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...Rayburn protege, ranks high on the list of possible future Speakers. But he is in a dangerous political situation: with Arkansas due to lose two Representatives after the 1960 census. Mills cannot risk being gerrymandered out of Congress by a legislature under the segregationist thumb of Governor Orval Faubus. Mills therefore has recently taken a strong segregationist position, this year masterminded the disputed House seating of Little Rock Segregationist Dale Alford, won respect for his political footwork, lost points for the speakership...
...schools-boosting to more than 17,000 the number of Norfolk children who have been denied public school education since last September, when six white secondary schools were closed by Virginia's massive-resistance to Federal District Court integration orders. ¶ In Little Rock, Governor Orval Faubus, beginning his third term, called for a state constitutional amendment that would turn over state and local education funds to school districts which, in turn, would dole funds to each student. Pupils would then use the money to pay for their schooling elsewhere. And a state legislative committee, finishing its investigation...
...pollees ranked President Eisenhower as the most admired living man, trailed by Sir Winston Churchill, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Evangelist Billy Graham and Harry Truman, who slipped from last year's third spot. Newcomers to this year's list: Vice President Nixon and Arkansas' Governor Orval Faubus...
...Little Rock, Publisher Wells was speedily disciplined for standing up for Brooks Hays. Arkansas' house of representatives, which does Orval Faubus' bidding, notified Wells that it was canceling his $10,200 contract for publishing a daily digest of legislative sessions. Professed reason for the sudden cut: economy...
...dozen angry men arose from the audience to seek out the heckler, one Daniel L. Rosenstein, M.D. The growing commotion almost drowned out the last words of Faubus' speech (". . . freedom for all Americans"), as police escorted Rosenstein and his wife from the hall, hid them behind a lobby sign advertising Capitol Records until most of the crowd had left. But about 200 people stayed behind to shout, as Dr. and Mrs. Rosenstein were taken to their car: "Go back to Russia," and "Where's your party card?" At that, nobody got hurt; it was only a mild case...