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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1955

Page

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Egypt Rejects U.N. Plan To Ease Tension Near El Auja

Cairo reports Egypt has rejected U N proposals to ease tension around the El Auja demilitarized zone. Israel has not formally replied. U N truce supervisor Burns returned from Cairo with no outcome announced. The plan would mark the Sinai Negev frontier, withdraw forces, and restore cease fire terms of 1949.

Jerusalem Egypt U. N el Auja Demilitarized Israel Dag Hammarskjold Negev-Sinai Desert E. L. M. Burns U.N Cairo Jerusalem Post Sinai-Negev

Wider Clash Looms Over Propaganda Fight in German Talks

In Geneva East and West locked in a renewed cold war frame as foreign ministers from Moscow Washington London Paris and Bonn failed to agree on German reunification European security atomic disarmament or removal of Iron Curtain barriers. The three week talks in the Palace of Nations ended without a new session and left a shattered spirit of Geneva.

Geneva Germany Palace of Nations Moscow Washington London Paris Bonn U. S Dulles

Brilliant Doctor Killed By Crazed Itinerant Worker

In San Francisco an itinerant farm worker and former mental patient killed Dr George Prescott Guild a 30 year old internal medicine specialist at the UC medical center outpatient clinic. Rudolph Isaacson 41 held on suspicion of murder after firing seven shots claiming he wanted medicine for stomach pains.

San Francisco Rudolph Isaacson George Prescott Guild University of California Medical Center Isaacson Guild

U S Defenders Await Chance For Big Atom Attack

United States troops at Fort Polk Louisiana waited for a chance to strike massed Aggressor forces with atomic weapons during Exercise Sagebrush. The large scale drill tested guiding enemy troops into a dense mass before nuclear strike, but the opportunity was not seized.

Fort Polk United States

Negro Arrested For Stabbing Three Mississippi Teens

Washington police say Jerome Smith, 20, a Black man, was arrested for the June 4 stabbing of three Mississippi high school boys during an early morning downtown altercation. The victims Wayne L. Ashby Frank Hudson and Morris Anderson, all from Lula Ridge Consolidated High, were hospitalized but lightly injured.

Washington (Ap Mississippi Wayne L. Ashby Frank Hudson Morris Anderson Lula Ridge Miss Consolidated High School Frank Smith Army Navy

Loyalty pledge compromise tops Democratic gathering

The Democratic National Committee plans to adopt a loyalty pledge tying delegates to the 1956 convention. Paul M. Butler backs the plan to resolve a northern southern split as the one day meeting opens. Under the proposal, seating of delegates would hinge on adherence to the pledge.

Chicago Democratic National Committee Paul M. Butler Butler

Safety Tests Improve Safk Vaccine Production on Assembly Line

U S Public Health Service unveiled new production and safety testing procedures for polio vaccine at the 83rd APHA meeting in Kansas City. Experts said the changes aim for consistent safety across lots via exact timing of filtration and tissue culture steps, with over treatment margins and ongoing search for an optimal strain. The report follows five months of study after the Cutter incident and notes some manufacturers are already using interim procedures.

Kansas City U. S. Public Health Service van Vain American Public Health Association Leonard A. Scheele U.S Public Health Service Scheele Salk

World's Largest Tennessee Steam Plant Opens at Kingston

Celebration marks completion of TVA Kingston steam plant, a 1.6 million kilowatt facility built to meet Oak Ridge atomic installations demand. With nine units, it costs around 200 million dollars, uses over four million tons of coal annually, and dumps more than one million gallons of water per minute, surpassing Norris Dam in capacity.

Kingston Enn Tennessee Valley Authority TVA Oak Ridge Knoxville New York City Norris Dam

Temperature Drops to 31 and Warmer Forecast Ahead

The Twin City area woke to 31 degrees Thursday morning with noon at 46 and a warmer forecast for Thursday night. Highs are expected in the mid 50s Friday. Clear to partly cloudy skies, scattered clouds in the afternoon, and northeast winds 12 to 17 mph were forecast most of Thursday.

Twin City

Northern U S hit by bitter cold wave sweeping the nation

A harsh cold wave blanketed the northern United States with blizzard like winds and snow. Winds reached gale force off the Great Lakes while western New York saw up to five inches of snow and power outages. The storm caused two deaths and multiple injuries as temperatures plummeted from Chicago to Oklahoma City.

Associated Press Plains Great Lakes New York Erie Genesee Midwest Chicago Lake Michigan Oklahoma City Tennessee Texas Arizona Oregon Coast Montana Wyoming Dakotas Havre Mont

Moslem Fanatic Wounds Iran Premier Hussein Ala

Iranian Premier Hussein Ala was shot and wounded by a Moslem fanatic at a Tehran mosque while attending a memorial for Ayatollah Kashani. He was hospitalized in the Tehran Railways Hospital and his condition was reported not serious. Ala, 72, had a long diplomatic career including ambassador to the United States and foreign minister.

Tehran Iran Hussein Ala Ala Shah Mosque Mostafa Kashani Ayatullah Kashani Mohammed Mossadegh Mossadegh United States Fazlollah Zahedi Iranian Railways Co U.N. Security Council Russia

President Eisenhower Undergoes Complete Checkup

Gettysburg Pennsylvania doctors conducted a full checkup on President Eisenhower and reported he is progressing most satisfactorily toward recovery from his September 24 heart attack.

Gettysburg Eisenhower

Alternates Named To White House Education Conference

Monroe and West Monroe officials Odom and Puckett were named alternates to two of the 22 delegates attending the White House Conference on Education in Washington from November 28 to December 1. The Louisiana Conference on Education in Baton Rouge outlined topics and instructed delegates, noting 60 percent of delegates are laymen. Budget Director Rowland Hughes, after meeting with President Eisenhower in Gettysburg, said the federal budget may balance for 1955-56 and 1956-57, with no tax-cut guarantee and no impact from the Geneva talks. figures remain around 63 billion dollars, with efforts to eliminate the current year deficit through revenue gains and spending restraint.

Gettysburg Weeks Eisenhower Administration Commerce Secretary Paul White Boston Paul Dudley White Washington Supt van D. Odom Monroe City Lloyd Puckett West Monroe Louisiana Vocational Association White House Washington, D. C Odom J. H. Trousdale, Jr Hugh Balfour Ouachita Parish Baton Rouge Northeast Louisiana State College Rowland Hughes Hughes

Uranium Hunters Prepare for Wyoming Land Rush

In Gillette Wyoming more than 300 prospectors braved subzero temperatures to stake claims as 46 440 acres around Pumpkin Buttes open at 11 am CST under federal decree. Local officials fear claim jumping and possible violence as disputes loom amid uncertain uranium prospects and a contested mining district code of ethics.

Gillette Wyo Pumpkin Buttes Wyoming Highway Patrol R. 0. Galloway Campbell County Ted Holderman Fumpkin Buttes

Irving Campbell Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack

Irving E. Campbell aged 60 of West Monroe died this morning from a heart attack. Funeral plans unavailable, body at Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survived by mother Ada Campbell of Berkeley California and three daughters Sue Campbell Catherine Campbell and Loraine Claypool of Oakland. Interment planned for Fayette Alabama.

Irving Campbell Irving E. Campbell Ki-Ro-Li West Monroe Mulhearn Funeral Home Ada Campbell Berkley Calif Sue Campbell Catherine Campbell Loraine Claypool Oakland Fayette Ala

Robbery Strikes New Orleans Used Car Firm Employee

Oliver Landrum aged 33, a New Orleans used car firm employee, was slugged and robbed of 1800 dollars. He was found unconscious by a milkman and described as seriously injured. Police questioned 37 year old Remy Lewis, who allegedly confessed a fight with Landrum and hearing a call shouted.

New Orleans Oliver Landrum Landrum Remy Lewis Lewis

Five Room House Ad Listed at 70 Cents

An advertiser ran a one day ad offering a five room house for 70 cents with a neon bus line and a monthly price of 45 dollars. Contact phone number 7695 is provided.

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