Kenon Wins Runoff Over Longs In Louisiana Governor Race
In a runoff, Robert F. Kennon defeated Earl K. Long's candidate Carlos Spaht by wide margins. Kennon led with 367,962 votes to 938,342 for Spaht as late returns showed, signaling the end of Long influence and pledging strict economy and tax cuts coupled with Long’s humane programs.
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Orleans
Robert F. Kena
Earl K. Long
Long
Baton Rouge
Kennon
Langs
Louisjais
Feading
Spaht
Preeine
Spa
Kennan
Longs
Ken- Gr
Kenson
Earl
Russell Long
Hary P
Kingfish
Ussia
Kennen
Ahi
Stay-Put seamen led by Pasadenan try salvage at Fort Mercer
Thirteen seamen led by Jesse T. Bushell of Texas attempted to salvage parts of the 16,100 ton Fort Mercer after the tanker broke up in a Linvist storm. The men stayed with a sunken section while Coast Guard crews rescued 32 from the Pendleton and 21 from the Fort Mercer. The Eastwind radioed that all hands were safe as the cutter Acushnet kept watch nearby.
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Phatham
Mass
Fort Mercer
Cape Cod
Jesse T. Bushell
Texas
Ito
Lervang
Fort Mercer Anil
Acushnet Manenvis
Kum Spots Gets Bike Back
Deputies spotted a 15-year-old from Saunerview riding a bicycle abandoned on Market Street Road. The bike was recovered and the youth was turned over to juvenile officers for relation of the bike’s owner, E. G. Clarke, project chair.
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Morris
Ratre
Anmrone
Mr Brown
Ey Wilson
Saunerview
Be Cone Market Street
Noisy Street Scenes and Personal Notes From Town
A jumble of social vignettes across the town includes Rosamond’s mistaken identity remark, Bayles heading out, a tale of a last-minute trip from San Francisco, and various neighbors in casual actions from traffic near a porch light to a blue satin bath robe moment.
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Rosamond
H.C. Bayles
Mont. Belvieu
Baytown
M. EL Schillers
San Francisco
McKinsky
Meyer
Texas
Cortes-time
Esides
Wiliams
Broussard
Scomene Reichart
Texans Volunteer To Ride Out Atlantic Storm Aboard Fort Mer
Four Harris sailors aboard the 10,000-ton Fort Merceraff tanker stay with the damaged stern as a gale lashes the Atlantic. Chief Engineer Jesse T. Bush Nell of Pasadena, First Assistant Engineer Fi rw ard S. Colby of Houston, Second Pumpman Chester M. Brodacki of Houston, and Seaman Michael Crowley of Houston are named among the volunteers. Nine others also chose to remain aboard.
Starry eyed beauty plans simple wedding in London
A 19 year old film star Ting prepares to wed British actor Michael Ting in London tomorrow. Reports vary on her age and other details. She praises him as wonderful and expresses strong affection.
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Hare Sapphire Ting
Michael Ting
London
Tits Aze
Oilworkers Strike Call Nears After Region Holds Line
Oil workers along the Gulf Coast brace for a nationwide 278 160 strike as union leaders meet to decide on a 25 cent hourly wage demand. J Eric Brown reports 15 000 Texas Gulf Coast workers are holding the line awaiting instructions with an orderly shutdown possible after notification. Brown says all local strike votes have passed with approval and disputes over Port Neches plant have been resolved. If called, it would mark a historic unification of CIO AFL locals in a single program.
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Haumont
Gulf Coast
The
Olworkers International Union
CIO
Denver
J. Eric Brown
Texas Gulf Coast
Federal Conciliation Office
Houston
Brown
Texas Company
Port Neches
Oidyorker
AFL
Lawyers Questioning In Ship Probe Over Surplus Tanker Deals
Washington investigators likely will call two Washington attorneys now under grand jury indictment for questioning about the profits from surplus tanker deals tied to former Representative Joseph P. Casey. They helped organize corporations, leased tankers, and profits reached tens of thousands while Casey’s circle faced perjury indictments.
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Washington
Obi-Senate
Joseph 3. Casey
Massachusetts
Seep H. Rosenbaum
Senate Rfc
Robert W. Dudley
Casey
Rosenbaum
Coumsel Francis D. Flanagan
Dudley
William A. Leece
Herran
Stavros Niarchos
Casey Group
Farmer & Corporation
National Taner Corporation
Real Estate Firms Win Bid for West Sterling Surplus Property
Realtors Bay US Property Co J Bailey and B A Stewart of Keystone Realty submitted the winning bid for a government surplus property near the Main Post Office in West Sterling Dallas today via Sam E Wallace regional GSA official. Nineteen bids were received for two six year frame rigs and two frame garages. The government will gain title by eminent domain to expand the Post Office. Construction on a 176000 addition is set to start later this month.
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Eine Ent Fiomain
Wife Is Sick, Home On Fire Near San Jacinto Memorial
Bert Sanders of 410 West Francis faced a double emergency as his wife was wheeled into San Jacinto Memorial Hospital. Fire crews were summoned due to a malfunctioning water heater at the Sanders home and a wall near it showing scorch marks. Aurora McCarty, caring for the Sanders children, reported the heater was overheating before she shut it off and alerted firefighters.
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Herbert Sanders
West Francis
New England Blizzard Threatens Many as Snowbound
UNIFED PRESS reports fierce winter storms across New England and the Northern Midwest. The New England blizzard caused at least 82 deaths from overexertion and wrecks, with 1500 people stranded as power lines failed and transport halted. Separately, Dakotas and Minnesota blizzard winds subsided after claiming at least four lives.
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New England
Midwest
Masty
Shouttler
Maine
Dakotas
Minnesota
Ater
Kefauver Shapes TV Tailored Bid For Democratic Nomination
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee is the only declared Democratic candidate, championing television visibility and a pro Atlantic Union stance. He criticizes President Truman and cites his 1948 anti crime committee fame, linking global peace to clean government as he competes in the March 11 New Hampshire primary.
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Lyle GC. Welson
Washington
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Truman
America
Crump
Senate
Mr. Truman
New Hampshire
Congress to Extend Truman Powers Faces Slow Review
Washington lawmakers foresee a cautious approach to renewing President Truman's war powers. An omnibus bill seeks to extend about 60 emergency authorities for the duration of the national emergency proclaimed December 16 1959. Committees will weigh each power on its merits and may let nonessential provisions lapse.
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Washington
Uri
Congress
Truman
Trumen
Korea
Senate
House Judiciary Committees
Emanuel Celler
New York
House Judiciary Committee
Homer Ferguson
Ichigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower Tops With Young Folks
McCall's Magazine reports a survey of first time voters with Dwight D. Eisenhower as the top choice among young men and women. Harry S Truman and Senator Robert A Taft follow in the rankings with varying percentages by gender.
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Washington
SERI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Robert A. Taft
McCall's Magazine
McCall's
Eisenhower
Mr. Truman
Taft
Reds Reject Compromise on Korea Armistice Plan
Communist staff officers demanded UN withdrawal of objections and Russia’s nomination to a neutral supervising commission. The UN refused, citing Russia as sponsor of Red China and North Korea. A revised prisoner exchange proposal was dismissed as routine by UN Colonel George Hickman amid ongoing armistice talks.
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United Nations
Russia
Korea
Red China
North Korea
George Hickman
Sabrejets Down Two MIGs in Air Battle Near Manchurian Border
Eighth Army report says American Sabrejets shot down two Communist MIG-15 jets and damaged five more during a 15 minute dogfight south of the Manchurian frontier near Sinviju on the Yalu. Pilots GaBreski Whisner Shaefer and others claimed kills and damage as Fifth Air Force increases its MiG tally this week. The day also saw the first Marine draft replacements to Korea since World War II, 903 leathernecks arriving in Sub-freezing weather aboard General William.
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Eighth Army
Manchurian
Sinviju
Yalu River
North Korea
Mania
Fifth Air Force
Francis S. Gabreski
Oil City
Pennsylvania
William T. W.whisner
Shreveport
Louisiana
William F. Shaefer
Boone
Iowa
Richard D. Stark
Tampa
Florida
John F. Ananest
Easton
Stark
Korea
Cleanup Chief Asks Definition Of Duties In Immunity Debate
Newbold Morris sought a clear statement of his duties as head of the government cleanup drive. He denied seeking immunity powers and said he does not need them. President Truman urged Congress to grant Morris authority to subpoena witnesses and documents and to guarantee witnesses protection from future prosecution. The House Judiciary Committee rejected the immunity proposal and sent the subpoena issue to a seven member subcommittee. Morris faced a closed meeting and later held a brief news conference denying origin of the idea with the president.
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Morris
Washington
Newbold Moris
White House
Truman
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
tRanimoisis
Howard McGrath
NATO Delegates Pledge German Armament And European Army
Lisbon AP reports NATO leaders from 14 member states plan to approve rearmament of West Germany and form a 2.4 million strong European army under NATO command. Dean Acheson urged rapid action as talks in Lisbon followed London discussions with Adenauer on the multinational force.
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NATO
Lisbon
Germany
Dean Acheson
Portugal
Thers
London
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Meyer Faked Own Return Says Chief
Washington reports that Tax Commissioner John B. Dunlap ousted Eugene L. Meyer of the Austin IRS office for faking his own tax returns, part of a nationwide cleanup. Meyer’s dismissal follows suspensions and resignations tied to investigations by Congress, the Justice Department, and the Bureau itself.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
John B. Dunlap
Austin
Congress
Justice Department
Bureau
Dunlap
Eugene L. Meyer
Meyer
Frank Scofield
Besi
Revenue Service
San Francisco
John A. Malone
Malone
Theodore J. Naumann
Minot
North Dakota
Highway 73 Named Top Texas Project
A Port Arthur led delegation urged completion of grading and structures on 13.3 miles of State Highway 33 to the Chambers county line as vital to national defense. The Texas Highway Commission chair endorsed the highway as the number one project in Texans, with estimated cost about 1.25 million dollars.
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Austin
Texas
Port Arthur
Jefferson-Chambers County
MacArthur Backers Gaining Taft Supporters May Switch Over
Washington reports show Republican leaders weighing MacArthur draft as Taft delegates may realign if Eisenhower exits. Wisconsin Pennsylvania Oregon New Hampshire Minnesota and other states push to secure MacArthur delegates despite his public refusal to enter primaries. Aiken suggests Taft supporters may shift if Eisenhower is out, while Stassen enters Nebraska GOP primary and Kerr enters Oklahoma Democratic primary.
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MacArthur
Taft
Satéen Macarthur
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Oregon
New Hampshire
Minnesota
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Tait
Stassen
Nebraska
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Unhurt In Fight Man Hurts Self Afterward
Buddy Morgan of Cedar Bayou, 22, involved in a Market Street nightclub altercation. His wife says he became enraged and rammed his fist through his car window. He was bleeding, treated at San Jacinto Memorial Hospital, released. deputy sheriff M. M. Brown filed no charges.
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Buddy Morgan
Cedar Bayou
Market Street
Morgana
Morgan
Horton
San Jacinto “Memorial Hospital
M. M.brown
Bank Creates Scholarships For Lee College Students
Citizens National Bank and Trust Company announces three new scholarships for Lee College. The two existing Lee College scholarships increase from 200 to 225 dollars. Two $125 awards go to top graduates of Cedar Bayou and Barbers Hill High Schools. A two year Hazel Behols Cup grant honors attendance at Lee College.
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Citizens National. Bank and Trust Company
Lee College
Hugh Echols Jr
Citizens National
Bank End, Trust Company
Robert E. Lee’ High School
Braduate
Cedar Bayou
Barbers Hill
Hazel Behols
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