Grand Jury Opens On Fatal Stabbings And Bludgeon Death
The grand jury considers the fatal stabbing of Johnny B. Riley on May 10 a case linked to Brodie Bryan Davis a white suspect in the bludgeon death of 80 year old J. C. Baker found in the Ouachita River near West Monroe on May 29 and Dorris Howard a 35 year old Negro charged with killing her husband Willie Howard during the weekend of June 6 7. No timeline for grand jury session was given.
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Johnny B. Riley
Brodie Bryan Davis
White House staff gifts center on Adams Goldfine ties
The Manchester Union Leader reports Goldfine gave suits to White House staff and possibly Eisenhower. Hagerty denies knowledge of such gifts to Eisenhower and says Eisenhower will hold a news conference Wednesday. The House inquiry notes Goldfine paid 262.29 last year for Adams and Mrs. Adams at the Mayflower Hotel. FTC officials, including Secrest, deny contact with Adams or other staff about the Goldfine case.
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Goldfine
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Adams
White House
House
Mayflower
Plymouth
Mass
FTC
Robert T. Secrest
Sherman Adams
Federal Trade Commission
Edward F. Howrey
Howrey
Molecule Linked to Plant Wilting and Dutch Elm Disease
University of Wisconsin biochemist Prof. Mark A. Stahmann reports a complex organic molecule, pectic enzymes, may cause fusarial wilt in plants by creating clots in the plant’s circulatory tissue. The discovery ties Fusarium fungi to wilt diseases and could aid screening resistant plant varieties.
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Madison
Wis
UPI
University of Wisconsin
Mark A. Stahmann
Stahmann
Welfare Services outlines general appropriation bill cuts
Chairman Sam Cashie warns of no upward funding in the general appropriations bill with possible further cuts. Mrs. Parker notes remaining admin funds fall short, necessitating many reductions including eliminating July 1 salary increases and July 31 surplus commodity program. Travel restrictions, tighter utilities use, and lower medical exam pay per panel are also proposed.
Oldest Navy boat serves 46 years with diesel engines
A 50 foot unnamed barge, built in 1912 by Herreshoff, remains in service under Rear Admiral Harold Davis Baker. The all wood hull shows no rot or deterioration after 46 years, having fought in three wars aboard battleships Louisiana Utah Florida Arkansas and New York. Original gasoline engines were replaced by 105 horsepower diesel units.
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Washington
Navy
Harold Davis Baker
Potomac River Naval Command
Louisiana
Utah
Florida
Arkansas
New York
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Bristol
R. I
Admiral Baker
Truman Won’t Comment on Adams Affair While on Vacation
Former President Truman refused to enter the controversy surrounding Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams. Judge Samuel Rosenman, his spokesman, said Truman had no comment whatsoever on the affair during his visit in Vence France.
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Vence
France
UPI
Truman
Sherman Adams
Samuel Rosenman
Monroe to Host State VFW Meeting
The 28th annual Louisiana Department VFW convention will be in Monroe from Friday to Sunday. Coop ler T Holt, former national commander, will speak. headqu arters are the Virginia Hotel for the event and Frances Hotel for the Ladies Auxiliary. More than 600 delegates are expected with a banquet and Grand Ball on Saturday night atop the Virginia Hotel.
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Louisiana Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Monroe
Coopler T. Holt
Chattanooga
Tenn
VFW
Rodney J. Hobbs Post
Virginia Hotel
Frances Hotel
J. Perilloux
Baton Rouge
K. R. Bartlett
VFW Post
Shreveport Man Injured In Wreck
An elderly Shreveport man W M McIntyre 73 of 662 Thornhill Street was injured in a two car crash at Cypress and Slack streets in West Monroe. He was hospitalized at Charity with condition not yet determined. Police charged McIntyre with running a red light causing the crash and having no driver’s license.
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Cypress
Slack Streets
West Monroe
Shreveport
W. M. McIntyre
Thornhill Street
Charity Hospital
McIntyre
Slacks
John G. Moses
Trenton
Indiana flood threat as Wabash crest nears
Waters crack reservists aided police patrol the city against looters. Authorities estimate 40 percent of West Terre Haute could flood before the Wabash crest. Extra state troopers and guardsmen with 40 prisoners from a state penal farm were rushed in after Gov Handley declared a state of emergency. Prisoners sandbag levees while Terre Haute remains mostly safe.
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West Terre Haute
Wabash
State Penal Farm
Harold W. Handley
Terre Haute
Anderson
Indiana
Louisiana bill on water barriers as trespass fencing
House Bill 821 faces a vote today to allow water barriers in place of fencing for trespass. Louisiana Wildlife Federation president urges amendments to keep waterways accessible for hunting and fishing, warning 3 to 5 million acres could be closed and that night travel risks fines.
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Bilt
Lloyd F. Abadie
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Metairie
Federation
Abadie
Group Moves to Consider Voting Bill and Special Appropriations
Lawmakers plan to vote on the bill by Tuesday and take it up item by item on the House floor around Wednesday. Cashio says the committee will begin hearing special appropriations requests next Monday, with concerns over an empty general fund and limited activity in the budget office. About $609.7 million will be available for spending next fiscal year including $46 million in federal funds, with $33 million slated for parishes and municipalities from dedicated revenues.
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Earl Long
Oficer
Budget Office
Security forces hit rebel leader's home during shelling
U S citizens living with his daughter faced shelling of Saeb Salam's roof and top floor. Salam remained unharmed while his lieutenant Adnan Nahas was killed. Hammarskjold to attend first formal meeting of U N observation team, expected to total 27 by week end with 17 from U N in Palestine and 10 from Norway. A June 11 Security Council resolution orders the team to stop arms or men from reaching the rebels.
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Saeb Salam
Salam
Adnan Nahas
Hammarskjold
U. N
Palestine
Norway
Security Council
Tragedy in Rural Chase Ends With Deputy Deaths
A man named Jernigan was charged after a confrontation with deputies Adams and Brock at Golden’s car. Brock demanded a pistol, both officers were shot, and Adams died about two hours later in hospital. Jernigan then shot the girl’s parents in his home before fleeing into nearby woods. The 15 year old son later fired at the fleeing Golden.
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Golden
Adams
Brock
Jernigan
Miss Jernigan
Rowley
White Citizens Council to hear talk on New Orleans transit
The White Citizens Council will host a mass meeting in New Orleans with Rep. John S. Garrett of Claiborne parish as guest speaker. Garrett will discuss the city’s newly integrated buses and street cars.
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Council TO Meet
New Orleans
UPI
White Citizens’ Council
John S. Garrett
Claiborne Parish
Garrett
Newcomers Breakfast Feted in Monroe
Plans for the first annual Newcomers Welcome Breakfast set for Monday June 30 at 7 30 a m in the Ball Room at the Virginia Hotel. Sponsored by Monroe Chamber of Commerce with Bert Root announcing the event. About 75 newcomers invited from the past six months to foster personal and business contact in Monroe.
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Virginia
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Bert Root
Chamber
Monroe
Root
Elderly Monroe Man Struck By Car At City Intersection
A 75 year old Monroe man Walter Lee Boughton suffered bruises and possible hip injury after being struck at Hall and DeSiard Streets by a car driven by Mrs B W Scott. Scott, of 800 South Sixth Street, was charged with having no driver's license. Boughton was treated at the scene and later evaluated for additional injuries.
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Monroe
Walter Lee Boughton
Hall and
DeSiard Streets
B. W. Scott
South Sixth Street
Faubus Advocated Marshals Over Federal Troops in Crisis
In an interview Governor Faubus argued federal troops should not enforce desegregation. He insisted marshals and court orders were the proper legal route and questioned the necessity of troops, suggesting a cooling off period might resolve tensions and gain community acceptance.
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Faubus
U.S
Herbert Brownell
Indiana University to Offer Russian Summer Course for Teachers
Indiana University will run a concentrated Russian course this summer to equip high school teachers with enough language knowledge to teach elementary classes next fall. The program targets instructors seeking to begin teaching Russian at the elementary level in the upcoming academic year.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
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