Governor Long Faces Possible Mild Heart Failure
COVINGTON La AP Doctors say Gov Earl K Long may have a slightly failing heart though no heart attack or stroke is evident He rests at his motel headquarters and will avoid strain while undergoing re examination A 1950 heart attack is noted and Long discusses adopting a Texas boy named David Rankin amid a separation suit with Blanche Long
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Covington, la
Earl K. Long
Victory Lief
Long
Louisiana
Edgar Hull
Hull
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Tex
Ellender Promises Fight To Increase Army Size
Sen. Allen J. Ellender pledges a push to raise the Army to 90 000 men amid a defense bill debate. He cites strong support and seeks an extra 100 million dollars, while subcommittee actions push total funding above the House level and administration aims. The vote narrows amid debates on Army manpower and Marine Corps expansion.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
House
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Appropriations
Ellender
Dennis Chavez
DNM
Subcommittee
Marine Corps
Chavez
Eisenhower
Mrs Long Withdraws Inventory Move in Governor Separation Case
Mrs Karl Long withdrew a request to inventory the governor and his wife community property. The move was tied to her counter suit for separation. Attorney Clint Pierson gave no reason for the withdrawal, eliminating the Monday hearing.
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Baton Rouge
Karl Long
Walter seeks removal of artists from Moscow display
AP reports Rep. Francis E. Walter urges dropping works by artists with records of service to communism from a U S art display in Moscow. Mississippi Supreme Court upholds Public Service Commission order denying a 214 million dollar annual telephone rate increase. John Henry Warren, 33, convicted of killing a non union coal operator plans to appeal his life sentence.
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Washington
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
U.S
Moscow
Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
London, Ky
John Henry Warren
United Mine Workers Union
Pentagon Fire Endangers $30 Million Computing Equipment
A Pentagon fire endangered thirty million dollars in statistical computing gear. At least fifteen firefighters and building guards were hospitalized and hundreds of employees were evacuated from the vast facility.
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Washington
Pentagon
Long warned governor Earl K Long collapses from heart issue
Gov Earl K Long collapsed from a slight heart failure after a day of activity and travel his doctors advised rest overnight his aides said he had pushed himself despite warnings to sleep and recover in Covington Louisiana UPI reported
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Covington
UPI
Earl K. Long
Smith
Marion Municipal
Favrot Delays Questioning Gov Long Over Payoff Reports
Dist Atty J St Clair Favrot will delay questioning Gov Earl Long about reports of a $5000 payment until the governor’s health improves. He will heed physicians’ requests not to disturb the governor now. Reports say Long took $5000 before vetoing a pilots pay raise bill.
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Baton Rouge
Dist. Atty. J. St. Clair Favrot
Earl Long
Favrot
Long
Mississippi River
Pilottown
New Orleans
McDonald: Most Steel Wildcat Strikes Ended
United Steelworkers President David J McDonald said all wildcat strikes in the steel industry ended except at Republic Steel in Cleveland and Great Lakes boats. He noted Aliquippa yard workers voted to return to work and three locals are involved. He warned more developments may follow.
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New York
UPI
David J. McDonald
Wildcat
Republic Steel Corp
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Republic
McDonald
Neeting
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin
Usw
United States Steel Corp
Minnesota Mesabi Range
Hibbing, Minn
Marine is sentenced to death for rape of a Negro woman
In Beaufort South Carolina Marine Pvt. Fred G. Davis 24 white was sentenced to die by electric chair for the rape of a 47 year old Negro woman The judge set Aug 14 for execution the first recorded white man to die for raping a Negro in U S history The case followed the conviction of Israel Sharpe 19 for attempted rape of a white woman both juries imposed death without mercy and the judge noted capital offenses for rape or attempted rape in the victims home
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South Carolina
Davis
State Supreme Court
Johnson
Sharpe
Kozlov Calls for New Era of U S Soviet Friendship
Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov urged abolishing distrust between nations and urged a new era of U S Soviet friendship as the basis for world peace. He spoke to the National Press Club and Overseas Writers Club in Washington in Russian with an interpreter. NBC telecast the address nationwide.
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Washington
Frol R. Kozlov
Kozlov
National Press Club
Overseas Writers Club
NBC
V. N. Sukhodrev
Nikita Khrushchev
Maryland
Knife Wielder Slays Young Detroit Woman
A 20 year old Detroit woman Lorraine Sharon Smentowski was stabbed to death on a residential street in the Northwest Side near midtown. Police reported a man with a knife was spotted nearby but not found. The case echoes a previous slaying in May of a 27 year old mother Patricia Cioffi and the suspect Louis Roberts, 15, claimed in custody for that killing.
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Detroit
Mich
Lorraine Sharon Smentowski
Lorraine
Smentowski
Ralph Schlaicher
Patricia Cioffi
Louis Roberts
Voting Probers Go To Court In Louisiana Dispute
Three members of a voter registration purge committee sue in district court seeking a permanent injunction to bar Ruby Ryder and deputies from hampering their investigation of records. Hearing set for July 10 in Opelousas US District Court. Plaintiffs Dr Emile Ventre Harry Kron Jr and Mrs Geraldine Welch urge violation of constitutional rights and claim Ryder blocks their efforts to clean parish rolls.
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Shreveport
St. Landry Parish
Ruby Ryder
St. Landry
Miss Ryder
U. S
Opelousas
Emile Ventre
Harry Kron Jr
Geraldine Welch
Parents Weary Firemen Resume Search For Boy
Five year old George Sparks Jr. vanished after noon yesterday near his Monroe home. A red and white bicycle was found at the riverbank as firefighters and deputies continue river searches with boats and divers.
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Child
Monroe
Wiley Kelly
Jack Liles
Ouachita River
George Sparks
Grayling Lane
Jim St. Julien
George Sparks Jr
George
General Trousdale Elevated to Major General
The 39th Infantry Division commander George W Trousdale of Monroe Louisiana was promoted to major general. Announcement came from Maj. Gen. Raymond F Hufft Louisiana adjutant general. Trousdale has led the Louisiana National Guard unit since April 1958 after 37 years in service.
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George W Trousdale
39Th Infantry Division
Raymond F. Hufft
Louisiana
39Th Division
National Guard
Arkansas
Trousdale
Monroe
Louisiana National Guard
Senate Approves Two Billion Foreign Aid Program
The Senate voted by voice to approve a two-year two billion dollar foreign development loan program funded by direct congressional appropriations. The compromise satisfied Eisenhower’s demand for congressional review while exceeding his recommended total. Fulbright led discussions with Republicans over the foreign aid plan amid a broader party dispute.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Aid
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Aid Administration
Treasury
Man seeks help after thinking he is a dog
A man visits a psychiatrist claiming he believes he is a dog. When asked how long this has been, he answers that it has been since he was a puppy.
Plane crash near Marion kills eight executives and two crewmen
A private Continental Can Co jet smashed into a wheat field near Marion Ohio killing eight top executives and two crewmen. Searchers faced a scattered wreckage scene while Civil Aeronautics investigates and Civil Air Patrol guards the site.
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Marion
Ohio
Continental Can Co
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Civil Air Patrol
New York
Chicago
Robert Obenour
H.F. Smith
Ohio City
Showers Cloud the State as Rain Totals Fall
The weatherman charted increasing showers statewide yesterday and forecast more this afternoon and tonight. Monroe recorded 2.52 inches of rainfall. other areas saw less. Selman Field reported a high of 93 and a low of 71 yesterday night.
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College Town
Monroe
West Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Miss America Mary Ann Mobley to Attend Lake Providence Fest
Miss Mary Ann Mobley arrives for Lake Providence three day festival with Gov Earl K Long due 8 to 8:30 p m Saturday. Twenty seven state contestants and Miss Louisiana 1958 Alberta Futch join events. Official activities begin at 7 p m with group A in evening dress and swim suit and group B in talent contest. Saturday climax names ten finalists then five.
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Lake Providence
Earl K. Long
Byr Byerley
Ternoon
Louisiana
Alberta Futch
Miss Louisiana Contest Arrives For Annual Pageant
The reigning national beauty is due to arrive today ahead of the Miss Louisiana contest. Officials expect a busy afternoon as contestants prepare and schedule events for the annual pageant.
Rainach enters governor race at Homer fete
State Sen. W. M. Rainach of Summerfield announced in Homer he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor in the December primary. He pledged a fighting campaign, calling for continued school segregation, tax restraint with possible reductions, greater home rule for parishes, and opposition to Northern and Eastern labor influence.
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Rainach
Homer
W. M. Rainach
Summerfield
Claiborne Parish
Willie Rainach
Baton Rouge
Federal Ag
Livestock Ads Highlight Quick Results for Buyers
Classifieds show live stock for sale adverts. Dial FA 2516 to place ads. One two line ad sold in a day for 70e. A gentle Palomino riding horse and saddle priced at 175 dollars, FA 51611.
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Likin
David
Gov. Long
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PSC
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Frank
Dallas
Sparks
Howard Griffin
Gen. Trousdale
Ike
Edith G. Halpert
Halpert
Manhattan
America
Truman
Mrs. Halpert
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