Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov Visits Cairo to Expand Ties
In Cairo Dmitri Shepilov arrives with a Soviet delegation to press for widening Middle East ties. He notes socialism rejects colonial expansion and oil monopolies as he plans talks with President Nasser and Hassan Ibrahim amid Moscow’s recognition of Morocco and Tunisia.
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Cairo
Egypt
Dmitriy Shepilov
Middle East
Shepilov
Moscow
Morocco
Tunisia
France
Asia
Arab World
Mahmoud Fawzi
E. D. Kisselev
China
Aswan Dam
Russia
Eisenhower Laughs Off Running Again Question
President Eisenhower today dodged questions about another run for office while recovering from major abdominal surgery. He enjoyed four ounces of cream of wheat and a soft boiled egg as doctors noted steady progress and good spirits. A cartoon from the National Open golf event at Oak Hill in Rochester brought cheers from the President and visitors at Walter Reed Army Hospital.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Thas
Rochester
N. Y
Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Oak Hill Country Lab
Ben Hogan
Carey Middlecoff
Byron Nelson
Sam Snead
Miss Louisiana pageant draws 23 entrants in Lake Providence
Sevent annual Miss Louisiana 1956 pageant set for July 2 to 4 in Lake Providence. James T. Herrington, president of the sponsoring Junior Chamber of Commerce, reports 23 entrants from towns across Louisiana and colleges including Louisiana Tech and Northeast State College. Parade, judges tea, and preliminary contests headline events with crowning on July 4.
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Lake Providence
James T. Herrington
Amite
Arcadia
Bossier City
Baton Rouge
Delhi
Ferriday
Haynesville
Lake Charles
Monroe
Oak Grove
Rayville
Ruston
Tallulah
Winnsboro
Shreveport
Minden
New Orleans
Jena
Jonesville
Natchitoches
Louisiana Tech
Northeast State College
East Carroll Parish
Main Street
Legion Pier
Louisiana
American Legion
Long Denounced By Martin as Political Madman in Vote Machines Battle
Secretary of State Wade Martin Jr fights Gov. Earl Long’s bid to oust him as custodian of vote machines. Martin brands Long a political madman and argues Long lacks a democratic mandate as a bill to remove him advances through the Legislature.
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Baton Rouge
Wade Martin Jr
Earl Long
Long
Martin
Louisiana
House
Senate
Martins
Constitutional Board
The
People
Bloodhounds Hunt Handcuffed Negro in Poison Case
Deputies and bloodhounds searched for Willie Williams who escaped capture while being questioned in a strychnine poisoning investigation. Isiah and Hamp Matthews were hospitalized after drinking poisoned whisky at Clinton infirmary.
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Clinton
East Feliciana
Arch Doughty
Willie Williams
Isiah
Hamp Matthews
Clinton Infirmary
Mixed Grants and Tragedies Across States on June Sixteen
Gov Coleman denied ordering Adams County gambling establishments closed by midnight. A Fisherman found Charles E. Morris's body after a Lake Pontchartrain bridge crash. John Foster Dulles witnessed his son Avery Dulles ordained a Catholic priest in New York.
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Natchez, Miss
J. P. Coleman
Adams County
Coleman
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
Charles E. Morris
Jackson
Miss
Lake Pontichartrain Bridge
Highway 11
New York
John Foster Dulles
Avery R. Dulles
Francis Cardinal Spell
Ellender Seeks Further Slash In Foreign Aid
Senate Foreign Relations panel cut the aid bill to 4.5 billion dollars from 4.9 and restored 702 million of a 1.1 billion House cut. Senator Ellender vows to press deeper cuts below the House total of 3.8 billion, while Sparkman says 600 million for military aid may stay amid a tough floor fight. The panel completed major money sections of the bill.
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Ellender
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
House
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Foreign Relations Committee
Louisiana
Sam
Seaappropriations Committee
Former Partner Criticizes Longs Tax Measures
Clem Sehrt, former law partner of Gov. Earl Long, sends a telegram urging tax relief. He criticizes proposed increases on gas, timber, sulphur, alcohol, and the Fair Grounds track, warns of shrinking industrial expansion, cites McGraw-Hill and Texas papers, and says it is not too late to turn back.
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New Orleans
Clem Sehrt
Earl Long
Sehrt
Long
Fair Grounds
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Louisiana
Texas Daily
Grenade Blast Wounds 18 at Constantine Shop
Moslem rebels lobbed a hand grenade into a busy Constantine department store wounding 18 people including French women and children. Earlier a nationalist grenade attack at a police box killed one and wounded six as rebels opened fire near a passenger train.
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Algiers
Algeria
Constantine
Caraman
Speed boat race revival set on Ouachita River
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce to host the first annual Silver Cup Race of Champions on July 1 sanctioned by the National Outboard Association with 13 heats and 1300 dollars in cash prizes. The cup will be engraved with the year winner and boat class and a three year title defends the cup. Races start at 1 pm to accommodate churchgoers and family attendance.
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Ouachita River
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Slim Scogin
National Outboard Association
Ouachita At
Monroe
F. N. Steele
Scogins
Twin Cities
Chamber
Jim Williams
French Foreign Minister Pineau Seeks U S Backing on Africa Policy
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau arrived in Washington to confer with U S leaders on Russia’s tactics and to secure U S support for France’s North Africa policy. He will meet Secretary of State Dulles and possibly President Eisenhower, after visiting his son and grandchildren in Virginia.
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Washington
Christian Pineau
U. S
Russia
France
North Africa
John Foster Dulles
Pineau
Cude C. Pineau
Air France
Claudia
Johnny
Alexandria
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Dulles
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
New York
Union Station
Moscow
Soviet Union
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Father’s Day Origin Traced to Mrs. John Bruce Dodd
Mrs John Bruce Dodd of Spokane Washington is credited with originating Father’s Day in 1910 as a response to the way fathers are often looked past in daily life. The idea grew from a desire to honor the labor and sacrifices of fathers.
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United States
Canada
John Bruce Dodd
Spokane
Wash
U S Vice Consul Killed in Cyprus Restaurant Bombing
In Nicosia two bombs hit a downtown Soho restaurant killing U S vice consul William Boteler and wounding two other Americans, believed Marines. Boteler had just moved from Ankara four weeks earlier. a Marine in critical condition and another minorly hurt. State Department confirmed his death and released his home address.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.S
William Boteler
U. S
Ankara
Turkey
Washington
U. S. State Department
Boteler
State Department
16Th St
Washington, D. C
Britain
Little Soho
Regina Street
Quarles Confirms H-Bomb Missed Target in Pacific Test
Secretary of Air Quarles says a human error caused the B52 H-bomb dropped near Bikini to explode about four miles short of the planned position. He stressed the fault was in bombing equipment, not aircraft, and that the miss would not greatly affect the experiment.
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Washington
Air
Quarles
Bikini
Cloudy Damp Forecast For Twin Cities and Arkansas
A federal forecast indicates two days of cloudy damp conditions for the Twin Cities with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected Sunday and Monday. The Arkansas area is also eyed for scattered showers and thunderstorms with little temperature change.
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Twin Cities
Arkansas
Prospects Dim for Pre Election Tax Cuts and Debt Slash
Washington reports dim prospects for pre election tax cuts as lawmakers back a $3 billion debt limit cut starting July 1 to offset a large budget surplus. House Ways and Means Democrats discuss tax plans while bipartisan support grows to raise the temporary debt ceiling by only $3 billion.
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U. S
Washington
House
Ways and
Tee
Senate
Louisiana Governor press for major tax raises in legislature
Governor Earl K Long seeks swift passage of four tax increases amid House resistance. He vows a joint session address to urge lawmakers to adopt severance, timber, gas, and pari mutuel betting taxes, while battles over a constitutional convention and stranger power plays unfold in committee rooms.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
House
Louisiana
Long
New Orleans
Martins
Wade O. Martin Jr
Wade O. Martin Sr
Public Service Commission
Martin
Louisiana Utilities, Transportation and Telephone Service
John J. MacKeithen
Ways and Means
Secretary’ of State
Senate
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Frances Pineau
Africa
Ramblin
Arthur I. Bloomfield
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Internal Security
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Senate Finance Committee
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George M. Humphrey
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