Puget Sound Plane Crash Leaves 34 Survivors
A Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser crash landed in Puget Sound after takeoff from Seattle Tacoma International Airport. Coast Guard reports 34 of 87 aboard rescued by Air Force amphibian planes. three passengers listed as missing. Survivors clung to the wings as the double deck airliner floated briefly before rescue.
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Puget Sound
Seattle
Northwest Orient Airlines
Seattle- Tacoma International
The
Air Force
Easter Weekends Fatalities Reported Across Louisiana
At least 14 people died in Easter weekend accidents across Louisiana per United Press. The tally includes nine highway victims near Shreveport, a drowning of a 15 year old Delacroix Island youth, a Shreveport teen’s fall from girders, two musicians killed in a car-truck crash near Lottie, and multiple family and unrelated fatalities. The report notes various incidents on Thursday through Sunday, with many victims linked to falls, crashes, and a drowning in a bayou.
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Louisiana
United Press
Shreveport
Delacroix Island
St. Bernard Parish
Wallace Gonzales Jr
Jerry Gaston
Mosher Steel Co
Herbert Lindsey
U. S. 190
Lottie
West Baton Rouge Parish
Richard Hall Spruell
Lafayette
Arnold Broussard
Ronald J. Bizette
Rayne
Houston, Tex
Highway 171
A. T. Davidson
Helen
Joseph Robinson
Otis
Houston
Ella Dell Douglas
Bunyon Douglas
Burns
Port Sulphur
Curtis Laiche Jr
Sun
Eisenhower rejects Israel arms aid request
Washington reports President Eisenhower has decided not to grant Israel a $64 million arms request at this time. Administration officials said the decision was announced Monday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Israel
Administration
Where To Find It areas neaes Amusements oe Classified
Public notices and listings page appears with scattered headings for amusements classifieds and sports briefs. The snippet shows a mix of sections and stray characters, suggesting a poorly scanned page fragment from a newspaper's classified or feature area. The legible elements indicate a standard layout rather than a singular story.
City Officials Protest Return of DeSiard Street Bridge
Monroe city officials plan to protest the state highway department discontinuing maintenance of DeSiard Street bridge. City took over Sunday at the department’s request. department cites urban extension and system coverage as reasons. Huckaby argues city gas tax funds justify continued maintenance, which would cost at least 3800 dollars yearly. Bridge tender will remain, under city supervision, at 150 dollars monthly. river opening cost about 2000 dollars annually.
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Monroe
State Highway Department
DeSiard Street
Wayne Huckaby
Huckaby
Louisiana
J. D. Purvis
Louisiana State Highway Department
City of Man
22nd body found in TWA crash near Pittsburgh airport
Searchers at Greater Pittsburgh Airport area locate a fourth body, raising the toll to 22 dead and 14 survivors from the twin engine TWA Skyliner disaster. Rescue teams had found 21 bodies the previous night and began morgue identification as investigators convened.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh
TWA
Wisconsin Primary Tests Kefauver Popularity With Farmers
Wisconsin's presidential primary opens amid a farm voter test for Eisenhower and Kefauver. The election seeks 30 Republican delegates and 56 Democratic delegates, signaling Kefauver's bid and possible farmer unrest.
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Wisconsin
Kefauver
Milwaukee
Eisenhower
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Ike To Greet Youngsters Easter Egg Roll On White House Lawn
About 500 children and parents gathered at the White House South Lawn for the Easter egg roll as crowds expected to reach 20 000 by 4 30 p m President Eisenhower planned a brief greeting with Mrs Eisenhower likely to appear The first in line was 10 year old Penn Glazier from Wheaton Md dressed in Easter attire The Army band played The Easter Parade amid a cool 41 degree morning with bright sun and festive outfits across the crowd
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White House
South Lawn
Penn Glazier
Wheaton
M . Glazier
Eisenhower
Seven Witnesses Set For Orleans Probe Identified
Seven witnesses subpoenas set for the Senate Internal Security subcommittee hearing in New Orleans are Calhoun W. Phifer of Republic Carloading and Distributing Co. Grady Jenkins Mrs. Pauline Feuer Richard Feise former Port Travel Service manager and Mrs Feise former Newman School teacher Mrs Herman Liveright wife of the former WDSU TV director fired for refusing to answer. Authorities report two more subpoenas to Mr and Mrs Robert Blanchard of Slidell and Hunter O'Dell could not be served. Eastland leads hearings with Morrison Banister aiding local cooperation.
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Grady Jenkins
Pauline Feuer
Richard Feise
Port Travel Service
Feise
Newman
Herman Liveright
Wdsu-Tv
Washington
Robert Blanchard
Slidell and
Hunter
Asst
Guy Banister
Sen. Eastland
Cloudy and Warm Weather Forecast for Monroe Area
The Monroe area is forecast to be cloudy and warm today and tomorrow. Noon high reached 79 degrees with 69 degree low at Selman Field per CAA. A few showers today and tonight with scattered thundershowers tomorrow. Tonight lows 68 to 72, tomorrow highs 78 to 82.
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Monroe
CAA
Selman Field
Milk Convoys Defy Picket Bands Supplying Detroit
Milk transports guarded by sheriffs deputies and farmers used back roads to evade roving pickets bringing in milk to Detroit. Supplies from Ohio and Indiana relieved the city’s strain, possibly 75 percent of normal, prompting suspension of emergency rationing. Violence appeared along the routes with rock throwing at Ovid and Elsie, and milk trucks forced off highways or dumped after barricades of sawhorses and fire pots on U.S. 16 near Farmington. State police reassigned to 12 hour shifts as tensions rose.
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Detroit
Ohio
Indiana
Ovid and
Elsie
Clinton County
U.S. 16
Farmington
Easter crowds fill Twin Cities churches across observances
Easter observed widely in the Twin Cities with sunrise service at Memorial Park Cemetery drawing over 1000 attendees. The United Christian Youth Movement sponsored the event and First Presbyterian hosted with Knights Templar guests in full regalia, as downtown churches reported capacity crowds.
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Twin Cities
Memorial Park Cemetery
Highway 80 East
United Christian Youth Movement
United Youth Movement
First Presbyterian Church
Knights Templar
Liberty posse hunts for elusive convict kidnapper
Liberty Texas 7 A posse combed the area for an escaped Tennessee convict who boasted he would not be taken alive. Ted Thomas 25 formerly of Houston held two women Miss Mavis Webb 25 of Liberty and Miss Juanita Williamson 22 of Dayton captive for over four hours near the South Liberty Oil Field before the pair escaped. Sheriff W P Rose led at least 50 officers and hounds from the prison system in the search after he eluded 200 officers and six hounds for three days in north Harris County.
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Liberty
Tex
Tennessee
Mavis Webb
Juanita Williamson
Dayton
W. P. Rose
Ted Thomas
South Liberty
Thomas
Houston
Harris County
Rose
Trinity River
State Cannot Prosecute In Sedition Cases
The Supreme Court ruled states cannot prosecute acts of sedition against the federal government. It overturned Steve Nelson’s Pennsylvania conviction and upheld the federal Smith Act framework. The 6-3 decision, with Chief Justice Warren writing for the majority, found the federal act preempts state sedition laws.
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Supreme Court
Steve Nelson
Pennsylvania
Nelson
High Court
Warren
Justice Reed
Burton
Minton
Black
Frankfurter
Douglas
Clark
Harlan
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Sobeloff
Alaska
Hawaii
Tuberculosis Association to Hold April Meeting
The Alexandria area chapter of the Louisiana Tuberculosis Association will hold its annual meeting in April 2021. Dr. Edward T. Blomquist, chief of the tuberculosis control program at the U S Public Health Service, is among the scheduled speakers.
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Alexandria
Louisiana Tuberculosis Association
Edward T. Blomquist
Tuberculosis Control Program
U. S. Public Health Service
Administration Reassesses Farm Front in Election Year
The Eisenhower administration reviews its existing farm authority to strengthen farm programs if no new law is enacted. Undersecretary Morse says a new look is underway to identify actions to improve the farm economy, including measures to curb surplus livestock feed grains. No decisions have been made yet.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dpd
Morse
Cyprus students riot in Paphos and Limassol clashes
In Paphos angry students carrying Greek flags hurled bombs and stones at British security forces injuring a schoolteacher and several officers. A curfew was imposed in central Paphos after a bomb failure near the bishopric and a late attack wounded a couple in Limassol. A Greek Cypriot child was wounded as security tightened across the island on the eve of EOKA’s anniversary.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Paphos
Limassol
EOKA
Greece
Sophocles I Lazaron
Paphos College
R. Parker
Hussey Renews Plea For Oil Men To Attend Meeting
Baton Rouge Conservation Commissioner John Hussey urges oil producers purchasers royalty owners and others to attend a Capitol meeting to discuss an allowable committee on production volumes. He says the gathering has nothing to do with prices but addresses rising well output and potential May production cuts impacting severance tax revenues.
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Hussey
Baton Rouge
John Hussey
Capitol
Louisiana Oil
Shreveport
Court of Appeal
Louisiana
Secretary Of State Ready To Put On Ballot Monroe Candidates Certified
City primary ballots for Monroe on May 22 will list all 19 certified candidates unless a court orders otherwise. Secretary Wade O. Martin and city Democratic secretary George Fink confirmed loyalty oaths by two nominees, Mayor John E. Coon and Wayne H. Huckaby, were filed before the deadline but after qualifying.
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Monroe
Wade O. Martin
George Fink
City Democratic Executive Committee
Secretary of State
John E. Coon
Wayne H. Huckaby
Fire destroys Billy Rose country home in Mount Kisco
Broadway showman Billy Rose loses a large portion of his art collection as fire sweeps his 26 room Mount Kisco estate. Four servants escaped. cause under investigation with sparks from a playroom fireplace suspected. Rose and fiance Joyce Mathews, who plan a June wedding, returned to the scene.
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Mount Kisco
N. Y
Billy Rose
Rose
Joyce Matthews
Deems Taylor
New York City
Jan Maxwell
Billy
Joyce Mathews
Miss Mathews
Fanny Brice
Eleanor Holm
Col. Conzalo Gomez
Milton Berle
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