Winds Whip Fires Across Northeast States
A major forest fire near Plymouth Massachusetts was brought under control but fears linger as heat and drought persist. Firefighters battled multiple blazes from Pennsylvania to New England, with towns evacuated and thousands of acres scorched. Forecasters warned of rekindling embers amid dry conditions and no expected rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivere Goddard
Leo C. Donovan
Manomet
Mass
Associated Press
Plymouth
Route 3
Boston
Cape Cod
Pennsylvania
New England
Quebec
Ontario
Stroudsburg
Jefferson
Clarion
New Jersey
Compromise Housing Bill Wins 1st Round
The House approved a bipartisan compromise housing bill to ease down payments on FHA insured loans and boost mortgage credit. It allocates 250 million for slum clearance and urban renewal plus another 250 million for housing for military personnel the elderly and others. An amendment limited future starts of low cost public housing to displacements from slum clearance and urban redevelopment. The vote was 172 to 142.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
Cancer Survivals On Rise At Charity Hospital
A Charity Hospital of Louisiana survey of 12 488 cancer patients treated since 1948 shows five year survival at 28 percent. Men 23 percent, women 33 percent. Early treatment yields 53 percent cure, regional spread 22 percent, distant spread 2 percent. Skin cancers 65 percent cured, lung 9 percent, stomach 10 percent. Site figures include mouth 35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Charity Hospital of Louisiana
Scattered Rain and Warmth Predicted for Today
The weatherman forecast scattered showers and possible thunderstorms with no definite rain forecast. Temperatures were expected to range from 65 to 80 or 90 degrees, while this morning’s reading at 10 am showed 77 to 68 degrees before daylight.
Wreck Fatal To J. Shirley of Winnsboro
The body of 24 year old James Shirley of Winnsboro Route 3 was found pinned beneath his demolished car at Tremont Bottom ten miles east of Ruston on Highway 80. Autopsy to determine time of death. injuries include fractured skull and left leg fractures. Three witnesses reported the wreck and alerted Kilpatrick’s Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Winnsboro
Tremont Bottom
James Shirley
Lincoln Parish
J. J. Bennett
Shirley
Tremont Creek
Chowdrant
Kilpatrick
Heroic Father and Son Drown After River Rescue
In Grundy Virginia a father David Blankenship 34 and his son Thurman 14 drowned in the Levisa River after the father saved Lydia Endicott 14 from drowning. They were fishing one mile south of Grundy when the girl toppled in and the tragedy occurred as the father went back for his son and became entangled in fishing lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
UPI
Levisa
David Blankenship
Thurman
Harmon
Lydia Endicott
Blankenship
Perfidies In Profits Alleged In Beck Case
Senate investigators heard testimony that Teamsters President Dave Beck and a Seattle mortgage banker split over eleven thousand dollars from a fund raised by unions for the widow of Beck’s close friend. Hedlund testified Beck acted as trustee for The Ray Leheney Memorial Fund and received a share of brokerage fees tied to union mortgage investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Senate
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Beck
Seattle
Donal Hedlund
Ray Leheney
Hedlund
Leheney
American Federation of Labor
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Leheney Memorial Fund
Robert Kennedy
Teamsters
Building inspector Awl ordered to rest after leg clot
Monroe building inspector Sam H. Awl was told by his physician to stay in bed for at least a week due to a blood clot in his leg. He resides at 109 Malvern street. His office will continue issuing building permits during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam H. Awl
Monroe
Awl
Malvern Street
Atomic Energy Exhibit to Tour Parish High Schools
The Atomic World exhibit by the U S Atomic Energy Commission will visit Ouachita Parish High School Thursday and West Monroe High School Friday. Sourced from the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies in Tennessee it aims to spark interest in peacetime atomic energy uses among principals and science teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Parish
Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Museum
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Ouachita Parish Men Honored for Years of Service
Three Ouachita parish men were among several honored by the selective service division for long service. T. C. Bancroft Sr received a 15 year award. The piece notes another worker from Ouachita and indicates continuation on the next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Selective Service Division
T. C. Bancroft, Sr
Oua
Pive-A
Colombians Celebrate as Rojas Is Ousted in Bloodshed
In Bogota a flood of opposition drove Gustavo Rojas Pinilla from power as troops cleared the plaza leaving at least 30 dead. A military junta was formed to govern and call elections. Riots across major cities raised the death toll, with crowds demanding civilian leadership.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Rojas
Capitol
San Carlos Palace
Plaza Bolivar
Gabriel Paris
Ideogracias Fonseca
Adm
Ruben Piedrahita
Rafael Navas Pardo
Last Two Members of Bandit Gang Captured in Laurel
Laurel Mississippi police captured the last two suspects from a bold bank holdup during a diamond jubilee celebration. Jesse Easterling and J B Hawkins were arrested in separate raids after the gang leader Sullivan surrendered earlier. About $4300 of the loot was turned over by Sullivan, with additional money recovered from Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel, Miss
Laurel
Jesse Woodruff Easterling
Alabama
Kilby State
J. B. Hawkins
Charles Lawrence Sullivan
Syracuse
N. Y
FBI
Easterling
Lucedale
Miss
Hawkins
Jones County
Hankins
Forrest County
Hattiesburg
Sullivan
Laurel City
First National Bank
Soil Bank Funds Suffer Deep Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee cut 272.6 million from Eisenhower budget requests, largely by trimming soil bank funds paid to farmers for reducing plantings. The panel urged deeper cuts next year and prepared a 3.69 billion dollar agriculture bill with a 2.08 billion cost for price supports, signaling major restraint in farm spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
White House
House
Agriculture Department
Senate
Congress
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Department
Soil ‘Bank
Soil and Water
Soil Bank
Clarence Community Isolated by Red River Floods
In Clarence Louisiana residents on an island in the business district brace against 15 feet of floodwater as the Red River crest subsides. Deputy Sheriff Collier Smith warns backwaters may rise for weeks, contingent on releases from the Denison Texas dam. Relief awaits washouts and potential rain, with Alexandria currently eight feet over flood stage.
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Clarence
Upp
Red River
Natchitoches
Collier Smith
Smith
Denison
Tex
Earl Morris
Natchitoches Parish
Ryains
Alexandria
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Charity
J. Shirley
Bill Martin
Jerry Farrar
Alaska
Martin
Virginia
Ike
Melvin (Curley) Hewitt
Hewitt
Mabel Verrett
Brentwood Veterans Hospital
Atomics
Gener
Bandit Gang
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