Infant Perishes In Arkansas House Fire
A four month old girl died in a Strong Arkansas house fire when a jammed door trapped her escaping mother. The mother and neighbors attempted rescue as flames engulfed the four room frame residence. Origin of fire unknown but suspected from a gas heater or electricity. funeral plans in Camden, Arkansas.
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Ark
Jo Marie Perry
Jean
William R. Perry
Hershal Brazzel
Jo Marie
Brazzel
Frank Corbitt
Highway 129
Tommie Bradley
Camden, Ark
Strong
Josephine Reskus
Fairfield, Conn
Hawaii
Body Of Young Fisherman Still Missing After River Search
Firemen recovered no body as they dragged the Ouachita River near Bosco for 22 year old John Max Takewell, feared drowned after his boat drifted away while he examined nets. Takewell was last seen chatting with his brother in law at 2 45 PM Sunday before vanishing.
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Riverton Locks
Takewell
Hackney
Ernest Hackney
Bosco
Hackneys
Area wrecks leave eight injured across two crashes
Two separate accidents north and east of Monroe sent eight people to area hospitals. The most seriously hurt include John W. Thrasher and Mrs Mary Thrasher of West Monroe and John H Harvey of Jackson Mississippi. State police await investigation and potential charges against Harvey.
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Monroe
Ruston
Ruston Hospital
John W. Thrasher
Mary Louise Thrasher
West Monroe
John H. Harvey
Jackson
Miss
St. Francis Hospital
John Henry Mann, Jr
Rayville
Harvey
Johnny Smith
St. Francis
John Hennen, Jr
Hodge Street
Thrashers
Harveys
Young Smith
Thrasher
Shreveport
Lincoln Parish
Mary Thrasher
Trasher
Johnny
Mann
Hennen
Oklahoma! produced at Columbus Little Theatre by Harriet Brooks
Harriet Brooks directs Oklahoma at the Columbus Mississippi Little Theatre. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Robert H. Brooks of Monroe. L P Eddie McLane of Louisiana Tech, health service director and professor, was invited to speak at the Quiatcha Parish High School Alumni banquet later this month.
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Harriet Brooks
Mississippi State College For Women
Columbus, Miss. Little Theatre
Robert H. Brooks
Monroe
L. P
Eddie) McLane
Louisiana Tech
Quachita Parish
McLane
AFL-CIO charges Beck and Brewster with union fund misuse
The AFL-CIO levelled charges against Teamster President Dave Beck and Vice-President Frank Brewster for using union funds for personal purposes and for personal profit. Syd Brennan faced corrupt activities charges, with the entire Teamsters leadership accused of inaction. The 22 page bill of particulars accompanied hearings on union domination by corrupt influence. Beck called the accusations a medieval inquisition while demanding specifics. The hearing, held behind closed doors at AFL-CIO headquarters, began with Beck in a jovial mood posing for photographers.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Teamster
Dave Beck
Frank Brewster
Teamsters
Sydney Brennan
Minneapolis
Ethical Practices Committee
Hunt
Beck
Teamsters Executive Board
Convention Opens as Louisiana Poultry Grows Fast
The Louisiana Poultry Improvement Association opens its annual convention in Monroe with more than 250 registrants amid a booming industry now worth about 35 million dollars annually. Clyde Ingram of LSU outlines rapid changes in production and marketing as experts from LSU, UGA, Tennessee and the National Broiler Council outline vertical integration contracts and industry developments. A banquet closes the day with evening activities planned at Hotel Frances.
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Louisiana Poultry Improvement Association
Clyde Ingram
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Division
Association
Hotel Frances
Louisiana
L. D. McGehee
Ruston
The
Poultry Improvement Association
Jacob Lantz
Monroe Ministerial Association
Monroe
Jack) Howard
Norman Efferson
L. S. A. College of Agriculture
Chas. Laurent
University of Georgia
Poultry Department
American Poultry and Hatchery Federation
Don M. Turnmull
Kansas City
A. B. Watts
L. S. A. Poultry Department
E. Q O. Goff
University of Tennessee Poultry Department
Dr. Laurent
National Broiler Council
Frank Frazier
Richmond
E. P. Roy
School Tax Vote Set Tomorrow
Quacilla parish residents outside Monroe will vote on a five mill operation and maintenance tax for the school system for five years. Voting hours and liquor store closures were set by officials as the election nears. The board president called the tax necessary for continued operation and noted exemptions for low‑income homesteads.
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Quacilla Parish
Monroe
Parish
Hugh Balfour
Balfour
Fairbanks
Stall’s
Vandals Blamed For Near Tragedy At Legion Stadium
Monroe recreation chief Jack Hesketh survived a 2400 volt shock when vandals shot insulation bushings with a .22 rifle at Ameri can Legion stadium. The incident halted a boy scout circus and prompted a safety appeal to parents.
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Jack Hesketh
Monroe
American Legion Stadium
Hesketh
Boy Scout Circus
Senate Eulogizes McCarthy as Fearless Fallen Warrior
Senate chaplain lauds Sen Joseph R McCarthy as a fallen warrior for America at a funeral in the Capitol after a Catholic Mass drawing over 1100 at St Matthews Cathedral. McCarthy 48 died of an acute liver ailment. Eisenhower and Nixon officials attended.
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M’carthy
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
William E. Borah
Idaho
Jean Kerr
Capitol
Nixon
Eisenhower
S. Jack Martin
Frederick Brown Harris
Harris
Double Cash Payments to Farmers Hit Soil Bank Watch
House investigators faulted farmers who collected soil bank payments while also receiving crop insurance for the same land. The Agriculture Department blamed the late 1956 law and rushed rules, noting a 1956 peculiarity. Critics cited payments for not planting corn and for switching wheat types, as the department faced funds requests for 1958.
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Washington
House
House Agriculture Appropriations
Federal Soil Bank
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Soil Bank
Subcommittee
Whitten
D-Mass
Asst. Secretary of Agriculture
Marvin L. McLain
Midwest Farm Belt
McLain
Howard J. Doggett
Soil Bank Division
Commodity Stabilization Service
Four Towns Safe Along 60-Mile Front In Red River Battle
Powhatan in Red River Parish held the river with National Guardsmen aid as sandbagging crews worked overnight. Airmen and volunteers checked backwater at East Point while Highway 71 closure between Shreveport and Coushatta disrupted transport. Barksdale AFB crews shifted to Route 1 via Coushatta to reach danger points after 12 hour shifts. Kenneth Watkins led the response as levee protection eased near dawn.
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Shreveport
Powhatan
Here
Red River
National
East Point
Red River Parish
Coushatta
Ninock
Bossier Parish
Barksdale Air Force Base
Fast Point
Star Point
Crichton Lake
R. C. Stecman
National Guard Co. H, 199Th Infantry
Natchitoches
Kenneth Watkins
Riot in Jaroslaw as Polish forces quell military riot
A major uprising in Jaroslaw prompted the deployment of over 1,000 police and troops to quell disturbances near the weekend. Szpander Mlodych reports a possible mutiny with an arrest of a drunken soldier triggering clashes outside a police station.
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Warsaw
Jaroslaw
Poland
Szpander Mlodych
Kuropieska
Army
Cool and fair weather predicted for Twin Cities and weeks
A forecast shows cool and generally fair conditions for the Twin Cities and northeast Louisiana, contrasting last week's daily rain and humidity. Morning temperatures ranged from 48 to a 65 degree high, with today's expected high near 76 and a low around 54, no rain in sight.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
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