Disarmament Talks Near Major Policy Decision
Washington reports two secret meetings as senators note possible progress toward a new disarmament agreement in London. Stassen and Dulles set to brief the Senate Disarmament Subcommittee after NSC discussions. Radford will not attend.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
London
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
White House
National Security Council
Stassen
Dulles
Senate
Teacher Squabble Over Gas Tax Ties Chair Role
Louisiana Teachers Assn leader urged Marvin W Bass to resign as United School Committee chair if he opposes the proposed one and a half cent per 1000 cubic feet gas gathering tax to fund a teacher pay raise. The committee backed the tax as part of the 1956 pay plan, with Gov Earl Long to call a special session if two thirds support exists.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Teachers Assn
Marvin W. Bass
United School Committee
Wimberly
Shreveport
Bass
LTA House of Delegates
Earl Long
Long
Caddo Parish
Louisiana School Boards Assn
Kennon backs anti Long pick for 1960 governor race
New Orleans States reports former Governor Robert F. Kennon seeks support for Baton Rouge Mayor President Jack Christian as the 1960 anti Long candidate. Kennon plans a statewide organization with Farmerville dealer Fred Preaus as a Senate candidate, while B R Patton may be the incumbent senator in the district. The get together at Kennon’s home followed an April 27 gridiron dinner where Christian was introduced.
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New Orleans
Robert F. Kennon
Jack Christian
Baton Rouge
Kennon
Christian
Minden
Fred Preaus
Farmerville
Senate
Preaus
Union-Lincoln Parish
B. R. Patton
Goddess of Fire Robbed of Watch in New Orleans Home
A dancer known as The Flame Goddess of Fire was robbed at her French Quarter home by a barefoot Black burglar who held a knife to her throat and stole $80 in cash from Mrs. Edward Bunch. This followed a separate daytime assault on another New Orleans woman within 24 hours.
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New Orleans
Edward Bunch
Monroe Teacher Opposes Gas Hike In Louisiana
A Monroe representative on the Louisiana Classroom Teachers Association committee opposed a plan to urge Gov Earl Long to call a special tax raising session to boost the state gas gathering tax. Committee Chair Marvin W Bass and Mildred McCormick of Shreveport joined the opposition.
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Monroe
Louisiana United School Committee
Earl Long
Austin Miller
Louisiana Classroom Teachers Association
Marvin W. Bass
Mildred McCormick
Shreveport
Bass
Miller
Girl Bitten by Cottonmouth Moccasin in Edgewater Garden
Three year old Nancy Pipes, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Pipes, was bitten by a cottonmouth moccasin while playing in the yard at her Edgewater Garden home. She was hospitalized at St Francis Hospital in dangerous condition and remained in the emergency room as of late today.
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Nancy Pipes
Dick Pipes
Edgewater Garden
St. Francis Hospital
U.S. Demands Russia Pay Damages for 1954 Bombing
Washington reports the United States demands Russia cover 756604.09 dollars in damages for the November 1954 shootdown of an Air Force B29 reconnaissance plane near Hokkaido, Japan.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Air Force
Hokkaido
Score reports hazy vision from injured right eye
Cleveland pitcher Herb Score told a reporter at Lakeside Hospital that he can see light and motion but everything remains hazy. He said he can tell a person is there yet cannot recognize faces.
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Cleveland
Herb Score
Lakeside Hospital
Score
Laundry Union Suspended for Welfare Fund Corruption
Washington AP reports the AFL CIO suspended the 85,000 member Laundry Workers Union on corruption charges involving welfare fund abuses. Allied Industrial Workers with 75,000 members and the Distrillery Workers with 30,000 were placed on a year long probation.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Allied Industrial Workers
House Passes 411 Million General Appropriations Bill
In Baton Rouge Gov Earl Long saw his wish fulfilled as the House approved a record 411 million general appropriations bill by 84 to 1. The measure now moves to the Senate which returns Sunday night.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
House
Senate
Louisiana House Advances 411 Million Dollar General Appropriation Bill
Baton Rouge lawmakers progress a 411 million dollar general appropriations measure in a Committee of the Whole session. The bill funds operating expenses for the next fiscal year with minimal changes after education and fiscal adjustments. Representatives Algie Brown and J Marshall are noted among attendees.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House
Shelby M. Jackson
House
Senate
Earl Long
Algie D. Brown
Caddo Parish
J. Marshall
Enraged Rye youth shoots mother and sister to death
A 14 year old Rye boy described as studious and cheerful shot his mother Dorothy Casey and sister Sheila Casey to death after an argument over homework. The boy Andrew Casey then surrendered to police and was placed in a mental institution for psychiatric observation. Father Eugene Casey, 50, suffered a heart attack and was in serious condition.
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Gene R. Casey
Rye
N. Y
Andrew
Dorothy
Sheila
Michael
Shawn
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N.Y.P
Andrew Casey
Eugene R. Casey
Boston Globe
Dorothy Casey
Sheila Casey
Rye National Bank
Dist. Atty
Joseph F. Gapliardi
Police Athletic League
Eugene
John O'Connor
Casey
O'Connor
Grasslands Hospital
East View
N.Y
Gagliardi
Star Gazer Mat Shortage Delays This Week’s Feature
The newspaper explains a mats supply problem from the syndicate halted the Star Gazer feature this week. Editors express hope for duplicate mats and plan to resume next Monday, noting efforts to prevent future issues.
Former Monroe nurse travels from Los Angeles to Monroe
Mrs. Tom Meeks, a former Monroe woman now living in Los Angeles, was among Elvis Presley’s special nurses at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. She remains on the hospital staff and plans a Monroe visit around June 15 to see her mother, Mrs. A. M. Worthy, at 800 Hudson Lane.
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Monroe
Tom Meeks
Los Angeles
Elvis Presley
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Meeks
A. M. Worthey
Hudson Lane
J Frank Farmer Improves in St Francis Hospital
Friends report J Frank Farmer is improving steadily at St Francis Hospital after his illness last week. He cannot receive visitors yet but is improving satisfactorily. Doctors say he will stay several more days before returning home.
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J. Frank Farmer
St. Francis Hospital
Decline of Death Penalty Seen Across Decades
A survey notes executions fall as the death penalty fades, with condemned persons in the United States dropping from 199 in 1935 to 76 in 1955. The FBI crime report also shows murders decreasing over the same period.
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United States
FBI
Banks To Close On Saturdays In Ouachita Parish
Banks in Ouachita parish will close every Saturday starting June 1 and observe five legal holidays. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays with a Friday 3 to 6 p.m. reopen, reducing holidays from 16 to five. The Ouachita parish police jury approved the change at the Clearing House Association request.
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Ouachita Parish
Storms Leave Texas Hit With Floods And Injuries
Severe storms drenched Central North and East Texas with up to seven inches of rain. Six people were injured as floods closed streets in Dallas and Fort Worth and the Trinity River rose to 33.2 feet. A tornado or windstorm toppled an oil rig dog house, injuring crew members, while homes and vehicles were flooded across the region.
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Dallas
Texas
Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
Austin
Colorado River
Rockwall
South Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Trinity River
Winters
Abilene
Cloudy Skies Bring Showers and Cooler Temps
Clouds and scattered showers may push today’s high below yesterday’s 93. Tonight’s low is 73 to 77, with tomorrow rising to 90 to 94 as the unsettled weather continues.
Bogalusa Man Shrugs Off Rescue Heroism
NEW ORLEANS James Alsobrooks 29 an electrician from Bogalusa pulled a fisherman and another man from Lake Pontchartrain after they were drowning He disappeared after the rescue and was later found He said he revived himself with an injection after a heater depleted air He dismissed the rescue as simple and said he dislikes publicity.
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Bogalusa
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
James Alsobrooks
Alsobrooks
Chemical
Norco
British Cargo Ship Free After Nine Days On Shoal
NEW ORLEANS The British cargo ship Hoperange was stranded on a shoal at the mouth of the Mississippi River for nine days. Damaged by a fire in the engine room off Panama, it drifted onto the shoal when a towing line broke. A salvage tug freed it yesterday. the ship carried a wheat cargo for Baton Rouge to be unloaded here.
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New Orleans
Hoperange
Mississippi River
Panama
Hope Range
Baton Rouge
Struggle Over Hildy Reaches Showdown
In Florida Gov. Leroy Collins hears an extradition case against Melvin and Frances Ellis who fled Massachusetts with their Jewish foster daughter Hildy McCoy to avoid a court-ordered adoption by Catholic parents. The 6 year old faces possible return to Massachusetts or stay in Florida as the dispute tests state adoption law.
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Tallahassef
Fla
Massachusetts
Melvin Ellis
Frances
Leroy Collins
Ellises
Florida
Hildy McCoy
Brookline
Mass
Miami Beach
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Ellis
Lord
Gov. Collins
Marjorie McCoy Doherty
Hildy
Sergeant Cleared Of Murder In Peeping Tom Case
U S military court martial acquits M Sgt Robert G Reynolds 42 of the peeping tom killing of Chinese Nationalist officer Liu Chi Jan outside his home after Liu was found peering through a bathroom window Reynolds claimed self defense as Liu rushed toward him and his wife Clara 36.
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Taipei
U.S
Robert G. Reynolds
Reynolds
Colora
Liu Chi-Jan
Clara
Liu
Sold First Day Power Mower for $25
Power mower sold on first day for 25 dollars after buyer bought a larger model. Call FA 2-5613 to arrange pickup. Ask about low seven day rates with cancellation privileges.
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