Castro Breaks Diplomatic Ties and Seeks Peiping Ties
In Havana Fidel Castro announced Cuba would recognize Red China and establish diplomatic relations with all Communist nations. He tore up the 1952 Cuba US mutual defense pact, denounced the OAS, and urged Soviet military aid while pledging to defend against imperialist attack. About 300000 gathered in Civic Plaza to hear the declaration.
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Havana
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
Fidel Castro
Organization of American States
Castro
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Formosa
China
Liu Yu-wan
People’s General Assembly of
America
United States
Soviet Union
Civic Plaza
Labor Day Weekend Sees Americans Hit Roads Early
Americans flock to highways beaches and parks for a three day Labor Day weekend. Weather varied from brisk north to lingering southern summer with sunshine expected. The first fatal highway crash occurred near Allentown Pennsylvania as a car jumped a median and rolled over. The National Safety Council warned up to 460 traffic deaths could occur during the 78 hour period. An AP survey estimated 389 traffic deaths in a comparable nonholiday weekend, plus 34 boating deaths 61 drownings and 90 other accidents for a total near 574.
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Associated Press
Ation
the Nations
Allentown
Peter Cardarelli
White Plains
N.Y
National Safety Council
Eisenhower Signs 3.7 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
President Eisenhower signed a foreign aid bill totaling 3.722 billion dollars, criticized as short of the request by 494 million. Congress added 65 million in a separate measure, with 100 million for a contingency fund to be used at the President’s discretion, mainly for Congo relief and defense support abroad.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate House Conference Committee
Congo
Marks Funeral Slated Sunday
Fort Worth special report announces the death of Albert Marks 80 longtime Fort Worth resident and father of Monroe jeweler Ralph Marks. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Sunday at Robertson Mueller and Harper's Funeral Home Fort Worth. Surviving are his widow Tillie Marks two sons Ralph Marks of Monroe and Sidney Marks and one grandson.
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Fort Worth
Albert Marks
Monroe
Ralph Marks
Tex
Marks
Robertson
Mueller
Harper’s Funeral
Tillie Marks
Sidney Marks
Castro Uses Big Lie Tactics In Forged U S Document
The State Department called a forged anti U S document circulated in Latin America an obvious phony aimed at mimicking Communist big lie tactics. The three page airgram pretends to be a Washington dispatch ordering embargo steps ahead of Fidel Castro economic talks in Havana.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Latin America
Washington Dispatch
Hemisphere
Fidel Castro
Havana
Douglas Dillon
Paris
West Monroe Riding Club Labor Day Show Parade
Ramblin Monday marks Labor Day with a West Monroe Riding Club exhibition. A 2 p.m. parade travels through Monroe and West Monroe, followed by a night performance in the Harrel Road area arena three miles west on Highway 80. The rodeo relocates beyond West Monroe as Sheriff Bailey Grant’s team patrols the river to prevent drowning incidents.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Harrel Road
Highway 80
Bailey Grant
Miss D L Gilbert to Speak at McGuire Methodist
Miss D L Gilbert will appear at 7 p m Sunday at McGuire Methodist Church. She attended youth assemblies in Lausanne Switzerland last summer and returns with many interesting views of places and people. It is quite the thing to display proudly our national flag.
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D. L. Gilbert
McGuire Methodist Church
Lausanne
Switzerland
Louisiana FBI Academy Associates elects officers in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana chapter of the FBI National Academy Associates elected and installed officers after a two day meeting in Baton Rouge. Police Chief Ray Sibley of Bastrop was installed as president, succeeding Maj. Billy J. Booth of the Louisiana State Police.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
FBI National Academy Associates
Ray Sibley
Bastrop
Billy J. Booth
Louisiana State Police
Davis to Reveal Plan in Segregation Fight
Gov. Jimmie Davis said within a week or two he will disclose details of Louisiana's strategy to resist integration in public schools. He noted he will follow legal advice and, if doctors advise gall stone surgery, will proceed. Davis spoke during brief remarks at the governor's mansion after meetings with aides.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis
Ed Reed
Executive Mansion
New Orleans
Perez Quits As Nominee For Election
New Orleans AP reports Leander H. Perez Jr. named to succeed his father as district attorney for St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes after Leander H. Perez Sr. resigns from renomination to focus on fighting integration. The elder Perez plans to retire in December but stay on briefly as assistant DA. He warns of threats to education and white civilization from racial integration and communism.
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New Orleans
Leander H. Perez
St. Bernard and
Plaquemines Parishes
Friday
Democratic Committee
25Th Judicial District
Leander H. Perez Jr
Perez
Bruce Nunez
Rudolph McBride
Liquid Concrete Mishap at Houston Construction Site
A giant bucket of liquid concrete broke from a crane and collapsed onto seven workers in a downtown Houston basement. Three men were in serious conditions at Memorial Hospital, with A D Yancy and Ennis Randall listed in critical condition.
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Houston, Tex
Memorial Hospital
Humble Oil & Refining Co
A.D. Yancy
Rosenberg
Tex
Ennis Randall
Houston Negro
Senator Adcock Pushes Public Hunt Land Purchase Plan
Senator Jamar Adcock seeks state purchase of Lafourche Swamp land near Wham Brake for public hunting. He will petition Governor Davis and the Board of Liquidations, with Rep. Mike John Jr proposing a special appropriation, Rep. Lawrence Gibbs backing the effort, and Covington’s Hebert Fredericks offering the tract.
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Jamar Adcock
Jimmie H. Davis
Board of Liquidations
Lafourche Swamp
Adcock
Louisiana Wild Life & Fisheries Commission
Hebert Fredericks
Covington
Wham Brake
Lafourche
Winnsboro Road
Fredericks
Ouachita Farms
Mike John, Jr
L. D. Young
Commission
E. R. McDonald Sr
John
Quachita
Lawrence Gibbs
Weather to stay near yesterdays temps in Twin City area
The forecast calls for a high near 94 and a low around 72 with clear to partly cloudy skies. No rain is expected as Federal Aviation reports Fridays highs at 90 and 72 lows at Selman Field.
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Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Lunar Eclipse Visible Across Central Regions
The moon enters Earth shadow starting 4 36 a m Eastern Standard Time with total blackout at 5 38 a m EST. Viewers in the eastern half of the central zone and eastern time zone will miss the event as the moon sets in the east ten minutes before total eclipse.
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New York
Congo slides toward chaos as U N forces open fire
In Bakwanga Congo bodies litter the streets after brutal clashes with secessionist forces. At least 270 dead are counted by U N officials. U N Moroccan troops fire on armed civilians near Thysville as Lumumba pursues suppression of opposition, amid fears of a moving toward dictatorship and chaos.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
U.N
Bakwanga
Albert Kalonji
Moerbeke
Thysville
Lumumba
Democrats for Nixon Group Forms in Northeast Louisiana
A new Democrats for Nixon organization forms in northeastern Louisiana with Dick Hagy, Louisiana Nixon Lodge ticket campaign manager, coordinating with local Republicans and Monroe realtor Gilbert Faulk as chairman. The group plans to spread into Ouachita Parish as Jimmy Boyce attends an upcoming organizational meeting.
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Dick Hagg
Louisiana
Nixon Lodge
Nixon
Hagy
Gilbert Faulk
Monroe
House
Ouachita Parish
Hagg
Faulk
Jimmy Boyce
Baton Rouge
Chuckle on Civil Service Exemption for Government Jobs
A humorous note describes taxpayers as men and women who avoid civil service exams to gain government employment.
Nation’s top check forger nabbed in California sweep
Bobby M. Blundell, 31, dubbed Mr. 35, admitted passing checks and netting well over $100,000 across 296 cities. Arrested in Oklahoma City suburb, he faces 10 bad check counts. His wife Ruth, 22, jailed in Stockton. Ray Lowry, 30, another accomplice, extradited to California. California Justice Dept reports a two foot thick file on his activities.
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Sacramento
Calif
Bobby M. Blundell
Blundell
Oklahoma City
California
Justice Department
Lewis Davis
Ruth
Stockton
Oklahoma
Ray Lowry
Judge Backs Board In Mix Case In Arkansas
Federal Judge John E. Miller ruled the Little Rock school board is using the pupil placement law fairly and refused to grant a class action for 14 Negro students seeking transfer to Central Hall or Technical High schools. He ordered future suits be individual and noted the district has already assigned 13 Negro students to once white schools for the fall term. The decision could slow broader desegregation efforts in the South.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
US. Dist
John E. Miller
Fort Smith
Horace Mann High
Central, Hall Or Technical
Miller
Wiley Branton
Pine Bluff
Central
Hall High
South
Long Little Rock
Howitzer accident kills 15 at Grafenwoehr base
Fifteen U S Army soldiers died and 27 were injured when an eight inch howitzer shell misfired during target practice at Grafenwoehr Germany The shell hit tents of the 3rd Armored Division 12th Cavalry reconnaissance squadron over 1800 yards from the target area officials said A U S officer called the disaster due to human error Two wounded were listed as critical and the blast tore through three tents with steel fragments
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Grafenwoehr
Germany
APG
U.S
3Rd Armored Division
12Th Cavalry
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OAS
Ramblin
State
Sibley
Texas
Dickerson
Windsor
Toronto
Sick Children’s Hospital
Jean Mortimore
Glenda
Judy Hamilton
Gordon
Connie
Esther Perry
Salvation Army Grace Hospital
Sen
Twin City
Northeast Area
Democrats
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