Suit Filed To Halt Registration Purge Long Heads For Covington
Gov Earl Long leaves Winnfield for Covington to purge the Department of Public Welfare and consider a special session of the Legislature while firing LSU board chairman Theo Gangelosi. He departs from his farm with a state police escort en route to the temporary state capital.
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Winnfield
Earl K. Long
Covington
Department of Public Welfare
LSU Board
Theo Cangelosi
Long
Louisiana
Mississippi
Raymond Hufft
Louisiana National Guard
Blanche
Supreme Court strikes down film ban
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down New York State movie censorship law as unconstitutional removing a ban on the film Lady Chatterleys Lover. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion stating the First Amendment protects advocacy of ideas including adultery and nonconformist views.
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Supreme Court
Washington
New York
Lady Chatterley
Harlan, Whittaker
Clark
Frankfurther
Stewart
Hospitalized after highway crash injures Harris family
Mrs. Willie J. Harris Ouachita parish juvenile probation officer was rushed to Willis Knighten Clinic Shreveport after a two car collision near the Bienville Webster parish line. She suffered a fractured upper left arm a broken nose and crushed vertebra with an estimated two weeks recovery. Her grandson Jack Youngblood driver of the Harris vehicle swerved to pass another car and went into a ditch. passenger Robert Lewis sustained minor injuries.
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Willie J. Harris
Ouachita Parish
Willis - Knighten Clinic
Shreveport
Bienville-Webster Parish
Harris
Texas Avenue
Monroe
Jack Youngblood
Youngblood
Robert Lewis
George Lewis
Matie Place
Oil on change the car advice from Chuckle Garage
A Chuckle Garage mechanic tells the car owner to keep the oil on change the car. The playful line reflects a humorous misstatement about maintenance and car care.
Plebe Harold Breard to be sworn in at Naval Academy
Harold Anthony Breard and his parents Mr and Mrs Harold Breard of 810 Auburn left yesterday for Annapolis Maryland where he will be sworn in July 7 as a plebe in the United States Naval Academy Before traveling to Annapolis the Breards will visit friends and relatives in Washington DC (Continued On Page 2A)
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Harold Anthony
Tony) Breard
Harold Breard
Auburn
Annapolis
Maryland
United States Naval Academy
Breards
Mansfield assails Eisenhower on food surplus waste
Senator Mike Mansfield condemns the administration for indifference to vast food surpluses while millions go hungry. He urges a new program to distribute surplus foods to schools hospitals the unemployed and elderly and to cooperate on a worldwide surplus-food plan with other nations.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-mont
Mansfield
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Retired Tallulah Postal Worker Dies at 53
Hugh Montgomery 53 died of a cerebral hemorrhage at a local hospital after being stricken at home. A retired assistant postmaster he served many years in Tallulah and retired in 1956. native of Brookhaven Miss he lived in Madison Parish since 1920. Survived by widow Ethlyn. daughter King Trieschmann. son Thomas Hugh Montgomery Jr.. sisters Seard Daigre and R C Mize. Funeral by Young's Funeral Home.
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Tallulah
Hugh Montgomery
Montgomery
Brookhaven, Miss
Madison Parish
Ethlyn Bowers Montgomery
King Trieschmann
Lake Providence
Thomas Hugh Montgomery Jr
Seard Daigre
Greenwood
R. C. Mize
Jackson
Conductor recounts Seaboard Meldrim Ga train disaster
Ira L. Hines 55, conductor of the Seaboard, describes the Meldrim Georgia wreck after a collision sent cars skyward, gas venting like jets and a massive explosion. He viewed the scene from the caboose as passengers scrambled during the fiery catastrophe.
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Ira L. Hines
Seaboard
Eisenhower Visits New York For Soviet Exhibition
President Eisenhower rushes to New York to view the Soviet exhibition at the Coliseum and may meet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov. Kozlov arrived from Moscow aboard a TU 114 while Nixon watches the opening with officials. The 40 day exhibit showcases Soviet life and culture across three floors, with a Moscow opening planned next month.
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New York
UPS
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Frol Kozlov
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Kozlov
New York Coliseum
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Anastas Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Alexei N. Manzhulo
Partly Cloudy Hot Weather Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
The weatherman warned of partly cloudy hot conditions this afternoon and tomorrow across northeast Louisiana. Yesterday’s high reached 95 at Selman Field with a 75 low, mid‑morning at 84, tonight’s expected 72 to 76, and tomorrow’s highs 92 to 96.
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Mercury
Louisiana
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Eisenhower signs two year airport aid bill
President Eisenhower signed a stop gap bill extending federal airport aid at 63 million dollars annually for two years. The measure tightens rules on funding for lounges and nonessential terminal facilities and allows broad discretion to withhold funds for safety and essential construction only.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Airmen Face Discipline Over Fake Kidnapping
Three airmen from Amarillo Air Force Base may learn today what disciplinary actions await after officers determined they staged a kidnapping at the base service club. The trio were identified as Charles J. Moore 20 of Tucson Clarence Marcuarela 22 of Matagorda and Raymond L Watson Jr 26 of Nashville. Watson acted as the victim while the others restrained him and escorted him to a car outside the club.
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Amarillo
Tex
Air Force
Theodore Newnam
Amarillo Air Force Base
Charles J. Moore
Tucson
Ariz
Clarence Marcuarela
Matagorda
Raymond L., Watson Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Watson
Patman Links Debt Rise to 1953 Interest Policy
Rep. Wright Patman of Texas blames inflation and the higher national debt ceiling for rising interest costs. Speaking on Sen. Ralph Yarboroughs program, Patman, a House Banking and Currency Committee member, criticizes postwar financial policy since 1953.
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Dallas, Tex
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Patman
House Banking and Currency Committee
Ralph Yarborough
New Police Chief Forms Governor Bodyguard Network
Gov Earle Long's new state police chief Col E P Roy says no one will get near the governor and announces a dedicated bodyguard unit. He splits Troop A of 12 parishes to form the unit with Covington as its HQ site, but refuses to disclose size or details.
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Baton Rouge
Ear
Long
Col
E. P. Roy
John Nick Brown
12. Parish
Roy
Covington
Col. Roy
Washington Parish Voting Lists Targeted by Justice Dept suit
The Justice Department filed suit in New Orleans to halt large scale removals of Black voters from Washington Parish Louisiana, naming the White Citizens Council and four members as instigators. The case cites 1,281 removals between last November and June 16 as part of a statewide program to purge Black voters.
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Washington
Justice Department
Louisiana
Washington Parish
White Citizens Council
Atty
William P. Rogers
U.S. District Court
New Orleans
Curtis M. Thomas
Citizens Council of
Diaz D. McEleveen
E Ray McElveen
Saxon Farmer
Eugene Farmer
Citizens Council
Death Toll Climbs In Georgia Butane Explosion Tragedy
Disaster teams pressed searches along the Ogeechee River near Meldrim Georgia for more victims after a freak butane gas explosion aboard a Seaboard Air Line freight train. Seventeen known dead, later confirmed by Red Cross, with many injured. two tanker cars burst into flames sending gas over a recreation area below a river trestle.
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Meldrim
Ogeechee River
Seaboard Air Line
Associated Press
Savannah
Memorial Hospital
Ogeechee
A. T. Linton
W. W. Beasley
Beasley
Seaboard
Richmond
Drowning Suspected As Four Die In Louisiana Traffic
A weekend of deadly incidents in Louisiana includes four traffic deaths and a possible drowning. Lawrence Daigle, 54, of New Orleans, is missing after an empty skiff was found on Lake Pontchartrain. Others injured include Joseph Bourgeois, 38, of Houma, in a crash between Thibodaux and Raceland. Upton Braddock, 75, of Laurel died after being hit at a highway intersection. Helen Fairley, 41, of Bond, died when a driverless truck rolled into a car near Hattiesburg. Mrs. Robert Normand, 33, died in New Orleans after a collision caused by her husband's sudden illness. he, 37, suffered fractured ribs following an epileptic seizure.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Lawrence Daigle
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Coast Guard
Daigle
Joseph P. Bourgeois
Houma
Thibodaux
Raceland
Bourgeois
Upton Woodley Braddock
Laurel
Braddock
Helen Fairley
Bond
Hattiesburg
Robert Normand
Normand
Hawaii Democrats claim primary signals sweep for state goals
In Honolulu AP dispatch, Democrats celebrate a large Hawaii primary turnout seen as a prelude to wins in July including three Senate seats and a governor and Legislature. Republicans note many GOP candidates ran unopposed as Democrats engaged in vote drawing contests amid a statehood plebiscite.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Islands
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Lost Beagle Returns Through Want Ad Notice
A 3 month old male Beagle listed in the Lost Pets column near Lakeshore is found after a reward ad. Call FA 5-3069 to identify and return the dog. The notice promotes Lost and Found in the Want Ads with a seven day rate and cancellation privileges.
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Lakeshore
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