Goldfine To Testify On Adams Gifts In Influence Probe
Bernard Goldfine will testify July 1 before the House influence investigation subcommittee about gifts and favors to White House aide Sherman Adams. The panel questions whether Goldfine wrote off favors as business expenses and whether FTC secrecy rules were violated in handling a complainant against Goldfine’s textile firm. The inquiry also plans SEC witnesses on Goldfine’s SEC case and actions by Adams.
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Washington
UPI
Bernard Goldfine
White House
Sherman Adams
House
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Goldfine
Harris
Federal Trade Commission
Edward Howrey
Adams
New England
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Subcommittee
Alf M. Landon
Topeka Kans
Double Murder Suspect Hunted By Houston Cops
Houston police search for Howard Stickney 23 wanted for the May 24 double slaying of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Barnes. A tugboat worker Wesley Coleman, 23, said the hitchhiker claimed to be Stickney and threatened to kill him. Coleman escaped by leaping from his car at a service station in Alvin Texas and alerting an attendant.
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Houston
UPI
Wesley Henry Coleman
Howard B. Stickney
Clifford C. Barnes
Coleman
Alvin
Tex
Stickney
Refugees Smash Soviet Embassy in Bonn Protest
About 400 Hungarian refugees hurled rocks and ink at the Soviet Embassy in Bonn, smashing a dozen windows in protest of Nagy and his associates execution. Police clashed with demonstrators, resulting in batons, arrests, and wounded protesters.
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Bonn
Germany
Imre Nagy
Crown Peach Show Queen In Ceremony
Miss Lou Anne Locke of Springhill was crowned Queen Dixie Gem VIII of the Louisiana Peach Festival at Howard Auditorium Ruston. She is sponsored by the Springhill Lions Club and is a Tech beauty. Judy Dodds and Miss Diane Williamson of Ruston followed in second and third. Debra Kay McGee of Ruston was named Princess Peach, with Diane Walpole as runner up and Carol Rose Reeves of Bernice in third. Master of ceremonies was Joe Sheppard. Tech president R L Ropp crowned the queen. George Nicol crowned the princess.
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Ruston
Lou Anne Locke
Springhill
Dixie Gem
Howard Auditorium
Springhill Lions Club
Locke
Tech
Judy Dodds
Lincoln Parish
Diane Williamson
Princess Peach
Debra Kay McGee
Green Thumb Garden Club
Diane Walpole
Carol Rose Reeves
Bernice
Bernice Civitan Club
Joe Sheppard
Louisiana Tech
R. L. Ropp
George Nicol
Louisiana Peach Festival
Candi
West Monroe Students Attend Louisiana Leadership Conference
Four West Monroe High School seniors join LSU Baton Rouge workshop at a Leadership Conference. Charlotte Whittington Portia Gould Amy Hood and Larry Lewis will join discussions demonstrations and tests during the June 19 to June 26 session. Reforestation is growing at the rate of 50 percent in the report.
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West Monroe
Baton Rouge
L.S.U
Charlotte Whittington
Library Club
Portia Gould
Amy Hood
Larry Lewis
US Demands USSR Act On Soldier Release
The United States urged Russia to free nine American soldiers held by the East German regime after their helicopter strayed and landed last June 7. State Department officials met Soviet charge Sergei Striganov for about 30 minutes to press for immediate action under existing agreements. Striganov declined comment, while the issue drew support from several congressmen.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
East Germany
Sergei R. Striganov
State Department
Robert Murphy
Department
Murphy
Striganov
Germany
John Foster Dulles
State Session of VFW Moves Into 2nd Day
The 28th annual Louisiana VFW convention enters its second day at the Virginia Hotel. Activities include business sessions, reports, a parade, banquet and grand ball. Kenneth R. Bartlett presided as opening ceremonies. Cooper T. Holt is slated as guest speaker at tonight's banquet. The final day includes officer nominations and installations.
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Louisiana Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Virginia
VFW
W. L. “Jack” Howard
Kenneth R. Bartlett
Monroe
Confab
Louisiana Department
Charles Perilloux
Baton Rouge
Howard
Louisiana Department of the Auxiliary
Virginia Matthews
William P. Crews
Cooper T. Holt
Senate votes to end transportation taxes amid broader tax extension
The Senate approved eliminating 710 million dollars yearly in transportation taxes while extending the 52 percent corporate income tax rate for another year. It kept other tax rates, preserving auto and cigarette excises, spirits and wine levies, and revenue would drop 2.6 billion if cuts took effect. The bill returns to the House for concurrence or a conference. President Eisenhower urged against tax cuts now.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate House Conference Committee
McGovern Proposes Five Changes to Employment Security Law
Baton Rouge Sen. Daniel McGovern of New Orleans introduces a bill to alter unemployment compensation. It seeks to end protection for employed women before birth and adjusts disqualification periods, misconduct benefits, work search rules, and penalties for fraud.
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Baton Rouge
Daniel McGovern
New Orleans
McGovern
Senate
One Of Giants Of Journalism Is Dead At 75
Herbert Bayard Swope, 76, famed American journalist and first Pulitzer Prize winner, led the New York World as reporter and editor, chaired New York racing oversight, helped grow horse racing, and helped found the ASNE. He died at Doctors Hospital with family at his side.
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NEW York
Herbert Bayard Swope
Swope
Old
New York World
the World
Telegram
New York State Racing Commission
Doctors Hospital
William Allen White
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Associated Press
Old City News Assn
New York City
Summer Heat and Rain Expected in Twin Cities Area
Summer is officially ushered in with partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures in the Twin Cities. Yesterday reached 92 degrees with a 76 degree low. A forecast shows warmer conditions with highs around 90 and lows near 72, while Arkansas may see cooling showers today and tomorrow under cloudy skies.
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Twin Cities
Arkansas
Little Girl in Nowata Reaches For Hope Amid Starvation
Four year old Laura Jane Krons, blind and weighing 14 pounds, is hospitalized for malnutrition after authorities found her Penned up in a filthy six by seven foot room with dogs outside. Police delay charges as an investigation continues. Father seeks custody. mother and foster father Raymond Murphy reportedly absent during the discovery.
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Novata
VPI
Laura Jane Krons
Nowata
Jack Irons
Raymond Murphy
Lloyd Colter
Riot erupts as police shot and stoned during arrest
A Friday riot by 35 Negroes against police over two youths’ traffic arrests left a white officer injured. Police used a riot gun as bricks and fists targeted officers including Richard Seeger, who detained Lee Lawrence and Joseph Rodgers amid the clash. Eight suspects were arrested.
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ST. Louis
Little Little Rock
White County
Richard Seeger
Seeger
Lee Lawrence
Joseph Rodgers
Lawrence
Senator Watkins calls for Sherman Adams departure from White House
Senator Arthur V. Watkins urged Adams be removed as President Eisenhower's top aide stating Adams' usefulness is seriously impaired. The White House maintained support for Adams while three more Republicans pressed for resignation amid Adams links to Bernard Goldfine. Goldfine to testify before a House commerce subcommittee on July 1 with records to be provided.
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Washington
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Watkins
Adams
James C. Hagerty
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
House
Donald E. Tewes
D-Ark
House Commerce
Adams-Goldfine
Goldfine
Louisiana seeks Supreme Court overturn of race admission law
Louisiana asks the U S Supreme Court to overturn a ruling striking down laws aimed at preventing Negroes from attending white colleges. Attorney General Jack Gremillion filed petitions in cases involving LSU McNeese State College Southwestern Louisiana Institute and Southeastern Louisiana College. The laws required certificates of eligibility and moral character signed by principals and superintendents and made it a firing offense to advocate integration.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
U. S. Supreme Court
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Louisiana State University
McNeese State College
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Southeastern Louisiana College
Pollution Hearings Set Over Ouachita River Waste
Arkansas and Louisiana water boards schedule two hearings in Camden and El Dorado to collect evidence on industrial and sewage waste polluting the Ouachita River from Smackover Creek. Monroe and West Monroe officials urged strong attendance to support action.
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Ouachita River
Ouachita County Court House
Camden
Ark
Monroe
W. H. D. Rodriguez
el Dorado
Arkansas Water Pollution Control Commission
Smackover Creek
The
Louisiana Water Pollution Control Commission
West Monroe
Rodriguez
Ouachita
First Division
Union County Court House
UN Chief Meets Lebanese Premier As Truce Fails
Gunfire shattered a two day truce in Beirut while U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold discussed the rebellion with Premier Sami Solh. Hammarskjold favored border observation over a full U N force to police the Syrian frontier amid calls for a 5 000 strong unit. The U N has 45 observers and 10 Canadians expected, with posts set at volatile border zones.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Sami Solh
Hammarskjold
United Arab Republic
Camille Chamoun
Tarik Jadida
Zarif Moselem
Mozeitbeh
Syria
U.A.R
United Nations
Fight Against Wabash River Flood Is Waged
More than 100 men fought the Wabash River on a giant levee to save 45 square miles of farm bottomland from floods. A sandbag operation neared its climax near Westport Illinois as the river pressed a levee guarding 35 000 farm acres. Westport’s situation was critical with a 27 1 2 foot crest expected Friday night. A Vincennes Indiana flood wall across the river was expected to hold despite sewer seepage concerns.
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Russellville
UPI
Westport
Ill
Vincennes
Ind
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