No Surprises Expected In Berlin Talk
President Eisenhower will address the nation from the White House at 9 30 p m EST detailing his charges that the Soviets seek to force Allied forces from Berlin and break wartime four power agreements. He is expected to emphasize a firm stand and no new policies while underscoring the senselessness of atomic war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Berlin
White House
Sen
Mansfield D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Rayville
John Baremore
St. Francis Hospital
Baremore
Bailey Grant
District Attorney's Office
Charley Nichols
Wrecking Company
Nichols
112 Year Civil War Vet John Salling Dies in Clinic
In Kingsport Tennessee UPI reports Civil War veteran John Salling aged 112 died of pneumonia and old age at a clinic near Slant Virginia. His daughter Mrs Hugh McCamy and grandson H E Hawkins were at his side. He had lived most of his life in Slant Virginia and would have turned 113 in May. The death leaves Walter W Williams 116 as the last Civil War veteran, living in Houston Texas with a daughter.
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Kingsport
Tenn
UPI
John Salling
Slant
Salling
Hugh McCamy
H.E. Hawkins
Walter W. Williams
Williams
Houston
Tex
R.L. Wolfe
Sales Meeting Ends Amid Skunk Prize Odor Scandal
A Tampa sales meeting for a typewriter firm turned chaotic when Ed Valentine won a de odorized skunk as a contest prize. The skunk detected at the event caused a strong odor that wafted through the air conditioning system, prompting a temporary evacuation of five hotel floors and the dining and lounge areas.
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Tampa
Fla
Ed Valentine
Acid threats against Kennedy children aired
Anonymous calls warned Chief Counsel Robert F Kennedy that acid would be thrown in his children's eyes. Kennedy, father of six with the oldest age seven, spoke after probes into labor-management corruption. He said he did not report the threats because they could not be traced and nothing could be done.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Oth
Venire Lists To Be Drawn Here Tuesday in Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita parish jury commission will draw venires for grand and petit juries Tuesday in the office of clerk R Dean Farr. The five member panel will select the 12 man grand jury from 20 names and publish venire lists later this week. Petit juries of 30 will serve for May 4 and May 18 weeks. The two venues supply juries for the fourth district court criminal term. The commission includes Parker Leigh Tyner Boardman and Cowden.
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Quachita Parish
R. Dean Farr
Ouachita Parish
Farr
Fourth District Court
Aaron F. Parker
W. FE. Leigh
G. E. Tyner
C. C. Boardman
Robert Cowden
Ouachita Teachers Banquet Set At West Monroe High
The Ouachita Classroom Teachers Association and the Ouachita Teachers meet at West Monroe High School cafeteria at 7 p m Tuesday with Dr George Walker president of Northeast State College delivering the principal address. Major Louis Mackabee and H Darrow Cartwright were released from St Francis Hospital after check ups over the weekend.
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Ouachita Teachers Association
Ouachita Classroom Teachers Association
West Monroe High School
George Walker
Northeast State College
Louis Mackabee
Salvation Army
Monore
H. Darrow Cartwright
Southern Airways
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Coleman Acts To Stamp Out Illegal Liquor Operations
Gov. J. P. Coleman orders crackdown on illegal liquor in Mississippi counties where citizens object. National Guard raids Marks establishments finding 13 cases of whisky and 30 gallons moonshine. four arrested. Coleman says he will not weaken law enforcement and presses sheriffs to act. He defends actions as not targeting sheriffs and criticizes press coverage of racial angle in education and race matters.
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Coleman
Jackson
Miss
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
National Guard
W. P. Wilson
Marks
J. W. Duckworth
Lauderdale County
Guard
Florida
Not So Jolly Show Royal Tea Party in London
In Paddington London a small tea party for Commander R A Allen and the Burboroughs drew about 25 diplomats from Yugoslavia Bulgaria Lebanon Sudan Libya Czechoslovakia Romania Hungary Iraq and the Philippines. The setting was modest with a leaking roof and dingy stairs despite gilt edged invitations. The guest of honor was MP R A Allen and the Burboroughs hosted the reception.
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London
UPI
Cmdr
R. A. Allen
Lydford Road
Paddington
W. H. Burborough
Burborough
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Lebanon
Sudan
Libya
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungury
Iraq
The
Philippines
Duncan Case Nears Jury Deliberations in Ventura
In Ventura California the murder trial of Elizabeth Duncan is sent to an eight woman and four man jury. Judge Charles F Blackstock instructs the panel as they decide if the 54 year old mother hired two men to kill her son Frank s pregnant bride Olga. The four week trial yielded extensive evidence suggesting Mrs Duncan s jealousy toward her son spurred the alleged plot.
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Ventura
Calif
Elizabeth Duncan
Irish President Arrives In U S For St Patrick Day Visit
Ireland’s President Len T O Kelly lands at Idlewild for a St Patrick’s Day visit with President Eisenhower. He recalls a mother’s wish kept him from coming to the U S as a boy, jokes about possible U S presidency, and mentions relatives with names like Kessler and Knickerbocker.
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New York
UPI
Ireland
Len T. O'Kelly
Eisenhower
O'Kelly
Lawrence Hickey
United States
Young O'Kelly
Idlewild
Hickey
Jack Blanchard
Kessler
Knickerbocker
St. Patrick’s Day
Eight Die In Arizona Head-On Crash Near Peach Springs
A weekend head-on collision on Highway 66 two miles west of Peach Springs killed eight people and injured four. The victims came from three states and included Joe Williams 32 and his wife Hattie Mae Williams 24 of Peach Springs. Henry Manuel Goke 38 of Albuquerque. Gertrude Chavez 24 of Long Beach. Richard Chavez and his infant son. plus Jose Campbell 2.
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Peach Springs
Ariz
UPS
Kingman
Arizona
Randy Wakefield
Joe Williams
Henry Manuel Goke
Albuquerque
Williams
Hattie Mae Williams
John Collins
Mary Liza Collins
Goke
Gertrude Chavez
Long Beach
Calif
Richard Toby Chavez
Jose Campbell
New Syrian charge escalates Iraq Syria feud
Damascus reports 30 Iraqi troops crossed the border to strike two Syrian guards wounding one as Nasser vows to press anti Kassem drive. Baghdad leftists urge arming the people and purging traitors while Cairo demonstrators denounce Kassem and back Arab unity against Reds.
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Damascus
Syria
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Abdel Karim Kassem
1St Army
Nasser
Iraq
Baghdad
Kassem
Cairo
Cairo University
Middle East
National Union
U.A.R
Talhamar
Hamoudiya
Mosul
Fires Claim 42 Lives as Children Die in Infernos
A wave of fires across multiple states killed at least 42 people, most of them children. Oklahoma and Texas suffered vast acreages burned by wind driven fires. a Superior Wisconsin family perished in a duplex blaze. Buckingham Virginia saw five dead in a log cabin. Oregon and Washington area losses included child fatalities. Cross Hill District DC reported a sharecropper death in a woodstove fire.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Superior
Wis
Buckingham
Haly
Ore
Cross Hill
D.C
Jilted Woman On Trial For Killing Exec
Connie Nicholas a 42 year old divorcee faces trial in Indianapolis for the July slaying of Eli Lilly executive Forrest Teel 54. Police say Teel promised divorce and marriage after his adopted son finished school. The defense claims the shooting was accidental during a violent struggle after Teel began beating her.
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Indianapolis
Connie Nicholas
Marion County
Forrest Teel
Teel
Cloudy And Cool Weather Likely Today And Tomorrow
The area faces more cloudy skies and cool temperatures today and tomorrow. Last night dropped to 39 degrees with tonight forecast at 38 to 42 and tomorrow’s high near 58 to 62. Monroe recorded the state’s coolest high at 61 yesterday.
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Monroe
New Achievement Solows Good At Headline Writing
Washington AP outlines headline skill in Congress with notable examples. It cites Rep A. S. Herlong D Flo asking do ducks smoke, Ken Hechler, Homer Capehart, Wayne Aspinall, Daniel Flood and others as writers. The piece notes their Congressional Record appendix headlines and a continuation on page A2.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional Record
Herlong
Ken Hechler
D-Wva
Republican Party
Homer FE. Capehart
R-Ind
United States
God
Mr. Dulles
Wayne N. Aspinall
D-Cole
China
GI Joe
Honest John
Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
Baltimore
Trains Stalled Twelve Hours in Wisconsin Snow Drifts
A weekend winter storm gridlocked four Chicago and North Western trains in Wisconsin with 12 foot drifts trapping about 350 passengers for up to 12 hours. Across the Midwest tornadoes and blizzards caused nine deaths and injuries, as crews battled heavy snow and wind from Minnesota to Ohio.
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Midwest
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Wisconsin
Pulp Cutter
Green Bay
Arkansas
Iowa
Michigan
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Rockies
Nebraska
John S. Sibley Dies At Home Near St. John
John Sibley 56 prominent oil field contractor and cattleman died at 2 17 a m Monday at his Lake Street John home heart attack suffered in Waterproof Louisiana He owned The Duck Pond cattle ranch in St Joseph and lived in Monroe and Waterproof He held civic roles with Masonic Lodge Shriners Rotary Lions and Baptist Church Services at First Baptist Waterproof with Masonic graveside rites Survivors include widow Robbie Lee Nixon Sibley daughter Lucy Merle Sibley two sons Jimmie Lee Sibley John Nixon Sibley two sisters Minnie Tolar Columbia Miss and Lurline Nichols Orange Tex plus many nieces and nephews.
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Waterproof
John S. Sibley
General
Lake St. John
Monroe
Sibley
Louisiana
Mississippi
Duck Pond
St. Joseph
Monroet
Robbie Lee Nixon Sibley
Lucy Merle Sibley
Jimmie Sie Sibley
John Nixon Sibley
Minnie Tolar
Columbia
Lurline Nichols
Orange
Tex
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