Fred Tisdale Buys Interest in The Times Editor Thoughtful Move
Fred Tisdale has acquired an interest in The Times, a weekly at New Milford Conn. He plans to settle as a small town editor in Yankee country and bring his professional journalism experience from a career spanning Kansas City Star the China Press and other papers. His varied run included drawing pictures and covering police courts, with a notable tale about a Chinese defendant and a brick death attempt.
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New York
Fred Tisdale
the Times
New Milford
Conn
Mr. T
West Tennessee
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Ku Klux Klan
Kansas City
Mr. Tisdale
GOP Split Pleases Foes in Housing Clash
Washington reports a broad GOP rift over housing legislation as Rep Walcott and Senator Taft push rival measures. Democrats predict housing will dominate the 1960 campaign, with Taft backed by Ellender and Wagner and Wolcott attacking public housing and slum clearance as socialism.
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Washington
Walcott
Michigan
House Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Wolcott
Ellender
D-La
Wagner
D-N. Y
Michigan House
House
Gleefi
Sheriff Says Long Favors Coverdale in Pension Board
SHERIFF Theodore Martin of West Feliciana says Gov. Earl Long seeks to oust him from the sheriffs pension fund and gain control of the board. Long denies sending removal messages and says he hasn’t dealt with Martin. A bill would reorganize the pension board with a governor appointed president and names Milton Coverdale as a potential replacement.
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ST. Francisville
Theodore Martin
West Feliciana Parish
Earl K. Long
Sheriffs’ Pension Fund
Long
Martin
New Orleans
Pension Board
Jin Milton Coverdale
Ouachita Parish
Vandenberg Denounces Foreign Aid Cut as Policy Guts
Senator Vandenberg accuses the house reduction in foreign aid of a cynical back door move, calling it a meat axe cut that guts Europe recovery efforts and undermines U S efforts against communism. He presses for restoring EC A funding as vital to national interests and European stability.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
House
Europe
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Marshall
Economic Cooperation Administration
Dead, 2 Die, 1 Hurt In South Louisiana Crash
Two men died and the wife of one is in critical condition after a fatal collision south of Columbia Louisiana. Ellie Arvis Brown 21 of Clarks and Larelle Aldrich 23 of Grayson died when their car ran off the highway struck a tree and overturned. Mrs Inez Aldrich 19 suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was hospitalized. Brown’s wife and their six month old child rode in the car but left before the crash injuries.
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Columbia
Ellie Arvis Brown
Herman Brown
Clarks
Larelle Aldrich
Grayson
Inez Aldrich
Aldrich
Brown
Bnai Israel to Honor Its Rabbi on 20th Anniversary
Congregation Bn ai Israel celebrates Rabbi Hirschs twentieth ministry anniversary with a Friday 8 pm service at the Temple Dr A M Serex will speak Aubrey Haas will present the Rabbi with a car in recognition of his services An informal reception follows in the Temple Annex Sam Smith chairs the choir and service committee All friends of the Rabbi and congregation are invited to attend.
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Congregation
B'nai Israel
Separation of races beaten in draft bill debate
Washington June 9 The Senate rejected by voice vote a Russell Maybank amendment seeking racial unit assignment options for all services. Democratic and Republican leaders pursued peacetime selective service passage with multiple civil rights amendments repeatedly defeated. The proposal would have allowed enlisted men to request service only in units of their race, with officers required to honor the request if written. Several other civil rights amendments to the draft measure were disposed of in the ongoing debate.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D.-Ga
Maybank
House
Ellender
D-La
McClellan
Ark
Eastland
Miss
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Louisiana House backs strict liquor control plan
Baton Rouge June 9 A stiff liquor regulation bill was approved 11 to 4 by the House Ways and Means Committee, sending it to the House. The measure would force a mandatory price markup, cap new stores at one per 1,000 residents, and limit outlet proximity. A three member liquor board would be named by the governor. The House also created a permanent legislative office in Baton Rouge and considered a $3 million tunnel project under the Industrial Canal.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Ways and Means
Blancand
New Orleans
Frank Ellis
Lee L. Laycock
House Appropriations Committee
St. Claude Avenue
Two First Cotton Blooms In Parish In 19th Century Style
Rival cotton blooms compete for earliest in Ouachita parish. Bloom from Logtown plantation owned by J. B. Filhiol Jr. picked Tuesday night. another from Sterlington area on a 330 acre tract belonging to M. Dixon, raised by Dan Bell, a 72 year old farmer and Baptist preacher, who aims to claim first bloom boll and first bale ginned.
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Ouachita Parish
News-Star
J. B. Filhiol, Jr
M. 3. Dixon
Logtown
Dixon
Sterlington
Dan Bell
Bell
Threat seen to flood fund for river projects
In Washington on June 9 the fate of several million dollars for flood control and river and harbors projects in Louisiana and Mississippi hangs on a joint house senate conference. The two chambers disagree on funding totals, with Louisiana and Mississippi items under review as the committee irons out differences before final action.
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Washington
Louisiana
Mississippi
Congress
House
Senate
Louisiana-Mississippi
Empire la
Gulf of Mexico
Overton Red River
Bayou Bodeau
Arkansas
Bayou Teche
Vermilion River
Shreveport
Jonesville
Turkish government falls as cabinet resigns in Ankara
Premier Hasan Saka's government collapsed under harsh domestic criticism, with no foreign policy causes cited. The resignation occurred early this morning amid economic policy battles, as Turkey receives Truman Doctrine aid to shield Greece and Turkey from Communist pressure.
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Ankara
Turkey
Hasan Saka
Saka
Greece
McGrath eyes no walkouts at Democratic convention
Senator McGrath heads the Republican National Committee and says southern delegates have no reason to walk out at the Democratic convention over civil rights issues. He notes states threatening electors could complicate, while Myers leads the platform committee to ease factional tension. The GOP, meanwhile, doubts Congress can adjourn by June 19 ahead of the Philadelphia convention.
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Jackson
Miss
National Party
Truman
Birmingham
Ala
Philadelphia
Merritt Gibson
Longview
Texas
Washington
Ben Laney
Arkansas
McGrath
R. J
Mr. Truman
Francis J
Myers
Pennylvania
Senate
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Truman Drops Pretense Role in Price Fight Tour
President Truman, aboard the Truman train en route to Spokane, challenged Republicans to keep Congress in session until price control, housing, and farm bills pass. In Butte he accused GOP leadership of wrecking price control, blocking housing, and harming labor policy, labeling their platform as the Congress’s. He warned that if Congress adjourns without key legislation, popular price measures and social programs remain at risk.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Truman
Spokane
Wash
Congress
Butte
Mont
Washington
Labor Department
New Cigarette Tax Sought by Louisiana Governor
Gov Earl Long proposes a 3 1/2 cent cigarette levy to add revenue with 3 1/2 to 8 1/2 cent tax range. House Ways and Means committee potential delay noted. Senate backs WWII veterans bonuses. amendment to be voted in November. Revenue split: 3 million to cities, 700k to LSU, 2.3 million to general fund. Beer tax cut cited. Senate also acts on abolishing the state department of institutions as part of hospital and penal reorganization.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
House
Ways and Means
Percy Roberts
East Baton Rouge
Long
Senate
Louisiana State University
State General Fund
State Department of Institutions
Louisiana Seaman Dies of Wounds in Shipboard Fight
James L. Baptiste a 35 year old seaman from Algiers died of gunshot wounds suffered in a brawl aboard the freighter Angus McDonald near Diamond Head. Steward Willie Grover 49 of St Petersburg Florida was wounded and treated at Tripler General Hospital as the ship resumed its voyage to Mobile Alabama after returning to port.
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Honolulu
Louisiana
Angus McDonald
James L. Baptiste
Algiers
Willie Grover
St. Petersburg
Fla
Armys Tripler General Hospital
Diamond Head
Mobile
Ala
Unconditional Truce Accepted by Arabs and Jews
Arabs and Jews announced unconditional acceptance of a four week Palestine cease fire. Israel accepted Bernadotte’s nine point plan while Trans Jordan’s Fawzi Pasha Mulki said all Arab states accepted without strings. Fighting continued in some areas as talks proceeded.
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Max Boyd
Cairo
Israel
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Fawzi Pasha Mulki
Paris
Chaim Weizmann
Bernadotte
Fawzi Pasha
U. N
Lake Success
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Tel Aviv
Kfar Biddu
Nebi Samwil
Jerusalem
Anderson Leads in New Mexico in Democratic Senate Bid
In early returns from New Mexico's primary ballots Clinton P. Anderson led former Gov. J. J. Dempsey for the Democratic U S Senate nomination as counts slowed with about half the vote tallied. Anderson led 21 329 to 13 783 from 386 of 868 precincts as results continued to trickle in from counties including Bernalillo.
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Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
U. S
Truman
Carl A. Hatch
Anderson
J. J. Dempsey
Dempsey
Patrick J. Hurley
Catron
Bernalillo
Albuquerque
John E. Miles
A. M. Fernandez
Georgia Lusk
Ben Meyer
Karl Douglass
Socorro
Herman Baca
Belen
Douglass
Baca
Manuel Lujan
Santa Fe
Philip Hubbell
Thomas J. Mabry
Forsythe Avenue Topping Approved
The police jury approved Forsythe Avenue topping from Twenty first Street to Sterling ton Road after a heated argument. F G Studdard opposed, claiming too many political promises. A second ward 10 topping proposal by L M Fourmy was deferred. Iris Young granted a beer alcohol license for Delta Club in ward 3.
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Forsythe Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Sterlington Road
F. G. Studdard
Ward 1
Ward 10
L. M Fourmy
Iris Young
Delta Club
F G. Frost
Clay Lawton
Marshall Announces U S Acceptance of London Plan for Germany
Secretary of State Marshall announced the United States accepts the London conference proposals for western Germany. He called the plan a major step toward solving German problems, enabling home rule while keeping occupying powers in place and pledging no rearmament. Congress may seek approval, and France’s status may affect approval.
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Washington
Marshall
Germany
London
Western Germany
United States
Congress
France
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