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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1956

Page

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Protection Against Crippling Polio Emerges From Salk Vaccine

Three Tulane researchers report Salk vaccine protects individuals from crippling polio effects but does not halt virus spread. They note vaccinated people can still carry polio briefly, with intestinal infection as the entry point. Study in Louisiana households funded by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

Atlantic City Nv J Tulane University John P. Fox Henry M. Felland Dorothy R. LeBlanc Trane Irin Nied Louisiana National Foundation For

Tentative Route Details From State Highway Plan

The Interstate section engineers of the Louisiana department of highways outline a 41 foot neutral zone and an elevated roadway with wood foot lanes and a central 4 foot concrete barrier. The frontage allowance is 32 feet for local traffic. The fixed bridge over the Ousehity river will stay closed to river traffic but high enough for clearance. A department spokesman said the program keeps the highway project moving.

Interstate Section Louisiana Department of Highways Ousehity River Engineer Department

Renewal Discourses on Prince Charles Education

London reports sparked anew over how the future king should be educated. The Daily Express says the eight year old prince may attend a private day school in Knightsbridge near Buckingham Palace, signaling a shift by the Duke of Edinburgh against Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen reportedly favors private tutoring with morning and afternoon classes two days weekly at the private school.

London Prince Charles The Daily Express Knightsbridge Buckingham Palace Duke of Edinburgh Elizabeth II Eton

Highway plan requires land for 300 foot wide corridor

A preliminary survey for a Choudrant to Ruston highway shows a 300 foot wide land strip when ground level and elevated portions are built. Demolition or removal of homes and businesses beneath the elevated roadway will be necessary. No start date is set due to program magnitude. The route will include several gentle curves.

Partment Choudrant Ruston

Red Cross Allocates $750000 Aid to 1476 Families

The Red Cross reports $768000 for Hurricane Flossy relief across Louisiana Mississippi and Florida. Aid supported 1 415 Louisiana families with home rebuilding furniture and income restoration and mass care for over 14000 people. Florida and Mississippi received smaller sums for mass care and fishing boat support.

Atlanta Red Cross Louisiana Mississippi Florida J. W. Warner Southeastern Area Disaster Services Walter Derrick New Orleans Warner St. Bernard Plaquemines Jefferson Grand Isle Orleans LaFourche Terrebonne Jefferson Parish Escambia Bay Leon Santa Rosa Gulf Gadsden Jackson Hancock

U.N. Peacekeeping Force Grows as Naples Quarters Strain

The force for Hungary relief increases with 65 Danish, 53 Norwegians, and 21 Canadians joining at Naples. Egypt demands policing only the 1949 armistice lines and no Suez Canal duties, conflicting with British French and Israeli aims. Israel plans to stay in the Gaza Strip, while Hammarskjold must enforce U.N. General Assembly decisions. The mission could reach 10,000 troops, stretching local accommodations.

Hungary Naples U.N Egypt Nasser Suez Canal Port Said France Britain U. N Dag Hammarskjold U. N. General Assembly

Russell Long Comments on Heroes and Policy

The article quotes Russell Long reflecting on Hungarians who could have risen against occupation and the iron country peoples who did not grasp U S policy. He laments that these heroes cannot be retrieved and discusses unmet expectations of uprising.

Russia

Convicts Smash Legs To Escape Prison Quarry

Five Negro inmates at Rock Quarry Prison in Buford Georgia mutilated their legs with 20 pound sledgehammers during a break from work. State corrections director Jack Forrester said two men used the hammers to self injure while three others were stopped by foremen. The incident follows a July outbreak when 41 inmates mutilated themselves.

Buford Rock Quarry Jack Forrester State Department of Corrections Forrester

Parish to Take Action to Control Fox Population

The police jury agreed to contact state wildlife officials to trap all foxes in the area and to invite neighboring parishes to join the drive, continuing efforts described on the first page to save animals.

Cairo volunteers face eviction amid regional tensions

The Cairo government sends volunteers to aid Egypt as the Egypt Union vows to eject them. The Soviet Union led by Premier Bulganin demands aggressors leave Egyptian soil and offered naval and air support with U.S. liaison under U.N. auspices, a move the United States rejected. U.N. resolutions bar big powers from police-formation roles. Red China reports 250,000 volunteers registered to aid Nasser.

Egypt Bulgania Moscow United States U.N U. N Red China Nasser

Local Names Listed In Northeast Section

Reading of the Northeast page shows a roster of individuals including Tommy Lees Monroe Glynn McGuffee Harrisonburg Martha Flowers Powell Monroe Mary Lyle Roberson St Joseph Dolo res Robinson Sapp Start Kenneth Simmons Sikes Joseph Slayter Monroe Ethel P Thompson Winnsboro Dawn Faye Traweek Rayville.

Tommy Lees Monroe Glynn McGuffee Harrisonburg Martha Flowers Powell Mary Lyle Roberson St. Joseph Dolores Robinson Sapp Start Kenneth Simmons Sikes Joseph Slayter Ethel P. Thompson Winnsboro Dawn Faye Traweek Rayville

Average American uses over twenty six pounds of cotton yearly

The data shows that the typical individual in the United States consumes more than 26 pounds of cotton per year while the global average stands at about 3.4 pounds per person.

Robeson and Melish Targeted by Jeering Pickets

In New York, anti-Soviet pickets outside the Pythian Temple rally for the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship hurled ammonia bottles tomatoes eggs and sticks. Paul Robeson and William Howard Melish faced the demonstrators as about 200 protesters, mainly Hungarians and Hungarian-Americans, shouted slogans while over 250 police maintained order.

New York National Council of American-Soviet Friendship Paul Robeson Brooklyn Liam Howard Melish Pythian Temple Hungary America

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American Public Health Assn Tryce Ordon’s SR Oatin Jewelers Elgin Gordon ETL Kerrier Len Stexoy Monroe’s Newest Jewelers Quality Jewelers DeSiard St Russell Long Cairo Robeson D. Y. Smith Sterlington, la Business Men's Assurance Company of Camerica Union Station Plaza Kansas City 41 Missouri BMA J. L. Hattaway 208 Hodge West Monroe Shreveport Petroleum Building T. J. Tomlinson
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