Eisenhower Defends Civil Rights Plan Amid Senate Battle
President Eisenhower described his civil rights program as moderate and not aimed at persecuting anyone. The House bill passed amid GOP and Liberal Democrat push to move it to the Senate calendar and bypass the Judiciary Committee. Southern senators threaten a filibuster as Knowland and Douglas allies seek rapid action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Russell
Douglas
D-Ill
Parking Barr Urges City Parking Management Plan
William G. Barr, nearing completion of his Monroe parking study, proposes city led guidance to off street lots with arrows at lights, better signing of rates and locations, and a merchant lot validation plan to offer free parking in major stores. He says when lots fill, operators should share alternatives to prevent driver frustration and encourages shifting parking to lots and garages.
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William G. Barr
Monroe
Barr
Driver Sentenced in Fatal Wreck Near Columbia
Charles Worley 26 of Winnfield was sentenced to two years at Angola for negligent homicide after pleading guilty. The owner Jeptha Allen Miller of Baton Rouge, critically injured, and Marvin Warren of Grayson, seriously hurt, were involved in the June 11 two car crash on Highway 165 about 11 miles north of Columbia.
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Columbia
Charles Worley
Winnfield
Angola
Jeptha Allen Miller
Baton Rouge
Worley W
Highway 165
Marvin Warren
Grayson
President Sees Over 50 Rescued Merit In Red A-Test Plan
President Eisenhower backed studying Russia's disarmament proposals as hopeful but warned against an unlimited suspension of atomic tests. He supported a possible temporary pause while pursuing a broader package deal and defended adviser Harold Stassen from criticism after London talks. He stressed negotiators may be recalled for consultation and noted the plan remains complex and conditional.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Hisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
London
Stassen
Prospects for Water and Oxygen on Mars Discussed
Astronomers plan to search for water and oxygen on Mars using spectroscopy. Dr. Robert Richardson proposes a rocket mounted spectrograph to isolate Mars signals. Dr. Audouin Dollfus suggests a balloon borne spectrometer to study Mars atmosphere from above Earth's. Mars holds some water, but quantities are unknown.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Mars
Red Planet
Earth
Richardson
Audouin Dollfus
Meudon Observatory
Paris
Frances
Two Oil Tankers Collide Off Brittany Killing Eight Sailors
Off Brittany in darkness and fog two oil tankers collided and burst into flames. Eight sailors died and more than 50 were rescued with ten seriously hurt. The Stony Point and Ioannis were feared abandoned as rescue vessels maneuvered through heavy fog.
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France
Brittany
Stony Point
Ioan
Nis
Ioannis
Ionis
Victory Carriers Inc
New York
Sidon
Lebanon
Antwerp
Eric Beckmann
Southerners Not Unhappy Over Rights Delays
Washington reports that southern leaders in the failed civil rights bill fight say delaying House passage for months was a success. Rep. Willis D-Lee and Rep. Colmer of Mississippi note the victory in slowing action and thwarting a jury trial amendment while acknowledging a disappointing final vote.
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Washington
Willis
Senate
Colmer
Weaks Named Sergeant at Culver Military Academy
Ca det George Gibson Weaks III of Monroe Louisiana was appointed sergeant field artillery for the 1957 58 school year after commencement exercises at Culver Military Academy He is the son of Mr and Mrs George G Weaks of Riverside Monroe Also banker Herbert Walker of Monroe graduated among 99 from 17 states
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Culver Military Academy
George Gibson Weaks III
Monroe
George G. Weaks
Riverside
Herbert Walker
Byrd and Humphrey Clash Over National Debt Claims
Senate Finance Committee chairman Byrd challenged Secretary Humphrey's claim that the Eisenhower era reduced debt and spending. He cited debt rising from 265 billion in June 1953 to about 274 billion, noting that over the period the debt increased despite a statement of cuts.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Virginian
Delegation Heads For Conference With Richardson
Mayor Howard and about 15 city officials and citizens traveled to Baton Rouge to discuss the proposed federal elevated highway with State Highway Director R B Richardson. The Monroe group planned a 2 p m meeting, with Commissioner H W McSherry and Senator James Sparks present. Howard seeks study of routes through or around Twin Cities and says the goal is information not a delay. He may drop opposition to the elevated highway if convinced it is the best route.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Baton Rouge
R. B. Richardson
Monroe
H. W. McSherry
James Sparks
Howard
Highway Department
Twin Cities
Farmhouse killings end in double murder suicide
In Benton Mississippi a 44 year old veteran named Pat Taylor fatally shot his mother Mrs H E Taylor and father 68 in their farm home then killed himself with a .22 rifle. Coroner W W Holloway said the deaths appeared self defense related but noted no one witnessed the shootings.
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Taylor
Robert Stevens
Holloway
Pair jailed after Alexandria jewelry burglary arrest
Two men sought in an Alexandria jewelry store burglary and automobile theft were captured south of Monroe by Louisiana state police Troop F. Newton Potter and Frederick Van Cleave, both held in Ouachita parish jail, faced charges connected to a theft of four watches valued at 350 dollars, with one watch recovered on a suspect.
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Louisiana State Police
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Newton Potter
Houston
Texas
Frederick van Cleave
Yazoo City
Miss
Alexandria
Just 18 Miles Apart Sisters Reunited After 39 Years
In Ferriday two sisters Lizzie Broussard now 51 and Ethyl Gordon 48, long separated after 39 years, reunite after sickness brings their families to the same hospital. Gordon learns Broussard has seven more sisters and three brothers. The sisters, raised near Island Bayou in Catahoula parish, had not seen each other since Broussard was 12. They plan a future family reunion as both women describe the reunion as strange yet pleasant.
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Lizzie Broussard
Ethyl Gordon
Broussard
Vergie Roberts
Ferriday
Catahoula Parish
Island Bayou
Warm Days And Cool Nights Forecast In Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana braces for warm days and cool nights with late evening thundershowers. Temperatures will reach the low 90s tomorrow while tonight’s low sits around 70 to 75 degrees. Selman Field logged 73 degrees at dawn, rising to 92 by late morning as a mild storm brought 1.26 inches of rain there. Elsewhere rainfall ranged from trace to near zero.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Parish
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