Retired Ruston Teacher Killed in Auto Crash
Lucille Spinks Swift, a retired Ruston teacher, was killed when her car was struck by a truck during a heavy rain on Highway 167. Two other women in the car were hospitalized. funeral services were set in Ruston and Vienna, with survivors listed including husband W M Swift and several siblings.
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Ruston
Highway 167
Lucille Spinks Swift
Lincoln Parish
Ruston Hospital
Kilpatrick Ambulance
Swift
First Baptist Church
Syd Brown
Vienna Cemetery
Kilpatrick General Home
W. M. Swift
Vienna
Bertha Spinks
Ethel S. Guynes
Thereese Davidson
Baton Rouge
Arline Spinks
Franklinton
Elaine. S. Hart
Houma
R. H. Spinks
Vidalia
Louisiana Tech
Pinch Seen In Construction Of Superhighways
Rising costs threaten the 41 000 mile interstate system planned under the 1956 highway act. Officials warn the project may take longer than 16 years and costs could rise by at least three billion dollars. Federal share remains 90 percent with state funds. The income from highway taxes is also lagging.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
George Washington
Indonesia
Flu Strikes State Industrial School In Baton Rouge
Forty six more inmates at the State Industrial School for Colored Youth were stricken today with what is believed to be Asiatic flu bringing total cases to 124 A Zachary physician estimates 95 more may fall ill Some are improving and visitors day tomorrow has been canceled.
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Baton Rouge
State Industrial School For Colored Youth
Zachary
Harry A. Morrise
Florida Air Bomber Crashes Near West Palm Beach
A North American B-25 from Vance AFB crashes into backyards near West Palm Beach Air Force Base during a routine training flight. All four crew members are killed. residents escape injury as the pilot steered the bomber to miss homes. An investigation is begun.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
West Palm Beach Air Force Base
Air Force
Barksdale Afb
Shreveport
West Palm Tower
Weather Update From Monroe Local Park
Monroe's maximum temperature eased to 93 after a several day high while the minimum reached 76 and rainfall measured 17 inches. The Louisiana outlook remains cloudy and hot with a few showers.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Large Scale Asiatic Flu Looms Over U.S. Population
Washington reports a probable large scale Asiatic flu epidemic this fall or winter with a new limited vaccine in development. Public Health Service urges state and local planning as the virus spreads globally. 21 states report 20 000 to 25 000 cases and four deaths in the United States.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
PHS
Leroy Burney
Sukarno Calls for Restraint and Guided Democracy
President Sukarno in an Aug 17 address to Indonesia's 82 million people urged restraint on free thought and speech to prevent chaos. He advocated replacing democracy with his "guided democracy" and a mental revolution to fulfill the promises of the political revolution.
Victory Seen For Demos In Rights Fight
Democratic leaders expected to push the Senate amended civil rights bill through the House soon though timing could slip to next week or later. Republicans backed by President Eisenhower pressed to strengthen voting rights provisions and warned against weakening the measure. House Rules Committee chair Howard W. Smith resisted calling his panel, signaling possible delays.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
White House
GOP
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Boy Held In Shooting Of His Father
An 18 year old, Billy Cardino, was jailed in Natchitoches Parish after admitting to firing two .38 caliber shots that killed his father, Cleve land A. Cardino, during a family dispute at their Bayou Natchez home. The incident followed a day of arguing and ended when the youth returned home and shot as his father reached for a gun. Billy notified police afterward.
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Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish
W. H. Pierson
Parish
Billy Caroino
Cleveland A. Cardino
Bayou Natchez
Pierson
Woman elected regional chair of Business and Professionals Wom en's Clubs
Mrs. Mary Propes of Lake Charles Louisiana was elected chairman of the Business and Professionals Women’s Clubs Inc South Central region as more than 1,000 delegates attend the meeting in Denver.
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Denver
Mary Propes
Lake Charles
Business and Professionals Women’s Clubs, Inc
South Central Region
Four Children to Get Last Kiss From Ill Father
In Oxford Mississippi on August 17, J T Westmoreland a 33 year old father of four will bid farewell before boarding a plane to Germany where doctors say he has eight months to live due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A Westmoreland Fund organized by friends has raised about 9700 dollars to cover medical treatment and family support after his illness forced him from work.
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Oxford
Miss
J.T. Westmoreland
Germany
Westmoreland
Westmoreland Fund
Lou Ghrig
Corinth
Roy Black
Nettleton
Man shoots at snake. loses two toes to self harm
A 50 year old Delhi man sighted a snake yesterday afternoon and fired at it. Instead he wounded his own foot, blasting two toes. Orbie Sims of Route 1, Delhi, was brought to Conway Memorial hospital where surgeons amputated the toes. He is recovering from the wound.
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Delhi
Orbie Sims
Route 1
Conway Memorial Hospital
Teen admits accidental shooting of youth in Monroe
A 16 year old told Monroe police he accidentally shot Donald King 18 while King sat in a parked car on South Second Street after 11 pm Wednesday. King was wounded in the leg and is recovering at Conway Memorial Hospital. The shooter awaits juvenile court action. a third teen, Ray Youngblood 17, is jailed on burglary charges.
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Donald King
South Second Street
Monroe
Ray Youngblood
Lee Avenue
Ouachita Parish
Youngblood
J.P. Hardy
Winnsboro Road
James C. Kelly, Jr
King
Conway Memorial Hospital
Routine Flight Lands Safely After Tire Blowout
United Airlines DC7 with 61 aboard returns to San Francisco after takeoff blowout from Idlewild. Pilot Clyde Parlette reports tire failure over Sacramento and lands smoothly beside a fleet of fire trucks as observers watch.
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San Francisco
Idlewild Airport
New York
United Air Lines
San Francisco International
Aps
Clyde Parlette
San Carlos
Calif
Parlette
UAL
Baby Born in France Seeks American Citizenship
U S Air Force sergeant William J D Lewis and his English wife argue their four month old son Anthony J D Lewis has a right to American citizenship by birth. The baby born in France has been denied by the United States Britain and France. Lewis born in Germany enlisted in the Army and has lived in the U S two and a half years with current duty near Paris. His residence is listed as Englewood New Jersey and Senator H Alexander Smith advised that no private bill could help.
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Martin
House
Senate
Paris
U. S
William J. D. Lewis
Anthony J. D. Lewis
France
Lewis
United States
U.S
Set. Lewis
Germany
Air Force
Pari
Englewood
N. J
New Jersey
H. Alexander Smith
Red Network Revealed by Counter Spy
Retired counter spy Boris Morros named Martha Dodd Stern and her husband Alfred Stern as Soviet spies in a sensational congressional testimony. He said Moscow agents used 55 U.S. front firms and ordered spying on Francis Cardinal Spellman and President Eisenhower among others over 12 years. The couple recently slipped out of the United States.
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Washington
Boris Morris
Martha Dodd Stern
U.S
Prague
Germany
Stern
Morris
Moscow
United States
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Eisenhower
Lucius D. Clay
Four Power
Allied Control Commission
Vienna
Switzerland
Morros
Alfred Stern
Swartz resident charged with murder attempt
Homer M. Hare, 59, of Swartz is jailed on a murder attempt charge after a shooting at his residence. Newton C. Hayas, 50, a painter staying at a Monroe rooming house, was wounded in the back and left arm and admitted to Conway Memorial Hospital in unknown condition. The incident occurred at 304 South Third Street after an alcohol fueled argument ends with Hare firing a double barrel shotgun. Deputies responded to a disturbance call from an unidentified person.
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Homer M., Hare
Swartz
Ouachita Parish
Butte, Mont
Hare
Bailey Grant
Newton C. Hayas
Conway Memorial Hospital
South Third Street
Monroe
Hayas
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