De Gaulle Parade Draws Massive New Orleans Crowd
Reporters describe crowds along Canal Street as de Gaulle leads a thousand marching soldiers into the French Quarter during a Thursday night review. Governor Long attends, surprising observers, while the scene mirrors the Gras season spectacle with huge public interest.
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United States
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Jackson Square
French Quarter
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de Gauille
Louisiana
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Ceneral
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Lenz
da Ay Niga
Storm Tears Across Oklahoma City Area
A destructive Oklahoma storm damaged Pocasset and nearby towns with a tornado ripping a high school gym, a cotton gin, a bus garage and homes. The Weather Bureau building suffered outages as winds toppled roofs at Hillcrest Country Club and a fire station while hail shattered windows and floods stranded drivers. Thirteen people hospitalized for cuts and bruises with fifteen treated and released. damage also hit Moore with two unoccupied homes destroyed and four more damaged.
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Tuttle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Will Rogers Airport
Hillcrest Country Club
Oaklahoma City
Moore
Chamber film on budget crisis shown by committee
The color film, produced by the chamber of commerce legislation committee led by Charles Brown, was shown to discuss spending tax monies. Williams urged interested persons and clubs to contact the chamber office for more information.
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Chamber
Charles Brown
Williams
Chamber of Commerce Office
Sailor Boy Tags On Sale By Rainbow District Saturday
Sailor Boy tags go on sale Saturday on the Twin City streets. Navy Mothers Clubs of America sponsor the annual fund drive with local support from Monroe Assembly No 4 Order of the Rainbow for Girls. Proceeds fund welfare projects for Naval Marine Coast Guard and veterans hospitals and local charities.
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Neville High
Eft
Ser
Jim Barfield
USMC
Twin Cities
Navy Mothers Club
Jeanne Foster
Navy
Navy Mothers
Navy Mothers Clubs of America
Club No. 760
Monroe Assembly No. 4
Order of the Rainbow
Navy Mothers Clubs
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Marine
Coast Guard
Veterans
Shreveport
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Chub
Ase
Naval Chapel
Long Beach
Calif
Slapping Incident Lands Negro in Miami Jail
Reported slapping of a white girl in Miami leads to a Negro being jailed after a bus terminal lunch room incident. The piece notes racial tensions with sit-ins in Chattanooga and Woolworth counter protests, street clashes, a cross burned on a Negro family home lawn in Indianapolis, and a resident's surprised reaction to the first such encounter since January.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
IFW
Woolworth
Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph M. Howard
Clark details gifts to wife and himself and payola claims
Clark testifies that a wife’s necklace and his ring, valued at 3400, were gifts and charged as a business expense. He says they accepted them reluctantly and that no special treatment followed. He recalls retroactive talent fee reimbursements but says none since 1958 and denies knowledge of payola with Jaime Tecord Co. He cannot verify a 600000 earnings summary from 1957-1959.
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Clark
Jaime Tecord Co
Philadelphia
Mary Mills Hawkins to Attend Jaycee Airshow in Monroe
The Miss Louisiana, Mary Mills Hawkins, arrives in Monroe this afternoon by plane to attend the Jaycee Airshow on Sunday per local President Louis Daniel. Mrs. Claudia Nugent White, Wirall Elementary School fourth grade teacher, is elected to Phi Kappa Phi Louisiana Tech chapter, honoring scholars nationwide with 76 chapters.
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Louisiana
Mary Mills Hawkins
Monroe
Louis Daniel
Claudia Nugent White
Wirall
Louisiana Tech
Phi Kappa Phi
Battaglia Platform Emphasizes Garbage Tax and Street Reform
J A Battaglia pledges to revoke the garbage tax and press a fair street program for all Monroe areas, noting inequities in southside and college districts. He calls for higher pay for city workers, stronger police and fire pay, and says he is an independent candidate accountable only to Monroe residents.
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Monroe
U.S. per capita cotton use reaches 26.5 pounds in 1959
In 1959 Americans consumed about 26.5 pounds of cotton per person, roughly 10 percent higher than 1958. The rise reflects ongoing demand in textile products and broader economic gains shaping the industry.
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United States
Davis Promise Sparks Move Toward Independent Legislature
Lt. Gov.-elect C. C. Aycock addressed a pre-Legislative conference in Baton Rouge saying the dream of an independent Legislature is real and here. He urged legislators to use independence to benefit the state and called for a reasonable budget as he outlined policy goals before more than 130 lawmakers.
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Jimmie Davis
C. C. Aycock
Aycock
Senate
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