Final Session With Nasser Stated Today
Cairo dispatch reports the five nation Menzies committee pressing for international control of the Suez Canal. Nasser signals willingness to meet again as talks persist, with a Sunday session planned at 7 p.m. Cairo time.
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Cairo
Five
Menzies
Saturda
Gai al Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal
Nasser
Robert G. Menzies
Egypt
Legation
President’s
Noel Deschamps
Teachers Seek New Sources For Salary Payments
The Ascension Parish School Teachers Assn launches a state wide move to study funding a teacher pay hike from existing State Department of Education money. Proposals include closing schools when funds run out and bypassing a November ballot proposal to dedicate surplus funds. The group plans to spread resolutions to all parishes and the Education Department ahead of the 1956 Teachers Assn convention in New Orleans.
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Donaldsonville
Ascension Parish School Teachers’ Assn
State Department of Education
Conrad Goette
Ascension Teachers
Education Department
Louisiana Teachers Assn
New Orleans
Goette
Three Convicts Flee Angola Prison Then Captured
Three inmates escaped from the Angola state penitentiary kitchen early in the day and were tracked by bloodhounds. Warden Maurice Sigler identified them as Roy Burton 35 Hershell Addington 25 and Willie Miles 31. They were recaptured around 12 30 p.m. about three to four miles away.
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Angola
State Penitentiary
Maurice Sigler
Roy Edgar Burton
Hershell Ray Addington
Willie W. Miles
Sigler
Index of local sections and page designations
The page lists section codes and topics for the issue including INDEX Class 14 19A Oil and Gas 20A Churches 12B Radio TV 15B Editorials 4A Sports 12 13A Gard News 13B Theaters 15B to guide readers through the newspaper.
Louisiana Democrats endorse Stevenson Kefauver slate in Baton Rouge
Louisiana Democrats approved the national presidential nominees and named 10 electors pledged to Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver. A northern committee member objected to a $2000 donation to the national committee, but the motion was defeated. Governor Earl Long and Mayor deLesseps Morisson endorsed the ticket. Long was absent.
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Louisiana Demos
Adlai, Kefauver
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Democrats
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
North Louisiana
State Central Committee
National Committee
Henry Sevier
Tallulah
Central Committee
Sevier
National Party
Earl Long
New Orleans
deLesseps Morrison
Stevenson - Kefauver
Long
National
Tourist Bureau Opened Saturday East of Tallulah
Louisianas tourist bureau opened east of Tallulah with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Speronis of Mason City Iowa as guests of honor. They toured the town and spoke to civic groups while being hosted by local officials and dignitaries including Curt Seigelin and three mayors.
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Tallulah
Louisiana
Louisiana Tourist Bureau
Stephen Speronis
South Virginia Street
Mason City
Iowa
Speronis
Louisiana Line
E. H. Bounds
Robert W. Hollingsworth
Mississippi Highway Patrol
W. B. Awls
J. C. Martin
Louisiana State Police
Tampa
Fla
University of Tampa
Curt Seigelin
Department of Commerce and Industry
W. P. Sevier
Roy Snider
Rayville
Pat Kelley
Vicksburg
Miss
Temperature Dip Noted With 56 Degree Morning
Monroe residents woke to a cool morning as temperatures fell to 56 degrees. The day warmed to the low 80s with a high of 83 degrees and partly cloudy skies forecast for today and Monday in Arkansas.
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Monroe
Arkansas
North Louisiana States Righters to Attend Meet
Two prominent north Louisiana states rights supporters announced a states rights conference to be held in Memphis Tennessee September 14 15 They named Robert G Chandler Shreveport attorney temporary chairman and W M Scott Jr Tallulah elector Chandler expected at least 2500 attendees and said Louisiana will be well represented at the two day conference at the Hotel Chisco in Memphis with about a dozen from Shreveport He said committees were set up at an arrangements conference in Memphis
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Louisiana
Memphis
Tenn
Robert G. Chandler
Shreveport
W. M. Scott, Jr
Tallulah
Fifth
Chandler
Louisiana States’ Rights Party
Hotel Chisco
Lightning kills man and son on Idaho farm
A bolt struck a farm near Saint Charles Idaho today killing Curtis Pugmire 44 and his 3 year old son Richard. The strike set a hay stack ablaze where they sought shelter.
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Saint Charles
Idaho
Curtis Pugmire
Richard
Showdown In Sturgis Crisis Expected Soon
The Sturgis Kentucky school integration crisis nears a Monday test as 800 National Guard troops brace for possible student marches. Parents report threats of livelihood loss if their children attend classes, while officials warn that mob action could erupt if the guard departs. Local officers say only the guard can maintain order.
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United Press
Sturgis
Clinton, Tenn
National Guard
South
Alabama
North Carolina
Kentucky
Adj
J. J. B. Williams
Clay
Glad Woodward
Clinton
Ouachita Parish School System Shows 373 Gain
The Ouachita Parish School System reports an overall increase of 373 students this year. White schools added 302 pupils to 8 203 last year and 8 497 on opening day. Negro schools rose 71 to 2 976. Selman led white schools with a 380 gain. West Monroe High enrolled 1 633. Ouachita Parish High 1 102.
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Ouachita Parish
Gladys Gregg
Selman
West Monroe
A. L. Smith Jr. High
Sterington
Calhoun High
Swayze
Boley High
Terzia High
Booker T. Washington
Miss America Crown Goes To Marian McKnight
Blonde Marian McKnight 19 of Manning South Carolina won the Miss America crown at Atlantic City. She topped 49 contestants and earned 50 000 in awards and scholarships. First runnerup Margo Lucey of Washington DC won 3000, second runnerup Anne Ariail of Birmingham Alabama won 2500.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Marian McKnight
Manning
S. C
Charmer
Marylin Monroe
Sharon Kay Ritchie
Denver
Colo
Margo Lucey
Washington, D.C
New Orleans
Anne Ariail
Birmingham
Ala
Barbara Hilgenberg
Arizona
Mary Ann McGrew
Kansas
Typhoon Emma Devastates NSA Okinawa. One U S Policeman Dead
Typhoon Emma battered Naha Okinawa for 12 hours with 156 mph winds and 15 inches of rain. One U S military policeman died when electrocuted touching an electric fan. Communications blackout delayed full casualty and damage details.
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Naha
Okinawa
U. S
Emma
U.S. Army
Ryukus Command
Legislature Set to End 12 Day Special Session Early
Baton Rouge dispatch says the Louisiana Legislature will adjourn Monday at 11 a.m. after a 12 day special session in which Gov. Earl Long secured two major victories. The bills include raising the race track betting tax from 13 to 15 percent with funds earmarked for LSU capital outlay and Legislative Council expenses.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl Long
House
Senate
Long
Louisiana State University
Legislative Council
Woman taunts angler over killing harmless fish
A woman scolds a fisherman for killing a small fish, calling it a poor harmless creature and accusing him of pursuing a worse occupation. The man responds, and the exchange unfolds in a terse, ironic exchange.
Group Calls For Adjustment Over Cotton Down Grading
In north Louisiana cotton producers press for change claiming unwarranted down grading by government classers. A delegation led by the Louisiana Delta Council meets with U S Rep Otto E Passman to discuss samples they say show discrimination in classing and seek fair pricing for high quality cotton.
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Louisiana
U. S
Otto E. Passman
Louisiana Delta Council
Farm Bureau Federation
Registration At Northeast State Set This Week
Several hundred students will learn what it's like to be a college freshman as Northeast State's class of 1956 begins orientation and registration. The fall semester opens with work and play as officials plan social events to pair newcomers with upperclassmen. A Wednesday 9 am general assembly in Brown Auditorium will welcome freshmen and share information about activities.
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Northeast State
Northeast
Brown Auditorium
Level-Headed Irishman Captures Flying Saucer Then It Escapes
Thomas Hutchinson says he ran to the Loup police station with a red egg shaped object he captured after it dropped near his home in Moneyre, Northern Ireland. An RAF officer alleges it was a weather balloon but Hutchinson and his wife describe a flying saucer that spun and resisted a grip before escaping.
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Flying Saucer
Moneymore
Northern Ireland
Thomas Hutchinson
Royal Air Force
Hutchinson
Baer
Maud
Mrs. Hutchinson
Loup
RAF
Aldergrove
Suspicious Area Watched Off Florida Coast By Weather Bureau
Weather forecasters asked ships to report sightings as heavy squalls off the Florida coast signaled a developing storm. The disturbance 500 miles east of Daytona Beach and 400 miles northeast of Nassau moved north at a slow pace with winds around 30 mph. Forecaster Paul Moore noted slight increases in strength and predicted the next 24 hours would reveal its course and potential fade or growth. A cold front from the Georgia Carolinas coast could affect the low pressure area, with rough seas and small craft warnings along the Carolina and Georgia coasts and 25 mph winds forecast for Saturday.
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Miami
Florida
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Paul Moore
Daytona Beach
Fla
Nassau
Moore
Georgia
Carolinas
Carolina
Two Killed In Head-On Crash South Of Saline
Natchitoches Parish deputies report two men died and three were seriously injured in a head-on collision south of Saline about 10 10 Saturday morning. Victims include Cleve Macle 53 of Saline in Rhodes car and Walter Higginbotham 34 of Jonesboro in the other car.
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Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish
Cleve Macle
Saline
Shelby Rhodes
Macle
Conger
Arcadia
Rhodes
Jonesboro
Shreveport
Sheriff's
Walter Higginbotham
Higginbotham
David Egan
Jonesboro Hospital
Confederate Memorial Hospital
Jewell Patterson
Patterson
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Gerald Mullen
Cynthia Ruotolo
New Haven
Conn
Monnie Cheves
Natchitoches High School
U. S. Base
S. Carolina
Legislature
California
Joan Beckett
Hawaii
Jere Wright
Chicago
Sandra Stuart
Passman
Washington
Ocean
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