Monroe group backs Louisiana inducement plan for industry
The Monroe Area Industrial Development Corporation backed using Louisiana's industry inducement plan to finance sites and buildings for new industry. The plan issues non taxable bonds repaid from rental revenues, needing voter approval, with no tax millage increase. The board will seek local support before any bond issuance.
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Monroe
Koch
Louisiana
Jack Howard
Walter Koch
Nationalists Deny US Plan To Cede Islands Near Formosa
Nationalist officials in Taipei say the United States gave no hint it would ask Chiang Kai-shek to abandon Quemoy and the Matsus. They call any such idea absurd and preposterous and warn it would damage support for Chiang and raise tensions amid Red air base growth near Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
United States
Quemoy
Matsus
Radford
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robertson
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
U. S
Talks Eyes Vienna May 2 to End Austrian Occupation Delay
The United States Britain and France invite Russia to Vienna on May 2 to seek progress toward restoring Austria's independence. If talks succeed a ministers session could sign the Austrian treaty by mid May ending a decade of Allied occupation, with neutrality guarantees a key sticking point.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Vienna
Austria
Moscow
Council Reported Ready To Replace Viet Nam Premier
In Saigon sources say Ngo Dinh Diem's government may be replaced by a council of wise men to end the political deadlock. The plan calls for an oligarchic governing panel and a dozen technicians, with a strong figure possibly emerging from the group.
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Council
Viet Nam
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Council of Wise Men
South Viet Nam
Diem
Viet Namese
U. S
Antoin Pinay
London
France
United States
Nguyen van Thoai
Thoai
United Press
Bandung
Geneva
Indo-China
Supreme Court Justice Orders End To Violence
Jackson Miss April 22 a State Supreme Court justice ordered striking telephone workers to stop mass picketing in front of Mississippi exchanges Justice Lee Hall issued a temporary injunction barring CIO strikers from gatherings over two people and from hindering employees or damaging the companys wires and property of Southern Bell Telegraph Co
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Lee Hall
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Ca
Fed Board Raises Margin on Stocks to Seventy Percent
Washington April 22 The Federal Reserve Board raised the required stock margin from 60 to 70 percent effective tomorrow marking the second increase this year. The move follows rapid credit use as stock prices climbed with brokers reporting record loan levels and customers indebtedness in margin accounts reaching new highs for the era.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
New York
Chicago
Federal Judge Grants New Trial For Two Reds
A federal judge in New York ordered new trials for Alexander Trachtenberg and George Blake Charney, citing Harvey Matusow's perjured testimony. The ruling absolved prosecutors from blame and noted eleven others did not receive retrials. Judge Dimock criticized Matusow and expressed doubt the jury would have reached the same verdict without his false statements.
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New York
Harvey Matusow
Edward J. Dimock
Alexander Trachtenberg
George Blake Charney
Matusow
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
U.S
Clinton E. Jencks
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Jencks
Fl Paso
Tex
R. E. Thomasow
Dimock
Used-car Dealer Burned In Pet Shop Exchange
A hard-to-please customer in a pet shop demanded an older dog while the shop offered youth. After dismissing the cheap and costly options the proprietor quips the shopper resembles an used car dealer. Mayor John Coon, in conjune (Continued on Fifth Page).
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John Coon
Occupation Of Germany To Formally End May 9
Avery Wins Victory In Ward Fight. Sewell Avery's tight grip on Montgomery Ward and Co. endures after a five hour annual meeting as stockholders vote for directors. Louis Wolfson conceded failure to elect a majority but vows another challenge next year. Avery stated his management retains control with more than 70 percent.
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Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Co
Louis Wolfson
Avery
Wolfson
Parole Officer Charles Muirhead Shot Dead in Lake Providence
Lake Providence April 22 Special Forty one year old Charles Muirhead state parole probation officer for eight parishes in the northeastern district died Friday afternoon at his home of a gunshot wound in the head. Sheriff J W Gilbert said the death appeared personal safety related and the shooting occurred at 430 pm in the bedroom of the Muirhead home. A pistol lay at his side and his family reported he was in good spirits moments before stepping into the bedroom. He is survived by his wife Jessie Jean King twin sons Bob and Dick 15 a brother William Muirhead four sisters Beatrice Neal Violet Ellis Franklin and Thelma Walker and Pearl Trim. Funeral arrangements were incomplete awaiting word from a sister in the Panama Canal Zone Catron Gay Funeral Home is in charge.
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Lake Providence
Charles Muirhead
J. W. Gilbert
Gilbert
Muirhead
Beatrice Neal
Tallulah
Parole
Vicksburg
Miss
Jessie Jean King
Monticello
Bob
William Muirhead
Municipal Leaders Push Drive For Tide Lands Funds
Louisiana city and parish leaders urged a share of tidelands money at the 18th annual Louisiana Municipal Association convention in Alexandria. State Senator James Sparks spoke on highway finances and noted limited tidelands funds while leaders called for a bill to fund municipal public works from offshore leases and local contributions. A proposed state planning commission would manage funds for public works under the commission’s authority.
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Yvonne Herron
Alexandria
Louisiana Municipal Association
Tidelands
James Sparks
Monroe
Joint Highway Committee
Sparks
White House blocks Rabb testimony in Corsi probe
The White House refused to allow Maxwell Rabb to testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee examining the firing of Edward Corsi as a State Department immigration adviser. Corsi, a New York Republican, argued the issue is the integrity of public service and the treatment of officials in Washington.
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Washington
White House
Maxwell Rabb
Senate
Edward Corsi
State Department
Corsi
Public Service
Senate Judiciary
United States
New York
State Dulles
Rabb
Louisiana Auto Financial Responsibility Law Boosts Highway Protection
Baton Rouge April 22 The 1952 auto financial responsibility law has tripled public protection against drivers unable to pay for damages. Safety Director Chester Owen cites rise from 22 to about 68 percent liability coverage and argues the law increases recoverable damages for accident victims. Rep Willard Rambo seeks to suspend the act, calling it confusing. Owen defends the program and notes reciprocity with other states to enforce financial responsibility.
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Baton Rouge
Chester Owen
Owen
Louisiana
Louisiana Insurance Commission
Willard Rambo
Grant Parish
Rambo
Local Thunderstorms Predicted Across North Louisiana
Weather forecasts from U S government forecasters predict local thunderstorms for the extreme north of Louisiana today. Sunday's outlook calls for clearing skies and cooler air with southerly winds along the coast. At Selman Field yesterday the high reached 90 and the low 66 degrees.
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Louisiana
U. S
CAA
Selman Field
West Germany to join NATO amid sovereignty grant and remilitarization
West Germany secures sovereignty on May 5 and will join NATO four days later. France and Britain deposit rearmament treaties on May 5, allowing the Western Allied troops to remain as a defense force. WEU to oversee German remilitarization with Britain France Belgium and others involved.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Antoine Pinay
France
Paris
Britain
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
Netherlands
NATO
West European Union
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Italy
Brussels
Judge Bans Bell Strike Violence and Threats
A district judge issued a temporary restraining order banning strikers from threatening Southern Bell workers. Judge Jess Johnson directed against 39 members of Local 3403 CIO and set an April 29 hearing to decide if the injunction becomes permanent. Local officials warned of crowd violence after last night’s egg and rock attack on non strikers.
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Baton Rouge
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Jess Johnson
W. K. Bordman
Louisiana
Southern Bell
Communication Workers of America
CIO
Johnson
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