Eisenhower likens Soviet aims to Hitler in call for peaceful unity
President Eisenhower at a New York dinner warns that Communist goals resemble Hitler's and urges a cooperative peace to avert Red domination. He stresses building international understanding, while police provide unprecedented protection amid Puerto Rican nationalist threats.
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New York
Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler
Assn
Bureau of Advertising
Hitler
Georgia
Guardia
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Attorney Claims Corporal Victim Of Nasty Rumors
In Korea, Maj. Earl V. Brown says Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson is a victim of latrine rumors at a POW camp. The defense faced hostile witnesses as the court-martial proceeds, with Jacobson testifying the camp culture held Dickenson in suspicion and that he overheard escape plans.
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Washington
Edward S. Dickenson
Korea
Earl V. Brown
Dickenson
Cracker’s Neck
U. S
Brown
Freedom Village
Red
Lyle W. Jacobson
Butte, Mont
Pyoktong
Jacobson
Screaming Skull
Guy Emery
Emery
Where To Find It Amusements Classified Comic Page
Readable items on amusements including comics editorial radio television society and sports notes. Brief listings highlight entertainment options and local features from the paper’s classified section.
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Radio-Tv Society
Seventeen Indicted Plead Not Guilty In Ouachita Court
Seventeen Ouachita parish Grand Jury indictments enter not guilty pleas in Fourth District court. Cases cover manslaughter to forgery with trial dates in May. One defendant, Herman Lee McClain, already remanded, received a three year sentence for burglary. Additional court actions include fines for DUI and related offenses.
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Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Fourth District
Herman Lee McClain
Angola
Lena Burrell
Nathaniel Booker
Herman Allen
James Cotton
James Boyd
Claude Hobgood, Jr
Goldman Donaldson
Robert Moore
Dottie Moore
Steve Allen Wilson
Margie Ramsey
Corrine Simons
James A. Williams
Jimmy Sapp
Tommie Walker
Jessie Williams
Uriah Johnson, Jr
Henry Jones
George Oscar Dyer
Jesse Heard
Andrew Parker
Herman Lee Cole
Marion
Franklin B. King
Weslie
Airlift Brings 220 French Troops to Dien Bien Phu
American airlift begins as 220 beret-wearing French paratroops land in Saigon to reinforce Dien Bien Phu amid intensified Vietminh assaults. Paris signals potential 1,000-troop airlift. Colombo refueling en route. Nehru bars foreign troops through India.
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Saigon
Indo-China
France
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Orly Field
Colombo
Ceylon
India
Nehru
Bangkok
Thailand
Evidence Shows Costello Lived Beyond Means
The government says evidence so far in Frank Costello's income tax trial shows he and his wife spent far more than declared earnings. From 1946 to 1949 costs totaled $119,860 while income was $75,417, with a tax evasion claim over $73,000. Prosecutors questioned merchants who described purchases for bedding, decor, repairs, hospital bills, and entertainment devices.
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New York
Frank Costello
Costello
Shreveport Good Will Tour Arrives in Monroe
A convoy of 180 Shreveporters on a four state goodwill tour reaches Monroe. They are met by Monroe officials including Wayne Huckaby and Chamber leaders and parade to the Frances Hotel for a luncheon. The delegation plans to depart for Shreveport at 1 30 p m.
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Shreveport Good Will
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Wayne H. Huckaby
Illinois Central Station
Frances Hotel
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Clyde Fant
Shreveport
Jimmy Davis
Lewis Slater
Northeast Louisiana State College
Thomas M. Hayes
Monroe - West Monroe
Irving Selber
Ike greeted by 21 gun salute on Kentucky visit
President Eisenhower arrived at Fort Knox area for a seven hour trip with a 21 gun salute at Godman Field. The welcoming party included Gen. Floyd T. Parks and Maj. Gen. John H. Collier as he began a Kentucky tour visiting Hodgenville Transylvania College Lexington and Fort Knox. Accompanying him were Thomas E. Stephens James C. Hagerty Sen John Sherman Cooper Col Watson W Wise and Fred Wachs of the Lexington Herald Leader.
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Fort Knox
Lisenhower
Kentucky
Godman Field
Floyd T. Parks
2Nd Army
Fort Meade
John H. Collier
Thomas E. Stephens
James C. Hagerty
Hodgenville
Abraham Lincoln
Transylvania College
Lexington
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Watson W. Wise
Tyler, Tex
Cooper
Yale University
Fred Wachs
Lexington, Ky
Herald-Leader
Two Negroes Face Death Sentences In Alexandria
In Alexandria Louisiana two Black men Jasper Brazile aged 39 and Ruby Johnson 27 were sentenced to death for the murder of Floyd Lee Drewett during a filling station robbery. Judge Walter Hunter ordered the sentences saying they would be the first electrocutions in Rapides parish in 50 years. Defense plans to appeal within 10 days.
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Alexandria
Floyd Lee Drewett
Rapides Parish
Walter Hunter
Jasper Brazile
Ruby Johnson
State Supreme Court
Dueling Stage Reached in Elizabeth Violence
Oakdale parish sheriff reports violence in Elizabeth has reached the dueling stage after a second ambush this week. Deputies say pickets fired back as two injured workers Alvin Cole and Joe Joiner were hit by shotgun pellets. This marked the sixth week of clashes and 158th incident since a paper workers strike began in September 1952.
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Oakdale
Ailen Parish
Elizabeth
Alvin Cole
Joe Joiner
Calcasieu Paper Co
Southern Industries
Court Debate on McCarran Act Constitutional Clash
The U S Court of Appeals hours long hearing weighs the constitutionality of the McCarran Internal Security Act as Communist party lawyers challenge SACB registration and financial reporting orders The case may reach the Supreme Court for final ruling after lower court actions in a dispute rooted in 1950 legislation.
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Washington
Communist Party
United States
Supreme Law of the Land
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Congress
Truman
Sen. McCarran
D-Nevy
Vito Marcantonio
Alp-Ny
Court of Appeals
Belgium Forms Socialist Liberal Government to Preserve Unity
Belgium launches a two party cabinet led by Achille Van Acker to replace the Social Christian regime. Paul Henri Spaak named foreign minister as the coalition seeks European unity and stronger Western defenses. The Socialists and Liberals command 111 of 212 seats in the lower house.
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Brussels
Belgium
Achille van Acker
van Acker
Jean van Houtte
Paul-Henri Spaak
U.N. General Assembly
Spaak
European Unity Movement
McCarthy objects to monitored call during Stevens hearing
Senator McCarthy denounces as indecent the monitoring of a phone conversation by Army Secretary Stevens. Stevens testified about a Nov. 7 call with McCarthy discussing Roy Cohn and G. David Schine. Mundt orders Lucas to testify on transcription, triggering a heated exchange over admissibility of the notes.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
Army
Wisconsin
Mundt
R-Sd
Lucas
Roy M. Cohn
G. David Schine
Cohn
Schine
Ray
Dave
Waldorf- Astoria
David Schine
Ray Jenkins
Jenkins
Capitol police screen spectators at McCarthy hearing
Capitol police at the McCarthy Army hearings exercised extra caution and required spectators to check brief cases before entering the hearing room. Brief cases were left in the hall without a search.
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Washington
Capitol
Deed Issued For Site For Rehabilitation
Officials of the Crippled Children's society obtained a warranty deed to a building site on Oliver Road Monroe for an Easter seal rehabilitation and treatment center serving northeast Louisiana. The projected building cost exceeds 25000 dollars. Rev R L Ross thanked firemen Jaycees Lions Club Kiwanis Lionettes Tigerettes Rebeliettes and West Monroe firemen and policemen for their support.
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Crippled Children's Society
Oliver Road
Monroe
Louisiana
R. L. Ross
Ouachita Parish
Firemen
Jaycees
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Lionettes
Tigerettes
Rebeliettes
Ross
Radar Shows Most Drivers Cooperating in Monroe
Major Jack Davis, Monroe traffic coordinator, said radar over two days counted four to five thousand motorists with only a very small percentage exceeding the speed limit. Some ran about 30 mph in 25 mph zones, but high rate speeding was less common than expected. He praised public cooperation and emphasized safety over fines, urging continued public support during city limits.
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Monroe
Jack Davis
Davis
FHA torpedoed prosecution of big rental builders says Olney
Washington official Warren Olney the third, chief government criminal prosecutor, charged the FHA has blocked any attempt to prosecute builders of large rental projects who allegedly earned millions in windfall profits.
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Washington
Warren Olney III
FHA
Olney
Senate Banking Committee
FBI
Justice Department
Guy T. C. Hollyday
Federal Housing Administration
Norman P. Mason
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Warren Olney 3Rd
First State-Run College Admits Negro Undergraduates
A three day federal court order requires the Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette to admit four Negro undergraduates. It marks the first time a state board of education college allowed Negroes to enroll in undergraduate studies.
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Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Lafayette
State Board of Education
Eisenhower Reviews U S Armored Might at Fort Knox
President Eisenhower arrived at Fort Knox Kentucky for a daylong visit to inspect America s armored strength and to observe marching units and equipment on display. He was escorted by military officials and received a briefing on current defense readiness.
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Fort Knox
Eisenhower
America
Kentucky
Former POW links Edwards Dickenson to Peiping radio airing
A former prisoner of war identified a pro Communist recording aired by Radio Peiping as delivered by Cpl Edwards Dickenson. The discovery ties the unit to the broadcast and raises questions about allegiance and wartime coercion.
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Washington
Radio
Peiping
Cpl. Edwards
Dickenson
Profit in One Day in News-Star World Classified Ads
A local advertiser sold her bedroom suite within hours after running a three line ad in the News-Star World classifieds. The quick sale yielded a nice profit and proved cost effective at only $1.05 for a one day run.
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News-Star — World
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