Blizzard Strands Motorists and Forces Evacuations Across States
A Montana blizzard halted traffic with 50 mph winds and subzero temps, grounding buses and stranding motorists. Oswego New York faced heavy snowfall closing schools, while several ferries battled Lake Michigan ice. Chicago endured 15th straight subzero day as Dakota temperatures plunged to 20 below.
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UPI
Montana
Osawego
N.Y
Plains States
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Colorado
Central Plains
Cutbank
Browning
Mont
Weather Bureau
Montana Highway Department
Oswego
Lake Michigan
Frankfort
Menominee
Mich
Chicago
Dakotas
Grand Forks
N.D
Senate approves large airport aid bill despite Eisenhower request
The Senate approved a $465 million airport aid program by a 62 to 22 vote, well above the President's recommendation. The bill authorizes $100 million annually for four years in direct federal grants to states and localities for runways taxiways loading aprons and aviation facilities including terminals. Democrats trimmed a small part of the bill but resisted Republican calls to reduce its size. Continued on page 2-A.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Eisenhower
Nye Denies Cuba Plot Confession
UPI reports former Navy flyer Alan Robert Nye denies any confession or payment to kill Fidel Castro. Nye, held at Camp Liberty outside Havana, claims he never went to the Sierra Maestra and refuses legal counsel, defending Castro's Cuban government.
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Havana
UPI
Alan Robert Nye
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Navy
Chicago
Coral Gables
Fla
United Press International
Nye
Camp Liberty
Sierra Maestra
Castro
Strike Delayed By Court Order
Federal Judge Edward Devitt issued a temporary restraining order delaying a 1300 member railroad union strike. A hearing on a permanent injunction was set for Feb 10. Trains from the Midwest to the West Coast faced potential stoppage until court action.
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ST. Paul, Minn
UPI
Great Northern Railway
Midwest
West Coast
Edward Devitt
Sere
Sign Steals Historic Llanfair Sign from Village
Police investigate the theft of a 20 foot long 58 letter rail station sign from Llanfair PG in Wales. Detectives have a single lead after a car was seen parked near the station the night before. Locals call the village Llanfair and the Welsh name means St Marys church in a hollow of white hazel near St Tysilios church.
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Llantysilio Gogoch
Wales
Llanfair
Sinster Way
P.G
St. Mary’s
Tysilio
U S Seeks Answers On Downed Air Force Plane
The United States says it hopes world opinion will compel the Soviet Union to disclose the fate of 11 missing airmen from a downed unarmed Air Force transport over Soviet Armenia. Secretary Dulles approved releasing tape evidence of the alleged Soviet attack.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
USS
State Department
Soviet
Armenia
Department
Lincoln White
Eisenhower
Louisiana
ASC
Robert H. Moore
West Monroe High School
C. E. Moore
Baton Rouge
Archie Bourg Jr
Archie Bourg Sr
White
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Europe
Berlin
U.S
House Democrats Trim Housing Bill by 875 Million
House Democrats cut 875 million from a broad housing bill leaving a 2.09 billion dollar measure. The revised bill, approved by a House banking subcommittee, faces a full committee vote and a floor fight from Republicans aiming to reduce it further and strike 200 000 federally subsidized public housing units.
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Washington
UPI
House
House Banking
Senate
Father Cleared in Infant’s Burial Case in Maryland
Frederick, Maryland, county grand jury declined to indict Larry Lord Motherwell for the 1954 death and burial of his daughter Heather in a pet cemetery. Motherwell, a 42-year-old construction engineer, was freed after eight witnesses testified, while he remains under investigation in the disappearance of Pearl Putney, a 72-year-old Washington widow. He admits burying his daughter but says the child choked on mucus and that he feared he terri"blely misjudged the act. Securities linked to Putney, about $50,000, remain unaccounted for.
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Pearl Putney
Western States
O Nerwell
Tion
Las Vegas
Nev
Ella O. Hinkson
120 mph chase ends kidnapping for $100000 ransom
Fairfield California AP report details ex convict Charles McArthur abducting ranch wife Faye Dawson 65 for 100000 ransom. A 120 mile an hour gun battle ensued as officers pursued the rear window shotgun blasts shattered glass. Dawson calm under pressure aided by officers while McArthur confessed he planned the job Wednesday night before chickening out.
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Fairfield
Calif
Faye Dawson
Charles McArthur
Cade
McArthur
Twins Found Brutally Beaten in Family Home
In El Dorado Kansas police report twin three year old girls Diana and Deana Williams beaten in their home. Mother Sue Williams 25 faces charges of maiming wounding and causing great bodily harm. Diana remains in critical condition with bruises burns alleged cigarette burns. Authorities say the mother admitted to beating them.
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EL Dorado
Kan
Diana Williams
Sue Williams
Atty
Robert Green
Diana
Deana
Green
Overcast Skies Forecast for Monroe and Arkansas Regions
Monroe area residents face a cold cloudy weekend with possible showers. Yesterday’s high reached 51 and the low hovered near freezing. Thursday’s highs and lows were 65 and 31. Arkansas forecasts predict dark skies with slightly warmer weather today and tomorrow.
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Monroe Area
Arkansans
U S Government Plan to Borrow Cash for Debt Refinancing
The Treasury announced it will auction 12 billion dollars in 217 day tax anticipation bills next Wednesday after an exchange offer failed to raise enough cash. Officials said attrition on maturing debt exceeded expectations, forcing the new borrowing to meet day to day obligations.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Julian B. Baird
Eight region residents named to school finance committees
Eight area persons were named to three subcommittees to study how Louisiana public school finances are raised and distributed. Sen James Sparks Monroe Ben Holt Rapides parish and Travis Thomas West Monroe were appointed to study revenue sources. Lloyd D Leeper Shreveport will survey financing on national state and local levels. Mrs Edmund Conger Shreveport Mrs Jane A Hill Tom H Scott Monroe and L G Morgan Shreveport observe administration organization and educational programs.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
James Sparks
Monroe
Ben Holt
Rapides Parish
Travis Thomas
West Monroe
Lloyd D. Leeper
Shreveport
Edmund Conger
Jane A. Hill
Tom H. Scott
L. G. Morgan
U S Charges Violation of Voting Rights in Alabama
The Justice Department filed suit in federal court against the Macon County Board of Registrars for Negro voting rights violations. It seeks a permanent injunction to end alleged discrimination in registration and tests segregated facilities. Defendants Grady Rogers and E P Livingston refused to testify at a Civil Rights Commission hearing. Trial is pending.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Justice Department
Macon County
Macon
Tuskegee Institute
Grady Rogers
E. P. Livingston
Civil Rights Commission
Department
Civil Rights Division
Terrell County
Titan ICBM launches its first flight from Cape Canaveral
The 90 foot Titan ICBM lifted off at 4 22 p m EST on its maiden test flight traveling about 200 miles with the Air Force declaring the flight 90 percent successful The Titan aimed to deliver a hydrogen warhead and achieve programmed objectives as Gen Thomas D White expressed gratification
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
API
Air Force
Thomas D. White
Washington
Titan
Judge Denies Integration Delay Pleas In Virginia
Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan refused a request to delay integration of three all white schools in Alexandria. The NAACP asked another judge to order Front Royal High School reopened immediately. Appeals and hearings followed as other districts moved toward integration with minimal incidents and reduced police presence.
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Alexandria
UPT
Albert V. Bryan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Warren County
Front Royal
Virginia
Norfolk
Arlington
Bryan
Simon Sobeloff
Baltimore
Sobeloff
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Henry Crockett
John B. Phillips
Earl F. Wagner
Truck Plunges Through Railing In Bastrop Crash
Roy Courson owner of a local auto salvage yard was injured when his pickup crashed through a bridge railing at Bastrop and fell about 10 feet into a drainage ditch. He was pinned under wreckage and treated for cuts bruises a broken collar bone and an injured left arm at Morehouse General Hospital. Civil Defense workers assisted him from under the truck.
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Bastrop
Roy Courson
Morehouse General Hospital
Courson
Bastrop Civil Defense
Washington Mardi Gras Ball crowns Opelousas Belle Queen
Lin da Guidry, 18, of Opelousas, named queen of the 1959 Washington Mardi Gras Ball at the Sheraton Park. Dr. Julian C. Miller, LSU yam breeder, named king as Lyndon Johnson and CBS host Lee Coney presided. Paul Dietzel introduced Miss USA Arlene Howell as part of the Louisiana festival lineup.
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Washington
Linda Guidry
Opelousas
Sheraton Park
Louisiana
Allen J. Ellender
Julian C. Miller
Linda
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Dr. Miller
Lee Coney
CBS News
Louisiana State University
Coney
Paul Dietzel
Dietzel
Arlene Howell
Bossier City
Stage Set For Jaycee DS Awards
The Louisiana Jaycees stage a two day meeting in Monroe with 400 members arriving for the conference. Joe H. Downing bids for national director and three DSA winners will be announced at the Hotel Frances Roof banquet with Judge James Bolin of Minden addressing the group.
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Chamber of Commerce
Joe H. Downing
West Monroe
Jaycee Jaynes
Hotel Frances
DSA
James Bolin
Minden
Louisiana
Ruffin
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