Marine sergeant dies after grenade attack in New York bar
A Marine sergeant on Christmas leave threw a hand grenade into the Royal Flush bar on the West Side and was killed by an off duty policeman after a seven block chase through Manhattan. Thirteen people injured from blast and burning phosphorus. one Federal narcotics agent hospitalized. Mark Sutter, another service member, was arrested.
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Eugene McDermott
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John H. Orth
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R. McDermott
Knickrbocker Hospital
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Mdermott
McDermott
Royal Flush
Mark Sutter
Air Force
News-Star Receives New Columnist Ann Landers
Ann Landers, newly named News-Star columnist, says humans are nice and cynicism would be odd. Her Your Problems column debuts Monday December 29 and draws on mail reflecting life’s struggles and hopes for better outcomes.
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Officials Wonder How Grenade Reached New Orleans Dump
In New Orleans a live hand grenade was found at a city dump. Workmen unearthed it but garbage jammed the mechanism. Port of Embarkation inspector B F White traced the pin, warning if pulled further the blast could have killed workers within 20 feet. Maj Albert McKenna urged caution with war relics near children.
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B. F. White
White
Albert McKenna
Ordnance-Chemical Division
Missouri Pacific Seeks Thomas Street Crossing Closure
Fred Hudson of the Missouri Pacific Railroad proposes to Monroe city council that Thomas Street be permanently closed as a crossing to the public. The action would end about 75 percent of switching and train movements now on South Second Street Texas Avenue Apple and Plum streets and follows a federal court ruling that Thomas Street crossing is private property of the railroad.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
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Holzmann
Missouri Pacific
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Tug Steams Toward Reef to Aid Abandoned Freighter Quartette
A Navy tug moved toward a coral reef 90 miles east of Midway Island to free the wrecked freighter Quartette. All 37 crew members were evacuated. 34 remained marooned aboard the vessel until rescue. The captain and three crew were on a patrol craft en route to Honolulu, while the rest were taken to the Midway naval air station. The Navy awaits further word on reassignment.
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Bastrop Wreck Kills Baby and Wounds Seven
A two car crash in Bastrop early Tuesday killed six month old William Boyd and injured seven others. Victims include Henry W Boyd and his wife of Choudrant and their two children, plus Billy Earl Finley of Forest and Richard Williamson and Earl Curtiss of Oak Grove. Finley’s car reportedly swerved at high speed before colliding with the Boyds’ vehicle, and all injured were hospitalized at Bastrop General Hospital.
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Choudrant
Mary Lou Boyd
Woodrow W. Boyd
Billy Earl Finley
Forest
Richard Williamson
Earl Curtiss
Oak Grove
Roy Siebley
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Boyd
Siebley
Bastrop General Hospital
Williamson
Curtiss Ae
Robinson Funeral Home
O Dwyer Bitter Over Divorce Claims
Former New York Mayor William O Dwyer, who resigned as U S ambassador to Mexico, is described as embittered as his wife seeks a divorce. Sloan Simpson, a former New York model, is in Acapulco with her mother amid divorce reports.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
U. S
Mexico
Eisenhower Maintains Quiet Stand On FEPC Legislation
President-elect Eisenhower continues to resist backing an FEPC with enforcement powers. A delegation of Negro clergymen urged him to use presidential influence to promote fair employment laws. spokesman Dr W J Jernagin said Eisenhower is concerned about discrimination but favors non legislative methods.
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Eisenhower
Fair Employment Practices Commission
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Truman
W. J. Jernagin
Flame of New Orleans refuses to discuss murder case in Dallas
Billie Shonneau a 23 year old stripper known as The Flame of New Orleans faced murder charges in Dallas after the shooting of Alfred Rosenfield Jr. 38. Comedian Roscoe Ails 54 was jailed for murder investigation. Police test ballistics on two .38 pistols while detectives planned further questioning.
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Roscoe Ails
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Cedarvale
Okla
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Rosenfield
West Monroe Woman Hurt in Highway 80 Crash
Mrs. J. M. Walker of Route 1 West Monroe was treated at St Francis Hospital after a collision on Highway 80 near West Monroe at about 10:20 Tuesday morning. She hit a parked truck when another car cut in front of her. Her condition was listed as good and she was held for observation. The other driver was unidentified and no charges were filed.
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Route 1
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Highway 80
States Lose Battle Over Transports
Washington reports a Supreme Court 6 to 3 decision upholding the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to use a railroad’s interstate passenger losses to justify intrastate freight rate hikes. Justice Douglas dissented calling it a major invasion of state sovereignty. The court also ordered hearings on Rio Grande water division and on Bulova Watch Co. trademark dispute in San Antonio.
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St. Louis
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New Mexico
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Tex
Bulova Watch Co
Mexico
Sidney Steele
Distress in Plea for Help at Monroe Recreation Center
At Monroe Recreation Center 113 Catalpa Street a Monday afternoon gathering showed crowds in ragged clothes seeking food and aid. Mrs. Jack Hesketh listened at a desk as they told stories of hardship and want in a moving, collective appeal.
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Jack Hesketh
Captain Saves Passengers After Champollin Sinking
In Lebanon a heroic launch skipper rescues about 150 people from the wrecked Champollin as 17 drowned. Rescue efforts by Kenyan and local crews struggle amid rough seas and limited lines to the ship, with 318 aboard on the voyage from France to the Holy Land.
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Holy Land
Giddings' Body to Arrive Soon From Korea
The Defense Department announced that Sgt Albert E Giddings husband of Loretta C Giddings Monroe Louisiana is among 288 Americans whose remains are being returned from Korea aboard the Robin Goodfellow. The ship is due at the San Francisco port of embarkation around December 27 with next of kin notified. Six from Louisiana are among the shipboard war dead, none from northeast Louisiana.
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United States
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Albert E. Giddings
Loretta C. Giddings
Monroe
Department of Defense
San Francisco
Louisiana
New Orleans Police Cite FBI Analysis In Cooper Murder Case
New Orleans police decline to reveal FBI test results in the murder of Mrs. James L. Cooper. Capt. William J. Dowie says more evidence has been sent to Washington for analysis. About 34 items including clothing and hairs were part of the first shipment, with further evidence to follow.
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Diddie Cooper
William J. Dowie
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Dowie
FBI Technical Laboratory
FBI Laboratory
France in looming cabinet crisis as Pinay resigns
Paris AP reports Premier Rene Pinay offered his resignation from the National Assembly after the Catholic Popular Republican group within his coalition refused to back him in a confidence vote, signaling another pre Christmas government crisis for France. President Vincent Auriol races to patch a creaking cabinet amid nine uneasy months in office.
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Vincent Auriol
France
Rene Pinay
National Assembly
Catholic Popular Republican Group
MRP
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French Premier Pinay Resigns After Confidence Vote Refusal
President Vincent Auriol accepted the resignation of Premier Antoine Pinay sixteen hours after he submitted it. Pinay announced his resignation from the National Assembly floor after nine months in office, as the MRP coalition refused to back him in the first of three budget confidence votes.
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Antoine Pinay
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MRP
Selman Field fund gets additional $9000 donation
The Ouachita Parish Industrial Development Committee voted to contribute $9,000 more to the Selman Field fund from its operating funds. Vice-president Clifford Strauss announced the move at a 4 pm board meeting in the Chamber of Commerce offices. A resignation from president L Slade Brown was tendered but not acted on.
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Chamber of Commerce
L. Slade Brown
GI who lunched with Ike in Korea dies after ambush
Cpl. James E. Murray, who dined with Dwight Eisenhower on Dec 4 near the Korean front, dies five nights later leading a patrol into a Communist ambush about 12 miles from UN lines. Murray had earned a Bronze Star and was to return home with 45 points.
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Kissing Spree Proves Costly in Memphis Traffic
In Memphis a couple caused city traffic jams by stopping in the street to kiss. Mary Kelly 27 and Bill White 33 faced charges of reckless driving and disorderly conduct with White a no show for court and Kelly pleading for leniency claiming White initiated the kisses.
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Bill White
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