Soviets promise to pull troops from Austria and end impasse
In a Friday aide memoire Moscow and Vienna agreed to withdraw occupation troops by year end if a formal treaty with the United States Britain and France can take effect. The pact ends a decade long stalemate in the cold war and releases Austrian prisoners of war and civilians held in the Soviet Union after troops depart.
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Moscow
Austria
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Rusia
Monroe-Bastrop highway upgrade to start April 18
A $417 380 highway improvement project for Monroe Bastrop is set to begin April 18. Coastal Contractors Inc won the bid on March 23 to widen 18 foot concrete to 24 feet and pave with asphalt on routes 11 200 near Monroe Bastrop, extending about 13 miles. The 12 month program will maintain traffic with through and local flow during construction.
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Monroe - Bastrop
Ouachita
More‘house Parishes
Board of Highways
Fred Preaus
Preaus
Coastal Contractors, Inc
Monroe
Bastrop
George Forman
Highway Department
Asian Premiers In Rangoon For Private Talks
In Rangoon Burma prime ministers Nehru of India Nasser of Egypt and Chou En Lai of China met at Mingaladon Airport for private talks. Burmese Premier U Nu greeted the visitors while a crowd cheered Nehru and Nasser. Chou invited Nasser to visit China.
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Rangoon
Burma
Red China
India
Egypt
Mingaladon
Jawaharlal Nehru
Abdel Gamal Nasser
New Delhi
Chou En-lai
China
U Nu
Chou
Nehru
Nasser
Prevent Forest Fires Keep Louisiana Green
Local page promotes forest fire prevention with a statewide message urging residents to protect woodlands. Highlights safety tips and community actions to reduce wildfire risk across Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Senators Question Refugee Policy as McLeod and Corsi Clash
In Washington a Senate judiciary subcommittee issued a public hearing summons for State Department refugee program chief R. W. McLeod and former adviser Edward Corsi to testify under oath on policy issues. The clash follows Corsi’s 90 day dismissal by Secretary Dulles amid criticism that too few refugees have been admitted under the 1953 emergency act. Langer said Dulles is likely to testify after the hearings conclude.
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Washington
Senate
R. W. Scott McLeod
Edward Corsi
Corsi
Dulles
Congress
McLeod
Langer
R-Nd
Salk Vaccine Creator Wins $10,000 Criss Award
Dr. Jonas E. Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, was named the 1955 recipient of the Mutual of Omaha Criss Award and gold medal. The selection was announced by Dr. Charles W. Mayo of the Mayo Clinic, who heads the 14 member Criss Award board. The prize is the largest of its kind in the United States.
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Rochester, Minn
Jonas E. Salk
Mutual of Omaha Criss
Salk
Charles W. Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minnesota
Criss Award Board of Judges
United States
Bomber Crashes On Take Off At Bermuda Base
A U S Air Force B 47 Stratojet crashed shortly after take off from Kindley Air Force Base in Bermuda. Witnesses report it plunged into Castle Harbor at about 9 35 a m bursting into flames with three crew aboard. An Air Force spokesman promised further details later.
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Bermuda Base
ST. George's
Bermuda
Kindley Air Force Base
Castle Harbor
Boeing
Air Force
Diver Probes Muddy River For Missing
In Woodville Mississippi a professional diver searches the muddy Homochitto River for unknown dead after flood damaged bridge caused vehicles to plunge into the rain swollen water. National Guard boats assist as patrols fear drownings in 25 feet of water. A New Orleans diver joins local authorities and guardsmen in an all night recovery effort for at least two vehicles.
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Woodville
Miss
UPA
Homochitto
Highway Patrol
New Orleans
Highway 61
Airmen charged with murder of shooting gallery operator
Two airmen Arthur M. McLain Jr. and John Preston Beard were charged with murdering Cecil Byrd, 58, operator of a Wichita Falls shooting gallery. Beard admits shooting Byrd and both men say they gathered about 200 dollars from the crime then hid the money and fled to Sheppard Air Force Base. Police recovered 37.20 in a sock.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Arthur M. McLain Jr
Potwin
Kan
John Preston Beard
Kingsport Tonn
Beard
Gene Richie
McLain
Cecil Byrd
Byrd
Sheppard Air Force Base
Truman Returns to Washington for Democratic Conclave
Former President Truman arrives in Washington for a weekend meeting of the Democratic National Committee. He backs Adlai Stevenson for the nomination and plans to speak at a Rayburn dinner while dodging questions about Eisenhower. He praises administration policy where aligned and criticizes deviations.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Sam Rayburn
Dean Acheson
Arthur Prettyman
White House
Union Station
Acheson
Prettyman
Eisenhower
George Opposed To Announcing Stand On Strait Islands
Senator George of Georgia backs President Eisenhower and says public declaration on defending Quemoy and Matsu would not advance peace. He calls the issue a football of politics and implies Eisenhower will act as good men do when faced with the decision.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
George
Quemoy
Matsuh
Avery
Wolfson
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Wolfson Wins Court Fight To Control Ward Co
Illinois Supreme Court upheld Louis E. Wolfson in his bid to control Montgomery Ward. The ruling voids Ward’s staggered nine director elections and requires all nine directors to run annually, paving Wolfson’s path to a board majority.
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Wolfson
Ward Co
Springfield, Ill
Illinois Supreme Court Today
Louis E. Wolfson
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ward
Supreme Court
Harry M. Fisher
Chicago
Fisher
Ward Board of Directors
New York
Mrs. T. W. Hardy Dies Here at 58 with Funeral Planned
Mrs. T. W. Hardy 58 of 212 Rochelle Monroe died in a hospital after a heart attack. Rosary tonight at Mulhearn Funeral chapel at 7 30. Funeral at 9 am Saturday at St Matthew's Catholic Church. Interment Greenwood cemetery Pineville. She operated a physicians exchange and was active in St Matthew's. Survived by husband and their son Bill Hardy a university freshman and sister Mrs R F Pugh.
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T. W. Hardy
Rochelle
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Pineville
St. Matthew's
Bill Hardy
University of Alabama
R. F. Pugh
Four Sentenced In District Court On Burglary and Battery
Judge David I Garrett sentenced David Holland, 19, to five and three years on two counts of robbery. Henry Eugene Gray, 35, received one year for car theft. Isaac Dial, 39, Bosco, one year for aggravated battery on his wife. John Persinger, 22, two years for forgery. probation from Washington DC noted. Fines were imposed on Orion Landrun and Joe Pilley for DUI. Earnest May and Eugene Miller mentioned.
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David Holland
Angola
Henry Eugene Gray
Isaac Dial
Bosco
John Persinger
Persinger
Washington, D. C
Orion P. Landrun
Joe C. Pilley
Earnest May
Eugene Miller
United States Denies Red China Prison Visit Offer
Washington reports the U S rejects China’s proposal to allow relatives of 15 jailed airmen to visit them in Chinese prisons. The stance reflects ongoing tension over access and diplomatic leverage amid captivity cases and policy disagreements.
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Washington
United States
Red China
Man Cleared Of Bank Robbery Seeks Pension After 19 Years
Slender Leonard Hawkins of Dawson Springs Ky, wrongly imprisoned 19 years, will start a $300 monthly pension in Minnesota retroactive to Jan 1. Pardoned in 1951, Hawkins accepts freedom with gratitude and plans to return home, write a book, and aid needy kids.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Slender Leonard Hawkins
Dawson Springs
Hawkins
Barker-Karpis
Third Northwestern
Minneapolis
Hankins
Jesse Doyle
Barker Gang
Delia Lowery
Jack MacKay
St. Paul
Associated Press
Sig Couch
Thieves Take Safe From Monroe Recreation Parlor
Thieves broke into the Monroe Recreation Parlor at 423 DeSiard Street Thursday night, rolled out a 200 pound safe with wheels, and loaded it onto a truck or car. The safe contained about $125 and papers of various kinds, with no sign of it by Friday morning.
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Monroe Recreation Parlor
DeSiard Street
Hugh Tolbert
Tolbert
Roy Boyd
Picketing Halts Operations at Big Steel Fairfield Plant
Workers surged into the Tennessee Coal and Iron Division plant at Fairfield Alabama forcing a shutdown as a large Birmingham area strike loomed in sympathy with telephone and railway workers. United Steelworkers district director Farr said the spontaneous demo would ripple through the Birmingham region.
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Atlanta
U.S. Steel
Fairfield
Ala
Birmingham
Big Steel
Tennessee Coal & Iron Division
South
R. E. Farr
United Steelworkers (Cio
Farr
Oil Bonuses Boost Louisiana Treasury by 160 Million
Louisiana and Texas oil firms paid 160,955,083 in bonuses into the state treasury. The Continental Oil Co. tally shows a 435 wells drilled off Louisiana with 238.67 gas wells and 130 dry holes. Bonuses averaged 99.63 per acre in Louisiana and 84.79 in Texas.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Tidelands
State Mineral Board
Continental Oil Co
Chapman Line
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf
Classified ad for used fans and appliances sale
A reader notes a successful classified sale of two Robbins and Myers window fans for 45 dollars, a Homart unit for 25 dollars, and a Philco refrigerator with freezer for 75 dollars. The ad ran for five days at 3.30 dollars and invites others to place for sale notices in the News-Star-World Classified Column with seven day rates and cancellation options.
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Robbins and Myers
Homart
One
Wantad
News-Star—World
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Walter W. Bees
Ouachita Parish
David I. Garrett
Fourth District
Lawrence Wetherby
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