Two Richland Parish road workers killed in train crash
In Rayville at Perkins Crossing a Illinois Central passenger train struck a road grader, killing Jesse M. Moton age 55 and E P Worthey age 49 who were working a 35 mile straight track. The engine 205 crew said the warning whistle sounded and the grader did not clear the track. The eight car train carried one passenger, one pullman and mail cars en route Meridian Mississippi to Shreveport. The bodies were taken to Mulhearn Funeral Home pending burial arrangements.
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Rayville
Richland Parish
Illinois Central
Here
Cuthbert
Frank Davis
Ed Perkins Livestock Barn
Davis
Shreveport
Meridian
Miss
Mulhearn
Eisenhower To Visit Pennsylvania Farm For Weekend
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower leave by car for their Gettysburg area country estate to continue recovery from a mild stroke. White House officials confirm doctors approve the trip and expect them to stay through the weekend as crowds watch near the gate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
James C. Hagerty
White House
Secret Service
Howard M., Snyder
Hagerty
Southern State Consumers Buy More This Year
The U S Department of Agriculture reports consumers in 16 southern states and the District of Columbia spent $2 billion more in the first nine months of 1957 than in the same period in 1956. Total regional retail spending reached $30.8 billion, with gains in department stores and most major retail sectors, while eating places and some general merchandise stores fell slightly. Cities with department store gains include Atlanta, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Mobile, Tampa, and St. Petersburg.
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Atlanta
District of Columbia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commerce Department
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
The
Carolinas
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Kentucky
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Merrill C. Lofton
Lofton
United States
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tenn
Birmingham
Mobile
Ala
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mohammed V troubled by war at home
King Mohammed V of Morocco faces internal strife as unrest erupts over Ifni, a small Spanish enclave. Col. Moulay Hafid briefs the king on fighting and Moroccan Liberation Army raids, while the monarch tours the United States amid talks with Secretary Dulles.
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Williamsburg
Mohammed V
Morocco
Mohammed
Washington
Moulay Hafid
Rabat
Nixon
Aries
Dulles
Hafid
Moulay Hassan
Ifni
Atlantic
Moroccan Liberation Army
Liberation Army
Spanish Sahara
French
Asgeria
Hassan
Florence Festival Symphony in Alexandria Concert
The Florence Festival Symphony Orchestra, the Florence city ensemble, will perform in Alexandria on Sunday December 1 at 2 30 pm per an Alexandria Community Concert Association notice. Twin City Concerts members may attend under a reciprocal agreement between the groups. A spokesman for the Alexandria organization announced the event.
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Florence Festival Symphony Orchestra
Florence
Italy
Alexandria
Alexandria Community Concert Association
Twin City Concerts
Alex
Kefauver Alarmed By Missile Program Shortfalls
Sen Kefauver states three days of missiles and satellites hearings reveal the U S program is behind Russia in key scientific military fields. He calls for more funding and focus on missiles satellites and education while arguing the outlook is not hopeless if will is applied. Senator Bush urges top priority to expand missile production and bolster the Strategic Air Command.
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Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
U. S
Senate
Russia
The
Tennesseean
Bush
R-Conn
Strategic Air Command
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sinking Of Red Ship Reported With 1500 Deaths
Copenhagen based report cites defector Captain Lew Predischevski claiming the 23000 ton Soviet battleship Novorossiisk formerly the Italian Guilo Cesare sank in the Black Sea two years earlier with about 1500 lives lost. The ship allegedly flawed after modernization reduced seaworthiness. The disaster occurred when the vessel capsized.
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Copenhagen
Black Sea
Bonn
West Germany
Berinske Tidende
Red Navy
Lew Predischevski
Germany
Novorossiisk
Guilo Cesare
Italy
Nikolayev” Yard
Predtschevski
Near Freezing Temps Forecast for Louisiana
A cold front from Texas and Oklahoma brings near freezing temperatures to Louisiana tonight with the northwest region hit first. Monroes low is expected in the mid 30s and no rain is forecast, pleasing farmers with remaining cotton in fields.
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Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Monroe
Santa Claus to lead Monroe parade and band fest
Santa Claus arrives by streamlined train to greet crowds at 3 PM in Monroe for the first annual Marching Band Festival and Christmas Parade. 14 bands from northeast Louisiana compete for 500 dollars in prizes, with the Fink Rotating Trophy awarded for first place.
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Santa Claus
Monroe
Louisiana
Oak Grove
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Santa
South Grand
DeSiard
Fink
Ilineis Central Yards
Sixth Street
Ouachita Grammar School
Sixth
Wyoming coach and players jailed after Denver hotel disturbance
Wyoming coach Bob Devaney and players Lawrence Zowada and Paul Muratore were jailed by Denver police after a disturbance at the Shirley Savoy Hotel following a Wyoming loss to Denver. Assistant coach Michael Corgan faced multiple charges as a hotel fight ended with a pistol shot to the lobby ceiling.
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Denver
Bob Devaney
Wyoming
Shirley Savoy Hotel
United States
Devaney
Lawrence E. Zowada
Paul M. Muratore
Michael M. Corgan
William Hallman
Joseph Haleman
Holeman
Corgan
Butler
Martinac
Muratore
Holiday Accident Kills Man and Injures Six
A 55 year old Monticello man died from a skull fracture after being struck four miles south of Delhi while walking to his brother’s home for Thanksgiving. His 10 year old daughter Marie was hospitalized in fair condition. A. B. Harvey, 61, of Delhi, drove the car. no charges filed. Marie and Til lie’s other survivors include three sons and four daughters. Funeral services set for Saturday at Kidder Cox Funeral Home Chapel.
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Monticello
Mass
LWO
Tilley
Monroe
Marie
Delhi
Delhi Clinic
Mr. Tilley
Harvey
Tillie
Kidder-Cox Funeral Home
W. H. Freeman
Oakley Cemetery
Gilbert
Harmon
William
Alin Lee
Epps
Geneva Simon
Akron
Ohio
Icie Bizzel
der Reina Tilfie
Alva Davis
Henry McPherson
Billy Kirksey
Edward
Pin Robbery On Missouri Man
Kansas City authorities identified 43 year old ex convict John Harris Hudson of St Joseph Missouri as the prime suspect in the $9464 Wednesday robbery of Standard State Bank. Hudson, linked by photos and a Kansas City Kansas used car dealer, is also wanted on two prior bank robbery charges in the Kansas City area. He has served three prison terms and was released from Missouri Penitentiary in September 1956 after an armed robbery sentence. In 1950 he attempted an escape while serving a forgery term but was stopped.
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Kansas City
Standard State Bank
St Joseph
FBI
John Harris Hudson
Kan
Bank of Riverside
Hudson
Missouri Penitentiary
Soviet Supreme Soviet to meet December 19
The Supreme Soviet will convene its second regular session of the year on December 19. Officials announced plans to consider the 1959 budget and discuss a new economic plan.
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RED
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
France Asked To Accept War Mediation In Algeria
United Nations debate as Tunisia urged France to set aside nationalism and consider the Moroccan Tunisian offer to mediate the Algerian dispute. Ambassa dor Mongi Slim cited Rabat talks and urged a spirit of compromise from all parties.
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United Nations
N.Y
Tunisia
France
Mongi Slim
Washington
U.N
Algeria
General Assembly
Felix Gaillard
Paris
Rabat
Mohammed VI
Morocco
Habib Bourguiba
Algerian Front of National Liberation
Slim
Christian Pineau
Changes Mind Now In Hospital In Sardinia
Antonio Mozzo, 35, is in a hospital after telling his fiancée Elena Serra he changed his mind about the marriage. Serra, 32, is jailed on charges she stabbed him in the neck at a bar after a dispute in a car en route to San Martino. Mozzo remains in serious condition.
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Cagliari
Sardinia
Antonio Mozzo
Elena Serra
Antonio
Elena
San Montiferro
Mezzo
Think Sputnik Seen Over Wales
London watchers reported a ball of fire over Wales and western England fueling rumors the first Russian satellite rocket was finishing its 56 day spaceflight. A Jodrell Bank spokesman dismissed the claim, saying the light was Sputnik II in its orbit.
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London
Wales
Iingland
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Rioting Erupts After Edison High Victory in Miami
Police clash with rioters on Edison grounds as Miami Edison beats Miami High 20 to 7. One motorcycle officer injured, four arrested, two juveniles cited, and several others hurt. Cars damaged. three men held on charges including disorderly conduct. Bedell charged with assault for striking officer.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Edisno
Miami High School
Edison
William Duncan
J. T. Griffin
Robert Martinelli
Joseph P. D'Auria
University of Miami
Jacob A. Bedell
James V. Ferdinand
Bedell
Raph Hinson
Hinson
Wiffin
Siamese Twins Born In Dallas
Siamese twin girls were born last night to a physician's wife in Dallas. The twins share a single torso with two heads, four arms, and four legs. They are undergoing surgery at Children’s Medical Center. doctors say survival is unlikely. The mother is reported to be in good condition and her name was not released.
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Dallas
Baylor Hospital
Children’s Medical Center
Russian Report Insists Satellites Study Radiation
Soviet scientists rejected Western claims that the first Sputniks measure Earth as they pass overhead. They said Sputnik II uses silver-zinc batteries with mercury oxide and focuses on cosmic and solar radiation. The IGY committee confirmed no Earth-only data, noting future near-space Earth measurements and missile targeting needs.
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Moscow
Russia
United Press
Cambridge
Mass
Sputnik
Sputnik II
V. Troitskaya
IGY
Help Requested as Goodfellows Receive Donations
Letters pour in asking aid from Goodfellows with donations totaling 264.00 from E. B. Johnson, Book Club, Women’s Aux Ouachita Medical Ass’n, and others. A morning poem titled Have You You met someone in the morning outlines simple acts of kindness to help those in need. A widow writes asking for assistance in dire circumstances.
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Goodfellows
E. B. Johnson
Pei Book Club
Women's Aux
Ouachita Medical Ass'n
E. Eres
Goodfellow
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Columbia
North Monroe
Retail Merchants
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Richland Parish Road
Perkins Crossing
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Wyo
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Missouri
International Geophysical Year Committee
U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
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