Johnson calls for probe into $2,500 campaign gift to Senator Case
Senate was urged by Lyndon B. Johnson to form a bipartisan committee to investigate a $2,500 campaign contribution to Senator Francis Case. Case said a lawyer he never met gave cash via a friend, amid debate over a natural gas bill and potential influence on Case's vote.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate Today
Francis Case
R-Sd
Case
Johnson
Senate
Lexington
John M. Neff
South Dakota
Neff
Sen
Hruska
R-Nef
Omaha
Sen. Schoepple
R-Kan
FBI
House
Douglas
D-Ill
ABC
Soviets Charge U S Balloons Violated Border
Moscow accuses the United States of dispatching large balloons with cameras and radio gear over Soviet territory from West Germany and nearby states. Tass notes protest handed to U S Ambassador Bohlen and cites launches from European bases amid weather balloon plans.
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Russia
U. S
West Germany
Washington
State Department
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Tass
United States
Charles E. Bohlen
Andrei A. Gromyko
Turkey
Germany
Death by own action verdict in shotgun slaying case
A verdict of death by own action was returned Monday in the shotgun slaying of Army Toney, 36, whose body was found in his home on Toney Bayou road south of West Monroe Sunday afternoon. Deputies, led by Dr. C A Johnson, found the man shot through the left chest. the body was propped by the front door. Toney was last seen by his brother Willie Saturday afternoon. Deputies assumed the death by own action.
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Army Toney
Toney Bayou Road
West Monroe
Toney
C. A. Johnson
Ouachita Parish
Willie Toney
Angry colonials attack Mollet in Algiers arrival
Premier Guy Mollet faced a hostile Algiers crowd as angry colonials hurled rotten tomatoes and trampled a wreath during his arrival. Police and troops shielded him as the ceremony proceeded and the crowd disrupted the military band.
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Algiers
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Westinghouse Labor Board Meets Over 113 Day Strike
The Westinghouse conference board of the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers met in a closed session to decide the union stance on a federal proposal solving an impasse in the 113 day strike against Westinghouse Electric Corp. Finnegan of the Mediation Service urged pausing further company demanded efficiency studies to allow talks on other contract terms.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Conference Board
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Prevent Forest Fires Keep Louisiana Green
Brief item urges readers to protect forests and keep Louisiana green. Emphasizes prevention measures and public awareness campaigns during fire season.
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Louisiana
Stevenson Seeks Southern California Votes on Birthday Swing
Adlai Stevenson turns 56 and presses a campaign drive in Los Angeles area with eight appearances and receptions. The route includes a public picnic and tea at the Beverly Hilton as Kefauver cancels his parallel coast tour to return to the Senate.
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Los Angeles
Adlai Stevenson
California
Stevenson
Beverly Hilton
San Diego
Tennessee
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Senate
Bus Driver Endures 12 Miles In Snow To Save 16 Passengers
In a brutal blizzard near Tucumcari New Mexico bus driver John Herron 38 guided 16 passengers 12 miles through waist high drifts to a service station where he collapsed then was rescued. After 21 hours waiting the passengers were moved to Tucumcari and Herron recovered in hospital with frostbite snowblindness and exhaustion. Mrs Henrietta Roosevelt of San alluded to prayer during the ordeal.
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Tucumcari
N.M
John Herron
Herron
Glenrio
Henrietta Roosevelt
San
Clear Weather Returns To Twin City Area
After several days of showers the Twin City area saw clear weather on Monday with cool, sunny conditions expected through Tuesday. The morning fell to 30 degrees but rose to about 50 by noon with light west-southwest winds. Overnight lows were forecast between 36 and 38 degrees.
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Twin City
Baskin Youth In Critical Condition After Accident
Robert Allen Taylor an 18 year old Baskin resident lies in extremely critical condition at Charity Hospital after a three car crash near Rayville Saturday night Taylor suffered a brain concussion and multiple fractures Shirley 23 of Monroe in the same hospital with a broken leg and facial lacerations Dunn of Rayville was treated at St Francis with a fractured pelvis and dislocated hip Self of Rayville escaped injury State police say the Shirley car trying to pass Self struck the rear of Selfs vehicle and crashed into a pickup driven by Dunn The Shirley car belonged to Samuel O Shirley Winnsboro police have not yet identified the Shirley driver
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Robert Allen Taylor
Baskin
Charity Hospital
Rayville
Taylor
Charity
James A. Shirley
Pine Street
Monroe
Shirley
St. Francis Hospital
Robert Dunn
David Self
Route 2
Self
Louisiana
Holly Ridge
Samuel O. Shirley
Winnsboro
Ex Treasury Official Randolph E. Paul Dies at Capitol Hearing
Randolph E. Paul former general counsel of the Treasury collapsed during a Capitol hearing and died minutes later. A Capitol Hill physician Dr. James L. Keating pronounced him dead about 20 minutes after he slumped forward hitting the table. Paul 65 was questioned by Rep Mills and his wife was at his side as doctors arrived.
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Randolph E. Paul
Treasury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Capitol
James L. Keating
Capitol Hill
Paul
Rep
Mills
D-Ark
Senate
House Committee On the
the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Bolling
D-Mo
Nine Die In Louisiana Accidents Over Weekend
A rain soaked Louisiana highway crash killed five in a Pine Grove group and left one survivor. The weekend toll rose to nine with additional crash fatalities near Hammond Baton Rouge and Thibodaux involving a cow, a Southern Bell employee and multiple car wrecks.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Pine Grove
Malcomb
Mecklin Robinson
Alfred Carter
Howard Lee
Johnny Style
Joseph Robinson Jr
Malcolm
Hammond
Emma Smith
Independence
Southern Bell
John Edelmann Jr
Thibodaux
Open House Showcases Handicapped Children School
Chicago's South Side Training Center opens its doors to over 200 visitors as 23 cerebral palsy pupils, aged 5 to 15, demonstrate new abilities. The Tuley Park basement program, funded by a parent association, relies on donations and raffles for a $100,000 annual budget.
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South Side
Tuley Park
Chicago Park
National Fund
Bernardine Moen
Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Wetzel Death Sentence
The Mississippi Supreme Court refused to free condemned William Wetzel via habeas corpus and ordered his execution in the gas chamber on Thursday unless his attorney appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling, 6-2 with dissents, keeps Wetzel on death row for the Jones County robbery murder.
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Jackson, Miss
State Supreme Court
William Wetzel
Wetzel
Mississippi
US. Supreme Court
Howard McDonnell
U.S. Supreme Court
Harvey McGehee
Roberts
Kyle
Robert Gillespie
Appellant
U.S
Jones County
Lorber
Edgar
Sonny) McGraw
Sorber
Today Deadline For Purchasing Auto Licenses
Baton Rouge report states today is the deadline for Louisiana motorists to buy 1956 auto licenses. Late buyers face a 1 dollar penalty tomorrow, with passenger car licenses costing 3 dollars and truck licenses due by May 1. Revenue Collector Rufus W. Fontenot says no extension and offices close at 5 p.m.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Rufus W. Fontenot
Fontenot
State High Court Asked To Handle Runoff Decision
Louisiana Supreme Court may decide a request to handle a suit seeking a runoff in the Democratic primary for attorney general and agriculture commissioner. Clerk Valsin Courville urged all seven justices to attend as petitions by Atty. Gen. Fred LeBlanc and Agriculture Commissioner Dave Pearce are heard. Both trailed in the January 17 primary, with Gremillion and McCrory advancing on Gov-designate Earl Long's ticket.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Valsin Courville
Supreme Court
Fred LeBlanc
Dave Pearce
LeBlanc
Jack Gremillion
Pearce
Sidney McCrory
Gremillion
McCrory
Earl Long
Alabama River Crest Expected Tuesday in East Alabama
The Coosa River near Gadsden is forecast to crest at 24 feet, four feet above flood stage, after four inches of rain in parts of North Alabama. The Warrior and Cahaba rivers show crests or near crests, with Selma recording 3.95 inches in the 24 hour period.
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Birmingham
Coosa
Gadsden
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Warrior River
Tuscooosa
West Alabama
Cahaba River
Centreville
Selma
Rayville Woman And Child Among Rescued Group
Mrs Ruth Anne Henderson aged 23 and her 21 month old daughter Patricia Dell of Rayville were among 16 passengers saved Sunday from a bus stuck in snowdrifts for 21 hours near Glenrio New Mexico. The bus stalled Saturday and help took hours to arrive as the driver walked 12 miles through blizzard to signal for aid. He was hospitalized to recuperate.
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Ruth Anne Henderson
Patricia Dell
Rayville
Glenrio
N. M
One-Word Reason Drives News Star World Want Ads
A 1948 Chevrolet 1 2 ton pickup with radio heater is offered in the Want Ads. A user testifies that the ad generated at least ten calls after selling the Chevrolet, praising the results and inviting others to place ads.
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