Byrd Speech At Atlanta Dinner Calls Southern Rebel Agenda
Senator Byrd’s remarks at the Jefferson Jackson dinner in Atlanta rail against northern carpetbaggers and southern scalawags and condemn the civil rights program as a northern plot. He frames the south as resisting alleged imperial reform and urges underground action as a political force.
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France
Weather Delays Koreas Armistice Talks Near Kaesong
A flash flood south of Kaesong blocks access to the truce city and grounds helicopters delaying the eighth armistice session. U N and Communist teams postponed until 10 a m tomorrow as Red demands for withdrawal of foreign troops loom. Gen Ridgway returns from Tokyo amid stalled progress.
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Kaesong
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Moscow
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United Nations Command
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Bawcomville Man Burned in House Fire
Adrian Mixon sixty five or fifty five? No. The article reports Adrian Mixon aged 55 in Bawcomville. He suffered second and third degree burns on hands face arms and chest covering about 20 percent of his body. He was hospitalized at Charity Hospital in critical condition but stable given shock. The fire on Martin street was reported 12 35 a m and fought by Monroe company 103. Origin unknown. Mixon lived alone. no wiring found. The house had been for sale at 850 dollars.
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Kansan Declares I Hate Water After Flood Ordeal
Kansas City Kansas July 20 192? A 48 year old man Joe Conkin trapped six days in a second story room by flood waters. He was rescued after remaining without food and told reporters he hates water and fears it though plans to learn to swim once out of the hospital.
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Kansas City Star
Former State Senator Redmond Dies in Monroe
Matthew C. Redmond 68 longtime Monroe attorney and former Louisiana state senator died after a prolonged illness in a local hospital on Friday morning. He was born in East Carroll Parish and educated at Bell Buckle and Vanderbilt. Redmond practiced law in Monroe and formed partnersh ips including Pugh and Redmond and Thompson and Redmond. He served one term in the state senate and supported McCormick. his son Parker Redmond of Caracas, Venezuela awaited arrival. Funeral arrangements were incomplete Friday noon.
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East Carroll Parish
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Bell Buckle
Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Henry Bernstein
State Bar Association
Alexandria
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Pugh and Redmond
Hugh Thompson
Thompson and Redmond
Huey P. Long
Senate
John F
Red) McCormick
Mr. Redmond
State Senate
Barham Named Boggs Running Mate in Louisiana race
State Senator C. E. Barham of Ruston announced as Lieutenant-Governor candidate on the Hale Boggs ticket. The move followed earlier neutral stances by Rep. Otto Passman and shifting support from Gov. Earl Long while U. S. Sen. Ellender's decision remains pending. Senator Russell Long criticized some endorsements in a statewide radio address.
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Cap) Barham
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Otto Passman
Monroe
Earl Long
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U. S
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Baton Rouge
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Warren Wins Fight With Crime Hunters
Gov. Fuller Warren of Florida blocked a senate crime committee inquiry by refusing to testify under oath. The committee said it would terminate that phase, citing state rights and Warren’s condition to confer without being a formal witness.
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King Abdullah Fatally Shot in Cairo Mosque Killing
King Abdullah of Jordan was shot and killed entering a Cairo mosque. Prince Naif named to succeed him. British Foreign Office confirmed. Abdullah, 69, led the Hashemite kingdom with a powerful Arab legion, as regional tensions rose after Lebanon's Riad El Solh was killed last week.
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Rat plague fears rise after Kansas City flood
Flood waters chased rats from stockyards and industrial zones into residential areas. Health officials launched an emergency rat-killing drive led by Dr. Lloyd R. Gates, finding sylvanic plague germs on two rats and typhus in some infected rodents. Over 20 people treated for rat bites as 42 exterminating firms begin block by block campaigns.
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U S Intends To Stay In Korea Despite Red Withdrawal Demands
Secretary of State Acheson stated that United Nations troops must remain in Korea indefinitely after an armistice. He warned the Communist powers against forcing a withdrawal and linked troop presence to forces for a lasting peace.
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Junior High Move Loses at Sterlington School Board
The parish school board rejected Dr. B E Spencer’s plan to add two teachers and lab facilities for a junior high at A L Smith School in Sterlington by a six to five vote. The board also announced fall zoning for Okaloosa Woodlawn Millsaps and Highland schools and approved building a smoke and slaughter house at the canning center.
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Colorado Prison Inquiry Launched Over Whipping Case
Canon City Colorado July 20 Gov Dan Thornton and state officials begin inquiry into flogging of five Colorado penitentiary prisoners. Warden Roy Best says the men were whipped after an escape attempt with a leather strap eight to twelve blows while bent over a horse in the prison gym. A Denver Post reporter called the scene savage. Best disputed that label. Price Briscoe says there was no undue brutality.
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Sam Mason Admits Tax Return Failure Since 1929
Washington July 20 AP Sam Mason described by senators as a professional confidence man who fleeced victims of thousands of dollars testified today he has filed no income tax returns since about 1929.
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Relics Hunter Mason Faces Tax and Fraud Claims
Dr James A Ford headed team questions Mason a florid faced peg legged man about income tax failures and a long criminal record Five witnesses said Mason swindled them of more than 200000 promising bargain leases and contracts He admitted no tax returns for 1948 49 50 while claiming prior filings before 1929 Also named Meyer J Sawyer and two Greek Catholic priests Father Maxim Markin and Father Peter Henko who testified their order was offered up to 200000 by Mason.
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Seteate Investigations
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Peter Henko
New York
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New Fight For Control Measure Builds Up
By Barney Washington July 20. Administration seeks to slow wage and price ceilings for four months amid a renewed controls battle. President Truman warned a Massachusetts housewife that big paid lobbyists may try to scuttle the economic controls. he promised a new start if needed. White House release indicates the letter predates yesterday’s House action. The wage price freeze amendment by Republicans and southern Democrats created confusion as lawmakers weighed implications. Administration leaders said the move could undo price controls, hoping to reverse the House decision at final roll call possibly tomorrow.
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Southwest Citizen Shuts Down Amid Newsprint Shortage
Lake Charles July 20 The Southwest Citizen newspaper ceases morning publication due to lack of newsprint. Publisher Thomas B. Shearman states the merger with the American Press has left the paper without transferable newsprint contracts, ending its run as a morning edition.
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British Doctors Demand Pay Boost
London July 20 2000 doctors in Britain's socialized health service threaten a Sept 25 strike unless arbitration is granted. The British Medical Association delivered the ultimatum to Health Minister Hilary A. Marquand amid months of stalled pay negotiations.
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