Few Supreme Court Justices Eligible Under New Proposal
Sen Smathers proposes that only judges with at least five years on a lower federal or state supreme court bench should serve on the Supreme Court. He cites historical justices who would not have qualified and argues for a judicial temperament, while noting current justices would be affected only for future appointments. The plan faces skepticism and potential political resistance.
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Washington
Sen. Smathers
Florida
Sherman Minton
Smathers
Senate
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D-Ofe
John Jay
John Rutledge
Oliver Ellsworth
John Marshall
Roger B. Taney
Salmon P. Chase
Morrison R
Sen. Pottwaite
Melville W. Fuller
Edward Ter
R-Mich
D. White
Charles Evans Hughes
Tarlan F. Stone
Earl Warren
Industrial site eyed along Chisholm Trail route
In Olath e Kansas the Santa Fe railway announced plans to acquire a 485 acre tract just south of the city for a model industrial site outside city limits about 25 miles from Kansas City. In Oklahoma Territory a three day drive along the Chisholm Trail began with historians and boosters visiting towns from Lawton to Caldwell to honor Jesse Chisholm’s route.
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Kas
Santa Fe Railway
G. W. Cox
Railway
Cox
Olathe City
Kansas City
Terral
Oklaha
Oklahoma
Jesse Chisholm
Texas
Indian Territory
Kansas
Thel
Oklahoma Historical Society
Caldwell
Lawton
Geary
Fall at Wichita shop ends in death of James Gilkey
James I Long, a fellow worker, said he attempted to grab Gilkey as he toppled headfirst from a 17 foot ladder while repairing an electric sign. Gilkey, 86, was shop foreman for a truck sales firm in Wichita and died at a local hospital after fracturing his skull on the concrete floor.
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Wichita U
James D. Gilkey
Wichita
Gilkey
James I. Long
Abandoned Infant Placed With Grandparents in California
Probate Judge James V. Riddel Jr. ordered Shirley Hussing to stay with Fred and Mrs. Lackey of Prather California as potential foster adoptive parents. The five month old was abandoned in Wichita by her parents George and Dorothy Hussing in mid March. The Lackeys’ daughter alerted police to the infant’s custody. The couple aims to begin adoption proceedings in Fresno and will travel to visit relatives in Geary Oklahoma before returning to California.
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Wichita
Fred Lackey
Prather
Calif
Shirley Hussing
James V. Riddel Jr
Shirley
Riddel
Lackey
California
Fresno
George Hussing
Dorothy Hussing
Geary
Okla
Desegregation urged for St Luke's Hospital patients
The Episcopal Diocese of Missouri urged full desegregation at St Luke's Hospital and acceptance of physicians of all races on the medical staff. The resolution praised progress in breaking segregation in medical practice, noting patient admission without regard to race in all departments except obstetrics.
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ST. Louis
Episcopal Diocese of
Missouri
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke's
St. Louis Hospital
Methodist Delegates Adopt Program To End Race Segregation In Church
In Minneapolis delegates of The Methodist Church approved a three point plan to end segregation. They urged abolition of discrimination, allowed Negro churches to join white units, and set up a commission to study interracial fellowship. The move requires ratification by two thirds of delegates across 132 conferences.
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Methodist
Minneapolis
Methodist Church
Mits
Denver to host first quarter horse meet at Centennial
Lights are being installed at Centennial Race Track for a 25 night quarter horse meet opening May 24. It will be the first race meeting strictly for the speed horses ever held in Colorado. Centennial will drop quarter horse events from its 50 day meeting beginning June 29, narrowing races to thoroughbreds.
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Denver
Centennial Race Track
Colorado
Centennial
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Eyes May 22 Survey Report
Oklahoma City authority says a traffic survey for the proposed south toll road to Texas will be ready by May 22. A meeting on that date will hear engineers report on route feasibility and associated engineering costs.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Texas
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Doan
Feasibility Reports on Toll Road Routes Near Wichita Falls
A feasibility report on the south toll road is due by late summer. Reports on routes from Oklahoma City to the Kansas line and on the southwest road toward Wichita Falls Texas are planned to accompany it.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas Line
Wichita Falls
Tex
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