Louisiana teachers debate strike and salary plan at convention
The convention discussed a potential teachers strike backed by a southeastern group representing 11 parishes. The executive council opposed a strike, urging legislative action to permanently raise teacher salaries after prior increases. Education groups demanded a special legislative session and warned of disruption if funds are not provided by late year.
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Saeog
Executive Council
Clere Payne
Association
Earl Long
Long
United School Committee
Louisiana
Dee. St
Execive Council
Yaddo
Tansipahoa
East Carroll
Avoxedes
Jackson Parishes
New Orleans
Prisoners in Alabama Escape Rampage Leads to Executions and Life Terms
The 1951 Draper prison escape ended with a Californian style chase in Alabama as inmates seized a guard, murdered, and fled toward the gates. Former Gov. Gordon Persons commuted a death sentence to life for two co defendants Fred Noe and Johnny Mack Rogers, while others received lengthy terms for rape robbery assault and grand larceny.
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Rapmiz
Tuscaloosa
Draper
Gordon Persons
Fred Noe
Johnny Mack Rogers
Noe
Campbell
Rogers
Frank Lee
Eugene Aaron
Montgomery
Tra O. Dawson
Shelly County
Charlie Carpenter
Covington County
Ore Injured In Crash At Tower
An accident at a tower site injured a person described in local reports. Responders attended the scene and transported the injured individual for medical care. Further details on the crash and cause were not immediately available.
Poland and Soviet Union Sign Equality Declaration After Talks
Moscow reports a declaration of indestructible union and complete equality between the USSR and Poland as four days of talks end. Russia keeps troops in Poland with Polish veto over movements, and Poland gains grain credits and long term loans to address economic crisis. Khrushchev and Gomulka sign with Cyrankiewicz, while Gomulka says fears of Moscow bias were unfounded.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Poland
Warsaw
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Gomulka
Cyrankiewicz
Bulanin
Nikita Khrushchev
Polish Communist Party
Us.s.r
United Nations Debates Hungary Crisis And Genocide Note
U N assembly speakers urged action on Hungary with calls to end deportations and withdraw Soviet troops. Ambassador Lodge backed US support for the resolution, which mentions genocide and seeks immediate steps to halt mass deportations. Nunez-Portuondo cited urgent information on Hungarian youth deportations adding pressure for UN observers.
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Soviet Bloc
U.S
Henry Cabot
United States
Pussia OroVise Hou
Russia
Assembly
Nunez-Portuonda
Hungary
UN would not clear canal without stationed forces says Pineau
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau told a New York audience with France's U.N. delegation that the United Nations could not clear the Suez Canal unless its troops were stationed in the canal zone. He cited Egypt's appeal for U.N. assistance and noted Egyptian denials.
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Christian Pineau
U.N
Brownell Advocates Immediate Desegregation Following Supreme Court Ruling
Brownell urged swift action to end segregation on common carriers as the Supreme Court’s decision declared state statutes and local ordinances enforcing racial separation unconstitutional. NAACP leaders pressed the court to compel quicker compliance amid earlier discriminatory measures by various governments.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Brownell
High Court
U.S
Attorney General Warns on Local Segregation Laws
The attorney general told U S attorneys in fourteen states that aiding bus segregation makes one equally guilty and could be a crime against the United States. He said he is informed of unrepealed local laws enforcing segregation and urged federal officers to bring texts to the conference.
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Ion
United States
U. S
Epps 4-H Club Plans Recreation Night
At Epps High School the 4-H club set December 14 as the tentative recreation night. Mary Leach resigned as reporter and Margaret Reeves was elected to replace her. Bonnie Farrer presided over the meeting.
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Epps
Epps High School
Mary Leach
Margaret Reeves
Bonnie Farrer
Dock Strike Expands Across West Coast Ports
The West Coast union staged a sympathy tieup of 10 ships in San Francisco Los Angeles Coos Bay and Bellingham. The union refused to work ships tied to Atlantic and Gulf ports. Rail officials in Washington considered an embargo on export freight due to port cargo backlogs.
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West Coast Union
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Coos Bay
Ore
Bellingham
Wash
Atlantic
Gulf
ILA
Washington
West Monroe considers sewer district vote on 193000 plan
Property owners in the new sewer district face a 193000 project to fund sewerage work while all city taxpayers vote on a separate 5 mill district levy and 1 mill city-wide tax. Polling sites include the old city hall and fairgrounds. Officials say both propositions must pass for the project to proceed. Mayor J Allan Norris notes six mills total for district residents and one mill for old sections, within a 968000 total program.
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McGuire
Splane
Mauldin
Sunshine Heights
Fairgrounds
Old City Hall
Coleman Avenue
Spillers
Montgomery Avenue
Claiborne Avenue
Norris
West Monroe
Sterlington Man Continues Search For Missing Person
Operations restarted Monday as crews resumed efforts to locate a Sterlington man. By midday, workers were still checking the river bed area for clues to his whereabouts.
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Nion
Jackson Schools Will Remain Open
Jackson Parish teachers voted not to suspend school for the Louisiana Teachers convention and decided to send two delegates to vote against the teachers strike. Delegates are Mrs. David Bolton and R. G. Pipes from Jonesboro-Hodge High School.
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Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
David Bolton
R. G. Pipes
Jonesboro-Hodge High School
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