Eisenhower urges immigration reform and 1960 re election plan
President Eisenhower urged Congress to overhaul immigration law to raise the annual quota to 220 000 permanent residents and to speed deportations of criminal aliens. He said he would seek information by March 1 on whether to run again and hinted at a possible national address. He also commented on Chief Justice Earl Warren and the potential for Warren to seek the presidency if Eisenhower does not run.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Earl Warren
Warren
Supreme Court
State To Surface Four W. Monroe Monroe Streets
The state highway department will bid on asphalt surfacing of four Twin City streets with two in each city. Bids due February 29 in Baton Rouge. Streets include Forsythe Avenue and Milhaven Road in Monroe and require removing utilities from the area.
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Twin City
State Highway Department
Baton Rouge
Monroe
John E. Coon
Coon
J.A. Kinkead
Twin Cities
Forsythe Avenue
Bayou DeSiard
Forsythe
18Th Street
Milhaven Road
Louisiana Tech Rejected Three Black Transfer Applicants
President R L Ropp said Louisiana Tech refused three Black transfer students for not filing a complete application and transcript. The men, seeking business administration forestry and engineering, intended to register for the summer session after being denied entrance last week.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
R. L. Ropp
Ropp
Tech
Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Stay of Sorber Execution
The Mississippi Supreme Court refused to halt the execution of condemned minor Sorber, ordering death at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Sorber's attorney may appeal to the U S Supreme Court, potentially delaying his death if a State Supreme Court judge grants a halt. Wetzel, Sorber's accomplice, is in prison for the murder of Edgar Sonny McGraw.
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Sorber
U. S. Supreme Court
Sorber Execution Halted As Appeal Moves Forward
Minor Sorber, condemned in Mississippi, had his execution postponed as he pursues a new U S Supreme Court appeal after the State Supreme Court refused to grant clemency. Chief Justice McGehee signed the stay with a court majority backing the halt.
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Jackson, Miss
Sorber
U. S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Harvey McGehee
Ohio
Wetzel Case Halts Execution As Supreme Court Review Sought
Chief Justice Harvey McGehee blocked Wetzel's planned execution while he and Lorber pursue U S Supreme Court reviews. The State Supreme Court denied clemency in a 6 2 ruling. Wetzel's attorney filed a U S Supreme Court appeal with 90 days to proceed, arguing constitutional rights violation while awaiting execution.
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Wetzel
U. S. Supreme Court
McGehee
Lorber
Bastrop Child Struck By Auto Fatally Hurt
Jacqueline Flowers six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Flowers route 1 Bastrop was fatally injured when struck by an automobile while awaiting a school bus on U S highway 165 about half a mile south of Bastrop police said the driver Mrs Brooks Oliver of Bastrop stated the accident was unavoidable. The child was taken to Blackwell and Golden Funeral home Bastrop with funeral arrangements pending.
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Bastrop
Jacqueline Flowers
Clarence Flowers
Brooks Oliver
Jacqueline
U. S. Highway 165
Blackwell and Golden Funeral Home
Court Rules but Runoff Uncertain in Louisiana Primaries
Atty. Gen. Fred LeBlanc and Agriculture Commissioner Dave Pearce sought a runoff and rehearing after the Louisiana Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, blocked a runoff primary. The court will issue reasons later, leaving Gremillion and McCrory as nominees unless the decision is reversed.
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New Orleans
Fred LeBlanc
State Supreme Court
LeBlanc
Agriculture
Dave Pearce
Democratic State Central Committee
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Sidney McCrory
Neptune Bomber Crew Found Safe After Missing Mission
The U.S. Navy reports Neptune P2V patrol bomber with seven aboard was found in Venezuela near the Orinoco Delta after going down during a rescue mission to Antarctica. The aircraft was sighted on the ground 70 miles southwest of Trinidad and showed no serious damage or fire.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
Antarctica
Venezuela
Navy
Trinidad
Caracas
Orinoco Delta
Burglars Lift Safe From Credit Office Near City Hall
A small safe with about $1,000 in cash and 2,000 blank checks was stolen from the Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation at 103 Wood Street. Detectives warn merchants to watch for checks numbered 7901 to 9999. Entry was made by breaking a west side window. the heist occurred between 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7:15 a.m. Wednesday. Police and Ouachita Parish deputies investigated, with traces washed away by rain.
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City Hall
Universal C. I. T. Credit Corporation
Wood Street
Hugh Tolbert
Ouachita National Bank
Ouachita Parish
Youth Held In Slayings
Donald Wyciskala, 22, an odd jobs worker from Bismark North Carolina, arrested in New Orleans, admitted to killing Mr and Mrs James B As kew near McFarland California Sunday after being nagged about his driving. He said he was hired to drive the couple from Seattle to Los Angeles and planned to visit his wife and baby daughter in Griffin Georgia.
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Donald Wyciskala
Bismark
N. C
New Orleans
FBI
James B. Askew
McFarland
Calif
Seattle
Los Angeles
Griffin, Ga
Search for two St. Joseph men’s bodies continues along Mississippi
In St. Joseph a ongoing river search along the Mississippi near Bon Durant Shute seeks two missing men believed drowned Monday afternoon. William Morris Green, 38, a fisherman, and Nick Brayton, about 20, a laborer for Green, are the missing pair last seen at Bon Durant Shute. A boat tied to the missing pair was found at Learned Mill, north of Natchez, as authorities monitor the swift current.
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ST. Joseph
Mississippi River
William Morris Green
Nick Brayton
Green
Tensas Parish
Elliott Coleman
Mississippi
Bondurant Shute
Miss
Ruther Wenger
Woodstock
Learned Mill
Natchez
Adams
Long to Take Part in 2nd Primary Legislative Races
Governor Earl Long said he will actively back candidates in several parishes for the second primary legislative races. He declined on policing appointments and will not intervene in Caddo Grant or East Baton Rouge parishes. He endorsed Daw son Martin Iberia’s Ansil Simmons Calcasieu Lon Tyndall Lafayette Richard Bertrand and Rex McCullough against Bonin for the Senate.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Dawson Martin
Ascension Parish
L. P. Bourque
Ansil N. Simmons
Risley C. Triche
Long
Winnfield
Caddo
Grant
East Baton Rouge
J. Aller Daigre
Fred Decuir
Iberia Parish
Calcasieu
Lon Tyndall
Kenneth Cagle
Robert Kennon
Richard Bertrand
J. Alfred Begnaud
Lafayette Parish
Rex McCullough
Senate
Elmore Bonin
Bama Facing Two Crises On Racial Front
At the University of Alabama two crises arise from court orders ending race barriers. Autherine Lucy, 26, seeks admission despite exclusion protests while Dean William Adams faces contempt action for the school's refusal to enroll Polly Ann Hudson. The legislature backs the trustees' stance amid broader national protests.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
William Adams
Birmingham
Polly Ann Hudson
Board of Trustees
Hudson
Alabama
Miss Lucy
New York
National Assn. For Advancement of Colored People
Brownell
Polio boy collapses as Texas evangelist faces charges
Texas faith healer Jack Coe was arrested after a three year old polio victim was allegedly injured during a medicine practice without a license. A preliminary hearing set for February 17 will test ministerial immunity under Florida law as he continues revival services.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Jack Coe
Dallas
Tex
Ann Clark
George
Coe
Weather Picture Here Unpleasant Weather Day
A miserable forecast dominated the Twin City area for Wednesday with overcast skies light rain fog and possible thunderstorms and heavy showers through the day. Rains dropped about .05 inches overnight while morning winds reached 23 mph and higher gusts were forecast later. Temperatures ranged from a high around 58 at 11 30 a m to a low near 47 at 5 30 a m with similar readings expected tonight.
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Twin City
Eisenhower Flags Top Priority for Guided Missiles
President Eisenhower announced the United States will give top priority to guided missile development. He said the U S may trail in some areas of research but leads in others and that the missile program will proceed with available resources. Trevor Gardner returned from Miami to discuss reports he plans to quit as Air Force research chief and possible restructuring. He faces calls for more funding and clearer service responsibilities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Finsenhower
Trevor Gardner
Miami
Fla
Air Force Research
Gardner
Wilson
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
The
Herald Tribune
the Times
Pentagon
Ouachita Parish Refuses Liquor License For Louise Hardy
The Ouachita parish police jury rejected Louise Hardy’s request for a liquor license to operate at 1306 Winnsboro road Ward three citing local protest by residents and the ministerial association. The board did grant a license to Ralph Stevens for the Delta club in Ward three. Dr. Carroll Summer presented the parish Health Center annual report and received a commendation from juror L A Fourmy who also delivered his road and finance report.
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Ouachita Parish
Louise Hardy
Ministerial Association
Dr. Summer
Fourmy
Parachute crash bodies found in B-36 fire
Fort Worth bulletin reports the Tarrant county volunteer fire fighters mobile unit notified the sheriff that the bodies of both men who parachuted from a burning B 36 had been found.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Sheriff's Office
Lone chiropractor to adopt seven Shoshone children
Dr. Imogene Barker, 27, a widowless chiropractor from Lemont Pa, plans to travel to Fort Hall Idaho to collect seven Shoshone children she will adopt. She already fostered two children nine years ago and will relocate the entire group to her five bedroom home, aiming to rename the children and provide care for a married couple staying with her. Barker expects to depart for Fort Hall next month with the station wagon provided for the journey.
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Lemont
Idaho
Imogene Barker
Barker
Fort Hall
State College
Pennsylvania
White Plains
Dr. Barker
Sheriff Office Burglary Foiled by Gunfire in Louisiana
In St Joseph Louisiana a Negro janitor Jack Jones confronted two white burglars at the Tensas parish sheriff office early Wednesday firing a .22 pistol. The men fled west on highway 65 dropping an adding machine. An all points bulletin was issued for a black Ford. No injuries confirmed.
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ST. Joseph
Tensas Parish
Elliot Coleman
Jack Jones
Jones
Coleman
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