Army hearing hears Cohn cite threat to leak report
Roy M. Cohn testified that Army counselor John Adams threatened to circulate an embarrassing report about him unless the McCarthy subcommittee halted its probe into Communist infiltration of the Army. The cross party clash continued as the panel adjourned for a closed session amid debate over subpoenas for Clark Clifford.
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Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Army
John G. Adams
Joseph R. McCarthy
Cohn
McCarthy
John L. McClellan
Adams
Pvt. G. David Schine
Karl E. Mundt
R-S. D
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Charles E. Potter
R-Mich
Army Loyalty Board
Colin McClellan
Goby
White House
Clark Clifford
Louisville P C To Open For Mail Sundays
Post office officials authorize Louisville Avenue classified station to keep lobby open 10 am to noon Sundays for public mail retrieval. Announcement given to News Star World by Rep Otto Passman who supported the extra service.
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Post Office Department
Louisville Avenue
Monroe Post Office
News-Star—World
Otto E. Passman
Plan Questioning Of Ariz. Fugitive
Elko report says FBI planned to question John Alfred Hopkins, one of the nation’s 100 most wanted fugitives captured near Elko after escaping from an Arizona prison where he was serving a life term for killing a policeman. He was brought to Elko County jail with three knives on him and offered resistance.
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Elko
FBI
John Alfred Hopkins
Here
Hopkins
Arizona State Prison
Elko County
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
CURSE IGG 35.ias accas Comics Editorial Radio-TV Society
A compact column highlights amusements and editorial panels with notes on radio TV society and cartoon features. It notes public interest items and keeps a light, period tone about local entertainments and community coverage.
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Curse Igg
Ias Accas Comics
Editorial Radio-Tv Society
Stevens vows West Point grads not to face abuse
Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens told West Point graduates that they will not be subjected to unwarranted attack or abuse while he runs the Army. He spoke after a winter hearing in which he and Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy clashed, and he said he has no thought of quitting despite the job proving rough.
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West Point
N. Y
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Stevens
Ellender presses opponents to name issues in Louisiana race
Sen Allen Ellender challenged opponents to spell out the issues in the Louisiana senate race. He accused one unnamed opponent of political insinuations and pledged to visit every parish, seeking radio and television time to reach voters. He did not name the other speakers but hinted at campaign strategies.
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Washington
Sen
Allen Ellender
Senate
Louisiana
Ellender
Frank Ellis
Loouisiana
Guatemala Government Suspends Civil Rights for 30 Days
Guatemala's Communist backed government orders a 30 day suspension of constitutional guarantees after U S objections to arms from Poland. The move targets free expression and press freedom amid rising tensions and anti-Communist leaflets dropped by a mystery two engine plane over Quezaltenango and Guatemala City.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
U.S
Poland
Arbenz
Quezaltenango
Russia
Guillermo Toriello
Honduras
Nicaragua
Louisiana House Debates 530 Million General Budget Bill
Rep Bryan Lehmann Jr reported to the Louisiana House that about eight million dollars could be found to avert a threatened deficit in the 530 million general appropriation bill. Rep Shady Wall won a floor fight to save his bill making possession of a federal gambling stamp evidence of state gambling law violation, but it was held for new committee action.
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Baton Rouge
Bryan Lehmann Jr
Louisiana House
Shady Wall
Moves Fast To Avoid Cuts In Spending Bill
Baton Rouge reports that the House Appropriations Committee moved quickly to shield a $530 million general spending bill from planned cuts. A five percent cushion amendment was approved to allow withholding funds if cash runs short, with further Senate maneuvers delaying two right to work bills and a cautious stance from Gov. Kennon.
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Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
W. M. Rainach
Summerfield
Horace Wilkinson
Port Allen
House
Capitol
Bryan Lehmann
Appropriations Committee
Robert F. Kennon
Kennon
Imprompu
Louisiana House committee backs bill to block parish tax district refunds
The Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a bill to close the door on future special parish tax districts absorbing homestead exemption refunds, aiming to curb misuse and protect homeowner relief.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means
Russia Demands Geneva Talks Start Now
Russia pressed for an immediate start to discussions at Geneva on a political settlement in the wartorn Indo China region, insisting talks should not wait for a ceasefire.
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Geneva
Russia
Wartorn
Symington Advises McCarthy to See a Psychiatrist
Senator Symington told Senator McCarthy to seek psychiatric help during their heated exchange at the Army hearings. The clash intensified as the two public figures traded sharp remarks and accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Symington
McCarthy
Hoegh Wins Iowa GOP Governor Nomination in Dry Platform
Attorney General Leo Hoegh captured the six man Iowa Republican nomination for governor on a dry platform as California and South Carolina primaries opened. Hoegh carried rural dry counties and Mississippi River valleys, with 80,187 votes from 2.14 precincts reporting 38.37 percent, amid fears of a convention deciding the race. Democratic Sen. Guy M. Gillette and GOP Rep. Thomas also faced unopposed nominations in their respective races.
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Leo Hoegh
Iowa
California
South Carolina
26Th
James Roosevelt
George Bell Timmerman
Lester L. Bates
Hoegh
Mississippi
Missouri River Valley
Guy M. Gillette
Rep
Thomas
Tornadoes Kill 2 In Mid Western States Last Night
Severe storms with 90 mph winds swept from Oklahoma to Minnesota killing two people. Emil Timmerman drowned at Leech Lake and Oscar Pearson died in a fire near Detroit Lakes as hangars, boats, and farms suffered extensive damage.
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Oklahoma
Minnesota
Minot
N. C
Farmington
Canada
Manitoba
Emil Timmerman
Marengo
Iowa
Leech Lake
Minn
Detroit Lakes
Oscar Pearson
Minnesota Lakes
Fergus Falls
Fourth St. Sale Brings $22,500 For New Store Site
The General Tire Company led by Miles H. Sager announced a new modern store will rise on the corner of North Fourth and Pine after purchasing the Rhinehart estate property for 22,500 dollars. The tract spans 73 feet on Fourth and 128 feet on Pine in Block 53, J. M. Breard addition in Monroe. The existing house will be dismantled soon to clear the corner.
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North Fourth and
Pine Streets
General Tire Company
Miles H. Sager
Rhinehart
Lucile Rinehart Hobson
Rinehart
Sager
North Fourth Street
J. M. Breard
Monroe
North Fourth
Monroe council receives bids for $300000 plant additions
Bids from fourteen firms on multiple additions and improvements to the city power plant were opened during the Monroe city council session, with bids on asphalt street surfacing and fire department equipment. Most bids were not for the full project and all bids were studied by consulting engineers before recommen dations.
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Monroe
Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp
Richmond
Yaun Manufacturing Co
Baton Rouge
Delta Tank
J. F. Prichard Co
Kansas City
Hydrocarbon Construction Co
Houston
Gulf Engineering Co., Inc
New Orleans
Southern Industrial Piping Co
Grenelle Co
Atlanta
Gulf Engineering
Southern Industrial
J. F. Prichard
W. L. Ratcliff Co
Shreveport
West Monroe
Foley Electric Co
Federal Grand Jury Indicts 2 In Bank Case
A Shreveport bank vice president Wendel Dow Elliott and Bossier City used car dealer John Thomas Lindsey were indicted by a federal grand jury on 40 counts of obtaining money from the First National Bank of Shreveport by fraudulent means. The charges include false ledger entries and a conspiracy to forge notes.
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Federal Grand Jury
Monroe
Shreveport Bank
Bossier City
First National Bank of Shreveport
Shreveport U. S. Clerk of Courts
Wendel Dow Elliott
John Thomas Lindsey
Elliott
Lindsey
Man Held For Questioning In assault On Girl
West Baton Rouge Sheriff holds a male suspect for questioning in a Sunday night rape and shooting near the Mississippi River bridge. The 22 year old Rene Marrero is hospitalized in critical but expected to recover.
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Baton Rouge
West Baton Rouge
Mississippi River Bridge
Rene Marrero
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
High Rigid Price Supports Okayed by House Committee
The House Agriculture Committee voted 21 to 8 to extend price supports at 90 percent of parity through 1955, rejecting Secretary Benson’s push for a flexible system. A 9 percent level would apply to basic crops, with a one year extension to be included in the omnibus farm bill.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
House
Two Navy Helicopter Crewmembers Die In Crash Near Monroe
Two men were killed when a Navy HTK helicopter crashed and burned a few hundred feet from a farmhouse near Monroe while en route to Jackson after refueling. The victims’ names were withheld pending kin notify. An investigating board from Pensacola was summoned to determine the crash cause.
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Bovina
Miss
Here
Navy
Jackson
Monroe
Jim Mason
Mason
San Diego
Norfolk
Navy Htk
Pensacola
Fla. Naval Air Station
Monroe Caa
Funeral Services For Baton Rouge School Official Set
Baton Rouge superintendent Rex Beard of East Baton Rouge schools died by suicide in apparent despondency over alleged errors in estimating district finances. Found in a car with a shotgun, a death by own action note cited tax and funding issues. Survived by wife Louise Hamption and son Thomas Rex Beard, LSU sophomore and amateur golf champion.
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Baton Rouge
Rex Beard
East Baton Rouge
Sharp Road
New Hammond Highway
Bryan Clemmons
Beard
J. B. Watson
Louise Hamption
Thomas Rex Beard
LSU
Search For Sub Is Called Off After Nassau Scan
The Navy district says the search for a mystery submarine north of Nassau Bahamas is called off. Destroyer escorts Willett and Haas returned to training cruises after failing to locate any submarine. They had been investigating a Bahamas Airways sighting about 30 miles north of Nassau.
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New Orleans
Fighth Naval District
Nassau
Bahamas Islands
Willett and Haas
Bahamas Airways
Bahamas
Lighth
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Ralph W. Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N. J
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Symington Advice
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Calif
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Okla
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Fourth St
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