Prospects for Ouachita River Channel Improve
Washington AP reporting improved prospects for a nine foot Ouachita River channel in Arkansas and Louisiana after a restudy. Maj. Gen. John Hardin says benefits exceed costs with a 1.23 to 1 ratio. Hardin presented to a Senate subcommittee and noted submission of the report to the Army Engineers chief.
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Ouachita River
Arkansas
Louisiana
Division
Army Engineers
John Hardin
Mississippi River Commission
Senate Appropriations
Chief of Army Engineers
Hardin
Harris
D-Ark
Burk threatens suit over Monroe power plant expansion
Jack S. Burk of Barnard and Burk Inc Baton Rouge repeats threat of court action if the Utilities Commission proceeds with the Monroe power plant expansion. He argues the addition should be under a previous contract with a Baton Rouge firm. The city plans bids for a gas turbine generator and related materials. Mayor Howard says the city will proceed with the project funded by a ten million dollar bond issue and a $500000 planning fee to the firm.
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Jack S. Burk
Barnard and Burk, Inc
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Utilities Commission
Burk
W. L. Howard
Barnard and Burk
Ity
Storms Spread Lung Disease, Tests Show
Public Health Service official Nicholas Manos presented studies to the AMS and AGU suggesting tornadoes and wind storms may spread histoplasmosis, a lung disease common in the Midwest. He cited 1955 tests in a Mississippi tornado area showing higher positive histoplasmin reactions after the February 1 storm.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Nicholas Manos
American Meteorological Society
American Geophysical Union
The
Health Service
Manos
Middle West
Vicksburg
Miss
You Guessed It Just More Rain Forecast
The region faces showers and thundershowers with little temperature change. Rain totals varied with Monroe at .47 inches, Lafayette 4.20, Shreveport 3.05, and Baton Rouge .68 as residents brace for more wet weather tonight and tomorrow with lows around 64 to 68 and highs near 76.
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Monroe
Lafayette
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Somoza holds emergency talks after first fatal clash with Honduras
In Managua President Somoza and top officials met through the night after a border clash with Honduras. Honduran planes strafed Mocoron, killing Nicaraguan soldiers and drawing sharp warnings. Honduran claims of recapture and casualties were issued as Managua prepared defense.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Hon
Tegucigalpa
Macoron
Honduras
Somoza
Army
Anastasio Somoza Jr
U.S
Thomas E. Whelan
Evacuation Ahead as Lower Sabine Declared Disaster Area
A new disaster area was declared for Newton County and Deweyville Texas as the Sabine River rises forecasting crests to 15.5 and 16.3 feet, with over 9,000 forced to flee and potential drownings. Evacuations were planned while Dallas faces flash floods and Trinity River rises above flood stage.
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Sabine
Deweyville
Newton
Orange
Tex
Trinity River
Texas
Trinity
Gladewater
Delmer Lee Lake
Burkburnett
Paradise Creek
Vernon
Ronnie Wyatt
Longview
Newton County
Weather Bureau
Melvan Farrar
Storm Cellar Club Holds Frequent Informal Reunions
In Mangum Oklahoma the Shortgrass Storm Cellar Association meets in storm cellars during warnings. Members gather in bathtubs and house coats, with 37 meeting at the Houck home and others at Avery and Heatly cellars. Neighbors open their underground shelters for visits.
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Storm Cellar Club
Mangum
Okla
Oklahoma
Shortgrass Storm Cellar Assa
Bob Heatly
Downsville Alumni Plan May 10 Meet and Banquet
Here and There Downsville High School Alumni Association schedules an all day program on May 10 at the high school ending with an 8 p.m. banquet. Highlights include sports events and a musical program. All graduates and spouses are invited. Delta Kappa Pi members will mow lawns May 4 and May 11 in the Twin Cities to raise funds for the sorority treasury. Lawn service can be arranged by calling FA 2-9395 or FA 2-0320.
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Downsville High School Alumni Association
Delta Kappa Pi
Twin Cities
Establishment of Two Working Fellowships in Grad Government
A note indicates the creation of two working fellowships in graduate government studies. Continued on Page Three.
United States preserves NATO defense plans in full
Secretary of State Dulles told NATO ministers that President Eisenhower wants no changes to U S defense plans for 1957 and that the United States will not cut its forces unlike Britain The talk occurred at Bad Godesberg during a three day NATO session with Dulles cautioning against Soviet propaganda and urging continued deterrence through atomic power.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Washington
NATO Council
NATO
Britain
Europe
Bad Godesberg
Foreign Ministry
Russia
West
Red River Crest Watched Closely
Shreveport residents monitor the Red River as forecasts show a 32-33 foot crest, well under flood stage. About 100 evacuees linger between river and levee while Caddo Lake spills into Twelve Mile Bayou. Sabine River rise prompts evacuations at Logansport and a 10 foot levee built to shield a chicken hatchery.
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Shreveport
Caddo Lake
Twelve Mile Bayou
Logansjport
Parole, reprieves prompt clash with Louisiana governor
In Marksville Avoyelles Parish officials protest Gov. Earl Long's reprieves and parole actions, saying they interfere with justice. They cite Louis A. Fontenot's three month reprieve and Ed Clark's four month parole, plus a pardon for Gaston Marcotte, while Long defends his decisions.
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Francis J. Gremillion
Charles A. Riddle Jr
F. C. Didier Jr
Louis A. Fontenot
Simmesport
Ed’ Clark
Bunkie
Gaston Marcotte
Moreauvile
Gremillion
Long
Baton Rouge
Fontenot
Riddle
Free State of Avoyelles
Supree
McLeod Nomination Clears Senate Committee 9-6
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Scott McLeod’s nomination to be ambassador to Ireland by a 9-6 vote on the committee’s third day of consideration. Chairman Green questioned McLeod’s fit, while Sen. Long supported the nomination as Republicans appeared aligned in favor. A vote on Henry J. Taylor for Switzerland was also anticipated.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Scott McLeod
Ireland
McLeod
State Department
Green
D-Ri
Sen
Long
Henry J. Taylor
Switzerland
Man Plunges To Death From 23-Story Bank Building
In New Orleans a 55 year old man leaped from a high ledge of the Hibernia Bank Building and crashed onto a nearby roof, creating a hole in the ceiling. Identified as Thomas E. Dunner from a bank book found on his clothing, the deposit showed over 100 dollars. A watchman witnessed the fall at 10 30 a m and said wind carried the body about 50 feet to the adjacent roof. The man wore a white shirt and khaki trousers.
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New Orleans
Hibernia Bank
Thomas E. Dunner
Birds Find Haven In Monroe Legally Protected By The Law
Dr. Katherine Foster extols birds as essential to nature and human life in Monroe. She notes Louisiana hosts 377 species within bayous, wetlands, and forests and urges conservation while describing birds’ ecological roles and joyous pastime value for all ages.
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Monroe
Katherine Michel Foster
The
News-Star
Louisiana
Foster
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