Half Way Disarmament Plan Presented at London Conference
U S Delegate Harold E. Stassen outlines a half way conventional disarmament plan at the London five power talks. Western allies debate timing and scope amid Eisenhower comments on halting nuclear tests.
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London
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Moscow Radio
Stassen
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
Valerian Zorin
Moscow
Bell Asks Louisiana Rate Increase For Telephone Service
Southern Bell official says the company will file with the Louisiana Public Service Commission to seek higher statewide telephone rates. He cites rising costs and notes earnings are at a critically low level after a recent rate reduction. The exact amount is not disclosed.
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New Orleans
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Louisiana Public Service Commission
H. G. Bartee
Southern Bell
PSC
Bartee
Public Service Commission
Louisiana Supreme Court
Tthe
West Point cadet charged in West Monroe burglary attempt
William N. Holladay, 22, a three year West Point student, was jailed in Ouachita parish for attempted burglary at Evans and Son's Clothiers in West Monroe. He was nabbed on the roof after investigators tracked a skylight tamper and a ladder setup.
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West Point
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
News - Star
William N. Holladay
Holladay
Evans and Son’s Clothiers
Wood Street
Military
Calhoun
George Evans
Evans
Jeff Caldwell
Caldwell
Monroe
Academy
Rain Repeats With Heat In Northeast Louisiana Forecast
The northeast Louisiana forecast repeats a rain and heat pattern with partly cloudy skies and showers. Temperatures rise to the low to mid 90s tomorrow while tonight’s low runs 70 to 74. Selman Field reported 73 last night, rising to 82 by midmorning. Rain in the Twin Cities area measured .84 inch, and Monroe reached a high of 88, the season’s top for north Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Mercury
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Twin Cities
Monroe
Howard delays public report on Monroe highway conference
Mayor W L Howard declined to release details of a Baton Rouge meeting with state highway officials about a transcontinental route through Monroe. State officials consider a route crossing near Ouachita Parish Grammar School. planning remains stalled as Twin City leaders hesitate on options.
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W. L. Howard
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Howard
Ouachita Parish
R. B. Richardson
Richardson
Twin City
H. W. McSherry
Finance and Utilities
James Sparks
Winnsboro
Robert F. Mulhearn
Texas Avenue
Washington Street
Olive Street
T. H. Scott
City School Board
Tom Mulhearn
Bob Teirmenstien
S. E. Burgoyne
Jerome Danna
Sidney R. Moore
Frank Parker
R. T. Armstrong
H. K. Litton
L. B. Pettit
Traffic Count Runaway Couple Nabbed In Pa
Christiana Wennerstrom and 18 year old Huw Williams, a missing page, were found driving from Canada after a June 1 marriage in Charles Town West Virginia. Police halted their car near Allenwood, held them for failure to pay fines, and confirmed their identities with a justice of the peace. The girl is 16 and daughter of a Swedish official. Williams is a Senate page from Falls Church Virginia.
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Christina Wennerstrom
Huw Williams
West Virginia
U. S
Williamsport
Christiana Wennerstrom
Canada
Allenwood
Here
Williams
Robert Gorman
Clifford O'Neill
Justice of the Peace
L. R. Foulkrod
Stockholm
Falls Church
Senate
Christina
Stig Wennerstrom
Sweden
Foulkrod
Charlestown
W. Va
Channel Planning Funds Approved in Public Works Bill
The U S House passed a public works appropriation bill sending to the Senate. It includes 150 000 planning funds for a nine foot navigation channel on the Quachita river and a total of 58 950 000 for Mississippi river and tributaries projects including Boeuf river and Tensas basin continuations.
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U. S. House of Representatives
Senate
Quachita River
Mississippi River
Boeuf River
Tensas Basin
House Group Okays Most Of P. O. Requests
The House Appropriations Committee approved most of the Post Office Department funding requests to sustain normal service. It called for postal economies including Saturday service cuts and backed a supplemental 133 million dollar bill bringing total postal funding to 3.325 billion for the year starting July 1.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
House
White Farmer Charged With Killing Negro Airman
Raiford Walton a 50 year old white farmer with a prior manslaughter conviction was charged with murder after shooting 20 year old Negro airman Charles Brown at Walton’s sister’s farm near Yazoo City Mississippi Walton admitted firing the shotgun hit Brown in the head as the airman sat at a dining table The shooting occurred during a 30 day leave Brown had with Barksdale Air Force Base sheriff and county attorney described the scene and said relatives present provided little information about the visitor’s conduct
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Yazoo City
Miss
Barksdale Air Force Base
Griffin Norquist
Raiford Walton
Charles Brown
Mississippi Delta
Walton
Norquist
Hilda Robinson
United Press
Brown
Robinson
Robinsons
James Moore
Two Seamen Killed as FDR Steam Explosion Strikes
On the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt off Florida a live steam blast from a high speed pump killed two seamen and burned five more. Navy reports 29 others treated for heat prostration while crew aided by heroic rescues. The dead are Bobby E. Hyder and Sidney R. Wall. seriously injured include Donald E. Brockman Phillip R. Plantier and Richard M. Haigh. A Navy board investigates the cause.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
T. W. Hopkins
Big Flattop
FDR
Hopkins
Florida
Mayport
Navy Board of
Bobby E. Hyder
Spartanburg
S.C
Fireoe
Sidney R. Wall
Norwood
N.C
Donald E Brockman
Ringgold
Phillip R. Plantier
Wauregan
Conn
Ichard M. Haigh
Washington, D.D
Local LP&L Clerk Earns 10 Year Service Pin
B R Alpha of Sterlington received eligibility for a ten year company service pin from Louisiana Power and Light Company. He began his LP and L career June 26 1947 and resides at 1616 South Fourth Street Monroe. Alpha attended Northeast Junior College majoring in business administration before joining LP and L.
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B. R. Alpha
Louisiana Power & Light Company
Sterlington
Alpha
South Fourth St
Monroe
Lp&l
Northeast Junior College
Court Denies Delays in Hoffa Trial Bribery Case
The U S Court of Appeals refused further postponement in the bribery conspiracy trial of Teamsters Union Vice President James R Hoffa. The case, with Miami attorney Hyman I Fischbach, centers on alleged efforts to bribe access to Senate Rackets Committee files. A three judge panel heard defense arguments before denying the motion.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Burnita S. Matthews
Huffa
Miami
Hyman I. Fischbach
Senate
Appeals
Body of 5-Year-Old Found in Caddo Lake Near Shreveport
Shreveport AP report says Pat Greer, 5, son of Mr and Mrs John B Greer Jr, drowned after a pier fall near a Texas side camp on Caddo Lake. Search for 27-year-old Arthur Pryor of Bossier City continues after he disappeared while swimming near the Caddo Lake dam.
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Shreveport
Caddo Lake
Here
Sheriff's Department
Pat Greer
John B. Greer Jr
Arthur Pryor
Bossier City
Greer
Bill Anderson
Oil City
Texas
Pryor
Anderson
State Line Road
Government appeals to Supreme Court in Girard case
The Brownell Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to reverse a federal judge’s order blocking surrender of GI William S. Girard for a Japanese manslaughter trial. The move follows McGarraghy’s ruling that a Japanese trial would violate Girard’s constitutional rights.
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Brownell
Girard
Supreme Court
Washington
William S. Girard
Atty
Herbert Brownell Jr
Joseph C. McGarraghy
McGarraghy
Justice Department
U.S
U.S. Court of Appeals
Lightning Kills Two Guardsmen at Fort Bragg
A fierce thunderstorm at Fort Bragg North Carolina struck the 30th Division encampment killing Sgt J C Walter Lee Milam 196 and Pfc Arthur Belton Norris Jr 19 both of Kannapolis NC and injuring 48 others who sought care at the base hospital after the rain and lightning damaged the bivouac area Field aid stations treated casualties on site and at the hospital for several hours as the storm swept through the camp
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FT. Bragg
Graf
J.C
Walter Lee Milam
Arthur Belton Norris Jr
Kannapolis
N. C
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Bell
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Chiropodists Association
Ohio Podiatrists Association
Chiropodist
Left Academy
Weatherman
Raps Newspaper
Arthur E. Summerfield
Barksdale
Hoffa
Nobusuke Kishi
Defense Department
30Th
Old Hickory
North Carolina National Guard
Mary K. Smith
Dallas
Tex
Howard Defoor
Muskogee
Okla
Jackson
Iva
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