Court To Rule On School Segregation
Washington AP report: Supreme Court agrees to hear two appeals by Negro parents challenging school segregation as a badge of inferiority. Case tests constItutional equal protection in Topeka Kansas and Clarendon County South Carolina with wide implications for public schools nationwide. The term begins October 6 and ruling could come in 1952 or 1953. Gov Byrnes warns South Carolina would abandon public schools if segregation loses. Other Southern states consider private classrooms if segregation ends. Court will review lower federal district court rulings upholding segregation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kan
Clarendon County
S.C
High Court
Charleston
S. C
Weather forecast update with temperatures and wind
Cooler tonight with scattered thunder showers south this evening then fair Tuesday. Low tonight 56 to 65. High Tuesday 84 to 88. Yesterday highs and lows and today’s readings: low 64 yesterday, 12 noon 90, 7 a.m. today 79, high yesterday 96. Precipitation zero in past 24 hours. Humidity 42 percent at noon. Wind 36 miles between yesterday 7 a.m. and today 7 a.m. Sun sets 7:24 p.m. rises 4:33 a.m.
Jewels Returned From Regina Pacis Shrine Theft
The Regina Pacis shrine in Brooklyn rejoiced as two gold crowns valued at 150000 and insured for 100000 were delivered by special mail nine days after the theft. About 20 jewels worth 2000 to 3000 were also taken. Msgr Angelo Ciotti pledged forgiveness and urged the thieves be forgiven as the gems arrived during a 10 am Mass.
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Msgr
Angelo R. Cioffi
Brooklyn
Regina Pacis
Msgr. Ciotti
Koje Island P.O.W. Breakup Drills Under Way
U S Paratroopers rehearse for Koje Island operation to split 80 000 prisoners into 500 man compounds. Flames tanks and tear gas used while compound 76 watches from barbed wire enclosures as loudspeakers are deployed.
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Koje Island
Korea
U. S
Koje
Kose
P.o.w.s
Haydon L. Boatner
P.O.W
Keynote Post For M Arthur Is Challenged
Chicago June 9 supporters of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower challenged a Taft backers move to name Gen Douglas MacArthur as Republican national convention keynote. J Russel Sprague said Eisenhower forces oppose MacArthur due to his pre convention support for Taft. Hallanan predicted MacArthur to be named, a Taft backer. Sprague said no candidate for keynote or temporary chairman yet, and any of several prominent Republicans could be acceptable as keynote. Hallanan argued Eisenhower objections cannot block MacArthur.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Taft
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Convention Arrangements Committee
Hallanan
Sprague
William Knowland
California
Harry Cain
Washington
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Work Resumes At Allen with Union Explains Action
Allen Industries resumes work west of Herrin after Local Union 581 picket line is drawn. Union explains that picket was over machinery placement and was removed after assurance no equipment would be set during completion. The dispute centers on who should place machinery, and Herrin leaders seek a community plan to urge Allen to reconsider its decision.
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Allen Industries, Inc
Olc
Herrin
Union
Carpenters & Millwrights
Carpenters
Allen Industries
Herrin Economic Development Association
Allen
Union 581
Carpenters and
Allen Plant
Illinois Ordinance
Silas Mason
Sangamo Electric
Norge
C.sp.s
Grand Tower
Truman asks Senate to delay steel action amid near pact
President Truman urged the Senate to avoid action on steel industry disputes, warning that interference could derail ongoing negotiations. He said negotiators were near a settlement and any Senate move might trigger a breakdown, urging continued direct talks.
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H.S.T
Senate
Alben Barkley
Truman
Barkley
Harry S. Truman
Governor Eyes Southern Illinois Atomic Plant Bid
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson announced a proposal to locate a new 1 billion dollar atomic energy plant in Southern Illinois. He plans talks with Atomic Energy Commission chief Marion W. Boyer and says the project would mirror Oak Ridge and Paducah plants, requiring about 34,000 construction workers and 4,500 permanent staff on 5,000 to 6,000 acres in the Ohio Valley.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Marion W. Boyer
Atomic Energy Commission
President Truman
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Ohio Valley
Area Stations To Beam Voices Of Korean GIs
Illinois to host the Way back home broadcasts as 28 communities join a nationwide plan by the armed forces radio service to carry familiar voices to service members overseas. The daily program starts August 17 with Chicago and 27 other cities named including Urbana Joliet Springfield and Peoria. Colonel William Mason Wright Jr. leads the AFRS guidance from Hollywood.
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Illinois
Armed Forces Radio Service
Hollywood
Calif
William Mason Wright Jr
Chicago
Ava
Canton
Carbondale
Champaign
Decatur
Freeport
West Frankfort
Galesburg
Rock Island
Belleville
Urbana
Joliet
Kankakee
Waukegan
Dekalb
Springfield
Peoria
Metropolis
Oak Park
Lincoln
Paris
Sterling
Litchfield
Quincy
LaGrange
Taylorville
Olney
Steel workers near vote on two year contract to 1954
Negotiators from the steel industry and CIO Steelworkers are reported to be close to a compromise that would give workers about 22 cents an hour in a two year deal through mid-1954. A crucial afternoon meeting was described as likely to yield a yes or no decision. The package would include a 16 cent wage boost and improved vacation and holiday terms, with a possible union shop and a one year look ahead for higher wages.
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Washington
C.I.O
White House
Philip Murray
John R. Steelman
Truman
Wasi
Wage Stabilization Board
W.S.B
Death Ends Pastor's Fast in Cherryville Mo
Rev J J Ivie a 57 year old Assembly of God minister died on the 51st day of his hunger strike at his home near Cherryville Missouri He vowed not to eat until praying for Gods will Ivie signed a protective statement for his family and declined medical help insisting he was not fasting to save the world He had taken only sips of water since April 20 and five sons and a daughter were at his bedside His wife a fellow minister said he remained conscious until the end
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Cherryville
Ozarks
J. J. Ivie
Assembly of God Church
St. Louis
Ivie
Go. Ivie
Fine Still Open to GOP Choices After Eisenhower Talks
Governor John Fine of Pennsylvania, after a three hour talk with General Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Columbia University campus, says he remains undecided about GOP presidential contenders. He notes it may take time to decide, and Pennsylvania’s 32 uncommitted delegates could swing the convention.
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New York
John Fine
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fine
G.O.P
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Columbia
Atlantic Seaboard
Gettysburg
Southern Snot Daily Press edition details
The fragment notes the Southern Illinois publication, not Sunday edition, issued by Southern Illinois Publications, with Carbondale, Illinois postal handling as second class matter under the 1897 act, indicating archival postal classification.
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Southern Snot
Southern Iilinote Publications
Toe
Mato Street
Carbendale
Carbondale
Illinois
Hope to Settle Strike at Karnak
Evan Dale, president of the Southern Illinois district council of hodcarriers, said at noon today a contract between 150 Local 882 hodcarriers and Main Brothers Box Co of Karnak would be negotiated within an hour. The union seeks a 10 cent hourly raise from the current 11.12 dollars and paid holidays. The workers walked out Friday after negotiations on a lapsed contract stalled. Main Brothers Box and Lumber Co supplies crates to U S shipping firms.
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Evan Dale
Southern Illinois District Council of Hodcarriers
Hodcarriers
Main Brothers Box Company
Karnak
Dale
Main Brothers Box and Lumbe, Company
United States
Barber Josephius Peyton Dies In Vandalia Crash
A Normal barber Josephius P. Peyton 49 was killed when his car left Highway 51 near Vandalia and crashed into a pole after sliding down a 15 foot embankment. Peyton, alone in the vehicle, was returning from a visit to Mount Vernon.
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Vandalia
Barber
Josephius P. Peyton
Peyton
Mount Vernon
United Nations urges Korea to halt bickering for 10 days
In Pusan on June 9, the United Nations urged South Korea to suspend political squabblings for 10 days to ease tension the UN says could lead to chaos. The proposal was delivered to the government, calling for lifting martial law in the temporary capital and freeing 11 National Assemblymen charged with conspiracy.
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Pusan
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Syngman Rhee
Japan Rejects Soviet Repatriation Offer
Tokyo brands a Hong Kong message reporting Soviet plans to repatriate 182,000 Japanese prisoners as propaganda. The note, signed by MP Mrs Tomi Kora, follows a Peiping trade pact with Red China and quotes Komakichi Matsuoka.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Hong Kong
Tomi Kora
Peiping
Red China
Komakichi Matsuoka
Dusty the Cat Births Kitten in 420th Litter Feat
Dusty a 17 year old mother cat from Bonham Texas has given birth to one kitten this week. Owner Mrs Kate Estes of Trenton reports Dusty has produced more than 140 litters averaging three kittens per litter.
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Bonham, Tex
Dusty
Kate Estes
Trenton
William Newton assumes dual role to support family
William Newton of Cobden, a geography major from the College of Vocations and Professions, embraced a dual role on Sunday as father of three and as Brian, then discarded his graduation garment to seek employment and support a family of five.
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William Newton
Cobden
Brian
Newton
Caine
Soviets Block Escapes as East Germans Flee to West
Berlin reports Soviet reinforced border patrols and soldiers blocking flights of East Germans to the West while West Berliners await further pressure. British reprisals target Radio Berlin in the western sectors as Allied highway access to West Germany remains barred. Evacuation fears and a looming “secure belt” around the zonal border push Panicked masses toward the West.
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Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
Russia
Radio
West Germany
JOPPA DENIES RUMORS OF PROPOSED SHUTDOWN
A spokesman for Ebasco Services denied rumors that the plant planned to shut down. He said all crafts were today except the electricians who dispute. operations will continue as they have in the past despite shifts and tense negotiations with the teamsters.
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Ebasco Services, Inc
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