Investigation Of Mafia Mob Ties Linked To Louisiana Race Wire
Federal probes follow testimony by Aaron Kohn of the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission alleging Carlos Marcello as a silent partner in a race wire service. He says Jefferson Parish ties extend to Texas Mississippi Alabama, with Hot Springs Arkansas and St. Louis area involved. FCC license granted in 1957 to Jefferson Music Co. is connected to a horse race wire service used to supply coded results for illegal bookmaking.
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Washington
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
Louisiana
Aaron Kohn
Kohn
Marcello
Jefferson Parish
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louis
Jefferson Music Co
Carlos Marscello
Vincent Marcello
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
The
Communications Commission
John P. Constantly
Eisenhower Rules Out Summit Bluff Yet May Attend If Progress
President Eisenhower said the Western Allies must meet Khrushchev at a summit to reach any German agreement but美国 will not be bluffed into top talks. He linked attendance to progress at earlier East West ministerial talks and noted NATO coordinated replies will reveal any conditions. He stressed his long held view that summit talks depend on substantial advances.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nian Escapes After Kidnap and Shooting Spree
A posse pursues gunman Richard Allen Hunt after he abducted a police chief and wounded another in Brownsville Oregon. Hunt, 27, of Harrisburg, is described as armed with a pistol a .30 caliber carbine and 300 rounds. Sheriff George Miller reports the suspect fled into the hills.
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Brownsville
Ore
George Miller
Richard Allen Hunt
Harrisburg, Ore
Hunt Sought in Interstate Car Theft Case
More than 100 policemen and FBI agents from Portland joined the search for Hunt, a 5-10, 160-pound former Montana State Prison inmate, on a warrant charging interstate transport of a stolen vehicle. Police Chief Er.
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Hunt
FBI
Portland
Montana State
Iraq pulls from Baghdad Pact not altering arms policy
London says Britain's arms to Iraq remain unaffected by Iraq's decision to withdraw from the Baghdad Pact led by Kasim. Foreign Office notes Iraq has not requested liquidation of Habbaniyah air base and joint arrangements are under discussion.
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London
Britain
Iraq
Foreign Office
Abdel Karim Kassem
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Habbaniyah
Baghdad
Royal Air Force
Kassem
Iran
Pakistan
Turkey
United States
Monar
Ankara
De Gaulle Warns Russia Against Berlin Blockade
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle warned Moscow that blocking access to West Berlin would force Western powers to confront Soviet troops in Germany. He described the Berlin crisis as causing world anxiety and outlined three key questions about blocking movements, German division, and European disarmament.
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de Gaulle
Russia
Berlin
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
West Berlin
Germany
Bern
Moscow
Europe
France
Cooler Weather Brings Rain Chance to North East Louisiana
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness in north east Louisiana with scattered showers tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures cool later tomorrow. Petrie High in Monroe reported a high of 77 and a low of 56 at Selman Field. South wind about 16 mph and pollen count measured at 1 083 grains per cubic yard. Medical authorities note high count mainly affects budding hardwood trees.
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Louisiana
Petrie High
Monroe
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Training conference to be held for Air Reserve personnel
Major Paul Bauer training officer of the Monroe Air Reserve Squadron and West Monroe High School faculty member and First Lieutenant Charles W. Kulcke educational guidance officer and Jefferson Junior High School faculty member will attend a training conference at the Shreveport Air Reserve Center this weekend.
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Paul Bauer
Monroe Air Reserve Squadron
West Monroe High School
Charles W. Kulcke
Jefferson Junior High School
Shreveport Air Reserve Center
Miss Gerrie Fain Visits Monroe in Fan Club Circuit
Miss Gerrie Fain regional membership chairman of the Ricky Nelson Fan Club of New Orleans was in Monroe for a regional gathering. She met local fans and discussed club activities and upcoming appearances by Ricky Nelson.
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Gerrie Fain
Ricky Nelson
New Orleans
Monroe
Surgeons Battle To Save Life Of Siamese Twins
In London a team of neuro surgeons fought to save Jeremy Thackery an 11 month old separated from his Siamese twin Timothy after a 10 hour operation at a hospital. Jeremy remained in critical condition with post operative shock while Timothy improved. A healthy third brother Peter Martin was born at the same time. The case recalled the 1952 Chicago Brodie twins separation where one twin died a month after the operation.
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London
UPS
Jeremy Thackeray
Monday
Timothy
Jeremy
Peter Martin
Brodie Twins
Chicago
Roger Brodie
Ohio Governor Lingers With Eight Convicted Murderers
Gov. Michael V. DiSalle returns to the mansion to find eight convicted murderers on staff including one minister from Lima. Connie, the governor’s visiting daughter, describes a prank collision as Johnson jokes Pardon me. DiSalle continues efforts to push a bill abolishing capital punishment in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Michael V. DiSalle
State House
Executive Mansion
DiSalle
Connie
Johnson
United Press International
Farmer Held For Intent To Murder In Mississippi
Bay St. Louis Mississippi sheriff said 65 year old Buford Dees has been charged with assault with intent to kill in the shooting of former Penington Sheriff Johnny Sanford at his Hancock Harrison county line fishing camp. Sanford, shot in the stomach, underwent surgery and was described as critically but slightly improving. Dees denied being on the coast and investigators traced a 38 caliber revolver found at Dees home to ballistics tests. Sanford identified his attacker as a gray haired man and fired three times as he stumbled back into his cabin.
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Bay ST. Louis
Miss
Sylvan Ladner
Penington
Johnny Sanford
Sanford
Hancock
Harrison County
Biloxi Veterans Administration Hospital
Ladner
Buford Dees
Collins
Dees
Dale Shoemaker
Covington County
State Highway Patrol
Shoemaker
Lake Providence Druggist Dies at 76
Joseph Charles Gross 76, Lake Providence pharmacist, died after a long illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday in St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Survived by widow Mina Franklin, two daughters Mrs. Wilson Lepine of Thibodeaux and Mrs. Elmus Coleman, son Joseph P. Gross Jr., adopted son Justin Earl Gross II, 11 grandchildren, and other relatives. Funeral directed by Gay's.
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Lake Providence
Joseph Charles Gross
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Gay
Gross
Loyola School of Pharmacy
New Orleans
Mina Franklin
Wilson Lepine
Thibodeaux
Elmus Coleman
Joseph P. Gross Jr
Baldwin
Justin Earloss II
Mother Blamed After Bodies Of Two Children Found
In Hibernia New Jersey Ellen Church 38 a former teacher was to undergo a psychiatric exam after two babies Katherine Church 2 and Kenneth 6 months were found dead in a clothes basket at a rural home. Their mother allegedly gave sleeping tablets later telling a friend she had killed the babies. The father Brooks Church 40 a microbiologist found dead children in a playhouse 50 feet from the home. Kenneth suffocated and Katherine was bludgeoned. Church worked for Warner Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. at Morris Plains. The family had moved from Youngstown Ohio. Police reported the mother described them as calcium pills. The case raised questions about a motive and no charges were filed. The home was 40 miles west of New York City.
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Hibernia
N.J
Katherine Church
Kenneth
Dalian
Mli
Ernest
Powers
Ellen Church
Brooks Church
Elizabeth
Stephen
Katherine
New York City
Siberian Husky Kills 5-Year-Old in Tumwater Shed
An 80 pound Siberian husky killed a 5-year-old boy who had entered a shed through a hole. The child, Billy Stillions, was son of Ray and (Mrs.) Stillions of Tumwater, died of a slashed jugular and other injuries per Thurston County Coroner Hollis Fultz.
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Olympia
Wash
Billy Stillions
Ray Stillions
Tumwater
Thurston County
Hollis Fultz
Living Costs Dip Slightly in February
United States CPI edged down one tenth of a point in February from January, shifting from 123.8 to 123.7 on the 1947-49=100 scale. The index stood 1 percent above a year earlier, the smallest 12 month gain in three years but still the highest February level on record.
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Labor Department
California Executes Woman Sparks Capital Punishment Debate
California carried out the execution of Elizabeth Duncan the latest in a string of state deaths that revived the national debate on capital punishment. The 32 year old woman known as Barbara Graham was earlier executed in the San Quentin gas chamber for the murder of a widow during a robbery. The case inspired the film I Want to Live and prompted reform talk as Attorney General Edmund G Brown urged abolition after the Graham execution.
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New York
District of Columbia
California
of California
Elizabeth Duncan
Barbara Graham
San Quention
Calif
Susan Hayward
Miss Graham
Edmund G. Brown
House approves large wartime supplemental spending bill
Congress, with bipartisan support, passes a $2.657 billion supplemental appropriation, boosting eight agencies for the current fiscal year. The bill includes 100 million for the Development Loan Fund and funds for defense education, veteran care, and other programs, though it omits part of the President’s request. The development loan allocation is deemed realistic by House leaders despite being 125 million below the White House target.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Recreation Resources Review Commission
District of Columbia
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Narcotics Bureau
Slight Error In Construction Fire Causes Roof Blaze In New Port
New Port Kentucky resident Er nest Johnson built a roof over the chimney and lit a stove Tuesday. The resulting blaze filled the house with smoke before firefighters saved part of the roof.
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New Port
Ernest Johnson
Johnson
Courageous Winnsboro Senior Dies After Cancer Battle
Carolyn Ruth Dollar 17, a Baskin High School senior from Winnsboro Route 8, died at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday after a long cancer fight begun in 1953. She lost a leg to surgery, wore an artificial limb, and returned to school on the honor roll. Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ with interment at Gwinn Cemetery Mangham. honorary pallbearers include the Baskin senior class and Frank Peoples Jr. and Ernest Howard.
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Winnsboro
Carolyn Ruth Dollar
Route 8
Carolyn
Olan Dollar
Baskin High School
Ber
Frank Peoples Jr
Ernest Howard
Newlyweds Fight Off Demands To Annul Marriage
MEMPHIS AP A 19 year old student and his 69 year old bride resisted their children's push to end the marriage after the Covington Tenn wedding. Paul Dunn and Mrs Lola Tipton Dunn vowed to stay together saying they found love and faith.
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Memphis
Paul Dunn
Lola Tipton Dunn
Covington
Tenn
Stanley Shoaf
Garden tractor with plow and attachments for sale
Sold. David Bradley garden tractor includes plow grass cutter disc turning plow and more. Asking price fifty dollars. Call FA 5 3218.
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David Bradley Garden
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