Georgia governor touts plan to guard freedom of association
Federal judge allowed a stay delaying two Negro students from entering the University of Georgia while an appeal proceeds. Governor Vandiver hailed a plan to protect every Georgia child’s God given right to freedom of association, signaling possible pupil placement changes amid ongoing integration battles. Attorneys for the students promptly sought to void the stay and gain entry.
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Atlanta, Ga
University of Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
Georgia
W. A. Bootle
General Assembly
Vandiver
U.S. Dist
Macon
State of Georgia
Ouachita Parish Might Gain School Board Members
District Attorney Albin P Lassiter reviews records on Ouachita Parish population shifts to decide if wards 3 and 5 deserve more school board and police jury seats. He cites a pending census basis and a letter from Assistant Attorney General Kron noting governor appointments for the board but elections for the police jury.
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Police Jury
Lassiter
Harry J. Kron Jr
Kron
Census Bureau
Bandit Slugs Bank Teller in Oxford Bank Robbery
An estimated 35,000 was stolen from the First National Bank in Oxford by a possible trio. Teller Jimmy Mize was struck as he opened the vault around 8 a.m. The thief or thieves fled in a Ford with a grey hood before heading toward Tupelo. Bank staff and police, including the Mississippi highway patrol, pursued scant leads while Mize was treated in hospital for head and shoulder injuries.
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Oxford
Miss
Michigan
Tupelo
Mize
Fifth District Municipal Meet Slated January 14
Louisiana Municipal Association district meetings begin January 24 at the Paragon Club with Mayor W L Jack Howard stating the Fifth District event aims to acquaint members with the LMA. Plans for the Moorhouse convention March 23 25 are set, and a tourism campaign will be discussed.
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Louisiana Municipal Association
W. L
Jack) Howard
Paragon Club
LMA
Howard
Mooroce
Charles Cassidy
Bogalusa
Shreveport
Captain Shreve
Marksville
City Hall
Jennings
Zigler Hotel
Lafayette
Civic Center
Hilton Inn
Kenner
Judge Recesses Lease Hearing in Baton Rouge
District Judge Coleman Lindsey privately conferred with opposing attorneys over whether an insurance agent can challenge a lease where the state would rent a building from a Gov Jimmie H Davis friend. The case centers on Dr. George Azar of Baton Rouge and a lease with a state agency. Whittington contends the lease is subject to public bid rules. the agency argues it is not a fiscal unit.
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Baton Rouge
Coleman Lindsey
Jimmie H. Davis
Lindsey
George Azar
D. H. Whittington
Big U.S. Navy Blimp Goes Awry
A 342 foot ZPG2 blimp tore loose at Lakehurst New Jersey when a wind shift toppled its mooring mast. It floated about 500 yards before deflating in a wooded area. Two crewmen Lt F R McNabb and enlisted man David G Moller walked away unharmed.
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Lakehurst
N. J
UPI
U. S. Navy
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
F. R. McNabb
David G. Moller
Eisenhower Leaving Office Viewed As War-Free Pledge
Washington AP notes Eisenhower’s boast of keeping America free from war marks a mixed foreign record. Early hopes for rollback of communism evolved into dealing with Southeast Asia, Congo, and Cuba. He expanded alliances, shifted aid toward developing countries, and moved power from bombers to missiles amid ongoing East West tensions.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Eisenhower
White House
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Congo
Cuba
Kremlin
U.S
Berlin
Red China
Middle East
Southeast Asian
Europe
West Europe
Deputies Seek Four Armed Robbers After Rayne Farm Heist
Acadia Parish deputies hunt four gunmen who robbed retired farmer Lenny Arceneaux of 2000 dollars near Rayne. The men wore stockings over their faces, bound him with wire, and ripped out a telephone before Arceneaux freed himself and alerted authorities.
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Rayne
Acadia Parish
Lenny Arceneaux
Arceneaux
Sheriff's Office
West Monroe Council and Planning Commission Meet This Week
Two West Monroe groups announce their regular sessions this week. The City Council will convene Tuesday at 7 p.m. in West Monroe City Hall. The Planning Commission meets Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the same venue.
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West Monroe
West Monroe City
Today’s Chuckle Fools Prove Experience Pays
A lighthearted quip notes there is no fool like an old fool, joking that experience brings wisdom even as age brings humor. The line suggests experience pays in insight, not folly, and underscores a playful twist on aging.
Ike Opens Parley On Oldster Care
President Eisenhower urged the White House aging conference delegates to air all views and seek common ground before making recommendations to Congress. He noted federal medical costs remain a hot issue, backing the current federal state system for helping needy elderly persons.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Thottest
Kennedy Plans Another Talk With President
President elect John F Kennedy plans another conference with President Eisenhower likely in Washington on January 19 the day before he takes office. He arrived at Harvard to meet the Board of Overseers and was warmly welcomed by students amid cold weather. Kennedy announced Newton N Minow of Chicago as chair of the Federal Communications Commission and said a prior December 6 session with Eisenhower was helpful.
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John F. Kennedy
Harvard University
Ken
Cambridge
Mass
Eisenhower
Washington
Kennedy
Harvard
Boston
Yard
University
University Hall
Knathan M. Pusey
Charles River
Newton N. Minow
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Federal Communications Commission
White House
Lawrence Named Superintendent At Girls' School
Lawrence W. C. Lawrence promoted to superintendent of the State Industrial School for Girls at Pineville effective February 1. He succeeds Mrs Florence McKoin who resigns for health reasons after three years as director and three years as assistant superintendent. Lawrence is a Mississippi Southern graduate with a master's from LSU and previously served at Louisiana Training Institute and other agencies.
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Charles W. Lawrence
Louisiana Training Institute
State Industrial School For Girls
Pineville
Lawrence
Florence Mc-Koin
West Carroll Parishes
Mississippi Southern University
Louisiana State University
Girls’ Industrial School
LTI
Columbia, Miss
Mississippi Department of Public Welfare
Last body recovered from Atomic Energy Commission reactor building
Idaho Falls Idaho AP special crews pulled the final body from the nuclear reactor building at the eastern Idaho testing station after an explosion last week. The body was lodged above the damaged reactor and recovered by eight men using a net to prevent entry into the reactor. Radiation danger remains in the building though the exterior shows negligible levels within a hundred yards.
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Idaho
Fallas
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
British Arrest 5 Persons On Spying Charges
Five Britons including two Admiralty workers were ordered held on espionage charges. At Bow Street Magistrates Court Henry Houghton 55 a pay clerk, Mrs Ethel Gee 46 a co-worker and badminton player, Peter Kroger 50 a bookseller, Helen Kroger 47, and Gordon Lonsdale 37 were denied bail. The case ranks as the biggest espionage action since Klaus Fuchs in 1950.
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London
UPS
Admiralty
Klaus Fuchs
Bow Street Court
Henry Houghton
Portland Yard
Ethel Gee
Portland
Houghton
Peter Kroger
Sububan Ruislip
U. S. Air Force Base
Firemen Hired In West Monroe Chief Announces
West Monroe Fire Chief Earl Taylor said four new firemen have been added to the department to replace the dismissed crew of December 31 tied to theft charges. The recruits are Charles Sanders 22 Walter Williams 23 Ezra Roark 18 and Henry Taylor 27. No captain ranks are being filled at this time to keep the total staffing steady with fewer officers.
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West Monroe
Earl Taylor
Taylor
Charles Sanders
Walter Williams
Ezra Roark
Henry Traylor
Mansfield proposes $1 million aid for party broadcasts
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield proposes government payment of $1 million in TV and radio costs for each major party in presidential campaigns. He also urges abolishing the Electoral College, moving inaugurations to December 1, and two bills to streamline nominating conventions and fund primaries. The plan targets rising campaign expenses and calls for federal aid to reduce donor influence.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Weather Outlook With Cool, Clear Skies Ahead
Fair skies and cold temperatures were predicted for the area through Tuesday. The mercury may fall to about 26 tonight with a high around 50 on Monday and Tuesday. FAA weather crews at Selman Field recorded 1.75 inches of rain over the weekend starting Friday night, while Sunday’s high reached 52 and fell to 35 with only a trace of rain that day.
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FAA
Selman Field
Police Discount Murder Suspect
Baton Rouge police said a 26 year old confessed robber who matched the description of the New Orleans modeling student killer may have never been in New Orleans. Howard King of Russellville Arkansas cried and threatened to kill himself under interrogation but was discounted as a suspect. Shreveport authorities planned to question him about armed robberies there.
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Baton Rouge
UPS
New Orleans
Howard King
Russellville
Ark
Donna Trussell
Shreveport
Seek Missing Game Warden In Caldwell
Columbia special reports two airplanes and about 50 ground searchers looked for Game Warden Hugh Roberts near Long Lake and Hebert after he disappeared Sunday afternoon. He was last seen around 2 p.m. near Hebert while en route to check on hunters. he drove a black pickup with a long radio aerial. Aircraft from the Forest Service and an Olla doctor aided the search as authorities said it would intensify if not found soon.
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Columbia
Hugh Roberts
George ‘Buddy’ Erskine
Roberts
Long Lake
Ouachita River
Hebert
Man Hunts Son After Traffic Accident Flight
Abner E. Hughes of New Orleans traveled to San Antonio to find his 15 year old son Kenneth Alan who fled home after a minor traffic accident. Hughes said the boy thinks he is in trouble but insists he is not. The father received a postcard photo from the San Antonio International Airport postmarked Thursday.
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San Antonio, Tex
Abner E. Hughes
New Orleans
San Antonio
Kenneth Alan
Hughes
San Antonio International
Cuban Invasion Fears Grip Havana As U S Fleet Off Cuba
Regular army units fortify Havana waterfront near the Maine memorial while Revolution headlines claim a Yankee carrier arrived at Guantanamo Bay as Franklin D. Roosevelt leads a 150-ship Caribbean flotilla. Cuba cites counterrevolutionary plots and sugar workers seek bonuses amid militiaman shortages.
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Havana
Maine
Fidel Castro
Revolution
Guantanamo Bay
U.S
Cuba
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Caribbean
U S Not Bound To Pay Damages In D Y Dispute
The Supreme Court ruled 6 3 that the United States need not pay 1 867 545 dollars in damages awarded to the Dixon Yates group for pre cancellation expenditures on the power plant contract. The decision labeled the contract unenforceable due to conflict of interest concerns.
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U.S
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Dixon - Yates
Warren
Harlan
Whittaker
Stewart
U.S. Court of Claims
Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley Authority
J. Lee Rankin
U.S. Solicitor General
Adolphe Wenzell
New York
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
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Nona Mull Downey
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Oldster Care
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Kroger
Helen
Gordon Lonsdale
Caldwell
By Robert Berrellez
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Sugar Worker Union
Farmer’s Market
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Turkey
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