North Louisiana tenants face hard winter amid crop failures
About 18 000 sharecrop families in drought disaster parishes north of Alexandria struggle after cotton yields drop 25 percent. Agriculture officials seek federal surplus foods to tide them over until spring as welfare needs rise and residents face hunger and poverty in a hard winter. Senator Sylvan Friedman notes lack of work and industry, urging government aid for civilians.
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North
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Dave L. Pearce
Pearce
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Alexandria
East Carroll
Sylvan Friedman
Natchitoches Parish
Nachez
Sen. Friedman
Red River
Sabine
Richland
Slayer Of Woman Believed Familiar With Household
BRINKLEY Ark. Police chief says the slaying of Mrs Sue Fuller may involve a household acquaintance. The 25-year-old mother of two was beaten with stove wood in her home as her autos dealer husband Milton was away early Sunday. He claims he left at 4 30 a m for coffee and returned after a police chat.
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Brinkley
Ark
Sue Fuller
Frank Henderson
Fuller
Bowman fires at rat start gas house fire
Clarence Bowman fired a .22 rifle at a rat inside his Kansas City home. The bullet hit a gas line under the floor, igniting a blaze the firemen extinguished with little damage. Police then charged Bowman with discharging a firearm in the city.
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Kansas City
Clarence Bowman
Bowman
Benefit Musical Program By Melody Boys
The Southern Melody Boys plan an outdoor benefit program Saturday at 2 PM in the 2200 block of DeSiard Street to raise funds for Good Fellows. Groups member Dave Witherington Rex Rhodes Ray Langston John Ed Gullege and Gene Cox perform as guitar drums and vocals with money collected in a hat. Shrine club reports a substantial prior contribution and fruit and food aid. A downtown storage room will open soon in the 100 block of South Grand Street.
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Southern Melody Boys
Twin Cities
DeSiard Street
Dave Witherington
Rex’ Rhodes
Ray Langston
John Ed Gullege
Gene Cox
Shrine Club
South Grand Street
Reds Hint Swap Of Spies For 35 Chinese Students
United Nations dispatch reports Red China hinted it might exchange 11 imprisoned U S airmen for 35 Chinese students barred from leaving America. Radio Peiping called the detention a flagrant violation of international law and speculated amid Hammarskjold’s bid for a Peiping meeting on the fate of the fliers. Most students wish to stay in the United States while others cannot return due to valuable scientific knowledge gained here.
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United Nations
N. Y
Red China
U. S
America
Peiping
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
Hammarskjold
Red Capital
Chou En-Lai
New York
Chou
Young Man Held In Burglary At Eureka School
An 11-year-old Ouachita parish man, allegedly AWOL from the Army, was arrested by the sheriff and charged with burglarizing the Eureka school cafeteria on Navy night. J. M. Frances, held in parish jail, claimed he left a Kentucky camp on an overnight pass in late November and has lived in woods near Frosttown since. The cafeteria yielded about $4.50 in foodstuffs. investigators pursued several suspects amid reports from Frosttown residents.
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Ouachita Parish
Sheriff Department
Eureka
Navy
Bailey Grant
Grant
J. M. Frances
Kentucky
Frosttown
Calhoun
Force of Habit: Vidal Charged After Crash With State Police Car
Leonce Vidal Sr., 41, of New Orleans, faces charges of reckless driving causing damage and failure to observe traffic signals after his car rammed the side of a state police vehicle. Vidal is described as a pile-driver by occupation.
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New Orleans
Leonce ‘J. Vidal Sr
Vidal
Bastrop Livestock Barn Burns With $50,000 Loss
Bastrop on December 14 reports the Bastrop Livestock Auction Barn burned early morning. Owner Bill Carpenter blamed lack of water and no fire plug nearby, saying 300 head of cattle and 150 hogs were moved from the building before it was engulfed. All stock sold in Monday’s auction. insurance estimated at about $10,000.
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Bastrop
Bill Carpenter
Morehouse Parish
Crossett Highway
Carpenter
Cross-Exam of Dr Sheppard Ends in Denial
The Cleveland trial of Dr Samuel Sheppard closes another day of witness testimony as State Attorney Mahon accuses him of murdering Marilyn Sheppard. Sheppard denies all wrongdoing and rejects the idea that injuries came from jumping off a platform or from attempts to wash blood away.
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Sam Sheppard
Steve
Cleveland
William J. Corrigan
Sam
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
John J. Mahon
Mahon
Lake Erie
Marilyn
Bay Village
Wareow Beach
Twin Cities Temperatures Jump 22 Degrees
Residents saw a wide variance in temperatures as a 25 degree low was recorded at 5:30 a.m. at Selman Field by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. By 11:30 a.m. the high reached 47 degrees with a forecast for a slight rise and increasing clouds tonight.
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Twin Cities
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Athens Student Mob Attacks U S Greek Mission in Cyprus Protest
A 4000 student protest in Athens against U S support for Greek claims to Cyprus turned violent as windows shattered and police used water hoses and clubs. Dozens injured, seven hospitalized, and the demonstration disrupted traffic near Athens University and the U S mission complex.
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Athens
Greece
U. S
Cyprus
Britain
United States
Athens University
Rescue units search gale wreck for missing freighter
Coast Guard air and sea crews comb the Atlantic from Florida to Maine for the 3300 ton American freighter Southern Districts with 24 aboard. Last contact was December 4 after leaving Port Sulphur Louisiana. A sighting was reported December 7 about 200 miles east of Charleston.
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New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Florida
Maine
Southern Districts
Port Sulphur
Bucksport
Southern Steamship Co
Wilmington
Del
Charleston
S, C
Pretty Young Government Worker Shot To Death
Arlington detective captain suggests a freak accident as the cause of death for Sally Wood a 23 year old government employee from Boston found dead amid Christmas packages in a fashionable Arlington apartment The body was discovered after dark Monday with a shotgun involved and police launching a full murder investigation to rule out foul play.
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Washington
Potomac River
Arlington
Sally Wood
Boston
Miss Wood
Dudley H. Rector
Rector
Federal civil docket in Monroe includes housing case
Federal court in Monroe set a series of civil cases for the week with several trials Tuesday through Friday. The United States faces Mrs A R Taylor in a rent regulation case claiming excess rent and triple damages totaling 108 dollars. Other defendants include Commercial Casualty Insurance and James Monroe Simmons with trials on subsequent days. Some cases may proceed without juries.
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United States District Court
Monroe
United States of America
A. R. Taylor
S. Rhodes
J. D. Wilbanks
A. G. Wood
Commercial Casualty Insurance Co
James Monroe Simmons
The
United States
Ross Malone
Morehouse and
Richland Parishes
Beatrice Heller
Louis Masur
Madie Ellen Russo
Lawrence McKinley Duke
John
Sibley
Russell Opposes Dollar Aid For Asia and More
Sen. Russell of Georgia announced he will oppose any Eisenhower plan for dollar economic aid to Asia or elsewhere. He favors only limited technical assistance and warned against financing Asia's higher living standards purely with American dollars. The remark came ahead of a White House briefing with congressional leaders on foreign and defense policy.
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Washington
Sen. Russell
D-Ga
Asia
Russell
White House
Eisenhower
Europe
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
George
Gop
Congress
Treasury
Six Prisoners Transferred To Louisiana Penitentiary
Six defendants were moved to Angola state penitentiary by East Carroll parish sheriffs in two cars. The group includes W P McCurdy 27 Paul Phillips 20 Jim Sterling 21 Wayne Stinson 21 Gussie Myers 18 and L J Weatherford 38. Weatherford formerly from New Orleans received five years on burglary. others received two to five year terms. Weatherford had prior time at California’s San Quentin.
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Lake Providence
San Quinton
California
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
East Carroll Parish
State
Leon Harbin
Clair Warner
W P. McCurdy
Paul Phillips
Jim Sterling
Wayne Stinson
Gussie Myers
Fluoridation Move Advances in Monroe City Council
Monroe city council moved fluoridation nearer reality by authorizing Finance and Utilities Commissioner Frank X. Cline to prepare a cost estimate. The action followed open meetings and a Shreveport Supreme Court ruling upholding fluoridation. A survey of costs and funding availability was ordered, alongside review of $50,000 street-improvement bids from Coastal Asphalt.
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Monroe City
Monroe
Finance and Utilities
Frank X. Cline
John F. Coon
Cline
Wayne Huckaby
U. S. Supreme Court
Shreveport
Monroe Council
Coastal Asphalt Company
Huckaby
Eleventh Street
23Rd Street
Grammont
DeSiard
Egypt Military Court Convicts 33 Brotherhood Members
Egypts military tribunal sentenced 33 Brotherhood members including three to death today. Among the death verdicts were Mohamed Selim Moustafa an engineer and Mahmoud Fahmy a university teacher. The cases involve the Brotherhoods Alexandria branch with further hearings set for 52 others and verdicts in 83 more cases expected tomorrow. All sentences await Revolution Council review chaired by Premier Nasser.
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Cairo
Egypt
Brotherhood
Suez
Sharkia
Mohamed Selim Moustafa
Alexandria
Mahmoud Fahmy
Mohamed Amin al Awamry
Secret Order
Revolution Council
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Monroe West Monroe Chamber Banquet Tonight
Decorations and last minute work are underway for the 33rd annual Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce membership banquet at the Virginia Hotel. The 7 30 p m event will host about 200 guests with Grayson Guthrie as chairman and Anderson Pace of Illinois Central rail road as guest speaker. Pace is renowned among industrial engineers for his industrial development work over the past 20 years.
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Monroe-West Monroe
Eisenhower eyes step by step talks on foreign affairs
The White House said President Eisenhower will pursue gradual consultations with congressional leaders from both parties on foreign affairs national defense and mutual security. The United States ruled out any prisoner exchange with Red China involving 35 Chinese students in America and 11 U S airmen imprisoned in China.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Where To Find It Prevent Forest Fires Keep Louisiana Green
A public information notice promotes forest fire prevention in Louisiana. It urges residents to stay vigilant, clear brush around homes, discard cigarettes properly, and report fires quickly to local authorities. The campaign emphasizes conservation and community safety.
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Louisiana
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