Two Men Charged In Sluggish Car Theft and Robbery
Truitt and Claunch were arrested after holding up Taylor and his son in Ouachita parish. A stolen Texas City car with a forged Texas plate was recovered. FBI agents were notified as possible charges of transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines were investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Arcadia
Truitt
Claunch
West Monroe
Taylors
Texas
Carthage
Tex
Texas City
FBI
Angola Prison Committee critique on reform and farming plan
A Louisiana committee attacks rehabilitator theories and urges prison self sufficiency through farming. It calls for a poultry plant, expanded cane and cotton, dairy and hog operations, and better dormitory walls. Criticism targets Kennon era homes as costly and poorly sited on cultivable land. The panel includes Senators Cleveland Crowley Crothers Folkes and Representative Alford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Kennon
W. J. Cleveland
Crowley
Brenham C. Crothers
Ferriday
W. D. Folkes
St. Francisville
Rep
Shelby Alford
St. Helena Parish
Several Bills Withdrawn and Passed Measures in Legislature
The roster shows items withdrawn from consideration and numerous bills advancing. Actions include establishing a refrigeration and air conditioning board, setting limits on estate judgments, recognizing World War II service for homestead titles, enforcing child support precedence, regulating hydrocarbon measurement, and authorizing investments in farm credit securities by banks insurers and public funds. Also noted are salary increases for a district attorney, retirement act amendments, boundary delimitation between states, and local levy allowances for cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaney
Cecil Bates Reeves
Gibbs
Chachere
Sevier
Steen and Gaharan
28Th Judicial District
Deloney
Adams and Fox clash over Goldfine case at hearing
Former aide Adams denies Goldfine remark and says he shared no special treatment while Fox accuses Goldfine of favoritism. Fox, a Boston lawyer, testifies as he alleges Adams urged Goldfine to keep quiet and Adams disputes the scope of Fox’s statements amid ongoing subcommittee testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
Adams
Goldfine
Boston
Harris
Washington
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
River Flood Stages Record 24 Hour Change
River stages rise over 24 hours with notable stage changes along the river. Officials monitor flood risk and issue advisories as water levels continue to fluctuate.
Judge Sets Race Hearing July 10
Federal Judge Ben C. Dawkins Jr. orders a July 10 hearing in Ouachita Parish on James Sharp Jr.’s bid for a permanent injunction against Mae Lucky the registrar to halt race based segregation in voter registration. The hearing moves to the district court room for comfort. Sharp argues federal protection, while Dawkins notes rights are preserved in any courtroom. Dr. John S. Reddix's withdrawal motion and 2,500 voter removals from 1956 to be addressed separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
U.S. Western District Court Room
Fourth District of Louisiana
Ouachita Parish Court House
Ben C. Dawkins, Jr
District Court Room
Federal Court Room
Dawkins
James Sharp, Jr
Monroe
Mae Lucky
Sharp
Court House
U. S
U. S. District Court
Dist. Atty
Albin P. Lassiter
Lassiter
Vistor
Baton Rouge
Lucky
Fred Fudickar, Jr
George Ponder
Louisiana
William Bradley
John S. Reddix
Nuclear Test Shocks Japan After Pacific Detonation
Tokyo reports air shocks from a U S nuclear test in the Pacific were vastly stronger than any prior reading in Japan. Shocks reached all of Japan hours after the Eninetowak detonation and the device was estimated at more than 20 megatons, far surpassing the 15 megaton July 11, 1956 blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U. S
Pacific
Japanese Weather Bureau
Japan
Eniwetok Atoll
Here
Weather Bureau
U.S
Budget clash as House kills funds and Senate passes measures
Amid sharp debate over surplus funds for appropriation, the House tabled 32 49 bills including a $150,000 Rockefeller fund transfer for a sewer link to Southeastern Louisiana College and a $2.5 million capital outlay proposal for state colleges. The Senate approved a watered down lawmakers pension bill, a narcotics probe bill, sheriff pay hikes, and a prohibition on amendments altering bill subject matter. The House advanced $750,000 in two charity hospital money bills and a $300,000 allocation for a $75,000 cancer treatment machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Senate
House
Nick Crealy
Rockefeller Wild Life Refuge Fund
Southeastern Louisiana College
Hammond
Eugene Gouaux
Rockefeller
Lafourche
Samuel Cashio
State Department of Health
Gouaux
Francis T. Nicholls College
State Board of Education
Francis Dugas
Cefalu
Francis T. Nicholls
Tangipahoa
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Voltage Contact Kills Ruston Man
Dewey Warren, 32, of Ruston, died after contact with a 110 000 volt Louisiana Power and Light line on Old Monroe Road. Two co workers caught him as he fell. he was 70 feet up repairing a line feeding International Paper. Funeral plans unsettled. he is survived by his mother and brother Shelton Warren of Bastrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Dewey Warren
Ruston
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Monroe Road
Bastrop Fire Department
Warren
International Paper Company
Sterlington
Mr. Warren
James Whetstone
Paul Williams
Blackwell Golden Funeral Home
Shelton Warren
Basrop
Twenty Two Japanese Coal Miners Rescued In Kyushu Shaft
Twenty two Japanese coal miners were rescued from a flooded shaft at the Motosoeda Mine in Kyushu after 71 hours entombed. Workers broke into the mine 800 feet from the entrance and carried the trapped to safety. Three men were feared dead.
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Tagawa
Japan
UPI
Motosoeda
Kyushu
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Monroe News-Star
Johnnie W. Claunch
William F. Truitt
Angola
Register of Voters
Myrick
Louisiana and
Miss
Wilson
Mississippi St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Natchez
Ee Bee
Red
Avr Ldng
Donaldsonville
New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Morgan City
Ouachita Camden
Black Jonesville
OHIO
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cairo
Arkansas
Little Rock
RED Shreveport
Alexandria
Rise
PEARL
Jackson
Arnold Bell
Bell
Franklin Parish
Roy A. Kelly
Association of
M. A. Bodron, JR
Sanitone
Senitone
WEIL
Alvin Stumpf
Jefferson Parish
William Coci
Woodrow
Bodan’s Rexall
Ruston Man
Shaw-Walker
Office Equipment CO
Bureau of Mines
Baldwin-Hill
Hargus
Fairfax
Walnut ST
Monroe, LA
Metropolitan
Monroe Office
Charles J. Cascio
William F. Frost, JR
Bernhardt
Metropolitan Life
Madison Avenue
New York
M. Brents Witty
Fred Lafferty
Charley C, Miller
Harry D. Black
Sam E. Cathey
Robert W. Fowlkes
T. H
Ted” Harper James David Naff
Ruston, la
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Willie Vining
Ruston, Se
Carl Noble
Howard W. Stanley
Billy F. Wilhite
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