White House Heart Consultations Under Way For Eisenhower
Dr Paul Dudley White and five physicians meet at the White House to prepare a final report on President Eisenhower s heart condition. The group reviews tests from Walter Reed and plans to brief the public likely via a White House news conference. White notes the president must decide on seeking another term.
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Washington
Paul Dudley White
White House
Eisenhower
White
Boston
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Howard M. Snyder
New York
White and Snyder
Thomas W. Mattingly
Walter Reed
Byron E. Pol
Weather Balloon Flies Off Course Over Siberia
A U S Navy weather balloon launched from Japan veered west toward Soviet territory due to winds over the Aleutians. At 30,000 feet it sent weather data from Siberia while Lt Cmdr M Lee Lewis noted the transmissions were valuable but not as intended.
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Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Soviet Siberia
Aleutians
Navy
Pacific
Russia
Europe
U.S. Air Force
Japan
Siberia
Cmdr
M. Lee Lewis
Oppama
Holdouts Ask Eisenhower to Bar Funds for Defying Court Ruling
Eight House Democrats urged President Eisenhower to declare he would withhold federal funds from any public school system not in good faith compliance with the Supreme Court decree on desegregation. They argued this could defeat or stall an antisegregation amendment tied to a $1.6 billion construction aid bill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Rep
Powell
Congress
Humphrey To Air GOP Misgivings On Road Program
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey tells Congress of administration misgivings about a Democratic backed tax plan to fund a multibillion dollar highway program. He notes doubts the plan is truly pay as you go and questions if proposed increases are sufficient. The Boggs bill envisions a 12 billion dollar 15 year revenue rise plus 22 billion from current motoring taxes to cover the federal share of a 51 billion highway program with states paying the rest.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Boggs
D-La
Future Business Leaders To Meet At NLSC Convention
The first annual northern district convention of the Future Business Leaders of America will be held Saturday at Northeast Louisiana State College. About 300 high school students are expected. events include nominations for district vice president, four contests, and awards in the afternoon.
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Future Business Leaders of America
Louisiana State College
Marsha Hosey
Ruth Martin
Grand Cane
Commerce Club
W. A. Perkins
Jewell Watson
Gladys Peck
Richard Clanton
Lyle Bufkin
Jennie Wilkie
Bolton High School
Alexandria
Michael Hannon
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Newman Club
Lewis C. Slater
William M. Smith
Going Steady At Early Age Topic Of Conference
Dr. Fred Marx of Monroe addressed a large audience at the annual conference of social studies from 12 northeast Louisiana parishes. He warned of harmful effects from intimate socialization of children at ages 13 and 14 and early marriages, urging education as the remedy. He said respect in childhood lasts into adulthood and is crucial for social order.
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Fred Marx
Monroe
Conference of Social Studies
Louisiana
Marx
John B. Wilson
Louisiana Tech School of Arts and Sciences
R. F. Caldwell
West Monroe
Olin Mathieson
R. T. Watson
First Christian Church
Kefauver Stance on Federal Aid for Noncompliant Schools
Senator Estes Kefauver, visiting Indiana, opposes using federal troops to enforce segregation and supports withholding federal aid from schools that defy the Supreme Court. He avoids weighing in on the Powell Amendment and condemns mob violence at the University of Alabama regarding Autherine Lucy.
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Evansville
Ind
Estes Kefauver
Indiana
South
Chicago
Supreme Court
Kefauver
U. S
Powell
University of Alabama
Autherine Lucy
Grand Jury Probes $2500 Political Donation Tie to NatGas Bill
A federal grand jury begins an inquiry into a $2500 donation offered to Senator Francis Case by How ard B. Keck and a forwarding pair from Superior Oil Co. Neff and Patman testified before a Senate committee that the gift came from Keck's funds with no conditions attached. Case's vote on the natural gas bill prompted questions as to motive. The bill, seen by Eisenhower, remains undecided.
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Washington
Francis Case
R-Sd
Senate
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Elmer Patman
Austin
Tex
Neff
Patman
Superior Oil Co
California
Superior
Howard B. Keck
Sioux Falls
D.C
Case
Eisenhower
Keck
Cotton Dilemma Egypt Threatens To Halt Trade
Egypt warns that sharp cuts in long staple cotton imports could end U S Egyptian trade relations. The embassy conveyed the stance to Herbert Prochnow deputy undersecretary of state for economic affairs last Friday. Egypt supplies nearly all of the long staple cotton imported by the United States.
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Washington
Egypt
United States
Herbert Prochnow
Prochnow
Seven Family Members Die From Asphyxiation In Oklahoma Home
Oklahoma County deputy reports a building contractor George Smithhisler 55 his wife Barbara and five children Virginia 9 Michael 8 Pat 5 Tommy 3 and Carol 1 were found suffocated in their northeast Oklahoma City area home. Neighbors Daniel reported mild 40 degree temps with a gas odor and a live parakeet survived.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
George Smithhisler
Barbara
Virginia
Michael
Pat
Tommy
Carol
George Bryan
Smithhisler
George Long
Continued Rain In Area Forecast
The Monroe area is expected to see more rain today with thunderstorms continuing this afternoon and tonight. At Selman Field the noon temperature was 63, with a low of 34 and a high of 64 observed.
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Monroe
CAA
Selman Field
City Council Will Hire Engineer Firm
Monroe Mississippi local council votes unanimously to hire Bernard and Burk consulting engineers to assist on power plant improvements. The plan includes funding from a seven million dollar upgrade program and adds pumping station enhancements. land purchase for a new junior high and water line extensions are authorized as part of the development.
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Monroe
Bernard and Burk
Baton Rouge
J. M
Pete) Menefee
Bernard
Burk
City Power System
Jack Burk
van Odem
Monroe City
North 19Th Street
Mike John, Sr
Odom
T. L. van Fossen
Pecan
Aged couple share happy marriage formula on Valentine day
Philadelphia 93 year old Abner Braude and Rebecca Braude celebrate 71 years of marriage with their simple rule never bossy always kind and open talk. They advise couples to share duties avoid secrets and stay together as a key to lasting happiness.
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Philadelphia
Abner
Rebecca Braude
Mrs. Braude
Khrushchev Outlines Five Point Policy To Improve West Ties
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced a five point foreign policy at the 20th Congress seeking better relations with the United States Britain and France while warning that peace depends on coexistence or war. The plan calls for respect for coexistence strengthened ties with Soviet satellites, friends in Asia and nonaligned nations, renewed US UK and French engagement, and vigilance to defend peaceful coexistence.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Khrushchev
India
Burma
Afghanistan
United States of America
Great Britain
Joseph Stalin
Fire Damages Rendezvous Restaurant Attic Fire
A night blaze at the Rendezvous restaurant caused minor damage with about 20 feet of attic wood burned and smoke and water effects in other areas. The owner is Bob by Pappas and Mrs Demetra G Thomas, operated by Sam Brown. Fire units 103 106 and ladder 2 responded and stopped the fire within seven to ten minutes.
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Rendezvous
Monroe
Bobby Pappas
Demetra G. Thomas
Sam Brown
106
Two Men Killed Repairing Flat Tire Near Houma
HOUMA La Two men repairing a flat tire were struck and killed by a passing car seven miles west of the city. John L Brien about 40 of Shriver and an airman at Houma AFB unnamed pending kin were involved. Deputies arrested Frank Bradley 73 of Houma after finding his car in a field and Bradley admitted the accident.
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Houma
John L. Brien
Shriver
Houma Afb
Here
Brien
Frank Bradley
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