Dallas Men Arrested in McGuire Service Station Robbery
Two Dallas, Texas residents Herman Harris Mangum and Kenneth Ward McKinney were jailed in Ouachita Parish on an open armed robbery charge for the McGuire service station holdup early Tuesday. Deputies stopped their 1954 Chevrolet near the new Cypress Street bridge and identified one assailant at the scene. Leggett, the night operator at the station, positively recognized one of the men. Officers found masking gear, knives, a large magnet, and firearms in the car, including the pistol used in the robbery.
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Dallas
Cypress Street
West Monroe
G. S. Leggett
Leggett
Dallas, Tex
Ouachita Parish
Kenneth Ward McKinney
Herman Harris Mangum
Warren Sievers
Travis Oliver Rites Draw Officials From Nearby States
Bankers and business men from Louisiana and nearby states attended the funeral of Travis Oliver, president of the Central Savings Bank and Trust, who died in his sleep. The service at Mulhearn Funeral Chapel was led by Dr. Ernest Holloway with Masonic rites at the grave. Oliver, a Delta Airlines pioneer and treasurer, is survived by his wife Elizabeth, a son and two grandchildren.
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Louisiana
South
Travis Oliver
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Mulhearn
Oliver
Ernest Holloway
Northeast State College
Riverview Burial Park
George Snelling Jr
Ted Allen
Grayson Guthrie
Charles Womack
James Sparks
King Stubbs
H. S. Parker
James Trousdale Jr
Delta Airlines
Monroe
Monroyan
C. £. Woolman
Dan Bradford
Air Service
Ohio
British American Rift Widens Over Formosa Crisis
In London the British and American rift over Formosa deepened after Dulles rejected Eden and Eden urged evacuations of Quemoy and Matsu. Dulles argued that freeing the coastal positions would not serve the cause of freedom amid a Communist attack plan.
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London
Formosa
U.S
State Dulles
China
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Welder Cleared Of Arizona Kidnap Charge
Daniel J. Marsin a 41 year old welder was cleared by a superior court jury of abducting Eve lyn Anne Smith 24 wife of a Phoenix industrialist. The jury deliberated about two hours and sixteen minutes before finding him not guilty. His wife collapsed on hearing the verdict and Marsin said he was not surprised. He had been accused of abducting Mrs Smith outside a beauty shop on June 9 and demanding 75000 dollars.
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Phoenix Ariz
Daniel J. Marsin
Evelyn Anne Smith
Phoenix
Marsin
Quemoy Bombarded By Reds After Four Day Lull
The Formosa Strait clashes resumed as communists shelled Quemoy, firing over 90 rounds from Lienho and Tatang between 10 04 and 10 50 a m. Nationalists reported no casualties while warns of a possible invasion escalated, with Lin Piao’s volunteers massed opposite Formosa and amphibious drills underway.
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Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
Commaunists
Neld
Greater Quemoy
Lienho
Tatang
Tachen Islands
Peiping
John Foster Dulles
Chinatone
Lin Piao
Korea
Lin
Dulles Seeks Practical Pacts as Moscow Struggles
Secretary of State Dulles says Moscow’s power struggle will yield leaders able to strike practical U S agreements to ease tensions. He says Formosa dispute could be settled if Red China renounces force, while noting U S denies commitment to defend Formosa island group but may fight if attacked for conquest of Chiang Kai-shek's forces. Dulles calls for distinguishing Soviet government from the Communist party.
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Washington
Dulles
Moscow
United States
Formosa
Red China
Assny
New York
Asia
V. M. Molotov
Chou En-lai
Molotov
Chou
Quemoy
Matsus
Matsu
Chiang Kai-shek
United Nations Security Council
Communist Party
Six Firemen Die In Store Fire In Baltimore
A building on East Baltimore Street housing the Trufit Clothes Co. burned out of control for over three hours. Battalion Chief Francis P. O'Brien and Lt. William Barnes were recovered. four firemen including Joseph Harney and Rudolph Machovee were missing. Sixty nine pieces of apparatus responded. at least 20 firefighters were injured. Cause undetermined.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Street
Francis P. O'Brien
William Barnes
Joseph Harney
Richard Malzer
Rudolph Machovee
Anthony Reinsfelter
Trufit Clothes Co
Louisiana Queens Visit Washington For Mardi Gras Ball
Twenty one Louisiana beauty queens toured Washington DC visiting the House and Senate galleries after a luncheon with Louisiana members of Congress in the speaker's dining room. Speaker Sam Rayburn will escort the queen to Friday night’s Mardi Gras ball honoring Louisiana rice industry with a Catholic University pageant.
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Washington
Louisiana
Capitol
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Acadia
Louisiana Bayous
Catholic University
Tony Marvin
Cindy Gardiner
Lafayette
Crowley
San Francisco Picked for 1956 GOP Convention Site
The Republican National Committee unanimously ratified San Francisco as the 1956 GOP convention site. The Cow Palace was chosen for the week starting August 20 1956, as Pennsylvania and Illinois lawmakers preferred Philadelphia or Chicago. Democrats chose Chicago for their 1956 gathering.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Philadelphia
Chicago
GOP
Leonard Hall
Eisenhower
Hall
Burglar Slays Widow of Baptist Minister in Houston
Houston police said a burglar who fatally attacked Lucille Quarles, widow of a Baptist minister, entered her home through a broken kitchen window three weeks after a prior break in she did not report. The incident follows a pattern of entry via a window and escalating violence.
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Houston
Lucille Quarles
Gun Butt Fragments Found at Slain Widow’s Home
Shattered pieces of a gun butt were found today in the Houston home of Mrs. Lucille Quarles, 52, widow of a Baptist preacher, supporting investigators' theory she was pistol-whipped.
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Houston
Lucille Quarles
Murder case details from Tuesday night inquiry
Detective George Chapman stated the victim was killed in another part of her home and her body was dragged after the attacker broke in Tuesday night.
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George Chapman
Woman Hurls Newborn Baby From Seventh Floor Window
In New York City a young wife, Irene Morgan of Garfield New Jersey, threw her infant son from a Hotel Capitol window to hide a pregnancy from her husband. The baby died on a Midtown street and Morgan, who was in poor condition, said the father is not her husband. Police identified her and noted her husband had just been discharged from the Army.
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New York
Capitol
Irene Morgan
Chestnut St
Garfield
N.J
Robert
Swiss Regime Will Try 4 For Murder
The Swiss government announced that four anti Communist intruders who killed a chauffeur at the Romanian legation will be tried in Switzerland. Bern rejected extradition demands from Bucharest, stating the legation sits on Swiss soil despite extraterritorial status. Murder carries a maximum life sentence in Switzerland with parole possible after about 20 years.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bucharest
Romania
Tremont wreck disrupts rail service between Monroe and Shreveport
Direct rail service between Monroe and Shreveport resumed after midnight Wednesday following a Tremont area wreck Tuesday that severely damaged a bridge near Tremont. Thirteen Illinois Central freight cars jumped the track forcing detours to El Dorado via Missouri Pacific until repairs completed in the early hours Thursday.
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Monroe
Shreveport
Tremont
Lincoln Parish
Ilinois Central
el Dorado
Missouri Pacific Railway
NEA Demands Genuine Aid for School Children
The National Education Association denounces Eisenhower’s school aid plan as too little and too controlling. NEA executive secretary William G. Carr urges real federal help to provide desks for every student. The plan relies on state local bonding and a three year 200 million dollar fund for direct aid to districts unable to access bonds.
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Washington
National Education Assn
Eisenhower
William G. Carr
NEAA
Senate Labor Committee
Carr
NEA
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Labor Committee
Welfare Hobby
Hobby
Wife Of Young Minister Hurt In Auto Crash
Monroe police said a 23 year old minister's wife, Mrs Grant Buck of 410542 Gerald Street, Monroe, suffered a neck injury in a three car collision near Northeast State College Wednesday afternoon. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband when rear ended by L M Murphy at 309 South 2nd Street West Monroe. The Buck car was pushed into a stopped vehicle driven by W W Hiburn of Ruston. The accident occurred on De Siard near the college driveway. Attendants at St Francis Hospital reported she was not admitted Thursday morning. Continued on Page Thirteen-A.
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Monroe
Northeast State College
Grant Buck
Gerald Street
St. Francis Hospital
L. M. Murphy
South 2Nd Street
West Monroe
DeSiard
College
Buck
W. W. Hiburn
Ruston
Monroe hosts 16 conventions planned for 1955
Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce reports 16 conventions booked through June 1955 with five major events in six weeks. About 1 500 delegates have visited the Twin Cities since January, generating roughly $15 000 in extra retail sales. The group proposes a data swap with other Louisiana cities to attract future conventions and(setup) publicity to crown the Twin Cities as Louisiana’s No 2 convention city.
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Lawrence J. Hulin
Monroe - West Monroe
Sam Arnett
Twin Cities
Hulin
France Faces Uncertain Start for Pineau Government
Paris AP report says Christian Pineau, seeking France's first Socialist premier in seven years, finished assembling a cabinet before asking deputies for approval. With under 320 votes likely, abstentions could yield confirmation but a fragile, short-lived government. President Rene Coty summoned Pineau to form France's 21st postliberation cabinet amid conservative resistance from Antoine Pinay.
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Paris
Christian Pineau
France
National Assembly
Pineau
Rene Coty
Antoine Pinay
Nide
National Cub Scouting Director to Visit Ouachita Area
The assistant national director of cub scouting for the Boy Scouts of America, Marlin S. Sieg, will visit the Ouachita Valley Council on Friday. He will help conduct a Cub Scout know how clinic Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at St. Pauls Methodist Church recreation hall. Sieg, eagle scout and St Olaf College graduate, has led scouting activities since 1925 and has held his current post since 1949.
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Boy Scouts of America
Ouachita Valley Council
Jack E. Pankey
Marlin S. Sieg
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Sieg
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Pipestone
72Nd National Training School For
Wheeling
W. Va
Canton
Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Weather forecast for Twin City area scatter clouds expected
Scattered clouds were forecast for the Twin City area after noon with clearing after 6 p.m. Northeast winds around 14 mph. No rain expected. Temperatures ranged from a morning low of 42 degrees to a noon reading of 49, with a 58 degree early morning high.
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Twin City
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Sewer Eesanees
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Arizona
U. S
Frisco
Cow Palace
Mrs. Morgan
L. J. Hulin
Monroe-West Monroe
Convention Committee
C, of C
Nat'l
Cub Scouting
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