Truman Urges Middle Roader For Democrats
Washington report says former President Truman favors a middle course for the 1960 Democratic nominee who can woo Northern cities while not provoking the South. He supports enforcing the Supreme Court school integration ruling but prefers a candidate whose stand is accepted without provocation, comparing Meyner and Williams as possible futures. The piece notes Truman's view the Republicans will be weak in the South after federal troops enforced integration in Little Rock.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Truman
Big City
South
Supreme Court
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Williams
Eisenhower
Little Rock, Ark
Soviet General Says ICBMs Would Decide Future War
Soviet Artillery Marshal Barentsev asserts long range missiles can smash any aggressor anywhere. Marshal Varetsov touts modern weapons including atomic and thermonuclear rockets. Michail Chisyakov claims artillery maintains superiority as Soviet space and missiles are framed in Pravda. Martin Co. in Baltimore forms new division to speed Vanguard satellite launch preparations. Democratic Advisory Council urges all-out effort to counter Soviet space dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Martin Co
Baltimore
Vanguard
Democratic Advisory Council
S. Barentsev
Pravda
Barentsev
Soviet Union
S. S. Varetsov
Michail N. Chisyakov
Northeast Louisiana Endures Heavy Rain and Cold Front
Thunderstorms lashed Northeast Louisiana with winds up to 35 mph and brief hail as a cold front moved in. Flooded city streets stalled autos while utilities reported continued service in some areas. Farmers face harvest delays and possible emergency aid at lower interest rates. 0.07 inches of rain by 6 PM, 0.45 inches after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Monroe
West Monroe
CAA
New Orleans
Monroe Utilities Commission
Louisiana Power and Light Company
J. J. Joyce, Jr
Joyce
Quachita Parish
New Chamber Officers To Be Elected Today
Monroe Chamber of Commerce to elect officers for next year during today's meeting of current and incoming boards. Installation and banquet set for December 4 at Frances Hotel with Arthur Briese as keynote speaker. Retiring officers and outgoing directors named. committee to release banquet plans at this afternoon session.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Frances Hotel
Arthur
Art) F. Briese
Hot Springs
Ark
O. L. McCleary
J. W. Roberson
Ivy Faulk
Shelby Cage
L. J. Hulin
Grayson Guthrie
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Benton Wakefield
Vce
Coleman Seeks Constitutional Convention Support in Legislature
Gov. J. P. Coleman takes his case to the Mississippi Legislature for a second time as opponents urge caution not to be swayed. He is slated to address a joint session at 2:30 p.m. after lawmakers reconvene in the third week of a landmark special session.
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Jackson
Miss
J. P. Coleman
Coleman
House
Senate
Breedlove Calls Federal Aid a Cancer on Local Government
W A Breedlove executive secretary of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana testified before a national Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations. He warned federal aid to local and state governments undermines local initiative and taxes, citing centralization as eroding grass roots governance and forcing compliance with federal rules.
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New Orleans
W. A. Breedlove
Police Jury Association of Louisiana
Breedlove
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Fund Launched to Fight Ants in West Monroe
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee started a fund drive to combat fire ants. Chairman George Tyner said workers will appeal to property owners to mail contributions of one dollar or more with names and addresses to FIRE ANT BOX 427 West Monroe La. George Wylie said the effort targets the West Monroe area only. J J Joyce Jr Ouachita Parish county agent warned of a near certainty of a tumor.
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Agriculture Committee
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
George Tyner
Fire Ant
West Monroe
George Wylie
Wetzel Spotted At Ft Lauderdale Gas Station
A gas station attendant reported Frank Edward Wetzel, a suspect in the killings of two North Carolina highway patrolmen, bought gas at a station west of Fort Lauderdale. A 1951 blue gray Ford sedan was seen, with Wetzel described as 36, escaped from a Willard mental institution on Oct. 2 and charged with the Nov. 5 NC killings. Police across Broward and Dade counties were alerted and warned he would shoot if confronted.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Frank Edward Wetzel
North Carolina
Here
Broward and
Dade
Wetzel
Willard, N.Y
Wister Lee Reece
J.T. Brown
Nine Wounded by Gunshot at Jefferson Parish Club
A passing automobile fired a single shotgun blast into Boo's Rock and Roll Club in Jefferson parish injuring nine people. Owner Joseph Boykins 32 suffered facial pellets while others like George Marks 26 Percy Mitchell Jr. 22 and Charles Mitchell 21 were hospitalized. authorities called it a malicious prank.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Joseph Boykins
Boo’s Rock and Roll Club
Boykins
George Marks
Percy Mitchell Jr
Charles Mitchell
Pineau criticizes US UK arms to Tunisia in New York
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau arrived in New York and warned that Anglo American shipments of arms to Tunisia anger French public opinion. He contradicted Senator Jackson’s view that the move was necessary to counter Soviet supplies and said Moscow had assured him it would not send weapons. He noted Bourguiba does not close arms from the Soviets and urged caution ahead of NATO talks.
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New York
Christian Pineau
Tunisia
Moscow
Pineau
Paris
Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Britain
Sen
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Habib Bourguiba
NATO
Pancake supper proceeds aid West Monroe band goals
Heavy rains did not stop West Monroe High School band booster plans for a pancake supper in the cafeteria from 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds fund band activities and the menu features all you can eat pancakes and sausage for 50 cents per person. W. G. Jasper of West Monroe captured the north Louisiana checker championship at a Dubach tournament on Sunday, with prize winners Tom Bonds, J F Jones, P P Robertson and Russell Shannon noted for recruit training honors in San Diego.
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West Monroe High School
W. G. Jasper
West Monroe
Dubach
Russell G. Shannon
Bertha E. Shannon
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Five Die In Louisiana Weekend Accidents
Five people died in Louisiana traffic crashes over the weekend. A six month old Norfolk girl Sherry Lynn Phelps drowned when a car left the road and slid into a water filled ditch near Lafayette. Denham Springs man Woodrow Lee died after his car overturned near Watson. Ernest E. Coley from Jonesville perished when his car skidded on a rainy road near Caspiana. Two Saline men C A Davis and Zebbie D Vanzant died in a north of Natchitoches collision when their truck hit an unoccupied car.
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Norfolk, Va
Lafayette
Sherry Lynn Phelps
Denham Springs
Watson
Woodrow Lee
Caspiana
Ernest E. Coley
Jonesville
Coley
Saline
Natchitoches
C. A. Davis
Zebbie D. Vanzant
Tornadoes Kill 5 In Two States Across Deep South
Severe storms ripped Alabama and Mississippi, killing five and injuring many as twisters damaged homes and stores. In Alabama, Cross Roads near Jasper suffered fatalities including Mr. and Mrs. Bradford and their daughter Billie Lou, with others critically injured. Mississippi reports two deaths near Macon and multiple towns hit, with the Tombigbee River cresting and farmland inundated.
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Jasper
Alabama
Mississippi
Ala
White Settlement
Fort Worth
Tex
State Patrol
Wilford E. Bradford
Billie Lou
Cross Roads
June Speegle
Bradford
Manchester
Pine Springs
Sulligent
Cullman
Tom Dugan
Macon
Stewart
Starkville
Gattman
Geerbrook
Kilmichael
Deerbrook
Brooksville
Monticello
Miss
Hunt for Negro in Clanton Gun Battle
A posse and hounds pursued a Negro suspected of ambushing a deputy sheriff in Clanton Alabama. In the gunfight one Negro was killed, his wife wounded, the deputy seriously hurt and five officers nicked by shot pellets. Townspeople, numbering over 200, joined the dawn search amid mob-violence fears.
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Clanton
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi Tornado Alert Expands Across State
The U S Weather Bureau issued a tornado and severe weather warning for all Mississippi counties except Pearl River, Stone, George, Harrison, Hancock and Jackson. Severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes were expected today from now until 7 p m CST along a zone about 60 miles either side of a line from west southwest of Memphis to Nashville.
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Jackson
Miss
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Memphis
Nashville
Tenn
Pearl River
Stone
George, Harrison
Hancock
Monroe to vote on 1960-67 bonds with extra three mills
Monroe voters will decide December 17 on a $9 million capital improvements plan funded by a three mill tax for 1960 to 1967. City officials cite a conservative bond study forecasting assessments reaching $67 million by 1967, potentially reducing the tax back to 1957 levels if growth meets projections.
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Monroe
W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Wisconsin killer Gein linked to brutal harvest of victims
Waushara County District Attorney announced five more heads found on a Plainfield farm, bringing to ten the total cadavers tied to Edward Gein. Investigators continued scene searches amid blizzard snow as officials described the grisly discovery and Gein's admission of possible killings.
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Plainfield
Wis
Waushara
Earl Kileen
Edward Gein
Kileen
Gein
Bernice Worden
Eileen
Wautoma
Art Schley
Boyd Clark
State Crime Laboratory
Adlai Arrives For Conference With Secretary Dulles
Adlai Stevenson arrives at the State Department to consult with Secretary Dulles on Eisenhower's NATO plans. He will serve as a consultant and supports highly mobile forces and closer military political links, while avoiding any direct policy drafting. He plans to meet Eisenhower later as he vacations in Augusta, Georgia.
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Washington
Adlai FE. Stevenson
State Department
Dulles
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Stevenson
Illinois
Augusta
New York
NATO
Telephone directory style contact hours
Readers are guided to call specific departments by time windows for weekday and weekend access. Editorial and Circulation lines are listed with respective phone numbers and a Classifieds option. Notes include holiday exceptions and department dialing schemes.
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Sixth Street
John Fogleman
Case
Solons
W. Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Ft. Lauderdale
Lees Scar
U. S
Communist Party
France
Idlewild
Tom J. Bonds
J. F. Jones
Minden
P. P. Robertson
DeKalb, Tex
United Press
Tombigbee
Aberdeen
Norman Gillis
Dugan
Hunt Negro
Adlai
Secretary Dulles
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