Two Men In Custody In Melchior Robbery Case
Police say they have two men in custody in the Lauritz Melchior $139000 robbery case and pursue two more suspects. Investigators recovered $98271 of the stolen jewels and found three guns at Alfred Pope’s home as the opera star and his wife were held at gunpoint during the Tuesday night invasion.
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Hollywood
Lauritz Melchior
Thad Brown
Robert Morgan
Alfred J. Pope
Richard McFall
Brown
Melchior
FBI
Ed Jokisch
Pope
Research Center Site Selected for West Monroe Plant
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp selects a site about 350 feet east of its West Monroe paper mill for a half million dollar research center. Dr. D C Lea says construction will start within two months and will focus on improved uses of pulp paper at the new facility on Jonesboro highway frontage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
West Monroe
D. C. Lea
Forest Products
Jonesboro Highway
Eisenhower Hosts Fishcake Breakfast With 40 GOP Congressmen
President Eisenhower dined on fishcakes with 40 Republican House members at a White House breakfast. He moved among tables discussing the budget and trout fishing, while guests noted his easy mood and informal talk. Rock n roll also came up as Rep Michel praised the president’s light heart.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Robert H. Michel
Ill
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
Arch A. Moore
West Virginia
Charles B. Hoeven
Iowa
Melvin R. Laira
Wisconsin
Woman In Car Wreck Murdered Police Reveal
Conroe Texas June 21 Police Chief Eddie Stephans said a 40 year old woman killed in a car crash was murdered The body identified as Catherine Nobles 38 12 Spring St Charleston S C was found with deep jagged glass wounds indicating homicide rather than accident A suspect ex convict John Ellison 39 was jailed on car theft charges after driving the car Ellison said a woman lay in the back seat as he sped at about 100 mph before the crash
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Conroe
Tex
Eddie Stephans
Catherine Nobles
Spring St
Charleston
S. C
Stephans
Houston
John Ellison
Ellison
E. H. Smith
Howard Kerr
Big Spring
Kerr
Girl Disappears Again With Mom In Sweden Plan
Christina Wennerstrom, daughter of a diplomat, vanished with her mother Mrs Stig Wenners trom. They booked a Scandinavian Airlines flight from New York to Stockholm for tomorrow. Witness Huw Williams, 18, vows to follow once he saves money after losing his job during a Canada trip.
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Christina Wennerstrom
Stig Wennerstrom
Christina
New York
Stockholm
Huw Williams
Sweden
Canada
Cancer Society Officers Re-elected in Ouachita Parish
Officers of the Ouachita Parish unit of the American Cancer Society were re-elected led by President Mrs. R. Fred Petty and Treasurer Robert Cowden. The group reported 14 educational film showings in the first three quarters to about 500 members across organizations.
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Ouachita Parish
The
American Cancer Society
R. Fred Petty
Frank Gordon
Robert Cowden
Irving Liebowitz
C. K. Crandall
Speeding arrest near Williamsport in Pennsylvania
Huw had only $5 in his pocket when he and Christina were arrested for speeding near Williamsport Pennsylvania yesterday.
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Huw
Christina
Williamsport
Northeast Freshmen Highlight Campus Summer Entertainments
Freshmen led the opening night of outdoor events at Northeast directed by Bobby Joe Oden. Miss Joanne Ellerman won prettiest coed while Bill McCraw claimed ugliest man. Jo Anne Fletcher won talent with a Charleston performance. Runners up included Peggy Long and Linda Crause. John McGough was runner up in ugliest man. Joy Kennedy placed second in talent.
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Northeast
Bobby Joe Oden
Joanne Ellerman
Winnsboro
Bill McCraw
McCraw
Jo Anne Fletcher
Baskin
Peggy Long
Rosco
Linda Crause
Sicily Island
John McGough
Natchez
Joy Kennedy
Farmerville
Mary
Jean Farle
Lake Providence
Linda Lord
Mary Ellen Cole
Pat Mott
Hebert
Batty Hughes
Molly Guinn
Kelly
Northeast State
Bill
John Fogleman
Sulphur Concern Purchases Site for Expansion
Freeport Sulphur Co. confirmed it has exercised its option on Uncle Sam Plantation for future industrial growth. The 1,800 acre site lies between Baton Rouge and New Orleans along the Mississippi River, about a mile north of Convent.
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Baton Rouge
Freeport Sulpher Co
Uncle Sam Plantation
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Convent
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William N. Mears
Mary Lou Mears
Monroe
Arthur D. Langston
William R. Smedberg, III
Navy
Melchiors
Denmark
Ike
Ben F. Jensen
Congress
Top
Portable
Mom
Cancer Society
Uae
Rins
Lou Antley
Rayville
Peggy Banton
Gilbert
Norma George
St. Joseph
Carolyn Jo Gallman
Betty Jane McCartney
Bonita
Shirley Wigginton
Jo Ann Craft
Kilbourne
Louise Mae Robbins
Delhi
Jo Ann Hamilton
Wilmer Smith
Barbara Rogers
Glenda Williams
Annie Lee West Stahl
Lloyd Williams
Zeke Zammeto
Nick Lassiter
William M. Smith
Sulphur Concern
Bissell
Grand Rapids
Palace Annex
Ila
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