Pain Reliever Test Fails Cobra Venom Study
The double blind test by Drs Meiselas and Schlecker at NYU Medical School finds cobra venom mixed with formic and silicic acid offers no pain relief beyond acids alone. The experiment shows no evidence cobra venom aids arthritic or cancer pain and notes humans tend to yield to sympathy in trials.
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New York
Leonard E. Meiselas
Austin "A. Schlecker
State University of New York Medical School
Brooklyn
City Police Graft Scandal Expands With 10 Dismissals
Ten police officials are dismissed as officials expose graft within the New Orleans department from 1951 to 1954. Superintendent Dayries says top commanders tolerated graft and hints more dismissals to come as federal and parish juries pursue the case. Banister attacks Dayries over alleged failure to prosecute graft. Parish grand jury and civic groups press for action and Davries resignation.
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Davries
Dayries
Civil Service Board
Police Department
FBI
Guy Banister
Banister
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Hubert
Young Men’s Business Club of
New Orleans
Parish Grand Jury
Davries Hubert
Morrison
Club
Parish
Audrey Hurricane Near Texas Coasts Warns of Strengthening Winds
Weather bulletin reports Audrey is nearly stationary with top winds around 75 mph in a small center area and outward gales reaching 100 miles. It is forecast to move north at about five mph for 12 to 18 hours and grow in size and intensity, with advisories due at 4 p.m. CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Two Local Updates From St Francis and Benton
In St Francis Hospital the deputy sheriff shows improvement though still serious. James Henry Baker, once separated from his sister Thelma Kelley in 1931, seeks information on her whereabouts writing from Route Four Benton Ky. Also Ford Pipes Jr awarded Key Man to eleven Monroe West Monroe Jaycees for 1956 57 service including Billy Hargiss Bob Aymond and others.
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St. Francis Hospital
James Henry Baker
Delhi
Thelma Kelley
Baker
New Orleans
Kentucky
Route Four
Benton
Nickerson Pleads Guilty After Charge Two Withdrawn
In a court martial, Nickerson pleads guilty to Charge One on Specifications One through Fifteen after prosecutors withdraw Charge Two. The second charge carried up to 16 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The first charge carried up to 30 years and heavy fines. The trial was under an hour when Charge Two was dropped, which included espionage and perjury counts.
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Nickerson
Charles H. Taylor
Ray H. Jenkins
Taylor
Jenkins
Negro Boycott Threat Looms Over Tuskegee Commerce
Talks of a mass boycott surface after a vote to shrink Tuskegee city limits to exclude Negro neighborhoods and Tuskegee Institute. Mayor Lightfoot sees no clear boycott evidence while white merchants show reluctance to discuss the issue. A recent voting bill moves to Gov Folsom for signature amid controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Lightfoot
Tuskegee
Sam Engelhardt
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Engelhardt
Presegregation
Alabama Assn
Citizens’ Councils
Tuskegee Institute
Dismissals in Case Involving Freight Carrier Charges
The commission dismissed cases against Tom Alexander for common carrier charges as he was absent. Other defendants including M. M. Morgan Alexandria and Fred Voorhies River Oaks Development Company were dismissed after complying with regulations. Also named were Ballard & Herring Construction, Breaux Bridge Telephone, John C. Allen Allen Water System, and Dural Gas System Inc for failing to file required reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard & Herring Construction Company
Breaux Bridge Telephone Company
John C. Allen
Allen Water System
Dural Gas System, Inc
Senate delays final naming of London disarmament advisers
Senate leaders postponed final designation of senators who may be sent to London as disarmament advisers. Republican picks included Wiley Hickenlooper and Saltonstall from a disarmament subcommittee. Democrats argued briefing suffices until a London mission is needed. Subcommittee chair Humphrey led the group with Sparkman Long Symington Byrd Pastore as members.
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Washington
Senate
London
John Foster Dulles
GOP
William F. Knowland
Calif
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Everett Saltonstall
Mass
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
Dulles
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Russell B. Long
Stuart Symington
Harry F. Byrd
John O. Pastore
R-Lg
Bond election endorsed for Monroe Utilities upgrade project
Mayor W L Howard endorses a four and a half million dollar bond plan for the Utilities Commission. The project adds a gas turbine, feeder lines, substations, line extensions and transformers to prevent a summer power shortage. F L Smith urges swift approval though subject to the state bond and tax board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L
Jack) Howard
The
Utilities Commission
F. L. Smith
Monroe
State Bond and Tax Board
Cheasty reacts to money claim in union probe tale
Cheasty contends he would have accepted any share of funds only if he truly wanted a part of it. He asserts Fischbach did not participate and claims he expected substantial legal work from the union if the committee’s probe was resolved and Hoffa not harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischbach
Hoffa
Alabama killings escalate as man fires multiple rounds
Police report detail a man who shot a woman 12 times after pursuing her to a neighbor home. He then reloaded, sat beside the body, lit a cigarette, and killed himself. Mrs McNair had invited the victim to the home and described the dead woman as an old girlfriend of Johnnie's.
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Miss Wright
Johnnie
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