Crowley Youth Says Mercy Shot Killed Brother
A 13 year old Crowley farm boy Conrad Ray Thibodeaux told a coroner's jury he shot his 19 year old brother Jack Benton Thibodeaux with a .22 caliber pistol in an accidental shooting. The district attorney's office will decide whether to charge after the parents cope with the tragedy.
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Crowley
Conrad Ray Thibodeaux
Jack Benton Thibodeaux
Jack
Conrad
Yattle
Clovis Thibodeaux
Charles T. Everett
Everett
Rayne High School
Louis
Rayne
Sheriff's Office
Texas Floods Deliver Heavy Rain Across Southwest
Torrential storms drenched Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with up to 8 inches of rain causing widespread flooding. Dallas Fort Worth and San Antonio areas evacuated thousands while rivers rose and creeks overflowed. Arkansas floodwaters threatened farms prompting state officials to seek federal aid.
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Texas
Southwest
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Trinity River
Dallas
Fort Worth
Orval Fabus
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Crest
Civil Defense
Moffett
Okla
South Texas
San Antonio
Uvalde
Tex
Garner
Medina
Comal
New Braunfels
Guadalupe
Wellman
New Mexico
Knowland Eyes Move to Force Civil Rights Bill Out
Senator Knowland says Senate Republicans are studying a plan to force the administration civil rights bill out of the Judiciary Committee. He notes the leadership is evaluating steps to advance the measure despite committee status.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate Republican
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ouachita Port Commission Named by Long
Gov Earl K Long announced the appointment of a Ouachita Port Commission to develop commerce on the Ouachita River. First members include Howard Griffin M J Carbone Ecard Wheeler D Curtis Smith from Monroe and E M Watkins F E Maxwell from Monroe.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Ouachita Port
Alaska Statehood Bill Advances In House Committee
The House Insular Affairs Committee approved the Alaska statehood bill 24 to 6, dropping a referendum requirement that would have asked Alaskans to vote on statehood before machinery for admission began.
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Washington
House Insular Affairs Committee
Alaska
Long sticks to veto on special appropriations bills
Gov Earl Long said he will veto any special appropriation bills, arguing that signing them would throw the budget out of balance or create political enemies.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Education probe debated in Louisiana House
Legislation to appropriate 50000 dollars to the State Board of Education for investigating the operation of the states educational system was taken under consideration by the Louisiana House today.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Education
House
Judge halts segregation laws in New Orleans transit
U S District Judge Shelly Wright signed orders to permanently stop enforcement of all city and state segregation laws related to city parks and transit. The injunctions take effect only after all city appeals are exhausted.
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New Orleans
U. S
Ae Shelly Wright
Wright
Twelve year old hero breaks infant fall in window accident
In Chicago Jimmy Thomas 12 admits he broke the infant Billy Wayne Taylor 21 months fall from a second story window saving the baby. Doctors say the skull fracture is serious but the child will likely live. Jimmy cried as he told his father he saved the life and that he caught but could not hold the baby.
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Chicago
Jimmy Thomas
Garfield Park Hospital
Jimmy
Tommy
Billy Wayne Taylor
Billy
Leonard
Eisenhower Disappointed as GOP Narrowly Restores Defense Funds
President Eisenhower told House and Senate GOP leaders he was dismayed by their plan to restore only about 390 million dollars of a 1.274 billion dollar defense cut. House leaders promised stronger Senate efforts to reverse more of the cut while critics urged no restoration. The exchange followed a White House conference amid ongoing disarmament talks in London.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
GOP
White House
Joseph W. Martin
Appropriations Committee
William F. Knowland
London
Knowland
Police Chief calls bought Mexican girls claim bunk
Natchez Miss police chief S C Craft said two men claim they bought women in Mexico for 2.40 each a bunk tale. The men and women stayed jailed as Immigration officers from New Orleans were due to pick up the women.
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Natchez
Miss
S. C. Craft
Mexico
Craft
U. S. Immigration Service
New Orleans
United States
Rio Grande
Dan Griffin
Greenville
Bar Duty
Sparta
N. C
Sabrina
Petra Marfil Trevino
Maria Luiza Martinez
A. A. Garcia
Virginia
Griffin
Optimistic Rain Forecast for Monroe Area
The weatherman predicts no rain in the Monroe area through tomorrow with considerable cloudiness. Mild temperatures are forecast with tonight lows 64 to 68 and tomorrow highs 85 to 89.
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Monroe
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
Top Secret A-Device Set Off In Nevada
The United States conducted a pre dawn atomic test at the Nevada proving grounds the 65th detonation in its program. The device exploded atop a 500 foot tower on Yucca Flat at 4 55 a m P D T as wind and weather met safety criteria.
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Atomics Energy Commission
Atomic Test Site
Nevada
Nev
United States
Nevada Proving Grounds
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
D.T
AEC
Tensas Basin Levee District Advised on Tax
The board was advised to attempt recovery of $60.10 paid in federal excise taxes on airplane trips to a Washington meeting. A state audit reminded public units are exempt from such taxes.
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Tensas Basin Levee
Washington
Louisiana lawmaker Gibbs and wife welcome new baby
Rep Lawrence Gibbs and his wife Mrs Gibbs announced the birth of their child this Sunday in Baton Rouge. The family welcomed a newborn as Gibbs continues his duties in the Louisiana legislature.
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Quachita Parish
Lawrence Gibbs
Baton Rouge
Gibbs
Vote to amend long govern bill fails in Senate
In Baton Rouge the Senate rejected an amendment to reduce $75,000 from Gov. Earl Longs $411 million general appropriations bill for Orleans parish voter canvassing. After 30 minutes of debate the amendment was killed and the Orleans registrar schedule remained, 28 to 6. A Senate decision on the House approved bill awaited. Local Senator J. D. De Blieux pushed the amendment.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Senate
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Crescent City
Orleans
J. D. DeBlieux
Senate OKs $411 Million General Appropriation Bill
The Senate approved Gov. Earl Longs $411 million general appropriation bill in a 37 to 0 vote and sent the House approved measure to the governor for final action.
Lawmakers Clash Over Voter Registration Funds
Senators DeBlieux and Ainsworth debated how a $100,000 voter registration investigation allowance should be spent. DeBlieux urged returning unspent funds and using clear book provisions, while Ainsworth favored using the annual $20,000 for investigations rather than partial returns. Continued on Page Seven-A.
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New Orleans
Robert Ainsworth Jr
DeBlieux
Orleans Parish
Reds Urge Formosans to Riot Amid Mainland Inflammation
Tokyo reports Communist China urging all patriotic forces on Formosa to rise against the government and drive American forces from the island. Taipei remained quiet, Hong Kong and Manila noted repercussions as U.S. sailors were recalled and officials warned of demonstrations near the U.S. embassy. The Peiping broadcast accused U.S. servicemen of crimes and urged unification with the mainland.
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Tokyo
China
Formosa
Taipei
Hong Kong
Manila
Arsenio Leason
U.S
Peiping
Robert Reynolds
Cobora
Prisoner at Large Berserk on USS Uvalde in San Francisco Bay
A court martialed sailor identified as Jimmie Henderson seized a .45 pistol aboard the USS Uvalde at Treasure Island. He killed a division officer, wounded two, and held four hostages for hours before surrender attempts began. Marines and sailors surrounded the ship as Chaplain Herman Schnurr urged negotiation.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island Naval Station
San Francisco Bay
Jimmie Henderson
Henderson
Crow's Nest
Herman H. Schnurr
Paroled Felon Admits Murder in Huntington Home
Elmer David Bruner, 40, confessed to killing Ruby H. Miller 58, after breaking into her South Side Huntington residence. Detective Chief Herman Frazier said Bruner admitted beating her with a hammer, discovered with a bloodstained weapon and a stolen car key on him. he is charged with murder.
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Huntington
W. Va
Herman Frazier
Ruby H. Miller
South Side
Frazier
Elmer David Bruner
Bruner
Miller
Recall Election Set For July 23 In Franklin Parish
Governor Earl K. Long issues a second recall proclamation for A. J. Ensminger Franklin Parish Ward 1 school board member. July 23 date follows a failed June 25 recall after Ensminger challenged the voter qualifications. A new petition redirects the recall process to the governor.
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Winnsboro
Earl K. Long
A. J. Ensminger
Franklin Parish
Ensminger
Fifth District
J. Vernon Sims
Gov. Long
Hoboes Cleared As Suspects In Prison Escape
Ruston officers cleared two vagrants identified as Eschel Canary Cain and Paul Rudolph Smith as suspected escapees from Mississippi State Prison. Four inmates fled Parchman after kidnapping a guard. other fugitives named John Cornette Billy Bramlett Albert Estes and Travis Abney were identified by prison officials as the actual escapees. The manhunt extended into Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Ruston
Mississippi
Eschel Canary Cain
East Side Avenue
Dallas
Tex
Paul Rudolph Smith
Reiger
Parchman
Miss
Ruston City
Illinois Central
Cain
Smith
Louisiana
Bill Harpole
John Cornette
Ohio
Billy Dean Bramlett
Albert Estes
Travis Abney
Arkansas
Apartment For Rent In College Area Near Paper Mill
Classified notice showing a duplex with private bath and four room house for rent near a paper mill. Includes contact numbers FA 3 331 and FA 3 1408. Notes a fenced yard and $40 per month rate. Rented 1st and 2nd day listings indicate quick occupancy.
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News-Star
Bath
College Area
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