Transit Strike Ends as Missouri Penalty Law Enforced
In St Louis the 2400 member AFL transit union voted to return to work after Missouri used the King Thompson anti strike law to seize transit service. Buses and streetcars rolled out within an hour, reducing downtown business losses as officials pursue a $30000 civil suit against the union for days lost.
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AFL
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Phil M. Donnelly
Thetate
King-Thompson
John M. Dalton
Missouri
Dalton
Production Controls Continue for Cotton Next Year
Secretary Benson proposed extending rigid cotton controls with a 4 percent acre cut below this year and a national planting allotment of 17,391,304 acres. Referendum voting on quotas is set for December 13, with past support high and acreage at a 75 year low.
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Washington
Benson
Clouds Form But No Rain Seen In Monroe Area
A few clouds are forecast in Monroe around 10 a.m. today with no rain expected. The CAA weather station at Selman Field reports fair conditions today and tomorrow for Louisiana and Arkansas, with highs near 74 and lows around 44 degrees.
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Monroe
CAA
Selman Field
Louisiana
Arkansas
Index Chase. 1618 Radio TV Comics Sporte Editorials Theaters
The fragment outlines a newspaper index or contents list including sections on radio and television, comics, sports, editorials, and theaters. No specific events or people are described within the readable text.
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Chase
Rare meteor shower sparks Gulf Coast rumors and foggy reports
Gulf coast residents from Brownsville Texas to Mobile Alabama reported daytime orange fireballs and scattered sightings. Air rescue units searched for crashed planes but found none as Dr Fraser Thomson of Tulane University called the explosions rare yet previously observed.
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Mobile
Ala
Fraser Thomson
Tulane University
Roger Harlan
Ouachita Parish Yearbook Earns Second in Rating
Columbia University announced yearbooks from three Louisiana high schools earned top ratings in its annual contest. Sequoyah at Fair Park High School Shreveport won first in 1501-2500 students. Bolton High School Alexandria won first for offset yearbooks. Minden High School won first among junior senior high schools. Ouachita Parish High School Monroe earned second among senior highs with 901-1500 students.
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Columbia University Today
Louisiana
Sequoyah
Fair Park High School
Shreveport
Bruin
Bolton
Alexandria
Minden
Grig
Columbia
Ouachita Parish High School
Monroe
Judge Declines To Rule On Writ For 3 Turncoats
In San Francisco on October 14 a federal judge refused to grant habeas corpus relief to three American turncoats Otho Bell Lewis Griggs and William Cowart while a similar Supreme Court case looms. The men former U S soldiers stayed in Red China after the Korean armistice then faced military charges for mistreating prisoners and aiding the enemy. They are held at Ft Barker pending court martial proceedings.
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Supreme Court
Dist
Louis E. Goodman
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William Cowart
Dalton
U. S
Red
China
Bell
Briggs
Cowart
Confinent Ft. Barker
Midwest Gets Snow in Early Season
Chicago dispatch notes the Midwest’s first snow falls of the season on Friday. Flurries reported in Beaver Dam Wisconsin and snow mixed with rain in Houghton Michigan.
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Chicago
Midwest
Beaver Dam
Wis
Houghton
Mich
Princess Margaret and Townsend Plan Weekend Rendezvous
Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend met at a secluded Windsor Forest mansion for a weekend together amid ongoing marriage speculation. They arrived separately at the 20 room home of Mrs. John Lycet Wills, a royal friend and cousin to the princess, as reporters awaited a brief police statement.
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England
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Windsor Forest
Britain
London
John Lycet Wills
Wills
Clarence House
Margaret
Binfield
Death Toll At Three As Gale Hits Seaboard
A powerful gale battered the Eastern seaboard with wind gusts near hurricane force and 14 foot waves. At least three people were dead or missing as floods and high tides threatened communities from the Carolinas to Canada.
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New York
Carolinas
Canada
Berkshires
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York City
U. S. Air Force
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Long Island
Danville
Federal Judge Bars Interference With Integration at Hoxie
U S District Judge Thomas C Trimble issued a temporary order halting interference with the reopening of racially integrated Hoxie public schools set for October 24 The order targets pro segregation groups and individuals active against integration and bars trespass boycotts and picketing within the Hoxie district pending a hearing on October 20 and possible final injunction The suit filed in Jonesboro names the Hoxie school board Supt K E Vance and attorney Bill Phenix as representatives and lists defendants Herbert Brewer Amis Guthridge James D Johnson and Curtis Copeland among others
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Ark
U. S
Thomas C. Trimble
Hoxie, Ark
Hoxie
Jonesboro
Hoxie School Board and Supt. K. E. Vance
Bill Phenix
Phenix
Herbert Brewer
Hoxie Farmer
Amis Guthridge
White America, Inc
James D. Johnson
Crossett
Curtis Copeland
Hot Springs
White Citizens Council of Arkansas
Negro Files Suit To Recover Money In Dallas Find
Jackson Davis, a 24 year old Corsicana Black man, sues Dallas broker William B Felder Jr and Dallas County officials in Navarro County District Court seeking 90 000 including exemplary damages for money found in Felder s basement that he says was wrongfully taken through force threats fraud and duress resulting in a legal dispute over finders keepers rights.
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Corsicana
Tex
Dallas
Jackson Davis
Navarro County
William B. Felder Jr
Dallas County
Bill Decker
John Ellis
Tom Marsh
Davis
Matt
Nobody Beats Crossword Puzzle This Week Prize Up to 375
Morning World readers learn the weekly crossword jackpot grows to 375 for the next puzzle. The column explains tricky clues from this week with examples noting wordplay about a TIE and a BOSS and hints at the ongoing contest.
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Secord
U S Russia Deadlock On UN Security Council Seat
The Soviet bloc shifts support to Yugoslavia over Poland and the Philippines as the U N Security Council seat fight enters a new phase. Cuba wins the vacant seat with 53 votes, Australia 42, Poland 34, and the Philippines 33 on the first ballot amid a tense East West deadlock and ongoing lobbying.
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Soviet Union
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Romulo
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Security Council
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Cuba
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand
France
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
V. V. Kuznetsov
Miss Jones Receives High Praise From Boss at Office
The new stenographer is called into the office of her boss who compliments her appearance voice and deportment. He urges her to enjoy the praise but hints at future actions.
Till father hanged for murder and rape in war time
Jackson Daily News reports records show Pvt Louis Till of the 177th Port Company was executed in Italy on July 2 1945 for murder and rape at age 24. The case links to Emmett Till’s 1955 Chicago kidnap and murder, with defense attorney noting possible bearing but no case connection.
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Jackson
Miss
Jackson Daily News
Louis Till
Mississippi
Italy
Washington
177Th Port Company
Chicago
Till
William Henry Huff
Huff
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Emmet Louis Till
Roy Bryant
John W. Milam
Young Till
Mamie Bradley
War Department
Faure Demands Confidence Vote in Algerian Reform
In Paris the National Assembly suspended debate as Premier Edgar Faure asked for a confidence vote to back his Algerian reform program. Deputies prepared to vote Tuesday, marking the first test of a new rule requiring deputies' presence for ballot decisions.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
French National Assembly
Faure
Bush Candidates Enter Capital Amid Deadline Mixup
Col Francis Grevem berg and New Orleans Mayor deLesseps Morrison qualified for governor in Baton Rouge as the Democratic chairman and state central committee officials rushed to ensure proper filing amid concerns about whether candidates met the legal requirements. The moment triggered a sprint of filings and inquiries at the central committee offices.
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Baton Rouge
Francis Grevemberg
New Orleans
deLesseps Morrison
B. Carstarphen
Democratic State Central Committee
Shreveport
Jesse Webb Sr
Central Committee
Carstarphen
Webb
Five gubernatorial candidates enter January Democratic primary
Five candidates for governor and their running mates qualified by today’s deadline, joining independents for state offices. Notable entrants include Fran cis Grevemberg of Baton Rouge with Wesley H. Clan ton for lieutenant governor, Earl K. Long of Winnfield with Lether Frazar for lieutenant governor, and James McLemore of Alexandria with J. B. Alexander.
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Baton Rouge
Francis Grevemberg
Wesley H. Clanton
Eunice
State Mineral Board
Earl K. Long
Winnfield
Lether Frazar
Lake Charles
McNeese State College
James McLemore
Alexandria
J. B. Alexander
Louisiana Tops Nation in State Tax Burden
Louisiana continues to lead the nation in the share of personal income paid as state taxes. For the year ended June 30 1954 Louisiana tax burden was 8.09 dollars per 100 dollars of income, 83 cents above the national average and fourth in 1955. Louisiana had led or ranked high in prior years, with top positions in 1949 through 1951 and strong showings in 1953 and 1954.
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Louisiana
Public Affairs Research Council
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