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Newspaper

Monroe Morning World

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1955

Page

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Faure Wins First Assembly Vote on Africa Policy

Premier Edgar Faure won the first test vote on Morocco policy 521 to 100 in the French National Assembly. The body rejected a Communist resolution and backed a Socialist resolution endorsing key points of Faure's program but lamenting government hesitations. The Socialists hold 105 seats of 627 and abstention could determine Faure's majority as he weighs action from Rabat on a regency council for Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa.

Paris Edgar Faure National Assembly Sup Faure Assembly France Rabat Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa Social Republican Gaullist

Fighting Breaks Out At Rouen Barracks Riot

Riot police clashed with more than a thousand demonstrators around Rouen barracks where draftees refused to depart for North Africa. Stones, gas, and gasoline bottles. Six arrests. last night three waves of unrest in 48 hours. police retained control of barracks.

Rouen France North Africa Algeria Moroc

Index Highlights by Section and Section Codes

A brief index lists sections for Class 15-21A Oil and Gas 15-18B Churches 10B Radio TV 12B Editorials 4A Sports 12-14A Garden News 11B Theaters 13B with page placements and subject codes for the newspaper.

Nixon visits Eisenhower as president shows signs of recovery

Vice President Nixon reports to reporters that Eisenhower's recovery is satisfactory and that there was no political discussion during a 15 minute bedside visit at Fitzsimons Army Hospital. Doctors will decide when the president can leave the hospital.

Denver Nixon Eisenhower Fitzsimons Army Hospital White House

Minister Dr Walter R Courtenay Opens Monroe Services

Dr Walter R Courtenay, Nashville minister and Nashville Banner columnist, begins a series of services at First Presbyterian Church Monroe. The 8 30 a m opening service is part of a centennial observance, with the final service scheduled for October 14.

Walter R. Courtenay Nashville, Tenn First Presbyterian Church Monroe Courtenay Nashville Banner

Eden Announces 12.1 Percent Armed Forces Cut in Britain

Prime Minister Anthony Eden announced at the Conservative convention that Britain will reduce its armed forces by 12.1 percent, dropping about 100,000 personnel by spring 1958. The cut largely hits the army while the two year draft is kept.

Bournemouth England Anthony Eden Britain Eden

Plane Disaster Searchers Find 51 Bodies at Scene

Rescue teams on Medicine Bow peak near 12 005 foot summit recovered 51 of 66 victims from the United Airlines DC4 crash. Civil Aeronautics Board investigators and UAL officials search crevices and ledges while awaiting a public hearing, with five bodies moved to a university lodge morgue below.

Laramie Wyo Medicine Bow United Air Lines Civil Aeronautics Board UAL University of Wyoming New York San Francisco Denver Salt Lake City

Eden warns risks grave in near East arms flow

Prime Minister Eden warned at the Bournemouth conference that large scale arms supplies from a great power to the Middle East would heighten grave risks of an Arab Israeli war. He urged major powers to curb the arms race now erupting between Egypt and Israel, implying Russia without naming it.

Eden Near East Arms Bournemouth England Middle East Russia Egypt Israel Czechoslovakia Gamal Abdel Nasser

Union Parish Fred Preaus Day draws 3500 to 4000 in Farmerville

An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 residents from Union Parish and nearby areas gathered at Farmerville baseball park for a barbecue and 45 minutes of speeches concluding Union Parish Fred Preaus Day. The event celebrated a native governor after 35 years, with mayor pro tem John Ramsey predicting Louisiana would see its third native governor.

Farmerville Union Union Parish Fred Preaus Fred Ball Park John Ramsey Louisiana

Ware enters race for Ouachita parish state representative

West Monroe real estate broker Richard M. Ware announced his candidacy for state representative from Ouachita parish in the January 17 Democratic primary. He is a Louisiana Tech graduate, World War II pilot, Lions Club member, and McGuire Methodist Church parishioner.

Richard M Dick) Ware West Monroe Ouachita Parish Ware Patton Street Oisie Madden Richard M. Ware

Generally Fair Weather Forecast for Louisiana This Week

The weather bureau predicts generally fair and warmer conditions for today and Monday across Louisiana. The extreme southeast may experience considerable cloudiness. Selman Field officials report yesterday’s high at 75 degrees and a low of 53.

Government Weather Bureau Louisiana Civil Aeronautics Administration Selman Field Station Twin Cities

Five Killed In Head-On Train Crash Near Hazlehurst

In Hazlehurst Georgia five train crew members died and 13 were injured when a Southern Railway passenger train collided head on with a northbound freight on a blind curve near the city. The wreck left two engines demolished and the passenger train cars scattered, with six injured being railroad workers and none seriously hurt. Officials identified the dead as engineers and conductors from both trains and noted the cause was not immediately determined. Hazlehurst lies about 180 miles southeast of Atlanta.

Hazlehurst Southern Railway Georgia Lawton R. Ursrey C. L. Everett W. D. Sharpe Jesup C. M. (Rich) Peel Roberta J. E. Hancock Macon Newt G.askew B. J. Johnson H. W. Bodurant Brunswick Atlanta

Paraguay Warns on Peron Asylum Rules

Paraguay warned it would expel Juan D. Peron if he violates asylum conditions and could intern him at Buenos Aires’ request. The Argentine provisional government protested his remarks about being Argentina’s constitutional president as authorities sought his removal from the continent. Foreign Minister Hipolito Sanchez Quell announced the position.

Asuncion Paraguay Juan D. Peron Argentina Peron Buenos Aires Foreign Office Hipolito Sanchez Quell

Hitler's Personal Pilot Returns From Red Prison

Gen. Hans Baur, Hitler's last aide, returns from 10 years in Soviet captivity and confirms that Hitler and Eva Braun are dead. He did not see their bodies and may influence Germany's formal death declaration for the dictator.

Camp Friedland Germany Hitler Hans Baur Eva Braun Baur S. S Berlin Fuehrer

First Group Of Ordinary German Soldiers Return From Russia

Berlin reports that about 100 Germans arrived at Zoo Station after being released from Russian camps. They urged West German officials to help roughly 500 others believed held in East Germany. The group arrived after a larger shipment of about 600 men reached Frankfurt on the Oder.

Berlin East Germany West Berlin Zoo Station Red Cross Frankfurt Oder Ural Mountains West Germany Revo Herleshausen Russia West

Ouachita Valley Fair Opens to Public Tuesday Afternoon

The Ouachita Valley Fair in West Monroe delays opening by one day due to heavy agricultural exhibit entries. Gates will now open to the public Tuesday afternoon instead of Monday, as announced by fair secretary manager yesterday.

West Monroe Fair

Exhibits to Open to Public at 4 P.M Tuesday

John Birdsong announced at the exposition that all departments will be open to the public at 4 p.m. Tuesday including the carnival. Entries deadline is 7 p.m. Monday. Judging will take place Tuesday and Wednesday due to abundant crops, home economics, and commercial exhibits.

John Birdsong Birdsong

Officials Seek New Church For Durant Pastor

In Kosiusko Mississippi officials of the Presbyterian Church seek a new assignment for Durant pastor Rev Marsh Callaway after elders demanded his resignation. Commission chair Rev Erskin Jackson says a move to find him another place is underfoot following his attendance at a Tchula meeting with 400 white citizens challenging local legal procedures.

Kosciusko Miss Presbyterian Durant Elmers Erskin Jackson Marsh Callaway Jackson Central Mississippi Presbytery Callaway Tchula Holmes

Molotov Admits Blunder On Socialist Progress

Moscow reports Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov confessed in a Communist magazine letter that he overstated the pace of socialist progress. The 5 year veteran of the old Bolsheviks hints at retirement soon, with diplomats eyeing a possible resignation before the Communist party congress next February. The note, dated Sept 16, follows his trip to New York for the UN General Assembly.

Moscow Vyacheslav M. Molotov Russia Communist Communist Party Washington Molotov Georgi M. Malenkov Soviet Socialist Republics Soviet Union Mostov Europe Kremlin New York United Nations

Democrats Brand Lee Action as Third Party Threat

Utah Democrats accused Governor J Bracken Lee of dodging federal income taxes to push a Supreme Court test of government use of tax money for foreign aid. The Democratic State Central Committee met and urged Lee to pay the taxes or resign.

Salt Lake City Oct. S Utah J. Bracken Lee Supreme Court Democratic State Central Committee Lee

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Africa Policy R. Dean Farr Lee Avenue Farr Jes Ramblin Defense Ministry London NATO Geneva Bailey Grant Grant Joseph L. Taborsky Hartford Conn Taborsky Albert Joseph Malenkov
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