Five Hymn Singing Preachers Break Segregation Law in Shreveport
In Shreveport Louisiana five hymn singing Negro preachers boarded a trolley bus sat in the white section and traveled without interruption. Police warned them not to repeat the act and said arrests require formal charges. Officials feared federal court rulings could affect the case as tests of the law continue.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Harvey L. Teasley
Shreveport Railways Co
H. C. Spence
New Orleans
Macmillan Links German Unification to East West Settlement
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan warned Soviet Premier Bulganin that Europe’s conflict cannot end without German reunification. He urged agreement on conventional and atomic disarmament and condemned Hungary’s regime for repression while urging constructive East West cooperation.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Nikolai Bulganin
Germany
Bulgaria
Macmillan
Kremlin
Hungary
Russia
Europe
Middle East
Editor Slain Near His Plant in Bogota
Hector Echeverry Cardenas a 39 year old editor and publisher was killed by gunmen near Tribuna the Tolima Department paper. The Liberal Party demanded a full investigation and former president Alberto Lleras urged patience as a 12 year old boy witnessed the shooting. Echeverry had criticized deposed president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and alleged Rojas planes shipped gold and platinum abroad before resigning.
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Bogota
Colombia
Hector Echeverry Cardenas
Ibague
Liberal Party
Tribuna
Tolima Department
Alberto Lleras
Tolima
Lieras
Echeverry
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Rojas
Pajares Azules
Bluebirds
Reverend Edward Hayward Sees 50 Years in Ministry
The Rev. Edward Farren Hayward a prominent Grace Episcopal Church leader marks fifty years of service in the ministry. He began in Monroe in the early 1900s after pastorates in the north and later led the century-old church, shaping the community with pioneer resolve.
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Edward Farren Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
Monroe
North
Truman calls for pressure on Ike and Dulles during Milwaukee speech
Former President Truman accused President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles of leadership failures at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Milwaukee. He urged pressing them to follow national policies as Wisconsin gears up for a July 30 primary and August 27 general Senate election after McCarthy's death. He did not name a preferred Wisconsin candidate.
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Milwaukee
Harrys. Truman
Lisenhower
Dulles
Truman
McCarthy
Wiseconsin
Vernon W. Thomson
Senate
Eggheads stage Broadway dog origin debate at showroom window
Six scholars staged a public bull session on the origin of the dog outside a Broadway auto agency. After 72 hours of debate four agreed no exact origin, while two remained deadlocked, drawing curious spectators plus dogs in the audience.
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New York
Witness in Girard Case Involved in Maebashi Bar Fight
In Maebashi Japan the main witness Hidetsugu Onozeki, a 29 year old farmer, beat Pfc Wilbur Smith with a two foot wooden club during a Saturday night brawl. Smith and two companions fought Onozeki, all were drinking. Onozeki fled and was later arrested. The incident did not affect Girard’s ongoing manslaughter case and he denies luring Mrs Sakai. Demonstrators demand Girard’s surrender and clashed briefly with police near government row.
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Maebashi
Japan
8C Williams
Girard
Ailbe Clals
Hidetsugu Onozeki
Onozeki
Wilbur R. Smith
1St Cavalry Division
Smith
Tokyo
Naka Sakai
Sakai
Ottawa
Socialist Party
U.S
Japanese Defense Department
Partly Cloudy Prospect Today in Twin Cities and Arkansas
Today will be partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon and evening thunder showers in the Twin Cities area and in Arkansas. Temperatures stay steady after yesterday’s high of 93 and low of 73.
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Twin Cities
Arkansas
End Of N. O. Cop Row Appears Nowhere In Sight
New Orleans police row deepens as Supt. Guy Banister labels the department graft ridden and accuses mayor and top officials of blocking a full investigation. He warns the probe would expose one of the most efficiently organized graft systems in law enforcement.
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New Orleans
Guy Banister
Banister
FBI
Police Department
de Lesseps Morrison
Ferry Captain Dives into Rescue On Mississippi River
New Orleans reports a ferry boat captain steered through dangerous river currents to save Charles Warren, 30, who said he fell overboard from a Louisiana Avenue ferry. Coast Guard noted Warren’s rescue as crew guided the man back to safety with help from a towboat worker.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Charles Warren
Howard F. Herbert
Warren
Herbert
Syndicate Cited In Cook County Thefts
Cook County losses mount as a claimed syndicate of thieves and embezzlers drains nearly five million dollars from county coffers. State's Attorney Benjamin Adamowski, a Democrat turned Republican, leads investigations and expects more revelations when a full probe begins next week.
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Chicago
Cook County
Benjamin Adamowski
Adamowski
Elmer C. Sandquist
8th Turncoat Returns From Red China
Andrew Fortuna of Ionia Michigan, 31, the eighth of 21 American Korean War turncoats to return from Red China, arrived in Hong Kong declaring he was homesick after three years living under communism. He provided a brief statement and then did not comment on his beliefs.
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Hong Kong
U.S
Andrew Fortuna
Ionia, Mich
Red China Today
Fortuna
G. IL
U. S
Red China
Hankow
Red
Brooks Raps Flood Bill Cuts Urgent Construction
Rep Overton Brooks of Louisiana criticizes the 1958 flood control appropriation for cuts and omissions that hinder urgent construction in the area hardest hit. He notes the House committee kept overall public works funding but slows bank improvements on the Red River below Denison Dam, saying the measure will only fix a few river bends.
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Washington
Overton Brooks
Brooks
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Red River
Denison Dam
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Hurricane season opens as observers go on alert
The 1957 hurricane season began at 12 01 a m EST with 50 weather bureaus and military posts watching around the clock. Stations along both Florida coasts report from Port Everglades to Beacon 42 on the east and Fort Myers to the Big Bend on the west. The Miami joint warning service coordinated by Weather Bureau Navy Air Force and Civil Aeronautics Administration will issue tropical storm warnings. Navy hurricane hunters will fly into storms to study their intensity and tracks aided by new meteorologists and a teletype link to Master Field. The first hurricane bears the name Audrey with a list of subsequent names for potential storms.
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Tropic
Florida
Port Everglades
Boynton Beach
Stuart
Vero Beach
Melbourne Beach
Daytona Beach
Jacksonville
Beacon
Fort Myers
Tampa
Big Bend
Joint Hurricane Warning Service
Miami
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Navy
Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Fleet Weather Central
Master Field
Opa- Locka
Audrey
Bertha
Carrie
Debbie
Esther
Freida
Gracie
Hannah
Inga
Jessie
Kathie Lisa Margo
Netty
Odelle
Paty
Quinta Roxie
Sandra
Theo
Undine
Venus
Wenda
Xmay
Yasmin
Zita
Floods swarm St Louis area as 3,000 homes freed
Severe floods unleashed by record rains swept through Missouri and Illinois. At least 15 people died in Missouri including a seven-member farm family near Beaufort, with four missing. In Illinois, five deaths were reported and Belleville and Albers saw flood damage. National Guardsmen and volunteers aided evacuations as Merramec River crested, threatening St Louis suburbs Valley Park and Times Beach.
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ST. Louis
Beaufort
Illinois
United Press
Mississippi River
Albers
St. Clair County
Ilinois
Missouri
National Guardsmen
Coast Guardsmen
Red Cross
Merramec
Valley Park
Times Beach
Coast
Tilnnis
Missouri State Police
Belleville
Oil Worker Dies After 80 Foot Fall At Eugene Island
In St. Charles Parish Louisiana an oil worker Henry N Acosta age 19 fell 80 feet from an offshore rig to a barge deck near Eugene Island. A helicopter ferried him toward New Orleans for treatment but he died before departure from port.
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Napoleonville
St. Charles
Eugene Island
Henry N. Acosta
Acosta
New Orleans
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Milton Brents, III
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