Violent Storm Toll Rises Across Nation
Weekend storms left 13 dead and at least 270 injured with millions in property damage. In Ohio Cleveland area winds up to 70 mph caused several million in damage. Flint Michigan reported 12 to 20 million. Michigan tornadoes killed six and injured over 200. Authorities warn of further flood threats as page continues.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Michigan
Flint
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rocky River
Frank P. Celeste
Lakewood
Conservatives Win Eight Seats In Austrian Election
In Austria the Conservative People's party gained eight seats to 82, bringing the coalition option with the Socialists to form a renewed government. The Socialists rose to 75, while the Freedom League fell to 5 and the Communists to 3.
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Vienna
Austria
Julius Raab
Adolf Schaerf
Socialist Party
Raab
Theodor Koerner
Freedom League
People’s Party
Communists
One Juror Chosen In Perry Trial At Winnsboro
In Winnsboro on May 14 a trial began for Claude Perry 20a old Negro charged with aggravated rape of a 44 year old white woman. Only Webb McManus was accepted as juror so far. Two more jurors were examined with one excused by the defense and one by the state over capital punishment views. The victim and her two children attended the proceedings.
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Winnsboro
Claude Perry
Webb McManus
Forest Fire Prevention PSA Turns Up In Louisiana
A public notice in the Louisiana section urges residents to keep the state green and prevent forest fires. The message appears among amusements and society items, emphasizing caution during dry periods and outdoor activities.
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Louisiana
Long-led Louisiana Legislature Faces Taxes Segregation and Work
Baton Rouge AP reports Governor-elect Earl K Long will steer a 60 day session opening with focus on new taxes segregation and right to work. House and Senate will vote leaders and convene joint sessions as Long shifts into governorship amid pre session moves on taxes and civil rights policy.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
House
Senate
Long To Take Office Tuesday For 3rd Time
Earl E. Long will be sworn in as Louisiana governor for the third time in a simple ceremony on the Capitol steps. Chief Justice John B. Fournet will administer the oath, followed by an inaugural address. Telecast coverage marks the first gubernatorial inauguration shown on TV.
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Baton Rouge
Earl E. Long
Louisiana
Kingfish
Huey P. Long
John B. Fournet
State Supreme Court
Long
New Orleans
Robert Kennon
Paul Butler
Capitol
Third Street
Weather forecast for Twin Cities with storms expected
The Twin Cities area remains partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Temperatures ranged from 87 degrees at 11 30 a m to 71 in the early morning hours. tonight's low 64 degrees, highs 83 to 87 degrees Tuesday. Noon pollen count was 76.
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Twin Cities
Woman fires on prowler during burglary attempt in Monroe
A Black man around 50 identified as Israel Taylor was charged with attempted burglary after being struck by a .16 gauge safety weapon fired by the house occupant. City Detective W A Haywood helped arrest Taylor after the Friday night break in on Lidell Street near Haywood's home. The homeowner fired three rounds as the prowler tried to enter by removing a window screen.
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Monroe
Hugh Tolbert
W. A. Haywood
Israel Taylor
Lidell Street
Haywood
Tolbert
Auto inventories swell as April production cuts miss goal
Automo tive News shows dealers holding 902 270 new cars on May 1, up from 898 669 on April 1 and just 1 519 below March’s record. Factory output in Jan–April 1955 fell to 2 291 000, with overall 1956 prospects seen as near 6.7 million despite cuts.
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David J. Wilkie
Detroit
Automotive News
Kennon Declines 1950s Senate Run Against Long
Baton Rouge reports that outgoing Gov. Robert Kennon will not seek the U S Senate seat against Sen. Russell Long. Long plans re election, with inauguration set for tomorrow. Kennon announces law firm launch and moves to Baton Rouge, ending speculation of a campaign.
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Kennon
Russell
Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
U. S. Senate
Russel Long
D-La
Long
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Plant Explosion Injures Three At Oak Ridge Facility
An explosion at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge Tennessee critically injured three Union Carbide Nuclear Co. workers. A non nuclear blast occurred while they cleared zirconium scrap in a salvage yard, about 30 feet from exploding drums. The injured are A L Lyons G R Myers and W R Stooksbury all taken to Oak Ridge hospital.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
A.L. Lyons
G.R. Myers
W. R. Stooksbury
Union Carbide Nuclear Co
Oak Ridge Hospital
Knights of Columbus to hold 51st state convention in New Orleans
The Knights of Columbus plan their 51st state convention in New Orleans May 26 to 28. About 1,500 people are expected, with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc of Washington DC as a featured speaker and director of the National Catholic Welfare Conference Family Life Bureau.
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New Orleans
Knights of Columbus
Irving A. DeBlanc
Washington, D. C
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Family Life Bureau
Eden faces sharp grilling over missing frogman Crabb
London MPs prepare for a Commons debate on Prime Minister Eden's handling of the Lionel Crabb case. Labor demands full details of the retired diver's activities near Soviet warships in Portsmouth Harbor as Russia accuses spying and Eden cites unauthorized conduct.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Lionel Crabb
Portsmouth Harbor
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Crabb
LMA Backing Four City Tax Bills in Louisiana Legislature
Louisiana Municipal Assn plans support with Gov elect Earl Long for four tax-raising bills to aid cities. Proposed laws include higher pari mutuel taxes on Fair Grounds betting, liquor tax increase, a 2 percent local utilities tax, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to 10 mills property tax.
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Baton Rouge
Curt Siegelin
Bogalusa
Louisiana Municipal Assn
Earl Long
New Orleans
Long
Clift in fair condition after Hollywood crash
Montgomery Clift remained in satisfactory condition at Cedars of Lebanon hospital after his sedan struck a telephone pole following a party at Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding home. Rock Hudson and Kevin McCarthy assisted in pulling him from the wreckage. concussion and facial injuries reported.
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Hollywood
Montgomery Clift
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding
Clift
Rock Hudson
New York
Kevin McCarthy
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Tidelands Oil Squabble Goverment to File Suit Over Lease Order
The Interior Department plans to file suit in federal court in Lake Charles to overturn a temporary injunction halting offshore tidelands leasing near Louisiana. Judge Edwin F. Hunter will review any order at 2 p.m. officials said. The Bureau of Land Management sent staff to New Orleans to push ahead with the Louisiana shore leases, with Edward Woozley noting a possible change of plans on solicitor advice.
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Washington
Interior Department
Federal District Court
Lake Charles
Louisiana
New Orleans
District Court
Edwin F. Hunter
Hunter
Bureau of Land Management
Edward Woozley
Bureau
J. Reuel Armstrong
Justice
Four White Men Charged Over Black Teen Abduction Near Magnolia
Four white men from south Mississippi are accused of holding against her will a 16 year old Black girl who was abducted from her home around 4 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say charges will be filed later. the group visited an amusement park before driving to a tenant house near the Bogue Chitto River swamps. The girl reports sexual assault by three of the men, who are from Tylertown and McComb. The mother notified Sheriff James May of Walthall.
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Magnolia
Miss
Mississippi
Tylertown
McComb
Farmerville Man Feared Drowned
The American Legion truck aided a noon search for 74 year old Jess Joiner of Farmerville after his empty motorboat was found rammed against the D Arbonne Bayou bank near the Farmerville Ruston bridge. The sheriff's department and local residents looked for Joiner who went out fishing around 6 a.m. today.
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American Legion
Jess Joiner
Farmerville
D’arbonne Bayou
Joiner
Farmerville-Ruston Bridge
D’arbonne
Sheriff's Department
Union performers clash with Ringling Bros in Boston battle of the big tops
The American Guild of Variety Artists opens a rival circus in Boston ahead of Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey as unions plan pickets during its six day Boston Garden run. AGVA seeks life and hospitalization insurance for dangerous acts and cites visa related deportation as leverage. International Brotherhood of Teamsters backs AGVA in bargaining rights.
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Boston
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
Jackie Bright
American Guild of Variety Artists
Barnum & Bailey
Union Circus
Boston Arena
John Ringling North
Boston Garden
Bright
North
AGWA
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York
Freighter Splits Lumber Ship in Two Off Monterey Coast
A 10 000 ton freighter Marine Leopard rammed the lumber schooner Howard Olson eight miles south of Point Sur. Three Olson crewmen were killed and two more are presumed dead after 22 survivors were rescued and search efforts continued. A seriously injured man was airlifted to Monterey naval dispensary as the Olson sank.
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Monterey
Calif
Howard Olson
Los Angeles
Coos Bay
Ore
Marine Leopard
Point Sur
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Monterey Bay
Four Teens Arrested After Stolen Car Wreck
Four New Orleans teenagers were arrested after a stolen car they drove collided with a city dump truck near Northeast Louisiana State College. The youths fled on foot but were found hiding near the Sherrouse residence and taken into custody. They face federal charges for transporting a stolen automobile across state lines under the Dyer Act. The group includes two 15 year olds, a 13 year old, and a 16 year old.
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Sheriff's Department
New Orleans
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Grant
Sherrouse
New Or
Supreme Court declines to rule on Lucy case
The Supreme Court refused to rule on a University of Alabama challenge to an order forcing admission of Autherine Lucy and other qualified Negro students. The university argued Judge H H Grooms in Birmingham lacked authority and that federal law requires a three judge district court for such actions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
University of Alabama
Autherine J. Lucy
University
U. S
H. H. Grooms
Birmingham
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John Harding
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