US Demands Release Of 13 Americans
The United States issued the strongest possible protest to Red China demanding the immediate release of 13 Americans sentenced on alleged spy charges. The State Department vowed firm action, accusing Peiping of bad faith and violation of international law as 11 airmen and two civilian employees faced prison terms up to life.
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Washington
United States
Red China
State Department
Geneva
Peiping
State
Defense
U.S
U.S. Far East
Relative’s fury as 13 Reds prisoners are jailed for spying
Relatives nationwide react with stunned anger after word arrives that 13 men, including civilian employees John Downey of New Britain Connecticut and Richard Fecteau of Lynn Massachusetts, have been sentenced in China. Families cry for U N and U S action and recall hopeful letters from prisoners.
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China
United States
United Nations
John Thomas Downey
New Britain
Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
Eisenhower
American Legion
Prentiss Lowe Installed as LEA President at Convention
Mrs Prentiss W Lowe was installed Wednesday as president of the Louisiana Education Association at the 60th annual convention. She succeeds Francis F Wimberly of New Iberia and previously served as vice president. William Pitcher of Covington was named vice president. New executive council members were Bertuccii Gretna Cope Bossier City Brunson Dutchtown Cheves Natchitoches plus other members White Baldwin Ward Mim. Delegates to NEA were Voisin Monroe McGree Hebert Lake Charles.
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Bill Hardin
Prentiss W. Lowe
Louisiana Education Association
Francis F. Wimberly
New Iberia
Lowe
William Pitcher
Covington
St. Tammany Parish
Peter Bertuccci
Gretna
Emmett Cope
Bossier City
W. C. Brunson
Dutchtown
Monnie T. Cheves
Natchitoches
J. Arthur White
New Orleans
Robert J. Boudreaux
Baldwin
William W. Ward
Monroe
John J. Mi
Carr
General Assembly
United States
NEA
Minden
Dystrophy Drive Raises $487 in Monroe Event
Monroe Fire Fighters Association raised 487 dollars during a Tuesday night muscular dystrophy drive led by P V Cutter. Local volunteers from five stations joined a nation wide effort by the Internal Association of Fire Fighters to fund research and aid a cure. Funds will be sent to the national group.
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Monroe Fire Fighters Association
P. V. Cutter
Internal
Association of Fire Fighters
National Association
Cutter
Monroe
Lea Backing Segregation Amendment by Louisiana Education Association
The Louisiana Education Association voted to back the constitution amendment supporting segregation in state schools during its Neville High School meeting. The resolution will be sent to the governor and state officials as well as senators and representatives. the group also urged NEA delegates to reflect its stance on segregation and approved resolutions for the Teachers Credit Union and gratitude to supporters.
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Louisiana Education Association
Neville High School
General Assembly
National Education Association
Barham in Satisfactory Condition After Kidney Stone Surgery
Lt. Gov. C. E. Barham underwent a kidney stone operation at Ochsner Foundation yesterday and is in very satisfactory condition. He is expected to be released in about 10 days.
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New Orleans
C. E
Cap) Barham
Ochsner Foundation
Thanksgiving Charity Notes From Good Fellows Appeal
A 1954 appeal describes donations in memory of deceased loved ones to aid living recipients. The article notes Thanksgiving and Christmas customs, mentions funds from Good Fellows, and emphasizes helping those in dire need during the holiday season.
Senator Young Declines Vote on McCarthy Censure
Senator Young of North Dakota says he will not vote to censure Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin over the special committee charges. He cites protecting free speech and McCarthy's work exposing Communist influence. Senate debates to resume next Monday as Dirksen plans a substitute proposal.
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Washington
Sen
Young
R-Nd
McCarthy
Rwis
Sen. Dirksen
R-I
Dirksen
Watkins
Utah
Knowland of
Presbyterians Host Union Thanksgiving Service in Monroe
Downtown churches join in a union Thanksgiving service at First Presbyterian Church Monroe on Thursday at 10 a.m. Rev W H McFadden presides with readings by Dr James T Horton and Rabbi F K Hirsch. Pal mer Orphanage offering, choir anthems, and a sermon by Rev R T Watson conclude with benediction. Churches taking part include Presbyterian First Baptist First Methodist B N a I Israel and First Christian.
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Monroe
First Presbyterian Church
Mendelssohn
Leon Hammonds
W. H. McFadden
James T. Horton
Harry Lemert
F. K. Hirsch
H. L. Johns
Palmer Orphanage
Arioso
Betty Spurlock
R. T. Watson
Presbyterian
First Baptist
First Methodist
B’nai Israel
First Christian
British Clerk Admits Spying For Soviet Union
A London court heard British clerk John Clarence 27 admitted spying for the Soviet Union as a provisional agent. He allegedly obtained military information while with a home guard unit and later sought to ingratiate with U S Navy staff at Grosvenor Square. Clarence denied guilt and awaits jury trial on two charges.
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Scotland Yard
John Clarence
U. S. Navy
Soviet Union
Clarence
Klaus Fuchs
Ian Smith
Britain
Home Guard
Ward
Grosvenor Square
Moscow
U. S
United States
Barabanoy
B. M. Walter
Walter
Six-State Dragnet For Four Bank Robbers Launched
Lake Providence police issued a six state alarm for two men and two women after a $1244 robbery and beating of George Gardner Gilbert. The suspects, driving a 1950 Ford with Texas plates, are believed armed and dangerous. Gardner survived injuries and reported threats to burn him.
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Lake Providence
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
East Carroll Parish
J. W. Gilbert
George Gardner
Gardner
Gilbert
Living Costs Decline for Third Straight Month
The Labor Department reports October living costs fell two-tenths of a percent from September, lowering the wage-index impact for about 1.3 million workers in auto, aircraft, and farm machinery contracts. Food prices led the drop, the index at 114.5 of prewar averages, the lowest since June 1955, with November prices expected lower. Turkey costs also eased by 4 to 10 cents a pound compared with last year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Aryness Joy Wickens
Labor Statistics Commissioner
Eisenhower To Take Thanksgiving Holiday At Augusta GA
President Eisenhower flies in the new Super Constellation to the Little White House at Augusta for a Thanksgiving weekend stay. Mrs Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery accompany him. They plan rest work turkey dinner golf and bridge before return to Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Allied Forces
Europe
Augusta
Colorado
China says it captured 230 U S agents since 1951
London report states Red China claims it has trapped 230 American and Chiang Kai shek agents in China since 1951 with 106 killed.
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London
Red China
China
Prosecution paints two episodes in Sheppard case
The prosecution today pressed two episodes in Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard’s account of the night his wife was murdered. Witnesses described a house ablaze with light and a rough lake as the events unfolded.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Perjurer Dies After Prison Beating in Lewisburg
William Walter Remington former Commerce Department economist died at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary after a Monday beating with a brick wrapped in a sock. He had been serving a three year perjury term for denying ties to Communist groups. FBI probes the incident as Alger Hiss also serves a perjury sentence nearby.
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Lewisburg
William Walter Remington
U. S. Commerce Department
Federal
Remington
Fred T. Wilkinson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Norman McCabe
Philadelphia
Communist Party
Alger Hiss
Iving
Coroner Warns of Waste and Favoritism in Baton Rouge
Parish Coroner Dr. J. D. Watson condemned the City Parish Council for favoritism toward former assistant coroner Dr. Philip Polito and for creating unneeded jobs with taxpayer funds. He noted Polito earns 5700 a year while serving only one jail day, contrasted with his own 1500 as jail physician for six days, and accused salary cuts of masking economic waste.
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Baton Rouge
J. D. Watson
City Parish
Council
Polito
Watson
State Penitentiary
Bogalusa Hospital
State Department of Institutions
Angola
Bogalusa
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