Black Monday Author Attacks Supreme Court Rally
Judge Tom Brady of Brookhaven Mississippi tells about 600 in Neville auditorium that five of nine Supreme Court justices who ruled on integration are socialists. He promotes his book Black Monday, claims the ruling rests on slanted socialist writings and urges voting on justices. The talk ends with a note that continuation appears on the second page.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Tom Brady
Brookhaven
Miss
Neville Auditorium
Brady
Supreme Court
Legislative Branch
Judiciary
Youths Capable Of Challenge Judge Declares
Judge W B McKes son tells Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association that American youth are capable of meeting modern living challenges. He notes delinquency is a small percentage and cites advances in communication and travel that shrink distances. The address, titled Youth In A Changing World, urges communities to support youths as they adapt to a rapidly evolving society. (Continued on second page)
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W. B. McKesson
Los Angeles
Calif
Dr. McKesson
America
Los Angeles County
The
United States
White House
Rayburn Tapped To Preside Over Demo Convention
Washington reports the Democratic party seeks funds as it moves toward its National Convention with Speaker Sam Rayburn chosen to preside. A two day Strategy conference highlighted a financial picture of about 100000 dollars in the bank and debts over 25000 dollars while ticket sales for a 100 dollar plate dinner lag. National Chairman Paul Butler accused GOP chief Leonard Hall of blocking joint TV debates to hinder the party’s outreach.
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Washington
Democratic High Command
Sam Rayburn
Paul M. Butler
GOP
Butler
Leonard W. Hall
National Broadcasting Co
Godfrey to Drop Friends Program From Television
New York April 20 UP Arthur Godfrey fired part of Arthur Godfrey Friday. The CBS TV star says he will drop Arthur Godfrey and His Friends from the network after July 25. The network cited pressures from his heavy schedule as reason. no replacement announced. The 60 minute show began Jan 12 1949 and ends with Friday’s decision.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Cbs-Tv
CBS
Monroe Woman Is Crowned Mrs Louisiana in State Finals
Mrs Emmett L. Mitchell of 1200 Auburn Monroe was named Mrs Louisiana after a series of homemaking tasks in the state finals. Alternate winner was Mrs Alex Lopresto of New Iberia. Mitchell will represent Louisiana in the national finals for Mrs America of 1957.
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Emmett L. Mitchell
Auburn
Monroe
Louisiana
Alex Lopresto
New Iberia
Mitchell
Ruston
River Collision Bottles Up Ships In Lakes Channel
ALGONAC, Mich April 20 Three dozen Great Lakes ships rode at anchor in the St Clair River as salvage crews worked to raise the loaded limestone carrier A M Byers which sank after a head on collision with the freighter E M Ford The Byers commanded by Captain John Engelson of Toledo Ohio sank diagonally across a 30 foot channel Thursday night The E M Ford drifted aground off Harsens Island All 41 aboard the Byers including Engelson reached shore safely Only injury reported was Michael Wenta a cook aboard the Ford
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Algonac
Mich
A. M. Byers
John Engelson
Toledo
Ohio
E. M. Ford
Harsens Island
Engelson
Byers
Michael Wenta
Milwaukee
Wis
Ford
Communal Lesson From A Child At The Parent Teacher Meet
A speaker at a Parent-Teacher convention recounts a tale of a newsboy asking payment for a month of papers left at a home. The father, lacking exact change, turns to his young daughter for help in settling the bill.
Miscellany In The News Port Aransas ferry tragedy and more
A mixed set of brief items reports a ferry crash near Port Aransas leaving three dead and one in serious condition. Names include Lena Mae Thomas and Sam and Mrs. Thomas of Battle Creek. Leo Thomas hospitalized. Also, a thief’s note leads to recovered car in Alexandria Louisiana. A 6 year old boy dies in Pineville, and a Kansas City firm to build a 2 million dollar warehouse in Baton Rouge. A Norfolk man convicted of forgery earns ten years in prison.
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Port Aransas
Tex
Harbor Island
Lena Mae Thomas
Corpus Christi
Sam Thomas
Battle Creek
Mich
Thomas
Leo
Amasas Pass
Baton Rouge
Kansas City
Ernest D. Wilson
Greater Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Medical Society Convention Opens In Alexandria
More than 500 doctors from 64 parishes will attend a three day convention in Alexandria starting Monday. Featured speakers include Dr Louis McDonald Orr of Orlando Florida.
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Alexandria
Louisiana State Medical Society
Louis McDonald Orr
Ordando
Fla
Hagler Acquitted In Torch Slaying By Oklahoma Jury
Hagler, acquitted by an 11 to 1 jury in Sulphur, Oklahoma, on a murder charge tied to a man burned to death in Hagler’s station wagon. The verdict followed hours of deliberation after testimony and a doctor’s reread. Hagler smiled as his mother hugged him. The state did not seek the death penalty.
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Sulphur
Okla
David G. Hagler
Hagler
Alice Lorance
W. J. Monroe
Anne Robinson
Texas
Bank Robber Gets 20 Year Sentence
In Aberdeen Mississippi April 195P U S Dist Judge Allen Cox sentenced Fruent Kimes to 20 years in federal prison minutes after the jury found him guilty The Cairo Illinois native and one of two robbers who took 52000 from the Ackerman Mississippi branch of a Grenada banking system not recovered and undisclosed prior comment.
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Aberdeen
Miss
U. S. Dist
Allen Cox
Fruent Kimes
Cairo
Ill
Kimes
Ackerman
Top Brass Warns Of Red Power
Washington April 20 AP Two former chiefs of staff warned against Russian soft soap and stressed Soviet buildup in naval and airpower especially submarines Gen Carl Spaatz retired Air Force chief predicted a Pearl Harbor type surprise blow would likely combine submarine bombardment with air attack Adm Robert Carney former chief of naval operations said Soviet naval power has grown greatly since World War II and loss of the seas could decide after the initial atomic exchange
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Washington
Carl Spaatz
Air Force
Adm
Robert Carney
Manhunt Ends as Brothers Captured After 36 Hour Chase
In Lake Providence on April 20 a 36 hour manhunt ended with the capture of two brothers, Robert and Carlton Pettit, near Sondheimer. They were identified as suspects in an assault on a Negro man, captured in a hay-filled tenant house west of Sondheimer. Police traced a stolen car from Nacogdoches to the pair. Church remains at large.
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Lake Providence
Sondheimer
J. W
Red) Gilbert
East Carroll Parish
E. W. Parker
Madison Parish
Nacogdoches
Tex
Fred Church
Robert Pettit
Carlton Pettit
Sheriff’s Office
Robert
Church
Carlton
Shreveport
Bohlen Sees Russians Abandon Stalinism for Collective Rule
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen told President Eisenhower that Soviet rulers including Zhukov have moved beyond Stalinism and seek a collective dictatorship. He spent time with Eisenhower before returning to Moscow, observing Khrushchev and Bulganin, and the diminishing power of Malenkov Molotov and Stalin’s legacy.
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Washington
Charles E. Bohlen
Eisenhower
Russia
Marshal Zhukov
Bohlen
State Department
R Eisenhower
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
V. M. Molotov
Gravel Named To Democratic Party Executive Group
Camille Gravel of Alexandria Louisiana was chosen to replace Wright Morrow of Texas as the South's representative on the Democratic National Committee's policy-shaping executive committee. Gravel is a Louisiana national committeeman and ally of Gov elect Earl K Long. Long and Gravel favor Adlai Stevenson though not committed. The action ends a controversy over Morrow's status and resignation as a national committee man.
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Gravel
Democratic Party
Washington
Camille Gravel
Alexandria
Wright Morrow
Texas
South
Democratic National Committee
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Long
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Morrow
Eisenhower
Mild Weekend Forecast for Twin Cities and Louisiana
The forecast calls for sunny skies and mild temperatures over the weekend in the Twin Cities. Southern Louisiana may see scattered light rain while northern areas avoid rain with lingering clouds and pleasant conditions, temps ranging from the mid 40s to mid 70s.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
Contestants Close in on Word Jackpot But No Winner
Eight contestants came within one word of the Morning World's cross word jackpot of 375 dollars this week, but no winner emerged. The next puzzle in Monday and Tuesday editions will be worth 400 dollars. Explanations of tougher clues are given, including SNORT vs SNORE, POLICEMAN versus LISTENER, and DRESSES versus TRESSES, with RETAIN favored over RE MAIN.
Khrushchev Calls for Armament Reduction and Peace
In a London dinner speech Khrushchev urged phased arms reduction, aiming toward abolishing armed forces. He warned the East West arms race risks war and said a gradual path to disarmament is essential, addressing Britain’s top military leaders at Greenwich.
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Khrushchev
Three Saved Rescue Workers Dig Frantically For Fourth Miner
Sunyside Utah April 207 rescue crews dug with fading hope to find a buried coal miner after three companions were found alive and nearly unharmed. Foreman Joseph Otterstrom 58 of Sunny side may be trapped under 16 feet of rock and coal while the rescued men survived 39 to 44 hours aided by sheltering machinery and calm courage.
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Sunnyside
Utah
Joseph Otterstrom
Kaiser Coal Co
Otterstrom
Joe Taylor
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