Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sign or agree with the Southern manifesto; we cannot secede from the Supreme Court. The manifesto can only result in increasing bitterness and hard feelings and adding confusion to an already difficult situation. The matter must now be resolved by the intelligent people of both races at the local level." Estes Kefauver's stand and statement on the segregation issue, punctuated by a handshake with the Negro elevator operators and a kind word with the Negro bellhops in Nashville, formed a capsule of his appeal to the U.S. voter. No great thinker and no great orator, he nevertheless...
...Music Teacher Perso. Secrets was scaled down to a trim 23 minutes, highlighted by The Ballad of Mort, the Whale, Lobster Dante, Ballet of the Octopus and Sea Horse Gallop, a tap dance in 6/8 time, as well as Susan Freiberg's Minuet of the Shrimp. The local critics disdained to cover the premiere, but Conductor Johnson thought Sea Secrets good enough to be shown to a music publisher. Said he: "It is beautiful in its whimsicality...
...combine their Sunday editions; he will probably sell the Independent building and surplus equipment. Independent Editor Fred G. Runyon, 53, son of the paper's cofounder, will become editor in chief of both dailies. There will be no other executive changes, and the papers will keep their local flavor. In keeping with the new style of newspaper empire building, the Ridders tend to leave each paper fairly free to steer its own course...
PUBLIC PAYROLLS are still climbing, despite all efforts to cut down on federal, state and local employees, says the Census Bureau. For October 1955, the last month for which figures are available, the total public payroll hit an alltime record 7,432,000 civilians, up 200,0000 from October 1954. Salaries: $2.3 billion per month...
...status of 36 workers fired for picketing violence was also compromised. The company agreed to reinstate the men on the payroll, but suspended them from work until their fate is decided by union-management negotiations at local plants. In case of deadlock, arbitrators will make the final decision...