Mississippi judge sentences ringleader in 1956 mistreatment case
Magnolia Mississippi AP The admitted ringleader Ernest Dillon 30 of Tylertown was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor for incident with intent to rape a 16 year old Black girl in the 1956 case. Dillon eligible for parole after one third. judge warned of bitter condemnation on the state.
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Magnolia, Miss
Mississippi
Tom Brady
Ernest Dillon
Tylertown
Dillon
Brady
Ousted Trio Sought Five Patrons Hurt
In Los Angeles a gasoline bomb killed six and injured at least five at Club Mecca on a quiet south central street. Three men ejected earlier in a dispute threw the blast through the front door, then fled as a passerby fired at them.
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Joyce Chapdelaine
Oscar G. Camon
Los Angeles
Mecca
R. A. Williams
Annie Get Your Gun at Ouachita Parish High School
Ouachita Parish High School presents the senior play Annie Get Your Gun tonight and Saturday in the school auditorium. The cast includes Peggy Long Thomas Day Tenny Adams and Harry Smith with 28 students and 100 costume changes many rented from the original stage company. W D Bates and Mrs Bates attend the Armstrong Cork convention in Macon Georgia, touring the plant’s expanded fiberboard facilities. New Monroe residents Mr and Mrs William L Taylor of Dallas reside at 205 Rochelle Avenue and will join the Letter Service Bureau partners Frances and Elizabeth Langford.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Peggy Long
Thomas Day
Tenny Adams
Harry Smith
W. D. Bates
Mrs. Bates
Monroe
Macon
Armstrong Cork Company Building Materials Wholesale Distributors
Armstrong
William L. Taylor
Dallas
Tex
Taylor
Frances
Elizabeth Langford
Letter Service Bureau
Taylors
Rochelle Avenue
Daye Becomes Knight in Royal Ambassadors
Jerry Daye, 13, son of Mr and Mrs R A Daye, completed requirements for the Knight rank in the Royal Ambassadors becoming the chapter’s first Squire and first to reach Knight. Upon attaining Knight he will begin working toward the Ambassador rank.
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Jerry Daye
R. A. Daye
Erriday
Jerry
West Monroe Baptist Church Names Education Director
The West Monroe First Baptist Church announces a new educational leader James K. Neyland, previously of Sulphur, will direct church activities. He succeeds Melvin Brad as the longtime education head under Pastor Jaroy Weber.
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West Monroe First Baptist Church
James K. Neyland
Sulphur
Jaroy Weber
Neyland
Melvin Brad
Eisenhower Seeks Urgent Expansion of Classrooms
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve the administration's school construction program, calling classrooms more powerful than atomic energy and essential to world peace. In a centennial National Education Assn. dinner address he tied education to wisdom and restraint in global affairs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
National Education Assn
Walk-In Safe Trap For Three Children In San Francisco
Three children aged 11 to 16 were trapped for about 1% hours in a walk in safe inside a partially demolished Pacific Heights mansion. Firemen used a oxygen tube and jackhammers to pry the 7 by 10 foot vault open after a safe mechanic released the door. Cheri Stevenson, David Rude and William Moore were rescued unhurt.
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David Rude
Cheri Stevenson
William Moore
San Francisco
Pacific Heights
Cheri
Cathy
Traffic Safety Drive Intensifies Enforcement in Monroe Area
Monroe and West Monroe police departments push strict enforcement of traffic laws along with motorist and pedestrian education to reduce collisions. March counts show 325 total crashes in Monroe first quarter, including one fatal bicycle collision and 73 injuries.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
W. L.jack Howard
J. Allan Norris
News-Star
George A. Wood
Jack Davis
Jeff Caldwell
Jim Culipher
Woods
Hebert resigns LSU law school dean post to practice law
Dr. Paul M. Hebert quits as dean of LSU law school effective July 1 to enter private law practice. The 49 year old administrator has served LSU as dean of administration and acting president and praised the school’s high quality. Hebert earned LSU law degree in 1929 and Yale doctor of science of law in 1930.
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Hebert
LSU
Baton Rouge
Paul M. Hebert
Louisiana State University Law School
Troy Middleton
Law School
Middleton
Yale University
Loyola University
New Orleans
Loyola Law School
LSU Law School
Four Georgians Die as Wind Storms Rake State
Severe wind storms and heavy rain sweep Georgia killing four people in Schley and Macon counties near Ellaville and flattening homes. The storm toppled roofs and uprooted trees from Thomson to Augusta, with trains stalled by washouts and flooding across the region. Rivers swelled in central and south Alabama, threatening floods along the Cahaba and Coosa as forecasts call for rising crests.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ellaville
Oglethorpe
Montezuma
Schley County
Macon County
Warner Robins
Jeffersonville
Twiggs County
Macon
Thomson - Augusta
Thomson
Clark Hill
Savannah River
Augusta
Central of Georgia
City of Miami
Buena Vista
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Weathler Bureau
Cahaba
Centerville
Miller's Ferry
Coosa
Wetumpka
Two HitAndRun Drivers Kill Unidentified Man
An unidentified man was fatally struck on a Manhattan street by two hit and run drivers within moments of each other. A witness said the first car did not slow down. the second car halted briefly, the driver examined the body, claimed it was not his fault, and fled.
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Larry Fenton
Vernon Waggy
Miguel Martinez
Martinez
New York
Manhattan
Pleasant Weekend Forecast With Mild Temperatures
A cool clear weekend is anticipated after a turbulent week. Tornado threats eased and sunshine returned with chilly morning lows around 47 degrees and a high near 58 at Selman Field observers.
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Weather Bureau
CAA
Selman Field
Commerce Dept fund requests cut by 25 percent
The House Appropriations Committee slashed 25 percent from President Eisenhower's requests for new Commerce Department funds for the coming fiscal year. Total new appropriations were cut to about 653.7 million, with larger savings from canceled balances in the War Shipping Administration and 91 million cut from Maritime Administration ship construction funds.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Commerce Department
Labor and Welfare
House
Commerce ‘Department
War Shipping Administration
Treasury
Maritime Administration
Monroe to Host Knights Templar Grand Commandery Meet
About 350 to 400 Knights Templar and their ladies from across Louisiana will convene in Monroe for a three day annual meeting starting Sunday. Public memorial and divine services are set for 4:30 PM at Ouachita Parish High School auditorium with Monroe Commandery No. 7 hosting.
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Knights Templar
Louisiana
Monroe
Bariney L. Mulhern
Quachita Parish
W. D. Billingsley
South Central Department
R. M. Anderson
Mississippi
J. Marvin Pugh
Texas
G. Wilbur Bell
Illinois
Willard B. Avery
Indiana
S. Lewis Smith
Kansas
Penn Hotel
York Cross of Honor
Virginia
Cross of Constantine
Grand Jurors Recommend Prison Farm for Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish Grand Jury in its spring report urges establishing a work farm for parish prisoners to ease jail crowding and aid rehabilitation. The panel notes a tri parish prison near Lake Providence has been highly effective and economical.
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Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Tri - Parish
Lake Providence
Ouachita
Inexpensive Want Ad Delivers Fast Results
A satisfied advertiser rented her house by placing a low cost want ad in the News-Star-World. The listing for a room with house and bath, fenced yard at 307 Parker rented on the second day for $55, with contact Ph. 5-1146. The notice promotes quick results for a small fee.
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News-Star -World
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Whitfield State Mental Hospital
Bradley
Rude
Rex Stevenson
Arthur Long
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