Prime Needs In U S Cotton Industry Cited
National Cotton Council representatives urged a competitive one price system adequate income and robust promotion to keep U S cotton competitive. They warned a failure could trim the market to six to eight million bales by 1960 while success could reach 18 to 20 million bales.
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National Cotton Council
Monroe
Virginia Hotel
U. S
Ed Perkins
Walter Rayner
Clifton Kirkpatrick
L. L. Lovell
Louisiana Farm Bureau
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Cotton Council
Young Killer Is Refused Life To Hang Saturday
Barton Kay Kirkham, who fatally shot a man in a grocery store hold up and fled with $50, asked for life imprisonment and mental treatment from the Utah Pardons Board. The board refused, making him the first condemned man in 46 years to choose hanging over firing squad. He showed no remorse, insisting he would rather die than an ordinary life in prison. He sought psychiatric confinement outside the prison.
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Barton Kay Kirkham
State Pardons Board
Utah
Kirkham
Senate kills bill to raise driving age in Louisiana
The Louisiana senate rejected a proposal to lift the minimum driving age from 15 to 16 by a 7 to 24 vote. Sponsor was Sen. Charles E. Deichmann of New Orleans. Sen. W M. Rainach of Summerfield called the bill unworkable for farms, noting his 14 year old son sometimes drove illegally.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana Senate
Charles E. Deichmann
New Orleans
W M. Rainach
Summerfield
Senate
Six-State Violator Freed After One Month In Angola
A 29-year-old Alabama man James Wilburn Jeffers has been granted a special parole from Angola prison after serving one month and four days of two concurrent three year terms. He admitted theft of $3512 worth of new tires using a courtesy card stolen from a Texan. Jeffers, a truck driver from Albertsville Alabama, was transferred to Angola April 4 and released April 9 following parole board action.
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Angola
Alabama
James Wilburn Jeffers
Albertsville
Ala
Terrell, Tex
Jeffers
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee
Texas
Midland
Monroe
Maurice Sigler
State Parole Board
Baton Rouge
A. L. Bryan
The
News - Star
Bryan
Walker Ready To Present Budget For Northeast State
Dr. George H. Walker incoming president of Northeast State College stated he is prepared to appear before the House Appropriations Committee with budget recommendations. Committee Chairman Sam Cashie and Committeeman Fred Donaldson said they were dissatisfied with the outgoing president Lew is C. Slater’s report and would call on Walker to testify with recommendations.
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Natchitoches
George H. Walker
Northeast State College
House Appropriations Committee
Northeast State Committee
Sam Cashie
Fred Donaldson
Lewis C. Slater
Walker
Walker Called Before Committee on Northeast State College Budget
The House Appropriations Committee approved a request for Dr. George H. Walker to appear before the committee to discuss budget needs at Northeast State College. He was tentatively scheduled to testify Monday.
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House Appropriations Committee
George H. Walker
Northeast State College
North east state college budget hearings with proposals
Donaldson said a request would be filed today for state funds. Slater urged a 31 211 dollar increase to suffice for Northeast State College while Rep. Gilbert Faulk and Rep. Lawrence Gibbs pressed for more. Dr. Walker offered to present a detailed college budget report. Walker appeared as Northwestern dean for administrations. The committee meeting began at 8:30.
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Slater
Northeast State College
Gilbert Faulk
Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Walker
Northwestern
Ole Miss Bars Admission To Professor King
Controversial Negro professor Clennon King attempted to enter the University of Mississippi campus to seek admission. A spokesman said he showed up, asked about registration, did not register, and left. King, a history teacher, sparked a student boycott at Alcorn A&M College for Negroes last year with critical newspaper articles about the Army and the federal government.
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King
Alcorn A&m College
National Assny
Eisenhower Plan to Cut Army Rejected by House
The House voted 224 to 158 against reducing the Army to 870,000 troops for the next year and proceeded to approve a defense appropriation bill totaling 38.41 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Tornado destroys Colfax home as family hides in basement
Melvin Hendrikson 54 his wife Helga and children Karen 12 Roland 15 and Richard 17 survived a tornado in Colfax Wisconsin after taking shelter in the basement. He described leaves whirling and timber splintering before the house collapsed around them.
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Melvin Hendrikson
Helga
Karen
Roland
Richard
Colfax
Wis
Colfax, Wis
UPI
Cuban Troops Launch Major Drive in 125 Mile Front
Loyal Cuban forces push into the Maestra mountains in a large operation estimated at 8 000 to 11 000 troops against 2 000 to 5 000 rebels from Manzanillo to Santiago. Ground troops with tanks and artillery press to drive rebels to the sea as naval patrols block escape.
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Havana
UPI
Maestra Mountains
Latin America
No Ifs
Manzanillo
Santiago
Pappas Cited as Health Friend in Louisiana Review
Restaurateur Bobby Pappas of Monroe is praised as a leading “friend of health” in the Louisiana Municipal Review. The article credits his efforts in sanitary procedures for Louisiana eateries and notes his long service with state boards the Louisiana Restaurant Association and civic charities.
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Bobby Pappas
Monroe
Louisiana
Friends of Health
Louisiana Municipal Review
Pappas
Louisiana Restaurant Association
Tame Varmints versus Carter Jr records cited
The report notes that Tame Varmints and A. Carter Jr of 1712 College Avenue are involved in civil records illustrating the saying you cannot tell about tame varmints. Details remain unclear in the fragment.
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V. A. Carter, Jr
College Avenue
Human Error Blamed In Crash In Mexico
In Guadalajara a Constellation airliner crash killed 45 people including 14 Americans and two Canadians. Gen. Alberto Salinas Carranza cited possible human error after noting the log showed a normal flight from Tijuana. The plane hit a 7,500 foot peak near the city.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Alberto Salinas Carranza
Mexican Civil Aviation
Alfonso Cecena
Carranza
Tijuana
Aeronaves de Mexico
De Gaulle tours Algeria as FLN rejects equal rights plan
Premier De Gaulle visited Constantine amid large crowds while FLN spokesmen in Cairo and Tunis rejected his proposal for equal rights and votes for all Algerians. He outlined a three month plan to have both Arab Berber Muslims and European Algerians join French voters in constitutional reforms.
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Constantine
Algeria
de Gaulle
Cairo
Tunis
Algerian National Liberation Front
FLN
Algiers
France
Guardsmen Stop Pacifists Aboard Golden Rule Voyage
Coast Guardsmen halted pacifists attempting to sail the ketch Golden Rule toward the Atomic Energy Commission test area on the high seas. Skipper Albert Smith Bigelow of Conn was arrested for conspiring to violate a federal court injunction against sailing. Navigator William Huntington of Long Island returned to Honolulu just in time to steer the 30 foot vessel.
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Honolulu
Atomic Energy Commission
Albert Smith Bigelow
Cos Cole
Conn
William Huntington
St. James
Long Island
N.Y
Policemen Race to Save Poisoned Child in Harri son Township
Twelve year old Paul Ward swallowed rat poison from a rubbish can behind his home in Harri son Township. Deputies accelerated to the hospital with the poison, an engine breakdown, and a flat tire delayed them. Deputy John Mulso ran the final block and doctors later treated Paul successfully.
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Mount Clemens
Midh
Paul Ward
Harrison Township
John Mulso
Paul
Patton Signals Stand Against Gas Tax Bill
Sen. B. B. Patton of Farmer sville vows to oppose the administration gas gathering tax as it heads to the senate. He was the lone northeast Louisiana senator ready to vote no as the measure passed the house 68 to 32. The bill would raise about 20 million dollars for teachers and add a one cent gas tax for two years. Monroe area lawmakers declined comment on their positions.
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Baton Rouge
B. B. Patton
Farmersville
Senate
Patton
Louisiana
House
Ralph FE
Winnsboro
Monroe Area
James D. Sparks
Monroe
Andrew Sevier
Tallulah
Hubert Sims
Mel Rouge
Speedy C. Long
Jena
Brenham Crothers
Ferriday
Wisconsin Tornado Toll Rises Across Four Cities
A tornado carved a 40 mile path in northwestern Wisconsin killing at least 13 people and injuring many more. Hospitals in four cities were overwhelmed and emergency clinics set up in armories and school gyms as crews worked amid shattered homes, fallen trees, and mangled debris.
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Menomonie
Wis
Four Die As Tractor Trailer Jackknifes On Atlanta Bridge
A jackknifed tractor trailer blocked a four lane bridge near Atlanta killing four people. A Chattanooga couple in a station wagon and their two daughters were among the dead or injured as the vehicle burned after the wreck. The Talleys died later in a Marietta hospital while the two girls faced critical injuries.
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Atlanta
API
Chattanooga, Tenn
Robert E. Talley
Charlie Burnett
Signal Mountain
Tenn
L. W. Hughes
Chattanooga
Talley
Marietta
Dorothy Virginia
Mary
Northeast Louisiana Weather Brief Hits 90s and Thundershowers
The weatherman notes continued hot conditions with highs near 93 in Monroe and surrounding areas. At 9 am Civil Aeronautics reports Monroe and Selman Field recording 83. Yesterday scattered thundershowers soaked most of the state with Monroe tallying .92 inches.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Vicinity
Civil Aeronautics
Selman Field
Nun Weds Man Believed Dead With Papal Blessing
In Falciano Italy Alba Guidotti once a Benedictine nun who wed Rinaldo Matesini after obtaining papal permission. He had been reported dead in 1940s after wartime service and later returned home. The wedding in Fabiano parish church received blessing from the Holy See.
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Florence
Italy
Falciano
Alba Guidotti
Rinaldo Matesini
Rinaldo
Alba
Greece
Pius XII
Fabiano
Holy See
Father Son Narcotics Ring Suspected In New Orleans
New Orleans authorities seek $10,000 bonds for Gerald Spitzfaden Sr. and his son Gerald Jr. after a six month crime spree involving narcotics possession car theft and a station robbery. Dist. Atty. Dowling intends trial soon for the alleged crime team.
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New Orleans
UPI
Orleans Parish
Dist. Atty
Richard Dowling
Gerald Spitzfaden Sr
Gerald Jr
Spitzfaden
Gerald Sr
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