Senators Weigh Quick Senate Rule Change For Civil Rights
Senator Humphrey leads a plan to curb filibusters at the opening Senate session on January 3. A proposal to adopt new rules would seek to abolish Rule 22, with a vote likely to be challenged as the vice president presiding rules on order. Supporters say it could clear the way for civil rights measures despite Senate precedent.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Presit
Associated Press
Bricker
Congress
State Takes Over Roads in Mardi Parish Area
The State Department of Highways assumes caretaking for 5.5 miles of gravel road between Trux and Oakland and 4 miles from Marion to Deann in Union Parish. Rep. T. T. Fields announced the move after a unanimous highway board vote in Baton Rouge. The state will replace the old D Arbonne bridge on the route between Dubach and D Arbonne with a new structure and retain the old bridge as a connecting link near Acrecord Crossing.
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Farmerville
State Department Ofighways
Trux
Oakland
Marion
Deannion Parish
T. T. Fields
Fields
State Highway Board
Baton Rouge
Ard
D’arbonne
Tween Dubach
Avou D’arbonne
Acrecord Crossing
Tween Point
Rocky Branch
New York Police Woman Shocked by Suspect in Frightening Frisk
New York policewoman Mar guerite O Connor was ordered to frisk robbery suspect Marion Drivers at a Brooklyn railroad station. The suspect, a 32 year old woman, proved to be a man.Drivers and accomplice Robert Channing were seized with $2 000 worth of fur and garments stolen from a tailor shop and charged with grand larceny.
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New York
Marguerite O'Connor
Marion
Robert Channing
Brooklyn
Channing
Living Cost Index Hits Record Again
Washington AP reports the government's living cost index rose two tenths to 191.1, matching the August record as higher home rents drive the gain. The rise leaves rail workers facing a one cent cut in hourly wages tied to the index, affecting about 1.1 million workers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Woman Shot Near Lake Ferriday. Baby Dies After Surgery
A 28 year old pregnant Black woman Mary Lincoln was shot while walking near Lake Concordia Ferriday Louisiana. She survived but her baby died after delivery surgery. Sheriff Noah Cross said an elderly white man fired into the group then barricaded himself in a cabin and authorities planned to urge surrender.
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Ferriday
Natchez
Miss
Mary Lincoln
Noah Cross
Lake Concordia
Cross
New Orleans
Witness Called Red at Trial
Frankfurt reports a chief witness against U S Pvt Eugene Walters is attacked by the defense as a Communist propagandist. Walters of Harrod Ohio stands trial for desertion robbery and indecent assault on Mamie Ruth Shelton of Hot Springs Virginia.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Eugene Walters
Walters
Harrod
Ohio
Mamie Ruth Shelton
Hot Springs
John J. Shedosky
Clifton
N. J
Shedosky
Jesse R. Adams
Melville
Perkin
Mrs Acle M Mmillian Sentenced To Fifteen Years
Acle M Millian receives a 15 year term in the case grossly described by the court. The record notes prior memorials and donors listed on the page accompany the sentencing detail. The document includes tributes and acknowledgments from family and community figures alongside the verdict.
Acie McMillian Sentenced for Manslaughter, Plans Appeal
Mrs. Acie McMillian received 15 years at Angola State Penitentiary for manslaughter in the death of her husband Dudley McMillian. Judge David I Garrett noted a welfare report and habit of visiting cocktail lounges while overruling a bid for a new trial as defense counsel Warren Hunt stated he would appeal. The verdict followed a 12 jurors panel after four days of testimony.
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Acie McMillian
Dudley McMillian
State Penitentiary
Angola
David I. Garrett
Fourth District Court
Warren Hunt
Garrett
Hunt
Wayne
State Department of Public Welfare
Escaped Lofton Receives Concurrent Ruston Sentences
Benjamin C. Lofton 31 is sentenced in Ruston district court to two nine year concurrent terms for the theft of a new automobile from a local motor company and the robbery of a Ruston service station. He also carries prior sentences totaling 33 years, though actual time served is 10 years. Lofton escaped from a Georgia prison and was linked to a southwide robbery spree before being captured in Texas.
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Ruston
Benjamin C. Lofton
Lofton
St. Landry Parish
Georgia
Texas
Eisenhower names top defense nominees for new administration
President elect Eisenhower completed his initial top command by naming Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens Secretary of the Navy Robert Anderson Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott and Deputy Secretary Roger Kyes. He planned to send the four nominees to the Senate after inauguration on January 20. The appointees come from executive backgrounds with ties to major industries.
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New York
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Robert Stevens
South Plainfield
N.J
Robert Bernard Anderson
Vernon
Tex
Harold E. Talbott
Roger M. Kyes
Bloomfield
Mich
James C. Hagerty
Senate
Stevens
Anderson
Talbott
Kyes
General Motors
Allies Batter Troop Centers On Western Korean Front
Hundreds of Allied fighter bombers attacked the Western Korean Front destroying buildings and hitting troop concentrations around Pegyang and near Suiho reservoir. U S Sabre jets damaged one MiG 15 in two dogfights while ground forces reported thousands of Chinese Reds killed or wounded.
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Seoul
Suiho
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Pegyang
Kaesong
U. S. Eighth Army
Move to curb U S treaty power draws wide backing
Washington AP report notes 97 House members said yes to amending the Constitution to bar treaties from overriding rights. 41 favored, 138 total supportive. Bricker (R-Ohio) leads effort to limit binding international agreements touching rights and freedoms. debate centers on feasibility and scope while some urge preserving international cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Associated Press
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
U. S S
Bricker
United Nations
U. S
State
Justice Departments
Congress
Supreme Court
House
Two Lady Bandits Attempt Oklahoma City Robbery
In Oklahoma City two female would be robbers failed to arm themselves promptly. A station attendant William Brown Jr. knocked the gun from one bandit and disarmed her after she forgot her revolver and fled to the car. The women surrendered when Brown threatened police.
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Oklahoma City
William Brown Jr
Brown
Bank holdup suspects nabbed in Basile and Texas
Louisiana and Texas authorities captured two suspects in the Oakwood State Bank robbery. A 11 year old Basile youth was held in Villa Platte while 22 year old William T. Davis of Buffalo Texas was arrested in Galveston and later turned over to Texas Rangers. Davis faces bank robbery charges in Centerville.
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Oakwood
Tex
Louisiana
Texas
Oakwood Bank
Basile
Villa Platte
William T. Davis
Buffalo
B. G. Lee
Leon County
Lee
Houston Press
Justice of the Peace
C. E. Sherman
Centerville
Davis
Galveston
Draft Board
W. J. Whitburn
Texas Rangers
Houston
Whitburn
Oakwood State Bank
Hearings Planned on Taft-Hartley Law Redraft
Republican leaders vow early sessions to review labor management relations and possibly patch Taft-Hartley or draft a new bill. McConnell signals dissatisfaction with the current law as Taft favors retention, while opposition in Congress faces Senator Taft’s stance.
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Washington
New Republican House
Rep
McConnell
R-Pa
House Labor Committee
Capitol Hill
GOP
Capitol
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Seven Directors Re-elected To Fair Association
In Shreveport Louisiana seven directors were re-elected to the Louisiana State Fair Association. A new member, W H Bronson, president of the Times Publishing Co Ltd, was added to replace the late John Ewing. Re-elected directors include Douglas Attaway Sr W B Jacobs Sr J R Querbes Sr Paul Seppel E Bernard White Edwin Whited and Wilbur Yearwood.
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Shreveport
Louisiana State Fair Association
W. H. Bronson
The
Times Publishing Co., Ltd
John Ewing
the Times
Douglas Attaway Sr
W. B. Jacobs Sr
J. R. Querbes Sr
Paul Seppel
E. Bernard White
Edwin Whited
Wilbur Yearwood
Lattimore Pleads Not Guilty To All Counts
In Washington Owen Lattimore loudly declared not guilty to a seven count indictment based on sworn denial of Communist sympathies. His attorney Thurmond Arnold complained of publicity while U S District Judge James R presided over the brief proceedings.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Thurmond Arnold
U. S
James R
Two Killed in New Orleans Shootings as Police Arrest Four
In New Orleans on Friday two men were killed in separate incidents. James Vigreaux 21 a Korean veteran died at a Camp Street lodging house. Gerald Garza 32 was killed in a French Quarter bar fight. Paul Chatham 21 was held for Garza’s death as police kept five others in custody.
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New Orleans
James Thomas Vigreaux
Korea
Camp Street
Volney Hudson
Vigreaux
Gerald Joseph Graza
Paul Chatham
Garza
Chatham
Dores Johnson
New Iberia
Johnson
Thief Or Thieves Adds Twist To Funeral Home Theft
In Shreveport Louisiana on Thursday night a thief or thieves burgled the Benevolent Funeral Home taking between 500 and 600 dollars from a strongbox. An emergency call from someone claiming to be from the sheriff's office lured the driver George Murray to a location outside the city. He found no one and returned to discover the burglary.
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Shreveport
George Murray
The
Benevolent Funeral Home
Caddo Parish
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