Graham Opens Six Week Crusade At Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham launches a six week crusade in New York with the opening service at Madison Square Garden. The event features a 1500 voice choir and loudspeakers for overflow crowds as the evangelist seeks a revival of religious dedication in the city.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Graham
New York City
Phillips Elliott
Protestant Council of
New Orleans Judge Rules Segregation Laws Unconstitutional
U S District Judge J Shelly Wright declares all city and state laws enforcing racial segregation in City Park and on street cars and buses unconstitutional. He will issue permanent injunctions to halt enforcement. extensión of minimum wage provisions to agriculture could bankrupt U S agricultural system warns Louisiana Farm Bureau president L M Lovell before a House subcommittee. Tension rises in Louisiana House Screening Committee over smoker tax deduction bill with a 6 4 vote against it and delays final decision to Monday.
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New Orleans
U. S
J. Shelly Wright
Wright
L. M. Lovell
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
House
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Visa to Russian Wife of Samuel Hawkins Approved
Hong Kong authorities said they would issue a visa to the Russian wife of American defector Samuel Hawkins so she could travel here and seek permission to join her husband in the United States.
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Hong Kong
Samuel Hawkins
United States
Eloped Oldsters Start New Life in Denver
An Indiana couple aged 84 and 88, Ellen Belle Utley and William Sanford Utley, eloped after their children mocked their romance. They plan to settle in Denver, stating they can be independent with nest eggs and do not intend to return to Indiana. The elopement was kept secret from their son.
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Denver
Indiana
Ellen Belle Utley
William Sandford Utley
Segregation Unveiled In Pa Schools
Gov. George M. Leader ordered a survey on segregation in Pennsylvania schools after three districts admitted keeping Negro and white students apart in elementary classes. The Coatesville area districts in Kennett Township disclosed the practice, prompting officials to seek enforcement action.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George M. Leader
Charles H. Boehm
Leader
Coatesville
Philadelphia
Calhoun Senior Class Talent Show Friday Night
Calhoun high school presents a talent show Friday at 7 30 set to raise funds for the senior class. Admission is 50 and 25 cents with proceeds benefiting the class fund.
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Calhoun
St John's Church Names 21 New Members for Sunday Reception
Twenty one new members will be honored at a reception this Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the J R Hood home on Loop Road. Merle Edwards chairs a membership committee of six which has planned an active year round program.
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St. John’s Christian Church
J. R. Hood
Loop Road
Merle Edwards
Levy Hutchins Elected President of the Man
Levy Hutchins has been elected president of the Man, succeeding prior leadership and signaling a shift in the organization’s direction. The vote confirms Hutchins as head of the group and sets the stage for upcoming initiatives and governance changes.
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Levy Hutchins
The
Man
Cloudy Skies Bring Showers Across Northeast Louisiana
After a turbulent weather day in Northeast Louisiana, forecasters expect more cloudy skies with widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. A reported 0.44 inch rainfall at Selman Field Monroe contrasts with widespread flooding across the parish. Ouachita River rose to 42.16 feet, above the 40 foot flood stage, as 16,000 acres remained underwater. Local roads, including state route 562, faced water coverage. Ouachita Parish agent J J Joyce Jr notes extensive farmland submerged.
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Louisiana
CAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Jonesville
Columbia
Wisner
Ft. Necessity
J. J. Joyce
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
U. S
Nonfiscal survey bill fails in Louisiana House panel
The House Screening Committee rejected Rep. J. Marshall Brown’s 100000 nonfiscal state survey bill as nonfiscal. Brown urged moving the bill to the Appropriations Committee, while Gov Ear Long backing awaited floor action.
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Baton Rouge
House Screening Committee
J. Marshall Brown
New Orleans
Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Wayne Gaudin
Peter Martes
House
Rep. Gaudin
Rep. Brown
Brown
Ear Long
Citizens Commission
Louisiana Legislative Council
Senate
John Lewis
League of Women Voters
Louisiana Police Jury Assn
Louisiana Sheriffs Assn
Louisiana Municipal Assn
Louisiana State Bar Assn
Eisenhower Warns on Defense Cuts and Budget Pressures
President Eisenhower warned that cutting defense spending risks national trouble as Congress mulls a 27 billion cut to the Defense Department. He said further $2 billion reductions would require clear justification and defended the $71.8 billion overall budget in a news conference amid questions on Modern Republicanism and Israel policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House Appropriations
Defense Department
Hisenhower
Department
House
Israel
Plunge Fatal To J. Accardo Of Monroe
A 61 year old Monroe man Joe Accardo died after leaping from a sixth floor window at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Shreveport. He was admitted May 8 and was to be discharged soon. He left behind a wife seven children and several grandchildren.
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J. Accardo
Monroe
Veterans Administration Hospital
Shreveport
William K. Hinds
Joe Accardo
South First St
Hinds
Accardo
Famils
Leonard
Charles
Joe, Jr
Johnny
Frank
Sidney Accardo
J. T. Loftin
Jaycees Open Convention Here Thursday
Louisiana Junior Chamber of Commerce holds its Monroe convention with a Friday opening session for statewide candidate presentations and social events. John Holland attends. 5 p.m. officer elections planned. Walter Wiesman to speak at the banquet. Sunday closes with committee reports and by-law amendments.
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Louisiana Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monroe
Ouachita River
American Legion
Virginia
John Holland
Walter Wiesman
Frances Hotel
Resolutions Committee
James C. Ussery
Explosion at Daniel Cleaners in Bossier City
An explosion shattered windows and destroyed sewing equipment at Daniel Cleaners in Bossier City Louisiana. Tech Sgt Frazier O Granger a demolition expert at Barksdale Air Force Base said the blast was not accidental.
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Bossier City
Daniel Cleaners
Frazier O Granger
Barksdale Air Force Base
Million in Oil Plans Stolen From Venezuelan Visitor
Dr. Ferraro Carraro of Caracas Latin American oil and mining firm reports theft in a New Orleans motel. He says a bar acquaintance drugged him and fled with $30,000 in cash and travelers checks, $1 million in oil development plans, two pearl stickpins, a watch, a blue steel handgun, passport, and papers. He seeks help from the Venezuelan consulate, state department, and FBI.
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New Orleans
Ferraro Carraro
Caracas
Venezuela
South America
American State Department
FBI
FBI To Join In the Search For the Thief. Dr. Carraro
Carrara
Grandmother Graduates With Honors From Wilburton High
Wilburton Oklahoma Mrs. John Lucas a 46 year old grandmother graduated with top honors from Wilburton High School. She earned valedictorian with a 7.3 out of 8 grade average and will attend Eastern A&M College to become a teacher on a scholarship. Her daughter LaDawn witnessed the ceremony.
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Wilburton
Okla
John Lucas
Wilburton High School
LaDawn
Lucas
Beck Accused Of Stealing Union Funds, Testimony Alleges
Senate investigators heard testimony alleging Teamsters Union President Dave Beck stole more than 322000 from the union rather than borrowing it. A mortgage official testified Beck’s 1951 statement lists no union loan, while a 273000 loan was sought from a related insurer. A committee counsel said the evidence implies theft rather than borrowing.
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Washington
Senate
Teamster
Dave Beck
A. M. Burke
Mortgage Loan Department
Occidental Life Insurance Co
Los Angeles
Beck
Burke
First National Bank of Seattle
Teamster Union Insurance
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Two Prison Terms and Suspensions In Court Here
Judge David I. Garrett in Fourth District Court handed prison terms to L. D. Maginnis and John Edward Goodman for theft and forgery respectively. LeRoy McNeese and Shelby McNeese received three year suspended terms for simple burglary plus one year penitentiary counts, nonconcurrent with probation. Louis Edward Smith and W. W. Thompson received suspended sentences with probation and fines. Thompson also faces three year terms on four counts and $250 fines. Additional sentences include James Mays for aggravated battery and three people fined for disturbing the peace. Kate White Williams and Smith Williams received 30 days for vagrancy.
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David I. Garrett
Angola
L. D. Maginnis
John Edward Goodman
Maginnis
Goodman
LeRoy McNeese
Shelby McNeese
Jeil
Louis Edward Smith
W. W. Thompson
Louisiana
Thompson
James Mays
Helen C. English
Landers Mays
James Riley
Kate White Williams
Smith Williams
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