Battle Rages In Tripoli Amid Lebanese Clash
Beir ut reports say rebels and Lebanese government forces traded heavy fire in Tripoli old city. Rebels report 10 to 15 killed and 30 to 40 wounded in six hours of fighting as army uses artillery tanks and jets.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Tripoli
Rashid Karami
Camille Chamoun
Arab Union
Iraq
Jordan
Egypt
Syria
United Arab Republic
United Nations
The
Arab League
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.N. Security Council
Arab League Council
Benghazi
Libya
UAR
Oil Tank Burns At Westwego ignited by lightning
Civil Defense officials and National Guardsmen battled a 55 000 barrel oil tank fire at American Liberty Terminal Company in Westwego. The blaze, second such blaze in nine days, threatened Seven Oaks plantation as two firefighters were injured and the tank was drained into a nearby unit.
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New Orleans
American Liberty Terminal Company
Westwego
Oil Company
Seven Oaks
Mississippi River
Bill's Sweetie Loves Flowers in Chicago
William Bernaugh delighted his sweetie with a bouquet after gathering geraniums and petunias from flower boxes in front of central police headquarters. Six policemen questioned him and, despite his stated romantic purpose, he was jailed.
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Chicago
William Bernaugh
Bernaugh
Central Police
Parish Rates High In Crime Solution Work
Ouachita Parish arrests greatly outpaced the FBI national average for crimes solved by arrest over a decade. Sheriff Bailey Grant reports 9 035 arrests from June 1 1948 to May 31 1958, including 2 479 felonies and 5 820 misdemeanors, with a high clearance rate by arrest.
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FBI
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Parish Sheriff's Department
United States Expels Soviet Official Over Secret-Document Attempt
The U S government expelled Soviet embassy third secretary Nikolai I Kurochkin after he tried to obtain U S Army manuals and secret documents through journalist Charles Beaumet who reported the approach to the FBI. Beaumet, a freelance reporter for The National Guardsman, said he received about 435 dollars for unclassified materials.
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Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Justice Department
Charles Beaumet
FBI
State Department
Beaumet
Nikolai I. Kurochkin
Kurochkin
National Guard Association
National Guardsman
Allan Crist
National Guardsman Magazine
Kurochkin Wold
Moscow
Flow ers Native to the Deep South by Miss Caroline Dormon
Miss Caroline Dormon, noted botanist and fellow of the Royal Society of England, has published Flowers Native to the Deep South. She lives on a small farm near Saline Louisiana and maintains over 300 varieties of wild irns. The Garden Clubs of Louisiana sponsor the book. An informal welcome was extended at the Wossman Library on St. Johns Drive yesterday morning by garden club members.
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Caroline Dormon
Royal Society of England
United States
Deep South
Miss Dormon
Yale University
Saline
Garden Clubs of
Louisiana
Wossman
St. Johns Drive
Garden Club
Mass Killer Is Ordered To Die In Electric Chair
Charles Starkweather, a mass slayer known for eleven deaths from Lincoln to near Douglas, Wyoming, was sentenced in Lincoln Nebraska to die in the electric chair for the January 27 murder of Robert Jensen and another count of first degree murder. The conviction followed a May 23 trial.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Douglas
Wyo
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Woman 20 Seeks 32Hour Record in Fayetteville Talkathon
Vi Brewer, 20, left her job to attempt a 32 hour 10 minute talkathon record begun by Verna York. York, 24, ended her effort after 10 hours 10 minutes, while Brewer aimed to speak until 6 52 p m Sunday. The event, at an electric appliance store, features six Fayetteville women competing for 1500 dollars in prizes.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Vi Brewer
Verna York
Fayette
Bitter fighting erupts in Cyprus after consulate blast
Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots clash in Nicosia injuring 15 and killing three. British troops halt violence as mobs attack vehicles and set fires near the old city while protests over possible partition intensify tensions in the island.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Sulate
Nicosia General Hospital
Mediterranean
Old City
Kidnap Suspect Bell Arrested in North Carolina
Coy Monroe Bell aged 39, wanted in Louisiana for a two week crime spree including highway robbery kidnapping and five rapes, was arrested in High Point North Carolina while reportedly armed and dangerous. He waived extradition and agreed to return to Louisiana.
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High Point
N. C
Monroe Bell
Louisiana
Bell
Herman Burrows
Clinton
Burrows
Arch V. Doughty
Baton Rouge
East Feliciana Parish
Doughty
Knockout Blow Planned on Rebel Stronghold Menado
Jakarta AP reports Indonesia mobilizes for a final assault on Menado a rebel stronghold in north Celebes. Officials say seizure could end the rebellion that began last February in central Sumatra. Military sources indicate the assault would begin next week.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Menado
Celebes
Sumatra
Monroe Weather Keeps Cloudy Trend With Warm Temps
Monroe area residents may expect cloudy skies today and tomorrow with temperatures from about 70 to 90 degrees. Yesterday's high was 92 and low 68, and Friday's readings were 94 and 72, while Arkansas also anticipates cloudy skies and little temperature change.
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Monroe Area
Arkansas
Death Claims Businessman E. G. Wright
E. Gordon Wright 55, Monroe food brokerage president and Mason, died in a local hospital after a several day illness. Final rites were held at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. James Marshall and Rev. James C. Wattley officiating. Interment in Riverview Cemetery. Survived by widow Emily Trousdale Wright and son Thomas Edwin Wright. Pallbearers named.
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E. Gordon Wright
Monroe
Grace Episcopal Church
James Marshall
James C. Wattley
Riverview Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Wright
Wright and Co
Lotus Club
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Thomas E. Wright
Choudrant
H. E. McDonald
Tom McClain
Bernard Trappey
Harold Dixon
James I. McCormick
Boyd Beadles
Dooley Baker
al Huey
Ex Red Cross Official Killed Near Alexandria
Mrs. Bobbye Scott former executive secretary of the Rapides Parish Red Cross chapter died when her car left a highway curve overturned about 15 miles east of Alexandria. State police said she was alone in the vehicle traveling from New Orleans to Deville.
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Alexandria
Here
Bobbye Scott
Rapides Parish
The
Red Cross
Union Seeks to Stop Chrysler Strike Sentiment
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers on Saturday tried to quell strike sentiment among Chrysler workers and keep them on the job during an uneasy labor truce in the auto industry.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Investigation into Eisenhower Little Rock federalization procedure
The U S comptroller general will probe whether President Eisenhower followed legal steps when using the Arkansas National Guard to enforce integration at Little Rock Central High School. Sen John Stennis sought the inquiry to assess legality of federally funded guard duties and potential implications for future federalization.
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Vernon Louviere Washington
Comptroller General of
United States
Eisenhower
Arkansas National Guard
Little Rock
Central High School
Stennis
Joseph Campbell
John Stennis
Campbell
Arkansas
Arkansas Guard
Mississippi State Bar Association
Gov Long to decide fill for vacant Rep seat
Gov Earl Long plans to return to Baton Rouge to meet attorneys and decide how to replace Rep Walter Chachere of Franklin parish who died Thursday. Chachere’s seat will be vacant as the 60 day session enters its fifth week with adjournment set for June 12.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Earl Long
Winnfield
Walter Chachere
Franklin Parish
Chachere
Winnsboro
House
Senate
Franklin, Parish
Robert Kennon
Long
Franklin
Ben Holt
Holt
Poison Control Center Opens at St Francis Hospital
A two year old reaches for a labeled poison and ingests rat poison prompting St Francis Hospital to create a Poison Control and Information Center in its emergency room. The cabinet houses seventy five antidotes with manuals guiding immediate antidote and supportive treatment. The center, prompted by the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association, aims to provide rapid reference and life saving care for poisonings in the Twin Cities area.
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St. Francis Hospital
Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Association
James C. Ussery
St. Francis
Joe Maggio Jr
Edith
Twin Cities
Moslem Rebels Hit Algiers With Gunfire Amid De Gaulle Bid
In Algiers and Bone and other North African towns rebels attacked police stations and shops. Three policemen wounded in a midnight raid near Bone as De Gaulle urged reconciliation. Civilians killed and crops burned amid ongoing clashes and sabotage.
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Algiers
API
Charles de Gaulle
Bone
de Gaulle
Sidi Bel Abbes
Cairo
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