Eisenhower pledges no curb on National Guard strength
Washington AP President Eisenhower insisted the National Guard will not be destroyed or reduced in strength. Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord said the president values the Guard and will maintain it as four Guard Association representatives met him. The delegation protested Pentagon plans for six months basic training for enlistees, urging 11 weeks for those under 18. House subcommittee hearings on reserve programs followed.
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Washington
National Guard
Eisenhower
National Guard Assn
Milton A. Reckord
White House
Wilson
Pentagon
House Armed Services
Army Guard
Stephen S. Jackson
Army
Soviet Leader Shot in Kremlin Power Struggle
New York Daily News cites intelligence sources that Lazar M. Kaganovich deputy premier of the Soviet Union was gravely wounded by a shooting in a Kremlin power struggle. The dispatch says Khrushchev and Bulganin viewed him as the chief plotter against their rule and arranged the shooting.
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New York
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Soviet Union
Kremlin
New York Daily News
Washington
Kaganovich
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
News Washington
Jerry Greene
Hans Joachim Schulten
Gore Drafts Legislation To Curb Spending
Sen. Gore announces drafting a law to cap individual political contributions each year and require full reporting. He cites election cost data and notes possible criminal penalties for nondisclosure while considering a $5,000 annual limit, with a preference for $1,000.
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Gore
Washington
Sen
D-Tenn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
Senate
Subcommittee
Lansdell ix. Christie
New York
House Group Delays Drought Relief Bill
The House Agriculture committee votes to delay passage of a drought relief bill at the urgent request of the Agriculture Department. MPs criticize last minute objections as Undersecretary Morse seeks a two week delay while the bill shifts to regular rules.
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House
Washington
Llp
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Democratic
Republican Committee
Department
True D. Morse
Morse
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
Common
Agriculture
Izra T. Benson
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Poage
Kenneth Scott
More School Funds Assed in Louisiana Plea
SHREVEPORT La Supt. of Education Shelby M Jackson urged more state funds for public schools. Speaking to the Louisiana School Boards Assn he said about 86 million of 129 million for 1956 57 came from dedicated sources with the rest shifted from the general fund with legislative approval.
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Shreveport
Shelby M. Jackson
Louisiana
Jackson
Louisiana School Boards Assn
Sheriff Holifield Loses Appeal Over Whisky Seizure
Mississippi Supreme Court refused to exempt former Jones County Sheriff Morgan Holifield from posting an appeal bond after his contempt conviction. He was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 15 days in jail for refusing to return more than one bottle of whisky from a liquor raid.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Jones County
Morgan Holifield
W. N. Ethridge Jr
Holifield
Lunsford Casey
Casey
Kleinpeter Residents Seek Baton Rouge Phone Service
The Louisiana Public Service Commission will hear a Kleinpeter subdivision request for telephone service on February 13 in Baton Rouge. The Kleinpeter area is a Baton Rouge subdivision.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Kleinpeter
Deadline Near for Auto Licenses at Monroe Office
With under two days left to obtain automobile licenses, Monroe’s Department of Internal Revenue license division faces a swelling crowd. Manager C R Tidwell notes lines stretch onto the sidewalk as all windows and staff work to issue plates. penalties of $1 apply to anyone not licensed by 5 p m Wednesday.
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Monroe
Department of Internal Revenue
C. R. Tidwell
Tidwell
Famous Indian Fighter Halsell Dies at 96 in Fort Worth
Harry H. Halsell, 96, noted trail driver, Indian fighter and author of nine Western books, died at his Fort Worth home. Born October 1, 1860 in Clarksville, Texas, he fought Apaches with dual six shooters in frontier days and later chronicled cattle life on the trails. He moved to Fort Worth from Lubbock in 1945 and authored aut biographies and Western lore.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Harry H. Halsell
Halsell
Clarksville
Texas
New Mexico
Commerce Street
Tort Worth
Hassell
Geronimo
Lubbock
Miners explosion toll and Negro hunter dominate
The report details a Virginia miners explosion with initial death estimates of 35 to 40 miners. In Mississippi Brookhaven a heavily armed posse hunts a young black man suspected of attacking two white women in separate incidents, with no rape confirmed in one case and a critical injury in the other.
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Brookhavenn
Miss
Mississippi
Carrie Smith
King’s Daughters Hospital
Louisiana
Angola
Highway 84
Israel Stands Fast On Gaza Strips Occupation Stays
Israel refused to withdraw its forces from the Gaza Strip and Sharm el Sheikh area despite a United Nations resolution calling for immediate withdrawal. The Foreign Ministry cited lack of guarantees against renewed Arab raids and Egypt's artillery blockade as reasons for keeping troops in place.
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United Nations
N.Y
Israel
U.N
Gaza Strin
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
UNEF
Three Indicted for Espionage in Soviet Plot
New York report states two men and a woman, Jack Soble Myra Soble and Jacob Albam, indicted on six counts for alleged espionage to transmit U S intelligence and defense secrets to the Soviet Union with several Russian officials named as co conspirators and potential death penalty.
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New York
U. S
Soviet Union
Jack Soble
Myra
Jacob Albam
Illegitimate Births Strain Monroe Charity Budget
The EE A Conway Memorial Hospital in Monroe saw 709 unwed births last year, adding an estimated 62,156 annually to taxpayers. Negro births rose with illegitimate cases, while white illegitimacy fell. 2,513 total births, 2,080 to Negro mothers, 441 to white mothers, with repeats noted among Negro families.
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RECA
Jasper News-Star
EE. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Charity Hospital
Henry E. Jones
Haiti President Resigns Amid Political Pressure
Provisional President Joseph Nemours Pierre-Louis resigns after radio threats of a general strike by seven presidential candidates. The army seeks order as Haiti’s volatile pre Lent carnival turmoil continues with no immediate successor named.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Joseph Nemours
Pierre-Louis
Pierre- Louis
Caribbean
Paul Magloire
Magloire
Extile
Supreme Court
Army
Army Headquarters
Louis Dejoie
Francois Duvallier
Duvallier
News-Star Opens In Modern Plant
Monroe's afternoon News-Star debuts at the new North Fourth and Olive plant with updated production using AP Wirephoto. The redesign aims for a more attractive readable look with new features in the women's section including Teenage Mail Emily Post and Did You Know.
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News-Star
Monroe
North Fourth and
Olive Streets
News - Star
United States
Emily Post
Louisiana
Gas Blast Kills 35 to 40 in Pocahontas Mine Disaster
An explosion deep in the Pocahontas mine near the Virginia West Virginia border killed between 35 and 40 miners. Rescue efforts found the bodies about six hours after the 12:55 a.m. CST blast. Gas is believed the likely cause, with 177 men inside and most escaping through another opening.
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Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Virginia
West Virginia
Mite
Pocahontas
Robert P. Meade
A. V. Sproles
West Virginia Mines Department
Julius Olzer
Armed Bandits Hold Up Bastrop Service Station
Two armed men robbed Eli's Service Station east of Bastrop on Highway 165 at 0 39 a m escaping with 134 dollars. Attendant Louis Bakey was tied, the telephone ripped from the wall, Bailey freed himself and alerted the sheriff. Bank notes and vehicle details remain unclear.
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News-Star
Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
EB. L. Hinton
Eli
Highway 165
Louis Bakey
Hinton
Bailey
Sheriff's Office
Morehouse
Occasional Rain Forecast With Rising Mercury
Unseasonably warm with temperatures reaching 77 by 11:50 am and no rain yet after 14 days of showers. Forecast calls for occasional showers later, with a low tonight of 58 to 62 and a high near 70 to 75 tomorrow.
Want Ads Find tenants fast for idle rental property
An advertiser reports success placing a want ad in News Star World to fill vacancies quickly. The ad for a Southside three rooms and bath unit with washer and gas heat promised quick rental and offered a low seven day rate with cancellation privileges. Phone contact numbers 1618 and 2516 were provided.
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News-Star — World
Southside
Auree
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