Legislature Opens 30 Day Fiscal Session Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Legislature began a 30 day fiscal session at noon with Governor Karl Long to address a joint session at 8 p.m. His budget aims at about 470 million state dollars, over 500 million with federal aid, reflecting roughly a 35 million increase. Speaker Robert Angelle noted the plan. officials favor purse tight budgeting and no new taxes. Some expect 10 to 15 day session, though officials doubt it.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Karl Long
Long
Robert Angelle
Sen. F. E. Cole
Administration
Probers Question Beck Deals as Teamsters Chief Faces Pressure
Senate Rackets Committee called Roy Fruehauf and A M Burke to testify on whether Beck sought favors for his Teamsters business. Kennedy cautioned the witnesses do not imply wrongdoing. Teamster sources say Beck may resign or retire by August 1 amid fund controversy and leadership pressure.
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Washington
Dave Beck
Senate
Beck
Teamster
Roy Fruehauf
Fruehauf Trailer Co
A. M. Burke
The
Occidental Insurance Co
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamster Union
United Press
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Urges Use Of Pledged Funds for Highways in Louisiana
Louisiana highway leaders urge immediate use of cash pledged for future projects and to replace it by dedicating future revenues. Rep. Claude Kirkpatrick supports the PAR recommendation to keep the long range program rolling through 1957 58 without extra appropriations. He warns against encumbering funds as revenues rise.
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Baton Rouge
Legislative
State Highway Department
Claude Kirkpatrick
Jefferson Davis Parish
Public Affairs Research Council
Kirkpatrick
Joint Legislative Committee
Highway Department
Mrs Wilkerson Dies in Monroe at 86
Mrs India Wilkerson 86 of Monroe died in St Francis Hospital. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Tuesday Peters Funeral Chapel with Rev J T Horton and Rev George W Pomery officiating. Interment Riverview Burial Park. Born Randolph Alabama January 27 1871 she lived in Monroe 32 years and was a longtime member of Monroe First Baptist Church. Survived by four brothers three sons 16 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren and numerous relatives.
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India Wilkerson
South Second Street
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Peters Funeral Chapel
J. T. Horton
George W. Pomeroy
Riverview Burial Park
Wilkerson
Randolph
Ala
Monroe First Baptist Church
Harmon Benton
Leon Pooser
M. C. Reeves
Annabelle Priest
Dallas
Tex
J. D. Wilkerson
Andonald Wilkerson
Reagan Wilkerson
Shreveport
Telephone numbers for newspaper departments
A notice lists phone lines for Editorial Circulation Classified and composing room services. It specifies hours from 5 p m to 8 a m on weekdays and noon Saturday to 8 a m Monday and on holidays.
Southerners Block Civil Rights Action in Senate
Southern senators again blocked any action by the Senate Judiciary Committee on civil rights legislation. Senator Hennings aimed to convene meetings through Thursday for a decisive vote, but could not secure floor time as Senator Ervin held the floor during a 90 minute closed session and Eastland ruled motions out of order after 12 o'clock.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Sen
Hennings
D-Mo
Missouri
Eastland
D-Miss
Ervin
D-Nc
Showers and Heat Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Local thundershowers are forecast for the Northeast Louisiana area today with no important temperature changes. Noon temperature around 84, after a low of 72 overnight. Yesterday's highs ranged 85 at Lake Charles to 89 at Shreveport and Baton Rouge. Lows last night 71 to 74. Tonight's low 68 to 73, tomorrow's high 84 to 88.
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Louisiana
Lake Charles
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Alexandria
Johnson Receives High Public Health Service Awards
E. B. Johnson of Ouachita Parish Health unit in Monroe earned three public health service honors. He has 41 years in public health and 28 years in his current role as chief state entomologist. Awards include the American Public Health Association 40 year service award, Agnes Morris Memorial Award, and Louisiana Health Association 20 year service pin.
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E. B. Johnson
Department of Health
Ouachita Parish
Johnson
Monroe
American Public Health Association
United States
Agnes Morris
Louisiana Department of Health
Louisiana Health Association
Association
Supreme Court Reverses Convictions in Communist Case
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 2 decision, reversed the convictions of Shirley Kremen Samuel Irving Coleman and Sidney Steinberg for aiding a federal offender by hiding Robert G. Thompson after he jumped bail in 1950. The ruling cites illegal search and seizure by FBI agents, granting a new trial. Justices Burtin and Clark dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert G. Thompson
California
FBI
Charles E. Whittaker
Shirley Kremen
Samuel Irving Coleman
Sidney Steinberg
Thompson
Twain Harte, Callif
Coleman
Steinberg
Miss Margaret Nixon Places Second in Southern Essay Contest
Washington High School senior Margaret Ellen Nixon of Natchez won second prize in the southern district essay contest sponsored by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Crevitt of Natchez, formerly of Monroe, and plans nursing training at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg this summer.
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Margaret Ellen Nixon
Washington High School
Natchez
Monroe
Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Association
Nixon
R. M. Crevitt
Crevitt
Clara Lucile Flacey
Mercy Hospital
Vicksburg
Miss
Clerks of Court Association Set Convention in New Orleans
About 150 clerks and deputies are expected for the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association convention in New Orleans May 16 17 18 announced by Julius B Sellers Hahnville La president. Registration runs 10 a m to 5 p m Thursday at the Monteleone Hotel with convention headquarters. General business sessions and a social hour buffet supper and dancing at the Southern Yacht Club are planned.
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Louisiana Clerks of Court Association
New Orleans
Julius B. Sellers
Hahnville
Monteleone
Southern Yacht Club
Senator Davis to revive right to work push in Louisiana
Baton Rouge Sen. Jackson B. Davis announced plans to introduce a constitutional version of the bill outlawing compulsory labor union membership. Rep. Horace Lynn Jones proposes a five mill property tax to help parishes fund teacher salaries, filling a pay gap.
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Baton Rouge
Jackson B. Davis
Teachers See $640 Pay Rise In Ouachita Parish
Public school teachers in Ouachita parish gain an average $640 for the current school year. Monroe city system shows a similar rise. PAR data show statewide average teacher increases of $621, with principals and assistant principals also rising.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe City
Parish
Cty
Public Affairs Research Council
Louisiana
Juachita Parish
Orleans Parish
Claiborne
Concordia
Franklin
Lincoln
East Carroll
Jackson
la Salle
Morehouse
LaSalle
Madison
Quachita
Richland
Tensas
Union
West Carroll
Winn
City of Monroe
Ovuichita
Levee Breach and Tornado Toll Hit Three Texas Cities
Emergency crews from Lampasas, Paris and Waco battled floods and twisters after a ruptured levee sent a 10 foot wall of water through Lampasas. Three feared dead, 50 blocks flooded, 300 homeless, 5000 residents affected, and widespread property damage as tornado and flood reports spread across North Texas. Red Cross sheltered 300 at a Baptist church while relief efforts organized from Austin and Waco.
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Lampasas
Tex
Werso
Eigh
Chanceford Sterling
Red Cross
St. Louis
Austin
Waco
Highway Patrol
BE. K. Browning
Fort Hood
Texas
Paris
Dallas
Department of Public Safety
Lamar Fite
Brazos
The
City of
Temple
Vic
Italian Mille Miglia tragedy claims thirteen lives
The Mille Miglia near Mantua turns fatal as a Ferrari driven by Marquis Alfonso de Portago crashes into spectators. Co driver Edmund Nelson also dies. Goetgens dies in Florence after car skid. The event halts amid calls for safety reforms and a shift in European road racing.
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Brescia
Italy
Alfonso de Portago
Mantua
Josef Goetigens
Florence
de Portago
Carl McDaniel
Greenville
5. C. Bes
New York
Edmund
Eddy) Nelson
Beloit
Wis
Paris
Europe
Family of Four Dies in Ohio Turnpike Wreck
Four members of a Pennsylvania family perished when a Greyhound bus rear collided with their station wagon on the Ohio Turnpike west of Youngstown. The wagon exploded in flames. bus driver Edward Bukosky, 30, of Pittsburgh, was jailed on traffic manslaughter and following too closely charges. He posted $1,000 bond. a Thursday hearing was set.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Greyhound
State Highway Patrol
Murray Lockard Sr
Blairsville
Mary Jane
James Maurice
Beth Jane
Edward Bukosky
Pittsburgh
Earl M. Roudebush
Cyanfield
Bukosky
Cleveland
W. T. McKibben
Eastern Greyhound Lines
McKibben
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Stanford Furniture Co
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Tom C. Clark
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