Churchill says United States sole to deliver hydrogen bomb attack
London AP report quotes Prime Minister Churchill telling the House of Commons the United States is the only country able to deliver a full scale hydrogen bomb attack within hours. He notes US leadership in hydrogen weapon knowledge and power, Britain’s aim to produce a hydrogen device, and argues no defense can fully shield nations from such a strike.
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Churchill
London
United States
Russia
House of Commons
Britain
Pacific
Soviet Union
Wispy prowler invades two Monroe homes in wakeful nights
Police report a single suspect, about six feet tall in khaki, occupied two Monroe residences in separate incidents within two days. J D Dunn of 2408 South Grand Street and R A Moore of 39 A Louis Lochmes both saw a tall, young looking man flee as residents woke. Investigators consider a common assailant.
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Monroe
J. D. Dunn
South Grand Street
R. A. Moore
Louis Lochmes
Dunn
Moore
Where To Find It Amusements Classified Comics Editorial
A brief page index highlights sections such as radio television society sports and coffee corner. Readers are guided to amusements classifieds editorial and local listings with notices on events and bets.
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R@dio
Israeli Forces Attack Gaza. Egypt Reports Heavy Casualties
Cairo reports that Israeli troops launched a violent attack on Egyptian forces in the Gaza area. Egypt says 38 soldiers were killed and about 30 wounded by 100 Israeli troops in a three hour battle that challenged the Armistice lines and risked a wider crisis.
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Cairo
United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission
Gaza
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv
Israel
Army secretary urges scholarships to curb medical staffing shortage
Secretary of the Army Stevens has recommended to Congress that the government provide scholarships to address the shortage of doctors and dentists available to the armed forces.
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Washington
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Congress
Building permits issue $871633 for Monroe construction
City Building Inspector Sam Awl announced February permits total $871,633 for Monroe projects. Dwelling units account for $516,900 across 58 permits, with a Northeast Louisiana State College boys dormitory at $255,133 and additional permits including an office building $65,000 and a garage $15000.
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Monroe
Sam Awl
Northeast Louisiana State College
Weather stays mild in Twin City area
Balmy conditions continue in the Twin City region as relief from below freezing temperatures persists. Tuesday morning highs reached 76 degrees with a pre noon low of 68, and forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon in the area.
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Twin City
Bribe Money Sought In Police Suit
State police seek possession of 2000 dollars paid by Arabi gambler Earl Boteler to a trooper posing as a crooked officer. Boteler contested returning the funds after a 1000 dollar fine and five year suspended sentence.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Boteler
Boteler
Aaron E. Edgecombe
Charles F. Holcombe
Perry M. Johnson
Johnson
Edgecombe
East Baton Rouge
State Revenue Department
Horace Perez
New Orleans
Revenue Department
Perez
Skiers marooned atop Utah mountains in heavy blizzard
United Press reports 200 skiers stranded in the Wasatch by the season's worst blizzard. Rescue efforts use howitzers against towering drifts. In California a young couple is sighted in avalanche country while East endures lethal fog and floods. A B47 crashes near Lake Charles killing five as a baby tornado hits Youngstown.
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United Press
Utah
Wasatch Range
Far West
Forest
California High Sierra
Avvalanche
Lake Charles
Youngstown
Ohio
Atomic blast tops tower in Nevada test near Las Vegas
The third 1955 nuclear detonation at the Nevada proving grounds, seen 300 miles away in Los Angeles, occurred at 3:30 a.m. PST atop a 300 foot tower. AEC confirmed a small bomb of about 10 000 tons of TNT, with 600 troops nearby and eight F-84s circling for simulated bomb runs.
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Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Nevada Proving Grounds
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Tactical Air Command
AEC
Crater Erupts Threatens East Hawaii Crops and Homes
Lava streams from Paulena crater engulf a sugar cane field four miles from Pahoa Hawaii forming a 450 acre lava lake and driving 70 families from homes. Red Cross prepares to aid 300 400 refugees as a main flow reaches Pahoa Road and advances toward Kapoho and the sea.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Paulena
Red Cross
Pahoa Road
Pahoa, Kapoho
Opihikao
Kapoho
Ocean
Congress approves 50 percent pay hike to 22500
Washington lawmakers voted final approval to a 50 percent pay increase raising member salaries to 22500 a year. The action boosts compensation for members of Congress as part of the annual pay package.
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Washington (S
Congress
U S Promises Strong Support for South Viet Nam
Secretary of State Dulles assured Premier Ngo Dinh Diem of strong backing from Manila Pact powers and especially the United States if South Viet Nam comes under Communist attack.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Dulles
Ngo Dien Diem
United States
South Viet Nam
Matusow Invokes Fifth Amendment in 1953 Texas Probe
Former Communist figure Harvey Matusow used his Fifth Amendment right to refuse answering whether his testimony in a 1953 Texas labor union probe was truthful. He faced questioning about his past associations and statements.
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Washington
Harvey Matusow
Texas
New Coast to Coast Speed Record Set by Bomber Crew
Air Force authorities announced a bomber crew flew from California to Georgia in three hours 19 minutes 35 seconds last Friday to establish a new coast to coast speed record. The record shortens previous times and highlights rapid air mobility capabilities.
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Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
California
Georgia
Witness mixups as Sen Welkercorrects Matusow reference
Turnabout witness Harvey Matusow testified on Monday as Senator Herman Welker misnamed him. Welker corrected the name to Matusow while noting he does not lie about Formosa Strait remarks.
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Washington
Harvey Matusow
Sen
Herman Welker
Idaho
Matsu
Matusow
Formosa Strait
MacArthur aide on trial for arson in Middleboro
In Brockton on March 1 General MacArthur's wartime chief clerk faced a trial for arson. A 12-member jury was selected in superior court to hear the state's case against Middleboro police officer Louis W. Hammond accused of setting fire to the Masonic building in Middleboro on September 26.
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Brockton
Mass
Douglas MacArthur
Superior Court
Middleboro
Louis W. Hammond
Hammond
Crippled B 47 Crashes Into Lake Charles Homes
A B 47 Stratojet on an emergency approach crashed into a residential area near Lake Charles Air Force Base killing five people including three crewmen and a young couple Albert Morgan 24 and his wife 20. Pilots attempted to avoid houses and the jet struck lines and a pine grove before exploding destroying four houses and two trailers. Six jet engines debris and a blast wounded others.
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Washington
Air Force
Indian Springs Air Force Base
Lake Charles
Lake Charles Air Force Base
Albert Morgan
Cole Olen
Morgan
Plane Crash Fatal for One Seven Bail Out Over Water
The U S Air Force reported a twin engined C119 crashed 18 miles north of Ashiya Air Base on Kyushu Island. Seven men aboard bailed out over water and were rescued. One man died later.
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Tokyo
U.S
Ashiya
Kyushu
Senator Lyndon Johnson in very good condition at Mayo Clinic
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson is reported in very good condition at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota after a kidney operation in late January. The news comes as he undergoes regular checkups following the surgery.
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Rochester
Minn
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
May Clinic
Cancer meeting March 10 covers 24 parish area
Ouachita parish unit of the American Cancer Society hosts leaders from 24 parishes including Shreveport area for an all day meeting at Hotel Virginia on Thursday March 10. Registration begins at 10 a.m. Coffee, sessions in the Cameo room, luncheon at 12:30 on the roof, afternoon session 2 to 3.
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Ouachita Parish
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Shreveport
Hotel Virginia
Cameo Room
Ouachita
Irving Leibowitz
John E. Coon
Monroe
Ford H. Block
Thibodaua
Louisiana
Harry Arthur
Marian Simmons
Loouisiana
New Orleans
J. O. Glanton
Ferriday
J. B. Bryans
Winnsboro
W. T. Holloway
Jonesboro
C. K. Crandall
B. R. Oliphint
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
LeMoyne C. Bleich
Lincoln Bar
Abandoned Child In Critical Condition In Baton Rouge
A one year old boy named Johnnie Lee Warren lay critically ill at Baton Rouge General after being neglected at home. Sheriff Clemmons said the infant, weighing about five pounds, had not eaten for a long period and doctors revived him with adrenalin and artificial respiration. The father George Warren was arrested for criminal neglect. mother and another child were elsewhere when found. A second boy, James, age three, wandered the neighborhood begging for food.
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Baton Rouge
Bryan Clemmons
Joseph H. Hirsch
Johnnie Lee Warren
Baton Rouge General Hospital
George Warren
Clemmons
James
Johnnie
Hanser
Grand Jury Session Set in Shreveport
United States Attorney T Fitzhurd Wilson called a federal grand jury to meet March 21 in Shreveport the first in over two years. Possible indictments include Charolais cattle smuggling and bank money theft cases, plus charges against ex policeman James Walker and Mrs Evans Smith. Indictments may also arise from November liquor raids yielding over $100000 in whiskey.
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Shreveport
United States
T. Fitzhiurd Wilson
Wilson
James Walker
Bossier City
FBI
Evans Smith
Caddo Parish
James Johnson
Louisiana
Open Meeting Tonight For Twin Cities Industrial Drive
A joint session of Ouachita Parish Industrial Development Committee and Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce is set for tonight at the Virginia Hotel. Jack Howard, new executive director, urges full attendance as Walter Koch unveils the year’s development schedule and the program’s future plans. Reservations close at 4 p m. Chamber leaders back Koch’s potential to boost northeast Louisiana industry.
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Ouachita Parish
Howard
J. Shelby Con
Chamber of Commerce
Development Corporation
Industrial Development Organization
Walter Koch
Koch
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Committee
Industrial Board
Hawk Takes Fishing Pole Near Eros
In Eros on March 1 Mark Fuller and Fred Capps set hooks on a local stream. A hawk swooped down with a catfish on a line, tangled itself, and fled with the pole still attached. Fuller is yet to recover his missing fishing pole.
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Eros
Mark Fuller
Fuller
Fred Capps
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Malcom Bershon
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Adele Ricketts
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