Shaky Road Tomorrow as Two-Thirds Tax Vote Contends
Louisiana Legislature resumes with Rep. Alton DeNux seeking repeal of the two-thirds requirement for new taxes. Gov. Earl Long backs the measure though opposition from Rep. Jasper Smith and other lawmakers remains strong. The issue hinges on securing a two-thirds majority to revise the constitution.
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House Committee
Jasper Smith
34 Club of
Antitax
John Garrett
Claiborne Parish
Elmer Bernard
West Baton Rouge
Long
House
Garrett
Bernard
White House silent on Little Rock race ruling
President Eisenhower and officials respond to a federal judge order freezing school integration at Little Rock Central High. Justice Department officials indicate possible appeal will be considered after reviewing the ruling. White House says it is a matter for Justice.
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Washington
UPD
White House
Little Rock
Justice Department
James C. Hagerty
Department of Justice
Eisenhower
Central High School
W. Wilson White
News Leader Offers $15 For Voter Registration
In Baton Rouge area the weekly News Leader announces First Ward Voters League Inc. will pay $15 cash to residents who register to vote by June 29. The appeal urges Black residents to register promptly to boost turnout.
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Baton Rouge
Nes
News Leader
First Ward Voters League Inc
Death Calms Mrs. L. Nixon services set
Mrs. Leola White Nixon 88 retired teacher and prominent church and club member died at her Monroe home after a long illness. Last rites today and funeral at 3 p.m. at First Methodist Church Monroe with Rev. G W Pomeroy officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Ruston. Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe in charge. Burial follows a long teaching career in Crowley Ruston Lisbon Oak Ridge Opelousas and Monroe. She studied at Peabody College and LSU and held a masters from Columbia. Her husband John Travis Nixon helped establish the Monroe News in the 1890s. Continued on Page 5-A.
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Smith Avenue
Monroe
First Methodist Church
G. W. Pomeroy
Greenwood Cemetery
Ruston
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
West Monroe
Big Cane
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White
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Ruston Lisbon
Oak Ridge
Opelousas
Nixon
Peabody College l
Nashville
Tenn
Opelousas Female Institute
Louisiana State University
Columbia University
John Travis Nixon
Monroe News
Vernon Family Reunites After 27 Years in Henderson Texas
A Vernon family reunion in Henderson Texas brought ten elderly siblings together for the first time in 27 years. Daughters and sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. John A. Vernon, their ages range from 54 to 75 and their residences include Downsville La Choudrant La Dallas Tex Kaufman Tex Elmo Tex West Monroe La Red Oak Tex Henderson Tex.
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Henderson
Tex
John A. Vernon
Danie C. Vernon
Downsville
Joseph G. Vernon
Choudrant
Hubert FE. Vernon
Dallas
William E. Vernon
Kaufman
Cora May Vernon
Elmo
Lillie Pearl Vernon
West Monroe
James C. Vernon
Red Oak
Wesley C. Vernon
Vera Effie Vernon
Johnnie P. Vernon
Federal judge suspends integration at Central High
A U S federal judge Harry J Lemley granted a 24 year suspension of integration at Central High School in Little Rock saying it had broken down under public opposition The NAACP announced an appeal Thurgood Marshall said a supersedeal would stay the ruling during appeal The ruling notes federal troops helped end riots but cannot erase racial tensions or ensure education quality
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Harry J. Lemley
Hope, Ark
Little Rock Schoo Board
Central High
Litle Rock
Ark
UPI
Central High School
Little Rock
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lemley
National
101St Airborne
Eisenhower
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP
New York
Virgil T. Blossom
VFW Chief Attacks Russian Propaganda At Louisiana Meet
Ex VFW chief Cooper Holt blasted Soviet propaganda at the Louisiana VFW convention. He warned Russia seeks to erode American power and liberty and cited the 40 year communist record as a danger. Holt urged unity and a national push for strong American leadership against the USSR.
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Cooper T- Holt
Louisiana
Bill Coleman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cooper Re
Holt
Anatanovga
Soviet Union
Russia
U. S
Priests Return From Five Years in Chinese Prisons
Two U S Catholic priests Joseph P McCormack 65 and Cyril P Wagner 51 reached Hong Kong after five years in Red China prisons Their reunion on friendly soil moved them to tears Wagner admitted to dealing in black market currency and did not contest the trial while McCormack called the charges ridiculous and urged relief for the ill priest next to him
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Joseph P. McCormack
Cyril P. Wagner
Pittsburgh
U.S
Father Wagner
Father McCormack
Ireland
Maryknoll
Ossining
N.Y
China
Rebellion In Lebanon Calms After Bombings Subside
Beirut quieted after a night of scattered bombings as UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold completed an on the spot survey and left for Amman. He planned talks with Jordanian officials and would meet Israeli authorities in Jerusalem before heading to Cairo for talks with President Nasser. A day earlier rebels briefly attacked the presidential palace and the home of Premier Sami El Solh, but the army’s heavy 155 mm fire ended the Balbec fighting. A UN observation team patrolled the borders investigating arms smuggling by the Egyptian Syrian UAR. Hammarskjold rejected a UN police force without Security Council order.
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Lebanon
UPI
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Amman
Jordan
Jerusalem
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Balbec
Camille Chamoun
Sami el Solh
Hammarskjold
Harmmarskjold
Security Council
Budget Officer Harvey Rester Dies At 65 In Louisiana
Harvey Bester, longtime commissioner of administration and budget expert for five Louisiana governors, died of a heart attack at 65 while gardening. He guided state spending for 16 years and served under Govs. Long, Jones, Davis, and Kennon. His death leaves Homer Russell likely to assume legislative duties.
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Rester
Earl Long
Bester
Possible Showers Forecast for Twin Cities Area
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers expected in the Twin Cities today and tomorrow. Temperatures remain steady with highs around 86 and lows near 72, matching Arkansas' similar forecast.
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Twin Cities
Arkansas
Accuse Ike Of Attempting To Divide Farmers
The House Agriculture Committee Democrats accuse the Eisenhower administration of trying to divide farmers and warn hard times ahead without a new farm program. They urge passage of a modern farm bill as the 1950s election year battle looms, while Benson labels the plan an unattractive package. A Republican minority condemns the proposals as controversial, costly, and unmanageable.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
House
Benson
Harlan Hagan
California
Charles M. Teague
Sinatra entertains 800 graduates at University High School
Santa Monica AP reports famed singer Frank Sinatra was the hit at a graduation party after University High School commencement. He performed with guests Sammy Davis Jr. and Nelson Riddle and his orchestra, entertaining his daughter Nancy and the crowd of graduates.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Frank Sinatra
Nancy
Sammy Davis Jr
Nelson Riddle
Two-Boat Collision Fatal on Bayou Desiard
A 31 year old West Monroe man, S. G. Sammie Staples, died after a runabout collision on Bayou Desiard at 6 10 last night. Deputies cite witnesses and possible propeller injury as he was struck after being thrown from Staples boat. Rescue crews from Monroe Fire Department and American Legion dragged the area as another red and white runabout piloted by Sandra Cloninger and her father Q L Cloninger were involved nearby.
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Bayou DeSiard
West Monroe
S. G
Sammie” Staples
Tensas Avenue
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
American Legion
Sheriff's Department
Sandra Cloninger
Lakeshore Dr
Staples
Bayou
Collegetown
Miss Cloninger
Q. L. Cloninger
Indonesia Says Rebel Capital Menado Taken
The rebel capital Menado in North Celebes fell Saturday, reports from Makassar said. Indonesian military spokesmen predicted the collapse would end more than four months of rebellion and civil war, though rebel leaders said they would keep fighting from Celebes and Sumatra.
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Indonesia
Menado
Celebes
Sumatra
Judge postpones Little Rock integration in Arkansas ruling
Federal Judge Harry J. Lemley granted a 2 1 2 year suspension of a gradual integration plan for Little Rock public schools drawing warm praise from state officials and mixed reactions from civil rights leaders. Louisiana Senator Rainach warned of future Little Rocks while Roy Wilkins of the NAACP called the decision a setback. Georgia leaders offered varying comments on the chaos surrounding the attempt to integrate.
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W. T. White
Dallas
Supreme Court
Louisiana
W. M. Rainach
Little Rocks
Rainach
Lemley
U. S
Florida
Roy Wilkins
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Newark
N. J
Little Rock
Orval
Faubus
Wilkins
Georgia
Marvin Griffin
Ernest Vandiver
Arkansas
Mothers Group Opposes Mixing In Little Rock
Mrs Margaret Jackson president of the Mothers League of Little Rock denounces integration in any form. She says the group will continue to oppose it as long as higher courts exist and welcomes delays and potential reversal of the Supreme Court decision. She attended hearings on the Little Rock school board petition to postpone integration.
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Mother's League of
Little Rock
Ark
UPD
Mothers’ League
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