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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1955

Page

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U S Troops Ordered to Stay Clear unless Attacked

Washington reports that President Eisenhower has directed American forces to stay clear of any initial attack on the Formosa area until the nature of the assault is known. Officials say China’s moves are not expected before the Bandung conference and Chiang Kai-shek’s forces could respond if attacked.

Washington China Formosa U.S Matsu Quemoy Bandung Indonesia Eisenhower Jang Kai-shek Stevens Far East Formosa Strait Chiang

Alexandria Police Seek Murderer Of Elderly Waitress

Alexandria police seek a killer who battered 50 year old waitress Annie Elizabeth Griner at the Dinette Cafe near the railroad yards. The assault occurred during a rain storm before 5:43 a.m. and about 125 dollars was stolen from the cash register. Griner was last seen alive at 3:30 a.m. by a delivery driver. The body was found in a blood splattered hallway separating the cafe’s white and Negro sections.

Alexandria Annie Elizabeth Griner L. B. Bryant Pineville Griner

South Philippines Earthquakes Kill and Injure Dozens

Manila dispatch says latest quakes in the southern Philippines collapse homes and highways injuring an undetermined number of people in Mindanao and surrounding areas. The April 1 tremors left as many as 432 dead and thousands homeless, with Lake Lanao area hardest hit. Buildings already damaged collapsed in the new shocks.

Manila Philippines Mindanao Philippine News Service PNS Lake Lanao Marantau

Forest Fire Prevention Efforts Highlighted in Louisiana

A brief column notes local and state campaigns to prevent forest fires in deep Louisiana. Officials urge vigilance during dry periods and promote public awareness through community events and signage.

Louisiana

Strike Tension Mounts Across Nine-State Area

Violence flares as CIO strike enters its 29th day with mobs battering a Southern Bell exchange in Clinton Tennessee and a Birmingham Alabama crowd arrest spree. Acid sprayed into a police officer’s eye in Alabama while Middlesboro Kentucky loses service as four exchanges close.

Atlanta Southern Bell Telephone Co

Grand Jury Returns Indictments On 57 Cases

The Ouachita parish grand jury returned 57 true bills including five violent death cases with three murder charges, one negligent homicide, and one manslaughter. Indicted for murder were James R. Lemon, Marie Holmes, Ezell Badger, and Robert Esper Rutledge. Other charges covered theft forgery burglary gambling and attempted murder among many individuals.

Tvo Ouachita Parish James R. Lemon Marie Holmes Ezell Badger Robert Esper Rutledge Chester Jackson John W. Slaton James Brock Wright Thelma Henderson Monroe Russell B. Ramsey M. C. Nugent Johnny Mae Dunnaway Quentin Lamar Anthony J. T. Bishop L. J. Power Myra Barber Irving B. Gutman Aubrey A. Traweek Willie Lightning Shelton Averitt David Miller L. S. Miller James W. Clifton, Jr

Alleged Leader Of Reds In 2 States On Trial In S. C.

Greensboro NC June 1952 Ju n ius Scales goes on trial charged with advocating overthrow of the U S government by force and violence. FBI identifies him as leader of the Communist party in the Carolinas and Tennessee. he was indicted under the Smith Act membership clause last Nov 18.

Greensboro N. C Junius Scales United States Communist Party FBI Carolinas Tennessee University of North Carolina Memphis Tenn Carrboro Scales Smith Claude Lightfoot Lightfoot Chicago Civil Rights Congress Shelby County

Opens Grounds For Traditional Egg Rolling Event

President Eisenhower opens the White House grounds for the Easter Monday egg rolling drawing thousands of children. He plans to greet guests in the morning and to open the baseball season at Griffith Stadium in the afternoon. Mrs. Eisenhower cancels plans, staying at Gettysburg to recuperate and supervise home decoration. The President visited her Saturday and attended Easter services yesterday.

Washington Eisenhower White House Griffith Stadium South Grounds Gettysburg National Presbyterian Church

Laws Against Gambling Asked By Grand Jury

The Ouachita parish grand jury urged municipalities to consider laws banning gambling and defining gambling with penalties, tying to Act No. 327 of 1952. The report, signed by Foreman T A Calloway, ends a five day spring session and commends the sheriff, Monroe police, and district court for cooperation.

Ouachita Parish T. A. Calloway U. S

Twin City Area Weather Forecast Warm and Cloudy

The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer conditions with broken and scattered clouds over the city in the afternoon and night. No rain is expected. Temperatures reach a high of 70 and a low of 53 degrees.

Twin City CAA

Big Secret Of Salk Vaccine Set Tomorrow

The Salk polio vaccine results will be revealed at 10 20 a m tomorrow by Dr Thomas Francis Jr of the University of Michigan after compiling all test data. The announcement will follow a meeting with 400 scientists and doctors and may influence public demand and confidence in the vaccine.

Alton L. Blakeslee Ann Arbor, Mich University of Michigan Thomas Francis Jr Jonas E. Salk Pittsburgh Basil O’connor National Foundation For

Fire Routs Bowling Green Va Businesses in 750000 Blaze

Fire destroyed much of Bowling Green's business district on Easter afternoon leaving 6 of 26 buildings standing. The four hour blaze started in a barn hayloft and mirrored a 1900 fire that devastated the town. Two people were injured. several families displaced by smoke and flames.

Bowling Green Virginia Richmond Red Cross

School Integration Arguments Open In Supreme Court

The Supreme Court begins hearings on how to end segregation in public schools following a May ruling that such segregation violates the Constitution. Briefs warn of possible race riots, while Negro-parents attorneys seek an integration deadline by next September or September 1956 as the outside date.

Washington Supreme Court North Carolina

Boy bit by rabbit at Syracuse zoo visit

Danny Morgan, 2, of Oneida, visited the Syracuse zoo yesterday to thank the Easter bunny for his basket. He reached into a cage and a bunny nipped him.

Syracuse N. Y Danny Morgan Oneida Zoo

Centenary Jubilee for Daughters of the Cross Observed

The Most Rev Charles Pascal Greco offered a pontifical high mass at St Matthew's Alexandria to mark the centennial of the Daughters of the Cross teaching order. Bishop Leroy Aycock spoke on the pioneers in Louisiana education, praising the sisters for a century of Catholic schooling from Avoyelles to Monroe and Shreveport, with St Hyacinth Academy in Monroe among their early works.

Charles Pascal Greco Alexandria St. Matthew's Catholic Church Daughters of the Cross Sisters St. Matthew’'s Leroy Aycock St. Francis of Xavier Cathedral Sisters of the Order Louisiana Daughters of Mary Hyacinthe Avoyelles Parish Presentation Convent Avoyelles St. Vincent's Shreveport Marksville Moreauville Monroe Lake Providence Bossier City Louis Gergaud St. Matthew's Church Theresa of Jesus Mary Joseph Loretta St. Hyacinth’s Academy Wood Street Virginia Tassman M. F. Springer

Plea and arraignment actions mark start of spring term

In federal court, several defendants pleaded guilty to liquor law violations and other offenses while others faced arraignments or not guilty pleas. Notable outcomes include James G. Reddick receiving a six month suspended sentence plus five years probation with restitution. five migratory bird offenders were fined totaling 650 dollars.

U. S Charley Oceola Thissell Thissell Curtis Gardner Teddy Arthur Fincher Ben Dawkins, Jr Leon Austin John Harriss James G. Reddick Dawkins Billy Sanders Arden Roy Hibbard Jesse Bridges Sallee B. M. Duke Lee Postell

Police Open Path as Southern Bell Strikers Protest

About 50 striking Southern Bell employees gathered in front of the Grammont and Catalpa office early Monday, and city police had to clear a path to the door. Officers said no threats occurred and nonstriking workers crossed the line safely as the crowd dispersed by 7:30 a.m. This marked the first police involvement since the eight state strike began, amid prior vandalism including cable cuts on recent nights.

Southern Bell Telephone Co Grammont Catalpa

Nautilus Prepares Shakedown Against Anti-Sub Forces

The atomic submarine Nautilus heads to sea for an extended shakedown cruise to test speed and stealth against Navy antisubmarine forces. The voyage, likely in the western Atlantic and Caribbean, will pit the sub against destroyer escorts planes and blimps with advanced detection gear.

New London Conn Navy Electric Boat Division General Dynamics Corp Atlantic Caribbean

Two Killed In Crash Near Kleberg Texas

In Kleberg Texas two people died when a car overturned into a ditch on Belt Line Road near Kleberg. The driver a Amarillo cab driver was held for murder without malice investigation. One passenger A C Wallace 34 Dallas uninjured. Annie Hall 35 Dallas and Eddie Harold Anthony 30 Rylie were killed.

Kleberg Tex Dallas Annie Hall Eddie Harold Anthony Rylie Amarillo A. C. Wallace Belt Line Rd McCoy Anthony

Corsi to Meet Hall After Dulles Istanbul Controversy

Edward J. Corsi, ousted as immigration adviser to the State Department, rejected a temporary post and planned a daytime meeting with Leonard W. Hall. The Italian-born New Yorker drew protests from Republicans and some Democrats over his firing amid the McCarran Walter act debate.

Washington ULP Edward J. Corsi State Department Secretary of John Foster Dulles Corsi Dulles Leonard W. Hall Republican National Committee New York Latin America Cors Hall Columbian Republican League of New York New York State

Raab Seeks End to Red Occupation in Moscow Talks

Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab flies to Moscow to press for Soviet withdrawal from Austria and a neutral East West settlement. Molotov hints the Big Four may reach agreement on Austria soon as Raab vows no secret deals and aims for productive negotiations.

Vienna Austria Julius Raab Moscow Kremlin Europe Raab V. M. Molotov

Bombarded airliner missing with nine CPC delegates

An Indian airliner carrying nine members of the Chinese Communist delegation to the Afro Asian conference in Bandung Indonesia was overdue Monday and feared crashed on the Hong Kong to Djakarta leg.

Hong Kong Bandung Indonesia Djakarta

Triple Action Classified Ad Sells All Items Fast

A classified ad in the News Star claims a advertiser sold two Victorian love seats a 10 piece mahogany dining set a mahogany console a mahogany step and coffee tables by day two. Contact phone numbers 2 5472 and 2 516 with a seven day cancellation offer.

News-Star World

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Oma Lke Reds South Philippines Radio-Tv CIO Communications Workers of America Clinton, Tenn Joe Owen Tom Stokes Southern Bell Birmingham Ala Robert Lindbergh G. L. Pattie LaFollette Jellico Maryville W. A. Smallwood CWA Sloan G. Springfield Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service S. C Daughters of Cross Garrett Place Jackson and Grammont Streets St. Hyacinth's Douglas Bennet Seattle Wash Terry Hall Bulletin News-Star — World
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