Sheriff Coci Sues Look Magazine for Libel
In New Orleans AP report Sheriff William Coci of Jefferson Parish filed a 250000 damage suit in federal court against Look Magazine and two Louisiana men. He alleges a conspiracy with Cowles Magazine Inc Aaron Kohn and Mollere to defame him through pictures and printed material tied to an article on Gov Earl Long.
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New Orleans
William Coci
Jefferson Parish
Look
Earl K. Long
Coci
October Rise in Louisiana Business Activity
Louisiana business activity grew 3.4 percent in October from a year earlier, with crude petroleum production up 12.9 percent and industrial electric power up 8.7 percent. Losses included freight car loadings 14 percent and employment down 1.3 percent, while petroleum manufacturing sales fell 14.3 percent and department store sales slipped 2.8 percent. For January through October, 25 of 31 lines showed gains, with October vs September up 6 percent in industrial power and 0.6 percent in employment.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earlir
Louisiana State University College of Commerce
Caldwell Game Area Open for Hunting Through December 7
Wildlife Director Rudolph P. Easterly announced Caldwell Game Management Area in Caldwell Parish will be open for hunting from now until December 7. The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission dropped plans for a buck only deer hunt on the Caldwell area December 11 to 13 after Nebo Oil Company, owner of the land, declined a new lease. Nebo’s cancellation ends a previously planned controlled hunt under the old lease.
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Rudolph P. Easterly
Caldwell
Caldwell Parish
Easterly
News-Star
Steve Harmon
Harmon
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Caldwell Game Management
Nebo Oil Company
Nebo
Man Buys Son A Lighthouse For Christmas
New York AP report details Thomas Consorti of Paramus New Jersey paying 16313 dollars as the top bid among 30 offers to the General Services Administration for a decommissioned New Jersey coast lighthouse surplus after 100 years of service. He plans to gift it to his 20 year old son Peter, an amateur astronomer seeking an astronomical station.
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New York
Thomas Consorti
New Jersey
Consorti
Manhattan
Paramus
N. J
General Services Administration
Peter
City Tightens Parking Rules and Revokes Taxi Certificate
The Monroe City Council limited parking on three streets and moved to revoke Economy Cab Co. operator Howard C Ramsey's certificate. Police Chief James C. Kelly testified about six points leading to the potential expiration of Ramsey's operating license.
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Monroe Streets
Economy Cab Co
Catalpa Street
Harrison Street
N. 4Th Street
DeSiard
Breard
N. 3Rd Street
Louisville Ave
Bres Ave
James C. Kelly
Howard C. Ramsey
Ramsey
Ford Pipes Jr
Kelly
W. L
Jack) Howard
Navy recruit earns highest academic award for top score
Seaman Recruit Charles P. Dysart of Monroe has the Navy’s top academic honor for maintaining the highest individual score during recruit training. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Dysart of 702 Avoyelle Street and will be stationed at the U S Naval Air Station in Memphis while attending the Aviation Machinist Mate School.
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Monroe
Charles P. Dysart
C. E. Dysart
Avoyelle
Navy
Seaman Dysart
U. S. Naval Air Station
Memphis
Aviation
Critically Ill Mrs Maude Clay Noted St Joseph Home Resident
Mrs Maude Clay longtime St Joseph Home resident is reported in critical condition today. The notice indicates she is the mother of a person continued on page two A.
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Maude Clay
St. Joseph Home
McElroy Resigns as Defense Secretary. Gates Named Successor
President Eisenhower accepted McElroy’s resignation effective immediately. Thomas S. Gates Jr., deputy secretary since last June, will succeed him as defense secretary. Gates, 53, is a Philadelphia investment banker who previously led the Navy and had served as undersecretary. McElroy, 55, had led the Pentagon since 1957 and plans to resume as head of Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati.
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Washington
Neil H. McElroy
Defense
Eisenhower
Thomas S. Gates Jr
White House
McElroy
National Security Council
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pentagon
Neil
Gales
Senate
Congress
Gates
Secretary of the Navy
Philadelphia
Navy
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Don
Polar pact signed by United States and Soviet Union
The United States, Soviet Union and 10 other nations signed a treaty for peaceful use of Antarctica. It bans nuclear explosions, freezes claims, and creates an international inspection system. The agreement, praised as a milestone in scientific cooperation, will last indefinitely with a review after 30 years.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Vasili V. Kuznetsov
South Pole
Antarctica
U. S
Goodfellows Face Slow Donations as Requests Grow
The Goodfellows received a surge of clothing and cover requests today for Christmas aid while donations lag. Only $141 has been collected so far, though requests continue to pour in.
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the Goodfellows
In Memory of My Husband Jack Morrison
A brief tribute noting the memory of Jack Morrison, with a small line of affection and a remaining reference to A. W. Baker as nee Me. sedan ae.
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Jack Morrison
A. W. Baker
Sedan
Christmas Appeals Reach Goodfellows Across Parish
A parish wide appeal shows families seeking aid from Goodfellows amid Christmas hardship. A mother writes that her husband is unemployed and five children face a bleak Yuletide, hoping for help beyond toys.
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Goodfellows
Verdict postponed in Cuban trial of two Americans
A Cuban military tribunal heard an 18 hour case against 2 Americans and 37 Cuban defendants accused of plotting to overthrow Fidel Castro. The court said no verdict today with prosecutors seeking firing squad for Frank Austin Young and Fernando Bertot while 12 others faced 30 year terms or lesser punishments. A Pinar del Rio tribunal may deliver verdicts later under new appeal rules.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Frank Austin Young
Indianapolis
Ind
Miami
Fla
Fernando Pruno Bertot
Columbia University
New York
Peter John Lambton
Nassau
Bahamas
Castro
Pinar del Rio
Alabama Accepts Liberty Bowl Invite Penn State Dec 19
Alabama will meet Penn State in the Liberty Bowl at Philadelphia Stadium on December 19. Amrose Dudley, co promoter, announced the bowl selection saying the game would be an outstanding inaugural for football fans in the East seeking a major bowl in their home area.
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Philadelphia
Alabama
Penn State
Philadelphia Stadium
Ambrose Dudley
Dudley
Railways Accused Of Trying To Kill Off River Traffic
A barge line official accused railroads of cutting river traffic with cut throat rates. EKJ Buck of Coyle Lines testified before the Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources, saying waterways could handle far more tonnage than seen. he warned policies could reverse long term growth.
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Railways
Alexandria
EK. J. Buck
Coyle Lines Inc
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buck
Inland Waterways Common Carriers Assn. of
Chicago
Senate Select Committee On National Water Resources
Two Children Die In Oklahoma Fire
In Cushing Oklahoma a house fire killed two infants James Alvin Linn age 1% and Donna Sue 3 months, injuring the parents Mr and Mrs Moses Lagrant Linn who were burned and survived. The husband rescued a 5-year-old son and a 34-year-old daughter as flames consumed the eight room rock and frame residence.
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Cushing, Okla
Here
Masonic Hospital
James Alvin Linn
Donna Sue
Moses Lagrant Linn
Linn
Vera Nell
Explosion at Monroe power plant injures two workers
An early morning boiler explosion at the Monroe electric power plant caused about 15 000 in damages but did not disrupt city service. Plant superintendent L L Nunley said the blast was due to a valve left open from last night. J W Hollis and Eugene Yates, two employees on site, escaped injury.
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Monroe
L. L. Nunley
J. W. Hollis
Eugene Yates
Nunley
Utilities Commission
French L. Smith
Adenauer in Paris To Discuss Minor Disagreements
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer arrived in Paris for a two day round of talks with President Charles de Gaulle. The leaders stress unity on major Western Allied issues while noting some smaller disagreements. They may review plans for the Western summit in Paris December 19 and topics including West Berlin status and German reunification.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Adenauer
West Berlin
Chuckle Joke About Wife and Road Map Lunch
Joke line about a husband noticing his wife is tired of him as she wraps his lunch in a road map each day, a humorous domestic misunderstanding.
Khrushchev Promises Massive Rocket Arsenal in Warning
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said in Budapest that the USSR has a stockpile of rockets with nuclear warheads ample enough to raze enemies, while offering to destroy those stockpiles if a universal disarmament plan is adopted. He also blamed 1956 unrest in Hungary on former Stalinist leaders and urged a rapid East West summit.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Hungarian Communist Party
Khrushchev
Hungarian Workers’ (Communist) Party
Rakosi
Partly Cloudy Forecast for Monroe and Area
The forecast calls for cloudy and partly cloudy skies in Monroe with a tonight low of 40 to 44 degrees. Yesterday's low was 25 with a high of 60, and this morning's low reached 40. No rain was recorded yesterday, while the state high hit 63 in Shreveport on Monday.
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Monroe
Shreveport
Doctor Hails Altafur Drug For Gravely Ill Children
Oklahoma physician Dr. J. Lysaught reported at the American Medical Association meeting that the synthetic drug Altafur saved 34 of 59 gravely ill children with pneumonia and bronchiolitis at Oklahoma City’s Wesley Hospital. Most had failed other antibiotics with staphylococcal infections amid an outbreak. side effects were nausea and vomiting, manageably treated by dosing with ideals.
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Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Wesley Hospital
J. Neil Lysaught
American Medical Assn
Lysaught
Three Survive Tragedy In Pennsylvania
An Allegheny Airlines jet bound from Philadelphia to Cleveland crashed into Eagle Mountain near Montoursville Pennsylvania in a heavy snowstorm. Three people survived of the 25 aboard with one pilot reporting a lone passenger still in a tree. authorities noted one survivor later and the scene described as a charred wreckage with the tail intact. The crash occurred amid ongoing safety accolades for the airline and Montoursville lies about 90 miles north of Harrisburg.
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Montoursville
Allegheny Airlines
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ohio
Eagle Mountain
Tom Schadt
Williamsport - Montoursville
Pennsylvania
Myron McGrath
McGrath
Harrisburg
Bentonite Deposit Found Near Homer Louisiana Geologist Reports
Louisiana state geologist Leo W. Hugh announced a bentonite deposit near Homer is the largest and most accessible in the Gulf South. The 700000 ton bed lies five and a half miles southeast of Homer, over two feet thick, discovered during Claiborne parish mineral surveys by LSU faculty and students. Local citizen groups raised 11400 to fund the survey. Companies consider mining and a processing mill may be built in the parish.
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Baton Rouge
UPD
Leo W. Hugh
Homer
Louisiana
Gulf South
Claiborne Parish
Hugh
Louisiana Geological Survey
School of Geology
Louisiana State Universiy
Tom Sale J.R
Haynesville
Hough
Take Up Payments on 1956 Lincoln
Read ad listing a 1956 Lincoln with full power and air conditioner for sale. Contact FA 3-4036 to arrange payment terms or purchase details.
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Lincoln
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