Americans Begin Leaving Beirut as Fighting Rages
U S citizens were given the go ahead to depart as anti government rebels battled in Beirut. U N observers led by Dag Hammarskjold arrived as government forces pinned down insurgents. The embassy offered free transport for staff dependents while 5000 Americans in Beirut were urged to stay indoors. Local casualties numbered in the hundreds with heavy fighting and attacks on government centers.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
U. S
Camille Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
U S Refuses To Pay Diplomatic Ransom For Nine
In Berlin, the United States rejects paying diplomatic ransom for nine kidnapped Americans held by Communist authorities. Col. Robert P. McQuail, backed by Gen. Henry S. Hodes, met with East German officials but no release occurred. The captives remain hostage as U S officials refuse credentials demanded to negotiate.
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U.S
Berlin
UPI
United States
State Department
Robert P. McQuail
McQuail
Foreign Ministry
Henry S. Hodes
British Troops Increase Troop Uplift to Cyprus
British jet transports with paratroopers began arriving in Cyprus to bolster the force on the island. About 3,000 paratroopers join the 25,000-strong British contingent amid fears of Greek Turkish clashes spreading to the Eastern NATO frontline.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
Britain
Greece
Maritime Unions Strike Threatens East Gulf Shipping
New York AP reports two maritime unions the Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn and the National Maritime Union struck to press for contracts. About 1,700 engineers and 10,000 unlicensed tanker seamen walked out risking disruption to nearly 700 American flag ships at East and Gulf Coast ports.
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New York
Gulf Coast
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn
National Maritime Union
Marine Engineers
NMU
American Radio Assn
Long Leaders Band For Wine Tax Vote In Louisiana
Gov Earl Long faces tight House votes on a wine tax increase and a gas tax amendment. House leaders Sam Cashie and Ben Holt work to secure 67 votes needed, with one seat vacant after Rep Walter Chachere's death. Senate action included five northeast Louisiana bills, with five sponsors noted.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Sam Cashie
Ben F. Holt
Alexandria
Holt
Walter Chachere
Crowville
Senate
Louisiana
Monroe Area
Speedy O. Long
Jena
Brenham Crothers
Ferriday
James Sparks
Monroe
Vail M. Delaney
Lake Providence
Ashton B. Collier
Winn
United States and Japan Sign Ten Year Nuclear Pact
The United States and Japan formalized a ten year atomic agreement. Japan will receive 2700 kilograms of enriched uranium 235 to fuel nuclear power reactors slated to begin operation by year end.
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Washington
United States
Japan
16 Ships Tied Up In N Orleans
In New Orleans labor action leaves 16 American ships tied up at two ports under a no work order by two unions. More vessels expected idle by tomorrow though union officials say only U S flag ships are affected and no general port tie up is anticipated.
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New Orleans
UPI
McVey Ward
New Orleans Steamship Association
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
National Maritime Union
U. S
Co. M. Andrews
The
Engineers Association
Andrews
Six Slayings Prompt Ouachita Grand Jury Session
The Ouachita Parish Grand Jury met in special session to consider six slayings since April. Judge Jesse Heard explained grand juries may investigate any matter during sessions, while capital case actions require an indictment. Five suspects remain jailed on murder charges, including Willie Madison for a May 2 shooting and Emmett Jackson for April 28 shotgun deaths of Susie Robinson and Amy Mitchell, with Robert Flemings among the accused.
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Ouachita Parish
Jesse Heard
Fourth District Court
Heard
Willie Madison
Monroe
Freddie Green
Emmett Jackson
Susie Robertson
Amy Mitchell
Robert Flemings
Man Charged With Killing Deputy Caught
Ed Golden, 25, captured in a highway telephone booth after fatally shooting Deputy Burt Adams, 44, and wounding Deputy John Rowley 38, the girl's father Pierce Jernigan 48 and mother Mrs Jessie Jernigan. Golden said he panicked as deputies approached and planned to surrender. He will face first degree murder charges and attempted murder charges in Pensacola, Florida.
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Pensacola
Fla
Ed Golden
Burt Adams
John Rowley
Golden
Wesie Jernigan
Pierce Jernigan
Leslie Brock
Jessie Jernigan
Rowley
Adams
Group Moves Into Closed Session On Fund Raise Vote
The Louisiana House Appropriations Committee voted 8 to 6 to move behind closed doors to consider the 382 million general appropriations bill reversing an earlier plan for public votes on money bills. Executed in executive session, 187 items were voted as spectators were cleared, with public hearings still set for special appropriations.
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Lehmann
Cashio
Sam Cash
King Is Refused Hospital Release
Jackson Mississippi report says King, a Black preacher who sought release from the state mental hospital after an attempt to enter the University of Mississippi, was denied. Circuit Judge M M McGowan allowed King’s two attorneys to choose between dismissing the habeas corpus petition or transferring it to the circuit district where the hospital sits.
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Jackson, Miss
UPD
Clennon King
Airwhite
University of Mississippi
M. M. McGowan
King
Unions Push Mass Buying of Medical Aid
Labor unions vow to expand prepaid group practice for workers. Dr. Morris Brand of the American Labor Health Assn accuses medical groups of opposing consumer union sponsored care for economic motives. He cites AMA and state societies objections to third party doctor patient arrangements and predicts a AMA reply at San Francisco convention. Dr. Warren F. Draper notes savings from restricting acceptable physicians in the UMW welfare program.
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Washington
Morris Brand
New York
American Labor Health Assn
American Medical Assn
Brand
Sidney Hillman Health Center
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Warren F. Draper
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Flood Waters Overwhelm Levee In West Terre Haute
Sugar Creek swelled the earthen levee protecting West Terre Haute flooding 30 percent of the town. About 1,000 residents evacuated with no casualties reported. National Guard trucks and vehicles were swept away. six workers on the levee were rescued as U S 40 was blocked and Red Cross centers opened.
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Terre Haute, Ind
West Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Sugar Creek
Indiana National Guard
Wabash
U.S. 40
Terre Haute
Red Cross
National Guardsmen
Army
Kremlin Calls 2 Ambassadors
London and Washington ambassadors were summoned to Moscow for consultations amid East West summit and arms talks. Jacob Malik left London for Moscow after Menshikov slipped from Washington to the Soviet capital. Malik said he was going on business in his own country.
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London
Washington
Moscow
Jacob Malik
Mikhail Menshikov
Malik
Long’s First ’58 Veto Is Upheld by House Vote
Gov Earl Long’s first 1958 veto on a New Orleans automobile tax bill was sustained 60 to 6 by the Louisiana House. The measure had passed 87 to 0 in the House earlier, and the governor said he would not impose a car property tax and could not approve a bill changing the tax on cars. He added the postscript that the state does not tax automobiles.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
House
New Orleans
Rainy conditions forecast over Monroe area
More spring showers and thunderstorms expected to keep daytime highs in the high 90s. Selman Field reports 2.44 inches of rain yesterday. Lows tonight near 76. Tomorrow’s highs 90 to 94, with yesterday’s high reaching 93. Morning temperature around 84.
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CAA
Selman Field
Mercury
House Confusion Over Louisiana Trespass Vote
Rural Louisiana lawmakers faced a chaotic recall of a 61-2 passage on House Bill 821 as they discovered the mistaken vote. Rep. Bert Adams led the push to reconsider, reversing the bill amid tense debate and angry briefings. The aim is to tighten trespass rules by allowing landowners to post land on streams with signs.
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Louisiana
Bert Adams
Vernon Parish
Earl Long
Adams
Adams Bills at Waldorf Stir House Probe
Washington AP investigators showed Bernard Goldfine paid hotel bills for Sherman Adams at the Waldorf Astoria in January and February 1954 totaling 267.05. The inquiry also covered FTC actions against Goldfine's Northfield Mills and cease and desist orders on mislabeling. No criminal prosecution followed. White House officials said they had no information that Goldfine offered Eisenhower a suit of clothes.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Waldorf- Astoria
New York
Goldfine
Adams
Eisenhower
Francis X. McLaughlin
House
Federal Trade Commission
Northfield Mills
Oren Harris
D-Ark
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sarah McLendon
Faubus Says Federal Troops Hardened Integration Sentiment
Arkansas Governor Faubus contends federal troops enforcing court ordered integration at Little Rock Central High have intensified segregationist attitudes nationwide. He cites increased opposition since Eisenhower’s intervention and declines to forecast fall school actions, noting only that they should be observed.
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Washington
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Little Rock
Eisenhower
Faubus
U.S. News & World Report
Arkansas National Guard
Welfare Services Ordered Cut After Budget Reduction
Welfare Commissioner Mary Evelyn Parker announced a 1.1 million dollar budget cut requiring reductions across all operations. The measure, supported by Gov. Earl Longs Budget Committee, will curb services, raise staff workload, halt most pay raises and block most new hires unless critical, amid a serious financial crisis and dwindling hopes for restoration.
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Parker
House Appropriations Committee
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East
Gulf
American Merchant Marine Institute
Sam Hanna
Pearl Punket
Winn Parish
Crothers
Sparks
Donnie D. Brown
Delaney
Collier
Elree Morgan
Department of ‘Highways
N. Orleans
Jernigan
Ind
Norman Walker
AMA
San Francisco
Kremlin
Long
Waldorf
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