Dulles Seeks Unified West Ahead of Macmillan Moscow Visit
U S Secretary of State Dulles and British leaders push for stronger civil rights laws and a united Allied stance on Berlin as Prime Minister Macmillan plans a reconnaissance trip to Moscow to gauge Soviet positions on Germany. The trip, possibly within three weeks, requires final policy alignment among the Big Four.
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London
U.S
Dulles
West
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Macmillan
House of Commons
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
Berlin
Paris
Bonn
Eisenhower Held Secret Talks With Rayburn Johnson
The White House confirmed President Eisenhower met privately with House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Leader Lyndon B. Johnson to push administration legislation. Hagerty said there were at least two meetings since the start of the year in the White House residence to align on federal spending with revenues.
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Thomasville
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Rayburn
Johnson
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Washington
Eisenhhower
Nixon Nursing Two Broken Ribs After Sleet Fall
Vice President Richard M. Nixon is being treated for two broken ribs after a slip on a sleet slick sidewalk in front of his home. He told reporters at a reception that the injury hurt but he would not be deterred and joked about his daughters Patricia and Julie giving him special care.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Patricia
Julie
United States confronts Soviets with evidence of attack
The United States publicly charged the Soviet Union with shooting down a U. S. C130 transport last September near the Turkey Armenia border. A graphic tape of radio conversations between Soviet pilots accompanied an eight page State Department summary detailing efforts to obtain clarification from Moscow.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U. S
State Department
Turkey-Armenia
Armenia
Richard M. Nixon
John Foster Dulles
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Informa
United Sates
Americans Freed After Weeks in East Germany
U S Army pilot Richard Mackin and four soldiers were released in Herleshausen Germany after weeks in East Germany. They parachuted in December after a fuel loss and were brought to West Germany near the Berlin border. Release mediated by Red Cross groups. U S State Department had refused direct negotiations.
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Herleshausen
Germany
East Germany
Richard Mackin
Mackin
Washington, DC
Elwyn Bell
Hill City
Kenneth G. Carlson
San Leandro
Calif
James W. Hayes
Baltimore
Melvyn Hampton
Red Cross
U.S. State Department
West Germany
LSU Students Find Ancient Mastodon Remains in Bayou Bed
Three LSU students Darrel Williamson James Coleman and Sherwood Gagliano uncovered a near full mastodon skeleton in Tunica Bayou West Feliciana parish on January 9 The find includes a 70 pound tusk a 60 pound thighbone a complete jawbone eight ribs a skull and neck vertebrae Preservation is excellent and the animal likely stood about 10 feet tall.
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Harold Anderson
Geology Museum
Darrel Williamson
James Coleman
Sherwood Gagliano
Anderson
Louisiana
Bayou
Police Jury Chief Joins Faction Against Perez in Louisiana
Emile Martin Jr resigns after 12 years as Plaquemines Parish police jury president and joins a new Republican Democratic Organization opposing Leander Perez. He cites wasteful spending and one man control over parish agencies and agencies including the school board and sheriff. He and his son plan to meet with Gov. Earl Long about succession.
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Port Sulphur
Emile Martin Jr
Plaquemines Parish
Leander Perez
Martin
Earl Long
Long
Baton Rouge
Perez
Independent Democratic Organization
Plaquemines
St. Bernard Parishes
A Re
Sheriff's Office
Khrushchev offers West Berlin under UN control terms
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged an end to the cold war and proposed making West Berlin a United Nations responsibility in a plan tied to Western access guarantees. He invited Eisenhower to visit the Soviet Union and warned the U S of military options, while promising de militarization and UN supervision of Berlin corridors.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
United Nations
Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
U.N
West Germany
East Germany
Bullets Found Sent Through Mail In West Monroe
West Monroe officials discovered two scatter shot .22 caliber bullets mailed yesterday. One shell had been mashed but did not explode. The postmaster stressed it is illegal to mail explosives of any kind.
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West Monroe
West Monroe Names Director for 1959 Recreation Program
Named director Wood Sonny Sers was appointed to head the 1959 city summer recreation program in West Monroe by the City Recreation Department. The announcement appeared in the local notices portion of the paper.
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Wood
Sonny’ Sers
West Monroe
City
Fair And Colder Area Forecast For Selman Field
A weather forecast notes fair and colder conditions. Frost formed at daybreak with 32 degree low, then sun brought temperatures to 47 by mid morning. Expected lows 28 to 32 tonight and highs 42 to 46 tomorrow.
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Mercury
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Suit Filed Against Monroe Over Ad Law
Two service station operators James J. Balsamo and James Giobingo filed in District Court challenging a Monroe ordinance restricting gasoline advertising as unconstitutional. The suit seeks to bar enforcement pending court ruling. Ordinance passed November 25 1958 by City Council at the request of the Monroe branch of the Louisiana Service Station Association. Local operators urged its passage to curb alleged misleading advertising. Mayor W L Howard attended a state conference. city officials could not comment immediately.
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Monroe
James J. Balsamo
4Th St. Esso Servicenter
James Giobingo
Esso
W. L
Jack) Howard
Alexandria
Council
Louisiana Service Station Association, Inc
Haynes Harkey Jr
H. W. McSherry
Finance and Utilities
Houston Couple jailed For Trying To Sell Twin Sons
A former airman from Michigan and his British-born wife attempted to sell their 8-year-old twin boys for 500 dollars. Investigating officers probed the couple as police filed charges in Houston.
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Houston
Houston, Tex
Michigan
Clark Dean Stillion
Couple Jailed In Child Adoption Plot In Brighton
Bright on Michigan man and wife Rosemarie both 24 were jailed after juvenile officers posed as a married couple to purchase boys with a bill of sale and marked money. Stillion said he had been unable to get a job since his Air Force release. Mrs Stillion sobbed that they acted for the children’s good as the twins Thomas James and another child were named in the report. Continued on page 2.
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Brighton, Mich
Rosemarie
Stillion
Air Force
Mrs. Stillion
Thomas James
March Month of Meetings Brings Multiple Conventions to Monroe
Monroe sees a surge in conventions in 1959 with L J Hulin stating every month will host at least two gatherings. March stands out with three events over March 20 22 drawing hundreds of visitors to the Penn Frances and Virginia hotels.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
L. J. Hulin
Chamber of Commerce Convention Committee
Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Penn Hotel
Tulane
Frances Hotel
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Raatibanters
Virginia Hotel
Missing US weather plane with 12 aboard over Atlantic
A US Navy B50 hurricane hunter and a crew of 12 are missing after departing Bermuda for a routine North Atlantic weather mission. Stormy seas and 40 mph winds hinder search efforts about 300 miles northwest of Bermuda after a burning craft was seen earlier. Names of the crew were being withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U.S
mid-Atlantic
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Navy
Next of
59Th
Kindley Air Base
North Atlantic
Bank Robbery Suspects Captured in Weiner Case
Federal agents captured two men in the $22,988 Weiner bank holdup. James Hand, 19, was seized at Waldemburg and Lee A. Chadwick, 36, was found in the attic of Hand’s Orwell home near Jonesboro. A third suspect, Joe Mullins, 25, of Leachville, remained at large as a search continued.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Weiner
FBI
James Hand
Waldenburg
Lee A. Chadwick
Leachville
Hand
Orwell
Bank of Weiner
Joe Mullins
Wrong body of accident victim sent for burial
A Gaffney couple faced uncertainty as Navy and FBI searched for their son Jerry Driskill among three sailors killed in a Pensacola area highway crash. The wrong body was sent to Wisconsin for burial, later identified as Lawrence Geis of Milwaukee. Donald Tullis of Racine was another victim.
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Gaffney
D.C
Navy
FBI
Florida
Lawrence H. Geis
Milwaukee
Roy K. Moore
Charlotte, N.C
Jerry Robert Driskill
Wisconsin
Donald L. Tullis
Racine
Wis
Promotion of New Industry Talks in Alexandria
More than 300 civic and business leaders gathered at the Hotel Bentley to hear talks on boosting industry in Louisiana. Major speakers included E. M. Howell of General Electric and Rupert Evans of First National Bank, with Keen Johnson slated for the afternoon address. Howell cited 1958 Louisiana plant growth and 4,367 new jobs, stressing a good business climate as essential to regional growth.
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Alexandria
Bentley
Keen Johnson
Reynolds Metal Company
Louisville
E. M. Howell
General Electric Company
Dallas
Rupert Evans
First National Bank of
Lake Providence
Algie K.choate
Howell
Louisiana
Eisenhower calls for federal crime for obstructing desegregation orders
President Eisenhower asks Congress to strengthen civil rights laws by making it a federal crime to use force or threats to obstruct court orders in school desegregation. The seven point package includes FBI powers, voting record inspection, and temporary aid to states, with an extension for the Civil Rights Commission.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
FBI
Fisenhower
Civil Rights Commission
Committee On Government
Auto Owners Reminded Of Tag Deadline
Passenger automobile owners crowded the Monroe office of the Louisiana State Department of Revenue as the 1959 tag deadline approached. Motorists must buy the $3 tags by 5 p m tomorrow with a $1 penalty starting Monday morning. C R Tidwell reported 71 000 passenger car plates sold in the Fifth District totaling 35 000 Monroe offices plus 24 000 district offices and 12 000 delinquents remaining.
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Monroe
Louisiana State Department of Revenue
Heninger
State Office
C. R. Tidwell
State Department of Revenue
Tidwell
Tomer
Sold items: maple bunk beds and heaters
A seller advertises a set including maple bunk beds mattresses and pillows for 70 dollars. Contact FA 2-0495. Also offered are five gas heaters described as good as new and very reasonably priced. Call FA 2-8023 for details.
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Frankfurt
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la Cabana
LSU
Tunica Bayou
West Feliciana Parish
Khrush
Soviet Communist Party
Twin City
Bernard Alpert
Syracuse
N. Y
Naval
Chicago
Cmdr
B. W. Webb
Naval Reserve
Spartanburg
Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station
Driskill
J. Brunson Phillips
Jerry
Sion
Small Business Administration
Star— World
Motorola
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