Union Rejects Strike Settlement Scheme Fizzles
In Minden, Louisiana a new law aimed at curbing Negro voting backfires as Mrs. Winnice P. Clement Webster Parish registrar reports about two dozen white voters fail tests while only two Negroes miss on technicalities. The registrar says she enforces the constitution reading requirement evenly despite accusations from Citizen Councils and parish officials.
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Minden
Louisiana
U. S
Winnice P. Clement
Webster Parish
Mrs. Clement
Clement
Sparkman Says Eisenhower Shrink Office Claim Debated
Senator Sparkman and Democratic leaders challenge Eisenhower's pledge to shrink the presidency arguing any reduction would unsettle constitutional balance. Republicans counter that the president is simply shrugging off frills and maintaining duties. Eisenhower hinted he might resign if physically unable to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Eisenhower
Sparkman
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Louisville
White House
MBS
Cold temperatures drop to 30 degrees Thursday dawn
Temperatures fell to 30 degrees before dawn and then rose toward noon with 53 degrees by midday. The forecast calls for 28 to 32 degrees Thursday night and warming on Friday, with clear weather expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Where To Find It PREVENT FOREST FIRES KEEP
A brief public notice from Louisiana urging vigilance against wildfires. It emphasizes prevention measures and directs readers to follow local guidance and resources for reducing fire risk in forested areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Shooting of State Trooper Probed in Bastrop Hamburg Area
Arkansas and Louisiana authorities continued their investigation into a Wednesday gun battle near the Bastrop Hamburg line. Trooper Barney Mitchell, 22, was wounded twice in the stomach. a Crossett millworker, Jimmy White, 29, admitted shooting him and was shot in the arm. White's companions John Edward West 18 and Tom Myers 16 remained in Hamburg as detectives pursued statements. The incident followed a speed race that began just outside Bastrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
John Barney Mitchell
Jimmy White
Crossett
Mitchell
White
John Fogleman
Hamburg
Arkansas
Arkansas State Line
Bastrop-Hamburg
Akttle
Ftenbutl
Vomn
Barney Mitcnen
Austin Street
Smith and Wesson
Bastrop General Hospital
Ashley County
B. A. Courson, Jr
Courson
T.V.T
John Edward West
Tom Myers
Crosett
Bastrop
FBI Arrests Man In Hospital As Robbery Suspect
The FBI arrested 33 year old Arthur L Paisnuer a Bronx racehorse trainer in a Bronx hospital last night. He is accused of staging a $188 000 bank robbery in Westchester County and was found with $100 000 from the loot in his car trunk. He and a still sought accomplice allegedly abducted bank teller Mrs Mary F Kostolos at Port Chester drive in branch. He will be arraigned before a U S commissioner today and is under guard with unspecified medical condition.
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New York
FBI
Bronx
Westchester County
Arthur L. Paisnuer
Paisnuer
The
County Trust Co
Port Chester
U.S
Paisnner
Mary F. Kostolos
Eden Regime Stands Firm On Pledge To Middle East
Britain stays committed to the 1950 Western Big Three pledge to block changes in Israeli Arab boundaries by force. Eden says UK and the United States will act to keep peace in Palestine and may seek UN Security Council action if needed. The Commons backed Eden 312 to 252 amid disputes over arms to Israel and Jordan’s Arab Legion dismissal.
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London
Britain
Middle East
House of Commons
Eden
United States
Palestine
France
Israel
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Washington
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Jordan
John Bagot Glubb
Arab Legion
Glubb
Hussein
Jor
Four teen aged girls escape after car wreck during kidnapping
INDEPENDENCE Kan UP four teen age girls say they were kidnaped at gunpoint on a Newton Iowa street late Wednesday and escaped near Independence by deliberately wrecking their car. Sheriff Floyd Huggins said the girls Judy Damman 17 Gloria Jensma 18 Lois Davis 18 and Jeaneane Fahrney 17 were unharmed except for shock two treated by a physician at a hotel. The captors fled on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kan
Newton
Iowa
Floyd Huggins
Judy Damman
Gloria Jensma
Lois Davis
Jeaneane Fahrney
Stephen Damman
East Meadow
N. Y
Stephen
Air Force
Jerry Damman
Huggins
State Board Approves $164 Million in New Industry Projects
Louisiana officials report $164 million in applications for new factories and expansions, promising about 3,300 new jobs. The approval, under a 10 year tax exemption plan, sets a regional record and surpasses 1955 figures. Major investment from Petroleum Chemicals Inc. includes 40.5 million for butadiene and butyl facilities. American Cyanimid expands Fortier plant. Esso Standard Oil files seven projects totaling 20.5 million.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Board of Commerce and Industry
Elmer Conner
Commerce and Industry Department
Conner
Petroleum Chemicals Inc
Lake Charles
American Cyanimid
Fortier
Jefferson Parish
Esso Standard Oil
Beaches combed for man wanted in kidnapping
Gulfport Mississippi authorities searched Gulfport beaches for Adolph Charles Suhren a 28 year old New Orleans father wanted in Waco Texas for the Cadillac kidnapping of his daughter. He was indicted by a McLennan County grand jury after allegedly taking Sandra from a day nursery amid a custody dispute with his wife Mrs Alice Walker Suhren who filed for divorce.
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Gulfport
Miss
Harrison County
New Orleans
Waco
Tex
J. J. Wittman
Adolph Charles Suhren
Suhren
Pass Christian
Sandra
McLennan County Grand
Alice Walker Suhren
Mrs. W. B. Clarke Dies in Baton Rouge at 76
Mrs. William B. Clarke, 76, widow of a Monroe lawyer, died in Baton Rouge. Funeral at Mulhearn Friday at 3:30 PM with Dr. Ben Oliphant officiating. Interment in Riverview Burial Park. Survived by three daughters and six grandchildren, plus two sisters and two brothers.
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William B. Clarke
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Ben Oliphant
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Riverview Burial Park
Clarke
Colfax
W. M. Stokes
Lynchburg
M. P. Tobin
Charlotte
N. C
Stanley Wyatt
H. P. Hines
Grand Bay
Ala
John BK. Williams
Mansfield
David McKnight
John C. McKnight
San Antonio
Tex
Man Held For Threatening the In Letter
In Biloxi Mississippi federal authorities held 31 year old James J Winterstein on charges of writing a threatening letter to President Eisenhower. He pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Irene Herbert and posted a 2000 dollar bond. The red pencil note said I ll kill you I ll kill you I ll kill you. He admitted writing the letter saying he was drunk and did not mean anything. The complaint says the letter was mailed from Mobile Alabama around February 20.
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Biloxi
Miss
Eisenhower
James J. Winterstein
U. S
Irene Herbert
Herbert MacDonnell
Mobile
Ala
Senate Farm Bill Battle Rages Over Price Supports
The Senate faces a pivotal farm bill vote with Aiken asserting victory as the administration backs 86 to 87 percent parity cotton prices. Ellender and proponents claim votes remain, while debate splits along party lines over returning to rigid supports and the soil bank plan.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Aiken
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
White House
Agriculture Department
Holland
Dfla
Monroney
D-Okla
Communist Party
SEATO Ministers Condemn Soviet Moves in Asia Tension Push
The SEATO ministerial council urged that Soviet statements and interventions aim to raise tension and divide Asian communities and free nations. It noted Khrushchev and Bulganin visits to India Burma and Afghanistan prompted controversy and reaffirmed Pakistan’s sovereignty to the Afghanistan border including Pushtoonistan.
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Karachi
Pakistan
SEATO
Free Nations
The
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Free World
Meridian Fire Chief Overcome By Smoke and Fumes
Meridian Fire Chief P. M. Pigford was in critical condition after being overcome by ammonia fumes and smoke while extinguishing a meat packing house fire. The blaze damaged refrigeration units at Armour and Co. and destroyed railroad loading docks between Swift and Co. and Armour and Co. The fire started in an electric pump, firefighters said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Mins
P. M. Pigford
Swift and Co
Armour and Co
Harmless worms found in Peoria water say scientists
In Peoria Illinois worms in tap water are larvae of chironomous that hatched in an open reservoir. Dr Max Suter says they are harmless and add a little protein to the diet. Water works flushes underway to remove them affecting about 150000 people served by the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Max Suter
Hiiness Water Survey
Suter
Peoria Water Works Co
Virgil M. Lambert
Westinghouse Meditors Opposed Plan Amid Strike
The International Union of Electrical Workers rejected government mediation terms for the Westinghouse strike now in its 44th day. IUE President James B. Carey criticized the panel for meeting company officials without union reps and planned further talks with Federal Mediation Service Director Joseph Finnegan to pursue new negotiations.
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Washington
Westinghouse
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Carey
Waa
Federal Mediation Service
Joseph Finnegan
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Posst
Ths
G. A. Price
IUE
Nine Juveniles In Custody In Ouachita Theft Cases
Nine juveniles, seven boys and two girls aged 15, were taken into custody over two days in Ouachita Parish on thefts including boat motor theft, shoplifting, burglaries, and merchandise theft. Major J B Whitfield and Sgt J C Kelly led the arrests with Ouachita parish deputies. all were released to their parents pending juvenile court action.
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Eland Parish
J. B. Whitfield
City
Whitfield
Sgt
J. C. Kelly
Ouachita Parish
Sherif
Ouachita River
Selman Field
Lee Avenue
Moon Lake
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Ike
Radio TV Society
Entres
Middle-East
W. B. Clarke
Eisenhower Admin
Garry David
Nashville
Tenn
Peoria Journal-Star
WANT
Mart Murphy
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