Daughter Seeks Eugene Hubbard in Monroe Abduction Probe
Monroe police seek Eugene Hubbard aged about 40 who ran a cafe here five years ago. Hubbard’s daughter Mrs Ann Lorraine Hubbard Adkins asks for help locating him after being deserted with a four year old son. She lives in Charleston West Virginia and requests information to contact Chief Peters.
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Monroe
Eugene Hubbard
M. L. Peters
Charleston
W. Va
Hubbard
Ann Lorraine Hubbard Adkins
Eisenhower Plans Key West Visit Amid Health Watch
Gen. Alfred Gruenther joins the party as Ike remains under doctor's care. The President will stay at a naval base in Key West, a former Truman vacation spot, while Mrs. Eisenhower remains in Washington with her hospitalized daughter and newborn granddaughter.
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Key West
Eisenhower
Naval Base
Truman
Columbia University
Florida
White House
John S. Doud
Denver
Washington
John S. Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
Negro Accused of Automobile Theft
Sylvester Johnson Jr. 32, of 1008 Oak street, is jailed in Ouachita parish on a $1000 bond after Tuesday arrest for car theft. He allegedly confessed to stealing a 1953 Pontiac owned by Hardy Goins of 3212 Polk street from Milhaven road. bond set by Judge David I Garrett Sr. deputies aided by state police.
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Sylvester Johnson, Jr
Oak Street
Ouachita Parish
Sheriff's Office
Louisiana State Police
Hardy Goins
Polk Street
Fred Johnson
Milhaven Road
Ely Culbertson and the war science of peace
Ely Culbertson earned an estimated half million dollars yearly. He married Dorothy Re nata Baehne in 1947, their son Peter dying at 19 months in 1950. Born in Romania to a Pennsylvanian father and a Cossack mother, he lived in a Cossack village, studied in Geneva and Paris, and attended Yale before a varied youth as a hobo and revolutionary in Mexico and exile from Spain for anarchist ties. He founded World Federation, Inc. in 1942 to promote freedom from war by harnessing the means of waging war.
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Culbertson
Dorothy Renata Baehne
New York
Peter
Vermont
The
World Federation, Inc
Romania
Geneva
Paris
Yale
Mexico
Spain
Real Estate Transfers In Greater Monroe Area
Greater Monroe Development Company transfers to James Middleton et al lot 2 block 4 unit 1 for 10100 dollars. Leo J Beaver et al and Adam F Priou et al acquire a tract in Ouachita Parish section 43 township 18N range 3E for 2000 dollars. Mrs Alpha Griffin et al to W N Gates et al S160 ft of portion of lot 2 Partition of Brazier estate section 46 township 18N range 3E near Old Natchitoches Road for 990 dollars. Gear Finance and Investment Company to J P Hendrix et al lot 7 block 1 and a parcel E of there 30 ft wide and 132% ft deep in Gear subdivision for 5860 dollars. B B McClendon et ux to Lindsay Moorehead et al lot 1 block 3 McClendon subdivision Maryland Brooks estate for 500 dollars. Sherrouse Realty Company to Lucretha Robinson et viz lot 5 block 88 unit 15 Booker T Washington addition for 450 dollars. Sherrouse Realty Company to Elder Riley et ux lot 18 block 55 unit 10 Booker T Washington addition for 325 dollars. Thomas W Humphries et ax to Robert L Williams lot 21 block 15 unit 8 Humphries Airport addition for 400 dollars.
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Greater Monroe Development Company, Inc
James Middleton Et
Leo J. Beaver
al Adam F. Priou
Ouachita Parish
Alpha Griffin Et Aiz
W. N. Gates Et Ax
Brazier Estate
Natchitoches Road
Gear Finance and Investment Company, Inc
J. P. Hendrix
B. B. McClendon
Lindsay Moorehead
McClendon
Maryland
Brooks Estate
Sherrouse Realty Company, Inc
Lucretha Robinson
Booker T. Washington
Sherrouse Reality Company, Inc
Elder Riley
Thomas W. Humphries
Robert L. Williams
Humphries
Christmas Shopping Surges as Stores Highlight Clearance Sales
Retail analyst Williams notes brisk Christmas buying with steady sales despite return merchandise. Luxury ladies wear including mink furs and imported suits sold in high volumes while cash sales outpaced charges. General ladies wear up 15 percent in period. overall department stores up about five percent. Early mid November layaways boosted an eight week gain.
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Willams
Williams
Papa
Suspect in Jonesboro Murder Freed After Conflicting Reports
The Jackson parish sheriff reported that a suspect freed after gambling was likely taken by his killers and driven to the Chicago and Rock Island tracks near Jonesboro where he was thrown from a car. He was beaten to death and his body dragged under an overhead bridge. An 8:30 a.m. freight train engineer found the body and notified authorities. The victim had five cents. investigation continues.
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Bryant
Jonesboro
Rock Island
Jackson Parish
Davis
Holiday tolls top records in 1955 traffic forecast
Traffic reports list 1955 holiday tolls with deaths from all causes. New Year 296 traffic deaths, 362 total deaths. Memorial Day 369 traffic and 596 overall. Independence Day 407 traffic and 805 overall. Labor Day 438 traffic and 611 overall. Christmas 609 traffic and 782 overall. New Year period lasts two days, others three. Safe Driving Day toll rises to 69 from 51 in 1954.
Mystery surrounds Jacksonville boy predeath clues
Searchers found evidence near the theater site and a briar patch four miles away where King’s body was found. Officials note a shallow burial hole and a wiped head wound suggesting the murder preceded burial. King attended First Baptist Church and belonged to the Jacksonville 4 H Club.
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Young King
Jacksonville
First Baptist Church
R. J. McMillan
Jackson Students utes
Four injured youths remained in serious condition after a incident. Stepney the grandfather stayed at the scene. When the boys returned he was seen holding the dead couple in his arms.
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Utes
Stepney
Maid of Cotton Crown Tonight in Memphis
Seven judges in Memphis will choose the 1956 Maid of Cotton from 23 contestants across 13 cotton states. Candidates are 19 to 23 years old, 5 foot 5 to 5 foot 10, weighing 110 to 136 pounds, either students or graduates, described as the girl next door. The winner will travel for modeling lessons and an all cotton wardrobe before an industry promotion tour.
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Cotton
Memphis
National Cotton Council
Maid of Cotton
Council
New York
Teen-agers accused in rifle range shooting of girl
In Bronx a 10 year old girl, Patricia Murphy, was hit by a .22 bullet as she walked home after skating. Four youths are charged with juvenile delinquency for the shooting, with a 14 year old also involved on a purse snatching case.
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New York
Patricia Murphy
Bronx
Fordham Hospital
Thomas Clark
Queens
Astori
Patricia
Slayings North Of Warsaw Lead To Arrest In Store Killing
Suspect Bailey told officers of the Nelson and Montgomery murders after being arrested. Nelson, an elderly bachelor on Montgomery farm, was shot and found by deputies. Bailey implicated three other Negroes, while Montgomery died from buckshot wounds at the Montgomery store where he was left in charge. Motives remain unclear as panicked community members discuss the killings.
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Bailey
Warsaw
Montgomery
Nelson
Eddie Montgomery
L. E. Golsby
Golsby
Jesse Nelson
James Foster
Jimmy
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Mathew
Malayan Reds seek amnesty talks with British leaders
Chin Peng, famed Malayan Communist chief, emerges from jungle to press amnesty terms for guerrillas in Malaya’s upper Perak region. He meets leaders Rahman and Marshall, who say the visit clarifies offers rather than negotiating a peace. Civilian and police tolls in the long conflict are cited by British officials.
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Baling
Chin Peng
Malayan Communist Party
Red
Perak
Malaya-Thailand
Malaya
Prince Abdul Rahman
Federation of Malaya
David Marshall
Britain
Singapore
Rahman
Malay Peninsula
Geoffrey Bourne
Flood Devastation in Northern California After Severe Floods
Northern California faced the worst floods in its history with 34 known deaths and 19 to 35 or more missing. Military crews from the Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard operated boats trucks helicopters and planes, reducing fatalities as waters receded. Damage estimates rose to 150 million dollars with over a million acres submerged.
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San Francisco
California
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Negro Shot During Home Invasion Investigation
Report describes a confrontation at Nelson's home where a Black suspect attempted a ransack and a struggle over a single barrel shotgun ended with Nelson shot on the river bank. Witnesses Woodrow Carter and his wife heard a gunshot then another. Nelson carried $420. Montgomery reportedly had money. Montgomery's funeral was at 3 p.m. today at Delhi First Presbyterian. Nelson's service set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Ouachita Baptist Church.
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Nelson
Woodrow Carter
Montgomery
Delhi
Ouachita Baptist Church
Army Deserter Sentenced to Two Years at Hard Labor
A 23 year old U S Army private Kenneth Miller of East San Francisco California received two years at hard labor and a dishonorable discharge after pleading guilty to desertion. He spent 18 months in the Soviet zone and surrendered last September. Miller had gone to East Germany in 1954 with his German girlfriend and her son. He was assigned near Frankfurt and crossed into the zone, later working in Eisenach. He returned to the West and asked for rehabilitation but faced discharge.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Kenneth Miller
East San Francisco
Calif
Miller
East Germany
Irmgard Amberger
Heinz
U.S. Fourth Infantry Division
Eisenach
Reds
West
Fourth Division
R. van Brunt
van Brunt
Extradition Papers Signed for Gross Brothers by Governor
Governor Kennon signed New York extradition papers for Harry Gross and his brother Jack after an informal hearing. The brothers face New York charges of swindle and grand larceny. Harry is jailed in New Orleans on $52,000 bond awaiting extradition.
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Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
New York
Harry Gross
Jack Gross
Wilburn Lunn
New Orleans
Lunn
Gross
State action to share extended federal school business
Resolution directs sending copies of the action to the governor state superintendent of education U S Congress members Louisiana legislators and other Louisiana school boards to inform them of the extended federal school business.
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Congress of the United States
Louisiana
Slot Found On City Sidewalk Sparks Police Display
Police found an old penny slot machine on a city sidewalk and placed it in the station for training. The dusty relic suggests a long period in storage and rarity for younger officers to study.
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Alexandria
Plans Made For Beauty Pageant In Winnsboro
Winnsboro on January 27 hosts the Miss Franklin Parish and Little Miss Franklin Parish pageants at the high school auditorium. Miss Franklin Parish winner will receive a $250 scholarship and may qualify for Miss Louisiana next summer under Miss America Pageant rules. Candidates must be Franklin Parish residents, ages 18 to 28, high school graduates, single, and sponsor-backed for Miss. Little Miss contestants range 3 to 7 with sponsors required. The event includes tea, parade, floats, and a 7:30 p.m. final judging with judges Jan Johnson and Lloyd Love.
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Winnsboro
N. J
Winnsboro Jaycees
Franklin Parish
Auditoria
Jan Johnson
Rugeton
Louiana
Lloyd Love
Ferriday, la
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