27 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1955
Page
1
Senate Internal Security subcommittee labels the Communist party of the United States a Russian inspired, Moscow dominated anti American quasimilitary conspiracy against the government and freedoms. The testimony frames the group as a dire threat within the nation.
The Christmas weekend toll rose to 597 traffic deaths with 769 total fatalities including 67 in fires and 105 from other accidents. The three day period ran 78 hours from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, setting records for holiday fatalities amid warnings from the National Safety Council.
A new crest sent the Feather River through a 600 foot gap in the levee near Yuba City flooding the town for the second time in a week. Waters rose three inches per hour and overflowed Gumtree, demolishing homes and delaying search efforts for missing residents.
Tokyo AP reports seas broke up the Japanese freighter Honda Maru off northeast Japan. Kansas City Kan born Lt Herbert G Gates piloted a helicopter to save 14 crewmen from the water, while a US destroyer rescued three more from another ship Ozbourn. Six ships were missing in the two day storm.
Supporters of Adlai E. Stevenson canvass the field for a vice presidential candidate seen as liberal. Stevenson avoids involvement while associates discuss balanced ticket options to project a moderate lag in appeal for the Chicago convention and November election.
Paris reports suggest Mistinguett the famous 82 year old actress shows improvement after a stroke before Christmas. She remains paralyzed and partly conscious but has normal temperature and no complications. Her son Dr Leopold Lima Da Silva attends her at a house near Paris where she suffered the stroke.
Jackson parish Sheriff Maurice Bryant holds a suspect in the Christmas morning murder of Lester Davis, 59, found cut up along the Chicago and Rock Island tracks outside Jonesboro. Davis, seen with a large sum of money and reportedly gambling, was beaten and thrown from a car before the freight train found his body.
The U S Court of Appeals will hear procedure questions about the Federal Power Commission's authorization of four producers to sell gas for a Louisiana to Michigan pipeline. Panhandle Eastern and Memphis allege due process violations while American Louisiana Line challenges the commission's action.
Reports show donations received Tuesday for the Good Fellows fund. The Landenheimer family via Bella Scherk Davidson contributed, along with Ronnie AORN ERA and Lauralee Bris Bink, totaling $4322.95 after $4306.95 previously acknowledged.
The Monroe city commission council postponed its regular meeting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday due to Mayor John E. Coon’s absence away in New Orleans. A vote is planned on Brown Aero Corp. proposing to lease hangar number one at Selman Field after being turned down for hangar number three two weeks earlier.
Oliva andfo Dionne say four surviving quintuplets did not return home or send greetings on Christmas. Two daughters Yvonne and Cecile train as nurses in Montreal while Marie and Annette reportedly recover from recent hospital checkups. Each daughter inherited about $250 000 at age 21.
President Eisenhower will send the State of the Union to Congress on January 5. He will not read it personally due to his recovery from a heart attack, and clerks will read the message to both houses. White House says Dulles and Gen. Twining attended the conference on the message.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science faces a request from the Council for the Advancement of Negroes in Science to adopt a resolution not to meet in cities practicing segregation. AAAS administrator Dael Wolfle said the issue would be considered by the governing council at its Thursday meeting with no stated opinion on possible action.
Betty and Herb Smith polio patients in Ventura County General Hospital have sparked nationwide goodwill. Their daughters Jody and Debby, ages two and five, await Christmas as scrapbooks fill with letters cards and clippings. Messages of support arrived from Little Rock New York City Butte Chicago Abilene and Kansas City with more to follow.
South Korea's army air force and navy leaders held a top secret session to plan recovering four coast guardsmen seized by China on Christmas Day after a five hour engagement near the Rhee Line. Seoul vows strongest action if seamen are not returned.
U S Army says M Sgt Michael Kliman of Brooklyn New York was arrested by East Berlin people police after a minor traffic incident and remains missing. He was last seen at 10 30 am Monday at East Berlin police headquarters as authorities requested return. This marks a second arrest of an American soldier in East Berlin after sovereignty protests.
Delegates to the Supreme Soviet spent six hours praising the Kremlin 1956 budget and promising a defense spending cut. Six more hours of speeches were planned that night as complaints about prices shortages and lagging deliveries surfaced. The two houses were to reconvene on the budget tomorrow delaying Bulganin Khrushchev India Burma and Afghanistan trip report. Finance Minister Arseny Zverev outlined the financial statement before 1 400 delegates.
During the three day holiday period from Saturday to Monday Monroe saw 10 accidents with two injuries inside city limits. No deaths reported. Police called the record good as it matched or was only slightly higher than typical daily traffic figures.
Five new tranquilizing medicines shown at the AAAS symposium act like mental penicillin for certain illnesses and depression. Frenquel improved talking and interest in long-standing patients. chlorpromazine and reserpine together calmed twelve disturbed women, with six sent home. Mercatran targets low mood in blues, aiding alcohol binge prevention.
The mother of Samuel David Hawkins, a 22 year old Oklahoma City turncoat, says he may be the next to return from China. Hawkins, a prisoner of war in Korea who refused repatriation, has not yet lodged a request with the Red China government. His mother notes he is watched closely, homesick during holidays, and fears writing directly. Four of 16 American turncoats in China have already returned. one died there.
Temperatures in the Twin City area fell a few degrees from Monday with Selman Field readings showing 49 degrees at dawn and 54 at noon. Forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and light northeast winds around 10 mph until 5 pm with scattered clouds afterward.
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