Loop route after declaring passengers phooey. He slams doors, refuses boarding or alighting, then parks at a car barn and quits in front of his supervisor. Officials plan to fire him tomorrow.
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Chicago
William E. Jackson
Phooey
Jackson
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Woman Indicted In Rape Case
Dallas grand jury indicts 24 year old Shirley Beatrick Mook as a principal in the rape of a 12 year old girl. Victim testified Mook took pictures while Charles Edward Klinedinst raped her. Klinedinst had recently received the death penalty for the assault.
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Dallas
Shirley Beatrick Mook
Yestern
Mook
Charles Edward Klinedinst
Kline
Klinedinst
Persistent Man Kept Wife Despite Efforts at Slaying
A 43 year old Odessa man choked his wife Thelma at the Texas Hotel on South Grant after claiming she pesters him. He told deputies he planned to kill her again if given the chance. Theodde was jailed in Ector County.
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Miles Jones
Ector County
Thelma
Texas Hotel
South Grant
Deputy Jones
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky Leaves United Nations
At the United Nations in New York on December 9, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky departed for home aboard the Liberte, ending any hopes for a Korean peace breakthrough during the current General Assembly session. Observer sentiment suggested no further constructive progress in the Korean truce, as India and other delegations kept cautious optimism despite North Korea and China offering no substantive response. The Arab bloc reaffirmed concern over U S policy in the France Tunisia dispute, adding to global tensions.
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United Nations
N.Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kremlin
Peiping
Pyongyang
Vishinsky
Assembly
Russia
India
United States
France
Tunisia
Japanese writer Kaji abduction claim strains U S ties
Tokyo reports the case of Wataru Kaji, a leftist writer, claiming kidnapping and detention by American counter intelligence or Army denial. Government spokesmen say the matter is serious and seeks replies from the United States, while Kaji remains missing and Diet members press for action.
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Tokyo
Wataru Kaji
Masayoshi Kakitsubo
Kaji
U. S. Army
Kozo Inomata
Inomata
Diet
Katsuo Okazaki
Gaines County Pioneer Morris Stark Dies of Heart Attack
Seminole Texas Morris P Stark 45 longtime Gaines County resident died at home Monday at 730 pm from a heart attack after two years of ill health He was son of T O Stark pioneer Gaines rancher and druggist of Seminole He operated Stark Steamer Wells Service and was a Mason and Methodist Church member Survivors include his widow Alma and his mother in Seminole Funeral services are pending.
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Seminole
Morris P. Stark
Gaines County
Stark
T.O. Stark
Gaines
Stark Steamer
Methodist Church
Alma
Moroccan unrest in Casablanca prompts evacuation and troop deployment
Casablanca endures a tense calm as evacuees flee native quarters amid nationalist riots. French and Moroccan deaths and arrests tally across conflicting reports while 200 legionnaires reinforce police and troops. Tanks patrol streets as authorities pledge security measures.
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Casablanca
Morocco
French Foreign
Dred
Oriers
General Labor Federation
CGT
Augustin Guillaume
Protectorate
Rabat
Judge seeds jail for boys sparks city riot of protest
In Johnson City Tennessee Judge Ben H Taylor sent two 3 and 5 year old brothers to a jail detention cell for 48 days rather than place them in a juvenile home. The case prompted calls for investigation as residents criticized the judge and welfare officials say they were unaware of the boys plight.
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Johnston City
Tenn
Ben H. Taylor
Upper East
Tennessee
Oakland Park
Carl Bolton
Bolton
Ed Ray
Johnson City
Taylor
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
City Commission
State Department of Public Welfare
Lora P. Alexander
UN Planes Hit Supply System
UN warplanes struck the Communist supply system as Allied Sabrejets shot down a MiG-15. Aircraft targeted a railroad line, a supply center and convoys carrying ammunition for Red troops. Flight Lt. Graham F. Hulse credited with downing a MIG amid ongoing daytime and nighttime raids across Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Sabres
Graham F. Hulse
Henley
Staffordshire
England
Yalu River
North Korea
Tokchon
Yongyopcham
Yongpung
Doctor aims growth hormone cure for tiny 17 year old girl
In Houston a physician at Baylor University Hospital proposes injections of pure growth hormone to a 17 year old girl named Audrey Holder who weighs 52 pounds. He plans slow dosing to encourage natural growth and notes uncertainty about the eventual outcome.
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Houston
Green
Dr. Green
Department of Internal Medicine
Baylor University College of Medicine
Audrey Holder
Dobbin
Tex
Je . B. Holder
Oklahoma men unaccounted after Star Arms Hotel blaze
Fort Worth dispatch reports three Oklahoma men remained missing after firemen finished searching the charred Star Arms Hotel ruins. Three others died in the blaze. unaccounted for are N Teague Headton Oklahoma Howard Johnson Enid Oklahoma and Earl Weaver Pryor Oklahoma. Investigators believe the three men left the hotel before the fire and did not inform authorities.
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Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Star Arms Hotel
N. Teague
Headton
Okla
Howard Johnson
Enid
Earl Weaver
Pryor
Negro Minister Beaten Over Bus Seat Row Claims
Rev. Amos H. Carnegie a 67 year old Baptist preacher from Washington DC says two white men beat him on a Georgia bus after he refused to move to the rear seat. He arrived in Chattanooga and filed a complaint as Greyhound investigates with officials saying no comment yet.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Georgia
Amos H. Carnegie
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Carnegie
Acworth
I the
Roy F.robinson
Southeastern Greyhound
Carenegie
Rent Office Closes in Wichita Falls After Stabilization Order
The local rent control office began closing after the Office of Rent Stabilization ordered shutdowns. Washington agency decontrolled rents in Wichita Falls following a request from the Rent Advisory Board which said no housing shortage exists.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Office of Rent Stabilization
Washington
Rent Advisory Board
State Training Schools Face Modernization Needs
The Youth Development Council urged modernization of Texas state training schools, calling old buildings and methods inadequate for current needs. Admissions rose at Gainesville Girls School while Gatesville Boys and Crockett Negro Girls saw mixed changes, with counties driving the majority of commitments. The council and executive staff praised third-year progress and urged continued reforms for faster improvements.
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Austin
Youth Development Council
Gainesville
Gainesville School
Texas
Gatesville
Crockett
Walter K. Kerr
John H. Wickers
Gov
Shivers
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