Reds Free Missionaries Planned for Hong Kong Return
Hong Kong report says two Roman Catholic missionaries from San Francisco Rev. John William Clifford and Rev. Thomas Leonard Phillips have been released from prison in Red China. Radio Peiping announced their release and expected arrival in Hong Kong within a week. They are the first U. S. citizens freed by the Chinese Communists since a prior case.
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Hong Kong
San Franisco
John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
Red China
Radio Peiping
U. S
Two American priests freed after three years in China
Two U S Roman Catholic priests reported from Shanghai by telephone that they have been released and are well after being imprisoned for three years. The priests spoke with the Associated Press in their first contact with the outside world since their release last night.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Associated Press
Missionaries freed. U S citizens held in Red China
Homer Bradshaw and Presbyterian missionaries were released on December 20. Eleven U S citizens still remain imprisoned in Red China. Father Clifford and Father Phil lips gained freedom exactly three years after their arrest in Shanghai. In November they faced a public espionage and counterrevolution trial.
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Homer Bradshaw
U. S
Father Clifford
Father Phillips
Shanghai
Long to address lawmakers on tax bills Sunday night
Gov Earl Long announced a mid session report to the legislature on Sunday night to urge passage of his tax raise proposals. He asked lawmakers to reconvene at 7 15 p m for a joint session while the Senate and House prepared to return at 7 30 p m.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Lgislature
Long
House
Senate
deLesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Wade O. Martin Jr
Joint Legislative Segregation Committee
Lehmann
Louisiana House kills chiropractic bill amid right to work vote
Louisiana House moves to study Senate amendments to the agricultural right to work bill delaying concurrence. Gov. Earl Long plans to sign the repeal. A companion bill extending coverage to cottonseed and rice mills awaits House concurrence. Rep. Lehmann pushes delay. Rep. Garrett supports postponement.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
Earl Long
Long
Byran Lehmann Jr
John Garrett
How They Voted On Right To Work
Baton Rouge June 15 Senate vote repeals Louisiana Right to Work law by 21 to 18. For repeal were Ackal Blanc hard Cole DeBlieux Deichmann Downs Edwards Fink Friedman Hickey Howard Long McCullough Nelson O Connor Petre Rappelet Rayburn Lockrider Stewart Stumpf. Against repeal were Ainsworth Cleveland Crothers Davis Eustis Folkes Fosse Fruge Gaspard Jones King Larcade Patt on Rainach Rogers Sevier Sims Sparks.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Louisiana
Ackal
Blanchard
Cole
DeBlieux
Deichmann
Downs
Edwards
Fink
Friedman
Hickey
Howard
Long
McCullough
Nelson
O’connor
Petre
Rappelet
Rayburn
Lockrider
Stewart
Stumpf
Ainsworth
Cleveland
Crothers
Davis
Eustis
Folkes
Fosse
Fruge
Gaspard
Jones
King
Larcade
Patton
Rainach
Rogers
Sevier
Sims
Sparks
Miscellany In The News From Mississippi And Chicago
Greenville William Oscar Lester longtime Benoit town marshal died after brief illness. Funeral services held. Biloxi Mississippi Association of Insurance Agents elected Warner Wells Greenwood as president. Other officers named at two day convention opening session. Directors named Ray Hanf Henry Sneed Henry Jones Zack Taylor for three year terms. Chicago Dr Paul Dudley White urged President Eisenhower to bicycle for exercise during AMA convention. White runs campaign to promote biking. Washington United States asked Yugoslavia to clarify stance between Russia and Western powers amid recent statements.
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Greenville
Miss
William Oscar Lester
Benoit
Texas
Lester
Biloxi
Mississippi Assn. of
Warner Wells
Greenwood
Robert Brannin
Starkville
David J. Brewer
Ray Hanf
Henry Sneed
Gulfport
Henry Jones
Columbus
Zack Taylor
Jackson
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
White
American Medical Association
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Russia
Mar
Miss Monroe West Monroe 1956 Beauty Queen Crowned
Pamella Henderson and Eleanor Cammack won top honors in the Monroe West Monroe beauty show with a field of 12 contestants. Cammack performed a ballet as she claimed Miss Monroe West Monroe 1956, while others showcased song, dance and modeling talents.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Eleanor Cammack
W. Monroe
R. Cammack
Spencer Street
Neville High School
Monroe-West Monroe
Cammack
Jerry Kenny
Ava Maria
Doris Kitchens
Miss Young
Marie Williamson
Miss Williamson
Wonder
Sara Battan
Monroe- West Monroe
Eleanor Commads
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eloise Foster
Glenda Bennett
Kaki Walker
Border
Wilson Says Merger Of Armed Forces Won't End Differences
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told Air War College graduates at Maxwell Air Force Base that closer unification or a merger would not remove interservice disagreements. He warned against seeking a magic formula such as complete unification or a single chief of staff, stressing that it would suppress intelligent discussion and violate a free society.
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Montgomery
Ala
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Navy
Showers Forecast For Local Area
Official weather forecast for Louisiana predicts considerable cloudiness with scattered showers today and Sunday. Arkansas expects thundershowers Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. Selma field reached 85 degrees Friday and 70 degrees low. rainfall in the past 24 hours totaled 1.37 inches.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Selmanfield
Offshore Lease Measure To Be Offered Sunday
A bill to permit oil companies to drill in the disputed Louisiana Gulf area will be introduced Sunday night. Atty. Gen. Gremillion and Gov. Long said the plan follows talks with oil firms, the State Mineral Board, and officials, with emergency status to take effect on signature. The dispute centers on Louisiana three leagues into the Gulf versus the federal three mile limit. The row has halted offshore drilling and left hundreds idle while negotiations continue.
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Baton Rouge
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Louisiana
Gremillion
State Mineral Board
Earl Long
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Louisiana Faces Record Pink Boll Worm Invasion Warning
Agriculture Commissioner J. McCrory reported the heaviest pink boll worm invasion in history for Louisiana cotton. The pest was found in blooms in Cameron Parish near Johnsons Bayou, signaling a large build up by harvest. Dusting operations will target adult moths as larvae already in blooms cannot be harmed.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. McCrory
Johnsons Bayou
Cameron Parish
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
McCrory
Rio Grande Valley
Suzanne Lindsey Crowned Queen Dixie Gem VI at Louisiana Peach Festival
Barbara Sherlyn Evans age 3 ½ was named Princess Peach and Suzanne Lindsey of Bernice was crowned Queen Dixie Gem VI at the Louisiana Peach Festival in Ruston. She succeeds Sharon Horne of Jonesboro and 1955's queen. The new queen is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bobby Evans of Ruston. Runner ups were Sandra Woodward and Martha Gay Dollar with Renee also noted among finalists.
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Suzanne Lindsey
Ruston
Bernice
Dixie Gem
Sharon Horne
Jonesboro
Barbara Sherlyn
First National Bank Outgrows City Building in West Monroe
President J. W. Roberson announces the bank has outgrown its three year old building as West Monroe’s Twin Cities area grows rapidly. The bank plans a larger facility to keep up with progress and demand.
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First National Bank
West Monroe
J. W. Roberson
Twin Cities
Roberson
Senate boosts foreign aid by 100 million dollars
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to restore 100 million dollars to Eisenhower's foreign aid bill, bringing total authority to 4.515 billion dollars. The move restores part of last year's 200-million-dollar Asian development fund but faces a major Senate floor fight next week.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
House
Cross Word Jackpot Stays Unclaimed by Entries
Thousands entered the Morning World's crossword contest but none unlocked the $575 till. Next week's puzzle in the World promises a $600 prize. Explanations note clues across for COAT COST COLT and RADIO and hint that many a BARD was a poet rather than a minstrel.
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COLT
Brownell Orders Immediate Restoration Of 17 Suspended Workers
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. ruled that 17 government employees suspended from non sensitive posts must be restored immediately. The ruling aligns with a Supreme Court decision limiting loyalty security to jobs affecting national security and not to non sensitive positions. The administration will not identify the individuals affected.
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Washington
Herbert Brownell Jr
Brownell
Supreme Court
Kendrick M. Cole
Food and Drug
Oveta Culp Hobby
Adenauer Warns Reds May Attack Without Cause
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned free nations that Russia seeks world domination and would start a hot war to reach it. He noted dictatorship remains even after Stalin's dethronement and urged strength as deterrent. Adenauer spoke in Chicago after arriving from New York and voiced cautious optimism about no immediate danger of war.
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Chicago
Konrad Adenauer
Free Nations
Russia
Adenauer
Josef Stalin
New York
Executives Club of
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