Edith Indicted For Killing Ex-Fiance
Edith Louise Hough 41 was indicted for first degree murder in the Memorial Day slaying of her former fiancé Zurab Abdusheli 44 a Voice of America translator shot six times in her apartment. The grand jury in US District Court charged deliberate malice and the death penalty is a possible outcome though juries may verdict lesser.
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Washington
Edith Louise Hough
Zurab Abdusheli
Voice of America
Abdusheli
Miss Hough
District of Columbia
Mary Surratt
Lincoln
Radcliffe College
Supreme Court split over Smith Act convictions in California case
The Court debated First Amendment grounds as Justices Black and others pressed to overturn five year prison terms and $10,000 fines for 14 Californians convicted under the 1940 Smith Act. Prosecutors argued a nationwide Communist conspiracy led by William Schneiderman.
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Black
Douglas
Harlan
Warren
Frankfurter
Burton
U.S. Dist
William C. Mathes
Los Angeles
Mathes
Supreme Court
New York
Eugene Dennis
Philip R. Monahan
Justice Department
Hich
William Schneiderman
San Francisco
California
Communist Party
FBI
Schneiderman
Parking Official Due Tomorrow For Survey Here
William G. Barr executive director of the National Parking Association arrives in Monroe for a two day city tour under the Monroe Chamber of Commerce Traffic Parking Committee. Barr cites private enterprise meeting parking demand and outlines a six point program and survey plus speeches and a TV appearance.
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Monroe
William G. Barr
National Parking Association
Barr
Chamber of Commerce
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
Retail Merchants Division
Tragic Riding Accident Drowns Man in Running Bayou
Rubin Dunbar a 44 year old Black man from Jonesville drowned Sunday in Running Bayou near Jonesville when his horse skidded and fell backward trapping him underwater. Deputy J W Adams noted Dunbar could not swim and witnesses described the scene as an accident during what he was doing as Cowboys.
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Catahoula
J. W. Adams
Rubin Dunbar
Jonesville
Dunbark
Adams
Girl at Sussex station in gun attack case
A petite brunette identified as Miss Masters demanded that an officer call Young at the station and armed with a shotgun tried to breach the door. Patrolmen Deta and Friedland restrained her. Knoll disarmed her, three shells found. She had prior reckless driving and vowed revenge on cops. she faces charges today.
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Young
Anthony Deta
Knoll
Deta
Clarence Friedland
Miss Masters
Sussex County
Frank Dolan
Trials Ordered For Newly Freed Activists
New trials were ordered. Those freed outright include Philip M. Connelly editor of the Los Angeles edition of People's World Henry Steinberg Los Angeles County party legislative director Mrs Rose Chernin Kusnitz executive secretary of the Los Angeles Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born Al Richmond editor of the San Francisco edition of the People's World and Frank E Spector Los Angeles County industrial organizer.
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Philip M. Connelly
Los Angeles
People’s World
Henry Steinberg
Rose Chernin Kussnitz
Jordan closes Cairo embassy amid Arab unity strain
Amman moves to shut its Cairo embassy deepening the rift with the Egyptian Syrian bloc as Cairo touted unity. In Port au Prince violent storms kill at least 50 and injure 200 amid a sweeping junta decree banning strikes and continuing arrests. In Ellis Kane floodwaters halt life with four to six feet of water isolating towns and crippling utilities. In Washington Commerce Secretary Weeks says 25 WOC executives will be replaced by government career staff as private industry officials leave federal posts.
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Amman
Jordan
Egypt
Cairo
Arab Unity
Nasser
Shukri Kuwaily l
Hussein
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Washington
Commerce Department
Secretary of Commerce
Woc
Department
Business and Defense Services Administration
Wocs
Reunion Brings Waited Hearts Close Across Miles
A Monroe man recounts a long awaited reunion with his son in California delayed by work and a family birth. He calls the moment a dreamlike answer to prayers as they finally prepare to meet after 25 years apart.
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Monroe
California
Jones
Scientist’s suicide after financial distress foretold
A scientist threatened suicide saying he would end his life. His wife doubted him but he did not return home. Police say she found him dying at the laboratory. Sherwood had been extremely worried by financial problems.
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Sherwood
Boy Survives Apparent Abduction Attempt
A 10 year old boy fled into a street back of a car as Curchella and Chuck Tatana attempted a capture. Tatana revealed himself and Curchella grabbed the boy from behind. the boy escaped and Curchella fired, but the weapon clicked due to no ammunition.
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Curchella
Chuck Tatana
Curchela
Tatana
Joey
Standard Oil Affiliate Plans Bordeaux Pipeline Work
Here And There et D Exploitation Petrolieres a French affiliate of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey will be in Bordeaux France for about 30 days during the construction of a double 12 inch pipeline crossing of the Garonne River on the Parentis Ambes line at Bordeaux.
Ouachita Parish Coroner Dr J T French Set to Return
Dr. J T French, Ouachita Parish coroner, has been ill for about two weeks and hospitalized several days and will be released tomorrow. He will return to his office soon.
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J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
French
Last Rites Today For Gregory Tot
Funeral services were held for Addie Sue Gregory three year old daughter of Burl Gregory and wife at the Goodwill Church of God in Oak Grove. Rev. Murl Kennedy officiated. Burial was in Red Wing Cemetery under Gay's Funeral Home. Survivors include four brothers Burl Gregory Jr Hershal Gregory Donald Gregory Bennie Gregory paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents from Bastrop Star City Ark.
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Oak Grove
Addie Sue Gregory
Burl Gregory
Monroe Hospital
Goodwill Church of God
Murl Kennedy
Red Wing
Gay
Gaitskell Denounces Hard Line on Disarmament
Western sources deem the proposal a major forward step in disarmament talks though details require clarification. In a Newcastle rally, Labour leader Gaitskell dismissed calls to halt disarmament until German reunification, calling such talk stupid dangerous and absurd and warning it could imply looming war and frontier changes.
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Gaitskell
Newcastle
Britain
Labor
Woman Stabs Husband In Ouachita Parish Inquiry
C W Jones a Monroe man is treated for a stab wound at Conway Memorial Hospital. Sheriff Bailey Grant says Lucille Jones 37 is held without bond in Ouachita parish jail after witnesses say she used a kitchen knife during an argument at a restaurant. She allegedly chased him outside and washed the blade.
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C. W. Jones
Monroe
Conway Memorial Hospital
Bailey Grant
Lucille Jones
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish Library Purchases Seven Roselawn Lots
The Ouachita parish public library through the police jury bought seven lots in Roselawn addition for 38000 to host the proposed headquarters library. Kellogg Realty Inc and Fred Petty sold the property. The purchase follows a prior library expansion step as the board moves toward a new West Monroe branch and plans for the headquarters building.
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Board of Trustees
West Monroe
Jackson St
Audit Criticizes Expenses Incurred On Official District Work
The audit faults actual and necessary expenses for official business and notes a plan to deduct 25,000 from future payments to engineers. It states engineers are paid five percent as construction progresses and were overpaid at the start for variances and specifications. The report says the full five percent limit should apply and the 25,000 be recovered from progress payments.
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Edith
High Court
Deep
Hatten Ford Grocery
Natchitoches
Brooks
Montgomery
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank
West
News-Star News
United Press
Ellis
Kane
Hays
National
Big Creek
Police Department
Cedar Bluff Dam
Ili
Gregory Tot
M’millan
Call Fog Service, Inc
Chrysler
NEW Yorker
Olcott Motors, Inc
N. 2Nd
Tensas Motor & Supply Co
Hwy
Joseph
Martin Motor Co
Delhi
Lee Motor & Implement Co
Depot St
Tallulah
R. A. Rentz
1St & Sparrow
Lake Providence
John Snyder
Sales & Service
Front & Alsworth
Winnsboro
Life America
Institute of Life Insurance
Madison Avenue
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