Monika Attacked Near Quemoy Amid Typhoon Gilda
Nationalist Chinese guns fired at the German freighter Monika off the China coast while seeking shelter from Typhoon Gilda. The Monika was struck after taking 10 direct hits, with crew reporting shots from Communist-held Amoy. the Nationalist Defense Ministry said the garrison warned the ship to avoid the danger zone.
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Hong Kong
China
Defense Ministry
Taipei
Quemoy
Hans Mayer
Ewald Dilara
Japan
Ta Tan
Tan Island
Amoy
Amoy Harbor
Mayer
Tan Islands
Nationalist
Foreign Ministry
16th Polio Case In Parish This Year Reported
Howard Ray Fuller, one year old son of Steve Fuller of 403 Sixth Street, is confined to the Shreveport polio center with paralytic polio. Dr W Carroll Summer, director of the parish health unit, said Fuller is the 16th polio victim this year. The health official noted the fall season often ends the polio season in the South and gave a breakdown of cases by month.
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Howard Ray Fuller
Steve Fuller
Sixth Street
Shreveport
W. Carroll Summer
Parish Health Unit
Young Fuller
Summer
South
Rector urges rice for wedding parties in Deptford
In Deptford England rector calls for couples to use rice instead of confetti at weddings to avoid cleanup by church workers. He says confetti must be swept up while birds will manage rice.
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Deptford
England
Where To Find It Amusements and TV Society Ports
Amusements listings and society notes fill this page with editorial ads and TV spots. Community groups and readers share notices on events and broadcasts, highlighting local culture and entertainment.
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Omics
Adlo TV Ociety Ports
Fort Polk Soldier Killed Near Ruston
A Fort Polk soldier James S. Bell from Steubenville Ohio died when his 1949 Ford left U S Highway 167 four miles south of Ruston and plunged 20 feet into a barrow pit. Private First Class Joe Glen Robinson is hospitalized in Ruston with severe shock and injuries.
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Ruston
Fort Polk
James S. Bell
Steubenville
Ohio
U. S. Highway 167
Here
Joe Glen Robinson
Robinson
Bell
Arkansas
Margie Faye
Coy
Lonoke County
Ark
Lincoln Parish
Barrett Gremillion
Pineville
Billy Brown
Louisiana Tech
Brown
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Doctor's Orders Jasper the cat gets glasses
A Spokane, Washington, 7-year-old cat named Jasper, owned by Mrs. C. H. Bumpus, is said to be going blind though the veterinarian treats it and has fitted real glasses to protect the cat's eyes. The note indicates the situation as a lighthearted medical joke with an AP Wirephoto.
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Jasper
C. H. Bumpus
Spokane, Wash
Wholesale Arrests After Attempted Assassination of Somoza
In Managua a government crackdown followed the attempt on President Anastasio Somoza. About 200 people including two newspaper editors and a former president were detained as police search for accomplices while Somoza heals in a U S hospital in the Panama Canal Zone after four gunshot wounds.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Luis
Somoza
U.S
Panama Canal Zone
Prohibition Agent Charles Campbell Dies at 72 in Louisville
Charles D Campbell a pioneer prohibition agent turned revenooer died yesterday in Louisville Kentucky. He claimed at age 45 to run 100 yards in 11 seconds reflecting his fleet of foot and skill at dodging moonshiners during the era.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Charles D. Campbell
Campbell
Brooks Rejects Draft As Aid To Reserve Program
Washington congressman Overton Brooks says no draft is needed to build Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine reserve programs. He notes Army could trim draftee active service time and hints some reserve rules could be adjusted without broad changes.
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Brooks
Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Overton Brooks
D-La
Defense Department
Air Force
Navy
Marine Reserve
Army
Planes Join Fight Against Fire Storm Near Lake Arrowhead
Seven crop dusting biplanes and a Navy torpedo bomber joined 1,500 firefighters at dawn to battle a fast moving fire storm near Lake Arrowhead. The four day blaze has scorched over 8,300 acres and destroyed 17 homes in Crest Park as evacuations affected about 1,000 residents within a nine mile radius.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead Mountain
Crest Park
NAACP Liquor Sales Probe by Tensas Parish Grand Jury
The Tensas parish grand jury led a two day session hearing 13 witnesses on NAACP activities in the parish and forwarding recommendations. It urged officers to stop after midnight alcohol sales on Saturdays and called for arrests for violations. The jury praised jail and courthouse maintenance and urged an architect to inspect the courtroom and assess jail safety.
Stevenson To Visit Orleans Briefly Tuesday
Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson visits New Orleans for a brief stop between speeches in Little Rock and Miami. He will land at Moisant International Airport at 12 35 p.m. CST and address Lafayette Square at 1 p.m. CST before departing for Miami.
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New Orleans
Adlai Stevenson
Little Rock
Miami
Camille Gravel
Louisiana
Stevenson
Moisant International
Lafayette Square
Ity Hall
Moisant
Hale Boggs
D-La
Wiliam Blair
Hy Raskin
State Agencies Ordered To Aid Storm Victims
Gov. Earl Long ordered all state agencies to assist in hurricane Flossy relief in Louisiana. Highway crews prepared emergency detours as three major routes near New Orleans faced flooding, with U.S. 90 U.S. 11 and U.S. 51 impacted. Crews attempted to survey damage and clear debris while officials expected U.S. 90 and 11 to remain closed pending repairs.
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R. B. Richardson
Louisiana
New Orleans General
Richardson
New Orleans
Mississippi Line
Slidell
Northeast Louisiana Seeks Convention Posts
Thirty six northeast Louisiana men are certified as candidates for the proposed constitutional convention in the general election on November 6. The secretary of state Wade O. Martin Jr. announced the totals by parish with several named runners in Caldwell Catahoula Catahoula and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast Louisiana
Wade O. Martin, Jr
Caldwell
Cameron C. Minard
Columbia
E. B
Bud"’ Parker
Clarks. Catahoula
Jesse C. McGee
R. R. Reeves, Jr
Harrisonburg
Concordia
W. C. Falkenheiner
Ferriday
East Carroll
Vail
Eisenhower To Address Farm Issue In Peoria Speech
President Eisenhower prepares a campaign speech in Peoria Illinois on the farm issue his second radio and television broadcast of the week follows. White House says he is physically fit and continues a vigorous campaign schedule with plans for Lexington Ky and a prior stop in Newton Iowa.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Peoria
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Lexington
Newton
Iowa
Probers Begin Second Week on Washington School Integration
A House subcommittee opens a second week of hearings on problems in racial integration of Washington schools. Witnesses will include principals and teachers from multiple schools, selected to avoid singling out any single institution. A Negro spokesman denounces the probe as Southern lawmakers pushing their views nationwide.
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Washington
House
William Gerber
Subcommittee
Continued Fair Weather Seen in Twin Cities Area
Residents can expect continued fair weather tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Highs will reach the high 80s on Tuesday and the tonight low is forecast between 66 and 70. Today’s noon high was 79 degrees and last night’s low at Selman Field was 67 with a pollen count of 128.
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Twin Cities
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Security Council Opens Suez Dispute Debate Wednesday
The United Nations Security Council will meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss the Suez Canal dispute at Britain and France’s request. Expected participants include British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau, and US Secretary of State Dulles. Britain and France may seek international control of the canal as Egypt’s Nasser faces the unfolding diplomatic clash.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Britain
France
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Dulles
Council
Emilio Nunez-Portuondo
Cuba
London
Nasser
Sadler pleads innocent to bogus check charges
The interview quotes Sadler claiming innocence and alleging framing in a forgery case linked to a past Angola prison sentence. He cites reforms by Gov. Kennon and criticizes prison conditions while recounting his editorial clashes and plans involving a fiancée in a reformatory.
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Sadler
United Press
Baton Rouge
State Penitentiary
Angola
Robert Kennon
Blood and Guts
Earl Long
Opelous
Maurice Sigler
Opelousas
John
Virginia
Minnesota
Two Dead as Hurricane Flossy Strikes Gulf Coast
Hurricane Flossy, moving east-northeast at 12 mph, left two dead and 47 people clinging to ships or rigs in the Gulf. The storm brushed New Orleans and threatened coastlines from Pensacola to Apalachicola with 100 mph winds and eight foot tides as crews aided by Coast Guard cutters and helicopters worked through the night.
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New Orleans
Jessy
Gulf
Alabama-Florida
Flossy
Pensacola
Fla
Plaquemines Parish
Louisiana
Mississippi
Carport
Plaquemines
Weather Bureau
Pensacoola
Apalachicola
Florida
St. Marks
Alabama
Georgia
Coast Guard
Navy
City Finances To Be Discussed At Meeting Today
Mayor W. Al Howard calls a 2:30 p.m. meeting of the city ways and means committee in the Virginia hotel ballroom to review Monroe’s financial problems and to discuss funds for city operating costs with the city council and the new utilities commission. Interested residents are invited to attend.
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W. AL. Howard
City Ways and Means
Virginia
Monroe
Utilities Commission
Howard
Classified Ad Copy Offers Bargain Rates for Low Cost Items
Advertisement invites selling items under $15 with pricing at 1 line for 11 weeks at $1.00 and 2 lines for 11 weeks at $1.50. Mary Murphy is named as the personal ad taker for details on placing low cost ads at a bargain rate.
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Mary Murphy
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Revenooer
NAACP
Tensas Jury
Ike
Meany
William V. Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Security Council
Gov. Kennon
John Thistlethwaite
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