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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1956

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Israel Claims Encirclement of Egyptian Troops in Sinai

Israeli Radio reports Egyptian troops in the Sinai Desert fully surrounded by Israeli mechanized units. Rafah warns two divisions to surrender, while Gaza Strip is described as cut off. Unofficial notes say fighting nears conclusion with Egyptian forces isolated near Rafah and elsewhere.

Jerusalem Israel Israel Radio Sinai Desert Radio Rafah Gaza Strip Egypt Mediterranean Sea Rafah Sinai Peninsula Strip Sinai Desert Triangle Suez Canal Eilat Gulf of Aqaba Jordan Gulf Red Sea

Eisenhower to Address Middle East Crisis in Philadelphia Speech

President Eisenhower plans a campaign address in Philadelphia to discuss the Middle East crisis and his stance to avoid involvement. He will speak at 9 30 p m EST after a Pitts burgh campaign stop by Stevenson who accuses the admin of disastrous policy.

Washington Eisenhower Adlair Stevenson Philadelphia Middle East NBC Stevenson Pittsforth New York Fisenhower White House United States James C. Hagerty Hagerty Pinserty Esenhower

Where To Find It amusements Classified Comics Editorial

Classified section box lists amusements, comics, editorials and radio TV notices. Includes sections of entertainment listings and editorial content.

Radio TV

U N Emergency Meet Sails Into Middle East Crisis

The UN General Assembly votes to convene an emergency session at 5 p.m. EST amid the Middle East crisis. Britain and France signal a boycott while the Security Council asked for the session 7 to 2, with the US, USSR, China, Yugoslavia, Cuba and Peru backing it. Australia and Belgium abstained.

United Nations N. Y U. N. General Assembly Middle East Britain France Security Council United States Russia China Yugoslavia Cuba Peru Australia Belgium

Democrats Hold Dinner To Boost Party Funds

A group of Louisiana Democrats held a $10 plate fundraiser attended by about 300 to denounce Republicans and forecast a Stevenson Kefauver victory in November. U S Senator Russell B Long and Representatives Otto Passman and George Long spoke, criticizing Ike era policies and praising Democratic gains in federal bills.

Republican Party Stevenson - Kefauver Democratic Party GOP U.S Russell B. Long Otto Passman George Long Camille Gravel Sen Long Eisenhower Ezra Taft Benson Elvis Presley Benson Defense Charlie Wilson Treasury George Humphrey Sinclair Weaks Marion Folsom Tke Passman Enthusiaa Nce

Lake Dragged as White Man Held in Missing Negro Case

In Wildwood Florida a white man, George Altman, 25, is jailed without bond on kidnapping Jesse Woods a 39 year old Negro laborer missing four days. Sheriff Bowman says lake nearby will be dragged while curfew for youths is enforced.

Wildwood Fila Jesse Woods M. WM. Bowman Woods George Altman Bowman Altman Lake Deacon Florida

Another Chilly Night Expected In Monroe Area

The Monroe area faces another cool night with rising temperatures by Friday. Forecasts show tonight’s low 46 to 50 degrees and Friday highs 80 to 84. Selman Field recorded 43 degrees last night, and by noon today the mercury was 69. Pollen count stood at 4 this morning.

Monroe Civil Aeronautics Administration Selman Field

Survivors Rescued From Egyptian Frigate Domiat

Britain reports 69 survivors rescued from the Egyptian frigate Domiat after it sank in the Red Sea at night. The ship, a 1,460-ton former British frigate built in 1943 and sold to Egypt in 1948, reportedly carried mines and intended to lay them near the southern Suez area.

London Domiat Red Sea Newfoundland Admiralty Suez Canal Janes Fighting Ships Egypt

Senator Long Denies Endorsing Call Of Convention

Sen Rus sell Long says he has not spoken for the proposed constitutional convention and refuses to say if he would. Gov Earl Long’s campaign ads list him as a speaker. Long says his focus is on Adlai Stevenson and he did not place the ads. A campaign spokesman notes Long is unopposed for re election on November 6.

Baton Rouge Russell Long Earl Long Louisiana Sen. Long Huey P. Long Gov. Long Adlai Stevenson

Convention Endorsement Debate Shapes Tuesday Election

A radio report notes the hot issue of endorsing the convention with 121 delegates amid a Tuesday election. Gov. Long faces questions over a democratic government in a former Soviet stronghold as the burned city reports no fighting for the first time since the start.

Ocratic

Eisenhower Aims to Localize Middle East War Without U.S. Combat

President Eisenhower convened top advisers to plan actions short of war to localize and end the Arab Israeli conflict. He pledged no U.S. combat participation while considering measures such as curbing economic aid to Israel and coordinating with Britain and France through the Security Council and General Assembly. The NSC and military chiefs weighed steps to prevent the clash from spreading across the Arab world.

Washington Eisenhower United States Middle East U.N. Security Council World Organization General Assembly National Security Council Israel Britain France Suez Arab World Atlantic Persian Gulf

Three Hungarian Stalinists Possibly Escape to Soviet Union

Vienna based Budapest radio reported that Hungary's top Stalinist leaders Ernő Gerő András Hegedüš and László Piros may have fled to the Soviet Union after being ousted amid the anti Communist revolt. The three were key figures in the party and state apparatus.

Vienna Hungary Soviet Union Budapest Communist Party Ernce Geroe Andras Hegedues Imre Nagy Laszlo Piros

Six of New York Newspapers Settle Strike

Six of New York City’s seven major dailies and the New York Newspaper Guild settled wage disputes, with the Post still deadlocked on four issues. The Times led with a 9 percent two-year increase, five percent first year and four percent second year, affecting about 5,000 workers including editorial and commercial staff. A pension option exists for part of the increase, and minimums ranged from 50.50 to 141.50 weekly.

New York New York City New York Newspaper Guild The Post Guild Anthony Stella Avenu Stella Times Herald-Tribune the Mirror the Journal- American the Post the Worldard

Three Americans Win Physics Nobel for Transistor Creation

STOCKHOLM AP The 1956 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to William Shockley Jay Bardeen and Walter Brattain for developing the transistor at Bell Telephone laboratories. The $38 633 prize will be split among them as recognition of a major advance in solid state physics and electronics.

Stockholm Sweden U. S Bell Telephone Co William Shockley Pasadena Calif Jay Bardeen Urbana, Il Walter H. Brattain Murray Hill N.J Nobel Committee

Parker Rites Soon For Monroe Real Estate Figure

J Peyton Parker 58 prominent Monroe real estate figure dies at St Francis hospital. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Survived by wife one daughter Adelaide Wyatt Kirkwood Missouri one son A P Parker Jr Baton Rouge two sisters Mrs W S Neel Monroe and Mrs W S Hancock Natchitoches two brothers Aaron F Parker and H F Parker Monroe and three grandchildren. Parker helped plat Edgewater Gardens and served as sheriff in the area. He was a longtime realty holder and member of a well known Monroe family.

J. Peyton Parker Monroe St. Francis Hospital Adelaide Wyatt Kirkwood A. P. Parker, Jr Baton Rouge W. S. Neel W. S. Hancock Natchitoches Aaron F. Parker H. F. Parker Mr. Parker John P. Parker Edgewater Gardens

Egypt Airfields Under Non-Stop Bombing Attacks

British and French aircraft bomb Egyptian airfields in the Suez zone and Nile delta while Cairo reports the sinking of the Egyptian warship Akka in Tim sah Lake near Ismailia. Egypt annuls relations with Britain and France as operations target MIG aircraft on the ground and sea routes.

London Cairo Suez Canal Europe Akka Timsah Lake Ismailia Britain France Nasser Mideast Sinai Peninsula Egypt Middle East Mediterranean Jordan Nile Delta Cyprus Suez Zone Abu Sueir Fayid Kabrit Canal Zone Inchass Kasfareet Canal Red Sea Suez Admiralty Domiat

Ruston Parents Await Word From Son In Egypt

Ruston Louisiana medical missionary Dr. James M Young stationed with Baptist mission hospital in the Egyptian Gaza strip amid fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces. His parents Mr and Mrs Joe Gibson anxiously await word after a letter dated days before Israel entered Egypt. The 31 year old doctor had previously reported mortar shells near his hospital, blowing out windows.

Ruston Louisiana Gaza Strip James M. Young Baptist Medical Missionary Hospital Joe Gibson Gibson Israel Egypt

Hungary Withdraws From Warsaw Pact, Nagy Talks Russia

Premier Imre Nagy informed the Soviet ambassador that Hungary has withdrawn from the Warsaw Pact. The action follows Nagy’s communications with Moscow as Hungary seeks independence with potential political realignments.

Vienna Imre Nagy Hungary

Stevenson seeks free airtime to critique Ike on war brink

Pittsburgh AP report says Adlai Stevenson urged networks to grant 15 minutes of free radio and television time to explain how Eisenhower's foreign policy has brought the world to the brink of another war. Press Secretary Clayton Fritcher outlined the request.

Stevenson Clayton Fritcher John Foster Dulles

Stevenson cancels schedule for NYC broadcast

Stevenson ends his day to fly back to New York City for a late broadcast. He was to speak in Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo, N Y. at a 10 000 person rally he accused the Eisenhower Dulles foreign policy of brinkmanship and missteps in the Middle East, pledging Democratic support to end the fighting while criticizing policy.

Keyphan Stevenson New York City Syracuse Rochester Buffalo N.Y Eisenhower-Dulles Democratic Party Middle East Middle Eastern United States

Dallas Teens Arrested for Vandalism Spree

Fifty teens in Dallas were arrested after a Halloween vandalism spree from dusk to midnight. They burned one house, attempted arson at two more, and damaged windows, mailboxes, and other property. About 56 were taken into custody and released to parents.

Dallas

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