Civil Rights Probe Plan Faces Southern Opposition
President Eisenhower proposed a bipartisan commission to probe alleged civil rights violations against Black citizens. Southern Democrats led by Sen. Byrd oppose, calling the plan 'peculiar' and a potential backer for a long-standing force bill. Other Democrats warn of a possible filibuster.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Rep
Powell
Mississippi
Eastland
Stennis
Eisen-hRower
Military Rites Planned Sunday For Frank Foust
A full military funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. for Frank A. Foust who died in Korea on November 28, 1950. His body arrives Friday on a Missouri Pacific train and will be taken to Peters Funeral Chapel for service conducted by Rev. Leon Ivey. Interment is at Riverview Burial Park with full military honors. He was an unmarried Marine private first class. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Walter Foust of Monroe two sisters Mrs J T Franks and Mrs J W Robinson of West Monroe and four brothers Charles Walter Johnny and James Foust. Pallbearers will be Marine Corps members.
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Frank A. Foust
Missouri Pacific
Peters Funeral Chapel
Young Foust
Marine Corps
Korea
Leon Ivey
Temple Baptist Church
Riverview Burial Park
Foust
Walter Foust
Thomas Avenue
Monroe
J. T. Franks
West Monroe
J. W. Robinson
Charles
Johnny Foust
New Orleans
James Foust
Superior
Wis
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Grace Kelly and Prince Ranier III to wed soon
Grace Kelly and Prince Ranier III of Monaco make their first public engagement as an engaged couple. They discussed a wedding date in Miss Kelly's Fifth Avenue apartment after a lunch in Philadelphia, then planned a charity ball titled A Night in Monte Carlo.
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Grace Kelly
Prince Ranier III of
Monaco
Fifth Avenue
Grace
Philadelphia
Miss Kelly
Monte Carlo
Prince Rainier
Rainier
Mediterranean
Riviera
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Chile Communists Spark Nationwide Strike and Siege
Labor leaders protest government wage freeze as Chile moves to curb unrest. A state of siege is declared after Congress adjourns. Police arrest 51 labor figures including CUT head Clotario Blest. Military units bolster Santiago as protests spread.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Congress
Central Labor Union
CUT
Clotario Blest
Horacio Gamboa
Ardmore councilman tied to Stratford burglary arrest
Ardmore city councilman Joe Taylor, 48, was arrested on a second warrant connected to a Stratford burglary. The tip came from two theft-ring suspects facing more than 300 burglaries across Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas. Taylor denied charges calling it a political smear. He posted $2,000 bond and faced further hearings with six other suspects in custody.
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Ardmore
Okla
Joe Taylor
Stratford
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Taylor
Garvin County
Garvin
Claud Swinney
Archer City
Tex
Hubert Bartlett
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Bartlett
Pauls Valley
Surplus Food For State Disaster Farmers En Route
Baton Rouge reports the first trainload of a 37 car surplus food order valued over 1 million dollars will reach the area within 10 days for about 40 000 poverty stricken sharecroppers and tenants. Distribution points are set for Monroe Shreveport Natchitoches and Winnsboro. Seven parishes are declared disaster areas with more to apply. Franklin parish alone requires 12 train cars to aid 13 000 people.
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Baton Rouge
Dave Pearce
Monroe
Shreveport
Natchitoches
Winnsboro
Edward P. Cameron
Louisiana
St. Landry Parish
M. J. Doucet
Opelousas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cameron
Franklin Parish
Red River
Grant
East Carroll
Catahoula
Caldwell
Entire State Is Disaster Area for Farmers Loans
The Farmers Home Administration told Louisiana members that the whole state is designated a disaster area making farmers eligible for operating loans if credit elsewhere is unavailable. Some areas had been designated last year. Applications are filed at parish offices of the agency.
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Washington
The
Farmers Home Administration
Louisiana
Congress
Twin City Temperatures Reach 69 Degrees Before Front
Temperatures in the Twin City area rose to 69 degrees before noon Friday with a low of 53 degrees. A cold front was expected later but not believed to change temperatures much. Partly cloudy skies planned, then scattered clouds, southwest winds near 10 mph.
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Twin City
Burned Wisconsin girl flown to Texas burn center
Sonia Sande of Merton Wisconsin, 17, fiancee of airman John Patrick OBrien 18, suffered second and third degree burns over 60 percent of her body in a hotel tub. An Air Force Hospital evacuation plane flew her to a San Antonio burn center after emergency treatment at Keesler AFB. Police said OBrien found her and summoned help.
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Biloxi
Miss
Air Force
Wisconsin
San Antonio
Tex
Sonia Sande
Merton
Wis
John Patrick O'Brien
Keesler Afb
Editor Refuses To Say If He Is Communist
Robert Shelton of the New York Times refused to disclose whether he is a Communist and challenged the Senate Internal Security subcommittee to justify questioning him. Chairman Eastland ordered an answer on penalty of contempt after Shelton declined to invoke the Fifth Amendment, marking the third day of hearings into Red influences in the press. Eastland hinted future hearings would follow as Knowles provided information the committee valued.
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Washington
Robert Shelton
New York Times
Today
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Shelton
Eastland
D-Miss
U.S. Senate
Subcommittee
Clayton Knowles
Eisenhower Plans Expanded Asian Middle East Anti Communist Push
In a budget move the administration seeks a more than 50 percent hike for the U S Information Agency to fund a broader anti Communist campaign in Asia and the Middle East. President Eisenhower signaled the plan in his State of the Union message while not detailing specific uses of the funds.
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Washington
Asia
Middle East
Congress
Eisenhower
U.S. Information Agency
America
United States Information Agency
Forest fires raise alarm in northeast Texas regions
A Texas Forest Service official called the fire situation critical as blazes spread across Red River County toward Lufkin, affecting multiple northeast Texas areas today.
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College Station
Texas
Red River County
Lufkin
Texas Forest Service
Polio tale from Illinois as Walsh family struck
Edward Walsh a 15 year old polio patient remains unconscious in Chicago with a greenish hue to his body. Twelve of his 18 member Walsh family in Durand were affected by polio last summer and two siblings are hospitalized in Rockford. Donations exceeding 7000 dollars came from across the country to aid the family as parents also suffered polio.
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Chicago
Edward Walsh
Research and Educational Hospital
University of Illinois
Karen Walsh
Durand
Illinois
Edward
David
University Medical Center
Hos
Pital
Rockford
Julia
Joan
Rose Ellen
Walsh Farm
Walsh
Solons differ with defense optimism in congress
Washington Democrats caution against over optimism on Eisenhower state of the union report while Republicans largely agree. Sen Russell and Lyndon Johnson voice concerns over defense adequacy and global threat. House leaders Vinson and Rayburn refrain from comment on the president’s remarks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
State of the Union
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Passer Of Bad Checks Is Given Year In Prison
O. G. Ledford, 53, Selma Alabama, was sentenced to one year in the Louisiana state penitentiary for theft of 36 dollars a felony and 90 days in jail for theft of 14 dollars a misdemeanor after pleading guilty to both offenses Friday in fourth district court. Both thefts were by check and Ledford had prior penitentiary time. Judge David I. Garrett Sr. handled most cases, many traffic misdemeanors.
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O. G. Ledford
Selma
Ala
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Fourth District
Ledford
David I. Garrett
Wife Of Former Alabama Official Succumbs In Fire
Mrs. James B. Allen wife of the former Alabama lieutenant governor died of suffocation in a home fire. Allen was badly burned rescuing two children James Jr. and Debbie. The tragedy followed the December pneumonia death of a daughter Mary Rebecca. Allen broke a window to save his son and passed out his daughter. He suffered second degree burns to his face hands and upper body. Cause of the fire was not immediately available. Allen had served in Gordon Persons administration and later ran for governor in 1954.
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Gadsden
Ala
James B. Allen
Alabama
Allen
James Jr
Debbie
Mary Rebecca
Gordon Persons
Eisenhower and Benson discuss urgent farm income help
President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson meet in Key West to push Congress for immediate action on sagging farm income. A draft special farm message outlines balance production with markets, soil bank authorization, stronger commodity programs, reduced carryovers, and a broadened research push for new markets and uses.
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Key West, Fla
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congerss
Congress
Mild Earthquake Shakes Oklahoma and Kansas
A mild earthquake jolted northwestern Oklahoma and southwest Kansas early Friday. Plaster fell at the Alva telephone exchange and a switchboard went out temporarily. Anthony Kansas police chief likened the sound to an explosion or a plane overhead. The Alva Review-Courier editor said hundreds felt the tremor across the region.
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Alva
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Anthony
Kan
Carl Beyer
Alva Review - Courier
Oklahoma City
Democrats challenge Eisenhower over economy and foreign policy
Senate Democrat leader Lyndon B. Johnson warned that the nation and the world are not as rosy as President Eisenhower depicted in his message to Congress. Johnson condemned the farm program push as politically timed and noted critics’ concern over tax cuts amid deficit spending while urging care on debt and domestic policy.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Union
Johnson
Midwest
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Blazing Woods Fire Destroys Rural Building
A woods fire northwest of West Monroe on Good Hope road destroyed a small frame building owned by Mrs. Thomas Whyte and damaged nearby property. Firefighters from the Louisiana Forestry Commission and volunteers stopped the blaze, with near loss to a local church avoided by a fire line. Estimated losses were $3,000 for the building and contents. Firefighters 103 106 and ladder company 2 fought the Park Avenue fire caused by paint storage.
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West Monroe
Good Hope Road
Good Hope Baptist Church
Louisiana Forestry Commission
Thomas Whyte
Forestry Commission
Forestry
Howard Cann
Park Avenue
L. B. Boone
Bon Air Drive
Ladder Company
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