Southern Bell Faces Sunday Strike Threat
About 50,000 Southern Bell Telephone Co workers in nine southeastern states risk a walkout as negotiators recessed without a contract. CIO official W A Smallwood warned a strike unless a no strike clause is included and a satisfactory agreement reached by midnight Sunday.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co
W. A. Smallwood
District 3
CIO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell
F. M. Malone
Smallwood
Man Fatally Shot In Back In Monroe
A former Mangham resident James S. Wilhite known as Bobby, about 32, was shot in the back in front of a cafe at Oak and Vicksburg streets in Monroe. Police sought a unidentified suspect. witnesses described a car fleeing after the 10 p.m. shooting as bystanders and officers gathered at the cafe.
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Mangham
Monroe
Oak and
Vicksburg
James S
Bobby) Wilhite
Wilhite
Oak Leaf Cafe
Jim Goodjoint
Goodjoint
Bobby
Eric Wilhite
Good Citizen Funeral Home
J. T. French
Goldman Wins Oratory Contest In Louisiana District
Philip Goldman of Monroe won the fifth district American Legion oratorical contest in Ruston with Gloria Cannon of Mangham as runner up. Goldman advances to the state finals in Pineville on March 19.
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Ruston
Philip Goldman
Monroe
American Legion
Gloria Cannon
Mangham
Goldman
Pineville
Violent Windstorms Scatter Across Eastern U S
A brutal outbreak of March weather produced tornadoes and thunderstorms across the eastern third of the United States. Winds up to 92 mph caused widespread damage from Indiana to Pennsylvania and New York, with million-dollar losses piling up in several states and two deaths confirmed.
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Pittsburgh
Braddock
U. S
Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Colorado
Connersville
Union City
Indiana
Leetonia
Columbia County
Steubenville
Jefferson County
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Steuben County
Maryland
West Virginia
New Jersey
Girl Plans To Hatch Goose Eggs In Miami Stunt
A 19 year old waitress Patricia Ann Godbee plans to hatch nine goose eggs by sitting on them for 29 days at a drive in station. She will be paid 10 dollars a day with four minute rests and periodic medical checks. If successful the goslings will be auctioned.
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Miami
Fla
Patricia Ann Godbee
Release Refused On Selman Land By Monroe Officials
The federal government refused to release unconditionally 190 acres at Selman Field for industrial development. Monroe officials led by Mayor John E. Coon noted the restrictions remain, despite a city request to remove the recapture clause. City attorney Wood Thompson said any change would not affect the clause.
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Selman Field
Monroe Area
Monroe
Wood Thompson
Ferrell Freed of Vote Fraud Count Acquitted
Arch Ferrell former chief prosecutor in Phenix City was acquitted of vote fraud in Birmingham. The verdict ends his trial over 600 added votes in Lee Porter’s June race, while Patterson and Fuller faced other charges connected to the case. Fuller was convicted for the Patterson slaying.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arch Ferrell
Phenix City
Ferrell
Lee
Red
Patterson
Albert Fuller
Judge Refuses Action on Louisville Railroad Strike
Circuit Judge Stuart E. Lampe refused to issue an order to head off a strike set for Monday on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Louisville Kentucky announced on March 11.
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Louisville, Ky
Stuart E. Lampe
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Shivers Offers Testimony On Veterans Land Frauds
Governor Allan Shivers urged full disclosure of all veterans land program facts and offered to testify before legislative committees or grand juries. He said he would appear publicly to aid investigations into profits by land promoters, as grand juries across eight counties probe the program.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
House
Senate
Shivers
Bascom Giles
General Land Office
Giles
Shivers and Shepperd
C. C. Small
Small
San Antonio
Land Board
Veterans Land Program
John Ben Shepperd
Veterans Land Board
Antarctic Conquest Lecture By Commander Finn Ronne
The Explorers club at Monroe hosts Commander Finn Ronne for a lecture on the Antarctic Conquest. Ronne, a Byrd veteran and leader of the Ronne expedition, will discuss his film based on that voyage and his discovery claims. The evening promises foreign foods and music for attendees.
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Monroe
Explorers Club
Finn Ronne
Admiral Byrd
Ronne
United States
Norway
Amundsen
South Pole
Senate Democrats doubt atomic evacuation via superhighways
Sen McNamara mocks Eisenhower's interstate plan saying roads would clog and evacuations would fail. Gen Clay defends economic need and considers financing via bonds backed by a two cent gas tax. Sen Gore and others doubt evacuation feasibility for New York, while Case questions earmarking revenues.
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Sen
McNamara
D-Mich
Lucius D. Clay
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Clay
Michigan
Gore
D-Tenn
New York
Sen. Case
R-Sc
Congress
Sen. Thurmond
D-Sc
Italian Senate Ratifies West German Rearmament Amid Protests
The Italian senate approved the Paris London West German rearmament pact by 130 to 82 after two weeks of debate. Outside the foreign ministry, communist demonstrators clashed with riot police as about 300 protesters were arrested. The measure now awaits action in France and West Germany before U S forces may align 500000 Germans with Western Europe defenses.
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Rome
Italian Senate
Foreign Ministry
Senate
France
West Germany
Western
Europe
Kennon Endorses Ainsworth Fant For 1956 Ticket
Gov. Robert Kennon voiced support for a 1956 gubernatorial ticket led by State Sen. Robert Ainsworth of New Orleans and former Shreveport Mayor Clyde Fant. He said both would be excellent candidates and could run together or separately. Kennon would back keeping Grevem berg as head of the state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
Robert Ainsworth
Kennon
Louisiana
Ainsworth
Fant
Senate
Legislative Council
Shreveport
Louisiana Municipal Association
Grevemberg
Ferguson Named U S Ambassador To Philippines
Former Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan was nominated by President Eisenhower to be ambassador to the Philippines. He will replace Admiral Raymond Spruance, who retires next month after 45 years in the Navy and three years in Manila. Ferguson, 66, said he is honored and will serve the country.
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Washington
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Eisenhower
Philippines
Senate
Ferguson
Pat McNamara
Raymond A. Spruance
Navy
Manila Post
Hoover Commission On Government Reorganization
Wilber M. Brucker
Defense Department
Hoover Commission
Discoverer of Penicillin Dies of Heart Ailment
London reports Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, died at 73 from a heart ailment after breakfast at home. Lady Fleming, 43, at his side, had nursed him through pneumonia in 1953 when penicillin aided his recovery. Fleming received Nobel honors and a British knighthood but did not profit from his discovery.
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London
Sir Alexander Fleming
Lady Fleming
Sir Alexander
Flood Crest Hits Ohio River, Louisville Spared
The Ohio River cresting at 36.8 feet peaked near Louisville with about 14 million dollars in damage from Louisville to Pittsburgh. Louisville area damage limited to about one million due to levees and flood walls, while Pittsburgh faced thirteen million. downstream cities brace for higher crests next week as cleanup begins.
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Louisville
Pittsburgh
U.S. Weather Bureau
Col. W. D. Milne
U.S
Ohio
Cincinnati
Carrollton
Madison
Aurora
Utica
Ind
Owensboro
Henderson
Paducah
Evansville
Shawneetown
Cairo
Mississippi River
Jury convicts ex deputy in Patterson murder life term
In a six hour forty minute verdict, a Birmingham circuit court jury finds Albert Fuller guilty of first degree murder in the 1950s Patterson slaying in Phenix City. Fuller receives life in prison amid claims of alibi and circumstantial evidence.
Mrs. Eisenhower Receives Brief Heart Condition
White House physician reports Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower has a slight heart condition. He says it has never hindered her duties and she is up and about after bed rest for flu. He cites probable rheumatic fever in adolescence as a cause, noting no diagnosis of the illness in her medical history.
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Washington
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
Eisenhower
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Albert Patterson
Deefense
Roderick Beddow
Dagtardly
Cecil Deason
Deason
Alabama
Patter
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Mrs. Eisenhower
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