Loot recovered from Oakwood bank holdup case
Officers recovered $13,994 in cash and several bonds from the Oakwood State Bank robbery investigation. Roscoe Davis and his son William T. Davis are tied to the crime. Donald Massey and Donald Patterson are accused as accomplices after a confession and arrest in North Carolina. A letter in the bandits getaway car linked the path to the loot.
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Oakwood
Tex
Akwood State Bank
B. G. Lee
Leon Coun
Texas Rangers
Roscoe Davis
William T. Davis
Young Davis
Lee
FBI
Donald Massey
Hias
Donald Patterson
Osboro
N.C
Massey
Davis
Galveston
Buffalo
Louisiana
French liner Champollion runs aground near Beirut
Beir ut Lebanon The French liner Champollion 12446 tons ran aground in a storm just south of Beirut Harbor with about 100 passengers and crew. Israeli craft aided and diplomatic talks with Lebanon France and the United Nations underway. The ship listed 20 degrees about 600 yards off shore and showed a vertical crack on the midline. Built in 1924 and owned by the French government.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Champollion
Haifa
Uth
Wer
United Nations
Commission
Banan
Israel
Airs
Alexandria
Messageries Maritime
Warning Issued On Shooting Fireworks
Chief of Police M. L. Peters says citizens warned about careless fireworks shooting. He notes damages that could have been prevented with proper caution and asks shooters to cooperate with police and neighbors to prevent personal and property damage. He urges not to ruin Christmas with fireworks incidents.
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Ionroe
Peters
Eters
U N Pilots Down Three Red Jets Over Korea Front
United Nations Fifth Air Force reports Sabrejets shot down three MIG-15 fighters in three dogfights over North Korea. Sixty word communique says ground action halted with minor contacts, while air and naval strikes target enemy supply sites. Eleven B-29s bomb two west coast supply centers.
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Seoul
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Clark
Tokyo
United Nations Command
Japan
Korea
Funeral scheduled for Tallulah man who died by self-inflicted gunshot
Tallulah 65 year old Homer Arender, a Mississippi native and local farmer, killed himself with a .22 rifle Sunday. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with Rev. Shirley Briggs and Rev. R. A. Coulter officiating. Burial at Silver Cross Cemetery under Young Funeral Home direction. Sheriff’s deputy notes past death threats by Arender. no note found. Continued on second page.
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Tallulah
First Baptist Church
Homer
Arender
Mississippi
E. Otis Edgerton
Madison Parish
Shirley Briggs
R. A. Coulter
Young Funeral Home
Silver Cross
R. A. Holt
Holt
Rayville Man Beaten. Victim Improving in Hospital
Attendants at St Francis Sanitarium report Rayville resident Thompson 50 shows improvement after a Saturday night assault in his home. Samuel Natt, a nearby resident, is jailed as a suspect in the Richland Parish case. Police say motive appeared to be robbery and the attacker wore a hood to conceal identity. Thompson lived on Beouf River road two miles from Rayville.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Rayville
Samuel Natt
Richland Parish
Thompson
Natt
S. L. Crawford
Beouf River
Good Fellows Pack Baskets Receipts and Donations
A list of donations from various individuals and organizations totaling 17.00 dollars, including memory gifts for Edward Neuwirth Sr. and Joe Hudson, contributions from the United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary, Temple B NAI Israel, Rotary Club of Monroe, and others from Metairie and N.O. Louisiana.
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Kerry Lane Walker
C. Paulus
Ann, Jan
Diane West
Met Rouge
Lucy B. Keller
Edw. Neuwirth
N. O
Hohenedel
United Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
C. A. Hunt
H. L. Morrow
Sheriff's Dept
Joe Hudson
Temple B’nai
Elizabeth Bancroft Lea
Rotary Club
Monroe
Coastal oil and gas development urged by NSRB
The National Security Resources Board urged Congress to promote underwater oil and gas development in submerged coastal lands. It proposed designating an underground stockpile for wartime use and studying tidelands exploration by private entities. The board cited Supreme Court confirmation of federal jurisdiction and urged entry legislation, noting Eisenhower's support for state titles up to three miles offshore.
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Washington
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Congress
President
Materials Policy Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Porter Dives From F-86 In Sea After Jet Ditches
Lt. Ira M. Porter of Houston, after his F-86 ditched in the Yellow Sea, recalls thinking he was dead and then fighting to survive. He describes the crash, flak, and jet’s failure, plus his calm attempt to land and escape before bailing out.
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Korea
Yellow Sea
Ira M. Porter
Houston
Porter
Grief at grisly C-124 crash probe begins
Air Force investigators led by four generals examine the wreckage of a C-124 Globemaster that crashed on Saturday near Moses Lake Washington. Secrecy surrounds the probe as 86 people died and 41 victims are named. Survivors are questioned as authorities plan Christmas time releases.
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Mose Lake
Wash
Moses Lake
Air Force
Robert J. Maple
Larson Air Force Base
State Police Work 12 Hours During Holiday Season
Louisiana state police Troop F members switch to 12 hour shifts to boost highway patrols through New Years Day. Bulletins urge extra caution amid heavy traffic and alert for reckless driving and drunken behavior as more motorcycles and unmarked cars are deployed.
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Troop F
Louisiana State Police
Woman Will Risk Death for Unborn Child
A 27 year old Los Angeles mother Mrs Jean Garrett who suffers Hodgkins disease plans Caesarean delivery to save her unborn baby despite a high risk of death. She says she would die happily if the child lives and seeks a Christian education for her children. Her husband Thomas and two older sons prepare for Christmas.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Jean Garrett
Garrett
Police Rout Accused From Bed on New York Waterfront
Twenty one people were arrested at dawn by the Kings County rackets squad as the waterfront probe expands. Arrests followed grand jury indictments to be reviewed by Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz, with names and charges not released immediately. The crackdown targets extortion and rackets linked to Manhattan piers and the Port of New York, involving longshoremen’s union figures and other dockside power players.
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New York
Kings County
Grand Jury
Samuel S. Leibowitz
District Attorney
Brooklyn
Leibowitz
Harry Gross
Michael Clemente
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Manhattan
Clemente
Alexander Cosmos
Rutherford
N. J
State Crime Commission
New York County
Port
Bobby White’s Funeral Held at Weldon Baptist Church
Funeral services for Pvt. Bobby Joe White 21 Camp Polk soldier killed in an automobile truck collision near Camp Polk were held at Weldon Baptist Church Bernice at 2 p m Interment was in Weldon Cemetery Kilpatrick Funeral Home in charge White survived by parents Mr and Mrs E L White two sisters Mrs L D Grigsby and Mrs Lottie Mae Lee and two brothers Fred and Mack White
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Bobby Joe White
Camp Polk
Weldon Baptist Church
Bernice
Weldon
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
White
John R. Rhodes
E. L. White
L. D. Grigsby
Lottie Mae Lee
Fred and
Mack White
Attempts To Spring Costello End In Prison Transfer
Atlanta AP report states Frank Costello and his lawyers failed to gain release from U S Penitentiary and Costello was transported by government bus to a Milan Michigan correctional facility as ordered by Atty. Gen. James P McGranery. Prison officials described the move as routine with several buses used in transfers.
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Atlanta
Frank Costello
New York
Milan
Mich
U. S
U. S. District Court
James P. McGranery
Costello
Congress
W. H. Hiatt
Hiatt
Soviet Demand at UN Voted Down in Late Night Session
United Nations General Assembly rejected a Soviet bid to condemn the United States for alleged mass murder of war prisoners in Korea by 45 to 5. The midnight maneuver drew abstentions from ten Arab Asian states as delegates adjourned to Feb 24 with Eisenhower to assume office.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Korea
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
General Assembly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kremlin
Pongain Island
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gross
Gromyko
Rostrum
Blonde sought for bad checks in Alexandria
A shapely blonde, about 20 years old and 115 pounds, cashed bogus checks totaling about 1000 dollars at more than 20 Alexandria and Pineville liquor, department and grocery stores last week. Checks bore a signature of S. B. Whatley of Alexandria and were made out to Carol Littleton. Police fear she has already left town.
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Alexandria
S. B. Whatley
Carol Littleton
Pineville
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Tallulah Farmer
Rayville Man
H. L. Moore
Phillip
By Tex Easley
Willard Wilks
Bobby White
Michigan
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