Nixon Moves Toward Eisenhower Wing in GOP Race
Vice President Nixon shifts toward Eisenhower allies by backing foreign aid and Polish loans while opposing Senate Leader Knowland on Poland. The strategy aims to win broad Republican support and complicate Knowland’s path, with California favoritism as a potential leverage point.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Nixon
Fisenhower
Towdra Esvrigne
Eisenhower
East Lansing
Mich
U. S
Poland
Knowland
Senate
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Southern GOP gains unlikely says Democratic senators
Alabama senators Sparkman and Hill said Republicans will waste money on a futile bid for Southern House seats next year. Meade Alcorn announced a Southern campaign push and named I. Lee Potter as a key aide, with Eisenhower’s direct involvement seen as boosting Democratic support. Potter, Virginia state chair, to direct intensified Southern operations.
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Washington
Alabama
Sparkman
Hill
South
Eisenhower
White House
GOP
Meade Alcorn
I. Lee Potter
Alcorn
Dixie
Eiserhower
Kentucky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potter
Virginia
Republican Party
GOP National Committee
Tower City
Arlington
Autopsy Sought in Cold War Frogman Mystery in Britain
British pathologists examined the handless headless body of a frogman in Portsmouth as contenders insist it may be Cmdr. Lionel Crabb who vanished April 19, 1956 amid covert dives near the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze. The case drew high level tension between Britain and the Soviet Union and touched on Eden's government. The Red Goose crew found the diving suit body near Chichester Harbour, close to the Russian ships.
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Portsmouth
England
Lionel ‘Buster Crabb
Russia
Britain
Crabb
Chichester Harbor
Red Goose
Deaths in Northeast Louisiana observances in Mer Rouge Winnfield and surrounding areas
Miss Margaret Andrews 78 of Mer Rouge dies Sunday with funeral at St Andrews Episcopal Church at 4 30 p m Monday. Interment Mer Rouge Cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs J B Andrews two sisters and one brother and pallbearers named. Mrs Elizabeth Peters Womack 74 dies in Pineville Hospital resided in Liddieville funeral 2 p m Tuesday Beauf River Baptist Church interment Agden Cemetery Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survived by four sons two daughters sister and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs 9 Garriss 84 of Winnfield dies in local hospital after brief illness funeral 11 a m Monday First Baptist Church burial Winnfield Cemetery. Survived by husband and three sons one daughter sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs C C Garriss 84 dies in Winnfield hospital funeral at Winnfield Baptist Church interment Winnfield Cemetery. Survived by husband three sons one daughter sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Mer Rouge
Margaret Andrews
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Richard Cook
Miss Andrews
J. B. Andrews
Calvin G. Scott
Bastrop
Stanley Hair
St. Louis
A B. Andrews
Elizabeth Peters Womack
Pineville
Liddieville
Beauf River Baptist Church
J. F. Silva
Tom Ratcliff
Agden
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Winnsboro
Delhi
George Womack
Natchez
Robert Womack
Elsie Womack
Sterlington
Ida Frost
Alexandria
Winnfield
Garriss
First Baptist Church
W. L. Holcomb
Hixson Bros. Funeral
Claiborne Parish
Winn Parish
C. C. Garriss
Winnfield Baptist Church
Eastern Star Lodge
C O. Garriss
Shreveport
B. ©. Garriss
Minden
A. E. Garriss
H. A. Porter
R. J. Lasgone
Verda
Proof of Growth in Monroe Population and Economy
The Chamber of Commerce reports Monroe’s population at 48,200 across 13,200 families with an average income of 4 978. There are 22 575 registered automobiles and 14 065 homes. The survey notes seven major shopping centers and eighteen civic clubs while listing extensive recreation facilities around the Twin Cities of the Ouachita.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita
Twin Cities
Nehru to Visit Sudan for Two Day State Trip
Cairo reports Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru will undertake a two day visit to Sudan starting July 12 as per the Egyptian Middle East news agency.
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Cairo
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sudan
Middle East
Abandons Personal Lobbying By Long In Fiscal Session
Governor Earl Long used tight finances and tactical moves to push a lean 1957 fiscal session with little legislation. He avoided personal lobbying, limited appearances, and followed a scripted budget plan amid debates over a $411 million general appropriations bill, gas tax hikes for teachers, curb wasteful spending in Lafourche Basin, civil service cuts, and a proposed constitutional right to work.
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Baton Rouge i
Earl Long
Lafourche Basin Levee
Louisiana Teacher Assn
House
Senate
Long
Mayflower Battles Storm Seas Off N England Coast
The Mayflower II nears Plymouth after battling rough seas near Nantucket Island. Cmdr Alan J Villers reports position 90 miles south southwest of the Nantucket lightship and hopes to reach Provincetown then Plymouth Harbor at high tide. Uncertain terrain required hours lost at sea. preparations await for baths meals and a public welcome at Plymouth Rock with 7000 spectators expected.
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Plymouth
Mass
Coast Guard
Nantucket Island
Alan J. Villers
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Provincetown
Provicetown
Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth Harbor
Villers
Kelly to Resume Duties as Monroe Police Chief
James C. Kelly Jr. will officially assume the Monroe police chief role tomorrow after returning from the National Academy of the FBI in Washington. Assistant Chief George Wood served as acting chief during his absence and Kelly promised ideas to improve the department but will not spell them out yet.
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James C. Kelly, Jr
Monroe
Monroe Delegates Shine at Louisiana Junior Catholic Daughters State Meet
Thirty three from Monroe joined 375 Louisiana Junior Catholic Daughters and 25 counselors at the Junior CDA state convention in Maryhill. The Monroe group earned two first and four second place awards in contests. Counselors named were Mrs. Stanley Hodges Mrs. John Davis and Mrs. Albert Theriot, diocesan and local Junior CDA chairmen.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Terrorist Bomb Kills 10 At Algiers Casino
A bomb hidden in the bandstand base exploded during a tea dance at the Casino de la Corniche in Algiers killing seven young people and injuring 83. Police hunt an Algerian insurgent as authorities link the attack to the ongoing rebellion against French rule.
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Algiers
Casino de la Corniche
Guy Mollet
Ike Diagnosed With Kidney Infection at Johns Hopkins
Diagnosis shows a kidney infection. A university spokesman said Eisenhower became ill late Saturday and was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday with a fever.
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Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Federal highway route not yet approved for Louisiana
U S Bureau of Public Roads has not approved preliminary or detailed plans for the northern Louisiana interstate across the Monroe Twin Cities area. Rep Otto Passman says Washington reports that the general location was approved last November 13 and that plans may shift to reduce property damage after initial studies submitted September 28, 1956.
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U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Monroe
Louisiana
U. S
Otto E. Passman
News - Star
C. D. Curtiss
Twin Cities
Passman
Bureau of Public Roads
News- Star
Curtiss
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Eden
Allen Andrews
Alvin Andrews
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E. M. White
Turpin Davidson
Tom Rankin
Elizabeth P. Womack
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Quachita Parish
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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First National Bank
Natchitoches Dial
West Monroe
W. B. Ragsdale JR
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New Orleans
Mayflower
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Plymouth Rock
Nancy Viliiers
London
CDA
Baltimore
Milton S$. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
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