Air Force believes Discoverer I may be in orbit
Inglewood Calif AP The Air Force says its Discoverer I rocket may have entered some orbit yet communications are weak. Tracking stations report sporadic signals that hint at orbit attainment while officials plan further data checks to confirm the satellite’s precise path. The launch from Vandenberg AFB occurred Saturday and a Navy ship picked up faint signals shortly after liftoff.
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Inglewood
Calif
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Edwards Air Force
Army Mission Scrubbed Lunar Probe Launch At Cape
Cape Canaveral report says the 76 foot Juno II rocket failed to launch a lunar satellite past the moon due to a power failure during countdown. Officials expect another try tonight or tomorrow before a month long delay. the mission is part of the International Geophysical Year program with Soviet success earlier in January.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army
Ex-Georgia tax official arrested here returns to Atlanta
A former Georgia state official, Jim E. Jones, 40, once head of the motor fuel tax unit, was arrested in Monroe and returned to Fulton County. He is charged with embezzling about 80 thousand dollars by funneling fuel tax refunds into three fake trucking accounts. Jones waived extradition and was held on 50 thousand dollars bond in the Fulton County jail. He previously told officers he learned of the charges Friday and intended to return to Atlanta.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Monroe
Fulton County
M. E. Kidd
Louisiana State Police
Lewis W. Clyburn Jr
Solicitor General's Office
Jim E. Jones
State of
Lionel Street
College
Jones
State of Georgia
University of Georgia
The
Revenue Department
Marvin Griffin
Audit reveals deficit in La Fourche Parish schools
A state audit shows the La Fourche Parish School Board ended the last fiscal year June 30 with a $138,307 general fund shortfall. Elizabeth Taylor attended Mike Todd’s gravestone service in Chicago as a rabbi eulogized him. A Chicago gastroenterologist warned against self medication for digestive issues, urging medical consultation for persistent symptoms.
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Baton Rouge
Lafourche Parish
Chicago
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Mike Todd
New Orleans
Clifford J. Barborka
Ill
The
Gastroenterological Assn
Church proposes US Soviet pact to halt atmospheric nuclear tests
Senator Frank Church of Idaho proposed an agreement with the Soviet Union to halt nuclear tests in the earths atmosphere. He suggested leaving tests conducted underground, underwater, or in outer space to future talks.
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Washington
Frank Church
Idaho
United States
Soviet Union
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Noe TV License Appeal
The Supreme Court rejected former Louisiana Governor James A. Noe's appeal challenging Loyola University's New Orleans television license. The U S Court of Appeals ruling in Loyola's favor from last October remains in effect.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Louisiana
James A. Noe
New Orleans
Loyola University
Loyola
U. S. Court of Appeals
Eisenhower Berlin pledge backed by U.S. defense
Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy told the House Space Committee that the United States is militarily prepared to back President Eisenhower's pledge not to yield an inch on rights in Berlin. The testimony framed U S policy amid Cold War pressures and the Western position on Berlin.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
United States
Eisenhower
Berlin
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
House Space Committee
Noted Insomniae Dies At Age 89 In Italy
Alessio Maria Solfo, 89, who said he had not slept for 34 years, died at a Loano aged care home. Doctors long puzzled by his insomnia. He filled sleepless nights with large meals and hours solving crossword puzzles.
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Loano
Italy
UPI
Alessio Maria Solfo
Solfo
Legion Post 13 to Hold Special Meeting This Evening
L. B. Faulk Post No 13 American Legion will convene at 8 p.m. today in the Legion Hall Forsythe Avenue. Commander D C Bernhardt says final plans for the Legion founding celebration will be considered with Saul Adler and Sam Rubin Jr. co chairmen.
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L. B. Faulk
American Legion
D. C
Wisner Man Returns Home From Monroe Hospital Stay
Mr. W. H. Humble Sr. of Wisner has left a Monroe hospital where he stayed for several weeks and is now at his son W. B. Humble’s home at 216 South Riverfront West Monroe. He will remain in West Monroe for several weeks before returning to Wisner.
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W. H. Humble, Sr
Wisner
Monroe
W. B. Humble
South Riverfront
West Monroe
Exits Inadequate At Ouachita Parish Junior High Gym
Unsafe conditions at the Ouachita Parish Junior High gym on South Grand were exposed after a basketball game drew a capacity crowd. Reporters saw only two front doors as exits and rear entrance unmarked, delaying evacuation by about 30 minutes. Monroe Fire Prevention Chief C W Flacy said a follow up check would occur later in the day.
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Ouachita Parish
South Grand
Cc. W. Flacy
Monroe
Troops Suppress Native Unrest in Rhodesia Blantyre Action
Troops rushed from Southern Rhodesia into Nyasaland to blunt the African National party campaign against the federation. Police broke up meetings in Mzuzu and Fort Manning, arresting 13 Africans, while riots police patrolled Blantyre. Dr Hastings Banda denounces Nyasaland's path to independence outside the federation. Sir Robert Armitage, Nyasaland governor, has not moved to declare an emergency.
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Blantyre
Nyasaland
Southern Rhodesia
African National Party
Central African Federation
Mzuzu
Fort Manning
Hastings Banda
Federation
Salisbury
Robert Armitage
Robert
Cyprus
EOKA
San Francisco Prince calls Anastasia claim absurd
Prince Vasili Romanov says the European claim that a woman is Grand Duchess Anastasia is baseless and ridiculous. He asserts the remaining Romanovs see no motive for a fraud and know no money drives the claimant. Anna Anderson has professed to be Anastasia since 1938 amid sensational media attention.
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San Francisco
UPD
Russia
Europe
Anastasia
Vasili Romanov
Basili
Anna Anderson
West Germany
Black Forest
Jump In Juvenile Crime Report Sparks Alarm
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports an appalling 8 percent rise in crimes in U S cities last year. Smaller and medium sized communities show sharper increases than metro areas while juvenile arrests under 18 rise 6 5 percent though total 1958 arrests are nearly flat. The data covers U S cities with 25 000 plus population.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Hoover
Army Seeks Pentomic Reorganization of Monroe Reserves
Washington reports the Army will inactivate three Monroe reserve units and form 10 new ones under a Pentomic reorganization. Winnsboro’s 706th Engineer Co. is also inactivated with no replacement. The overhaul aims to shift units nationwide, with possible dislocating effects and some personnel placed off pay status.
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Washington
Army
Monroe
Winnsboro
706Th Engineer Co
Pentagon
429Th Field Artillery
735Th Signal Co
886Th Transportation Co
Regt
C. D
Intensified Hunt For Missing New Orleans Trio
The Coast Guard said it is doubling search for three New Orleans men overdue from a Delacroix Island fishing trip. Fred Schmidt Sr. 55 Dr. E. L. Zander 62 and Edward Schmidt 19 are missing after their small boat foundered in heavy seas. Two other men aboard the Continental Drilling Co. barge near the Mississippi River mouth were found alive sheltering from the sea.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Delacroix Island
Fred Schmidt Sr
E. L. Zander
Edward Schmidt
Continental Drilling Co
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Fire at Monroe Waste Paper Co. warehouse prompts quick dispatch
Three Monroe Fire Department trucks raced to a blaze at the Monroe Waste Paper Co. warehouse shortly after 1 p.m. Damage was described as extensive and the fire remained uncontrolled at 1:30 p.m.
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Monroe Fire Department
Monroe Waste Paper Company
Northeast Louisiana Livestock Show Opens With Parade
The 19th annual Northeast Louisiana Livestock Show opens at 2 p.m. with a parade led by Miss Ann Waites. Judging begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday with Aberdeen Angus to Brahmans, and awards are set for 12:30 p.m. Friday. W. P. Martin invites cattlemen and residents to visit the exhibition.
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Delhi
Ann Waites
W. P. Martin
FFA
Three Negroes Hurt In Fight Outside Integrated Church
In New Orleans Arch bishop Joseph Rummel condemned an interracial attack outside St. Joseph The Worker Church after mass. Victims James Jackson Jr 19 Lionel Jackson 18 and O Neal Dumas 35 suffered head facial and internal injuries amid claims of about 15 white assailants with fists pistols and a tire tool following a sermon opposing Jet magazine’s article on integration.
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New Orleans
UPI
Joseph Francis Rummel
St. Joseph the Worker Catholic
Anthony Rousso
Jet
Louisiana
James Jackson
Jefferson Parish
Jackson
James Jack
Continued Fair Cool Forecast for Monroe Area
Monroe and vicinity recorded the state's coldest low at 33 degrees last night. A forecast calls for continued cool, mostly clear skies today and tomorrow with highs near 62 yesterday and 51 mid-morning today. Tonight's lows 40 to 44, tomorrow's highs 54 to 58.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Businessmen To Tour Stock Show By Charter Bus
Forty five Twin City business leaders will board a chartered bus to attend the Northeast Louisiana Live Stock Show in Delhi. West Monroe delegates start at 8 45 a m from the county agent's office and Monroe participants at 9 a m from the Trianon. The trip is organized by the Monroe and West Monroe Chambers of Commerce to highlight agriculture and cattle industry value in the area.
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Twin City
Northeast Louisiana
Delhi
West Monroe
Monroe
Trianon
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Soviet agrees to foreign ministers talks if linked to summit
Moscow reports that the Soviet government accepts a foreign ministers conference on Germany only as a prelude to a summit of heads of state. Informants said the move followed Harold Macmillan’s return from Leningrad and comes amid Western efforts to pursue direct talks with Khrushchev on Berlin and security.
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Moscow
Germany
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Harold Macmillan
Leningrad
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Detroit Police Strike over Integration Sparks Ticket Slowdown
Detroit police staged a ticket strike tied to integration of white and colored officers in patrol cars. Commissioner Hart cited integration as a major factor as license plate enforcement fell, with 72 tickets issued for missing 1959 plates after 1952 tag expiration versus 1,086 in the prior year, amid officer discontent and secret–level discussions among white officers.
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Detroit
UPI
Herbert W. Hart
Hunt Precinct
Hart
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