Ruling on Segregation Splits Nation The South Reacts
The Supreme Court ruling on school segregation draws mixed reactions across 15 states and the District of Columbia. Governors, senators, and representatives debate compliance, with some urging patience and others pledging to preserve segregation. NAACP counsel Thurgood Marshall foresees national adaptation as states resume plans for school systems and private alternatives.
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Supreme Court
Arizona
Superior Court
Delaware
Kansas
South Carolina
Virginia
District of Columbia
Congress
James F. Byrnes
South
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Thurgood Marshall
New York
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Georgia
Mississippi
Jelke conviction reversed. retrial ordered in New York
The Appellate Division today reversed Minot F. Jelke, known as Mickey, on compulsory prostitution charges and ordered a retrial. The ruling overturns the prior conviction and directs new proceedings in the case.
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New York
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
405 Candidates Seeking House of Delegates Seats
A Charleston report notes 405 candidates seek nomination for 100 West Virginia House seats in the August primary, with 280 Democrats and 125 Republicans. Seventy-nine incumbents seek renomination, the highest postwar rate, while several counties lack one party entries. The piece traces party balance and historic service, naming key incumbents and counties with margins of candidates.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
House
Osher C. Parsons
Doddridge
Grant Jackson
Morgan, Pleasants
Preston
Ritchie
Tyler
Upshur
Boone Braxton
Gilmore
Wood County
R. E. Hays
Calhoun County
J. P. Juval
Wood
Frank M. Brand
Monongalia County
Nell W. Walker
Fayette
Elizabeth Drewry
McDowell
Kanawha County
Logan
Cabell
Strip Mine Land Pact Expands Technician Help in WV
West Virginia technical services from 14 soil conservation districts will aid reclamation of strip mined lands under a new pact with the State Mines Department and WVU agricultural experiment station. Final approval came after a meeting. The agreement pairs station expertise with district supervision to ensure revegetation and maintenance of cover on mined lands.
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Charleston
State Mines Department
West Virginia University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Frank B. King
King
Sex Stimulant Fatal: Killing Charge Filed
London police report Arthur K. Ford a 44 year old office manager confessed to poisoning two stenographers with chocolates laced with cantharidin to force sexual advances Betty Grant 27 and June Malins 19 died Ford faced manslaughter charges with a further hearing scheduled next week Detectives quoted his claim that he dosed the sweets to stimulate desire and that Miss Grant resisted.
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London
Scotland Yard
Arthur K. Ford
Betty Grant
Ford
June Malins
Quadruplets Die after Birth in Chicago
Four newborns born to Mrs. Catherine Stenson, aged 32, survived 29 minutes and 34 weeks premature at Chicago hospital yesterday before all four died. Officials report two boys and two girls among the infants.
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Chicago
Catherine Stenson
Weather update forecasts cooler days through Sunday
Cloudy cooler nights with lows from 42 to 50 across regions. Temperatures to run 4 to 8 degrees below normal into the weekend. A mix of cooler days midweek, then a warming trend by Friday and Saturday. Rain chances Saturday or Sunday totaling about a half to three quarters of an inch. Normal highs in the region are 62 north and 64 south.
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West Virginia Normals
Beckley High
Ecieceses
Vinwsniess
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Bluestone
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Probe of Alpoca Mine Blast Set Thursday
State Mines Chief Frank B. King set a 10 am Thursday hearing at the State Department of Mines to probe the May 12 gas explosion at Gaston Coal Alpoca mine. The inquiry will determine responsibility for the methane ignition that killed Rossie Ricks of Alpoca and injured seven others, with testimony from injured workers, mine officials, and U.S. Bureau of Mines representatives. The Gaston Coal Co resumed operations Monday.
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Frank B. King
Gaston Coal Alpoca
State Department of Mines
King
Rossie Ricks
Alpeca
John Mills
Bud
Raymond Hollins
W. O. Brogan
George Dove
Co. M. Meadows
W. V. Cook
Fred Deal
Leland Phillips
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Frank J. Furin
E. M. Lewis
Reid McKinley
Anthony Puskas
W. R. Vickers
George Noe
Elwood Menta
Gaston Coal Co
Rebels Claim French Bombed Prisoners At Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh ambassador Hoang Van Hoan accused France of sabotaging an agreed evacuation of seriously wounded from Dien Bien Phu. He said 15 French prisoners were killed by bombers while the Vietminh were escorting them. Dispatches noted 18 more wounded were released, and bombers resumed strikes on Vietminh movement toward Hanoi.
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Geneva
Sindochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Hoang van Hoan
Red China
Indochina
Hanoi
Red River
Hoang
Dienien Phu
Crab Orchard Juveniles Nabbed by City Police
Two 16 year old Crab Orchard youths facing hearings in Raleigh County Jail. One charged with driving without an operator's card and the other with permitting an unlicensed person to drive. Arrested at 5 30 a m by City Police.
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Crab Orchard
Raleigh County
Lacy Meadows Injured In Morning Crash Near Mabscott Hill
Lacy Elliott Meadows, 31, of Crab Orchard, is hospitalized after his 1949 model car left the road and plunged over Mabscott Hill near Elkins Lunch around 2 30 a.m. State Police said the vehicle was wrecked.
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Lacy Elliott Meadows
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
Mabscott Hill
Elkins
Eisenhower unlikely to change “Iron Curtain” order on hearings
Washington reports White House momentum shows little prospect that President Eisenhower will alter the order barring government officials from testifying about talks within the administration on the McCarthy Pentagon dispute. Senate Investigations Chair Mundt planned talks with Attorney General Brownell and prepared precedents. any change may take two to three days, but White House briefers say the President is unlikely to shift.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Administration
Sen. McCarthy
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Secretary of Defense
R Eisenhower
Mary Pemberton Faces Liquor and Firearms Counts
Mary Lee Pemberton of 310 Maplewood Lane is set for an afternoon hearing before Magistrate J P Meadows on charges of possessing and selling moonshine whisky and possessing firearms where liquor is sold all second offenses. She was arrested Monday afternoon by a raiding party from the Sheriff's office.
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Mary Lee Pemberton
Maplewood Lane
J. P. Meadows
Fire False Alarm on Sixth Street Reported Cleared
A fire alarm at 11:15 a m on Sixth St was canceled after a call to uncancel the false alarm. No fire or smoke found on East Beckley Street though neighbors extinguished a blaze at Willie Williams home. Fire Chief Bernard Martin did not know the blaze origin or damage extent.
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Sixth St
State Court Reverses Motor Commissioner
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled the use of a private business vehicle cannot be classified as a public carrier under existing law. Fleet Rental Co seeks Class A private passenger vehicle registration after Condry denied it, with Alfred W. Schroath Frederick W. Schroath and James G. Curran as partners pursuing the suit. The 3-2 decision hinges on a previously undecided legal point and includes dissents by President Judge Leslie E. Given and Judge Frank C. Haymond.
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Fleet Rental Co
West Virginia
Leslie E. Given
Frank C. Haymond
Joseph P. Condry
Alfred W. Schroath
Frederick W. Schroath
James G. Curran
Fleet Rental
Condry
Supreme Court
West Virginia State College
Negro Institutional Institute
Kanawha County
West Virginia State
Wyoming Court Decision Upheld in Workmen's Comp Case
The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a $1,000 judgment for Dell Walls in a highway accident case. Ray McKinney, who failed to provide Workmen's Compensation, faced diminished common law defenses due to statutory coverage. Judge W T Lovins noted Walls knew of defective brakes yet operated the truck, contributing to his injury.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Wyoming
W. T. Lovins
Ray McKinney
Parking Lot Paving Nears Completion at Beckley Lot
City Engineer Dennis M. Leary Jr. reports the west side of Beckley Parking Lot nearly paved as good weather extends. The first 1.5 inch layer is done and the 0.5 inch second course is about halfway finished after a weather delay of about ten days.
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Beckley
Dennis M. Leary Jr
Leary
Segregation Ruling Echoes Administrative West Virginia View
Gov. Marland said the Supreme Court ruling outlawing school segregation would mostly be an administrative matter in West Virginia. He predicted few major readjustment problems and indicated teachers and boards would guide transfers and facility use as needed.
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West Virginia
South
Marland
Trent
Southern leaders react to school desegregation ruling
Atlanta reports immediate actions by governors and leaders across the Deep South after the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools. Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge pledges to preserve segregation, while NAACP leaders call the decision a vindication. Statements warn of court action if any plan moves to private school management or mixed races.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Russell
Warren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joo
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Congress
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Atlanta
U.S. Supreme Court
South
State Commission On Education
Talmadge
High Tribunal
National Assay For the Advancement of Colored People
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
New York
Marvin Griffin
E. W. Gravelet
Gilbert Faulk
Louisiana
Sam Engelhardt
Alabama
Tuskegee Institute
Negro College
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Byrnes
Hugh White
Mississippi
Legal Education Advisory Committee
Wellsburg Welcomes New Presbyterian Pastor Steinbrenner
Rev. Conrad C. Steinbrenner of Indiana Pennsylvania will become pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Wellsburg on June 15, succeeding Dr. James Henry who left in February to serve as synodical secretary for West Virginia. Steinbrenner will relinquish the assistant pastorate at Indiana Presbyterian Church to accept the Wellsburg call.
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Wellsburg
Conrad C. Steinbrenner
Indiana
First Presbyterian Church
James Henry
West Virginia
Steinbrenner
Indiana Presbyterian Church
Coal Tonnage Rises in Winding Gulf Field May Week
The Winding Gulf field shows a 6,359 ton rise in mine output for the week ending May 15. The Winding Gulf Operators' Association reports net tonnage at 86,555 across 17 mines, up from 79,237 the prior week. Year to date totals: 1,797,973 tons in Winding Gulf through May 15, and 7,636,629 tons in the Pocahontas field through May 8.
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Winding Gulf
Winding Gulf Operators’ Association
Pocahontas
Planes Sink Communist Warship Near Shanghai
The Chinese Nationalist air force claimed its planes sank a 1500 ton Communist warship near Sanmen Bay 150 miles south of Shanghai using eight 500 pound bombs. A smaller vessel was damaged and set aflame, apparently left sinking.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Sanmen Bay
Shanghai
Trade Pact Extended to 1955 by Philippine Congress
Manila reports the Senate and House passed an administration bill extending the U S Philippine Free Trade Agreement of 1946 to December 31, 1955. A similar measure awaits action in the U S Congress.
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Manila
Philippine Senate
House of Representatives
U. S
No Room for All: Overcrowded Schools Face Growth
The one room schoolhouses fade as overcrowding rises in larger buildings. With enrollment projected to grow by 8 million in six years, citizens are urged to act and request the free booklet How Can Citizens Help Their Schools from Better Schools, 2 West 45th Street, New York 36, N. Y. The material is published as a public service operation with The Advertising Council.
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West 45Th Street
New York
N. Y
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