Martial Law in Formosa After U S Embassy Riots
Rioters wreck the United States embassy in Taipei and assault Americans after a U S Army court martial acquitted M Sgt Robert Reynolds. Nationalist authorities impose martial law as demonstrators swell to about 10 000 and attack embassy offices and the police station.
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Taipei
Formosa
United States
United States Information Service
U.S
Washington
Hollington Ek. Tong
State Department
Polc
Robert G. Reynolds
Cobra
Liu Chi-fan
Reynolds
Liu
Dem S
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Heavy Winds Ravage Monroe Area With Lightning
Strong winds toppled a revival tent and damaged trees in Monroe with power outages in Powell Street Lake Shore Sterlington Swartz and Rayville. A storm waned after 9 30 pm last night and calmer conditions return this morning with a 10 mph wind. Tonight and tomorrow forecast highs and lows are 66 to 70 and 86 to 90 respectively.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Powell Street
Lakeshore
Sterlington
Swartz
Rayville
Seven Contestants Vie For Miss Southeastern 1957
Seven Southeastern Louisiana College coeds were chosen to compete in the Miss Southeastern 1957 pageant. The seven finalists were selected at an all college election and will vie for the title next fall with the winner to be crowned then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Southeastern Louisiana College
Passman Leads Local Backing Against Monroe Elevated Highway
West Monroe citizens join Congressman Otto Passman to oppose the planned elevated interstate route through Monroe and West Monroe. They will circulate a petition to shift the path away from heavily settled areas and urge the City Council to influence the route.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Otto E. Passman
State Highway Department
Passman
U. S
Fifth Congressional District
Congress
W. L. Howard
Howard
Destitute Family Finds Hope as Flora Community Helps
Gene Abney and his wife with seven children were stranded in Flora Illinois after a car breakdown on a trip from Corpus Christi to Cleveland. Flora residents responded to a plea by the Flora Daily News Record with loans, clothing, and offers of work, including a potential farm job for Abney.
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Flora, Lll
Illinois
Gene Abney
Corpus Christi
Tex
Abney
Cleveland
Ohio
Flora Daily News Record
Abneys
Flora
Salvation Army
Church of Christ
Cook County Treasury Faces 444000 Fraud Inquiry
Chicago authorities investigate illegal and irregular money transactions involving at least 444 000 in public funds from a treasury foreclose fund. County Treasurer Paschen and State's Attorney Adamowski compare it to the Hodge scandal while subpoenas target former treasurers and legal publications.
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Cook County
Chicago
Herbert Co. Paschen
Atty
Benjamin Adamowski
Paschen
Treasury
Adamowski
Christ J. Peterson
Milton Baer
John Brenza
Louis E. Nelson
Brenza
Nelson
Sullivan Reporting Co
The
Legal Chronicle
Chicago Recorder
Henry C. Piel
Harvey, Nelson and Brenza
Graveside Memorial Day Service in Bastrop
Graveside services will be held at 7 a.m. Sunday at Christ cemetery in Bastrop to honor deceased veterans. The annual event is sponsored by the Boone-McDowell Post No. 2277 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary. Post commander Red Washburne invites public attendance.
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Christ Cemetery
Bastrop
Boone- McDowell
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Red Washburne
Masonic Orphans Home Event in Alexandria May 26
Sunday May 26 visitation day at the Masonic Orphans Home in Alexandria announced by W M J F Fleming of Western Star No 24. All master masons their wives and children urged to attend with lunch baskets. Dinner served on outside picnic tables weather permitting. Visiting dignitaries from lodges statewide expected. Highlights include closing of the Boys Cottage Fund Drive.
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Masonic Orphans Home
Alexandria
J. FE. Fleming
W. M
Western Star No. 24
Friends of Miss Ola Mae Pennington Report Improvement
Miss Ola Mae Pennington is improving satisfactorily at Wright Bendel Clinic after surgery this week. She will stay in the clinic for a week or more and not be able to see friends for several days.
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Ola Mae Pennington
Wright Bendel Clinic
Miss Pennington
Hospital Secretary Mrs Hill Undergoes Surgery at St. Francis
In the St. Francis Hospital Mrs EK H Hill secretary of the Guachita parish police jury underwent surgery today and remained in the recovery room late today.
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St. Francis Hospital
EK. H. Hill
Guachita Parish
Poppy Sale Proclaimed in Monroe and West Monroe
Saturday is proclaimed as a day for veterans groups to sponsor poppy sales to aid disabled veterans and their children. The Twin Cities event is led by the L. B. Faulk American Legion Auxiliary with chairwoman Mrs. Lucille Durhman and assistance from Ouachita and West Monroe High School girls.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Veterans’ Organizations
Twin Cities
L. B. Faulk American Legion Auxiliary
Lucille Durhman
Ouachita
West Monroe High School
New Twisters Take Swipe At Texas Areas
Severe weather swept across Texas with three new tornadoes reported in West Texas none causing damage. Lubbock and Amarillo weather offices confirmed ground contact near Enochs south of Bovina and between Farwell and Friona. Fort Worth area evacuees reached 175 with floods receding as forecasts warned for more storms.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Richland Hills
Texas
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
C.s.t
West
Oklahoma
Kansas
S.t
Midland
Tex
Garden City
Kan
Ike Urges Leaders Fight Race Proviso in School Plan
President Eisenhower asked House leaders to block an anti segregation amendment from the $1 5 billion school construction bill. He urged making the effort a test of Republican loyalty and said the segregation issue should not be tied to the program.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Agent Framed in Civil Service Board Ruling
The Louisiana Civil Service Commission ordered Elzie Clark reinstated after ruling he was tricked into misconduct by coworkers and was off duty when events occurred. Clark will receive back pay for lost time, with findings citing instigated actions and entrapment repudiation by the chief enforcement officer.
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Louisiana Civil Service Commission
Elzie Clark
Wild Life and Fisheries Department
Clark
Wild Life
Thomas Rayburn
B. Rayburn
Earl Long
Senate
Effie
Appellant
Bunkie
Baton Rouge
Nearly Nude Body Of Slain Girl Found
The nearly nude body of 13 year old Ruth Zeitler was found garroted with a white belt in a Glen near Saddle River Golf Course Paramus New Jersey. Police tied the case to a recent sex murder in the area and sought another missing girl Shirley Ann Pepe. The killing resembled the March murder of Victoria Zielinski as Edgar Smith faces trial in Hackensack for that crime.
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Ruth Zeitler
Paramus
N. J
Fair Lawn
Saddle River
Shirley Ann Pepe
Lincoln Park
Miss Zeitler
Victoria Zielinski
Edgar Smith
Hackensack
Lovers Lane
Miss Zielinski
Rabies Control Ordered After Dog Bites Rise
Ouachita parish police jury will strictly enforce rabies control rules following a new outbreak warning. Otha T. Trapp says several dogs are under observation as rabies suspects and 13 people are receiving treatment after bites from a rabid dog. Four family members of Robert E. Schott are treated after a bite from the family pet.
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Ouachita Parish
Otha T. Trapp
Robert E. Schott
Wilmuth Street
Living Costs Register Hits Eighth Straight Record Gain
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports April living costs rose 0.3 percent from March, prompting automatic two cent pay boosts for 1.4 million workers in auto, electrical, and farm equipment manufacturing. Meats and produce led price increases while clothing fell. The index reached 119.3 percent of the 1947–49 average, about $1.20 in 1947–49 terms.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Howard Chaille
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Nesci
W. Monroe
Jackson
Miss
la. Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Inas H. Gwin
Laudine Smith
Gan
Clay County Hospital
Masonic
Poppy Sales
Ft. Worth
Borger
Civil Service Board
Control
Lee Parrish
Russell High School
Atlanta
Lee
Georgia Tech
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