Two Trains Collide in Guthrie Killing Six
A Louisville & Nashville freight crashed into the Dixieland passenger train at Guthrie Kentucky killing six and injuring 21. The impact overturned the dining car and derailed five others including three sleepers and a lounge car. The engineer J T Raspberry of Paris Tennessee died. fireman J T Smith survived.
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Guthrie
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Dixieland
C. H. Swallows
Nashville
Swallows
Joe Stibwerk
Chicago
J. T. Raspberry
Paris
Tenn
J. T. Smith
Louisville
Smith
Talent Winner Sings Aria in Miss Caddo Parish Pageant
Beverly Leigh Norman won the talent segment singing an aria from The King and I as Miss Caddo Parish. She previously placed first in the Friday swimsuit judging. a Centenary College sophomore, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Norman of Shreveport, 5 foot 5, 118 pounds, 36-23-36.
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Beverly Leigh Norman
Caddo Parish
D. A. Norman
Shreveport
Centenary College
Miss Louisiana Pageant Scene Opens With Guests
Mayor W B Cone welcomed spectators as Evans introduced Miss Bobbie Chachere reigning Miss Louisiana who will crown the new Miss Louisiana. Mrs Louisiana Jeanette Kimbell of Ruston placed third in Mrs America. Judy Ragland hosted. Twenty six contestants in two groups appeared in evening gowns and competed in gown, swimsuit and talent.
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Lake Providence
Bob Evans
American Legion Stadium
L. E. Townsend, Jr
Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Cone
Evans
Bobbie Chachere
Louisiana
Jeanette Kimbell
Ruston
Judy Ragland
Nickerson Suspended and Fined in Army Secrets Case
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr was suspended from rank for one year fined 1500 and reprimanded in a general court martial over leaking secrets in the Billy Mitchell missile fight His forfeiture plan calls for 100 dollars monthly for 15 months The verdict followed his guilty plea and testimony from Maj Gen John B Medaris while Nickerson anticipated a transfer and his family attended the proceedings
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Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson, Jr
Billy Mitchell
Vyaweuve Ee Ee
John B. Medaris
Nickerson
Rioters Scattered at Tachikawa Air Base Runway Clash
A 170 member Japanese police unit dispersed 50 leftist demonstrators at Tachikawa Army base. They uprooted two tall poles used to harass U S pilots as Japan finances runway extension. No injuries or arrests reported.
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Tachikawa
Japan
U.S
Air Force
Sunakawa
U. S. Air Force
Toei Studios
YMCA and YWCA Progress Under Charles A. Wood
Plans for a new large YMCA building advance as Charles A. Wood, general secretary, announces a next year budget of $60,000. Current day camp serves 200 youths with indoor and outdoor activities and 107 boys learned to swim last year at Jay camps. The Y serves 31 school areas 16 east of the river and the rest west of the river in West Monroe. Reverend Michael G. Hannon is the new priest at St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
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Twin Cities
YMCA
YWCA
Charles A. Wood
Wood
Jay
West
Monroe
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Michael G. ‘Hannon
Tragedy of Audrey’s Tide Leaves Cameron Survivors
Survivors recount the Cameron La tidal wave disaster as they were evacuated. Norman Wood loses three boys twins and a seven year old. he and wife with two older children survive on an attic roof for hours. Other Cameron residents describe nine drownings in one house and a roof escape as floodwaters collapsed homes and swept families away.
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New Orleans Item
Phil Johnson
Cameron
Norman Wood
Earl Mouton
Mr. la Fort
John O’mera
Boston
O’mera
Senators Probe Hike in Steel Prices
The Senate Anti Monopoly Subcommittee will investigate recent price increases by U.S. Steel and other major producers. Chairman Estes Kefauver announced the inquiry, with an initial focus on pricing policies and later on specific industries. An economists’ group will address administered prices on July 9. Walter Reuther condemned the steel rise as unjustifiable and inflationary.
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Washington
Senate
U.S. Steel
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Kefauver
Sub Committee
Walter P. Reuther
Afl-Cio
U.S
Mrs. Irene Wilenzick Dies in Monroe Rites Planned
Mrs. Irene G. Wilenzick a Monroe area figure died at her home yesterday at 7 pm. Funeral services set for 10 am Monday at Mulhearn Chapel with burial in Jewish Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Joe Dante Winnsboro and Dorothy Wilenzick New York seven grandchildren four great grandchildren and seven sons and brothers and sisters in New York and Louisiana.
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Irene G. Wilenzick
Monroe
Mulhearn Chapel
New York
Congregation BiNai Israel
Temple Sisterhood
Wilenzick
Joe Dante
Winnsboro
Dorothy Wilen Zick
Mark Wilenzick
Alex E. Wilenzick
Bernie Wilenzick
Joseph Wilenzick
New Orleans
Harold Wilenzick
Weather Outlook for Twin Cities and Arkansas
Steamy weather continues for the Twin Cities today and tomorrow with possible scattered afternoon or evening thunderstorms. Yesterday’s high at Selman Field reached 2 with a low of 77 degrees, and the forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy and hot conditions in Arkansas.
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Twin Cities
Selman Field
Arkansas
Doctor's Wife And Child Found Alive In Cameron Disaster
Dr Cecil W Clark of Cameron learned his wife Sybil and one child were safe at a refugee shelter in Lake Charles while three other children were missing after the hurricane. He helped at Cameron parish court, tending the sick, despite worry for his family.
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Cameron
Cecil W. Clark
Sybil
Lake Charles
Futher
Clark
Hoy
Cameron Parish
Shreveport Man Leaps To Death
New Orleans on June 29 state police report Charles Snyder 51 of Shreveport leaped from the Lake Pontchartrain causeway and drowned. He left a note in his car asking the finder to notify his family. The body was recovered.
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New Orleans
Charles Snyder
Shreveport
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Ellender Blasts Ike Over Civil Rights Hypocrisy
Sen. Allen Ellender denounces President Eisenhower for backing civil rights legislation while claiming states rights. He urges withdrawal of support calling it hypocrisy and predicts a Senate filibuster when the House bill reaches the floor, highlighting constitutional rights as the rallying point.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Eisenhower
Senate
Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Ellender
Fought Off Snakes Broussard Family Survives Island Wave
On Pecan Island Louisiana Sosthene Broussard 61 recounts surviving a tidal wave hurricane and losing four grandchildren to the disaster and to snake bites. He describes their house breaking apart while floating across marsh and water rising toward the attic as they sought refuge.
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Sosthene Broussard
Pecan Island
Alf
Bitter Feud Over Forecasters on Audrey Toll in Louisiana
Lake Charles La June 29 UP a bitter argument over warnings to victims and survivors of Hurricane Audrey emerged as officials pieced together the disaster. 275 dead 200 300 missing 100 homes damaged or destroyed Cameron parish. Texas losses 11 dead six million damage. Weather bureau officials defended forecasts while survivors argued for earlier alerts. President Eisenhower said up to 211 killed and damage worse than thought.
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Lake Charles
Audrey
Louisiana
Cameron Parish
Texas
Canada
Fisenhower
Gettysburg
Southwest Civil Defense Headquarters
Cameron
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Steven
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