Methodist Church Debate on Conference System Stirs Savannah
On June 6 1957 debates by Rev J Ed Fain of Moultrie and Dr Horace Freeman of Savannah highlighted opposition to a proposed amendment. They argued the plan would reshape church law creating separate Negro and white conferences and risk discrediting the 1939 leadership amid a large Negro population within ten miles of Savannah.
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Methodist Church
Savannah
Wreatoeic
Fain
United States
J. Ed Fain
Moultrie
Horace Freeman
South
Turner Air Force Base Rod and Gun Club Drives Conservation Efforts
Major William McClure leads the Turner AFB Rod and Gun Club as it secures land leases and bottles quail birdings, improves 27000 acres for wildlife, and buys two house trailers for fishing trips. The group aims to expand facilities and manpower in two years, crediting Col Gordon Graham for the initiative.
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Turner — Air Force
Albany
Turner Air Force Base
William McClure
McClure
Club
Flint
Fee
Gordon Graham
Graham
Chace
Aga Pet Gr
Americans Threatened in Japan Kidnap Plot Shielded by Fence
Douglas F. Scott, an ex child actor now a U S Navy civilian at Yokosuka, says extortionists demand 2 120 000 yen and threaten his two young sons as he shelters his family behind a barbed wire barricade in Kamakura. Navy investigators and Japanese police patrol hourly. Scott reported the threat after a call to his Japanese wife May 7.
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Kamakura
Japan
Douglas F. Scott
Los Angeles
Ashen
Yokosuka
Gial
Navy
Scott
Maari Jo
Teri Lea
Naval Base
Midori
Airman Fined For Mistreating Basic Trainee
Airman William Roberts Jr. was reduced by one rank and fined 50 dollars a month for two months after a court martial found him guilty of mistreating a basic trainee. He admitted relief at the fair trial and thanked the court as sentences were announced.
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Ban Antonio
Tex
William Roberts Jr
Roberts
Robert Dinsenbacher
Astoria
Long Island
N.Y
Dinsenbacher
House To Spend Seven Days On Civil Rights Legislation
The House voted 200 to 1117 to spend about seven days starting tomorrow on the administration's civil rights bill. Four days of general debate will precede extensive time for amendments and final consideration of the controversial proposal. Southerners largely opposed the plan.
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House
Washington
Benefit Extensions Proposed by Georgia Teachers Panel
J Le Yaden executive secretary of the Georgia Teachers Retirement System told a legislative committee that education groups misled the Legislature by pushing for new benefits. He urged lawmakers to resist future benefit increases, noting the 1946 accrued liability of 21 million dollars and changes in the retirement plan since then.
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J. le Yaden
Georgia Teachers Retirement System
Edu
Finnish Welcome for Soviet Leaders Draws Crowd Cheer
Soviet Premier Buolgania and Communist Party head Khrushchev arrived in Helsinki for a seven day visit. They greeted crowds with smiles and handclasps, patting children on the head as cheers echoed through the streets.
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Helsinki
Finland
Buolgania
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Ker
Liability pegged at four million in report
The article notes a four million liability figure and states that next week the committee will hear from Frank Delamar, director of the State Employees Retirement Fund.
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Frank Delamar
State
Labor Official Admits Depositing Union Funds
A Chicago labor official testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that he deposited about 90,000 of union funds into his own savings account on orders from his supervisor. He explained the money came from a 10,500 fund raised by Chicago Local Unions 300 and 100 to win a contract with a biscuit company.
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Washington
Chicago
Anthony Conforti
Chicago Bakers Union Lotal No. 1
Contotti
George
Saierco-Megowen Biscuit Co
Canforti
Senate
Stuart
Stuart Robert F. Kennedy
Conforti
Senshuien
D-Ark
Stuar
James G. Cross
Census Bureau Estimates U S Population At 171 Million
The Census Bureau projects the United States population including overseas personnel at 171 million today. Growth runs about 8 000 per day or three million yearly, with the last census tally at 151 132 000 in 1950. An electric chart shows a gain of one person every 11 seconds, registering 171 million around 3 p.m. EDT.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
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Georgia Game
O ‘Marshall
First Methodist Church of Americas
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Winn-Dixie
Poloroid
Westinghouse
Owen
Bulova
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