Plane Crash Off Isle of Wight Kills 43 Aboard
A British Aquila Solent flying boat crashed near Newport on the Isle of Wight killing 43 of 58 aboard. Most passengers were Britons on vacation. survivors were pulled from the wreckage as firemen fought the blaze near a farm owned by author J B Priestley.
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Isle of Wight
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Southampton
Lisbon
Portugal
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Sunderland
J. B. Priestley
Priestley
Harry Tyrrell
Hoodlums Freed After Trooper Raid
Police raided a remote New York mansion where 69 crime leaders including Mafia figures gathered in session. State police questioned leaders and released them. U S Attorney Williams cited the syndicate's vast nationwide profits from dope extortion and off track betting. Vito Genovese attended but was not detained. session speculated to carve up rackets or counter congressional probes.
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Edward Byrnes
Apalachin
N.Y
Pennsylvania
U.S
Paul W. Williams
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Genovese
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc
Anastasia
Roach Powder Fatal for Two Louisiana Brothers
In New Orleans on November 15 a 7 year old Opelousas boy, Ronnie Mendez, lay critically ill after eating roach powder that killed his younger brother. Robert Mendez, 5, died yesterday at Lafayette hospital.
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Charity Hospital
Robert
Lafayette
Gilbert Mendez
Mendez
French enraged as arms move tests NATO unity
In Tunis President Habib Bourguiba hailed US and UK arms deliveries as a turning point for North Africa and the free world while Paris newspapers accused the partners of blackmail. France walked out of a NATO parliamentary session as Premier Gaillard warned the May summit could be imperiled.
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Baton Rouge Shooting Leaves Officers Wounded
In Baton Rouge a rookie patrolman shot Michael Greene after Greene wounded another officer at a downtown apartment during a family dispute. Greene is in critical condition, while officers Johnson and Stoetzner are hospitalized with injuries. Witnesses and witnesses’ kin were held briefly on bond before release.
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Michael Greene
Greene
James A Johnson
Johnson
Donald A. Stoetzner
Shirley Arright
Caroline Greene
Town House
James B. Baskerville
Baskerville
Arright
New Deal
Tex
Arkansas Man Killed In Wreck Near Dodson
Former Winnfield blacksmith Barney C. Bass of Camden Ark was killed in a head on collision with a two ton gravel truck on U S Highway 167 four miles north of Dodson at 1245 PM. Bass body was thrown 46 feet. The other truck driver James P Greer of Jonesboro and an occupant James Rasberry also of Jonesboro suffered minor injuries. Bass died instantly from a fractured skull and internal injuries.
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Barney C. Bass
Camden
Ark
Here
Bass
James P. Greer
Jonesboro
Greer
James Rasberry
George M. Rogers
Winn Parish
City Bond Issue Details and Voting Items
A proposed nine million dollar bond issue for capital improvements is to be voted on December 17. It is divided into five parts covering major street improvements, drainage, a civic center, a new city hall, and recreational facilities with municipal parks. Bonds run 30 years at up to six percent interest.
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Stocks Rally After Fed Rate Cut Across Markets
The Federal Reserve's easier money policy spurred the second sharpest stock advance of the year, lifting the industrial average to its best gain since Oct. 23 and restoring more than four billion dollars in market value. Railroads and utilities joined the broad rally as gains spread across Amerada, American Home Products, Eastman Kodak, Gulf Oil, Bethlehem Steel and others.
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American Home Products
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Gulf Oil
National Lead
United Aircraft
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Civil Defense seeks 34 billion for dual purpose shelters
The Civil Defense administration urged President Eisenhower to approve a 34 billion program for underground shelters that could double as hospitals or schools in peacetime. Federal Defense Administrator Leo Hoegh backs the plan as essential against nuclear threats and as a potential source of classroom and city-use space.
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Civil Defense Administration
Eisenhower
Civil Defense
Federal Defense
Leo Hoegh
Congress
Pneumonia Fatal To Sub Designer John Burnham
John M. Burnham 40 a submarine designer including the Nautilus died at Grace New Haven Hospital of pneumonia after three months of illness and a hos pital stay.
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New Haven, Conn
John M. Burnham
Grace-New Haven Hospital
30 Year Term Meted Out To Red Colonel
Col Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet military intelligence colonel, was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison and fined 3 000 dollars for conspiring to pass U S defense and atomic secrets to Russia. He received concurrent terms of 10 years and 2 000 dollars and 5 years and 1 000 dollars on related counts, plus a 5 000 dollar fine on the first count.
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Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
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Russia
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Ethel Rosenberg
Mortimer W. Byers
Byers
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer new adventure begins
The Morning World announces a new Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer adventure starting next Monday. Rudolph pits wit against a Giant Genie from Aladdin's Lamp and faces magical upheaval as a flying carpet threatens his sled role. Subscriptions urged.
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Monroe
Rudolph
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Merdin
Air Force Finds No Flying Saucers in Five Reports
The Air Force stated five recent skyward reports contain no saucers. Investigators call some accounts hoaxes or misinterpreted natural events, though one tale involved a Kearney Nebraska man claiming a German speaking crew showed him a spaceship interior.
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Air Force
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Neb
Leveland
Tex
Alamogordo
N.M
Army To Boost its Draft Calls
The Defense Department said the Army will raise its January draft call by about 50 percent to 10,000 men, up from 7,000 in October through December, with higher calls planned for the next five months.
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Washington
Defense Department
Rotary delegates mingle in Indianapolis with Monroe banker
Jes Ramblin and Monroe delegate George Weaks meet an Indianapolis Rotarian who recalls a Monroe cousin Sam Smith. Weaks highlights Mr Smith a banking figure in Monroe Louisiana, noting a 50 year banking anniversary and coverage in a state journal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
George Weaks
Smith
State Banking Journal
Soviets Say Laika Diec Used Inspace Return Problem Postsponed
Moscow officials acknowledge Laika died from oxygen deficiency aboard Sputnik II. A Space Flight Lab director says no plan existed to bring her back and several more animal tests are needed before attempting human spaceflight. Academician Blagonravov notes future satellites could reach lunar orbit, while IGY rules limited announcements to successful launches.
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Alexei Pokrovsky
Earth
Pakrovsky
Laika
Anatoli Blagonrayov
Moon
Blagonravov
Khrushchev Says Next War Will Be Fought on American Soil
In a 21.5 hour interview with United Press Khrushchev claimed Soviet superiority in missiles and challenged the U S to a rocket range shootout. He warned any future war would be fought on the American continent and stressed peace is the world’s aim while Russia would suffer as capitalism dies. He cited ICBM doubts, two power talks, and the fall of Zukov as defense minister.
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Moscow
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U.S
Soviet Communist Party
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Russia
Stalin
Georgi Zukov
NATO
United States
Europe
Weather alert withdrawn as storms ease in southern states
Warnings of possible tornadoes in Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi were cancelled by the New Orleans weather bureau. Scattered thundershowers remain through today with warm temperatures in Monroe at 78 degrees and a low of 50. Readings across the area show highs near 70 and lows around 55 with a partly cloudy mild outlook for the Twin Cities.
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Mississippi
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Monroe
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