Army May Launch Moon Rocket by January Says Medaris
Major General John B. Medaris, head of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, told reporters the Jupiter C program needs revamping to launch satellites. He cited a 90 percent probability of success on the Army first attempt and noted March for the Navy’s first fully instrumented satellite.
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John B. Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
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Eisenhower
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Vanguard
Russia
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McElroy
Red Stone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Khrush Sees Next War On American Soil
In an AP interview Nikita Khrushchev warned World War III could be started by lunatics and fought on the American continent. He claimed Soviet rocket superiority and said a future war would threaten capitalism, while stressing no new Stalin and Zhukov’s removal.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United Press
Russia
Europe
Asia
Africa
Stalin
Georgi Zhukov
Presidium
Central Committee
U.S. Atty
William Tompkins
Byers
Abel
James Donovan
U.S
Donovan
Willie Mays Wins Home Amid Neighbor Protests in SF
Willie Mays and wife Marguerite finally purchase a $37,500 home overlooking the Pacific near St. Francis Wood after repeated local opposition. Owner Walter Gneschloff says the sale was first come, first served, amid broker disputes and civic pleas. Mayor George Christopher says San Francisco’s reputation is saved.
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San Francisco
Willie Mays
San Francisco Giants
Willie
Pacific
St. Francis Wood
San Francisco Hills
Mays
Marguerite
Walter A. Gneschloff
Associated Press
Gneschloff
Peter Morgan
George Christopher
Vile Proposals Reported Before Maud Lind Death
Isidore Burkert testified that Maud Lind, a 57 year old church secretary, received a string of vile proposals by telephone about eight months before she was kidnapped and murdered in New Orleans. He told police on Oct 24, the day after her death by slashing and suffocation.
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New Orleans
Maud Lind
Isidore Burkert
Russian Master Spy Abel Sentenced to 30 Years in U S
Russian Col Rudolf Abel, the top Soviet spy caught in the United States, is sentenced to 30 years in prison and an $8 000 fine in Brooklyn federal court. He faced possible death but received a lengthy prison term after conviction on three counts.
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New York
Rudolf I. Abel
U.S
Mortimer W. Byers
Brooklyn
Abel
Russia
Post Office to Switch to Automatic Elevators in Monroe
Monroe post office will replace manual elevators with automatic service next spring. Current elevator operator Archie S. Carraway will move to other government work as preliminary actions begin.
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Monroe
Woodrow W. Hathorn
Archie S. Carraway
Special demonstration for area teachers at two schools
A demonstration today at Sherrouse and Lexington schools will be conducted to train teachers of grades two four and five in techniques and materials for classroom use.
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Sherrouse
Lexington
Business and Professional Women's Club backs Monroe city bond
The Monroe Business and Professional Women's Club endorsed the city improvement bond issue. Voters on December 17 will decide five propositions totaling $9 million with no new taxes until 1960 and a limited tax period afterward. Each project is tied to its designated bond funds.
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Business and Professional Women's Club of
Monroe
Lucille Mathis
W. L
Jack Howard
Police Break Up Convention Of Mobsters
State police and U S Treasury agents disrupted a hilltop meeting near Apalachin New York said to involve mobster Vito Genovese and 64 associates. Sixty five men were detained and released after identifying themselves. they carried cash and came from multiple states and Puerto Rico and Cuba.
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Apalachin
N.Y
U.S. Treasury
Vito Genovese
New York
Edgar Croswell
State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Croswell
New Jersey
Ohio
California
Texas
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Monroe Down Town Christmas Parade Set for November 29
Final plans for Monroe’s annual Christmas parade, themed Bands and Toys, were to be completed at a joint Monroe Retail Merchants Association and Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting. Parade begins at 3 p.m. Friday November 29 with details to be announced after the meeting.
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Monroe
Hunt Continues For Lost Woman In Louisiana Swamp
An 83-year-old woman, Mrs Carry Walton, remains missing near Vivian in Caddo parish after neighbors reported lights out. A resident said he offered a ride to an elderly woman on the Vivian McCloud road, who refused and stepped into a ditch. Mrs Walton was last seen around 6 pm Wednesday at her home.
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Vivian
Caddo Parish
Carry Walton
McCloud
Roberts
Vivian-McCloud
Ike To Golf In Augusta Five Days
President Eisenhower plans a five day trip to Augusta Georgia with Mrs Eisenhower for golf and work. He will visit Augusta National Golf Club for the 16th time since his 1952 election, marking a return to the Deep South after ordering federal troops to Little Rock.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Deep South
Little Rock
Ark
Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
France Reacts Strongly to U S British Arms for Tunisia
Paris arouses protest as France denounces U S and Britain arms shipments to Tunisia. A French spokesman says deliveries were announced during French plans to ship military supplies to Tunisia and warns arms should not reach Algerian rebels. Tunisian President Bourguiba hails the U S role while Britain and the U S defend the move.
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France
U.S
Tunisia
NATO
London
Washington
Egypt
Soviet Bloc
Algeria
Thepokesman
United States
Britain
Havid Bourguiba
Jean Cauvel
Selwyn Lloyd
13th Luck For Grand Opening
Arthur Allen opened a new dining house on a windy Friday the 13th. A 70 mile per hour wind knocked out lights and furnace, caused roof leaks, and injured the doorman. Mrs. J. T. McLaughlin lost a $4,000 mink store during the blackout.
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Reno
Arthur Allen
J. T. McLaughlin
Schools First War On Fire Ant Shaping Up Here
Mon roe and Quachita Parish schools signed agreements with the USDA to attack invading fire ants on local property. Ants built large mounds in several schools and dirt piles spilled inside classrooms as fast action plans formed. Chamber of Commerce agr iculture chair George Tyner announced a plan to eliminate the ants with trained USDA crews ready to begin the control program.
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Monroe
Quachita Parish
U. S. Department of Agriculture
George Tyner
West Monroe
Tyner
USDA
Cloudy Cooler Forecast For Northeast Louisiana Today
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and cooler weather in northeast Louisiana today and tomorrow. Scattered showers are possible late tonight but heavy downpours from earlier in the week are not expected. No extreme cold is predicted. highs near 70 and lows in the 50s.
Bakery Workers Union Suspended by AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO suspended the Bakery Workers Union after its executive board failed to meet the Oct. 25 order to reform. President James G. Cross seeks re-election while Curtis R. Sims remains ousted, despite the board’s pledge to hold a new convention.
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AFL - Cio
George Meany
Bakery Workers Executive Board
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Meany
James G. Cross
Curtis R. Sims
Cross
Bakery Workers’ Board
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Indian Dance Dilemma Faces Oklahoma City Symphony
Oklahoma City Symphony conductor Guy Fra ser Harrison faced a shortage of Native dancers for an Indian dance in Kilpatrick's Indian Land. Despite seeking authentic Indigenous performers, he hired Jim Bodine of OU as a non Indian dancer after a yearlong recruitment. Bodine, a Taos-trained dancer, will perform with Will Rogers Jr. narrating the three movements.
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Oklahoma City
Guy Fraser Harrison
Oklahoma City Symphony
Harrison
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Oklahoma
Kilpatrick
Oklahoma Symphony
Will Rogers Jr
Jim Bodine
University of Oklahoma
Youth Seized In Reno On Hitchhike Tip
Reno police arrested 15 year old runaway John L Miller at a filling station on a hitchhiking tip. Miller reportedly confessed to fatally smothering Laura Wetzel, 22 months old, at a Rolling Hills Estates home near Los Angeles during a burglary. He described entering through an unlocked back door and using a gun in the sequence.
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Nev
Los Angeles
John Lawrence
Larry Miller
Daryl Read
Young Miller
Laura Wetzel
Air Force
Charles W. Witzel
Rolling Hills Estates
Read
Miller
Stafford Thurman
Wetzel
Long Beach
Calif
Mr. Thurman
Dr. Louis J. Bristow Dies at 81 in New Orleans
Dr. Louis J. Bristow, 81, longtime superintendent of the Southern Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, died after a heart attack. Retired since 1947, he led the hospital, authored works, and had a diverse career as editor and newspaperman before his service in the Spanish American War. His daughter Gwen Bristow Manning is a noted author in California.
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Louis J. Bristow
Southern Baptist Hospital
Dr. Bristow
Timmonsville
D.C
Bruce Manning
Gwen Bristow
Northridge
Calif
The
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S.C
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Greenwood
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
South Carolina
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Columbia
Alabama Baptist Hospital
Selma
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