Groups Seek U S Probe of Texas Citizens Councils
About 50 Negro groups in Harris County unite to urge a Justice Department probe of Texas Citizens Councils formed to enforce segregation. They accuse Texas Atty Gen John Ben Shepperd and Gov Allan Shivers of aiding the councils and seek instruction for compliance with the Constitution. A Justice Department spokesman said the letter had not been received and offered no comment.
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Houston
Tex
Gro
Justice Department
Texas
Harrisonty Council of Organizations
Citizens Councils
Washington
Department
Dallas
Quiz Page Answers Reveal Oddities
The page lists quiz answers including Money for 1, Virginia for 3, Mammal for 4, Yeu for 5, and notes on four friends. It shows "Yes, all three" and answers about weaving, division, and the name Guy.
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Money
Virginia
Mammal
Yeu
Guy
Body of chemist missing since July found in cave
Louisv ille FBI identifies the body as 72 year old Lewis A Finn from Palm Beach. A Milwaukee couple Leonard LaFond and Jo Anne Severson led to the discovery and face federal charges for transporting a stolen car. Finn disappeared July 20 while traveling from Palm Beach to visit a brother in Yuma.
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Louisville
FBI
Mammoth Cave National Park
Chicago
Thomas J. Gearty
Milwaukee
Lewis A. Finn
Palm Beach
Fla
Yuma
Ariz
Gearty
Leonard LaFond
Jo Anne Severson
LaFond
Miss Severson
N. M
el Paso
Tex
County enrollments rise as new elementary schools eyed
School attendance figures show 1 292 pupils in public schools, with 895 in high schools and 397 in elementary grades countywide. Frederick County plans a new elementary school on Paper Mill Road in Shawnee District next fall and another near James Wood School in a future phase to ease congestion.
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Stephens City
Middletown
Stonewall
Gore
Gainesboro
Bryarly
Kernstown
Miller
Round Hill
White Hall
Arme
Gravel Springs
High View
Ayler
Frederick County
Paper Mill
Shawnee
James Woods
Pressure at City Morgue Delays Heiress Body Release
Testimony at the coroner inquest describes alleged pressure at Philadelphia's morgue to release Doris Silver Oestreicher's body immediately. Detective Nathan M. Smith reports seeing the Schwartz home, family members, and doctors present, with claims of a suicide note and later discussion of an autopsy and induced abortion. The case involves Doris Silver Oestreicher, an heiress and wife of a Miami Beach policeman, who had eloped to Georgia and returned to Illinois.
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Philadelpiha
Doris Silver Oestreicher
Miami Beach
City
Milton Schwartz
Smith
Oestreicher
Schwartzes
Herman R. Silver
Silver
Food Fair Stores
Seaboard
Samuel Katz
Samuel Manstein
Mansten
Schwartz
Dr. Katz
Earl Oestreicher
Shirley
Doris Jean Silver
Shirley Silver
Florida
Doris Silver
Georgia
Melrose Park
Oeestreicher
Police Seek 14 Year Old Rita Hann Missing in Staten Island
Police search dense woods in Staten Island for Rita Mae Hann a 14 year old girl who screamed help me to her mother over the telephone before the line went dead She left home in Charleston yesterday afternoon to shop in Tottenville Family says she is the daughter of Mrs Lillian Hann and stepfather Alfred Hann Authorities lack a current photo hindering identification and rely on a family group picture for description.
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New York
Staten Island
Rita Mae Hann
Charleston
Island
Tottenville
Lillian Hann
Hann
Rita Mae
Maryland Woman Injured in City Collision at Washington and Pall Mall
A Maryland woman, Anna Crites 30 of Westernport, sustained forehead lacerations and was treated at Memorial Hospital after a two vehicle crash at the intersection of South Washington and West Pall Mall streets. Estimated vehicle damage totaled 1,500 dollars.
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Winchester Star
Washington and
W. Pall Mall Sts
Maryland
S. Washington
W. Pall Mall Srs
Anna Crites
Westernport
Memorial Hospital
Eston Lee Crites
David A. Fahnestock
Crites
Bernard Preston Howard
Miller St
Winchester
Howard
S. Washington St
W. Pall Mall St
Potato yields per acre rise to 276 bushels in 1955
The crop reports of the Department of Agriculture show a national average potato yield of just over 276 bushels per acre in 1955, compared with 252.8 in 1954 and a 1944-53 average of 213.1.
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Department of Agriculture
Mentally Disturbed Mother Admits Drowning Infant
Christine Te gerides 22 reportedly confessed hours after faking a nap alarm to cover the killing of her 22 month old son George. Police say she held the child under water during his first bath. The body was found in a closet as the case goes before a Felony Court judge.
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New York
Christine Tegerides
Andrew
Asst. Dist. Atty
Bernard M. Patton
Queens County
George
September sales directory auctions across Virginia and West Virginia
A dated sales directory lists multiple estate and household auctions with dates from September 3 to September 24. Listings include locations such as Inwood and Winchester in West Virginia and Virginia, with items like dairy cattle household goods real estate farming implements and furniture, led by auctioneers Snider Hor ner Orndorff and others.
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R. M. Bradfield
Pennsylvania Ave
E. T. Snider
P. H. Hoover
Inwood
W. Va
Inwood-Gerrardstown
Harry Horner
Carl R. Lee
Frederick County Court House
S. Braddock St
Ezra W. Fiddler
Ridgeway
W. S. Lewis
Martha N. Bonham
Summit Point
Jefferson County
Paul E. Miller
W. D. Orndorff
Sarah Daugherty
Harrison Miller
Orchard Ave
Winchester
Charles R. Duvall
Albert W Lee
Paper Mill Road
Fireman Killed as Wall Collapses at Roanoke Warehouse
In Roanoke Virginia a 50 foot brick wall collapsed from a burning warehouse owned by Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal Co. Frank Lee Ferguson 29 of 1735 Jerome Ave SE died after 16 days on the job Capt E W Meador sustained a broken arm and other injuries and was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Roanoke
Frank Lee Ferguson
Jerome Ave
Virginia Scrap Iron and Metal Co
E. W Meador
Lewis Gale Hospital
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San Antonio
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Frederick Motors
E. Piccadilly St
OF City Realty
South Braddock Street
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Admr
C.t.a
Patricia Lee Atkins
Shenandoah Ave
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William B. Russell
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Grant
Bond Bros. Orchard
N. Cameron St
Farm Credit
E. Boscawen St
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Stickell
Royster
Grove
S & Pratt
Harry Murphy & Brother
Dial
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Sta-Dri
Butler
Wyck St
Ferguson
Arlene Franc
Satin
Wwe
Latex Wonder Wall Painn
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