West Speeds Plans For Top Level Parleys
Washington reports Western Allies press a summit plan to modernize NATO for the rocket era. Eisenhower may attend a mid December NATO council in Paris as NATO secretaries plan the top level meeting and consider a new rock pooling rocket know how and weapons.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
NATO Council
Paris
NATO
State Department
Paul-Henri Spaak
Norfolk
Russia
John Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Harold Macmillan
Atlantic
Four In Plane Survive Ordeal In Waterspout
Four men aboard a cargo plane survived a waterspout over the Pacific en route from Colombia to Panama. Captain Charles W. Roberson of Hialeah said the C46 tumbled at least five times as water flooded the cockpit, with 309,000 fish and 35 monkeys aboard perishing. Also aboard were Capt. Richard F. Tacy, Jack Roberts, and Arthur A. Tadwell of Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Charles W. Roberson
Hialeah
Colombia
Panama
Pacific
Roberson
Richard F. Tacy
Jack Roberts
Roberts Fish Farm
Arthur A. Tadwell
Four Die in Texas Head On Collision
Four people from Thrall Texas were killed in a head on crash two miles east of Taylor on U S 79. The victims were Mrs Virginia Gomez 60 and her daughters Ciprinita 32 and Eva 24 and Carlos Vasquez 28 driver of the other car. Eva Gomez died two hours after at Johns hospital in Taylor. Vasquez was passing another vehicle when the collision occurred according to witnesses.
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Taylor
Tex
Thrall
U.S
Virginia Gomez
Ciprinita
Eva
Carlos Vasquez
Gomez
Johns Hospital
Vasquez
Sputnik Radio Dies After Three Weeks In Orbit
Sputnik, the Soviet satellite, lost its radio signal after three weeks as batteries exhausted power. Tass urged moon watchers to track the craft visually, noting remaining satellite speed and 326 revolutions in 22 days. The loss ends direct radio contact, leaving only radar and sighting methods to monitor its orbit.
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Tass
Sputnik
London
British Broadcasting Corp
Outer Space
Moscow
W C Horton to Move Contracting Firm to Monroe
A prominent Bossier resident and contracting firm operator, W. C. Horton, plans to relocate his business to Monroe and will relinquish his Police Jury seat in Bossier. He is active in the Masons Shrine and Methodist Church and is expected to contribute to Monroe's business community.
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Ies
Ramblin
Bossier
Monroe
W. C. Horton
West Monroe
Horton
Masons, Shrine
Methodist Church
Bob Ed Tucker to Leave Monroe City Hall After 39 Years
Regret fills Monroe as Bob Ed Tucker announces retirement from his long held post as assistant secretary treasurer and tax collector after 39 years of service. He will end November 1 and may help out at city hall if needed, a testament to his sterling character and broad circle of friends.
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Bob Ed Tucker
Monroe
Grading the Chillers: Titans Edge Past Tight Games
Oklahoma barely rallied to beat Colorado 14-13 as Clendon Thomas scored the decisive 8-yard run and Carl Dodd added the extra point. Texas A&M routed Baylor 14-0 to extend its streak to 16. Iowa edged Northwestern 6-0, Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh 13-7, Michigan State over Illinois 19-14, and Army defeated Virginia 20-12 amid a weekend of tight results. Duke and NC State tied 14-14 while Mississippi suffered a first defeat in the ranking context.
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ED Wilks
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Iowa
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Army
Clendon Thomas
Carl Dodd
Colorado
Texas A&m
Baylor
Northwestern
Pittsburgh
George Izo
Bob Williams
Irish
Purdue
Illinois
Virginia
Duke
North Carolina State
Mississippi
Solons Open Agency Study Next Tuesday
Baton Rouge reports a legislative committee will meet Tuesday to study overlapping state agencies led by Gov. Karl Long amid talk of replacing levee boards with the Public Works Department. Key figures include House Speaker Robert Angelle and Levee districts across Plaquemines Parish.
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W.B. Ragsdale JR
Baton Rouge
Karl Long
House
Robert Angelle
Legislative Council
Angelle
State Department of Public Works
Public Works
Song
Public Works Department
US Army Corps of Engineers
Levee Board
Plaquemines Parish
Dist
Atty
Leander Perez
Plaquemines
Burns Back Levee
Chalmerite Back Levee
East Bank Levee
Urges Troop Shift To New York City
Dothan Alabama Lt. Gov. Guy Hardwick urged President Eisenhower to move federal troops from Arkansas to New York City. He cited what he called mob rule and gang murders in New York and urged withdrawal from Arkansas and the South to address a real job in New York. He had criticized federal troops at Little Rock over school integration.
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Dothan
Ala
Alabama
Guy Hardwick
Eisenhower
Arkansas
New York City
Albert Anastasia
Hardwick
New York
Little Rock
Injuries Fatal To Woman In Orleans
Orleans Parish coroner reports 80 year old Mrs Marie E Hazeau of New Orleans died in hospital from injuries after a gas oven exploded in her home yesterday.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Marie E. Hazeau
Gun traced to Chicago in Anastasia slaying
Police linked the murder weapon used in Albert Anastasia's slaying to a Chicago seller, suggesting outside hitmen were brought in for the killing. Investigators questioned over 60 suspects, including underworld figure Frank Costello, as they pursue motives tied to racketeering, rivals, and Costello’s past ambush.
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Albert Anastasia
Chicago
al Capone
Lord High Executioner
Murder, Inc
Anastasia
Serge Rubinstein
Fifth Avenue
Rubinstein
State Realtors Close Annual Meeting Here
The 1957 Louisiana Realtors convention in Monroe ended after sessions on real estate advertising and a keynote by John C. Williamson of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. About 300 delegates from across the state attended events at the Virginia Hotel, with Friday's program electing Omer F. Kubel as former president handing the gavel to Frank J. Zuzak for the next year. J. Beverly Brignac was named vice president, Claude J. Pumilia secretary, and Jules Reinauer treasurer. Williamson cited mortgage money as a key issue for the residential real estate industry.
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Louisiana Realtors
John C. Williamson
Realtors
Washington
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Virginia Hotel
Monroe
Omer F. Kuebel
New Orleans
Frank J. Zuzak
Shreveport
J. Beverly Brignac
Lafayette
Claude J. Pumilia
Jules Reinauer
Lake Charles
Saud withdraws mediation offer in Middle East
Damascus reports King Saud of Saudi Arabia has withdrawn the offer to mediate the Syrian Turkish crisis. Syria rejected the move citing the urgent Turkish threat should be handled by the United Nations in New York. The decision was conveyed to Damascus and to the Saudi U.N. representative, with President Shukri al Kuwaiti named as the recipient.
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Saud
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Nations
New York
U.N
Sabri Assali
Shukri el Kuwaily
Three Teens Convicted of Murder in Paretti Slaying
A New Orleans jury found Lloyd Cook 19 Mohamad Ally 18 and Reynard Brustie 16 guilty of murder in the February death of retired Sgt. Paul Paretti. The trio, all Negroes, faced automatic life imprisonment after the verdict. Paretti was killed when he tried to aid an elderly neighbor during a robbery plot.
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New Orleans
Lloyd Cook
Mohamad Ally
Reynard Brustie
Paul Paretti
Cloudy and Chilly Outlook for Twin Cities Today
Partly cloudy and continued cold expected in the Twin Cities with overcast skies today and a warmer trend anticipated tomorrow. Yesterday’s high was 52 and the low 42 as a similar forecast covered Arkansas and surrounding areas for the weekend.
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Twin Cities
Arkansas
Red Chinese Head Planning Moscow Visit
London reports Mao Zedong will visit Moscow next month as Western diplomats view this as a sign the Cominform may be revived as a global Communist propaganda and agitation hub. Observers expect a formal announcement during Mao’s trip and see Khrushchev pushing for a new, tougher phase of the Cold War with possible attendance by Tito and Gomulka.
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London
Red China
Mao Tzetung
Moscow
Russia
Tito
Yugoslavia
Mao
Kremlin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchevy
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Khrushchev
Hungary
Costs Soar As Missile Testing Drains Budget
The U S military fired over 60 million dollars worth of IRBM tests in the past year, with about 12 million in the last week. Costs cover many missiles from ICBMs to anti aircraft and guidance tests, plus research vehicles and external testing at Cape Canaveral White Sands and other ranges. Congress plans a full scale probe starting November 4 led by Chairman Mahon to examine missile and satellite development funding amid US Russian competition.
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Washington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
White Sands
N. M
Congress
United States
Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations
Zhukov Relieved as Defense Minister. Malinovsky Named Successor
Radio Moscow announced that Marshal Georgi Zhukov has been relieved of the defense minister post and Marshal Rodion Malinovsky was named to replace him. Malinovsky, 59, previously led the Far East command and Soviet ground forces, while Zhukov’s fate amid Kremlin power struggles remains unclear.
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Georgi Zhukov
Radio Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Zhukov
Malinovsky
Moscow
Odessa
Josef Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
Defense Ministry
Kremlin
Nikolai Bulganin
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