Mixed World News From Moscow to Mississippi
International updates report Shepilov’s Middle East trip and plans for Greece Egypt Lebanon and a new Soviet push to deepen ties with Arab states In Tokyo China earmarks nearly 20 percent of its 1956 budget for defense against the United States and allies Mississippi postmasters elect officers including R M Yarbrough as chapter president in Jackson and other officers named statewide
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Moscow
Dmitri T. Shepilov
Middle East
Greece
V. M. Molotov
Cairo
Syria
Lebanon
Athens
Russia
Shepilov
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Tokyo
Communist Radio
China
United States
Far East
Li Hsien-Nien
Communist People’s Congress
Taiwan
Formosa
U. S
Senate splits on foreign military aid funding amid House cut
The committee voted 9-5 to raise foreign military aid by 600 million dollars while the House reduced the program by a comparable amount. Senators Bridges Knowland Kefauver Sparkman and others weighed higher or lower totals as debates continued behind closed doors. A Saturday session may be needed to finish action.
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House
Bridges
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Knowland
California
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sparkman
D-Ala
George
D-Ga
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Russell
Armed Services Committee
French Kill 65 Arabs in Algeria Skirmishes
In Algeria Friday French troops killed 65 Arab guerrillas and captured 50, with 11 French soldiers dead and seven wounded. Major battles occurred in Constantine province and near Maddid as patrols and ambushes produced heavier Arab losses.
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Agiers
Algeria
Constantine
Maddid
Communist Czech cabinet ministers ousted in major reshuffle
June 15 Vienna dispatch reports Televised purge in Czechoslovakia removes two cabinet ministers and the prosecutor general. Ales, linked to Slansky and Oatis trials, is replaced by Bartusak as new Prosecutor General. Ministers Malek and Stoll fired. Skoda moved to finance. Central party committee backs reorganized government amid ongoing regime turmoil.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Wiliam Siroky
Radio Prague
Vaclav Ales
Jan Bartusak
Ales
Rudolf
Ladislav Stoll
Vaclav Skoda
Alexei Cepicka
Klement Gottwald
Josef Stalin
Montgomery man visiting son in hospital dies of heart attack
A 56 year old Montgomery resident Leon Eugene Ligon Jr. died last night at St. Francis Hospital while visiting his hospitalized son L. E. Ligon III. Coroner Dr J T French ruled heart attack the cause. Funeral plans by Mulhearn Funeral Home of Monroe.
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Montgomery
Alaman
St. Francis Hospital
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Leon Eugene Ligon, Jr
Wellington Road
Ala
Alabama
L. E. Ligon III
P.O. Box
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home of
4-H dress winner highlights Monroe West Monroe pageant
Eleanor Cammack hosted a Jaycee program featuring Martha Jones's top state 4-H dress, Sally Sumlin's humor reading The Book Lover, Jackie Morrison's self designed hats, and Rhea Smith's The Rescuer. Vocalists included Batten and Bob Evans, with Cherie Bowers as judge. Pamela Henderson won Little Miss Monroe West Monroe among 20 contestants.
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Martha Jones
Sally Sumlin
Jackie Morrison
Rhea Smith
Miss Batten
Bob
Peach festival parade to feature beauty queens and bargains
Stormy skies threatened Friday's parade while downtown booths promoted a peach harvest worth over a quarter of a million dollars annually. Visiting royalty included Miss Holiday in Dixie Beverly Norman and numerous festival queens. Ruston merchants sponsor a bargain day with a 3 PM pie eating contest at Railroad Park and an 8 PM Howard auditorium show to cap the two day event.
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Beverly Norman
Dixie
Bossier City
Margaret Collins
Plain Dealing
Ruston Merchants
Railroad Park
Howard Auditorium
Peach Festival Admits Near Capacity Pageant Crowd
Miss Helen Lois Halstead placed third as the crowd of about 1800 watched the beauty pageant. Louisiana Tech president R L Ropp crowned both queen and princess amid attendees including Miss Betty Mobley and Miss Lois Boudreaux. Judges included R L Tuttleton Dixie Ware Priscilla Hawthorne and Ralph Woodward. A $500000 peach crop is expected in Lincoln parish with a large harvest in Union parish. First prizes in orchard judging went to W H Sumrall Dee Holloway and W H Sumeral with top prizes of 360.
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Bastrop
Ralph Woodward
North Louisiana Experiment Farm
Calhoun
Lincoln Parish
Union Parish
W. H. Sumrall
Peach Orchard
Ruston
Dee Holloway
W. H. Sumeral
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Soviet Union
Robert Murphy
Leo Mates
State Department
Mates
Shop Ree
Srealel Vochose
Aleus Chatham
Eleanor Cammack
Allison Townsend
Tech
Pat Zimmer
Louisiana
Ann McCaleb
Winnsboro
North Louisiana
Kay Seller
Opelousas
Carolyn Leonards
Lois LeBlac
New Iberia
Elsie Theriot
Morgan City
Pegsy Larance
Hilly
Virginia
Elizabeth Parish
Martha Kay Dollar
Jonesboro
Patsy Ann Taylor
Mary Kathryn Dennis
Hodge
Mary Ann Glover
Harriet Clinton
Clay
Suzanne Lindsey
Bernice
Betty Mobley
Sandra Steed
Cotton Valley
Jane Fuller
Barbara Ann Rasbury
Millie Chapman
Ann Crowley
Doris Ann Hendrickson
Honor Jean Tarburton
Sandra Woodward
Marilyn Scoggin
Princess Peach
Rhonda Haile
Rhonda Cofer
Carol Ann Larance
Helen Lois Halstead
Patricia Ann McGeehee
Kathryn Dosher
Linda Jayne Harrs
Paula Sue Kilpatrick
Paula Pennington
Renee Duchesne
Barbara Evans
Cathy Riser
Karen Lynn
Patterson
Diane Carter
Robbye Collins
Wanda Sue Nolan
West Monroe
Maple
Peach Festival
DeSiard
Dial
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