Explosion at Emporium dynamite plant kills three feared dead
An early morning blast at the Pennsylvania Powder Co. dynamite plant in Emporium Pennsylvania wrecked two buildings and damaged a dozen more. Three men are missing and believed dead while eight others, including Alvin F. Walker and Minard Spring, were admitted to St Marys Hospital. Firefighters fought the blaze for three hours as a large section of the plant and nearby structures sustained heavy damage.
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Emporium, Pa
Pennsylvania
St. Marys Hospital
St. Marys
Alvin F. Walker
Emporium
Minard Spring
Virgil H. Chambers
William Strader
Gerhard de Bauer
John Gibbs
Nathaniel Kephart
Port Allegany
George Meiisaac
Pennsylvania Powder Co
William Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hunger strike at Angola prison by 20 convicts
Twenty inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola stage a hunger strike over an incentive pay program begun January 1. Warden Maurice Sigler says the maximum security group includes escape artists and they refuse meals while remaining in cells. Talley injured himself and Richard Edminston, linked to a prior escape, was arrested in Ventura, California and will be returned to Angola.
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Angola
Luther Talley
State Penitentiary
Maurice Sigler
Sigler
Talley
Richard Edminston
Ventura
Calif
Edminston
Richard Carter
Bryan Clemmon
Baton Rouge
Two Negroes Held For Questioning In Slaying
In Sikeston Missouri police questioned two Black men after the Saturday night slaying of 18 year old John Malugan and the rape of June Castleberry. A manhunt with possemen searched Negro settlements and blocks while officers identified a suspect named Claude Lacksley.
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Sikeston
Missouri
Eldridge F. Campf
Missouri Highway Patrol
Claude Bootmouth
Lacksley
June Castleberry
Malugan
Classifieds and Society Bits Include Amusements and Comics
Newspaper page fragment lists sections such as Where To Find It Amusements Classified Comics Editorial Radio TV Society and Sports, signaling a diverse local listings page. The readable text indicates a multi-section layout without specific events or items.
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Ceeeuse Editorial
Society
Ceeee
Marie McDonald claims inside job behind kidnaping case
The Hollywood actress says two men in zoot suits abducted her from a $65,000 Encino home and imply an inside job. She asserts detectives know more and will reveal facts soon while she returns from India with details of the 24 hour ordeal.
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Marie
Marie McDonald
Danice
Harrison
New York
Europe
California
Hollywood
Troan
United Press
Encino
India
Harrison Carroll
Continued Cloudy Weather Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Residents of northeast Louisiana can expect continued cloudy to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and tomorrow. The forecast calls for 50 to 54 degrees tonight and low 60s for Tuesday, with Selman Field recording a morning low of 44 and a noon rise to 54.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Trapped Ships Begin Voyage Out Of Suez
Thirteen ships of seven nations finally moved toward Port Said as Egyptians cleared wrecks in the Suez Canal after the 1956 crisis. Col Mahmoud Yunes of the Suez Canal Authority estimated completion by Thursday with crews operating the operation locally.
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Suez
Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
Mahmound Yunes
Suez Canal Authority
U.N
Ismailia
Canal Halfway Point
Cairo
Factory Bids To Be Received At Winnsboro
Special to the News-Star reports bids for a Sustan Garment Manufacturing factory and office building in Winnsboro will be opened at City Hall on Thursday January 10 at 7 30 p m Architects Curtis and Davis of New Orleans designed the 40000 square foot facility Town of Winnsboro will construct and lease to Sustan Garments Inc Voters approved a 250000 bond issue for the project in the October election Bonds are set to be sold January 15.
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News-Star
Winnsboro
Sustan Garment Manufacturing Company
Robert F. Mulhearn
Curtis
Davis
New Orleans
Architects
Sustan Garments, Inc
Sheriff Loses Stay Of Execution In Contempt Case
Mississippi Supreme Court rejects Morgan Holifield stay request for a 15 day jail sentence for contempt of county court. The action, by Justice Ethridge, marks the third court ruling in his bid to avoid jail over confiscated case records and a $２００ fine in Jones County.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Jones County
Morgan Holifield
W. N. Ethridge
Holifield
Arabs Receive the Doctrine With Misgiving
The Eisenhower doctrine for blocking communism in the Middle East drew misgivings across much of the Arab world with cautious Western enthusiasm and Moscow criticism. In Cairo reactions ranged from cool to disappointed hopes for bold U.S. support for Nasser and for Iran and Egypt’s leverage against the Soviet bloc. Beirut observers saw mixed verdicts noting some positive signals like U S backing for independence movements while warning many aspects still require clarification.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Middle East
Moscow
United States
U.S
Congress
Cairo
Nasser
United Nations
Beirut
U. S
Committee Outlines 1957 Work Plan for Ascension
W P Duplessis president of the Ascension agricultural extension advisory committee says the group will meet Thursday to plan a year’s program. The 4 H club home demonstration and adult farming work for 1957 will be outlined.
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Donaldsonville
W. P. Duplessis
Agricultural Extension Advisory Committee of Ascension
Power Firm Awards 189847 Contract for West Monroe Center
A contract and bond for 189847 was filed by KE Ludwig Inc and Louisiana Power and Light Co for a service center building on North Seventh Street in West Monroe. Construction begins within ten days after permit and must be substantially complete in 180 days.
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Louisiana Power and Light Company
Ouachita Parish
Panying
KE. B. Ludwig, Inc
Louisiana Power and Light Co
McMillan Road
North Seventh Street
West
Monroe
Eisenhower names Richards for Middle East mission
President Eisenhower appointed James P. Richards former House Foreign Affairs chair as special assistant on the Middle East program. Richards will head a U S mission with the rank of personal ambassador. The move follows recent Democratic appointments and Eisenhower's pledge to counter Communist aggression in the region.
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Waslington
Eisenhower
James P. Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
South Carolina
Congress
White House
Walter E. George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
House
Middle East
U.S
Abductor Sought After 9 Year Old Girl Is Found
Opelousas Louisiana sheriff seeks clues in a kidnapping case of Patsy Ann Barron 9. The girl rode with a man in an orange gray 1955 Chevrolet for hours before being released near Port Barre City Hall. State police scoured the swampy area with patrols and a search plane hindered by fog. The child was unmolested sexually per medical exam.
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Opelousas
D. J. Doucet
Atchatalaya River
Here
Patsy Ann Barron
John Barron
Port Barre
Patsy
Dorothy Lacombe
Doucet
Salk Proposes All Virus Vaccine To Shield Nervous System
Dr. Jonas K. Salk proposes an all virus vaccine to guard the nervous system against diseases arising from childhood viral attacks and dormant infections. He spoke at a New York Academy of Sciences conference honoring Basil O Connor's birthday and noted viruses beyond polio could damage nerves later in life.
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New York
Jonas K. Salk
Salk
Pittsburgh
New York Academy of Sciences
Basil O'Connor
Dulles Urges Armed U S Action If Communist Attack Occurs
Secretary of State Dulles told Congress that peace in the Middle East requires a clear readiness to meet armed Communist attack with United States forces if needed. He warned delay would deepen doubts in the region and in the Soviet Union, and framed the proposed resolution as a move toward peace, not war. Opponents voiced concern over broad authority to use foreign aid and the timing of any war declaration.
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Washington
Dulles
Congress
Middle East
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
City Council Delays Meeting Due to Legal Holiday
The city council postpones official business until midweek due to a legal holiday honoring the Battle of New Orleans. A small agenda includes bids on widening North Second Street and a hearing on street surfacing projects with possible delays on action.
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New Orleans
Haynes Harkey
Bernstein Zoo
North Second Street
Washington
Louisville Avenue
P. A. Pong
Delta Street
Sterlington Road
College Avenue
Pecan Street
South Sixth
South Eighth Streets
North 18Th
DeSiard
Breard
Grammont
Ad promises quick results with 70 cent offer
An advertisement touts immediate results from a campaign placed for just 70c. It emphasizes high impact on the first day and urges readers to respond quickly to gain benefits.
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Potash
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Eortee
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