Twin Targets For McCarthy Group Hinted
Sen. McCarthy says his Senate investigations subcommittee may split forces to pursue separate searches for Communist and non Communist graft. He plans secret hearings on Alaska government spending and hints at Albany Buffalo Schenectady Syracuse for possible hearings on Communist infiltration of defense contracts. The panel reports a surge in activity in 1953 with many public and closed hearings and the Government Operations Committee seeks a legal opinion on curbing witness constitutional rights.
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Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Alaska
New York State
Albany
Schenectady
Syracuse
Buffalo
N.o
Subcommittee
Government Operations Committee
McCarthy
Long Hopes High Court Will Not End Segregation
Sen. Russell B. Long said he hopes the Supreme Court will allow states to maintain Separate but equal facilities in its ruling on segregation. He doubts current facilities are equal but notes efforts to improve them and endorses Hawaii statehood, predicting it may win two Hawaiian Democratic senators.
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Long
High Court
Philadelphia
Russell B. Long
D-La
Supreme Court
ABC
Hawaii
Senate Interior Committee
Senate
Alaska
Territory
Pacific Territory
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Mundt
South Dakota
Senate Agriculture Committee
Democrats Fight Ike Farm Plan in Congress
Democrats and Republicans debated Eisenhower's farm price supports and Taft-Hartley amendments with focus on a government sponsored strike vote plan. Leaders argued over flexibility versus rigid price supports while critics warned of obstructing bargaining and labor’s stance against the proposal.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Congress
Capitol
H. Alexander Smith
R-N.j
Reuther
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
Building and Construction Trades Department
Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Ouachita Parish High School Choir Invited to Wales
Ouachita Parish High School choir received an invitation to join the international Eisteddfod in Llangollen Wales July 6 to 11. The festival welcomes choirs folk groups and soloists and hosts home hospitality for foreign competitors. W S Gwynn Williams hopes to cover London to Llangollen travel costs.
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Ouachita Parish
Welch
London
Llangollen
Reds Allies To Meet Thursday In Seoul Talks
The United States agreed to hold talks with the Communists in Panmunjom on Friday, aiming to resume the Korean peace conference. Kenneth Young sent a liaison note after authorization from Washington to North Korean negotiator Ki Sok Bok and Red Chinese delegate Huang Hua.
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Seoul
United States
Panmunjom
U. S. State Department
Far East
Kenneth Young
Reds
Washington
Ki Sok Bok
Red
Huang Hua
Left Wing Leader Seeks to Form Italian Government
ROME Amintore Fanfani 46, leader of the Christian Democratic left wing, agreed to try forming a new Italian government after President Luigi Einaudi offered the premiership. He conditionally accepted following Giuseppe Pella's resignation on January 5, as observers expect Einaudi to task Fanfani to end the crisis.
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Christian Democratic Party
Luigi Eindaudi
Giuseppe Pella
Einaudi
Fanfani
Cold Weather Outlook for Monroe and Nearby Areas
Civil Aeronautics officials at Selman Field forecast cold conditions in Monroe with overcast skies turning partly cloudy, north winds at 15 mph. Occasional rain possible in southern Arkansas and a chance of snow in the north. Northern Louisiana and central to northern Mississippi expected clear. Mercury hovered around 29 degrees from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
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Monroe
Civil Aeronautics
Selman Field
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
U. S
Mercury
Cooper Goes On Trial In New Orleans
James L. Cooper, 43, charged with murder in the strangulation death of his estranged wife Amelia Woolfolk Cooper, goes on trial in New Orleans. Prosecutors subpoenaed 71 witnesses while the defense called 13. an expected lengthy trial with motion for transfer due to alleged prejudice.
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Cooper
New Orleans
James L. Cooper
Navy
Parish
Amelia Woolfolk
Diddie) Cooper
Nicholas Chetta
Edward A. Haggerty
Beautification Board Demands Action on Monroe Junk Yard
Monroe beautification board criticized the Louisville Avenue junk yard on Tuesday and passed a resolution urging removal of old cars. A proposed city ordinance would require property owners to enclose unsightly material with screen fences. The board also approved two projects for annual cleanups and promotional films of local beauty spots for civic and school groups.
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Monroe Beautification Board
Monroe Junk Yard
Louisville Avenue
James R. Wooten
Commissioner of Streets and Parks Office
Monroe
James A. Noe
Avalanche Disaster Strikes Central Europe Amid Heavy Snow
More than 100 dead or missing in Austria’s Vorarlberg region as several avalanches sweep Alpine areas. Reports say 50 missing in Blons, with widespread disruption and possible worst snow disaster in years across Tyrol, Bavaria, northern Italy, and Switzerland. Rescue efforts continue by night, sites report 13 feet snow piles and rail lines halted.
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Vienna
Austria
Vorarlberg
Bregenz
Europe
Blons
Lutzbach
Austrian Tyrol
Bavarian Alps
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Bavaria
Arlberg
Innsbruck
Six Bids On Recreation Building To Be Studied
Monroe city council received six bids for a recreation building. Bids ranged from 6 199 by American Steel to 9 385 by Hathorne Manufacturing. One bid for iron window screens, 2500 from Coon's Dwelling, was also received and referred to engineers.
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Monroe
City Hall
Finance and Utilities
Frank Cline
John Coon
George Lucas Company
W. B. Smiley Steel Company
T. A. Sanders Lumber Company
Hathorne Manufacturing Company
Walter James Company
American Steel Company
Coon
City Engineers
Cline
Funeral Services For Six Victims Scheduled Today
Shreveport began burying victims of a plane crash that killed 12 people including 10 prominent businessmen and two pilots. Seven services were planned today, five in Shreveport. The crash occurred after the private plane reported icing and loss of altitude near Wallace Lake, ten miles south of the city. Civil Aeronautics Board chief Leon Tanguay arrived to lead the investigation.
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Shreveport
Thomas Braniff
Braniff International Airways
Dallas
Tex
Reginald Hargrove
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Chris Abbott
Hyannis, Neb
Hyannis
Omaha
South Louisiana
United Gas Co
Lyy Pool
Wallace Lake
Leon H. Tanguay
Civil Aeronautics Board
Fort Worth
Lafourche Bridges Contract Awarded to T. L. James & Co
The Louisiana Department of Highways awarded a 707 228 contract to T. L. James & Co of Ruston for Bayou Lafourche bridges and approaches on the Monroe Bayville highway in Quachita and Richland parishes. Project begins 52 miles east of Sicard along U. S. 80, includes three concrete bridges, 22 feet span and 28 foot roadway, totaling 3.3 miles. Financed by federal and state funds with some war department funds. U. S. Corps of Engineers will widen the channel for drainage. Construction starts February 1 and should take about 12 years with traffic maintained on temporary bridges. George P. Forman of Monroe named project engineer.
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Louisiana Department of Highways
T. L. James & Co
Ruston
Bayou Lafourche
Monroe - Bayville
Quachita
Richland Parishes
Fred Preaus
State Board of Highways
Preaus
Sicard
U. S. 80
Hew Lake
War Department
U. S. Corps of Engineers
U.S. 80
Louisiana
Highway Department
George P. Forman
Monroe
Louisiana Soldier To Receive Medal Of Honor Today
President Eisenhower presents the Medal of Honor at the White House ceremony honoring 1st Lt. Edward R. Schowalter Jr. of Metairie Louisiana Pfe Ernest E. West of Worthland Kentucky and hospital corpsman William R. Charrette of Ludington Michigan for valor in Korea. Schowalter led a victorious assault after being wounded thrice.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Navy
Korea
White House
Edward R. Schowalter Jr
Metairie
Pfe
Ernest E. West
Wortland
William R. Charette
Ludington
Mich
Schowalter
Convicts Testify In Murder Trial At East Feliciana
In Clinton Louisiana two inmates testified that they saw O S Roberson stab Shannon Roberts in a cell at the state penitentiary. Roberson 26 faces life for murder in a July 31 knife killing as one of six Angola convicts who attempted an escape from East Baton Rouge jail last week.
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Clinton
Louisiana
State Penitentiary
O. S. Roberson
New Orleans
Shannon Roberts
East Baton Rouge Parish
Baton Rouge
East Feliciana Parish
Northeast snowstorm leaves at least sixty dead
The five year’s worst Northeast blizzard killed at least 60 people and dumped up to a foot of snow in parts from North Carolina to New England. Deaths included sledding mishaps and heart attacks as residents shoveled and navigated icy roads and drifts. Continuous cold air was forecast after the storm moved off. New York had 9.6 inches, Philadelphia 10 inches, with higher totals in other spots.
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Philadelphia
New York
Weather Bureau
New England
Northwest
Canada
North Carolina
Georgia
Washington, D. C
Washington
D. C
Marysland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York City
Boston
Bank Robberies Reach Peak in 1953 FBI Report
The FBI disclosed that in 1953 bank robberies burglaries and larcenies reached 419 incidents, the highest since 1934. The figure marked a 27 percent rise from 1952 and robberies with force or intimidation totaled 248, up 45 percent from 1952.
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FBI
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