Stassen Refuses Subpena From Senate Subcommittee
Foreign aid chief Harold E. Stassen refused to accept a subpena served by the Senate Permanent Investigating subcommittee. The panel insisted the document was properly served as Stassen prepared to testify about a Pakistan grain elevator contract. Subcommittee officials argued service was complete, while Stassen planned to appear Monday and testify Wednesday after a prior bow to witness three aides.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Congress
Senate Permanent
Stassen
Pnate
Robert McElroy
Pakistan
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Subpena
McElroy
Foreign Operations Administration
FOA
Subcommittee
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert G. Wilson
Foreign Aid
John L. McClelan
D-Ark
Col McCormick Dies Renowned Publisher And Editor
Col Robert R. McCormick editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune died at 2 47 a m at his Cantigny Wheaton estate from complications of disease He was nearly 75 and had suffered pneumonia after a 1953 European trip Private funeral services are planned at his Cantigny home with a memorial service to follow on Tuesday President Eisenhower and others expressed sympathy.
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Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Maryland Mathison McCormick
Ann Hooper Warner
Horace Wetmore
McCormick
Eisenhower
Congress
Cantigny
Koch to Tour East for Industrial Prospects
Walter B. Koch of the Monroe Area Industrial Development Corp will leave Monroe for Washington to attend a meeting of the American Industrial Council and then meet industrial prospects in New York Michigan and other northern cities. He will join a panel at the Mayflower hotel debating public funds and tax concessions for development.
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Walter B. Koch
Monroe Area Industrial Development Corp
Monroe
Washington
American Industrial Council
Koch
New York
Michigan
Maidco
Monroe Area Industrial Development Corporation
Baton Rouge
W. L
Jack) Howard
Industrial Council
Mayflower
Index Summary of the Week’s Pages
The note lists sections Index Class 15 17 Radio TV 10 Comics 14 Sports 12 13 Editorials 4 Theaters 10, guiding readers to page whereabouts and content areas within the newspaper. It functions as a navigational card for the issue.
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Radio-Tv
Fair Mild Weekend Forecast for Twin Cities Area
The Twin Cities area will see fair mild weather Saturday with increasing clouds on Sunday. High yesterday at Selman Field was 73 with a 55 low and a trace of rain. Thunder showers are possible in Arkansas over the weekend.
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Twin Cities
CAA
Selman
Arkansas
West Monroe Parking Ban Sparks Mayor and Merchants Clash
West Monroe officials announce a May 1 curbside ban on Cypress street while merchants denounce the move as deceitful after a Tuesday meeting suggested postponement. City leaders will consult state highway officials on potential impacts to state aid as controversy over Cypress and Louisville avenues grows.
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West Monroe
Cypress
Cypress Street
Morning World
Monroe
Louisville Avenue
J. A. Norris
Rebels advance on Saigon amid city blockade and rival factions
Government sources report two rebel battalions marching toward Saigon to reinforce suburbs. About 1,600 fresh rebels reach Tan An, 25 miles from the capital, as Ba Cut and Hoa Hao forces tighten a blockade crippling Saigon’s food routes and signaling renewed pressure against Ngo Dinh Diem’s government. Gen Tran Van Soai marshals Hoa Hao forces to back Ba Cut, while Binh Xuyen hold Cholon.
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Saigon
Tan An
Hoa Hao
Ba Cut
Cochin
China
Mekong
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Binh Xuyen
Diem
Cholon
Tran van Soai
Northeast State College Hosts First Regional Science Fair
At Northeast State College the first Regional Science Fair opens today with 99 entries from area schools. Exhibits will be judged for possible advance to the Louisiana State Science Fair in New Orleans April 15 16 and potential national competition in Cleveland. Junior and senior divisions cover chemistry physics engineering botany zoology geology with a winner named from each field. Continued on the second page.
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Northeast State
Louisiana
Northeast
Emmett J. Foster
Academy of Sciences
New Orleans
Cleveland
Ohio
New Iberia Wins Navy Jet Base Site in Louisiana
The Navy selects New Iberia Louisiana for a 25 million dollar jet aviation training base to employ about 2000 military personnel and 150 civilians. Plans include two 8000 foot runways hangars a mess hall medical facilities and other facilities. The base will acquire about 4000 acres from 70 owners and provide regional firefighting and rescue support.
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Washington
Navy Today
New Iberia
Navy
Louisiana AFL Convention Opens At Capital Monday
Baton Rouge reports that the Louisiana AFL convenes its 43rd annual State Federation of Labor meeting starting Monday. EF H Williams notes speakers will attack the right to work law and discuss labor unity, with focus on the 1954 act and possible gubernatorial impacts. The event includes allied trades meetings and ends Thursday.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Labor
Williams
Afl-Cio
State Conference of Painters
Louisiana State, County and Municipal Employes Council
State Allied Printing Trades Council
State Conference of Electricians
Louisiana State Pipe Trades Association
Paris Pact Gains U S Approval In Senate Vote
The Senate approved the Paris pacts by 76 to 2 to rearm Germany and make it a NATO partner, with Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and Denmark to act before effect. Langer and Malone opposed. George urged backing for a constructive Western alliance.
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Washington
Senate
Paris
Germany
William Langer
R-N.d
George W. Malone
R-Nev
Walter F. George
D-Ga
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Baltic
United States
Langer
Malone
Tidelands Mineral Income Tops 34 Million in Q1 1955
Louisiana reports 33,908,707.76 from mineral resources in the first quarter of 1955, a new three month record and nearly half of 1954’s yearly total. Offshore and inland royalties bonuses and rentals comprise the bulk, with March alone at 23,929,831.48.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Register of State Lands
Ellen Bryan Moore
Concordia Electric Cooperative Wins $665000 Surety Loan
Washington April 1 The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 665000 loan to Concordia Electric Cooperative Ferriday Louisiana to expand electrical service and reach more customers.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Concordia Electric Cooperative
Ferriday
Mississippi House condemns Hodding Carter for Look Magazine piece
The Mississippi House passed a resolution 89 to 19 condemning Hodding Carter editor of the Greenville Delta Democrat-Times for alleged falsehoods about citizens councils. Critics called him scalawag and niggerlovin editor while supporters defended his claims in a bitter debate. Carter was absent on a hunting trip. The resolution targeted his Look Magazine article A Wave of Terror Threatening the South.
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Mississippi
Greenville Delta Democrat-Times
J. S. Williams
Eck Windham
Russell Fox
Carter
House
Look Magazine
South
Ramblin Chess Gala Set For Monroe
The Y M C A team led by George Caterer plans a gala show titled Chess Alive in Monroe. The event aims to deter juvenile delinquency and will proceed when plans are finished by the first week of June with cooperation from the Y, Monroe Riding Club and others.
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Monroe
George Caterer
East Germany Rejects Protests Over Toll Blockade
Berlin dispatch reports East Germany rejects protests against higher highway tolls on the West Berlin link. Western allies denounce the increase as politically inspired and aimed to curb supplies, while East German papers call road questions a German matter. The tolls raise a truck round trip cost from 5 to 55 dollars.
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Berlin
East Germany
United States
West Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Communist Party
Second Polio Vaccine Trial Hailed As Potentially Most Effective
Illinois public health officials report testing a new polio vaccine that may surpass the Salk vaccine. Dr. Roland Cross notes 200 Morgan County children immunized last year with no polio cases and plans to inoculate more this summer at a state children's facility, with further tests needed.
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Springfield
Illinois
Roland R. Cross
Morgan County
Cross
Three Philippine Provinces Hit by Quake Deaths and Destruction
Manila reports from Mindanao show 170 dead 100 missing and 300 injured after an earthquake centered on Lanao Mindanao affecting Misamis Oriental and Misamis Occidental. Brig Gen William Lee offers US air support. President Magsaysay declares calamity and releases 500000 pesos for relief.
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Manila
Philippines
Lanao
Mindanao
Misamis Oriental
Misamis Occidental
William Lee
U.S. 13Th Air Force
Japan
Ramon Magsaysay
Mindanon
Magsaysay
Pacita Madrigan
Ozamis
Jelke Convicted Faces Possible 40 Year Sentence
New York April 1 Pudgy Minot F Mickey Jelke heir to a 3 million oleomargarine fortune was convicted on two counts for operating a 100 a night call girl ring in cafe society He indicated he would not appeal though his lawyer said no plan is fixed A sentencing date is set for April 28 with a potential 40 year term.
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New York
Pudgy Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Jelke
George Washington Herz
Pat Ward
Marguerite Cordova
Charge It Memorandum Account Ad Offers 7 Day Rate
A phone ad urges subscribers to use a memorandum account with the prompt to say CHARGE IT. It promotes a low seven day rate and highlights cancellation privileges for flexibility.
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