Vandals Slash Phone Cables Near Monroe
vandals slashed two telephone cables and damaged a connection box in the Monroe area before dawn during a strike by Southern Bell workers. about 200 phones along the Sterlington road were cut off by the hacked box, while other breaks affected roughly 90 phones near Monroe and west of West Monroe.
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Monroe
Southern Bell Telephone Company
H. H. Hudson
The
Telephone Company
West Monroe
Sterlington Road
Hudson
Vuci Bribery Trial Set to Open Tomorrow in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge April 9 report says Frank Vuci faces trial on alleged bribery for offering state police Supt Francis Grevemberg $250 weekly to run a bookie joint. Vuci was free on 2500 bond since last May as Grevemberg’s probe involved tape recordings and witnesses, with four reporters tied to the case and other gamblers already convicted.
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Baton Rouge
Frank Vuci
Francis Grevemberg
Vuci
Grevemberg
Sans Souci Club
West Baton Rouge
Parish
Nuel
Charles Pierce
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Arthur Fosse
Horace Perez
New Orleans
Earl Boteler
Arabi
Vuei
Edgecomb
Edgecombe
Wucil
Local Area Weather Teletype Forecast
Showers and thundershowers expected mainly in the north portion of Louisiana today. Tonight largely cloudy and mild with possible showers. Tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer in Louisiana. Arkansas also has rain and scattered thundershowers today, then mild and cloudy conditions tomorrow. Monroe records yesterday reached a high of 58 and a low of 51 degrees at Selman Field.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Monroe
CAA
Selman Field
Classified Index of Local Sections and Listings
The page lists Local Section codes for topics including Oil and Gas 13 17A Churches 12B Radio TV 15B Editorials 44 Sports 911A Garden 13B Theaters 15B with page references in a newspaper index format. It enumerates section designations to guide readers to stories and notices across departments.
Four Airmen Bail Out as Navy Plane Crashes Near Baskin
Four airmen parachuted to safety seconds before a single engine navy attack plane crashed and exploded in a marshy wooded area three and a half miles east of Baskin. Pilot 1st Lt. William Womel 35 of Santa Ana California Marine Master-Sergeant C D Harriman 41 of Beauford North Carolina Marine Pfc T R Stewart 19 of Seattle Washington Navy Seaman D V Squires 19 of St Petersburg Florida and home stations aboard USS Brown survived. The craft was en route from Dallas to Cherry Point North Carolina at about 9000 feet when the engine failed. The four remained with the plane for ten minutes before jumping.
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Baskin
Navy
Willam Womel
Santa Ana
Calif
el Toro
C. D. Harriman
Beauford
N. C
T. R. Stewart
Seattle
Washington
D. V. Squires
St. Petersburg
Fla
Uss Brown
U. S. Naval Station
Dallas
Marine Corps Air
Easter Observances and Egg Hunts Across Twin Cities Area
Easter observances unfold with sunrise services at Memorial Park in Monroe at 5 30 a m and Hasley cemetery at 6 00 a m. The Christian Youth association joins YMCA and YWCA in sponsoring the Memorial Park event, while Quachita Parish high school choir performs at Hasley. Central Baptist hosts an evening sacred music concert by Wheaton College Glee Club.
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Twin Cities
Memorial Park
Monroe
Christian Youth Association
Memorial
West Monroe
Hasley
Trenton Baptist Association
Quachita Parish
Jaroy Weber
First Baptist Church of
Central Baptist Church
Wheaton College Glee Club
Wheaton
Ill
Monroe Robbery Suspect Held By San Diego Police
Billy Deal, wanted for a Monroe March 13 poker game robbery netting over $11 000 for two armed gunmen, was arrested near the San Diego county jail. He awaits extradi tion processing in San Diego jail. Deal was captured after a tip from Little Rock linked him to a purchased automobile and a cash payment of 500 in Arkansas. Police say he had 269 in cash and a pawned pistol. Russell Ramsey’s home robbery motive connects to the same case. Russell Russell surrendered earlier and was released on bond.
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Billy Deal
San Diego
Calif
Deal
Bailey Grant
Grant
Little Rock
Ark
Monroe
Arkansas
Charles Ray Russell
Polk Street
Russell
Court House
Sheriff's Department
Russell Ramsey
West Monroe
W. C. Welch
California
LSU Student Dies In Auto Accident
Miss Ann Gill a 20 year old Louisiana State University student from Russellville Kentucky was killed in a car accident near Santa Rosa Florida when a convertible overturned at a curve on highway 98. Driver William James Atkins 21 of Shreveport Louisiana suffered minor injuries. The car left the pavement at high speed. both occupants were thrown from the open vehicle near the Gulf of Mexico.
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Santa Rosa
Fla
Ann Gill
Louisiana State University
Russellville
William James Atkins
Shreveport
Billy Gene Smith
Smith
Highway 98
Here
Miss Gill
Atkins
Gulf of Mexico
Farmerville Man Killed in Two-Car Crash
A 27 year old Farmerville man, Carlton Rogers Jr., died in a two vehicle collision on State Highway 2 near Farmerville. Three others were injured including pickup driver Hugh Dossett, and passengers Gilbert Eubanks and E W Dodd. Dossett was charged with negligent homicide. all injuries ranged from minor to serious.
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Farmerville
Here
Union Parish
Carlton Rogers, Jr
Hugh F. Dossett
Eason Place
Monroe
Gilbert W. Eubanks
E. W. Dodd
Rogers’ Auto
Dossett
Coastal Asphalt Company
West Monroe
Wadlington
Eubanks
Five-Pound Catfish Injures Boy In River Incident
In Gonzales Texas on April 9 a five-pound catfish caused a rifle to discharge. Bobby Bright aged 16 and Roger Eberle fished from a boat on the Guadalupe River when the fish flopped and knocked the safety catch off a .22 rifle, shooting Bright through both forearms.
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Gonzales
Tex
Guadalupe River
Bobby Bright
Roger Eberle
Bright
Soviet Union presses for speedy Austrian state treaty
Moscow says further delay in an Austrian independence treaty is unjustified and hopes Chancellor Julius Raab will aid a quick conclusion. Molotov presents identical notes to the United States Britain and France, noting Western powers debated the treaty since 1954 Berlin talks and stressing withdrawal timing as the main stumbling block. The Soviet plan seeks a four power Vienna ambassadorial meeting and links troop withdrawal to a peace treaty.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Julius Raab
V. M. Molotov
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Easter Message Reprinted In This Column
The columnist notes an Easter message previously published and repeats it by request. This edition preserves the tone of the holiday reflection and confirms its appearance on an earlier Easter date.
Immortal Season Awakens Across Land
The article paints a vivid return of spring as nature awakens after dormancy. It describes new growth bursting in hamlets parks and woodlands with fields and leaves renewing under a warm sun. Continued on Sixth Page.
Ouster of Corsi Sparks Full Explanation Demand
Washington April 9 AP Rep Frelinghuysen urged Secretary Dulles to provide a full explanation for the removal of Edward J. Corsi as special immigration expediter. Republican clubs criticized the move as a disgraceful flipflop and warned it could cost votes in 1956.
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Washington
Rep
Frelinghuysen
Secretary of State
Dulles
Edward J. Corsi
New York City
Republican Club
Corsi
Lower Manhattan
John Lamula
New York
Rep. Walter
D-Pa
Wartime Pacts Of Alliance To Be Cancelled
The Soviet Union requests Parliament to cancel the friendship and alliance treaties with Britain and France in response to Paris rearmament of West Germany. Parliament and the Supreme Soviet are expected to act promptly in a special session. The move frames the Paris agreements as forcing Western German remilitarization against the Soviet Union. British and French officials sounded calm and the U S State Department indicated efforts to delay or defeat the move.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Council of Ministers
Russia
Britain
France
Paris
West Germany
Supreme Soviet
Hitler
Great Britain
Germany
State Department
Washington
Eisenhower and Dulles Meet Over Formosa Threats
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles met at the White House to discuss blunt threats by Peiping to attack Formosa. Dulles slipped in the side door for the private talk before Eisenhower's Gettysburg trip as officials study new propaganda and U S aggression charges in the Far East.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Formosa
Dulles
White House
Gettysburg
State and Defense Departments
Peiping
United States
Far East
Red Moves Interpreted As Attempt To Smash Plans To Rearm Germany
U S officials see two Moscow moves as a push to derail Western plans to remilitarize Germany. Molotov demands early Austrian treaty. Soviet cancels WWII era friendship pacts with Britain and France. The developments signal a long term Soviet strategy affecting Europe and East Asia diplomacy.
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Germany
John M. Hightower
Washington
Moscow
U.S
Russia
West Germany
Europe
Far East
Folsom Calls in State Patrol Reinforcements
Montgomery Ala Saturday Governor James E Folsom ordered reinforcement of the State Highway Patrol in the strike bound Birmingham area to protect human lives and property He said he would not use the state militia as a strike breaking force Patrolmen will be sent on a stand by basis in Birmingham with the public’s cooperation expected to ease tensions in the region
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Birmingham
Folsom
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Russian youth returns to red zone to save family
Valery Lysikov a 17 year old refugee who fled to the West three weeks ago voluntarily returned to East Berlin with two Russian soldiers to spare his Soviet parents from reprisals. He had sought asylum in West Berlin on March 18 but chose to go back after long deliberation.
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Berlin
Valery Lysikov
West
U.S. High Commission
East Berlin
Lysikov
West Berlin
V. M. Molotov
U.S
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John Oldenburg
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Blanche
Higdon
Louisville
Roy Layne
Armored Replacement Training Center
Fort Knox
Solon
China
Matsu
Quemoy
India
Molotov
Raab
Red
Jack McDermott
U.S. Office For Public Affairs
Young Lysikov
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