Eisenhower Near Final Budget With No Tax Increase
President Eisenhower gave near final approval to next year’s budget, not expected to raise taxes. He met Budget Director Percival Brundage and James Killian Jr. at the White House for talks reflecting space age spending. The budget likely totals about 74 billion dollars, up from 72 billion this year, with the State of the Union draft due soon.
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Percival Brundage
James R. Killian
Maurice Stans
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Brundage
Washington
James R. Killian Jr
Science
Killian
House Group To Investigate Fund Requests
Washington Republicans and Democrats clash over defense funding as a House appropriations subcommittee plans hearings on January 8 to consider a Defense Department request for emergency missiles and defense funds. Chairman Mahon expects a $1.2 billion supplement, while Secretary McElroy and senators discuss a roughly $1 billion add on, with defense spending seen near $40 billion next year.
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Washington
House
Defense Department
Mahon
D-Tex
Defense McElroy
Asthmatic Fatal Attack Ends Comic Red Skelton
Santa Monica California reports Red Skelton suffered a fatal asthmatic attack late last night leading to heart failure. His wife Georgia summoned rescue services and his physician treated him at Bel Air residence before transport to St John’s Hospital Santa Monica. Doctors noted fluid in the lungs and heart oxygen deprivation but no heart attack.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Red Skelton
Bing Crosby
Skelton
Georgia
Lre Department
Ambuance
Bel Air
St. John's Hospital
Santa Monca
Hosital
New Year Bills Promote Quick Cash With Want Ad
A newspaper classified ad promotes selling unwanted items for cash. An advertiser highlights a Schwin Phantom bicycle in excellent condition with lights and horn and notes a sale on the first day. The ad offers a 70 cent rate and a low seven day option with cancellation privileges.
Strike Averted As Quill Wins Wage Hike
NEW YORK AP The threat of a New Year’s Eve transit strike evaporated with a City Hall contract settlement. The Transport Workers Union and the City Transit Authority reached a tentative two year deal providing a 32 2 cent an hour wage increase.
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New York
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
City Transit Authority
Queens
Staten Island
Amalgamated
Assn. of
Street, Electric Railway
Lator Coach
Transit Authority
Charles Patterson
Eisenhower Aims for Billion-Dollar Boost in Science Education
Democratic leaders said the administration's plan to expand scientific education is bold but insufficient. Eisenhower endorsed a four-year, one-billion federal outlay to stimulate science and math education with a 600 million state match, including 10,000 annual scholarships and funds to aid teachers, labs, and curricula. Critics argued for a broader program, warning current figures underestimate needs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Folsom
United States
Russia
Sen. Fulbright
D.ark
University of Arkansas
William G. Carr
National Education Association
Carr
Donor Sends Ten Dollars for State Highways
A Baton Rouge reader, unidentified, mailed ten dollars to Highway Director R B Richardson with the note Put this on highways. The envelope bore Bagley Beauregard Parish postmark and contained five dollars plus five ones. Richardson deposited the funds into the highway general fund for improvements in the new year.
Twin City Boy Recovers From Tonsil Surgery
CHIT CHAT Chuck Noonan, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Noonan of West Monroe, is resting well at St Francis Hospital after his tonsil removal operation.
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Chuck Noonan
Frank Noonan
West Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Missionary Robert Arehart Injured In Brazil Car Wreck
Word reached here via Mrs. W. S. Garnett that Rev. Robert Arehart longtime Brazil missionary is hospitalized in Frederick Maryland after a wreck destroyed the car carrying the Areharts.
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Frederick, Md
W. S. Garnett
Robert Arehart
Brazil
Monroe Growth Highlighted by Louisiana Municipal Review
The Louisiana Municipal Review lauds Monroe’s rapid rise to a big city status through intelligent planning led by Mayor Jack Howard and aides H W McSherry and W D H Rodriguez. A separate feature praises police reorganization for more protection at lower cost and notes improvements in Monroe’s fire department.
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Monroe
Louisiana Municipal Review
Louisiana Municipal Association
Jack Howard
H. W. McSherry
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Fire Department
Police to Force Ban on Nine Liquor Establishments
Monroe police were ordered to start checks at midnight on nine liquor dispensing establishments whose city license renewals were rejected or withheld by the City Council last Friday. The council denied renewals for eight outlets selling beer or whiskey due to court convictions of operators or managers. She Bar’s renewal was held up because owner John Russell faces a state court case on selling intoxicants to juveniles. If Russell is convicted, the license will not be issued. if acquitted, renewal may proceed. Police Chief James C. Kelly Jr. said officers would inspect all bars starting at midnight to enforce the action.
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Monroe
Council
John Russell
W.L
Jack) Howard
Russell
Howard
Suspect In Twin Slayings Seized In Florida
Russell Wayne Carpenter 21 was arrested in West Palm Beach by a patrolman during a routine check of transients. FBI says he will be jailed in Miami on an unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder. He described fleeing with Henry Overton after a Miami Beach split, leading to a head on collision that killed Overton and Charles Wray. a pistol and sawed off shotgun were recovered from the wreckage.
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West Palm Beach
Fla. .1
Russell Wayne Carpenter
Washington, D.C
FBI
Miami
John H. Williams
Larry Wald
Carpenter
Wald
E. E. Graham
Miami Beach
Henry Clay Overton
Overton
Wrens
Charles N. Wray
High Point
N.C
Graham
Wray
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Georgia State Patrol
Houston Sets Murder Record
Houston reports a new murder record with 135 killings this year, surpassing 134 in 1952. The city, nicknamed Murdertown U S A, sees about 67 percent of victims as Negro and attributes cited include segregation, moral breakdown, and prosecution failures by the district attorney.
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Houston
U.S.A
Henry Bullock
Texas Southern University
Leo Watts
Oscar Holcombe
District Attorney's
Demand West Imperialists Leave Areas
Cairo news reported the African Asian conference backing a demand that Western imperialists exit the Middle and Far East while avoiding censure of the Soviets. The Political Committee endorsed the resolution calling for self determination across Africa and Asia and rejected referencing the United States over Korea.
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Cairo
Middle
Far East
United States
South Korea
Anup Singh
India
Below Freezing Weather Looms Over Northeast Louisiana
A cold front entering the area today may push temperatures below freezing tomorrow in northeast Louisiana. Rain could occur tonight as clouds cover the state. Yesterday’s high reached 63 with a 37 low at Selman Field. Tonight’s low may be 26 with a high of 46 to 50 tomorrow.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Communications
Selman Field
Libyan oil strike reported near the Algerian border
The Libyan Petroleum Commission announced that Esso Co. struck oil in Fezzan Province in the Sahara Desert near the Algerian border. The well reached 2100 feet with a 40 foot petroleum layer, about 500 miles south of Tripoli.
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Elibyan Gusher
Tripoli
Libya
Libyan Petroleum Commission
Esso Co
United States
Sahara
Fezzan
New Orleans Waiters Bet Texas Tops in Sugar Bowl Spending
In New Orleans, waiters predict Texas visitors will outspend Mississippi at Sugar Bowl crowds. Bartenders note Texas oil and cattle money boosts tabs. some waiters earn little weekly, while a few palatial spots pay near nothing in wages but rely on tips. A New Year’s Eve outing at the Blue Room Roosevelt and Brennan’s could top $100, with prices largely steady across venues.
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New Orleans
Texas
Mississippi
Royal Street
Jess
Blue Room
Roosevelt
Brennan
Passman Attacked. Congressman Improves Overnight
Representative Otto E. Passman recovering after a heart attack at the Penn Hotel. He endured a restless night but showed improvement this morning under physician care. Passman, 57, was rushed to St. Francis Hospital with chest pains and breathing difficulties after nearing a business dinner.
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Otto E. Passman
Passman
Penn Hotel
St. Francis Hospital
Mississippi Governor Coleman Arrives Early for Sugar Bowl
Mississippi Governor J J Coleman arrived in New Orleans two days before the Sugar Bowl to secure a hotel room for a three day stay. He said, As long as I have to pay for it, I feel I should occupy it, and he planned to cheer for his state university.
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New Orleans
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
State University
Coleman
Girl, 14, Shot to Death in Moss Point Misadventure
In Pascagoula, Sheriff Cecil Byrd reported Moss Point High School student Lavee B. Broome, 14, was fatally shot when a pistol she and a friend were inspecting discharged accidentally Sunday. The incident occurred in Pascagoula.
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Pascagoula, Miss
Cep
Cecil Byrd
Lavee B. Broome
Moss Point
Record Low Forest Fires in Fifth District in 1957
A year of heavy rains spared crops and timber, with Vernon Robinson reporting only 35 forest fires in the Forestry Commission’s Fifth District since July 1957, far below prior years. The largest blaze struck Morehouse Parish, destroying 47 acres near Log Cabin north of Bastrop, started by two boys using firecrackers.
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Vernon Robinson
Fifth District
Robinson
Forestry Commission
Jackson
Lincoln
Morehouse
Qua
Chita
Union Parishes
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop
Extreme Caution Urged By Police On New Year’s Eve
Police in the Twin Cities area urge extreme caution as tens of thousands celebrate New Year’s Eve and Day. Traffic is expected to rise by mid afternoon and stay heavy into Thursday. State troopers cite four holiday fatalities in northeast Louisiana as reason for safe driving. Local departments and Ouachita Parish sheriff’s office will increase traffic enforcement with no officer time off. Public offices close tomorrow and downtown stores and banks operate on Sunday like schedules.
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Twin Cities
M. E. Kidd
Louisiana
Monroe
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Worker Held For Triple Marriages
A 31 year old construction worker Alton W Barron was jailed on bigamy charges after three marriages were found. Deputies arrested him in St. Tammany Parish on a warrant. The Baton Rouge wife filed the charge alleging no divorces. Barron from Pearl River TX native said he believed each wife had a divorce. The scheme came to light after a finance company repossessed a car and the Baton Rouge wife signed papers with him. The Mansfield second wife was contacted and claimed she had not divorced Barron.
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Baton Rouge
Bryan Clemmons
Alton W Barron
Pearl River
St. Tammany Parish
Barron
Tyler
Tex
Mansfield
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