Army chief of staff Taylor issued Little Rock alert order
Gen Maxwell D Taylor identified by Secretary of the Army as author of a rescinded directive for four divisions to form civil disturbance task forces. The plan, drafted Sept 25 after federal troops moved into Little Rock, was killed Sept 26 amid secrecy. Brucker released the letter to Sen Russell explaining the decision to disclose details.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Bracker
Little Rock
Taylor
Army
Lout
Brucker
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Executive Department
South
Six Americans Die In Philippine Plane Crash
A private plane carrying six people including Carlos P. Romulo Jr. crashed near Batangas at 7 30 p m local time killing all aboard. Victims included Paul Gunn Alan O Gorman Ralph L Stover Zane Duncan and Harold Broad. The Philippines air force transported the burned bodies to Nichols Air Base.
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Manila
United States
Carlos P. Romulo Jr
Mindanao
Luzon
Bulog
Batangas
Romulo
Paul (Pappy) Gunn
Philippine Air Development Co
Alan O. Gorman
New York
Findlay Miller Timber Co
Ralph L. Stover
Timber Company
Zane Duncan
United States Plywood Co
Harold Broad
Plywood Company
Philippines Air Force
Ambullance
Asiatic Flu Targets Twin Cities Schools With Absentee Surge
The Asiatic flu outbreak drives high absentee rates across Ouachita Parish and Twin Cities institutions. Ouachita High reports 240 missing, Northeast State College losses rise as 20 players ill and a Northeast Southern State game is canceled. West Monroe and North Monroe report sharp jumps, while others show mixed midweek trends.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
Northeast State College
Northeast
Southern State College of
Magnolia Ark
Bernice Jones
Needle Found In Heart Of Woman
DETROIT Oct 11 Mrs Mary R Mann 44 of St Shores near Detroit developed a had gh three weeks ago A ray examination disclosed a die in her heart It was pulse with every heart beat with paint sticking into the right jug The stabbing caused her to blood heart surgery team at Bon urs Hospital in suburban se Painte yesterday opened patient's chest and extracted 24 inch piece of steel from heart and lung geons described the opera as an unusual case s Mann who was reported ering today said she had no how the needle got into her
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Detroit
Ry R. Mann
St. Shores
Bon Urs Hospital
Se Painte
Geons
S. Mann
Perfect Weather Forecast For Ouachita Valley Fair Day
The Ouachita Valley Fair closes with a forecast of perfect weather. Clear skies and comfortable temperatures are expected for today’s events, including the fair finale and any football games. Yesterday peaked at 77 degrees with a low of 54, while Thursday saw a low of 60.
Central High School Quiet Amidst Integration Tension
An incident at Central High School in Little Rock ends with a paratrooper pursuing a white student who taunts a Black pupil as nine Negro students attend class under heavy protection. Gov. Faubus criticizes the President while federal troops remain deployed. costs rise for safeguarding the nine students.
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Little Rock
Central High School
Orvan E. Faubus
101St Airborne Division
Arkansas National Guard
Port Commission seeks feasibility studies for Ouachita River
The Greater Ouachita Port Commission asked the Louisiana Department of Public Works to conduct feasibility studies on developing Monroe port facilities along the Ouachita River. Chairmen Curtis Smith said the move aims to determine if port expansion is viable and possibly involve the U S Army Corps of Engineers in the survey with Congress funding.
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Greater Ouachita Port
Public Works
U. S. Corps of Engineers
End of 12 year Communist rule in San Marino
San Marino ends its 12 year Communist government as Capt Ettore Sozzi takes provisional control. He vows order and confiscation of weapons while 60 rifles and four machine guns are turned in. Italian backing and a road blockade helped push the change peacefully.
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San Marino
West Europe
Ettore Sozzi
Sozzi
United States
Christian Democratic
Italy
Quint Sister Yvonne Dionne in Serious Condition
In Montreal Yvonne Dionne of the quintuplets is in serious condition with flu and pulmonary complications. Doctor Real Gillinas says the 23 year old nurse is not desperate, with recovery time uncertain. Annette Dionne wed today. Yvonne arrived by ambulance earlier this week.
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Montreal
Yvonne Dionne
Quintuplet Sisters
Real Gillinas
Annette
Yvonne
Swhawinigan Falls
Que
23 Nations Seek New U.N. Disarmament Push
The United States and 22 other nations urged the United Nations to reconvene the deadlocked five nation disarmament subcommittee and quickly consider Western space arms control proposals. The move addresses a Soviet satellite as a factor in the debate, with emphasis on a joint study of inspection for peaceful use of space.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
U.N
Feasibe
London
Britain
Canada
France
U.S
Soviet Union
Television for the blind predicted by Michigan scientist
Dr. R. T. Lustig, past president of the Michigan Society of Osteopathic Physicians and a consultant to the U S Intelligence Service, told a Lansing civic club that television for the blind will arrive in the future. He cited research to transmit pictures directly to the brain and said the brain does the seeing.
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Lansing
R. T. Lustig
Michigan Society of Osteopathic Physicians
State Board of Osteopathic Examiners
Lustig
U.S. Intelligence Service
Children’s Day Climaxes Ouachita Valley Fair in West Monroe
Free admission for all children highlights the Ouachita Valley Fair as it nears its 25th closing night in West Monroe. Most rides reduced in price for this children focused event, with official end ceremonies at 11 o clock marking the 1957 fair’s finale.
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West Monroe
John Birdsong
Injunction Sought To Bar Hoffa From Teamsters Presidency
Washington and New York lawyers asked a federal court to bar James Hoffa from taking over as Teamsters president citing an illegal convention. Judge F Dickinson Letts delayed ruling until Monday after in-chamber discussions. McClellan and Beck commented on potential resignations and irregular delegate selections were alleged to have aided Hoffa’s win.
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Washington
Oct
York
Teamsters
James
Giant
Chambers
U.S. Dist
F. Dickinson Letts
Letts
New York
Dogg, Kaplan & Schmidt
Federal Appeals Court
Teamsters Union
Appeals Court
Hoffa
U S Believes Second Satellite Launch Seen
The State Department warned a second Soviet earth satellite could be launched at any time. Press officer Jameson Parker suggested the firing might occur sooner than expected, with Nov 7 as a possible target. MIT calculations show the first satellite being outdistanced by the rocket’s third stage orbiting roughly every 96 minutes.
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Washington
Sputnik
State Department
Jameson Parker
Parker
Ean
Russia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earth
Ramblin Civitan Club Plans Larger Membership
The Monroe Civitan club meets Thursday nights at Hotel Frances to discuss expanding membership and the holiday fruit cake sale. W. D. George is named program chairman and Irene Reid guest speaker spoke on real estate press support as a key aid.
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Monroe Civilan Club
Hotel Frances
Civitan
W. d. George
Irene Reid
Alabama Woman Executed for Murdering Six People
Rhonda Belle Martin, 50, was executed in Kilby Prison's electric chair for the 1951 arsenic killing of her fourth husband Claude C. Martin. She admitted poisoning two other husbands, her mother, and three daughters, and left a note asking medical authorities to study why she committed the crimes. Ronald Martin, her fifth husband and C. C. Martin's son, survived with partial paralysis.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Rhonda Belle Martin
Claude C. Martin
Ronald Martin
C. C. Martin
Thor IRBM test soars past expected range from Cape Canaveral
The Air Force launched a Thor intermediate range ballistic missile from Florida, reportedly exceeding the 1 500 mile range goal. Officials said the flight tested range rather than a target, with the test occurring amid a White House missile program briefing attended by President Eisenhower and top defense leaders.
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Washington
Air Force
Florida Proving Ground
Cape Canaveral Missile Center
White House
Eisenhower
Defense
Neil McElroy
Donald Quarles
William Holaday
Pentagon
Quarles
McElroy
Army
Charles Wilson
Lastight
Thor
Texas fugitive captured after 24 hour search
Johnny Smith, 30, tied to the shooting of Mills county Sheriff C F Stubblefield, was captured by Mexia police chief Bill Parten west of Buffalo after a 24 hour manhunt. Harold Woolsey, 30, and Ray Larkin, 21, were also involved. Woolsey was captured earlier. Stubblefield remains in a Corsicana hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Buffalo
Tex
Johnny Smith
C. F. Stubblefield
Mills County
Stubblefield
Corsicana
E.0
McLean
Smith
Harold Woolsey
Ray Larkin
Huntsville
Goldthwaite
Woolsey
Larkin
Mexia
Bill Parten
Hungary
Cating Smith
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Jes’ Ramblin
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George Garrett
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