Disaster unfolds as Hurricane Aud rey lashes Cameron Parish
President Eisenhower ordered every federal facility into rescue work along the hurricane battered Louisiana coast. Val Peterson was sent as his representative to coordinate relief while seven helicopters from Fort Sam Houston and other assets were mobilized. The Red Cross reports 40,000 sheltered at 80 shelters as援 Civil Defense and military units prepare aerial reconnaissance and ongoing aid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Louisiana
Gettysburg
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
U. S
4Th Army
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Cameron la
Hagerty
Peterson
Denmark
Lewis E. Berry Jr
Alfred M. Gruenther
Red Cross
Emerson Leschner
Army Engineers
New Orleans
Gruenther
White House
Civil Aeronautics Patrol
Toll Rises After Audrey Floods Cameron Parish
Louisiana aftermath of Hurricane Audrey leaves about 120 dead and hundreds injured across the coast. Cameron Parish reports 52 known dead with many missing, while overall areas face widespread destruction and mass evacuations as helicopters and boats search for survivors.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Audrey
Hufft
O. B. Carter
Cameron
Rate card of listening fees by Sydney Harris
Chicago columnist Sydney Harris jokes he would charge for various audience requests. He lists fees for hearing a committee report five dollars a treasurer's report ten dollars an hour with the program chair about her parakeet twenty five dollars viewing a local monument fifteen dollars inspecting a new high school gym twenty dollars slides of a Hawaii trip fifty dollars banquet meal ten dollars and unlimited soda.
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Sydney J. Harris
Chicago
Hawaii
Fourth Week In Row With Bonanza Bill Crossword
Monroe resident Mrs Bertha Wilkinson misses Morning World crossword jackpot by one word for the fourth straight week. Tallulah player T E Rawls also trails by one word. Next prize rises to 625 dollars with explanations for several clues provided.
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Monroyan
Bertha Wilkinson
Parker Road
Monroe
T. E. Rawls
Tallulah
Partial List of Casualties From Hurricane And Re
Lake Charles Louisiana June 28 partial list of casualties as supplied by the Red Cross and other sources names include Paul Beauchand and Donald Beauchand from Kaplan Louisiana Granville Theriot 28 Mrs Jesse Frazier Moffett Cameron Mr and Mrs John B Nurez and son John Jr Cameron Mrs Rodney Guilbeau Cameron Steve Sturlese Creole Alcide LeBlanc 68 Alberta LeBlanc 65 and their daughter Alberta LeBlanc and her child
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Lake Charles
Andre
The
Red Cross
Paul Beauchand
Donald
Kaplan
Granville Theriot
Jesse Frazier Moffett
Cameron
John B. Nurez
John Jr
Rodney Guilbeau
Steve Sturlese
Alcide LeBlanc
Alberta
Alberta LeBlanc
Boy 12 Drowns in Water-Filled Hole near Sicily Island
Preston Walker age 12 drowned in a six foot deep hole used for refuse behind his grandmother's house near Sicily Island. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Funeral at Leland Pentecostal Church with burial in Pine Hill Cemetery. Survivors include parents Jeff and Mrs Walker and two brothers Jeff Lee and Marvin Nathaniel.
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Jonesville
Preston Hugene Walker
Jeff Walker
Sicily Island
Mary Matthews
Catahoula Parish
C. F. Passman
Leland Pentacostal Church
Pine Hill Cemetery
Young
Dela Walker
Jeff Lee
Marvin Nathaniel
Joe Ellerbee
Dick Morris
R. C. Chaudion
J. B. Evans
Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana and Nearby Areas
The region eyes another warm day with a partly cloudy forecast and possible thundershowers near the coast. Arkansas may see similar conditions with little temperature change. Selman Field reported a high of 93 and a low of 70 degrees yesterday.
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Louisiana
Arkansas
Selman Field
Volunteers Disarm Atomic Bomb At Nevada Test Site
Three volunteer scientists and two others risked death as they disarmed an atomic device on the Nevada test site. At 8:15 am PDT the device was declared disarmed after the zero moment failed to trigger. Marines observers and news staff watched from ground zero and trenches two miles away.
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B. J
Lake Charles
Gulf of Mexico
John
Nevada
Ground Zero
Hurricanes Take Heavy Toll Of Life
A United Press report lists the deadliest hurricanes in history with tolls across decades. It cites Galveston in 1900 with about 5 000 deaths, and follows with 1915 275 in Galveston, 1926 372 along Florida Gulf Coast, 1926 Cuba 600, 1928 Florida 1 500 to 2 500, and 1930 Santo Domingo 2 000. It notes 600 in the Leeward Islands, 660 in Guadaloupe, 200 in Puerto Rico, 1938 New England 600, 1954 Hazel 105 in the Northeast and Canada, and 1955 Diane 191 in six Northeastern states.
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Florida
Leeward Islands
Guadaloupe
Puerto Rico
Santo Domingo
New England
United States
Canada
Haiti
Storms from Audrey Cause Fatalities and Crop Loss in Mississippi
Hurricane Audrey spawned deadly tornadoes and wind damage across Mississippi killing two people and damaging crops. A Brooksville mother of two died after being tossed 100 yards. a Kosciusko man died removing a downed pole. Power outages affected Natchez Jackson and many towns. corn crops valued at nearly 47 million faced heavy losses while fruit trees and small grains were damaged.
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Mississippi
Audrey
Bill Wooten
Wooten
Brooksville
Noxubee County
Henry Shelley
Kosciusko
West, Miss
Henry Davis
Billy
Shelley
Kraft Foods
Clara
Wayne County
George Cooley
Clyde Campbell
Mississippi Power and Light Co
Natchez
Jackson
McComb
Greenwood
Brandon
Clinton
Rolling Fork
Greenville
Winona
Summit
Benton
Warden
Holly Bluff
Bolton
Edwards
Yazoo
Delta
Community desk contact hours and departments listed
The notice outlines newsroom and circulation department hours from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and from noon Saturday to 8:00 a.m. Monday and holidays. It provides phone extensions for Editorial, Circulation, Classified, and Composing rooms.
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Sam Hanna
Cameron Parish
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
John Duchkar
St. John
Wat
Calcasieu Lake
James C. Hagerty
Camerot
Raymond Hufft
R. A. Whatley
Grand Cheniere
Dorothy
Associated Press
Stanley Meisler
Charles LeBoeuf
Meisler
Cecil Clark
Ken Dixon
Mertena
Holly Beach
Carter
John Washington
Jes’ Ramblin
Lake Providence
Doris Kitchens
Bobby Hagan
West Carroll Parish
A. F. Thomas
Parish Corone
Beverly Leigh Norman
Caddo
Centenary College
Miss Kitchens
Northeast State
Vicksburg
Miss
Sonny James
Slidell
Patricia Ann Terrall
W. B. Cone
Bob Evans
Bobby Chachere
Baton Rouge
Judy Ragland
New York
Buffalo
N. Y
Air Force
Jamestown
Jean
Rio
Iiair
Lieiain
United Press
Galveston
Gulf Coast
Cuba
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