U S Aims Damages From Russia Over Plane Incident
The United States sent a bill to Soviet Russia totaling 724 947.68 for the downing of a Neptune patrol plane over the Bering Sea last June 22. All 11 crew members were injured. both sides blamed each other. Secretary Dulles accepted half the damages to ease tensions before the Geneva Big Four summit.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Russia
United States
Bering Sea
Russia
Dulles
Geneva
Sen. Aiken
R-Vt
Molotov
China Rejects U.S. Release Demands on Americans in Jail
A Peiping radio broadcast dismissed U S State Department pressure to free 18 Americans held in China. The Chinese regime said Americans who broke Chinese law must be dealt with under Chinese procedures with no time limit for release.
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London
Red China
U. S. State Department
Peiping Radio
Mao Tze-tung
Washington
Peiping
China
Far East
U.S
State Dulles
United States
Aid To Needy Eight Louisiana Parishes To Get Surplus Products
Eight Louisiana parishes will receive surplus federal foodstuffs to aid about 76 000 people in drought affected areas. Natchitoches Red River Grant Caldwell East Carroll Franklin Catahoula and St. Landry named with Pointe Coupee eyed for addition. First 37 car trainload due within 10 days. parishes must store transport and distribute at their own expense.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Dave Pearce
Natchitoches
Red River
Grant
Caldwell
East Carroll
Franklin
Catahoula
St. Landry
Drouth
Edward P. Cameron
Cameron
Pointe Coupee Parish
21 Rebels Slain In French Drive In North Africa
Paris said French troops killed 21 rebels Friday during a drive to wipe out the fanatical army of Allah. An earlier clash Thursday left six rebels dead, including 60 year old Adjila Mohammed. Paratroopers struck at Djebel Fedouj near Batna in Constantine province. Seven rebels surrendered. One French paratrooper wounded.
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Algiers
Army of
Allah
Adjila Mohammed
Djebel Fedouj
Batna
Constantine
Monroney Probes Aviation Section Omission in Report
Senator Monroney charged that the Eisenhower transportation policy report lacked an aviation section. He ordered Senate investigators to probe alleged Commerce Department secrecy as Frederick Lee’s civil aeronautics post faced ouster questions. Lee testified aviation was underrepresented and may not have been part of the report.
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Washington
A. S. Mike Monroney
Senate
Eisenhower
Oklahoma Democrat
Senate Aviation
Commerce Department
Frederick B. Lee
Civil Aeronautics
State of the Union
Congress
Monroney
Lee
Vermont
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Sherman Adams
Army Bans Travel for Officers With Secrets
The Army issued a sweeping order banning officers and enlisted men who possess sensitive intelligence or activities from traveling to Soviet bloc countries and other high risk areas. The prohibited zones include Russia and the Soviet bloc, Berlin, Yugoslavia, Finland, Macao, Quemoy, Matsu, Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam excluding Saigon. Exceptions may exist and enforcement depends on the level of classified knowledge.
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Washington
Army
Pal Bkeee
Can Naman
Russia
Berlin
Yugoslavia
Finland
Macao
Quemoy
Matsu
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Saigon
United States
Army Intelligence Section
Earful Leap Year Warning For Ward 7 Justice of the Peace
Ramblin E V Beard genial justice of the peace in Ward 7 runs unopposed again but learnd of leap year danger from a downtown Monroe visitor who warned many women may seek his office. Beard replied I’m ready and willing let them all come on Pat Meehan noted continues on second page.
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E. V. Beard
Eisenhower and Benson OK Virtually Final Soil Bank Plan
The plan would pay farmers to set aside land in a conservation reserve to relieve the farm surplus. Eisenhower met with Benson Hauge Morse Seaton to finalize the message for Congress and return to Washington. He urged authorization of the soil bank and other measures to balance production with markets.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Agriculture
Benson Friday
Congress
Benson
Gabriel Hauge
True Morse
Fred Seaton
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Hagerty
Capital
State of the Union
Soil Bank
Moot Decision Opens LSU Doors To Negro Student
The U S Fifth Circuit ruled that A P Tureaud Jr a Negro could enroll as an undergraduate arts and law student at Louisiana State University LSU had previously allowed Negroes only on court orders for graduate and professional schools The decision follows a long litigation history with Xavier University as a temporary alternative and notes potential transfer of credits if Tureaud returns to LSU
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LSU
New Orleans
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
A. P. Tureaud Jr
Louisiana State University
Tureaud
A. P. Tureaud
The
National Assn, For Advancement of Colored People
Xavier University
Negro College
Xavier
U. S. District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Ben C. Cameron
Cameron
Garbage Collectors Outearn Teachers
Springfield New Jersey January 6 under a new contract James Petrozzello of East Orange and Local 945 Teamsters drivers will be paid 114 for a 40 hour week while leaders get 104. Springfield teachers earn between 3300 and 5500 a year and only the police chief earns more than the garbage truck drivers.
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Springfield
N.J
Ottearn
James Petrozello
East Orange
Teamsters
Communists Seek Left Wing Coalition In France
Paris reports the French Communist party called on Socialists and Radical Socialists backing ex Premier Mendes France to form a leftist government. Mendes France and Socialists rejected previous offers, observers doubt this bid will succeed. The Communists hold 150 seats after gaining over 50, proposing a joint program for Algerian negotiations and disarmament. Pierre Poujade notes Communist presence in his anti tax movement, labeling any members Poujadists first.
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Paris
French Communist Party
Pierre Mendes
National Assembly
Pierre Poujade
Poujade
Poujadists
Reds
Russell Probes US Lead in Missile Race
Senator Richard Russell said the Senate Armed Services committee will hear Defense Secretary Charles Wilson and other leaders behind closed doors on the status of the intercontinental missile race. He warned the United States may be losing its lead as Russia potentially gains ground and urged continued top spending to ensure a U.S. advantage.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Russell
United States
Russia
Times Education Editor Reveals Communist Ties in 1930s
Dr. Benjamin Fine of The New York Times admitted to Communist party membership for about a year during Columbia graduate studies in the 1930s. He urged students to avoid the same mistake as the Senate Internal Security subcommittee wrapped three days of hearings on alleged Communist influence in the press.
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Washington
Benjamin Fine
The
New York Times
Communist Party
Columbia University
Nas
Fine
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Eastland
D-Miss
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Dr. Fine
Nathan Aleskovsky
Sunday Times
Jack Shafer
the Times
Robert Shelton
Alden Whitman
Red
Aleskovsky
Lester Markel
Markel
Matilda Landsman
Cold weekend forecast for Monroe area
A cold weekend is in prospect for the Monroe area with colder Saturday and Sunday. Forecasters expect clear to partly cloudy skies and increasing northerly winds. Yesterday’s high reached 77 with a low of 53.
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Monroe
Arkansas
Puzzle Jackpot Grows as Entries Fall Short of Target
The Morning World reports 15 183 crossword entries this week, none near the solution to crack the 650 prize. Next week the published puzzle offers a 675 jackpot. clues explain common word choices and wording differences in the contest.
Report Force Can Obliterate Any U S City
Washington reports the United States may test super hydrogen bombs in the Pacific this spring with 40 to 50 million tons of TNT. An H-bomb of this magnitude could obliterate major cities and cause widespread radioactive fallout across thousands of square miles. A government study warns time is near for both nations to possess such devices.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Russia
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Quake Strikes Northwest Oklahoma and Southwest Kansas
An early morning earthquake rattled northwest Oklahoma and southwest Kansas about 6 a.m. Reports from Greensburg Sharon Medicine Lodge Pratt Anthony Enid Alva Waynoka Capron Cherokee noted plaster shakeings and furniture movement. St Louis University seismograph marked a moderate tremor tied to the Nemah High Anticline with little damage and no injuries.
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Alva
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Greensburg
Sharon
Medicine Lodge
Pratt
Anthony
Kan
Enid
Waynoka
Capron
Cherokee
St. Louis University
St. Louis
Nemah High
Carl Beyer
Alva Review Courier
L&N Ends Segregation On Interstate Rail Travel
Louisville & Nashville Railroad will end racial segregation of interstate passengers Tuesday. Vice president R. C. Parsons said separate coaches for Negroes will be provided in intra state travel and signs for separate waiting rooms at Union Station will be removed to comply with state laws.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
R. C. Parsons
Parsons
Union Station
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