Monroe Mayor backs elevated highway route through Twin Cities
Mayor W L Howard said he sent a telegram to State Highway Director R B Richardson approving the elevated route and urged a united front with Commissioners Rodriguez and McSherry. The Baton Rouge meeting discussed 19 questions and details, with findings to be released to Monroe later.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
R. B. Richardson
Twin
Cities
Howard
Richardson
H. W. McSherry
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Rodriguez
McSherry
Baton Rouge Wednes
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Twin-Cities
Fargo Seeks White House Aid After Deadly Tornado
Fargo North Dakota appeals to the White House for federal help after a June 21 tornado that killed 10 people including seven children. Mayor Lashkowitz sought reconstruction loans at 3 percent. 2,000 homeless. disaster declaration covers local counties in neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N.D
White House
Herschel Lashkowitz
North Dakota
John Davis
Sherman Adams
Washington
Federal
Small Business Administration
Nebraska
South Dakota
House Approves Broad Farm Surplus Disposal Expansion
The House approved a 1.39 billion expansion of the farm surplus disposal program and authorized selling 65 million dollars of surplus to Poland. The vote was 344 to 7 with four major changes sent to a conference committee. The Senate backed the administration plan and Eisenhower asked for continued foreign aid.
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Washington
House
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Moscow
House - Senate
Senate
Eisenhower
United States
Kremlin
Illinois Central conductor receives 50 year service honor
Joseph Cuthbert, conductor on the Illinois Central, is among 82 employees with 50 years of service. President Wayne A. Johnston awarded golden lifetime passes. A native of Delhi born October 29, 1886, Cuthbert is known in Monroe and across Louisiana.
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Joseph Cuthbert
Illinois Central Railroad
Wayne A. Johnston
Cuthbert
Shreveport
Monroe
Delhi
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Missouri - Pacific
Warren
Ark
Jones
St. Joseph
Illinois Central
U. S. and P
Truman to Turn Over Gifts to U S Government
Former President Truman testified before a House subcommittee and said he would give the government gifts received while in the White House worth between 250 000 and 500 000 dollars. He spoke on preserving presidential papers and hinted gifts may join his papers at the Truman Memorial Library in Independence Missouri.
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Washington
Truman
White House
House Administration
Library of Congress
Truman Memorial
Independence
Cobbler Contest Sparked Peach Festival in Ruston
Beautiful girls and peaches drew crowds as Ruston held a two day peach festival. A cobbler contest opened at 8 30 am at the Home Demonstration offices. A beauty flower show and parade of Queen Dixie Gem and Princess Peach contestants followed through downtown with 38 entrants in convertibles amid showers and elaborate floats.
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Ruston
Lincoln Parish
George Nicol
Arcadia
Homer
el Karabah Temple
Doctor's Fee Sparks Fire Over Benny Hooper Rescue
Anger over a $1500 bill from Dr. Joseph H. Kris for saving 6-year-old Benny Hooper's life in a Long Island well drew national scrutiny. Senators questioned the charge while other rescuers and AMA officials weighed fairness and credit, amid claims of heroism and misunderstanding.
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Manorville
N.Y
Benny Hooper
Long Island
United States Senate
Benny
Joseph H. Kris
Edwin S. Hamilton
Kankakee
The
American Medical Assn
Kris
Suffolk County Medical Society
David J. Wexler
Senate
Washington
William “. Purtell
R-Conn
Dr. Kris
John O. Pastore
D-Rd
Hamilton
AMA
Philip J. Rafle
County Society
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Sen. Purtell
Bill
Sam Woodson
Woodson
Weather View Showers Today in Twin Cities Area
Partly cloudy today and tomorrow with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. A trace of rain yesterday in the Twin Cities area. High 91, low 70.
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Twin Cities
Drunk Man Confuses Tyler With Dallas In Arrest
A Tyler police report describes a man so intoxicated he claimed Tyler was Dallas. He admitted living three blocks from Oak Cliff and was jailed. The bemused officer explained Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker’s jail is 100 miles away.
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Tyler
Tex
Dallas
Oak Cliff
Bill Decker
Decker
Dallas County
Eisenhower Pledges Major U.S. Force Reductions in Japan
President Eisenhower told Japanese Prime Minister Kishi that U S forces in Japan will be substantially reduced within a year including a prompt withdrawal of all ground combat troops. He said Japan’s views will be considered in U S stance on an early ban on testing and manufacture of H bombs. The White House communique noted Tokyo’s pressure on trade with Red China and continued controls on strategic material exports.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Japan
U.S
Kishi
Pacific
White House
Red China
Beijing
Red Warning From Korea Flags Caution In Disarmament Talks
The United States signals a go slow stance in disarmament talks while repudiating the armaments section of the 1953 Korean armistice. The move, aimed at pressuring Communist reliability, reflects internal debate between hardline and cautious approaches to arms control. Persistent questions over timing and intention are noted.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Korea
London
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Harold E. Stassen
United Nations
Dulles
Two boys die in gas filled cistern accident in Nashville
In Nashville on June 21 a 11 year old boy Ralph Williams and another boy James Hogue entered a 13 foot abandoned cistern filled with garbage to retrieve a spinning top. Firemen two of whom fainted attempted rescues but both boys died amid thick gas. Other rescuers used a life line to pull survivors from the shaft.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ralph Lewis Williams
James Hogue
Williams
Misses Crossword Prize by One Word for Third Week
Mrs. Bertha Wilkson of Monroe nearly solved this week’s 575 dollar crossword prize, missing by one word. REST was the troublesome No 25 across, continuing a three week streak with contestants failing by a single term. Over 10 000 entries entered the contest, and next week’s jackpot climbs to 600 dollars.
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Bertha Wilkson
Parker Road
Monroe
Date Set For Court Session Over GI Girard Case
The Supreme Court plans an extraordinary session on July 8 to decide whether GI William Girard should be tried by a U S court martial or a Japanese court for the Jan 30 shooting of a Japanese woman. The case strains U S Japan relations and drew wide controversy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
GI William 8. Girard
Girard
U. S
U.S
Douglas
High Court
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Eisenhower
District Court
False distress report tagged on El Rancho hoax
Coast Guard classified a Gulf of Mexico distress call from the fishing vessel El Rancho as a hoax after hours of search. Another fishing vessel sank off the Mississippi coast as a Goodwill contact cleared El Rancho of trouble. American Leader crew saved by passing craft. cutter assisted in shallower water recovery.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
el Rancho
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Biloxi
Miss
Morgan City
Louisiana
Marine
Goodwill
Galveston
Joe Menard
EBC Rancho
American Leader
Horn Island
Pascagoula
Contact and department phone numbers guidance
A fragmented notice lists editorial circulation and classified desk phone lines and times. It specifies hours from 5:00 p m to 8:00 a m on weekdays and from noon Saturday to 8:00 a m Monday plus holidays.
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North Dakata
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Jess Ramblin
Audubon Zoo
Capitol
William M. Fishbalt Miller
Jam Hearing Room
Sha
Ike
By John M. Hightower
Rio
Fiolu
Riessit
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