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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
1
President Eisenhower met with top advisers at Camp David to shape next year’s defense program while balancing the budget and pursuing a tax cut if feasible. Secretary Humphrey indicated the aim is to balance the budget despite military spending signals.
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $170,000 loan to Northeast Louisiana Telephone Co. of Collinston to convert to dial operation. President Ben W. Hopgood leads 182 subscribers, with the loan enabling service to 273 rural families previously without phones. The company will build two new dial buildings at Collinston and Bonita.
A two engine Navy patrol bomber with ten aboard crashed 26 miles off Kauai. A submarine rescued three survivors Lieutenant K C Guedel Dover Ohio pilot Lieutenant E F O Malley Chicago co pilot and Lieutenant Robert S Smith Montgomery Alabama. Air sea search for the others continued at dawn with limited hope of locating the seven remaining crew.
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In Milford Delaware the school board and students confront a fresh conflict over future integration policy. The Milford student council led by Edward Steiner seeks clear guidelines on activities and sports amid a previous court ruling and lingering segregation tensions.
Partly cloudy skies were forecast for the Twin City area throughout the day Thursday. Light winds were expected in the afternoon with northwest winds around 10 miles per hour in the morning. Morning high near 61 degrees and a low around 38.
London reports a world aviation authority predicting the Soviet Union will soon field a formidable bomber striking force. Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft notes jet bombers at 360 factories from the Polish border to the Far East, including the Type 37 four jet heavy bomber and the Type 39 twin jet. It cites formation displays over Moscow last July and argues Russia’s output may not yet peak.
New York AP dispatch reports Adlai Stevenson accusing Republicans of hate mongering and a dangerous brand of politics at the AFI CIO convention. He urges restraint to protect democracy abroad, citing conflicts sparked by farm and labor stances and alleging conspiracy charges by a Republican senator's group.
In Farmerville, rumors spread that a skull found nine miles north of the parish seat might be a child or woman. Sheriff George Edwards announced the skull was animal, likely a dog, after a thorough probe and locating a nearby car cache. Dr. J G Norris examined the skull and said it was not human and had been in the woods for some time.
Salvage teams searched Chesapeake Bay for the wreckage of the Martin SeaMaster, a Navy jet seaplane that exploded after takeoff from the Glenn L. Martin Co. plant near Baltimore. Four aboard, including three Martin employees and a Navy officer, were casualties. one body attached to a parachute was recovered as witnesses saw the craft trail smoke and explode near the Potomac estuary.
A fundraising call reports donations to the Good Fellows fund with a total to date of 10. The appeal highlights a widowed mother with four children surviving on a $73 monthly welfare check and facing a dreary holiday lacking clothing and food. The plea urges continued large daily contributions to meet a $4,000 target before 17 days remain.
The General Assembly moves toward quick ratification of 18 new UN members after the Special Political Committee backed the 28 nation proposal by 52 to 2 with five abstentions. The vote shifts to the Security Council where a Chinese veto could derail the package, amid Soviet threats to veto non Communist applicants if Nationalist China blocks Outer Mongolia.
In Montgomery a bus driver H. A. Burks narrowly escaped injury as a bullet shattered a side window near him. His wife and two young children were aboard. no one was hurt and no arrests reported.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania an outbreak of 54 reported paratyphoid cases was labeled an epidemic by the state health chief who ordered mass inoculations for 35 000 residents. At least 25 unreported cases are feared with 16 new cases yesterday and several critically ill children. Milk from a common dairy is a suspected link.
Six people perished in a West Side Detroit frame house fire, including three children aged 8 and 3. Pleas Michael Griffin Jr. survived with serious burns after his family room was engulfed in flames. neighbor crews aided him as flames blocked escape.
At the AFL-CIO founding convention George Meany said NAM representatives discussed a live and let live labor peace plan with him, while NAM chair Charles Sligh Jr. denied any agreement. Adlai Stevenson addressed delegates as they prepared to consider political resolutions for the 1956 campaign.
West Monroe police report a Sunday night burglary of the 7 11 Grocery at 1501 Cypress Street. Cash and checks totaling 510 were taken, with entry gained by forcing the rear door. officers arrived after the alarm and found no intruder.
In Hamburg Germany Mrs Gerda Thimm 22 is jailed six years for mistreating her husband and attempting to poison him. The conviction cites dropping hydrocholeric acid into his ears while he slept placing a razor blade luridly under his eyelid and placing rat poison in his bed. She said she wanted to make him look ugly because he flirted with other women.
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