Black Monday Author Attacks Supreme Court Ruling
Brookhaven judge Tom Brady author of Black Monday told about 600 in Neville auditorium that five of nine justices who endorsed racial integration are socialists. He urged the people to vote on court members and called the ruling the most ignoble ever.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Tom Brady
Brookhaven
Miss
Neville Auditorium
Brady
Supreme Court
Legislative Branch
Court
Youths Capable Of Challenge Declares Judge
Judge W B McKesson told the 38th annual Louisiana PTA convention that youths are capable of meeting modern world problems. He cited low delinquency rates in Los Angeles County and urged homes schools and communities to focus on shaping lives over mere living as technology shrinks distances and expands opportunities.
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W. B. McKesson
Los Angeles
Calif
Louisiana Parent-Teacher Association
Dr. McKesson
America
Los Angeles County
United States
White House
Rayburn Tapped To Preside Over Demo Convention
Washington April 20 Speaker Sam Rayburn was chosen to preside at the Democratic National Convention next August as the party faces financial strain. Party leaders met in a two day strategy conference noting about 100000 in the bank debts exceeding 25000 and a deficit under 75000 while ticket sales for a 100 per plate fundraising dinner lag. National Chairman Paul Butler accused the GOP of a concerted effort to deprive the Democrats of time to present their story and criticized joint television debates.
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Washington
Democratic High Command
Sam Rayburn
Paul M. Butler
GOP
Butler
Leonard W. Hall
National Broadcasting Co
Godfrey to Drop Friends Show from CBS TV
New York April 20 AP Arthur Godfrey announced he will end the 60 minute program Arthur Godfrey and His Friends on CBS TV, folding the show on July 25 after years on the air. CBS cited pressure from Godfrey’s heavy radio and TV load, with no replacement announced. He already hosts Talent Scouts and extensive radio and TV duties totaling about 13 hours per week.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Cbs-Tv
CBS
Monroe Woman Is Crowned Mrs Louisiana In State Finals
Mrs Emmett L Mitchell of Monroe was named Mrs Louisiana after dominating homemaking tasks in the state finals. Alternate winner was Mrs Alex Lopresto of New Iberia. Mitchell will represent Louisiana in the national Mrs America 1957 contest.
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Louisiana
Emmett L. Mitchell
John Coon
W. J. Wheeler
The
United Gas
Bill Wheeler
Wheeler
John Oldenburg
Auburn
Monroe
Alex Lopresto
New Iberia
Mitchell
Ruston
River Collision Blocks Lakes Channel
In Algonac Michigan on April 20 salvage crews raised the lime stone carrier A M Byers after a head on collision with the E M Ford sank in the St Clair River. The Byers sank within a half hour and 40 crew escaped by lifeboat. one injured, cook Michael Wenta of Milwaukee.
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Algonac
Mich
Great Lakes
St. Clair River
A. M. Byers
John Engelson
Toledo
Ohio
E. M. Ford
Harsens Island
Engelson
Byers
Michael Wenta
Milwaukee
Wis
Ford
Child Pays for News With Daring Sum
A Parent-Teacher convention anecdote tells of a newsboy asking a man for payment for a month of newspapers left at the home. The man could not make change and turned to his young daughter to resolve the bill.
Miscellany In The News Port Aransas Ferry Tragedy Kills Three
A car plunged from a ferry between Port Aransas and Harbor Island killing Lena Mae Thomas 48 of Corpus Christi and Mr and Mrs Sam Thomas of Battle Creek Michigan. Leo Thomas 54 is in serious condition at Amass Pass hospital.
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Port Aransas
Tex
Harbor Island
Lena Mae Thomas
Corpus Christi
Sam Thomas
Battle Creek
Mich
Thomas
Leo
Amasas Pass
Louisiana State Medical Society Convention Opens Monday
The Louisiana State Medical Society starts a three day convention here Monday with over 500 doctors from 64 parishes expected. Featured speaker Dr. Louis McDonald Orr of Orlando, Florida will address the gathering.
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Alexandria
Louisiana State Medical Society
Louis McDonald Orr
Or‘lando, Fla
Hagler Acquitted Of Torch Slaying In Oklahoma
Hagler was found not guilty by an 11 man 1 woman jury in Sulphur Oklahoma on charges he murdered a man who died in a station wagon fire. The verdict followed deliberations and testimony reread by order of the judge. Hagler smiled grimly as his mother hugged him.
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Alice Lorance
W. J. Monroe
Anne Robinson
Hagler
Texas
Bank Robber Sentenced Twenty Years in Federal Prison
In Aberdeen Mississippi on April 20 U S District Judge Allen Cox sentenced Fruent Kimes to 20 years after a guilty verdict. He and an accomplice are believed to have robbed the Ackerman Mississippi Grenada bank branch of about $52 000 with no recovery of the funds to date.
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Aberdeen
Miss
U. S. Dist
Allen Cox
Fruent Kimes
Cairo
Kimes
Ackerman
Top Brass Warns Of Red Power
Washington April 20 Two former chiefs of staff warned against Soviet pressure and outlined naval and airpower growth. Gen Carl Spaatz warned of a Pearl Harbor style surprise using submarines and air strikes. Adm Robert Carney said Soviet naval power has grown since World War II and seas loss could decide outcomes even after an atomic exchange.
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Washington
Carl Spaatz
Air Force
Adm
Robert Carney
Manhunt Closes with Capture of Two Brothers Near Sondheimer
After a 36 hour search, brothers Robert Pettit and Carlton Pettit were captured in a hay-filled tenant house west of Sondheimer. They were linked to an assault on Jimmy Trotter and were identified as Nacogdoches jailbreak fugitives. Police cordoned the area and pursued the pair through surrounding woods.
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Lake Providence
Sondheimer
J. W
Red) Gilbert
East Carroll Parish
E. W. Parker
Madison Parish
Nacogdoches
Tex
Fred Church
Robert Pettit
Carlton Pettit
Sheriff's Office
Robert
Church
Carlton
Shreveport
Bohlen Sees Russians Abandon Stalinism for Collective Rule
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen reports to President Eisenhower that current Russian leaders including Zhukov are moving beyond Stalinism toward a collective dictatorship. He notes Khrushchev Bulganin and the ouster of Malenkov mark a shift while Molotov's influence wanes as he returns to Moscow after talks in Washington.
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Washington
Charles E. Bohlen
Eisenhower
Russia
Marshal Zhukov
Bohlen
State Department
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
V. M. Molotov
Gravel Named To Democratic Party Executive Group
Camille Gravel of Alexandria Louisiana was chosen to replace Wright Morrow of Texas as the South's representative on the Democratic National Committee's policy shaping executive committee. Gravel is Louisiana national committeeman and a key figure with Gov elect Earl K Long as he takes office May 15. The appointment ends a dispute over Morrow's status and fills the southern post as party leadership lines shift in the region.
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Washington
Camille Gravel
Alexandria
Wright Morrow
Texas
South
Democratic National Committee
Gravel
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Long
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Morrow
Eisenhower
Mild Weekend Forecast for Louisiana Area
The Twin Cities will enjoy sunny skies and mild weather this weekend with scattered light rain possible in the south. North east Louisiana should see pleasant conditions with a few clouds and no rain, highs near 74 and lows around 43.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
Several Contestants Come Close to Crossword Jackpot
Contestants nearly cracked the Morning World's crossword jackpot of 375 dollars this week, but no one won. The prize rolls to 400 dollars for next Monday and Tuesday editions. Explanations of difficult clues include SNORT versus SNORE, a police sphere of duty, and the outdated spelling DRESSES versus TRESSES.
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Bill
Al.l. Peo
Khrushchev Urges Armament Cuts and Then Abolition
Soviet leader Khrushchev at a London dinner urged reduction and eventual abolition of all armed forces. He warned that continuing East West arms race could lead to war and called for steps toward disarmament as the first stage, with abolition as ultimate goal. The remarks were made to Britain's top military officers at Greenwich Royal Naval College following talks with Bulganin.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Britain
Greenwich Royal Naval College
Nikolai Bulganin
Fourth miner remains buried as rescue teams persist
Sunyside Utah April 20 rescue crews dig with fading hope for a buried coal miner after three companions were found alive and unharmed. Foreman Joseph Otterstrom 58 of Sunny side is sought beneath more than 16 feet of rock and coal as Kaiser Coal Co officials report no sign he survives. The three rescued men survived 39 to 44 hours aided by sheltering equipment and calm endurance.
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Sunnyside
Utah
Joseph Otterstrom
Kaiser Coal Co
Otterstrom
Joe Taylor
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