West disarmament talks limp on as Soviet boycott looms
At the United Nations General Assembly the West won a plan to expand the Disarmament Commission to 25 members while the Soviet Union threatened to quit all meetings unless its 32 member proposal is accepted. The assembly backed the Western approach 60 to 9 and rejected a Communist bid to enlarge to 32, 38 to 19.
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N.Y. WM
U.N. General Assembly
West
Assembly
U.N
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Disarmament Commission
Kuznetsov
Russia
London
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vast Quarantine Against Fire Ant Issued for South
The USDA plans a broad three year quarantine to curb the South American fire ant across parts of nine states including Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Texas. Public hearing drew little opposition as experts cite 27 million acres infested and mounds up to 18 inches high that damage machinery and threaten humans and animals. The plan would be selective in light infestations but may cover whole states, with Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama reporting the heaviest concentrations.
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Memphis
Tenn
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
USDA
Argentina
Mobile
Ala
Misissippi
Moss Blasts Secrecy Over Space Plans in AP Meeting
Rep Moss charging government secrecy hindered space plans says Air Force knew Russian satellite launch plans months early yet public was not forewarned. He cites Robert Cutler’s secrecy blueprint and urges editors to expose “public be damned” policies while Snyder defends Pentagon openness.
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Air Force
Moss
D-Calif
Robert Cutler
Eisenhower
America
House
Pentagon
Asst
Secetary of
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Associated Press Managing Editors Assn
Wactton
Harply
Freedom of Information
Robert Dechert
Defense Department
Dechert
Negro Jailed In Shooting Fracas at Pool Hall
A 30 year old man is held by city police after a late yesterday shooting at Jim Bennett's Pool Hall on North Sixth Street. Curtis Lewis 2022 Adams Street and James Kelly 25 of 1814 DeSiard Street were wounded. Kelly in serious condition with chest and abdominal injuries. Bennett, pool hall owner, was struck in the finger. Lewis and Kelly face further charges once condition of James Kelly is stabilized.
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North Sixth Street
Mannian
Dalian
Tamae
Co. Kelly, Jr
Curtis Lewis
Adams Street
Jim Bennett
James Kelly
DeSiard Street
Kelly
Charity Hospital
Lewis
Bennett
Doctor Sees Health Official Recovering After Minor Surgery
Dr W Carroll Summer, Ouachita Parish Health Unit director, was resting at home after a minor operation yesterday. He plans to return to work Monday morning and is feeling fine.
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W Carroll Summer
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe Fire Ant Drive Attracts Grass Roots Support
West Monroe efforts against the imported fire ant have drawn substantial contributions, says guardian Georg Wylie. He notes the grass roots campaign aims to spark local action, to be augmented by broader efforts continued on page two-A.
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West Monroe
Georg~ Wylie
Fine Wylie
Mississippi Senate Reconsiders Constitution Bill Vote
The state Senate approved 25 to 22 a motion to reconsider Gov. Coleman’s proposed Mississippi constitution. It reverses yesterday’s 24 to 23 defeat and sends the constitutional convention question to voters next January 25 under a compromise amendment.
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Jackson, Miss
State Senate
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Motorists urged to watch for deer on area highways
Wildlife officials warn drivers to slow as deer move out of flooded bottoms across Morehouse Ouachita Union and Richland parishes. Three deer killed by cars last Friday. deer season opens Dec 1 in affected areas as deer herds seek higher ground statewide.
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Joe Herron
Herron
Morehouse
Ouachita
Union
Richland
Oua
Chita Parish
Wildlife Commission
Union Parish
Louisiana
Six Cleared In L A Disorder At Central High
Six persons arrested near Little Rock Central High School during integration era disturbances were cleared in Municipal Court. Judge Harry C. Robinson dismissed five cases after warning. the sixth was dropped by the state. The judge said the defendants had no business at the school and pardoned them with an admonition not to return.
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Little Rock
Ark
Little Rock Central High School
Harry C. Robinson
Robinson
Federal agents watch for agitation after troop withdrawal plan
In Little Rock federal agents monitor anti integration tensions as the Army lines up withdrawal of the 101st Airborne from Central High School next week. Arkansas NAACP leader Mrs. L C Bates questions the move while segregationist leader Theodore A Dillaha says it may ease tensions. Justice Department cites no new court actions as long as nine Negro students stay peaceful in the all white school.
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Little Rock
Army
Central High School
L. C. Bates
Arkansas
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
101St Airborne
Theodore A. Dillaha
Capital Citizens Council
Washington
Justice Department
Orval F. Faubus
Eisenhower
Shreveport
Texas Citizens Council Chairman Jailed In Houston
R W Milner 49 chairman of the Citizens Council of America in Texas was jailed briefly on a drunk charge after a disturbance aboard a New Orleans to Houston plane. He posted a $5 bond and claimed no intoxication. Milner was returning from a rally addressed by Gov Marvin Griffin and Sen Eastland. the pilot planned to pursue a federal charge.
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Houston
Tex
R. W. Milner
Citizens Council of America In
Texas Inc
New Orleans
Milner
Citizens Council
Marvin Griffin
Weather Forecast Suppresses Rain Hint In Cloudy Outlook
A cautious forecaster avoided mentioning rain while presenting a cool and fair to mostly cloudy forecast for tomorrow. Selman Field logged a 57 high yesterday and 37 low, today’s range was 38 to 56, with tonight’s lows 40 to 44 and tomorrow’s high around 63 to 64.
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Civil Aeronautics Weather Station
Selman Field
U S Halts Arm Shipments to Tunisia After Talks
Washington officials said no immediate arms shipments to Tunisia will be sent without consultation with France and assurances from Tunisians that weapons won t reach Algerian rebels. The talks with France focused on limiting arms to Tunisia amid NATO plans and the broader missile debate.
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Washington
United States
Tunisia
Tony
France
Christian Pineau
John Foster Dulles
Pineau
Dulles
Adlai S. Stevenson
State Department
NATO
New York
U.S
Defense
Neil H. Mellroy
Melroy
Britain
Gulf States Plan Common Front on Tidelands Case
Louisiana Atty. Gen. Jack Gremillion says five Gulf states will meet in New Orleans to coordinate a united defense in the tidelands dispute. The Justice Department broadened its suit to include Texas Mississippi Alabama and Florida regarding oil rights extending into the Gulf.
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Alexandria
Jack Gremillion
Tidelands
New Orleans
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Gremillion
Winnfield
Joe Patterson
John Patterson
Go Over Top On United Givers Campaign
Baton Rouge finished the 1957 United Givers Fund drive with $711,236, 100.4 percent of the goal. General Chairman Jack Cordova said the city had already raised $81,000 more than last year and expects further contributions from the industrial division.
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Baton Rouge
United Givers Fund
Jack Cordova
Frederick Sullens Dies Famous Jackson Editor at 80
Maj Frederick Sullens editor of the Jackson Daily News died at 9 05 a m in University Hospital Jackson MS He was 80 born Nov 12 and had been ill for weeks His death shifts editorial control to the Hederman family who own the Clarion Ledger and bought the Daily News in 1954 Sullens kept his column and page active until near his death sending copy by messenger The Major as he was affectionately known continued to work during his final illness.
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Maj
Frederick Sullens
Jackson
Miss
Daily News
University Hospital
Sullens
South
Jackson, Miss
Jackson Daily News
Hederman
Walter G. Johnson Jr
Hedermans
Clarion - Ledger
Messenger
LCSC Repeals Appeals Of Ex Employes In Louisiana
Louisiana Civil Service Commission rejects four appeals from former State Parks and Recreation Commission employees Carl Smithson M G Munson Deer Carpenter and R S Nietzel claiming political favoritism cost them their jobs. The commission ruled the positions were abolished as an economy move and that it has no power to review the actions of another agency except in limited constitutional cases.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Civil Service Commission
State Parks and Recreation Commission
Carl Smithson
M. G. Munson
Deer Carpenter
R. S. Nietzel
Marksville
Parks Commission
Prince Charles Visits Cheam School Where Carvings Noted
The heir to Britain's throne Prince Charles attends Cheam School in England and is said to have left a carved message on the back of a pew at the village church. The Rev Reginald Rabbetts reports the carved inscription read Prince Charles sat here.
Helium Plant Expansion Aimed at Missile Program
Interior Department officials disclosed plans to expand helium production to meet missile and defense needs. A long range plan seeks to extract helium from natural gas before use, boosting annual output by about 240 million cubic feet with a proposed 14 million dollar plant.
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Washington
Interior Department
Congress
House Group Demands Defense Funds Audit
Rep Mahon accuses the administration of withholding missile development funds and convenes a closed session with Defense Secretary McElroy and aide Hoagday. The inquiry aims to determine why U S missile progress lags Russia with hearings set to begin next week and a Senate study under Johnson to follow.
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Washington
Mahon
D-Tex
Defense
Scretary of Defense
McIlroy
William Ho Cday
House
C Nate
United States
Russia
Lyndon B Johnson
Johnson
Senate
U. S
Executive Department
Congress
Explosion damages home of race moderation writer in South Carolina
In Gaffney South Carolina last night an explosion damaged the home of a white writer who urged a moderate approach to race relations. Three sticks of dynamite with a fuse did not explode and no one was injured. The blast shattered six windows and cracked a wall near the chimney. residents include Dr James H Sanders and visitors Dr and Mrs Carl B McLaughlin from Louisville.
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Gaffney
S.C
Whit Votan
James H. Sanders
Carl B. McLaughlin
Louisville
Sanders
Charleston
D.C
John B. Morris
Dillon
James P. Richards
DSC
1953 Studebaker Champion for Sale
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Studebaker
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