Resolutions Juggled By Teacher Group In New Orleans
The Louisiana Teachers Assn resolutions committee shuffled six proposals on a potential strike to push for higher salaries. Three motions urged a strike, three opposed. leaders aim to forge one to present at the session tomorrow. Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar urged a non partisan committee to find funds for raises, noting Louisiana ranks low in teacher pay.
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New Orleans
Resolutions Committee
Louisiana Teachers Assn
Lether Frazar
Frazar
Earl Long
House of Representatives
Senate
LTA
Agitated Association
Louisiana
Texas
South
Woman Halted In Attempt To Commit Death By Own Action
A 20 year old expectant mother attempted to jump into the Ouachita River from the DeSiard street bridge. Police report say Carolyn Bernice and Earline Medlin stopped her, a man intervened, and she was taken to St Francis hospital for treatment.
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St. Francis Hospital
Ouachita
DeSiard Street
John Osterlane
Grammont Street
Old Bridge
DeSiard Street Bridge
Carolyn Bernice
Earline Medlin
Austin Street
West Monroe
Mulhearn
St. Francis
Tito In Second Major Battle With Kremlin Leaders
Belgrade reports Tito pursues a second major power struggle with Moscow over Stalin era fallout and de Stalinization. Reports say Soviet troop movements toward Yugoslavia border stir speculation on Khrushchev leadership and Tito’s fate. London confirms Eden rests per doctors amid Suez tensions and cabinet changes.
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Tito
Belgrade
Josef Stalin
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Balkans
Black Sea
Romania
Voting Light In West Monroe Bond Election
Voters turned out slowly in West Monroe for three bond proposals totaling 968000 dollars to fund sewerage improvements and new additions. A 193000 dollar district vote targets new sewers while a city wide 775000 dollar issue funds sewers and fallout systems, with polling places consolidated and district voters eligible for both. Mayor J Allan Norris notes combined passage requires six mills in district taxes and one mill city wide, potentially affecting all eligible taxpayers.
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West Monroe
Fair Grounds Administration
McGuire
Splane
Mauldin
Sunshine Heights
Fairgrounds
J. Allan Norris
Norris
British Order Return To Gas Rationing
Britain orders wartime gasoline rationing starting December 17 to conserve dwindling supplies until the Suez Canal is cleared. Post offices will issue ration books to car owners. basic travel allowance is 200 miles a month with supplementary coupons for essential users. Rationing may extend through most of 1957 as ships and pipelines are restored.
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London
British Today
Suez Canal
Europe
Mid-East
Aubrey Jones
Britain
France
Jones
Negotiators Told to Stop Fiddling and Settle Gulf Dock War
A federal mediator scolded union and management negotiators to stop fiddling around and settle the East Gulf coast dock dispute as the 60,000 worker walkout persisted, halting port operations in several days of paralysis.
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NEW York Fa
East Gulf Coast
West Coast Longshoremen End Waterfront Demonstration
West Coast longshoremen returned to work today after a 24 hour stoppage that shut down the nation s water front, with no concessions from the International Longshoremen s Association Inc on the strike.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Association
Ind
Idle ships linger as talks resume in longshore strike
On day five with no settlement a large portion of 150 to 200 ships idle from Maine to Texas sit at deserted piers. Negotiators from the International Longshoremen's Association and the New York Shipping Association restart contract talks with federal mediator Robert H. Moore stating little chance of immediate Taft Hartley intervention.
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Maine
Texas
International Longshoremen’s Assn
New York Shipping Assn
Robert H. Moore
Proposed One Percent City Sales Tax Ordinance
A proposed ordinance detailing a one percent city sales tax has been drafted and is available for public inspection in the mayor and commissioners offices at city hall. Mayor W L Howard announced the 43 page document with 58 sections, modeled on state law, applying exemptions consistently between state and city.
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W. L. Howard
Monroe utility chief to take new post and move offices
C. C. Boardman announced Tom Underwood becomes general manager of Monroe utilities. The office moves December 10 to 4500 square feet on the Penn Hotel ground floor. The city now reads over 25 000 meters monthly and sends about 18 000 bills.
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C. C. Boardman
Monroe
the Utilities Commission
Underwood
Utilities
City Hall
Penn Hotel
South Grand Street
Boardman
French Aircraft in Israeli Sinai Campaign Prompt Denial
The Manchester Guardian alleged French pilots in French uniforms fought for Israel in the Sinai invasion, claiming napalm bombing helped rout the Egyptian army. Israel deny the claim saying the report is untrue and French officials dispute the accusation.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Israel
Egypt
Tel Aviv
Nicosia
Sinai Desert
James Morris
Moshe Dayan
Explosion Destroys Bank in Danville Arkansas
A massive blast in Danville Arkansas destroyed the Danville State Bank and damaged nearby buildings. Two men were hospitalized in critical condition with burns. The fire burned for about two and a half hours before it was controlled.
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Ark
Danville, Ark
West Arkansas
Bob Fisher
The
Danville Record
Danville State Bank
Ola
Little
Carbon Company Fireman Dies Of Heart Attack
George Powell, 60, of Old Arkansas Road West Monroe, died at 7 45 am Tuesday of a heart attack while on duty as a fireman for Thermatomic Carbon in Sterlington. He had worked about 15 years for the company and was a member of First Baptist Church in Sterlington. Funeral services will be held.
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Tom Powell George
Old
Arkansas Road
West Monroe
Thermatomic Carbon Company
Sterlington
George
First Baptist Church
Federal Attorney Here Will Attend Segregation Meet
T. Fitzhugh Wilson of Monroe, federal district attorney for the western district of Louisiana, will attend a December 10 meeting in Washington to discuss enforcement of the Supreme Court bus desegregation ruling. Wilson is among 34 U. S. district attorneys summoned by Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. The conference aims to determine measures to secure observance of the court decision across the South.
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T. Fitzhugh Wilson
Monroe
Louisiana
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Wilson
U. S
Herbert Brownell
Mississippi River
Brownell
United States
Justice Department
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Snow Blankets Rockies to Plains. Easterly Warmth Ahead
The heaviest snow in four years covers from the Rockies to the Great Plains with 4 to 12 inches and up to 16 inches in northeast Colorado. Warnings cover eastern Colorado, southeast Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas as schools close and traffic slows. A separate brush fire near San Bernardino burned 3,260 acres destroying buildings and citrus groves.
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United Press
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Great Plains
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Denver Boulder
Lake Michigan
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Mississippi
San Bernardino
Calif
Norwegians To Assume First Patrol Duty
United Press reports the 197 man Norwegian contingent of UNEF moves from Abu Sweir to Port Said for its first police force duty along the Suez Canal. The unit sails amid Anglo-French actions and Egyptian cease fire violations as British and French salvage vessels approach the canal ends.
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London
U. N
Canal Zone
Port Said
U.N
Abu Sweir
Suez Canal
UNEF
Cysprus
Egypt
United Press
Gerald Arathoon
Ismailia
Norway
Suit Seeks 18342.63 In Deaths Of Two Wives
A suit filed in Ouachita parish seeks 18342.63 in damages for the deaths of Robbie Ann Parker Wilhite and Peggy Shaw. The case names H V Shaw Jr and Highway Insurance Underwriters Company, arising from a November accident near Munfordville Kentucky. The surviving spouse Robert L Wilhite asserts liability for his wife and Peggy Shaw. The two women, wives of U S armed forces personnel, were en route to Louisville when their car overturned on U S 31 W.
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Ouachita Parish
Fourth District Court
Robert L. Wilhite
Robbie Ann Parker Wilhite
H. V. Shaw, Jr
Highway Insurance Underwriters Company
Wilhite
Shaw
Insurance Company
Cooler Weather Forecast For Northeast Louisiana
The area can expect lows of 40 to 45 degrees tonight with scattered showers and thundershowers. Highs tomorrow range 50 to 55 degrees, while Selman Field logged a 59 degree low and 75 by noon. Rain was scant in the morning, though 0.84 inches fell Monday per the CAA.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Mercury
CAA
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