Supreme Court Extends Segregation Ban to Buses
The Supreme Court extended its ban on racial segregation to all public transportation within states by dismissing an appeal from a Richmond Virginia case. The action follows prior rulings against segregation on interstate trains and buses and in waiting rooms used by interstate travelers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Richmond
High Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Quiz shows award nearly four million across networks
Billboard reports top 18 television quiz shows gave away 3,773,800 last year. Prizes totaled 1,580,300 in merchandise and trips. remaining in cash. CBS led with 2,293,800, NBC 800,000, ABC 370,000.
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New York
Billboard Magazine
Entertainment Business
CBS
NBC
ABC
1956 Guide Released to Help Cotton Insect Control
Texas Agricultural Extension Service released its 1956 Guide for Controlling Cotton Insects. The L-218 manual, prepared under F. M. Fuller with C. F. Garner, covers timing of insecticide applications, early and late season control, seed treatment, dusts and sprays, and recommended mixtures. It promises yield gains and a favorable return on insect-control investment based on research.
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College Station
F. M. Fuller
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Fuller
C. F. Garner
Entomology Department
Texas A. & M. College System
Woman Not A Female Says Paris Judge
A Paris judge dismissed a theft charge against a woman who allegedly stole a purse but fined the defendant $5 for insulting another woman by calling her "female." The ruling centers on terminology as a matter of scorn rather than crime.
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Paris
Josephine Valere
Allen to Take on the Killer Ed Sullivan
Fort Worth report says Steve Allen will replace CBS rival Ed Sullivan on NBC Sunday night Comedy Hour, possibly July 1, with Kovacs or Rayburn considered to sit in. Allen, 34, notes he will swap Tonight reins temporarily, while Gene Rayburn eyes more acting and a five night schedule proves tiring.
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Fort Worth
Steve Allen
Ed Sullivan
Allen
Sullivan
Steve
CBS
Ernie Kovacs
Gene Rayburn
Rayburn
Gene
NBC
Lynn
Flat TV Perfected and Mounted Like a Picture
London reports a wall hanging flat television tube capable of black and white or color transmission with minimal internal parts. Invented by Dr. Dennis Gabor, a Hungarian refugee and Royal Society fellow, the 20 inch square model is four inches deep and uses a central top edge gun projecting downward to the bottom edge. The stream is bent 180 degrees at the bottom. The piece notes a scalp hair count of 121,630 for reference.
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London
Dennis Gabor
Royal Society of Great Britain
Imperial College of Science and Technology
Man freed after 16 years in prison speaks of new world
Roy Eaton 52 recounts life after release from Rock Island Court after being wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years. He describes cars, fashion, air travel, and public kindness as he awaits employment and potential $250000 compensation from Illinois lawmakers. He seeks escape from lingering bitterness while pursuing work as a salesman.
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Chicago
Roy Eaton
Heaven
Eaton
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Rock Island (Ill
Statesville Penitentiary
St. Charles
Bullets Fired Into Jim Brown Home
Two .22 calibre bullets struck the Orangeville home of Mr and Mrs Jim Brown around 1 p.m. on Sunday. One bullet pierced a calendar paper through a window and the other nearly hit Mrs Brown. Dallas hunters in Folbs pasture nearby may have fired the stray shots. five youths and some fathers visited Trenton Monday offering to cover damages. The club scene ended with an embarrassed manager warning a careless doorman.
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Jim Brown
Orangeville
Dallas
Dr. Folb
Brown
Trenton
Eisenhower admits name often misspelled as Ike
Washington report says President Eisenhower told Joseph W. Barker that his full name is frequently misspelled with one or both E's omitted. He joked that he may be known as Ike too much.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Joseph W. Barker
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Ike
Subscription Rates in Grayson and Fannin Counties
Rates list for Grayson and Fannin Counties at 2.00, outside counties 2.50, foreign subscriptions 5.00. soldiers excluded from foreign rate.
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Grayson
Fannin
Grayson and
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the Whitewright Sun
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