Solon Proposes Gas Tax Exemption Aiding Industry
Baton Rouge June 1 AP Three fourths of Louisiana industry using natural gas would gain exemption from all gas gathering taxes under a new proposal by Rep Horace Lynn Jones Calcasieu Parish He will offer amendments at Monday’s committee hearing on the 32 million tax raise Jones says the bill is for teacher pay hikes and was not meant to hurt Louisiana industry The gas tax bill entered its fourth week as appropriation bills total 480 million and Gov Earl K Long pushes 341 million in general appropriations Long promised budget cuts Legislators return after public input on 44 million in tax boosts already introduced Jones’ amendments would apply the levy mainly to north and eastern gas users The tax would fund the teachers pay bill which passed the House and awaits Senate action The existing one cent per thousand cubic feet tax yields 12.5 million annually The 2½ cent hike would be continued on Sixth Page.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Horace Lynn Jones
Calcasieu Parish
Jones
Earl K. Long
Long
Public Affairs Research Council
Senate
House
Congress
Ellender and Dworshak Blast Military Waste in Hearings
Sen. Ellender and Sen. Dworshak denounced alleged waste in defense spending at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing. They questioned proposed Air Force facilities while a idle Navy Pocatello plant in Idaho drew attention, and urged swapping unused facilities to save money. The hearing touched on Denver and Ogden project talks linked to a Martin bomber contract and a Glenn L. Martin missile plant near Denver.
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Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Pentagon
Dworshak
Frederick S. Withington
Naval Ordinance
Senate
Air Force
Denver
Colo
Ogden
Utah
Navy
Pocatello
Withington
Army
Louisiana
Chavez
D-Nm
Glenn L. Martin Corp
Baltimore
Cub Scout Attacked by Lion at Zoo Leaves Scout With Amputations
A nine year old Cub Scout at Whipsnade Zoo was mauled by a enraged lion during a supervised visit. Tony Murphy lost both arms after the lion slashed him as onlookers and a priest intervened, striking the animal to free the boy.
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London
Whipsnade Zoo
Tony Murphy
Marine Sergeant Freed Amid Chaplain Aide Duty Change
Marine Staff Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon, who led six recruits in a disciplinary death march, is released from the brig and assigned to the Roman Catholic chaplain’s office at Parris Island. He may live with his family in Port Royal and must stay within 10 miles of the base while awaiting his July 14 court martial.
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Parris Island
S. C
Secretary of the Navy
Matthew C. McKeon
Ralph C. Wood
Wood
McKeon
Charles Thomas
Navy to Junk 107 Obsolete Vessels Including Enterprise
The Navy announced plans to junk or sink 107 ships totaling 363 510 tons, among them three battleships and the carrier Enterprise. The plan requires Congressional approval and cites postwar reductions since World War II. Notable ships include California Mississippi and Tennessee, with the Enterprise key to the Leyte Gulf battle of 1944.
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Washington
Navy
Conress
Thomas S. Gates
California
Mississippi
Tennessee
Leyte Gulf
James Forrestal
Pearl Harbor
Pilot Perishes As Two Jets Collide
Belzoni Mississippi June 1 Two T33 jet training planes collided five miles southwest of Belzoni killing one of three men aboard At Greenville Air Force Base the public information office identified the planes as stationed there Names of the dead and two survivors who ejected were withheld pending next of kin notification The crash site was near the Gooden Lake community Cause of collision and flight reason were undetermined according to the PIO
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Belzoni
Miss
Here
Greenville Air Force Base
Public Information Office
Gooden Lake
PIO
Mixed News Briefs From Across The Nation
War ner R. Moore of Outdoor Advertisers says advertising will rise to sustain living standards amid population growth. Abner McCall named to Texas Supreme Court to fill Will Wilson’s unexpired term. Albert Woolson, Civil War veteran, 109, hospitalized in Duluth with lung congestion. Senate Banking Committee approves bill to authorize sale of Texas City tin smelter. House previously passed it.
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Biloxi
Miss
Warner R. Moore
Outdoor Advertisers, Inc
Moore
New York Herald- Tribune
India
Austin
Abner McCall
Baylor University Law School
Allan Shivers
Will Wilson
State Supreme Court
Wilson
Texas
John Ben Shep
Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Supreme Court voids Jefferson parish commission council plan
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that Jefferson parish's new commission council form is unconstitutional and void. The police jury remains in control until a new election or gubernatorial appointment. Jules Mollere and others plan to challenge the decision and seek recall if possible.
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Commission Council
Jules G. Mollere
Supreme Court
Jefferson Parish
Mollere
Beauregard H. Miller Jr
John G. Fitzgerald
Anthony A. Caramonta
Alwyn Cronvich
Dist. Atty
Frank H. Langridge
Langridge
Fitchburg Circus Sideshow Tent Falls Injuring Nine
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a violent wind gust toppled a sideshow tent minutes after the show was cut short for an approaching storm. Nine people were hospitalized two of them roustabouts. A cheetah broke its leash and a giraffe fled into a truck during the collapse. An earlier lightning strike injured five workers on a nearby toll road construction site.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Paul Christiani
Andrew Quinn
Christiani
New , Massachusetts
Russell
Here
Youths Charged After Bloody Arm Death-Prank Drive
Four teen boys in Texarkana were charged with malicious mischief for driving with a bloody arm hanging from a car in a staged death prank. They said they hoped to scare people, one boy rode in the trunk with ketchup on his arm. Police traced them across a four state area and arrested them near Garland Arkansas.
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Texarkana
Tex
Garland
Ark
Rebels fatally injured as French troops clash in Algeria
Algiers reports 230 rebels fatally hurt or captured in a three day battle near the Gates of Iran gorges in Biban mountains. French division says 160 of the killed wore uniforms. 210 rebels captured. another clash near Mila killed about 30. Police raid nets 30 communists and 10 MNA leaders.
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Algiers
Iran
Biban
Bougie
Constantine
Algeria
Mila
National Algerian Movement
MNA
Monroe officer escapes helicopter crash near Bunker Hill
First Lt. David Pierce of Monroe survived a forced landing of an H-19 helicopter used at Bunker Hill Air Force Base. Pierce, son of Mr and Mrs William Pierce of 3300 Richmond Monroe, is with the 323 Fighter Bomber Wing.
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Monroe
David Pierce
William Pierce
Richmond
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Bunker Hill
Ind
323
Sterlington Girl Killed by Gravel Truck Near Ouachita Bridge
Susan Spencer seven died after a gravel truck struck her while she attempted to cross Highway 2 near the Ouachita River bridge in Sterlington. Willard G. Chaplin 37 was arrested on negligent homicide charges as troopers noted long skid marks and the fatal contact with the truck’s rear dual wheels.
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Sterlington
Highway 2
Ouachita River Bridge
Susan Spencer
B. E. Spencer
Willard G. Chaplin
P. O. Box
West Monroe
Louisiana State Police
Ward
Ouachita Bridge
Susan
Eisenhower Forms Panel to Aid Small Businesses
President Eisenhower named a seven member Cabinet committee to study small business problems and propose steps to strengthen them. Wendell B. Barnes, head of the Small Business Administration since 1954, is among the appointees. The action follows Cabinet discussions on aiding small firms and aims for ongoing study and policy recommendations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wendell B. Barnes
White House
Fisenhower
Arthur
Jesse H. Jones Dies Noted Public Servant and Financier
Jesse H. Jones 82, key builder of Houston skyline and RFC lender over 50 billion dollars, died. A former secretary of commerce and RFC head, he feuded with Henry Wallace, served under Wilson Hoover and FDR, then returned to Houston to construct skyscrapers and publish the Houston Chronicle. Survivors include widow Mary Gibbs Jones and extensive relatives. Jones rose from a Tennessee tobacco farm to multifaceted real estate and media influence in Texas and beyond.
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Houston
Tex
Jesse H. Jones
South
Reconstruction Finance’ Corp
Jones
Commerce
RFC
Henry Wallace
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John A. Beck
Daniel E. Garrett
Texas
Congressional Delegation
John T. Jones Jr
The
Houston Chronicle
Milton E. Farthing
Hart Garrett
B. Magruder Wingfield
George A. Butler
John R. Booth
William S. Bailey
Dan E. Garrett II
Frank E. Womack
Augusta Jones
Jeanette Jones
New York City
Dallas
Continued Fair And Warm Today
Clear skies were in prospect for today with little temperature change. A few scattered clouds were expected in parts of Louisiana. In the Twin Cities area yesterday the high reached 82 and the low 66 at Selman field according to the Civil Aeronautics station.
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Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Twin Cities
Civil Aeronautics Station
Selman Field
Puzzle Jackpot Reaches Higher as Thousands Enter
The Morning World's weekly crossword jackpot grows to 550 dollars after no winners among thousands of entries district wide. Next edition Monday and Tuesday will feature the prize and a set of tougher clues.
Molotov succeded as Soviet foreign minister by Pravda editor
Moscow June 1 UP Dmitri Shepilov editor of Pravda appointed foreign minister succeeding V M Molotov a leading figure of the old Bolsheviks in the post Stalin era. The move comes as Tito of Yugoslavia prepares to visit Moscow amid shifts in Soviet leadership.
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Molotov
Soviet Union
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Josef Stalin
Dmitri Shepilov
Communist Party
Pravda
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Tito
Judge bans NAACP activities in Alabama in court order
A circuit judge limited the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from further activities in Alabama citing involvement in the Autherine Lucy Montgomery bus boycott. The injunction follows a state suit alleging the NAACP is a foreign improperly chartered corporation and accuses it of organizing and financing the boycott and actions around Autherine Lucy and Polly Hudson.
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Montgomery
Ala
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
NAACP
South
Louisiana
John Patterson
New York
Patterson
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Texas
Polly Myers Hudson
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