Hospitality Is Natchez Custom
The article describes Natchez traditions with a May pole dance and a crowd including first-time attendees witnessing the custom.
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Natchez
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1960
Page
1
Party Split Over Health Care for Social Security
Washington AP reports a party split forms in the House over proposals to add government paid health care to social security. The dispute centers on Rep. Forand backed by labor while Republicans and conservative Democrats oppose. a discharge petition is pledged with action possible this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Arthur
Flemming
Aime J. Forand
D-Rid
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
American Medical Assn
Forand
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Richard M. Nixon
Boggs Attacks Eisenhower Opiate Rhetoric At Tennessee Talk
Rep Hale Boggs told about 500 East Tennessee Democrats that President Eisenhower has fed the nation opiates masking defense progress. He warned against platitudes on missiles and warned of a dangerous national stage. In Washington, Frederick W Ford, FCC chairman, said he likely would ask Congress for more money to regulate broadcasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
Upt
Hale Boggs
D-La
East Tennessee
Eisenhower
Boggs
Washington
UPI
Frederick W. Ford
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Private Firms Share Burden of Health Premiums
Private companies cover the majority of health insurance costs while state and federal governments underwrite a substantial portion of the premiums.
Weekend Air Mishaps Claim Fifteen Lives
A trio of air accidents over the weekend killed fifteen people. J I Fleming 40 and Mina Tillery 35 of Duncan Oklahoma died when Fleming’s single engine plane struck a telephone line near the Davidson ranch outside Fort Worth. Three Maine men Virgil Chadbourne 41 Roy Davis 40 and Jake Hanson 60 perished in a private plane crash near Lily Bay Moosehead Lake while en route to ice fishing. An Annapolis Maryland boy aged one was killed when a single engine plane crashed during an attempted emergency landing near a field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
J. I. Fleming
Duncan
Okla
Mina Tillery
Fleming
Floyd Davidson
Davidson
Oklahoma
Moosehead Lake
Maine
Frozen Lily Bay
Virgil Chadbourne
Roy Davis
Jake Hanson
Greenville
Annapolis
Firebugs Blamed For 351 Fires In Louisiana Forests
Wall backs Mixon on deliberate fires in Louisiana forests. Fire causes range from economic to spite and livestock rounding up to layoffs. Officials aim to arrest offenders as fire season nears April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Wall
Mixon
Companion Of Helen Keller Dies At 75
The article notes the death of Polly Thomson at age 75, longtime interpreter and companion to Helen Keller. It covers Thomson's early life in Glasgow, immigration to the United States, her partnership with Keller in lectures and advocacy, and their global tours. It also mentions Keller’s secretary Evelyn Seide and a statistic about automobile advertising expenditures in newspapers last year.
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Helen Keller
Mrs. Macy
Miss Thomson
Miss Keller
Evelyn Davidson Seide
United States
Japan
Far East
Australia
New Zealand
India
Middle East
South Africa
Americ Europe
Scandinavia
Iceand
Foot Shuffling Case Thrown Out By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled Thompson’s conviction unconstitutional for lack of evidence and questioned if due process required testing of contentions. Under Kentucky law convictions are not appealable. Justice Black stated convicting without evidence violates due process and noted Thompson’s manager never objected to his presence or actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Black
Thompson
Grader Deal Placed Before Parish Police Jury
The Parish Police Jury plans to trade a dragline for a GradAll at 55 101 88 cost with 39 750 59 in drainage funds. They will pay 79 811 66 for road equipment using funds from blacktopping and road maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contractors Equipment Co
Lassiter
Harris
Fourmy
Most Wanted Criminal Caught
One of the FBI's ten most wanted crims, Kenneth Ray Lawson, crossed from Mexico and said I am glad to be back in the United States. Four Mexican officers handed him to FBI agents after his arrest near Mexico City. Lawson, a 21 year old fugitive from a Tennessee prison, was serving 12 to 30 years for burglary and aggravated assault when he escaped April 22, 1959, with four others. the others have been captured.
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Laredo
Tex
FBI
United States
Kenneth Ray Lawson
Lawson
Mexico City
Tennessee
State Penitentiary
Easter Gifts at Aron's Pharmacy Louisville
A Louisville pharmacy advertises Easter gifts toys and candy at Aron’s Pharmacy No 3rd. The notice highlights seasonal items and in-store selections for holiday shoppers.
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Aron’s
Louisville
Memories Haunt Nazi Prisoners Dinner Drives Scholarship Fund
About 1 000 former inmates and their wives, many in their 30s and 40s, plan a drive to fund a scholarship for children of former prisoners. Ernest W. Michael, chairman, notes many survivors were youths during the Hitler era and expresses doubt a future reunion will be held.
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N.J
Ernest W. Michael
I. G. Farben Co
Pago
Ex-Con Shirley Wright Held on Burglary Charges
Baton Rouge police arrested Shirley Wright, 32, a Negro ex-convict, on two burglary charges after spotting him Sunday night in stolen clothing. Detectives Tossineau and Bickham said Wright admitted to the theft, saying, You’ve got me and you’ve got the clothes, what more do you want?
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Baton Rouge
M. E. Tossineau
F. Bickham
Shirley Wright
Wright
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