Tornadoes Strike Mississippi Streak Of Damage Across State
Mississippi faced two tornadoes and heavy storms battering rooftops and trees. Two injuries were reported as vandals struck areas near Vicksburg and New Albany. A Jackson man was hurt by a loose cable, and multiple towns reported funnel sightings and downed lines.
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Arthage
Little Rock Board Seeks Court Allowing Segregated School Opening
The Little Rock School Board asks Federal District Court to let it reopen all four closed high schools on a segregated basis by law and take full control, aiming to operate under Supreme Court decisions by August 15. It dismissed the Blossom plan and seeks to restore calm through early, separated operation.
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UPI
Little Rock
Federal District Court
U.S. Supreme Court
John E. Miller
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Thornhill Eyes Setback in Save-Eye Mission
In San Francisco a seven year old boy Hugh Thornhill linked to Natchez Miss. faced a renewed rise in eye pressure as doctors try a special medicine to save his remaining sight. His parents Mr and Mrs Louis Thornhill remain with him and had hoped to depart today.
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Louis Thornhill
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Subzero Cold Grips Great Plains and Midwest
A deep Arctic surge drives brutal cold from Nebraska to Texas with readings 15 to 25 below zero in parts of Nebraska and South Dakota. Snowfall wanes east of the Plains as Missouri faces drifts and outages. The Weather Bureau notes the storm center in the lower Ohio Valley moving toward the Great Lakes. eleven deaths from traffic crashes are attributed to ice and snow.
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Texas
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Iowa
Oklahoma
Kansas
Parish welfare workers honored for two years service
Mrs Nell G Barnes and Mrs Vera S Watts of Ouachita Parish welfare office received recognition for two years of service. Lawrence Pettit, parish board chairman, made the presentation, with Mrs Mary Evelyn Parker, welfare commissioner, delivering tribute.
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Vera S. Watts
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Department of Public Welfare
Lawrence Pettit
Mary Evelyn Parker
Marie Kent to chair Ouachi ta Genealogical Society meeting
Mrs. Marie Kent will be installed as president of the Ouachi ta Genealogical and Historical Society Saturday as the group holds its first meeting.
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Marie Kent
Ouachita Genealogical and Historical Society
Hearings Set On Democratic Housing Bills In Congress
Washington AP reports hearings arranged on housing bills backed by Democrats as first major action of the new Congress. Senate Banking Committee resumes brief hearings Thursday. House Banking Committee begins January 28. Bills aim for swift passage next month with about three billion dollars in new federal grants and programs including slum elimination and public housing. The plan expands beyond Eisenhower proposals, prompting veto speculation and Republican critique.
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Ala
State Meeting of Bar Groups Opens Thursday in Louisiana
Registration for the eighth Louisiana Conference of Local Bar Associations and the Louisiana State Bar Association House of Delegates opens in the Frances Hotel lobby at 3 this afternoon. More than 350 legal professionals and their wives are expected to attend through Saturday with broad Louisiana representation. Kent Breard of Monroe presides as Fourth Judicial District Bar Association president. a reception in the Mirror Room tops tonight’s events. the formal program begins at 9:30 tomorrow on the Frances Cherokee Roof with Fred A. Blanche presiding.
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Baton Rouge
Cubans In Exile Streaming Home From Miami
Consular officials report a surge of outbound Cuban refugees, with Oscar Ramirez noting processing fees hitting 2000 dollars daily. Ramirez, 35, a former Flagler Theater manager and revolutionary underground figure, expects a Cuba posting to replace him as eyewitness reporters head to Havana for the Presidential Palace mass meeting.
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Oriente
Fidel Castro
DeMille, Epic Movie Maker, Dies At 77
Cecil B. DeMille, renowned film producer of epics like The Ten Commandments, died at 77 after a weeklong illness from heart failure at his Los Angeles home. He was with his daughter Cecelia, son in law Joseph Harper, and Dr. Hans Schiff. His widow Constance was unaware until advised by doctors. DeMille had just returned from a tour promoting The Buccaneer and had been planning another project On My Honor. He was born August 12, 1881 in Ashfield Massachusetts.
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Hans Schiff
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New Orleans
Atlanta
New York
Anthony Quinn
Constance
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Boy Scout Movement
Ashfield
Mass
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Henry Churchill DeMille
Washington, N.C
Parental View On Lunches Goes With Free Meals
Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar says parents believe school lunches should be provided free for children who cannot pay. He spoke to a parent-teacher group, noting early specialization in education and reflecting on his background as a former college president. He adds that despite a pay boost for teachers in 1956, parents expect something in return.
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Baton Rouge
Lether Frazar
Frazar
Pray For Egan
Alaskans offered a prayer today for Governor William A. Egan after emergency surgery for a serious intestinal ailment. The 44 year old Democrat remained in critical condition while Dr Leland Spalding said he was resting comfortably at Virginia Mason Hospital as Mrs Egan and their 11 year old son Dennis stayed at the bedside.
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Seattle
Lunch fund cuts seen as inevitable by state board member
Bastrop attorney George T. Madison said a state board meeting next week will decide on cuts to the school lunch program after Atty. Gen. Gremillion ordered the Education Department to withhold lunch money warrants. He warned reductions will follow the Legislature’s $42 million shift and noted the yearly lunch cost could not stay at $15 million. Governor Long’s special legislative session continues.
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Baton Rouge
Eisenhower Holds Firm On Peace Talks With Mikoyan
President Eisenhower warned the Soviet Union it will not be pushed around in pursuit of world peace. He discussed a possible repeal of the constitutional ban on a third term and said the American people should decide presidential tenure, though he currently sees no need for change.
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Kennedy Project Solon Introduces Anti Hoffa Bill
Congress reshapes labor committees boosting chances for labor management control legislation and other labor measures. Kennedy’s anti Hoffa bill gains potential tweaks as administration signals support. Goldwater and Kennedy seek common goals via different paths amid Hoffa leadership reaction.
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X15 Space Flight Aims for February Launch
Des Moines based report says the first piloted X15 space flight is planned for February. Dr. James A. Van Allen of the University of Iowa announced this after a Cape Canaveral visit, noting space plans discussed with Iowa legislators at a chamber dinner.
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Des Moines
Quartet Held For Robbery and Theft Series
Ouachita parish deputies arrested John D. Kelly and three accomplices early today after fingerprint tracing linked the man to a Chicago robbery warrant. The group, including Katherine Kelly 29 Vincent Calvin Miller 19 and George H. Ockel 18, were found with a large stock of cigarettes and merchandise and held for questioning about a late Richland parish burglary.
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Chicago
Parish Sheriff Department
Bailey Grant
John D. Kelly
Katherine Kelly
Vincent Calvin Miller
George H. Ockel
Richland Parish
Buenos Aires Bombs Hit Amid Strike Over Frondizi Policy
Bomb explosions rocked Buenos Aires as president Arturo Frondizi faces a two day general strike by Peronista-led unions. Leaders of the two Peronista groups announced they will continue the walkout indefinitely, threatening continued paralysis in textiles and metals unless the government acts.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Two Drownings In Black Lake Auto Plunge
Heavy rains and a cold front triggered two serious crashes in north Louisiana. A car driven by Ralph Walker ran off the Black Lake bridge approach near Creston and plunged into the lake, killing Doris Queen and Ralph Walker while Betty Johnson and G. B. Smith escaped or were later treated. Rescue crews recovered the bodies around 1:30 a.m. in Jonesboro. In a separate head on crash west of Delhi, Larry Stevens sustained severe injuries, with Mrs. Rogers reporting the condition as serious.
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Neces Parish
Doris Johnson Queen
Jonesboro
Ralph Clifton Walker
Hodge
Natchitoches Hospital
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G. B. Smith
Walker
Larry N. Stevens
Canton
Miss
Delhi
Waco
Texas
C. H. Rogers
Stew
Gremillion Rules on School Lunch Fund Surplus
Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion ruled that about 42 million dollars in school lunch fund surpluses are encumbered by law and must stay with the education department for parish lunch program reimbursements. The decision opposes budget director James Reily and could end efforts for a special session to address the lunch fund crisis.
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Baton Rouge
UPD
Jack Gremillion
Shelby Jackson
State Department of Education
Gremillion
Treasury
Jackson
James Reily
Inexpensive News Star World Want Ad Finds Tenant
A furnished apartment advertised by News Star World rented on the first day for the low price of 1.05 dollars, illustrating quick occupancy and affordable rates for renters.
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