Ouachita Parish Jury Spends $505 For Timber Inspection
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury held a special meeting to inspect 20 acres of timber with 16 jurymen in attendance. The session cost taxpayers $505.20, with jurors paid 30 dollars each plus mileage, and two trucks hauling gravel for road repairs discussed during the visit.
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Ouachita Parish
M. W. Montgomery
West Monroe
L. B. Pettit
Tom Hicks
Irving Kilpatrick
Montgomery
Monroe
Parish
Pines
Shorty Rutledge
Ward 9
Bolivian President Tries To Calm Anti U S Mobs
In La Paz President Hernan Siles urged restraint after mobs stoned the U S Embassy and a 15 year old student was fatally shot. He denied Time magazine misquotes and condemned the provocation by an irresponsible journalist while mobs burned Time issues and riots continued.
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U.S
LA Paz
Bolivia
Hernan Siles
Time Magazine
Time
Siles
Nation
Hemisphere
Latin America
New York
Three Winn Parish Men Held On Arson Charges
Roe Griffin a Colgrade towerman Jim Griffin and Herbert B. Riley were charged with simple arson for taking part in forest fires near Joyce Louisiana to aid a brother’s fire fighting job. The 168 acre burn included 70 acres of Tremont Lumber Co pine plantations. Bonds set at 250 each.
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Alexandria
UPI
Aorest
Louisiana Forestry Enforcement
Roe Griffin
Winnparish
Towerman
Jim Griffin
Herbert B. Riley
Griffin
Colgrade
Forestry Service
W. E. Smith
Howard Ryder
Joyce
Tremont Lumber Co
Winnish
R. S. Jordan
Forestry Agency
Tremont
Joe D. Burns
Riley
Commission
Wildlife Tax Okayed For Teacher Pay
Gov Earl Long voiced no objection to dedicating Rockefeller Wildlife Preserve revenues to teacher pay as urged by the Louisiana Teacher Association leader F F Wimberly. He doubted the oil potential would fund the full 1956 pay scale and noted only a portion of the preserve is leased with about 200000 dollars monthly in revenues. He commented on the governor race and expected fiscal Legislature activity by mid June while cautioning restraint despite a record mineral lease bonus.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Rockefeller Wildlife Preserve
Louisiana
F. F. Wimberly
New Iberia
LTA
Long
South Louisiana
Wimberly
Meeting Of Parochial Employees Retirement Board Set
The Board of Trustees of the Parochial Employees Retirement System will meet March 30 at 10 a.m. in the parish courthouse to discuss retirements, the annual operations report, and the auditors report, secretary W A Breedlove said yesterday.
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The
Parochial Employees Retirement System
W. A. Breedlove
Parish Court House
Ouachita Parish Sets Tax Election Registration Deadline
Noon Saturday is the deadline to register in Ouachita Parish for the April 8 property tax election. Mrs Mae Lucky, parish registrar, announced the cutoff.
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Ouachita Parish
Mae Lucky
Five Men Loot Brockville Trust Vault in Five Hour Heist
A five-man gang broke into the Brockville Trust and Savings Co vault at No. 4 Court House Square on a May Saturday night. They descended a steel ladder, breached two barriers, and stole stocks, bonds, cash and jewelry valued at 3 to 10 million dollars. They left a wrist watch, a raincoat and a scarf as clues.
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Brockville, Ont
Court House Square
Brockville Trust and Savings Co
Drennan Nominated for Ouachita Parish School Board
Gov. Long expected to appoint Charles G. Drennan a Sterlington druggist to the Ouachita Parish School Board after petitions circulated following the death of Dr. B. E. Spencer. Swearing in would occur if approved. board to consider bids for Sterlington high school tonight. Donations for a Spencer portrait are being handled by Sterlington Bank.
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Earl K. Long
Charles G. Drennan
Sterlington
Ouachita Parish
Ward 1
Drennan
B. E. Spencer
Long
Dr. Spencer
Sterlington Bank
Ex-Oak Grove Man Accused Of Poison Conspiracy
A 34 year old former Oak Grove man William J Kennedy was held in Ouachita parish jail awaiting transfer to Jasper Alabama where he faces charges of conspiring to poison an 11 year old The arrest followed a pickup order from Alabama authorities Kennedy offered no comment and no details were released by Jasper County officials regarding the alleged poisoning incident.
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Oak Grove
Ouachita Parish
Jasper
Ala
Bailey Grant
William J. Kennedy
Sheriff's Department
1008
South Fourth Street
Alabama
Kennedy
Alan
C. L. Daugherty
Leanely
Monroe
Pilot Abandons Non-Stop Chicago Rome Flight Plan
Max Conrad headed back to Chicago after headwinds over the Atlantic forced the nonstop Chicago to Rome attempt in a small single engine plane. He has crossed the Atlantic 49 times in similar aircraft and landed in Norwood after about an hour atop Arctic conditions. He will wait for better weather to attempt the 5,100 mile voyage, estimated at 35 hours.
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Boston
Max Conrad
Chicago
Atlantic
Rome
Conrad
Norwoodsterday
Arctic
Police Deploy as Strike Tensions Rise in Henderson
In Henderson North Carolina police and highway patrols moved into the area amid a 16 week textile strike. Governor Hodges said up to 100 extra officers would be deployed to uphold law and order while warnings of firearms on picket lines surfaced. Police reported minor injuries after clashes at the Harriett Henderson and South Henderson mills.
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Henderson
N.C
UPI
Luther H. Hodges
Raleigh
Hodges
C. C. Harris
Vance County
K. A. Cottrell
North Henderson
Harriett-Henderson
South Henderson Mills
Harris
Nine Drown As Bus Plunges Into Pond Near Tifton Georgia
A school bus carrying about 60 Negro children hit a rut and overturned into a farm pond near Brookfield eight miles from Tifton. Nine children died at the scene, with 2 or 3 more feared in the half submerged bus. White rescuers pulled survivors, and doctors treated the injured. The bus was en route to Wilson High School in Tifton.
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Tifton
Raleigh Coarsey
Brookfield
South Georgia
Carl Lowry
Charles Ahrens
Wilson High School
Stifton
R. L. Mack
Moscow Talks Fail To Resolve German Issue
Khrushchev and Macmillan admitted they could not agree on Germany but agreed to study a plan to pull back troops and nuclear weapons from central Europe. They pledged to seek a negotiated Berlin solution while Western diplomats remained pessimistic about any immediate breakthrough.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Germany
Europe
Berlin
East Germany
Macmillan
London
Iron Curtain
Clear Cool Weather Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Clear skies and lower temperatures were forecast for tonight in Northeast Louisiana. Temperatures should fall to 35 to 39 degrees with a high of 62 to 66 tomorrow. A rainstorm last night dropped .32 inches at Selman Field, with heavier accumulation downtown. Temperature at 10 a.m. was 56 degrees.
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Louisiana
Selman Field
Dismiss Appeal Of Trooper In Beer Sale Case
The Louisiana Civil Service Commission dismissed the appeal of trooper Warren G. Allen who was fired Nov. 7 for involvement in selling a truckload of beer. Investigators said 320 excess cases at $2 each were offered for disposal near Pearl River after a bar encounter on U.S. 11.
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Pearl River
Allen
New Orleans
U.S
Mississippi
Pioneer IV Blazes Toward Moon From Cape Canaveral
The Pioneer IV rocket launched from Cape Canaveral early today climbs past 72,400 miles, speeding to a predicted lunar flyby and potential solar orbit. NASA reports precise speed and course estimates as observers track from Goldstone, Puerto Rico, and Jodrell Bank while Eisenhower hails the achievement.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Moon
Goldstone
Calif
Puerto Rico
Jodrell Bank
England
NASA
Eisenhower
White House
Andrew J. Goodpaster
J. B. Medaris
Army
House
Subcommittee On
Child Survives 12th Floor Fall In Brooklyn
A four year old girl Deborah Taylor of Brooklyn survived a 12 story fall after leaning from a window while playing with her brother. She landed in bushes near cement walks and was badly cut bruised and internally injured with critical condition. Earlier in the day Herman Santiago 21 Manhattan fell ten floors through an elevator shaft and roof killing two people and was reported in serious condition.
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New York
UPI
Deborah Taylor
Brooklyn
Deborah
Herman Santo Napoleon Santiago
Manhattan
Santiago
Washington Urged for Cultural Center Despite criticisms
AP reports Patrick Hayes argues Washington lacks true culture despite plans for a 25 million dollar National Cultural Center funded by public subscription. Sen Wayne Morse cites slums near the Capitol and traffic delays as parts of the city’s faults.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D- Ore
Capitol
Patrick Hayes
Pioneer IV launch celebration in Cape Canaveral
In Cape Canaveral the Pioneer IV team celebrates a milestone after the Juno II booster aims a gold plated probe toward the sun. Dr Jack E Froehlich and Dr Wernher von Braun joke in a motel room as the moon peeks through the window and the crew toasts the partial fulfillment of a dream born after the first Soviet orbital flight.
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Robert E. Moser
Army
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Moser
Johnstown
Hans F. Gruene
Army Ballistic Missile Firing Laboratory
Army Space
Fila
UPI
Russia
Adolph Hitler
Jack E. Froehlich
Wernher von Braun
Froehlich
News-Star-World Want Ads Reach 39000 Homes Daily
An ad listing notes that News-Star-World want ads reach over 39 000 homes daily and are read and acted upon. The notice mentions a rental apt living room two bedrooms kitchen bath and private outside entrance at upstairs 117 Stone A 2-5718.
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News-Star—World
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