Suits Seek $25,000 Damages Over Voter Rights
Two federal suits filed in the western district seek $25,000 damages and a permanent injunction against Mae Lucky Ouachita parish registrar of voters for alleged violations of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. Plaintiffs James Sharp and Dr John S Reddix Monroe Negroes claim a class action with rights of many Louisiana electors affected by registration difficulties last spring and summer.
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United States District Court, Western District
Mae Lucky
Ouachita Parish
State of
Louisiana
United States
Dodgers Trump Yankees In World Series Third Inning
Brooklyn built a 6-3 lead at Ebbetts Field on power hitting from Gil Hodges Jackie Robinson and Sandy Amoros. Mantle homered for New York and it was Mantle’s sixth World Series homer. The game recap outlines early offense, defensive plays, and key at bats through the third inning.
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Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson
Sandy Amoros
Hodges
Amoros
Campanella
Mickey Mantle
Billy Martin
Yankees
Dodgers
Bauer
Rf Gilliam
Slaughter
If Reese
Mantle
Cf Snider
Berra
Robinson
Skowron
McDougald
Furillo
Rf Martin
Carey
Ford
Maglie
Pinelli
Soar
Boggess
Napp
Gorman
Runge
Eisenhower
Don Bessent
Dodger
Martin
Johnny Bucks
Yankee
Amores
Mickey
Picket line drives off students at Lamar State College
In Beaumont Texas violent white protestors forced four enslaved Negro students off campus while two others entered classes. Police observed as five pickets and Mrs H T Mercer warned others away and claimed threats. One unidentified student resisted being blocked and drove off.
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Beaumont
Tex
Lamar State College of Technology
Texas Rangers
Bill Johnson
Troy Stidham
James West
Victor
A. W. Lightfoot
H. T. Mercer
Beatification of Pope Innocent XI Scheduled Sunday
Pope Innocent XI, famed for opposing Louis XIV, is to be beatified Sunday at St Peter's Basilica. The ceremony features a crystal coffin, papal robes, and a Mass led by Cardinal Eugene Tisserant. Born Benedetto Odescalchi in 1611, he reduced Vatican expenses and died in 1689 after a lengthy beatification process begun in 1714 amid French opposition.
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Vatican City
Pope Innocent XI
Louis XIV
France
St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope Pius XII
Innocent One
Pope Pius
Castel Gandolfo
Innocent
Pius
St. Peter’s
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Cardinals
Innocent XI
Benedetto Odescalchi
Como
Italy
Rome
Papal States
Vatican
Morning Showers Bring Small Dip in Louisiana Temps
Scattered early showers eased temperatures for Northeast Louisiana residents. Wednesday reached 79 degrees before noon at Selman Field, with a night low around 60. Forecast calls for cloudy skies and scattered showers through Thursday, little overall change in temperatures, with tonight’s low 63 to 67 and Thursday’s high near 84 to 88.
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Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Winners In Forest Festival Announced
Winnfield October 3 Special The Chatham High School Future Farmers of America chapter won first place in the Louisiana Forest Festival booth contest earning 175 dollars. Line Unatnampoo featured a timber growth graph on burned versus unburned land and timber samples showing fire damage. Second place went to Joyce Boy Souds with 125 dollars. Winnfield FFA won 100 dollars for an exhibit. other prize winners included Pollock FFA 80 dollars Atlanta FFA 70 dollars Georgetown FHA 60 dollars Sikes FFA 50 dollars Winn Parish Library 45 dollars and Dry Prong FFA 40 dollars. A Northeast State College band concert at Winnfield High School and a main street parade followed.
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Winnfield
Chatham High School
Future Farmers of America
T. S. Colvin
Mit
Chatham Fha
Charles Moss
Joyce Boy Souds
FFA
Pollock Ffa
Atlanta
Georgetown Fha
Mother Fails In Pitiful Bank Robbery Attempt
In Cleveland a 25 year old mother of four tried to rob a Cleveland Trust Co. branch with a note. She left without loot after the teller rang the alarm, then was arrested at her suburban home. FBI will file attempted robbery charges.
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Cleveland
Maybelle Millard
France
Cleveland Trust Co
Highland Heights
Richard
Florence M. Rees
Long Promises Not To Fight Two-Thirds Rule At Convention
Gov Earl Long pledged not to seek changing the two thirds tax requirement at the constitutional convention slated for Jan 7 if voters approve the call on November 6. The two thirds tax law requires a two thirds legislative majority to enact tax measures and its fate hung over the 1956 session.
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Long
Baton Rouge
Earl Long
U. S. Charts Independent Suez Course
Secretary of State Dulles signals a somewhat independent U S position from Britain and France on the Suez dispute while stressing unity on the demand for international control of the canal. He notes differences in approach tied to colonialism questions and later edits his conference remarks to remove that line.
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Dulles
Britain
France
Suez Canal
Egypt
Asia
Africa
Suez
United States
State Department
Senator O Mahoney Seeks Delay on Sulphur Lease Transfer Off Louisiana
Senator O Mahoney questioned economic concentration in offshore mining and urged Interior Secretary Seaton to pause action on Humble Oil's proposal to transfer a submerged Gulf of Mexico sulphur lease six miles off Louisiana to Freeport Sulphur. He cited Freeport's large share of US sulphur and asked for antitrust review and subcommittee comment before any decision.
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Washington
O’mahoney
D- Wye
Secretary of the Interior
Seaton
Louisiana
Interior Department
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Freeport Sulphur Co
Gulf of Mexico
Bureau of Land Management
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
United States
Humble Oil
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Freeport
Texas Gulf
O'Mahoney
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Group
Justice Department
Antitrust Section
Three Killed In Globemaster Crash At Charleston AFB
A C124 Globemaster crashed and burned at Charleston Air Force Base while approaching from Bermuda. Three crew members died. seven others were injured, with conditions ranging from good to undetermined. Visibility was reduced by fog.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Air Force Base
U.S. Naval Hospital
Air Force
Bermuda
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile
Ala
Oldest Twin Cities Resident Newt J. Giles Dies at 99
Newt J. Giles 99 longtime resident of Twin Cities and Ouachita parish died after a lingering illness Tuesday night. Funeral held Wednesday at Mullearn Funeral Home with Rev. James Thorn and Rev. Jaroy Weber officiating. He will be buried in McRill cemetery beside his wife in Kinder, Louisiana. Born September 23, 1857 in Murray, Kentucky he lived much of his life in Louisiana sawmill work and built the first hardwood mill in south Louisiana at Eola. He had resided with his married daughter for the last 20 years.
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Newt J. Giles
Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
Mulhearn Funeral Home
James Thorn
Jaroy Weber
First Baptist Church
West Monroe
Giles
Kinder
Democrat Loses Wife For Candidacy Secret
D L Cullum, a loser in the July 31 Democratic primary for state auditor in Arkansas, was divorced from his wife Gladys after she charged his failure to inform her of his candidacy. Married since 1955, she felt embarrassed when newsmen asked about the race and testified he did not support her, gagged and quarreled.
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Little Rock
Ark
D. L. Cullum
Gladys Cullum
Cullum
Llumber Company
Louisiana and Mississippi Win Big Hills Burton Hospital Funds
Washington reports Mississippi received 3,196,000 and Louisiana 3,169,000 in Hill Burton federal aid for hospital construction this year. Total federal allocations reach 26,832,000 for Mississippi and 25,474,000 for Louisiana, with hundreds of projects statewide enhancing hospital capacity by 3,529 beds in Mississippi and 3,558 in Louisiana.
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Washington
Mississippi
Louisiana
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
NAACP Appeal Delayed At Louisiana Court Docket
In Baton Rouge court officials said delays push the NAACP appeal to tomorrow or Friday. The NAACP was outlawed in Louisiana after a May 24 ruling banning a prior court action under an anti-Klan law. The First Circuit Court of Appeal opened its fall session with the NAACP appeal 17th on a crowded docket as attorneys prepared for arguments.
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Baton Rouge
National Assn
Louisiana
NAACP
First Circuit Court of Appeal
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