Trestle Collapse Kills Man as Freight Train Wrecks
A 50 year old Hamburg man died when a log laden Rock Island Line freight train collapsed a trestle over Sa line Lake near Crossett Arkansas. Nine cars plunged 25 feet. three youths were injured. Rescue teams recovered the body around 6 p.m. while investigations and weathered crews secured the wreckage.
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Sam Hanna
Crossett
Ark
Here
Hamburg
George Kelly
Kelly
Saline Lake
National
Ashley County
John Kelly
Cecil Kelly
Joseph Kelly
Don Kelly
Joseph
Don
Cecil
Rock Island Line
John Oldenburg
Auto liability insurance rates rise in Louisiana
Louisiana motorists face an average 8.5 percent increase in auto liability premiums effective July 10. The hike, driven by higher court awards and losses, adds about 1.7 million dollars in cost while commercial vehicle rates remain unchanged. East Baton Rouge area holds the highest rates.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Walker
East Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge
Stassen Opens Private Talks With Soviet on Nuclear Tests
U S disarmament negotiator Harold Stassen will hold a private weekend meeting with Soviet Valerian Zorin to break the deadlock over suspending nuclear tests. Sources say a longer suspension than 10 months could be tied to Soviet concessions and dropping demands for a complete ban. Pravda notes most powers expect no tests in the near term.
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London
U. S
Harold Stassen
Valerian Zorin
Stassen
United States
Russia
Disarmamenet
Zorin
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Great Powers
Hurricane Audrey Toll Reaches 506 in Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish sheriff reports 506 dead in the hurricane. He says 324 bodies recovered and 182 are missing. The toll details come from Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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Lake Charles
Henry Reid
Cameron Parish
Audrey
Statewide appeal for disaster aid funds in Louisiana
Louisiana leaders and Cameron doctor Dr Cecil Clark urged donations to a disaster relief fund via a statewide radio and TV appeal. After hurricane Aud rey left Cameron parish with 322 dead and 180 missing, Gov Earl Long and Sens Allen Ellender and Russell Long asked for Red Cross aid. Clark, who lost three children, said funds would aid victims and medical supplies while his clinic reconstruction proceeds.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Cameron
Audrey
Earl Long
Cameron Parish
Cecil Clark
Red Cross
Clark
Long
Allen Ellender
Russell Long
U S Withdraws Appointment of Budapest Envoy
The United States cancels Edward T. Wailes as U S minister to Hungary amid postwar disputes with the communist regime. Wailes, recalled in February, will not return to Budapest and is reassigned to the Air College. No successor is planned in Budapest.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
Edward T. Wailes
U. S
State Department
United Press
Wailes
Budapest
Air College
Imre Nagy
Soviet Union
United Nations
Rising Mercury Seen For Today in Twin Cities
The Twin Cities area faces hotter conditions with an outlook from the federal weatherman foreseeing rising temperatures and isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers. Yesterday Selman Field recorded a high of 96 degrees and a low of 73 as Arkansas also expected warmth with sporadic thunderstorms.
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Twin Cities
Federal Weather‘man
Selman Field
States Parley on Travel Ban Updates
The State Department will meet with press representatives next week to discuss lifting the ban on American journalists visiting Red China. Sen. Mansfield criticizes the policy as outdated and calls for more independent reporting. Dulles remains opposed, though talks seek input from media.
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Washington
State Department
Red China
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Senate
United States
Executive Branch
Mansfield
Department
Andrew Burding
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
U. S
Far East
Council Tracks Voting with NAACP Scoreboard
Southern congressmen and senators face a tally from the Association of Citizens' Councils. From Greenwood they publish the NAACP legislative scoreboard rating each member on civil rights and welfare votes. Willis Robertson shows perfect anti NAACP voting. Eastland and Stennis incur multiple NAACP aligned votes.
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Jackson
Miss
NAACP
Association of Citizens’ Councils
Greenwood
Congress
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hawaii
Alaska
Willis Robertson
D- A
James O. Eastland
Citizens’ Council
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Gravel ouster clash over Democratic committeeman seat
Louisiana segregation leaders challenge the power of the national committee to remove Democratic National Committeeman Camille Gravel. Sen. W. M. Rainach says the state party can name and replace its officials and rejects outside dictate as Gravel defends national rules. Gravel supported civil rights bills and faces a Hornsby-style power struggle within the party. Rainach asserts Louisiana’s party authority and vows to stand against external pressure.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
W. M. Rainach
Summerfield
Camille Gravel
Democratic National Committee
Gravel
Eisenhower
State Central Committee
Rainach
Legislative Segregation Committee
Louisiana Assn. of
Citizens Councils
Democratic Party of
ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
National Advisory Council
NAACP
National Committee
Willie Rainach
Mitteeman
Democratic Party
Democratic Advisory Council
Senate
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic National
Downpour In Chicago Tops Weather Records Of 1885
A 24 hour downpour drenched Chicago with rainfall possibly reaching 6.24 inches setting a record since 1885. Subways and utilities suffered heavy damage with at least nine dead including a seven month old girl. Water blocked loops and pumps operated to keep key transit lines running.
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Chicago
Will County
Congress Street Expressway
Jackson Boulevard
Logan Square
Congress and
LaSalle Streets
Loop
State Street
C. J. Buck
Chicago Transit Authority
35 Page Indictment of Civil Rights Bill by Ellender
Senate debate centers on Senator Allen Ellender's 35 page section by section attack labeling Eisenhower civil rights legislation a conglomeration of monstrous civil wrongs. He warns of a federal commission with subpoena powers used to harass the South and calls for injunctive authority and grand jury limits as threats to states rights and voting power.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Eisenhower
Ellender
South
Trapset Fatal Shooting at Oklahoma City Apartment
Sgt. Donald C Ohmann, a 24 year old Tinker AFB sergeant described as one of the finest airmen, was shot to death by Leo J Canavan, 21, husband of Emilie Canavan, after Ohmann entered an apartment believing a telephone suitor was present. The case centers on repeated calls Mrs Canavan allegedly received from a man posing as Doug Edwards.
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Oklahoma City
Kha Tinker Air Force Base
Donald Clark Ohmann
Eastham
Mass
Emilie Canavan
Wyoming
Don Cochran
E. B. Salty Mears
Cochran
Canavan
Casper
Wyo
Air National Guard
Wisdom Named to U.S. Fifth Circuit Court Post
New Orleans July 13 John Minor Wisdom was sworn in as a judge of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The 1929 Tulane Law School graduate replaces retired Judge Wayne G Borah. Wisdom was confirmed by the Senate last month and sworn in by law partner Saul Stone.
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New Orleans
John Minor Wisdom
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Wisdom
Senate
Saul Stone
Louisiana
Republican National
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Tte
Subway
Atella Toney
Edwards
Mrs. Canavan
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