Heavy rain and wind hit Northeast Louisiana crops
Strong winds up to 43 mph and heavy rain disrupted the region, lowering temperatures to 40s and causing crop damage while highways remained slick. No fatalities were reported, three football games were postponed or cancelled, and U.S. 167 lanes were closed between Winnfield and Jonesboro. Concordia Parish seeks disaster area declaration.
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Louisiana
AlUer van Uie Clee
Monroe
Mercury
CAA
Selman Field
Concordia Parish Farm Bureau
Concordia
W. E. Person
Meteors Fired From Air Force Reach Toward Sun
The U S Air Force reported it fired three artificial meteors from a Aerobee rocket over New Mexico, launched Oct 16, tracking them as they sped toward interplanetary space and the sun. An observer noted the event yielded a strong photograph from Sacramento Peak Observatory.
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AIR Force
U.S. Air Force
New Mexico
Hanscom Air Force Base
Mass
Russia
Geophysics Research Directorate
Cambridge, Mass
Sacramento Peak Observatory
Maurice du
Bomb makes mountain jump six inches in test drilling planned
AEC scientist Dr. W F Libby reported an atomic bomb blast near Las Vegas caused a mountain to rise six inches before settling. A 2000 foot tunnel was bored to place the device, and a well is now being drilled to tap the trapped heat and energy for possible peaceful use. The blast produced no heat or radiation detectable at the surface.
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Houston
Tex
W. F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
Libby
Robert H. Welch Foundation
Charles Perry
Public Information Section
AEC
Las Vegas
Nev
Perry
Dr. Libby
Cost of living stabilizes in October after yearlong rise
Government data show the consumer price index held steady from September as cheaper foods offset higher auto prices. The index reached 121.1 percent of the 1947-49 base, up 2.9 percent from October last year, with potential near-term rise due to 1958 autos.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
British American leaders deny H bomb power breakthrough claim
The heads of Britain’s and the United States’ atomic efforts rejected reports that Britain has nearly harnessed the H-bomb for peacetime power. They called such claims misleading, noting cooperative talks on hydrogen power and nuclear weapon information sharing follow Eisenhower and Macmillan discussions.
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Washington
Edwin Flowden
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Lewis L. Strauss
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Plowden
Strauss
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
London
United States
Landslide in Prince Rupert area reports three homes demolished
Amateur radio operators reported a large landslide at Prince Rupert British Columbia 500 miles north of Vancouver. Three homes were demolished and eight people are missing amid the slide.
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Vancouver
B.C
Prince Rupert
Here
California Forest Fires Rage Under Santa Ana Winds
A transcontinental weather surge produced a massive brush fire in the San Gabriel Mountains threatening Monrovia as Indian experts and over 1,200 firefighters battled the blaze across more than 25,000 acres. Meanwhile deep freezes hit Colorado and flood fears rose in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Colorado
Louisiana
Mississippi
Santa Ana
California
San Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles
Monrovia
Resi
Severe Flood Forecast for Calcasieu Sabine River Lowlands
The Weather Bureau warned of moderate to heavy flooding along the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers, with rising water expected over three days above Old Town Bay near Lake Charles. Livestock should be moved and precautions taken as the Sabine Parish area braces for severe flooding. Chief meteorologist Paul Cook attributed the forecast to recent heavy rains.
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Lake Charles
U.S Weather Bureau
Calcasieu
Sabine
Weather Bureau
Old Town Bay
Milam
Tex
Sabine Parish
Paul Cook
Medical Column Debuts by Dr. Van Dellen in News-Star
The News-Star launches How to Keep Well a top medical column by Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen. He, an assistant dean and associate professor at Northwestern University Medical School, will discuss diseases, answer questions, and offer a daily health hint from his Chicago experience.
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Monroe News-Star
Theodore R. van Dellen
News-Star
van Dellen
Northwestern University Medical School
Florsheim Heart Clinic
Chicago
LaRabida Jackson Park Sanitarium
Crisis Escalates in Middle East With Cross-Border Tensions
Beirut reports a spate of incidents from Lebanon through Jerusalem to Cairo. Syrian Parliament members blocked at the Lebanese border. a Jordan airliner denied land in Cairo. Old Jerusalem blockade and gunfire intensify Jordan Israel enmity. Khrushchev interview fuels new US pressure charges.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jerusalem
Cairo
Middle East
Mediterranean
Jordan
Amman
Old Jerusalem
Bing Hussein
Syria
Egypt
Israel
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Iraq
Turkey
Car Truck Collision Kills Vivian Resident in Louisiana
SHREVEPORT La Nov 22 A car truck collision near Vivian last night killed Leroy A Huselton 65 of Vivian. State police said Huselton's car crossed into the wrong lane and struck the truck's side.
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Shreveport
Vivian
Leroy A. Huselton
Huselton
British Rocket Carrier For Sputnik Near End Of Flight
British scientists at Jodrell Bank reported the rocket carrier for Sputnik 1 is descending and may reach Earth within hours. Prof. A C Lovell noted it swerved closer to Earth and was 26 minutes ahead of schedule. Smithsonian aides and Dr J Allen Hynek of the Cambridge observatory awaited further data for possible revised death timing.
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Chesire
England
A. C. Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Earth
Lovell
America
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
J. Allen Hynek
Smithsonian
Hynek
Moonwatch
Monroe man wins Golden Deeds honor of the Exchange Club
Frances Margaret Horton sends a Christmas wish list to Santa while Monroe recognizes Jack Hesketh, director of the Monroe City Recreation Department, for the high honor of man of Golden Deeds by annual ballot. He previously led the Salvation Army in Monroe after a successful record.
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Jack Hesketh
Monroe City
Exchange Club of
Monroe
Salvation Army
What Will A Traveler See From A Rocket Porthole
Dr. I M Levitt describes the first space traveler facing extreme brightness contrast without atmosphere. He notes how the eye adapts, the danger of retinal burn, and how space portraits would evolve from the day side to the black void, ending with the beauty of stars and planets.
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DR. I. M. Levitt
Earth
Judge orders Ed Gein committed to Wisconsin asylum
In Wisconsin, Circuit Judge Herbert Bunde ordered the self confessed killer Ed Gein confined to the Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane at Waupun to determine sanity for trial. If found sane, Gein will be returned to Wautoma to face charges for the Worden shooting. if insane, he likely will remain hospitalized.
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Wautoma
Wis
Ed Gein
Herbert Bunde
Butcher
Plainfield
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Gein
Waupua
Bernice Worden
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van Alstine
Big Rapids
Mich
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Santa
Frances Margaret Horton
Space
News-Star World
West
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