Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-02-03
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
High and Lowdown'
BY BAIL.EE THOMAS

! tLNes hhN Ftht hdAN SN
URDAY EVENING POST and
get load OF one OF the most
beautiful color photos we've seen
in any magazine for many day
The center figure in a group is
brown~skinned Miss Iowa State
University, II year old Dora Lee
Martin from Houston, Texas. who
won the campus queen title In a
race with other Iowa goods,
While Georgia Tech students
were chasing Gov, Marvin Griffin
around the capital for suggesting
that the school not play a bowl
game with Pittsburgh because the
team had Negro player, the
University OF Iowa was selecting
IA Negro girl coed from Texas rs
Campus Queen.
Iowa ~" has $50 Negro
American students out OF total
enrolment of 5000. Hope the
SATURDAY EVENING POST
has a few readers down Dixie way
That beautiful color picture
with those beautiful American
faces may be good for some Of the
things which give the south the
aches and pains,
The picture in the POST, by
Ivan Dmitri, an Upper Midwest
boy who attended the University
of Minnesota Is worth the price
OF years subscription To the
POST II you don't want sub
scription, buy a single copy at
Shindcrs In Minneapolis or
Courtesy News in st, Paul.
Ann Harris, the Minneapolis
business woman is headed for the
altar with Leo Brown. "A railroad
er Friends OF Jim Williams
and they are legion. are happy
that he won his bout with pneu-
monia It's remarkable how
the sepiR boys who box under the
Partnership and coaching Of Harry
DAVIS continue TO carry away
Mill City Golden Glove champion
ships
There was Jazz concert at the
Lyceum last Sunday night, but
practically nobody knew about II.
.. II Shelton CTonyD Granger APP
pears To have a large smile on
his face. us because his wife pre-
scented him with boy baby last
week. The other three prior chill
dren in the Granger family were
all girls
II you want real belly laugh
get A II Casaus the Twin
Towns top raconteur TO tell how
he used 10 Brighten football play
crs on the opposing eleven when
he starred for Mechanic Arts
Then get John Patton 10 tell how
he kept CBssius from breaking up
a touchdown play during an an
nusI intercity game by grabbing
and holding his feet
Bailee watched the Winter Car
nival parade Saturday on the
street as long as h. could finally
uccumbinR 10 the temptation %
the warmth of the st Paul AUDI
torium Too bad. the SANITY
CITY Afrarnericau community
doesn't sponsor queen in the
Winter Carnival race Same
thing should be considered for the
Minneapolis AqIatsnnial with all
the pretty. talented p"rsonable
girls we have In these Twin Cities
We should come up with worthy
contender for the queen crowns
The BDssnan proudly passed a
note from Mrs V y HikkeIsor
81 Minneapolis who wrote she
wouldn't be without this paper for
anything Nice thoughtful ssnt-
msnta from nice lady
CivII Rights, Party Headache: /
On the political party cIviI night" /
front the Eisenhower adminia'rs-
ton u continuing 30 build its 4
fences Pennsylvania Republican I.
Congressman Hugh Scott IL 20 ,
operating With Democrat Adam I.
Clayton Powell in plans 10 bring ,
the administration civil nights +.
proposals IN the noor ~ the
House
Senator Hubert " Humphrey
~ Minnesota. warned Democratic
leaders tn Congress last week
The Derocra'ic Party IN spelling
its oun Tong term do0rn unless u
does something Our party O'Igh,
~ be The champion ~ equal
nights - morally rght and -
politically night n this admin.
ls'rstion IL SINCERE. they'u get
my ran support
Dero~ra'ic national chat rnsn
Paul Butler tod a group ~ Negro
nswspaper pYhuEhsrs In wash
inE'or recently mat Dsr1ocra'i,
congregational leaders Rad 'llf
nm that they IA ~. plan 20 press
for civil lights Legislation 4 re-
fC0rHrIsf m pare o.