Two Men Die in Bedroom Gun Duel Over Marriage
In Hollywood, Barney Silva and Jack Sorin died in a gun fight sparked by a love triangle. Dorothy Chester, 38, rented the home. Sorin confronted her about a relationship with Silva, leading to a deadly exchange after a struggle over weapons.
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Hollywood
Barney Silva
Los Angeles
Jack Sorin
Dorothy Chester
Chester
Sorin Chester
Sorin
Robert Beck
Silva
Beck
Mrs. Chester
Painting Fraud Discovered In Orleans Library
New Orleans reports a library facade illusion with plaster columns plastered statues and a cement dome masking brick and wire mesh. Workmen tearing down the building reveal the deception while demolition salvages brickwork and decorative pieces.
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New Orleans
Old City
Suse
Peter Ricca
Lurid Past To Hurt Defendant In Ventura Case
Ventura California AP prosecutor seeks the death penalty for Elizabeth Duncan arguing a lurid past shows she deserves no mercy. District Attorney Roy Gustafson notes 11 marriages and a history of running a house of ill fame as he asks the jury to impose death for arranging the murder of Olga Duncan. The jury must decide penalty and insanity plea delays any sentence.
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Ventura
Calif
Elizabeth Duncan
Dist
Roy Gustafson
Youth Wave Forecast in Politics by New Orleans Candidate
Rep. J Marshall Brown of New Orleans predicts a youth wave in politics as young men move into key roles. He arrives in Monroe to observe trends and plans a bold campaign after the May fiscal session. Brown, 38, argues old pros will be challenged by younger voters seeking sound governance.
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Rep
J. Marshall Brown
New Orleans
Brown
Monroe
Shelby M. Jackson
W. M. Rainach
Homer
Airman Mc Don A Robinson Visits Home From Lackland
Airman Mc Don A Robinson now stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson in Sterlington for a 14 day home visit. He previously studied at Ouachita Parish High School before enlisting in October.
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Don A. Robinson
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Lloyd Robinson
Sterlington
Robinson
Quachita Parish High School
Air Force
Dennis the Lion to wed in Bernstein Park ceremony
Dennis the Lion, Monroe's king of the beasts, will marry later today as Jack Hesket h and crew return from an assignment.
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Dennis the Lion
Monroe
Bernstein Park
Jack Hesketh
U S Drafts German Peace Treaty Amid Cold War Talks
Washington reports the United States prepared a tentative German peace draft for possible use at a foreign ministers meeting with the Soviet Union. The plan favors a sovereign all German government and is presented to Britain France and West Germany for discussion as Western allies weigh reunification and cautious response to Soviet plans.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Britain
France
West Germany
Germany
Northeast Seeks 100 000 For Land Buildings
Baton Rouge AP reports the Board of Liquidation of State Debt and Gov Earl Long will consider emergency spending requests totaling more than 600000. The board, funded by the Legislature with a 1 million annual allotment, has 495230 on hand. Proposals include Northeast State College among others.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Northeast State College
Mon
Eisenhower Nominates Lemnitzer as Army Chief of Staff
President Eisenhower nominated Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer to succeed Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor as Army chief of staff. Lemnitzer has served as vice chief of staff since July 1957. Taylor asked not to be renominated. his term ends June 30.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
The
Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
Lemnitzer
White House
Taylor
Hawaii Statehood Signed Into Law By President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower signs the Hawaii statehood bill finalizing approval after a 40 year effort. Hawaiians must vote to accept statehood elect two senators and one representative with elections set within specified windows before the state joins the Union.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Hawaii
House
U.S. Congress
Congress
Pacific Corrier
William F. Quinn
Islands
Union
Monroe sells bonds at very favorable rate in city sale
The City of Monroe sold 4.1 million dollars in public improvement bonds to First National City Bank of New York at a net interest cost of 3.772 percent. Six bids were received from almost every bonding dealer in the nation, with Blythe and Co. close at 3.8281 percent. Net cost totals 3,163,177.06 over 29 years, and officials praised the favorable terms and strong competition.
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Monroe
First National City Bank of New York
Lee Vanderpool Jr
Ouachita National Bank
Citizens Committee
United States
Haynes Harkey Jr
W. L
Jack) Howard
H. W. McSherry
Finance and Utilities
W. D. H. Rodriguez
New York Bank
New York
Blythe and Co., Inc. and Associates
Vanderpool
Port Sitting On Trade Dynamite
Baton Rouge port sits atop a keg of trade dynamite, says Col. Duane Ackerson. He notes the port serves the Caribbean and Central America and links with the Great Lakes and western grain fields. From 1945 to 1957 river traffic rose sharply with Baton Rouge–Southwest Pass tonnage up 5.25 times and New Orleans up 4.5 times.
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Baton Rouge
Duane W. Ackerson
New Orleans
Caribbean
Central America
Great Lakes
Ackerson
Southwest Pass
Mississippi River
Eisenhower asks Rogers to study equal time news curb
President Eisenhower directed Attorney General William P. Rogers to study actions that could curb equal time requirements for news programs. The White House stressed the aim was not to attack the FCC or the law but to address the ridicule of news coverage forcing stations to grant equal time. Hagerty cited editorials and a Frank Stanton talk as prompting the inquiry.
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Washington
Eisenhower
William P. Rogers
Richard Daley
Argentina
Lar Daly
FCC
Daley
Hagerty
Two Convicts Sought After Escape From Louisiana Prison
State police comb the state for Donald Armes of Peoria Illinois and Marvin Miller of Baton Rouge after authorities believe they may have fled in a truck following an escape from Angola Prison. Roadblocks remain in place as guards continue searching the 18000 acre facility.
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Angola
Polce
J. Wayne Allgood
Donald Armes
Peoria
Ill
Marvin Miller
Baton Rouge
Armes
Millet
Allgood
Ireland President Seeks to Ease World Suspicion in Congress
Sean T. O'Kelly of Ireland told a joint session of Congress he will work to dissipate unnecessary suspicions among nations. The 76-year-old president, first Irish official to visit the U.S., urged a path toward international understanding and noted Ireland's long resistance to foreign rule. He recalled Charles Stewart Parnell addressing Congress in 1880 and called his appearance one of his proudest moments.
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Washington
Sean T. O'Kelly
Ireland
U.S
Irland
United Nations
O'Kelly
Eisenhower
Congress
Charles Stewart Parnell
Mobs Take Over Pike County Strike Area Reported
Frankfort authorities rejected a Pike County coal operator's request for National Guardsmen saying the situation is under control. Robert Holcomb claimed roving United Mine Workers mobs shut down ramps and trapped two men at a tipple. Governor Chandler said state police reports do not confirm the charges and ordered more information. Reinforced state police patrolled eastern Kentucky as two flare ups in coal strikes idle over 7,000 workers.
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Frankfort
Pike County
A. B. Chandler
Robert Holcomb
United Mine Workers
Holcomb
UMW
Pikeville
Hazard
Kentucky
Letcher County
Twining warns military aid cuts risk modernization
Joint Chiefs chair General Nathan F. Twining told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that cuts in military aid would derail modernization and force improvements. He urged approval of Eisenhower's 3.93 billion package, including 1.6 billion for military aid, with Defense Secretary McElroy calling cuts a critical mistake. Representative Wayne L. Hays pressed officials on potential European ground war and misread signals about not using ground troops in Europe.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Nathan F. Twining
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Neil H. McElroy
Twining
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Defense Chiefs
United States
Berlin
Hays
Europe
Nikita) Khrushchev
Mild Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana
The weatherman says the chill will ease this afternoon and tonight as clouds move in. No rain is forecast. Yesterday’s high reached 68 and the low was 44 at Selman Field with east winds near 12 mph and a pollen count of 151 grains per cubic yard midmorning.
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Two Teens Plead Guilty in Highway Obstruction Case
West Monroe youths Thomas J. Freeman age 18 and David Elmo Dougal age 19 faced charges in Fourth District Court. Freeman pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated obstruction by placing a log on Whites Ferry Road. Dougal entered a not guilty plea with trial set for May 20. Freeman was remanded to parish jail pending sentence. Officers were diverted by a false wreck call but your log caused a patrol car to be damaged earlier in January.
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West Monroe
Thomas J. Freeman
David Elmo Dougal
Jesse Heard
Freeman
Dougal
Roselawn Street
Monroe
Fourth District
Whites’ Ferry
Woman Found Dead Revealed As Ex Teacher in Chicago
An elderly woman found dead from malnutrition in a North Side alley was identified as Clara Lyford Smith a former teacher and Bryn Mawr graduate. A acquaintance told authorities she lived reclusively and rejected money willed to her, claiming the will was wrong.
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Chicago
UPI
Clara Lyford Smith
Theodore Heins
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