Five shot in Clinton Heights house killings
In Albany suburb Clinton Heights a jobless woman shot five female relatives then killed herself. Victims include Marion Gilbert and Virginia Gilbert who died, Eleanor Gilbert in critical condition, plus their mother and two aunts injured. Police found a .22 rifle near Eleanor. motive and charges pending.
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N. Y
Marion Gilbert
Virginia Gilbert
Clinton Heights
Eleanor
Albany Memorial Hospital
Joseph Sayers
Sayers
Eleanor Gilbert
Katherine Bauman
Florence Haggerty
Gilbert
Watervliet Arsenal
Miss Haggerty
Veterans Hospital
Virginia
Woman Kills Two Sisters And Self In College Uprising
Police investigated a complex campus disturbance at Northeast Louisiana State College where a student revolt involved football players demanding better conditions. The open revolt included hearings by the disciplinary and athletic committees with the president and faculty present as students and players clashed over hearing format.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Lewis Slater
Rhodrick Hickman
Hickman
Rayville Grocer Robbed at Gunpoint for 1800
Rayville and Richland parish authorities seek two Black men who robbed grocer R. C. Boies late Saturday night. He lost 1200 in checks and 600 in cash after being threatened with a .38 pistol. Boies could not identify the suspects who appeared to know his habits.
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Rayville
Richland Parish
R. C. Boies
Boies
O. S. Worley
Budget Reduced Only A Fraction
The House Appropriations Committee voted to cut $5,541,000 from President Eisenhower's $3,338,783,000 Treasury and Post Office budget for the 1955 fiscal year. The reduction, under 0.2 percent, signals difficulty in trimming the overall budget to eliminate the anticipated $3 billion deficit.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Post Office
Police hold man in hit and run that injures airman
In Shreveport Louisiana police hold Vincent Sangimino a 20 year old believed owner of a car involved in a Saturday night hit and run that critically injured Barksdale airman. Sangimino remains in critical condition from the injuries as officers await his recovery.
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Shreveport
Barksdale
Vincent Sangimino
Sangimino
Health Council Plans Parishwide Meeting on Health Unit Tax
Ouachita parish health council in regular session laid plans for a parishwide meeting to discuss establishing a health unit tax. The meeting in the Cameo Room at the Virginia Hotel is set for March 1 at 1 30 p m with Dr Hedmey from the state health department and Dr W C Summer to discuss needs and expenses of the local health unit.
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Ouachita Parish
W. C. Summer
Twin Cities
Carroll Summer
Tornadoes Hit Arkansas Killing One In Whitton
A tornado in Whitton Arkansas killed one man, W. L. Richardson, and injured four others including his wife and son. The storm damaged four houses a church and a school in Whitton and may have struck nearby Chelford. A separate tornado hit Clarksville causing gym damage at the College of the Ozarks and injuries to nineteen.
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Whitton
Ark
Arkansas
W. L. Richardson
Richardson
Sam Wayne Richardson
Hulon Quinn
John
Steve Cowker
Osceola
Chelford
Cowker
Clarksville
Bartlett
Red Cross
Don Hamm
Lloyd King
West Hill
Arkansas National Guard
Little Rock
Boston Mountains
Ozark Range
Violent Mob Attacks U S Library Offices In India
A communist led mob attacked the United States Information Offices Library in Calcutta during a teachers strike, smashing windows and setting fires. Police fired tear gas as demonstrators battled authorities, with two police vans burned and the library fire quickly controlled.
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New Delhi
United States
Calcutta
Thomas J. Needham
New York
U.S
Chowringhee
Needham
B. R. Mitter
Mitter
Dr William Bendel Nominated For Rotary Governor
Dr William L Bendel Sr prominent Monroe physician was nominated for district governor of the 202nd district conference of Rotary International at the closing session of the three day convention here today Delegates approved the nomination and Bendel will be officially elected at the international meeting early this fall The closing day of the convention at the Virginia Hotel was presided over by W Preston Barnes Jr of Baton Rouge the out going district governor Tuesday's meeting was called to order by Barnes and the invocation was given by Rev J W Heyes of Opelousas John R Murphy of
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William L. Bendel
Monroe
Rotary International
Bendel
W. L. Bendel
Virginia Hotel
W. Preston Barnes, Jr
Baton Rouge
Barnes
J. W. Heyes
Opelousas
John R. Murphy
Salesman Freed In Alexandria After Jury Verdict
A five man jury found that Harold Beasley’s wife died accidentally in Alexandria Louisiana. Mrs Beasley suffered a brain concussion from a fall while preparing to bathe and reportedly hit her head on a faucet handle.
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Alexandria
Harold Beasley
Parr seeks federal protection against Texas Rangers
San Diego Texas February 16 UP South Texas political boss George B Parr charged that the Texas Rangers threatened to kill him and asked the U S District Judge James B Allred in Corpus Christi for a temporary injunction to stop the Rangers from carrying out threats He named Ranger Capt A Y Allee and Ranger Joe Bridge The petition says the threats violate his 14th Amendment rights and target him if anything happens to any Rangers in Duval county Allee and Bridge have been indicted for assault to murder Parr Parr was summoned to testify before the Duval county grand jury about financial operations in the Benavides school district
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San Diego
Tex
A. Y. Allee
Joe Bridge
Parr
Duval County
State Group To Discuss Need Of Detention Home
A joint session at 10 a.m. in the Cameo Room of Hotel Virginia will include Louisiana State Youth Commission representatives. They will discuss Ouachita Parish Detention Home plans including site, cost, and building nature, with local Detention Home committee members urged to attend. Tony Canizaro is corresponding secretary of the local committee.
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Cameo
Hotel
Virginia
Louisiana State Youth Commission
Ouachita Parish
Tony Canizaro
Monroe Council Accepts Bids On Alarm Building
Monroe city commission in a special session accepted bids from seven firms for a central fire alarm building. The two lowest offers were C. O. Boyd at 33462 and W. G. Haynes at 33686. the rest were withdrawn. The meeting also discussed stray dogs with rabies rising and potential quarantine if cases continue, plus vaccine campaigns and dog licensing to fund protection.
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Monroe Council
Monroe
West Monroe
Georgia Tucker School
Mother, 37, Is Murder Victim In DeRidder
State police report a 37 year old mother, Ruby Foshee Wells, was beaten to death in her DeRidder area home near Rosepine around 2 30 a m Her two sons Jerry Don 20 and a three year old were awakened by two truck drivers who found the fire and located the body Investigators recovered a blunt metal instrument in the garage but did not confirm its role Pending further inquiry
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Deridder
Wingate White
Ruby Foshee Wells
Rosepine
Here
White
E. L. Kaufman
Shreveport
J. P. Norsworthy
Pineville
Senator Douglas Calls for End to Recognition of Satellite Nations
Sen. Douglas urges Congress to pass a resolution asking President Eisenhower to withdraw U S recognition from Baltic and other postwar satellite states now under Moscow influence He cites the 1940 nonrecognition policy toward Latvia Lithuania and Estonia and argues the Yalta pledge to aid liberated European states remains unfulfilled.
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Sen
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D-Ill
Congress
Eisenhower
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Baltic States
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Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
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Yugoslavia
Moscow
Great Britain
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Europe
Baltic
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