Violent Spring Closes With Tornadoes Floods Across Plains
A brutal spring ends amid tornadoes and floods across Colorado Nebraska and Florida. A Peetz Colorado twister caused 50000 damage uprooting trees and smashing buildings. Sidney Nebraska saw minor damage from a separate twister. Flooding forced evacuations and one presumed drowning in Stanton Nebraska. An Omaha suburb birth occurred after a flooding rescue. Heavy hail and high winds hit Imperial Nebraska Rapid City South Dakota and Wyoming.
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Peetz
Colo
Sidney
Neb
Omaha
Ralston
Offutt Air Force Base Hospital
Imperial
Rapid City
S. D
Wyoming
Pay Increases Touches Off Grumbling In Senate
In Baton Rouge Gov Jimmie Davis faces a grumbling Senate as pay raises spark debate. The Senate Finance Committee backs raises for legislators while a push grows to extend pay hikes to all civil service workers. House committees consider resolutions urging the governor to grant a cost of living raise to 32500 workers. Rep Lantz Womack and Rep John Lewis engage over moving bills, with support mounting for universal raises if top officials receive one.
New Defense Is Started On Appropriations
Baton Rouge AP reports a new defense of the 492 million general appropriations bill began with a Senate Finance Committee hearing set for 8 30 am. The bill funds state operating finances as the House approved it 95 0 unchanged. Ed ucation forces pushed two unsuccessful upward revisions while the Finance Committee plans daily sessions. The Senate rapid session included eight Gov Jimmie Davis bills to reform constitutional boards, a pay raise for state Supreme Court justices, sale of the governor mansion for at least 300000 and a new mansion on state land near Capitol Lake, and a revised sheriff tax salary schedule plus a 33 bill insurance package.
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Finance Committee
Senate
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana
Witness testifies Thornhill hired him to kill sheriff
In Columbia Mississippi AP Willie B McCain 30 testified Hillary Thornhill hired him to murder Marion County Sheriff J W Polk 50 who was shot on his porch April 22 McCain a guilty murderer sentenced to life says Thornhill provided the gun and route guidance while promising a share in a bootlegging venture Thornhill 45 faces trial for murder
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Columbia
Miss
Willie B. McCain
Hillary Thornhill
Marion County
J. W. Polk
Polk
Here
McCain
Thornhill
Doubts Hearings To Resume Soon
Washington based Civil Rights Commission faced a slow path after a Supreme Court ruling. A spokesman noted the need for substantial preparation before resuming Negro voting rights hearings in the South. No official comment was given on the ruling. The six member panel may not reconvene until late July.
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Washington
UPD
Civil Rights Commission
South
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Nixon Doubts Red Economy To Catch U S
ST LOUIS Mo AP Vice President Richard M Nixon said Khrushchev boasted he would soon overtake the United States economically, but Nixon asserted the U S would stay well ahead through the century He urged government action when private industry cannot handle large tasks and framed the speech as a major talk on economic growth with few specifics.
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ST. Louis
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Nixon
Khrushchev
Post Office staff lead local vehicle safety program
Monroe post office employees serve as leaders in a nationwide vehicle safety-check program. Postmaster W. W. Hathorn says the effort backs the slogan Join the Circle of Safety and stresses that 85 percent of accidents stem from poor driving while only 4 percent are due to mechanical defects.
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Monroe
W. W. Hathorn
Hathorn
Chuckle on Middle Age Staircase Dilemma
A light humor note compares middle age to a moment on stairs where choosing between going up or down feels equally tiresome. The wry observation frames aging as a humorous stalemate rather than a crisis.
Senate to vote on U S Japanese security treaty today
In Washington AP reported the U S Japanese security treaty was called up in the Senate for a vote later this afternoon. Brussels dispatch notes Israeli Premier David Ben Gurion will meet Argentine President Arturo Frondizi before week’s end to discuss the Eichmann matter.
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Washington
Senate
Brussels
David Ben - Gurion
Arturo Frojizi
Eichmann
Four Killed In Nassau Flight Crash Far South East Of Fort Lauderdale
Four Fort Lauderdale businessmen aboard a small private plane died when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles southeast of Fort Lauderdale while flying from Nassau in hazardous weather.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Nassau
Here
Senate Approves 4.5 Billion Tax Measure
The Senate voted 84 to 0 to approve a 4.509 billion revenue bill extending corporation taxes and Korea War excise levies on liquor cigarettes and new cars. It avoids a 10 percent tax cut on local communications and travel, adopts two amendments to curb certain deductions and dividend tax credits, and goes to conference with the House.
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Washington
API
Democratic Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Finance
Ike Bests Golfs In 50th State
President Eisenhower, greeted by over 100,000 Hawaiians, planned another golf round in Honolulu after a brief rest. He had arrived exhausted from his Far Eastern tour but soon played nine holes at a breezy Pacific-edge course as temperatures reached the mid 80s.
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Honolulu
Eisenhower
Korea
Pacific
Philippines
China
Okinawa
Ingo Ready for Rematch With Patters After Loss
Ingo ready for a title rematch after Floyd Patters dethroned him Monday night. Johansson says the sooner the better to regain the world heavyweight crown.
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New York
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patters
Ouachita Dealers Seek Bars Open On Election Days
A Ouachita Parish Liquor Dealers Association delegation urged Monroe City Council to allow bars to stay open on minor election days. George Tonore claimed Baton Rouge and New Orleans venues already do so and cited legislative act 490 of 1958. The group argued the law permits openings on all non gubernatorial election days as the election day shifted to Saturday, noting a district attorney support and council interest.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
George Tonore
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Tonore
W. L
Jack) Howard
Race Issue Passed On To Gov. Davis
Orleans Parish school board votes four to one to ask Governor Jimmie H. Davis to intervene and keep New Orleans schools segregated. Meeting moved to Rabouin High School auditorium due to large turnout after a 3.5 hour session.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Jimmie H. Davis
Emile A. Wagner Jr
L. E. Rabouin High School
Herter admits error on Tokyo riot misjudgment
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that Washington misjudged the riot situation in Japan which prompted Tokyo to withdraw its invitation for President Eisenhower. He acknowledged the rioting persisted longer and was larger than expected, while declining to discuss internal Japanese affairs in public.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Japan
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Herter
Senate
State Department
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
Japan Honors MacArthur With Rising Sun Award
In New York Gen Douglas MacArthur receives Japan’s Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia flowers from Mitsuo Tanaka on behalf of Emperor Hirohito. The award marks the centennial of Japanese American relations for postwar reconstruction efforts and goodwill between the nations.
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New York
Japan
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Mitsuo Tanaka
Hirohito
Waldorf Towers
MacArthur
Far East
Cooler Weather and Showers For Tomorrow
The weatherman sees a cool front bringing thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow morning with little temperature change. Monroe readings yesterday reached 94 with a 67 low, the state's coolest overnight. Expect 90s today dropping to 68 to 72 tonight, Selman Field 88–92 tomorrow, and Southern Arkansas to see a share of the cool front and showers tomorrow morning.
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Monroe - West Monroe
Selman Field
Arkansas
Monroe Negro Killed In Car Accident Here
A 49 year old Black man, Harry Parks of 1123 Texas Avenue, died at Charity Hospital after a car crash on Texas Avenue. Driver Henry Whittie, 41, was charged with negligent homicide and jailed. three others injured and released. The car struck a pole, veered into a house at 1513 Texas Avenue, splitting the structure.
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Texas Avenue
Ouachita Parish
Harry Parks
Charity Hospital
Henry Whittie
Wallace Neal
Sylvester Lawson
Goldman Street
Whittie
Parks
Neal
Lawson
Pay hike for civil service workers asked
Baton Rouge report notes the House Judiciary Committee adopted a resolution urging Gov. Jimmie H. Davis to grant a cost of living pay raise for about 32,500 civil service workers. The move followed the Senate Finance Committee approving a legislators pay raise. Key speaker Rep. Richard Bertrand called the request modest and cited past promises by officials. Estimated cost ranges from one and a half to five million dollars.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Senate Finance Committee
House
Bee
Davis
T. T. Fields
Judiciary 8B
Farmerville
House Judiciary
Richard Bertrand
Lafayette
Bertrand
State Personnel Council
Rep
A. T. Sanders Jr
Sanders
Smuggling Of Narcotics Reaches Disaster Levels
California Attorney General Stanley Mosk said narcotics smuggling has reached disaster proportions with marijuana shipped in half ton lots and heroin in two pound packages into Southern California. He warned help from the federal government would have been sought for any other disaster. He cited heroin caps available for about $2 in Los Angeles.
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San Diego
Calif
Stanley Mosk
California
Mosk
Los Angeles
Nine Die As Drag Race Crash Strikes Louisiana Town
In New Iberia Louisiana a drag race between George Babineaux and Sebastien Laporte ended in a four car crash that killed nine people and injured others. Among the dead were Babineaux and Laporte both teens from New Iberia and four members of a Patentville Negro family Aaron Williams Sr. Lloyd Roger and Aaron Jr. Also killed was Rev. Douglas Taylor a Tupelo Pentecostal preacher. The crash occurred Monday night with speeds over 100 miles per hour.
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New Iberia
UPD
Louisiana
George Babineaux
Sebastien Laporte
Laporte
Babineaux
Babineaux and
Alvin Bodin
Patentville
Aaron Williams Sr
Lloyd
Roger
Aaron Jr
Rev
Douglas Taylor
Ontario
Canada
Tupelo
Miss
Supreme Court clears path for voter probe
Washington special report: Supreme Court overturns a Shreveport district court ruling to block Civil Rights investigations of voting practices in 17 north Louisiana parishes. The decision allows hearings on voting rolls in Ouachita Parish to proceed, with justices split mainly along Warren and Black/Douglas lines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Shreveport
North
Louisiana
High Court
Civil Rights Commission
Ouachita Parish
Earl Warren
William C. Douglas
Hugo Black
South
NEWS STAR WORLD WANT ADS SELLING FANS AND A/C
An advertising notice promotes buying and selling fans and cooling equipment in the NEWS STAR WORLD classifieds. It cites a window fan sold for 1.60 and lists a HOMART WINDOW fan for 25 with a phone contact FA 3 8564. It urges listing don’t needs and advertises low seven day rates with cancellation privileges via FA 2 5161.
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News-Star-World
Homart
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