Hurricane Audrey roars from Gulf toward Texas Louisiana coasts
Audrey, first hurricane of the season, forms in the Gulf with 75 mph winds. Navy recon shows rapid intensification as it moves slowly northward toward the Texas and Louisiana shores. Gale zones extend 100 miles from the center, prompting hurricane watches for the coast.
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New Orleans
Audrey
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Louisiana
Brownsville
Weather Bureau
Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
United States Proposes Three-Stage Disarmament Plan
At the London five power conference the United States proposed reducing American and Soviet armed forces in three stages to 1,700,000 men each. Stassen outlined first to 2,500,000 then 2,100,000 and finally 1,700,000 with Britain France and Canada supporting staged cuts. Final steps would be conditioned on political issues, no specifics given.
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London
United States
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Valerian Zorin
Britain
France
Canada
Zorin
U. S
Russia
Stassen
Ruston Youth’s Legs Crushed In Car Collision
A 20 year old Ruston youth named Charles Lott suffered crushed legs after being pinned between two cars at a fish fry scene. The incident occurred when Richard D. Gilliam 22 Baton Rouge drove into the rear of a stalled car owned by Byron Rogello 20 Jackson. Lott was taken to Baton Rouge General Hospital.
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Baton Rouge
Ruston
Charles Lott
Richard D. Gilliam
Lott
Baton Rouge General Hospital
Byron I. Rogello
Jackson
United Gas Asks For Rate Boost in Monroe Hearing
United Gas Corporation seeks a hearing to discuss a rate increase for the Monroe division as Public Service Commission proceedings continue. West Monroe city attorney McCormick attends hearings with witnesses, while city officials weigh whether to grant Monroe a formal hearing amid a split over the jurisdiction ruling.
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United Gas Corporation
Monroe
Public Service Commis
Public Service Commission
West Monroe
John F. McCormickk
Supreme Court
North Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Hudson
United Gas
McCormick
Leon L. Wood
Commission
Wood
Virginia
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company
Texas and New Orlens Railroad Company
Bienville
Calvin
Castor
Calhoun
Dodson
Eros
Gloster
Goldonna
Grand Cane
Hall Summitt
Keatchie
Lisborn
Longstreet
Oak Ridge
Quillman
Weston
Tragedy in Terre Haute as ex-husband kills two, wounds three
In Terre Haute Indiana a posse hunted Thomas Whitaker 39 after he killed Alma Martin 36 and her son Jack Whitaker 11 in their home with a shotgun. Regina 9 was seriously wounded as she begged for life. Whitaker fled as officers and neighbors described a bitter custody dispute fueling the massacre.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Thomas Whitaker
Alma Martin
Jack Whitaker
Regina
Whitaker
Stewart Martin
Martins
Negro Boycott Threatened In Tuskegee
In Tuskegee Alabama a new law excluding Negro voters has spurred threats of a mass boycott of white merchants. William P Mitchell of the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital says Negroes may stop patronizing stores if they cannot vote. A mass meeting is set for tonight at a Negro church to discuss the law and a "crusade for citizenship." The Negro population outnumbers whites about 7 to 3 in Tuskegee, a city of 6800.
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Tuskegee
Ala
William P. Mitchell
Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital
Mitchell
Flaming jet crash kills woman at Arkansas farm house
A USAF marked jet crashed into a south Dermott area farm house near 10 a.m. killing an elderly woman identified as Mrs. Slater C. Jones. The pilot died nearby. debris spread over the yard as an Air Force helicopter from Greenville, Mississippi, joined the scene.
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Dermott
Ark
U. S. Air Force
Slater C. Jones
W. C. Hardwick
Jones House
Air Force
Greenville
Miss
Air Force Base
Arkansas
Cheasty Says Hoffa Hired Him As Spy
John Dye Cheasty testified that Hoffa’s attorney recruited him to spy inside the Senate Labor Rackets Committee. He said the bid to obtain inside information included a $2000 monthly pay and involved feeding data to Hoffa’s camp.
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Cheasty
Hoffa
Washington
John Dye Cheasty
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Trai
Chesty
Fischbach
Miami
Detroit
Mr. Big
Fisch
Fe and There Fe and There
Louis Tarlowski president of the Motor Carrier lawyers' Bar Association is in Monroe this week representing a motor freight line at Interstate Commerce Commission hearings. Tarlowski of Little Rock Ark was elected to the national office a month ago in Kansas City and is a charter member of the association started twenty years ago.
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Louis Tarlowski
Motor Carrier Lawyers’ Bar Association
Monroe
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tarlowski
Little Rock
Ark
Kansas City
Better Frank X. Cline Sr former Monroe finance official
Better Frank X. Cline Sr a former Monroe commissioner of finance and utilities is acknowledged for his public service and leadership in local government. The notice highlights his tenure and contributions to the city’s financial and utility operations.
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Frank X. Cline, Sr
Finance and Utilities
Monroe
Morning Chill Hits This Area Temperature swings mark cool wave in northeast Louisiana
Temperatures in northeast Louisiana varied over 20 degrees as a cool wave moved through after midnight at Selman Field. The low reached 65 degrees, rising to 77 by midmorning, with a high yesterday of 84 and tonight’s forecast 66 to 70. Tomorrow’s high may reach 86 to 90 under cloudy to partly cloudy skies.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Spy Charge Dropped Pleads Guilty On 15 Counts
In Huntsville Alabama Army charges against Col John C Nickerson were dropped leaving him to plead guilty to 15 lesser counts of failing to safeguard classified material The development followed a rapid court martial beginning within the first 90 minutes of proceedings The defense goal was to clear Nickerson of espionage and perjury charges amid withdrawals by Army officials
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Huntsville
Ala
Army
John C. Nickerson
Ees
Nickerson
Robert K. Bell
Alabaman Kills Ex-Girl Friend and Ends Own Life
A 30 year old Montgomery man, John Curtis McNair, shot his former girlfriend Ouida Wright, 25, on the McNair lawn while his wife watched. After nine shots, he killed himself as bystanders heard the pleas of Mrs McNair. Eyewitnesses reported the husband reloading and returning inside.
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Montgomery
Ala
M. B. Kirkpatrick
Ouida Wright
John Curtis McNair
City Plans 573000 Loan for Fire Dept Improvements
The Monroe City Council adopted resolutions to borrow 573000 against next year's revenue to fund fire department improvements and offset city expenses. The measure explains the annual borrowing due to revenue receipt timing. The council also approved purchasing a 30 foot roadway from F G Hudson Jr and Louise Hudson, with a special meeting set for Friday to continue city business.
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Monroe
F. G. Hudson, Jr
Louise Hudson
New Orleans Police Shakeup After Graft Dismissals
In New Orleans a major police department shakeup followed the dismissal of 10 top officers for tolerating graft. Deputy Chief Albert P Blancher Chief of Detectives Harry J Daniels and five captains were fired with two more captains dismissed earlier. Edward Fallon faces dismissal for grand jury questions. Dayries named Lt Joseph R Giar russo as assistant superintendent. Banister, fired earlier, defended records and linked to graft probes. Mayor Morrison said actions follow a recent conference and do not rule out further steps.
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New Orleans
Provosty A. Davries
Albert P Blancher
Harry J. Daniels
Edward Fallon
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Dayries
Joseph R. Giarrusso
Guy Banister
Banister
Monroe seeks 4.5 million dollar revenue bond election
The Monroe City Council calls a special election for July 30 to approve self liquidating revenue bonds up to 4.5 million dollars for waterworks and electric power plant upgrades. Interest not to exceed 6 percent. Proceeds funded by facility revenue only, no tax increase. Utilities Commission and consultant reports urged urgent summer 1958 electrical capacity investments.
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Monroe
Utilities Commission
For
Bacon
Davis
L. C. Peterman
Jury to hear Ouachita civil case in Monroe court
The first Ouachita parish civil case in years will open at 9 30 a m in Judge Jesse H Heard's Fourth Judicial District Court in Monroe. Plaintiff Cecil Case 45 a welder from Richland parish seeks 202190 33 for injuries from a November 10 1956 collision on State Highway 17 near Delhi. Defendants are G C Hancock Mrs Hancock Frederick R Ledger and Mrs Ledger and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. The suit filed May 6 1957 alleges Case was injured and hospitalized after a collision between a vehicle he rode in as a guest and a Ledger driven car. The law allows a jury demand in civil cases.
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Ouachita Parish
Jesse H. Heard
Fourth Judicial Court
Monroe
Cecil Case
Richland Parish
Delhi
G. C. Hancock
Hancock
Frederick R. Ledger
Ledger
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Polio Incidence Rises in Caddo Parish to 29
SHREVEPORT La UP Caddo parish now has 29 polio cases matching the total for 1956 Dr W J Sandidge Shreveport health unit director reports Two children aged 10 and 7 are hospitalized for non paralytic polio and authorities note 11 white and 18 Negro cases in the county
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
W. J. Sandidge
Caddo
Shreveport Health Unit
Robert Smith
W. B. Smith
Joe Allen Bolton
H. Bolton
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