Rebels Threaten 3 U.S. Newsmen in Havana Post Raid
Rebels storm Havana Post building gunmen threaten to kill three Associated Press reporters George Kaufman Larry Allen and Harold Valentine during a 15 minute siege. They search seize and force hostages to the police station then return them to the Post with no injuries.
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Havana
Cuba
Havana Post
Associated Press
George Kaufman
Larry Allien
Harold Valentine
Miami
Kaufman
Allen
Valentine
4Th Precinct
Therm
Post
HAP
Bob Clark
Clark
William L. Ryan
China Refugees Arrive in Oakland on Charter Flight
About seventy seven Chinese fleeing communism arrived in Oakland on a chartered plane from Hong Kong. The group includes teachers artists engineers and other professionals and is the third contingent brought to the United States by the Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals Inc.
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Oakland
Calif
API
Hong Kong
United States
Chinese Intellectuals, Inc
Brown assumes NATO South European command leadership
Admiral Charles R. Brown takes over as commander in chief of NATO forces in Southern Europe in Naples. He succeeds Admiral Robert P. Briscoe who retires after three years overseeing the area through major crises including the Suez action and the Lebanese landings.
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Naples
Italy
CPE
Charles R. Brown
6Th Fleet
NATO
Europe
Brown
Robert P. Briscoe
1958 Tax Collection Sets Parish Record in Ouachita
Ouachita Parish property owners paid 98.286 percent of taxes in 1958, the best ever. Tax receipts totaled 3,021,451.57 with December seeing the largest payment at 2,117,787.57. delinquent amounts were 52,612.67 with 10 percent penalties on late taxes. Deputy Dill Meredith noted the year’s payments exceeded expectations.
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Quachita Parish
Jauley Grant
D. Meredith
Assessor Warns of Rising 1959 Property Taxes
Ouachita Parish Assessor Bert Coverdale predicts 1959 will see a new high in total property assessments and taxes as the cost of living rises. Homestead exemption forms will be signed after February 15 with deputies calling on owners at home. Last year 16,300 property owners owed 2,411,587.75 in taxes while the state provided 632,476.29 for exemptions.
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Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Council Hires Ford Bacon and Davis for Expansion
Monroe City Council in a special session voted to hire Ford Bacon and Davis engineers to supervise sewerage drainage and street planning funded by the recent bond issue. Work to begin this spring with construction contracts to be advertised within 90 days. The council also approved five liquor licenses and rejected one request.
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Ford Bacon and
Davis Engineers
Monroe
French Alpine Troops Kill 32 Arab Guerrillas Near Azazga
French Alpine troops killed 32 Arab guerrillas near Azazga about 100 miles east of here in a battle that began New Year's Eve and continued into New Year's Day. Authorities reported no French casualties.
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Algiers
UPLD
Azazga
Here
British Plan Faster New Atomic Sub
Britain starts building the Dreadnought, an atomic submarine powered by an American reactor, costing 36 million dollars. Laid keel for a floating dock at Portsmouth, it aims for sea trials by 1951 with about 79 crew, weighing 4,590 tons and faster underwater than the Nautilus.
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London
APS
Britain
U.S.S
United States
Belgians Prepare Declaration on Congo Future
Belgian authorities plan a January declaration on the Congo’s future that may hint at possible independence without a fixed timetable. The move aims to counter rising autonomist states in French Africa and follows reforms in Congo governance and social conditions.
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Congo
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
API
Charles de Gaulle
Ubangi-Shari
Middle Congo
Central African Republic
Congo Republic
U.S. Officials Say Cuban Rebels Largely Anti-Communist
Washington officials report little trace of Communist influence at Cuba’s rebel leadership that toppled Batista. They cite a close associate of rebel head Ernesto Guevara as saying he is strongly anti Communist, amid rumors of his alignment with Moscow.
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Washington
State Department
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Batista
Ernesto Guevara
Earthquake Shocks 10 Italian Communities in Appenines
A strong quake hit 10 communities in the Appenine Mountains near Pescara early Friday. Residents fled in panic but authorities reported no casualties or serious damage.
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Pescara
Italy
UPI
Appenine Mountains
Mrs Eula Duggan 99 Dies in Ruston Nursing Home
Mrs. Eula Duggan ninety nine of Ruston died Friday morning after a brief illness in a local nursing home. Services Saturday at 2 30 p m from Saint s Rest Baptist Church Dubach conducted by Revs Bobby Neal Franklin and A J Johnson. Burial in church cemetery by Conger Funeral Home Arcadia. Surviving are four sons Fred W Ruston J L Shreveport B L and J J Arcadia two brothers D E and John Hedgepeth Ruston and four grandchildren.
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Ruston
Eula Duggan
Saint’s Rest Baptist Church
Dubach
Bobby Neal Franklin
A. J. Johnson
Conger Funeral Home
Arcadia
Fred. W
J. L
Shreveport
B. L
J. J
D. E
John Hedgepeth
Last rites for James J. Harvey at Quitman
James Jackson Harvey, 22, died at his home near Quitman after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Highway Chapel Church of God with Rev. W. F. Ansell and Rev. Joe Pace officiating. Burial followed at Mount Olive Cemetery with Edmonds Funeral Home of Jonesboro in charge. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy H. Harvey of Quitman and his paternal grandmother Mrs. J. D. Harvey of Quitman.
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Quitman
James Jackson Harvey
Highway Chapel Church of
Mr. Harvey
Jimmy H. Harvey
J. D. Harvey
Obituary notice for Max Layne Lee of Eudora
Max Layne Lee 29 formerly Kilbourne Louisiana died suddenly of a heart attack at a Lake Village infirmary. He served five years as a first lieutenant in the Air Force and belonged to the Concord Masonic Lodge and Baptist Church. Services at Scott Memorial Methodist Church 2:30 Sunday with Rev John Miles and Rev Homer Bradley. Burial Mount Carmel Cemetery Gay's Funeral Home Eudora. Survivors include widow Betty Joan Lee daughter Amanda Lee father Hughie Lee brother Joe Lee.
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Eudora
Ark
Max Layne Lee
Kilbourne
Lake Village
Sle
Air Force
Concord Masonic Lodge
The
Baptist Church
Scott Memorial Methodist Church
John Miles
Homer Bradley
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Gay
Betty Joan Lee
Amanda Lee
Hughie Lee
Joe Lee
Funeral services set for Robert P Reitzell in Columbia
Robert P. Reitzell 69 of Kelly died suddenly Friday afternoon at home. Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday at Kelly Baptist Church with Dr. Wren Causey and Reverend Tweetie officiating. Burial in Brown cemetery under Riser and Son Funeral Home Columbia. Survived by widow Edna Reitzell, one brother Otho Reitzell of Kelly, and two sisters E C Tarver of Clarks and Edna Tarver of Richmond California.
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Columbia
Robert P. Reitzell
Kelly Baptist Church
Reitzell
Kelly
Wren Causey
Tweetie
Brown Cemetery
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Edna Reitzell
Otho Reitzell
E. C. Tarver
Clarks
Edna Tarver
Richmond
Calif
Road Work Bid Deadlines Set for January Four Parishes
Sealed bids for road gravel and related projects in Morehouse Franklin Natchitoches Webster Allen and Cameron parishes are due January 14. Items include 600 and 2 500 cubic yards of washed gravel plus a new engine for the steel tugboat Floyd Hamilton at Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron.
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Baton Rouge
Morehouse
Franklin Parishes
Louisiana Department of Highways
R. B. Richardson
Graball Road
Morehouse Parish
Franklin Parish
Natchitoches
Cooper Road
Webster
Dixie Inn
Hartman Highway
Allen
Cameron
Floyd Hamilton
Calcasieu Ship Channel
Soviet Moon Shot Likely in Reach Says AP
The Soviet Union could reasonably have a very good chance of success in a moon mission. They may have tested rocket velocity and course via radar and radio signals and possess thrust to send a heavy instruments probe toward the moon.
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New York
Soviet Union
Russia
Moon
Earth
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Turkey
Karen Lee Blue 2 Dies Final Rites Scheduled
Karen Lee Blue two year old daughter of Milton and Mrs C Milton Blue of Monroe died at Caldwell clinic in Columbia. Funeral services set for 3 p m Saturday at Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors include parents two sisters grandparents and great grandparents from Monette Missouri. Pallbearers listed.
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C. Milton Blue
Monroe
Caldwell Clinic
Columbia
Karen Lee Blue
Blue
Karen
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Lea Joyner
Memorial Park
Lorrie
Martha Blue
Lyle Leese
Coy Wadley
A. A. Adams
Monette
Missouri
Herman Gulledge
Bob Hopper
Ralph Wilson
J. B. Clements
US banks back 200 million dollar franc stabilizing credit
Paris reports that a syndicate of American banks led by Chase Manhattan and First National City Bank agreed to provide 200 million dollars as a two year stand by credit to stabilize the French franc. The move supplements existing support from foreign banks including a 50 million dollar German National Bank credit.
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Paris
French Finance Ministry
Chase Manhattan Bank
First National City Bank of New York
France
Fanfani Accepts Lebanon Visit Invitation
Italian Premier Amintore Fanfani has accepted an invitation to make an official visit to Lebanon. Informed sources said no date had been set for the visit.
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Lebanon
Rome
UPI
Amintore Fanfani
December 1958 Building Permits Reach $359 830
December permits totaled 359 830 with 45 building and home projects. 21 dwelling units valued at 259 150 were issued along with 16 dwelling alterations 22 250 and several non dwelling permits. Movals demolitions and new brick veneer homes are listed with addresses sizes and costs for late December activity.
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William C. Hines
John E. Zufall
Downtown Power Project Starts Conduit Installation
Underground conduits begin at Catalpa and Harrison Streets as part of a 33218 dollar program to secure continuous downtown electrical service. Utilities official French L Smith says completion in 60 to 75 days will remove most overhead wiring and place the area on a network system to prevent service outages.
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Catalpa and
Harrison Streets
French L. Smith
The
Utilities Commission
Catalpa
Jackson and
Catalpa Streets
Commission
Smith
Burglary duo sent to Angola State Prison
The Ouachita parish sheriff's department transported two men sentenced on burglary counts to Angola yesterday. Identified as Tommy Thacker, 18, and Sherman Greeley, 31, both Negro, they received terms from Judge David I. Gargett in fourth district court. Thacker drew three years and Greeley six.
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Ouachita Parish
Angola
Tommy Thacker
Sherman Greeley
David I. Gargett
Thacker
Greeley
West German Delegation to Discuss Aswan Dam Participation
A West German delegation will depart Bonn for Cairo to discuss technical and financial prerequisites for West German participation in the Aswan Dam project. The talks aim to outline cooperation and funding steps between the two nations.
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Bonn
Germany
Cairo
Aswan Dam
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