Robert Sylvest Rites Saturday for NSU Student
Funeral services for Robert Sylvest 22 Northwestern State College student who died at Fort Hood Texas will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Franklinton First Methodist Church. Burial in Fisher's Cemetery. Sylvest an upper elementary major and Sigma Tau Gamma member died after a heart attack during ROTC summer camp training at Fort Hood.
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Natchitoches
Robert Sylvest
Northwestern State College
Fort Hood
Texas
Franklinton
First Methodist Church
Temple
St. John FE
Preston
R.O.T.C
Heppel
Finance Group Seeks 12 Month State Operating Funds
House proposed a 347.2 million dollar operating measure for state functions next year with Senate amendments lifting it to about 349 million. Additions include 108,707 for a state educational television unit and 62,000 to run KSLE at Monroe. KSLE was cut by the House. Special appropriations add 4.3 million, bringing total requested bills to 16.3 million. A historical note recalls 1920s 30s highway construction growth.
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House
Senate
Willie Rainach
Summerfield
KSLE
Monroe
Education Department
Dixie Governors Huddle Aims to Preserve Democratic Unity
Nine Dixie governors gathered to oppose a third party and push a moderate civil rights plank. Attendees included Faubus and Stanley, with no favored Harriman slate. They seek a platform to keep the Democratic party united for a November victory, possibly before Chicago.
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Dixie
Stevenson
Harriman
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Orvald. Faubus
Arkansas
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Leroy Collins
Florida
James P. Coleman
Mississippi
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
James E. Folsom
Alabama
George B. Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Faubus
Democratic Party
Celler Bill Faces Bipartisan Civil Rights Proposals
Republicans back a bill credited to Celler that echoes Eisenhower era civil rights ideas. The Judiciary Committee chair Cetler criticizes it as not a Republican measure and notes Southern opposition remains. Key elements include a bipartisan civil rights commission and DOJ civil rights section, plus easier federal access to courts for victims.
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Cetler
CNY
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Cellers
Eisenhower
Rep
Keating
Commission On
Department of Justice
Governors reach high level talks amid education aid row
Governors plan a meeting if developments warrant with Timmerman promoting it among governors and party officials. Formal sessions ended in a flareup over federal aid for schools as a resolution backing Eisenhower era education recommendations was killed. They condemned the Supreme Court order voiding state antisedition laws and urged Congress to clarify federal statutes over state laws.
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Timmerman
Eisenhower
White House
Conference On Education
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate votes to cut 80 million aid for India and Yugoslavia
Senate debate centers on reducing 80 million dollars in aid for India and Yugoslavia. Chairman Bridges criticizes support for Tito and questions continuing 65 million for Yugoslavia, while urging use of funds to bolster U S safety and allies.
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India
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
GOP
Tito
Yugoslavia
Sen. Long
D-La
Eisenhower
Russia
Army Eyes Extended Range ICBM Leap Says 5,000 Miles
Maj. Gen. Medaris of Redstone Alabama reveals plans to test a device beyond 3,000 miles for range purposes and suggests the Army may seek a 5,000 mile IRBM to rival the Air Force. He notes no Russia or Red China targets named in censored testimony.
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Medaris
Air Force
Army
Russia
Red
China
Legislative roll call lists several lawmakers by name
The document shows a long roll of members present and voting on an increase, with names grouped as those voting yes and those absent or not voting, including numerous representatives such as loney and De Nux, followed by a separate list of 17 absent or not voting members.
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Loney
de Nux
H. E. Donaldson
Downes
Dupont
Dyson
Faulk
Fields
Fontenot
Fremaux
Gaharan
Gaudin
Gleason
Leake
Lewis
Martin
Matassa
Myrick
Peck
Percy
Rambo
Ray
Regan
Roberts
Roussel
Sanders
Seaman
Shows
B. Smith
Steen
Stinson
Sullivan
Teekell
Triche
Tyndall
Vetter
Vivie
Deshotel
Diesi
Dugas
Gibbs
Gregson
Grizzaffi
Hawkins
Kirkpatrick
Lehmann
McGilligan
Munson
Nelson
Sylvester
Tessier
Army tightens grip on misbehavior by troops in Germany
Hodes states that criminal acts by service members are intolerable in the American Army and that authorities are pursuing investigations and taking prompt action. Conant forwards the message to West German Foreign Minister von Brentano and expresses confidence in measures to preserve good relations. Bavaria's Wilhelm Hoegner alleges violence by U S troops in early 1956 matches all of last year.
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Hodes
Heinrich von Brentano
U.S
James B. Conant
Conant
Wilhelm Hoegner
Bavaria
Soviets face growing criticism after Khrushchev speech
Dennis' Pravda piece echoes concerns raised after the February 20th Communist Party Congress in Moscow. It questions the present Soviet leaders and whether any truly challenged Stalin era policies. Dulles notes widespread Communist discontent, while experts see Pravda's publishing as a sign a broader critique is being addressed. Also a note on 700,000 miles of rural U.S. highways surfaced from 1920 to 1935.
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Communist Party
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Dennis
Pravda
New York Daily Worker
Khrushchea
Stalin
Italy
France
Britain
Dulles
Russia
U. S
Louisiana House Debates Substitute on Tax Bills
The Louisiana House stalled a substitute race track tax bill as Angelle sought to reuse Bill 160 to fund city shares. Long urged passage of a liquor tax boost but the chamber voted 67 to 16 to kill the liquor bill while LeBreton challenged procedural moves and constitutional limits.
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LeBreton
House
Smith
Angelle
Long
Louisiana Municipal Assn
Atty
John Boatner
LMA
Clem Sehrt
New Orleans
John S. Letellier
New Orleans Fair Grounds
Letellier
Sam Cashio
Cashio
Boatner
Cashie
Rejected measure may be reintroduced in same session
The text states that a proposal rejected by a house can be brought again in that house during the same session, under the same or a new title, but only with the consent of the majority of the members elected to the house that rejected it.
Steel strike talks stall as retroactivity blocks deal
Unions and steel firms clash over an 11th hour offer tied to retroactive pay and a two week delay. Union pressure continues as talks extend beyond midnight with a new proposal demanding settlement by tomorrow or up to 15 days more, while companies hold firm on retroactivity.
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Panies
McDonald's
Twining proposes B 52s at cost of about 2.4 billion
Twining testifies that preliminary Air Force needs for 1958 may reach 23.6 billion dollars, seven billion more than the current year, with Quarles avoiding commitment though noting a substantial budget increase seems fair. Manitoulin Island in Lake Ontario is cited as the world’s largest fresh water island.
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Twining
Air Force
Quarles
Manitoulin Island
Lake Ontario
Escapee in gangland slaying bid found bound in wreck
Chicago police report a 24 year old Michael Baibish survived a planned gangster murder when a Cadillac exploded after tossing him from the vehicle on the Calumet expressway. He was bound and gagged but escaped with shock and no serious injuries. Detectives from the Maxwell narcotics detail were sought for information.
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Chicago
Michael Baibish
Calumet Expressway
Baibish
Roseland Community Hospital
Morgan Gardner
Maxwell Station
Loop
Gardner
Mystery illness sparks debate over bans on autopsy studies
Dr Yoshimura cites a 27 year old shoemaker who died within hours after a late shift. In Manila the mystery disease called bangungot provokes controversy as private pathologists accuse a police physician of blocking case access hindering research.
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Yoshimura
Manila
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