Red China Plans Korean Troop Withdrawal By Year End
Red China said it will pull all troops from North Korea by year end to pressure U.N. forces. The communique from Chou En Lai and Kim Il Sung said volunteers would begin recrossing by April 30 whether U.N. forces depart or not. U.S. officials rejected the demand and warned of rapid Chinese moves.
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Seoul
Korea
Red China
North Korea
U.N
South Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Chou En-Lai
Kim Ti Sung
Pyongyang
Washington
U.S
Greorge Decker
Yalu
China
Snow Strangles Transport as Winter Grim Holds East
Snow and cold linger across the East clogging rivers rails and highways. Army helicopters airlift 21 people from snowbound homes while a warming trend edges in from the plains. A United Press tally reports 423 weather related deaths since Feb 6 with 112 in the South and 141 in the East from last weekend's blizzard.
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Plains
Midwest
South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Chicago
Michigan City
United Press
South
Pennsylvania Railroad
Classified Ad Bid: Excellent Kaiser Auto for Sale
This NEWS STAR WORLD WANT AD notes a Kaiser vehicle in excellent mechanical condition priced at $50 cash. Contact FA 5-5043 for details or to purchase.
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News-Star—World Want
Kaiser
Eisenhower seeks 3.9 billion foreign aid to deter communism
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 3.942 billion in foreign aid arguing cuts would trigger bigger defense spending, tax hikes, and greater draft calls. He framed the package as a deterrent to nuclear war and to counter Soviet and Chinese influence among newly independent nations.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Congress
Administration
House
Soviet Union
Capsize Victims No Trace Found Of 24 Seamen
Twenty seven crewmen from the sinking Italian freighter Bonitas were tossed into the Atlantic when their lifeboat capsized as a rescue ship tried to pluck them to safety. Three were saved. 24 swept away by 20 foot seas. The President Adams, two Navy destroyers and the Cavalaire searched overnight in darkness and heavy weather east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, but visibility was poor.
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Norfolk, Va
SOS
President Adams
Cavalaire
Cape Lookout
N.C
Bonitas
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Second Show Of Merchandise Here This Month
More than 125 lines of nationally advertised merchandise for women and children will be displayed at the Monroe Fashion Exhibitors event on February 23 24 in the Penn Hotel free parking offered and the penthouse hospitality center available. E L Buddy Young of Ruston cites Monroe as a central convenient location for merchants in north Louisiana southern Arkansas and western Mississippi. The November show sold over 100000 in merchandise and drew merchants from nearby towns. This event aims to be larger and to position Monroe as a major wholesale marketing center for the region. No spring or summer merchandise will be shown.
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Monroe
E. L
Buddy) Young
Ruston
Penn Hotel
Young
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
All 16 Dead At Wreckage Site On Vesuvius
Ground patrols reached the Mt Vesuvius wreckage of a US Air Force C47 four days after it crashed off Naples while en route to Athens. All 16 passengers were reported dead as patrols fought snow sleet and fog to reach the 3900 foot level.
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Naples
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Athens
Vesuvius
Crossett Rocket Club launches camera rocket
Crossett Arkansas. The 57 inch camera equipped rocket flew 2310 feet in the afternoon sky eight miles southeast of Crossett in a cow pasture after livestock evacuation. B C Dodson sponsor and Gerald Johnson builder guided the 22 pound 2 ounce rocket to its ascent as about 75 teens and adults assisted. Signs warned travel at your own risk explosives in use from 430 to 5.
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Crossett, Ark
Crossett Rocket Club
Here
Ira Deggs
B. C. Dodson
Gerald Johnson
Executive Hits Out At Pessimists
Richard L. Fitzpatrick vice president of American Air Lines spoke at Southern Airways sales conference in Monroe stressing there is no basis for gloom. He flew in from Dallas to address more than 60 executives at the Penn Hotel.
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Richard L. Fitzpatrick
American Air Lines
Monroe
Dallas
Southern Airways
Penn Hotel
Southern Air
Business outlook remarks by Fitzpatrick on national economy
Fitzpatrick cites widespread economic pessimism as hypochondriac fear and argues the business climate remains healthier than gloom forecasts. He notes temporary softer results across firms but dismisses a looming recession and remains hopeful about air transportation's competitive future.
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America
Fitzpatrick
First Annual Soybean Marketing Forum Planned for Lake Providence
The first annual soybean marketing forum for northeast Louisiana will be held at Lake Providence on Thursday. Reid M. Grisby, marketing specialist with the LSU agriculture extension service, has announced.
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Northeast Louisiana
Lake Providence
Reid M. Grisby
LSU Agriculture Extension Service
Glasscock couple welcome Linda Gayle born in Monroe
Mr and Mrs Grover D Glasscock welcomed a second child Linda Gayle born at 1 52 am in St Francis Hospital The father a Monroe police officer and the mother formerly Lucille Coburn of Rayville Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs G C Glasscock Winnsboro and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs L E Coburn Rayville
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Grover D. Glasscock
Linda Gayle
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
West Monroe Key Clubbers Host Chicken Spaghetti Supper
West Monroe High School Key Clubbers sponsor a chicken spaghetti supper in the school cafeteria on Saturday evening from 5 30 to 8. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children with proceeds aiding club projects.
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West Monroe High School
Dan McClure
West Monroe Kiwanis
Warmer Weather Soon With Clouds Moving In
The forecast from the weatherman calls for rising temperatures from the 20s to the low 30s as a warming trend brings clouds tonight and tomorrow. No rain is expected for northeast Louisiana. Yesterday's high reached 43 and low 22, with current conditions at Selman Field showing a 27 low and 33 high by mid morning. Northeast winds at 18 mph kept temperatures down. tonight's lows 32 to 36, tomorrow's highs 46 to 50.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Communications
Selman Field
Examiner On Stand In FCC Investigation
Frank Katzentine, once a Miami Channel 10 hopeful, testified to a House committee about two Washington meetings with FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack. He said he sought a merits decision and denied soliciting a Mack vote. The 1955 examiner’s recommendation favored Katzentine. 1957 FCC award went to Public Service Television Inc., a National Airlines unit.
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Washington
Frank Katzentine
Miami
TV Channel 10
FCC
Richard A. Mack
Katzentine
Mack
House
WKAT
Miami Beach
Public Service Television, Inc
National Airlines
Commission
Sudan and Egypt border clash escalates over troops
Sudan demands withdrawal of Egyptian troops from disputed northern border areas and warns it will defend its territory. Cairo calls the dispute an election stunt as Mohammed A Mahgoub meets Gamal A Nasser to seek settlement. Sudanese sources say Egyptian forces are token numbers avoiding frontier posts.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Cairo
al Umma Party
Ethiopia
Mohammed A. Mahgoub
Gamal A. Nasser
Mahgoub
Nasser
Elder Kefauver Dies At Age 87
Robert Cook Kefauver elder of Madisonville Tennessee dies at home after an extended illness aged 87 following a summer stroke. He was the father of Senator Estes Kefauver and is survived by two daughters Nora Kefauver and Mrs Leon Fooshee two sisters Vinnie Scott and Mrs C K Johns.
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Madisonville
Tenn
Robert Cook Kefauver
Estes Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Kefauver
Jacob Peter Kefauver
Roanoke
Chattanooga
Phredonia Estes
Brownsville
Nora Kefauver
Leon Fooshee
Knoxville
Vinnie Scott
Tallulah
C. K. Johns
Madionville
Chicago Blast At Reynolds Plant Kills Six Workers
A furnace explosion at Reynolds Metal Co. in McCook injured several workers and killed six men, all plant employees, with 85 workers present at the time. The blast fractured a three inch gas main starting a fire, and the dead were foreman Edward Vincina and five Chicago and Joliet men including Willie Southern David Reynolds Woodrow Ware Floyd Williams and Marcell.
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Chicago
Reynolds Metal Co
McCook
Reynolds
Robert E. Jordan
Edward Vincina
Joliet
Willie T. Southern
David W. Reynolds
Woodrow Ware
Floyd EF. Williams
Morgan Park
Marcell
Stories From Life Starting In NS Today
Today through Easter Sunday readers begin a Lenten Guideposts series with 40 personal faith stories from notable and ordinary people. The feature promises vivid experiences of faith guiding confident living and a fuller, happier life. Turn to page 7A for the first installment.
France Willing To Relinquish Air Bases In Tunisia
U.S. and Britain mediate as France signals readiness to abandon five Tunisian air bases and convert Bizerte into an Atlantic Pact installation. Negotiators seek peace plan with troop reductions in Tunisia while preserving French control of Bizerte if used by Pact forces. Habib Bourguiba demands total French withdrawal.
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Washington
France
Bizerte
Tunisia
U.N. Security Council
Tunsia
Habib Bourguiba
Raid on Frame House Seeks Cuban Invasion Plot
Five Cubans were detained after a police raid on a frame house near Seabrook on Galveston Bay. Authorities found millions of rounds of ammunition, submachine guns, grenades, and other weapons, plus a 104 foot Navy vessel nearby. Bonds were set at 15000 dollars for Arques and Archer, with other arrests pending.
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Houston
Galveston Bay
Here
Edgewater Dock
Kemah
Tex
Seabrook
Cuba
Batista
Island
Republic
Manuel Arques
Ruby Archer
U.S
Ralph Fowler
Pasadena
Pedro Luis Chaviano Reyes
New York
Francisco Gonzales Obregon
Silverio M. Villamin
Along the Bay
Houston Chronicle
Dave Woodlock
Not So Lovable Penguin Grabs Antarctic Spotlight
Carl Eklund of the Wilkes station argues the south polar skua is the true noble bird of Antarctica while denigrating penguins as noisy and dirty. He says the skua preys on penguin eggs and chicks, enforcing natural selection by thinning the weaker birds.
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Wilkes Station
Antarctica
Antarctic
Carl Eklund
U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service Station
Atlanta
Eklund
Minniejean to Accept New York Scholarship Award
The mother of Minniejean Brown says her 16 year old daughter will go to New York to attend Lincoln School after accepting a $1,050 scholarship. Mrs. Brown expresses mixed feelings about leaving Litth Rock as racial tensions impact the family and town.
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Minniejean
New York
Lttle Rock, Ark
Minniejean Brown
Litth Rock Central High School
New Lincoln School
Minniejeans
Deshotel Wins Libel Suit Against Opelousas Editor
State Rep Kenneth Deshotel won $5,000 in a libel suit against Opelousas Daily World editor John Thistlethwaite. The jury deliberated about an hour and awarded the sum after Deshotel sought $90,000 for a July 1956 telecast claim that he exaggerated his war record.
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Opelousas
Kenneth Deshotel
John Thistlethwaite
Thistlethwaite
Deshotel
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Penguin
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