Supreme Court Decisions on Segregation Are Explained
James Marlow notes that Supreme Court rulings can be hard to parse due to wording and narrow interpreted aims. He discusses Sweatt and McLaurin decisions, explaining how the court limited but reshaped segregation in higher education while leaving broader state policies unsettled.
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Tuck
Supreme Court
United States
Heman Marion Sweatt
University of Texas Law School
Texas Law School
Texas
Texas Law
G. W. McLaurin
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
McLaurin
S.M.A. A
Oliver Lewis
Aristides
Isaac Murphy
Churchill Downs
Buchanan
Riley
Kingman
James Lee
Jerome Respass
Jimmie Winkfield
Alana-Dale
6000 Coal Miners Back at Work in Panther Valley
Six thousand striking hard coal miners returned to work in the Panther Valley today under a back to work order from the Panther Valley General Mine Committee. The group will meet with Lehigh Navigation Coal Company officials and the United Mine Workers union to resolve hours disputes that caused the stoppage.
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Lansford
Panther Valley
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
Panther Valley General Mine Committee
United Mine Workers Union
Ways and Means Votes to Retain Light Bulb Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee reversed itself and kept the 20 percent excise tax on light bulbs while approving other tax cuts totaling 1.095 billion dollars yearly. The changes target telephone telegraph travel ticket and property transportation taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Friendship Fire Co Names Delegates to NV Firemen's Assn
George Eagle Ed Jones and Ryland Conner named delegates to represent Friendship Fire Co at the Northern Virginia Firemen's Assn convention June 31-23 in Harrisonburg. Members will meet with the Auxiliary Thursday to set a date and plan a benefit yard party. Steve Katunas and Louis Teper added to company membership.
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George Eagle
Ed Jones
Ryland Conner
Friendship Fire Co
Northern Virginia Firemen's Assn
Harrisonburg
Steve Katunas
Louis Teper
Average governor term lengths in the states
Twenty seven states have four year terms for governors and Connecticut will adopt the practice in 1951. The remaining states maintain two year terms.
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Connecticut
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