Anthrax Outbreak Deepens Across Ouachita Parishes
Dread cattle disease spreads from Morehouse into Ouachita with 28 animals buried or burned and over 200 dead in Morehouse. Officials urge owners to report suspicions, avoid handling carcasses, and conduct thorough insect control and disposal on site.
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Ouachita Parish
Morehouse
W. B. Aycock
Perryville
Aycock
Ouachita
Jones-McGinnty
Collinston
Mer Rouge
R. M. McDuff
Morehouse Parish
B. B. Vail
The
Livestock Sanitary Board
Cecil Allen
al Lord
Allen
la. Dept. of Health
H. B. Elliot
Louisiana Livestock Sanitation Board
Baton Rouge
United States Presses for Soviet Reply on Helicopter and Crew
The United States brushed aside a Soviet disclaimer and urged formal Soviet response to a request for the return of a helicopter and nine U.S. soldiers held in East Germany. Secretary Dulles had previously indicated readiness to negotiate with East Germany, which remains unrecognized by the United States.
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Washington
United States
U.S
East Germany
Dulles
East Berlin
State Department
New Orleans Officials Found Guilty of Malfeasance
In New Orleans the St. Bernard Parish police jury president Celestine Melere and vice president James Licciardi were found guilty of malfeasance in office. Judge J Bernard Cocke will set sentencing later. Prosecutors allege kickbacks in road repair projects and contractor John B Lopez testified he kicked back 698 dollars to both officials.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
J. Bernard Cocke
Celestine Melerine
James Licciardi
Cocke
John B. Lopez
Shell
Melerine
Licciardi
Arcadia Crash Kills One Injures Several Near Choudrant
An Arcadia man was killed and four or five others injured in a two car crash on Highway 80 near the colored school in Choudrant shortly before 11. Henderson Jordan died at the scene. The Fullilove family from Shreveport, four in the other car, were hospitalized with unknown conditions at Ruston hospital. Some reports said a sixth passenger in the Fullilove car may also be hurt. Investigation ongoing at early morning hours.
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Arcadia
Choudrant
Henderson Jordan
Lincoln Parish
Ruston Hospital
West Monroe's Ambitious Drive for a City Hospital
Ramblin West Monroe touts rapid growth with the town securing West Monroe High School and a bank, forming the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club, building motels country club and library, and launching a new hospital campaign led by business leaders. The effort, supported by the Chamber, aims to establish a regional medical facility.
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West Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club of
New
LSU Requests Probe Into Campus Integration Retreat
LSU on Friday asked YM-YWCA officials to investigate a story that a racially mixed retreat of white and Negro students from LSU and Southern University was held on campus. UPI confirmed the report as LSU faces a legislative probe into alleged unAmerican activities.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana State University
Ym-Ywca
LSU
Southern University
United Press International
State Powers Over Disputes In Labor Win
Washington reports a tentative victory for supporters of state power over labor disputes as the Senate rejected 46 to 43 an amendment to require NLRB jurisdiction in all interstate cases. The debate centers on Watkins plan to let state boards handle disputes NLRB declines.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Irving M. Ives
N.Y
National Labor Relations Board
Ives
Arthur Watkins
Utah
NLRB
Watkins
Supreme Court
Joyride ends in jet crash at Alconbury
Airman Vernon Morgan 21 of Elizabeth Indiana stole a B45 Tornado at Alconbury England and crashed near Wood Walton minutes after takeoff. Four killed earlier in the day in airbase collision. authorities say no link between incidents. Morgan died instantly leaving wife Susan Marie and father Chester Morgan.
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Alconbury
England
UPI
U.S
London
Edinburgh
Vernon Lewis Morgan
Elizabeth
Ind
Susan Marie
Chester Earl Morgan
Long Pushes Tax Relief and Alaska Statehood
Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana urged immediate tax relief with a one month withholding return claiming it would cut personal income tax about eight and a half percent, averaging $30 for workers and injecting about $2 billion into circulation. He also advocated Alaska statehood, arguing it would accelerate development and improve representation in Congress.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Long
Alaska
Governor subpoenaed in King enrollment case in Mississippi
Cir cuit court subpoenas Gov J P Coleman and six others for a habeas corpus hearing over whether a Negro man Clennon King who sought enrollment at the University of Mississippi is held illegally at a mental hospital. The hearing follows a lunacy ruling sending King to Mississippi State Hospital for examination.
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Jackson, Miss
J. P. Coleman
Clennon King
Alcorn A&m
Mississippi State
Whitfield
King
University of Mississippi Graduate School
R. Jess Brown
Vicksburg
Hinds County Chancery
Frank Scott
Mary Lee
Hinds County Health Department
Beverley Smith
Sam Ivy
Highway Patrol Bureau of Identification
Charles Dunagan
Jackson State Times
Scarbrough
Ivy
Scott
Dunagan
Outlook Sees Steam and Sun in Father’s Day Weekend
A hot weekend is forecast for Monroe with partly cloudy skies and high temperatures around 94 degrees and overnight lows near 75. Similar heat is expected in Arkansas today and tomorrow with overcast conditions anticipated.
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Monroe Area
Arkansas
First In Year Production Index Upturn Noted
The Federal Reserve Board reports the May industrial production index rose to 127 percent of the 1947-49 average, still 18 points below last August and 20 below the December 1956 peak. The board notes activity firmed in May with gains in production employment and incomes, while wholesale prices held steady and bank credit expanded. Dr. Emerson P. Schmidt of the US Chamber of Commerce says a recession may end before year’s end once layoffs ease and consumer buying resumes.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Emerson P. Schmidt
US Chamber of Commerce
Dolly the Cow Rescued After 40 Foot Fall
Dolly the Guernsey cow slipped on damp moss and fell 40 feet into a quarry pool in Glastonbury Connecticut. She clung to a ledge until two men using a rope lowered to assist. A crane and canvas sling hoisted Dolly to safety and she returned to grazing with minor injuries.
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Glastonbury
Conn
Dolly
Bessie
Mose Galli
Galli
Guernsey
Moscow Agrees To Meeting On Nuclear Issue
Moscow agreed to a Geneva meeting of experts to study detecting nuclear explosions starting July 1. The note was handed to U S Ambassador Thompson by Andrei Gromyko in reply to President Eisenhower and published in Moscow papers. The Soviet reply regrets that Indian experts cannot participate from the start.
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London
Moscow
Geneva
Moscow Radio
Hisenhower
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
White House stays silent on Adams gifts issue
White House officials refused to confirm whether Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine gave Gov Sherman Adams a $700 Vienna coat and a $2,400 Oriental rug. President Eisenhower expressed continued confidence in Adams while Adams himself said he disclosed all facts in a letter to Rep. Oren Harris.
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Washington
White House
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
James C. Hagerty
Adams
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Gov
New Hampshire
Goldfine
Plymouth
Mass
House
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Ground Crews Scour Texas for Missing Cessna Pilot
Ground crews move toward a woods area between Henderson and Tatum Texas after two Hensley Air Force Base search planes spotted what may be Donald Keeton s missing plane. Keeton 19 left Gulfport Mississippi Thursday in a rented Cessna 120 leaving a note about death by his own action. Police have a pickup order for Keeton as a missing airman.
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Longview
Tex
Hensley Air Force Base
Dallas
Henderson
Tatum, Tex
Donald Keeton
Keeton
Gulfport
Miss
Texas
Keesler Air Force Base
Don
Doris Lynn Bowling
Civil Air Patrol
Donald Davidson
Southern Rescue Coordination Center
State Highway Patrol
Premier Oil Co
Greggton
Earl Cleveland
Cleveland
Associated Press
Longview News- Journal
Gulf Coast
Gregg County
Tyler
Indiana Battles Severe Weather Across Flooded Regions
A violent storm sweep hit Indiana with tornadoes and heavy rains as floods surged. Damage included 800 windows at Ohio’s Air Base and flash floods isolating Scircleville. Logansport and Markleville reported damage with a total flood death toll rising to 14 statewide. National Guardsmen stood by in Frankfort for potential calls for help.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
Hoosier
Springfield
Ill
Zanesville
Ohio
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Dyer
Ind
Warsaw
Tinley Park
Chicago
Logansport
Markleville
Scircleville
Frankfort
Schrcleville
Leonard Dansen
White River
Midwest
Lockbourne Air Base
Stage Set For Fight On Farm Measure
The House Agriculture Committee advanced a broad farm bill amid partisan lines, voting 21 to 10 to send the proposal to the House floor. It extends the overseas surplus disposal program and adds new price supports for wheat rice cotton feed grains and milk, plus a three-year wool subsidy and school milk provisions. The package faces possible presidential veto and echoes prior vetoed proposals and soil bank programs.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
House
Benson
Eisenhower
House Committee
Congress
Soil Bank
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Connellsville
Ramblin
By Bryce Miller
Joseph H. Mattox Jr
Ym-Ywa
Mattox
No Man's Land
Air Force
Wood Walton
Earnie Eye
Thomas Iuliucci
Fayetteville
N. C
Earnie
Sen. Long
Reserve Board
News-Star World
Monroe
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