Three Mid-South States Hit By Deadly Storms
A violent line of tornadoes ripped through Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama with 31 dead and about 100 injured. Many victims were schoolchildren as twisters struck near Commerce Mississippi and Olive Branch. Hospitals and towns scrambled to assist as property devastation spread across the delta region.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Commerce Landia Mies
Here
Miss
Olive Branch
Damag Marianna
Ark
Huntsville
Ala
National Guardsman Plantation
Oliver
Wiggins Negro
Delta Ar
Tunica
Commerce
France
Erman Planta
Ouachita School Board Opens Furniture Bids
Ouachita Parish board in regular session opened bids on furniture and supplies for a new elementary school on the south side of Monroe. Bids from Entering, Rowley, Dubos, Chano, School Products, Clarence J. Sons, and others were tabulated as the group seeks desks chairs and buses. A hearing on petitions by residents and a juvenile case list were postponed to a later board meeting.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Jte
Supp] Co
Rowley Company
Dubos & Chano Man
Standard Y Co
Clarence J. Sons
New Orleans
Ufacturing Co
Arabi
F. Hansell & Bros. l
Ing
Hoa
Earl Long Claims He Morrison To Be Only Candidates
Earl K Long said only two men would contest the Louisiana governor race he and Morrison in 1956. He asserted others would drop out for lack of funds and noted money not flowing into his camp. A Washington Dispatch quoted his brother saying Long’s 1950 heart attack left him unable to govern.
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New Orleans
Earl K
deLe
Washington
Rep. Long
Sen
Russell Long
Earl Long
Prevent Forest Fires Keep Louisiana Green
Classified amusements and editorial items note advice for preventing forest fires across Louisiana. The piece stresses vigilant fire control and public awareness to protect green spaces and resources.
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Louisiana
Cloudy Weather Without Rain Forecast for Twin City
A CMA forecast for the Twin City area predicts cloudy skies all day Wednesday with no rain or strong winds. Morning high reached 50 degrees, while the low near 6:39 to 8:30 a.m. was 40 degrees.
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Twin City
One Killed And 18 Hurt Here In Jan
Police report details January traffic in Monroe city limits. One pedestrian died after hospital treatment. 18 others injured in incidents including two bicycle riders and three non collision motor incidents. Local hospital and police department cited.
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Mont Cording
Monroe H
Repeal Fight Launched On Farm Supports
Democratic farm leaders in the House launched their drive to repeal the flexible farm program and restore 90 percent parity price supports for wheat cotton corn peanuts and rice. Chair Harold D. Cooley urged an early vote with closed hearings but many members object and Republicans demand hearings. The issue centers on reinstating mandatory supports for five crops and parity as the measure’s yardstick.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
North Carolina
Democrat
Alaskan Defense Outlined by General Acheson
Lt Gen Joseph H. Atkinson and Maj Gen George R. Acheson outlined Alaska defense strategy at a news conference. They said invading forces would face a tough fight for bases and cities but could be left to hold positions while American forces shift to other areas.
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Elmendorf
Alaska
United States
Joseph H. Atkinson
Alaskan Defense Command
George R. Acheson
Alaskan Air Command
James F. Collins
Surrender Of Formosa Linked To Cease-Fire
United Nations reports say Red China demanded Formosa in exchange for a cease-fire in the Formosa Straits. Peiping’s diplomat in London outlined to India’s Nehru that a two China settlement is unacceptable. A Russian plan would require Formosa and the Pescadores return to Red China and condemn the United States.
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New
Red China
Formosa
Formosa Straits
London
Peiping
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Huan Hsiang
Nehru
Two Chinas
New Zealand
China
United States
Refugees From Tachens Arrive After Bombardment
Aboard a Nationalist Chinese troop ship 538 civilians evacuated from the Tachens docked at a Formosa harbor. Liu Yu a Tachens storekeeper described repeated bombing by Communist forces. families waited for relief as they disembarked, with lines of evacuees entering trucks for aid stations.
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Keeling
Formosa P
Tachen Islands
Here
Liu Yu
Tachens
Eisenhower vows no curbs on U S striking power
President Eisenhower reportedly told a Congressional informant the United States must never again accept limits on its military reach as Korea era lessons loom. He urged a free hand in the Far East with Quemoy and the Matsus likely topic in ceasefire bargaining and Formosan defense plans. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek opposes surrender of the islands.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Far East
Quemoy
Matsui
Foochow
Matsus
Tachen Islands
Formosa
Pescadores
Que- Moy
Formosan
Eisenhower Says U S Will Not Let Formosa Fall
President Eisenhower stated the United States will not permit Formosa to fall to communism though he refused to detail defense plans or say whether Quemoy and Matsu would be defended. He noted there is no commitment to send American ground forces and defended the current Army strength plans amid questions from Gen. Ridgway and Congress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Formosa
Pescadores
Quemoy
Matsu
Reds
Matthew Ridgway
Army
Ridgway
House Armed Services Committee
Supreme Court
Senate
John Marshall Harlan
Congress
Dixon
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Sees Shadow Or Not
Faithful members trek to Canoe Ridge for the Gobbler's Knob forecast by the 57 year old groundhog. President Sam Light briefs on events after succeeding D. R. F. A. Lorenzo.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Canoe Ridge
Sam Light
Allegheny Mountains
Light
D.R. F. A. Lorenzo
Two Inch Snow Hits New York City
Groundhog Day brought New York City its heaviest snow of the winter with more than two inches by early morning. Strong northeast winds slowed traffic in the Metropolitan area and forecasters expected four to five inches total. Idlewild Airport reported air traffic delays up to an hour. LaGuardia Field canceled several flights.
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New York
New York City
Weather Bureau
Idlewild
LaGuardia Field
Soviet Industry Boom Drives Global Power Shift in 1954
The Soviet Union continues to expand heavy industry with gains in steel, coal, cement, petroleum, and electric power in 1954, narrowing the gap with the United States. U.S. output declines in steel, coal, and petroleum while the U.S. gains electric power, signaling a shifting world industrial balance.
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Kremlin
U.S.S.R
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
U.S.S.R. U.S
Tohansecscs
Americ
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
91,000 Perish In Accidents In 1954
United States accident toll in 1954 reached 91,090 deaths and 9.2 million injuries with nearly 10 billion dollars in losses. Traffic deaths totaled 36,300, down 5 percent from 1953, the lowest since 1950.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Counc
Notice to Subscribers on Monthly Carrier Billing Update
Subscribers are informed that starting February 1, 1955 the News Star World will bill carriers monthly rather than weekly. Do not pay for February until March 1. If in January any balance exists, pay the remaining days to clear January. Those paid in the newspaper office by mail are exempt.
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News-Star—World
News Paper
News-Star—World Pub. Corp
Mayor Williams Uses Nickels To Beat Parking Ticket
John L. Conner, mayor of Jennings, praised as a real estate agent placed nickels under windshields to extend meter time. He left notes warning violators that cops will ticket, and other drivers later thanked him for saving them.
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Jennings
Williams
John L. Conner
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