Aerial Evacuation Proposed for Tampico Flood Victims
U S Navy rescue chief urged mass air evacuation of Tampico as floods from three hurricanes worsen. Gov Horacio Teran said plans would move over 20 000 homeless to prevent starvation and disease amid rising deaths and rising waters from the Panuco and Tamesi rivers.
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Tamesi
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Parish School Bond Issue Backed by Chamber of Commerce
The Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce board unanimously endorsed a 5.2 million parish school bond issue. Plans include three new elementary schools two junior high facilities athletic fields at Ouachita and West Monroe High schools four gym auditorium plants and renovations across the system Overground parking and driveways will be added to all campuses to handle heavy traffic The bond funds will be spent over five to ten years with initial construction targeting highest needs.
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Monroe-West Monroe
W. W. Ward
Chamber of Commerce
Residents Warned Against Fake Charity Chiselers
Baton Rouge residents were told to beware of fake charity drives and fund-raisers. The Better Business Bureau urged people to verify who benefits from donations and avoid paying inflated prices for religious junk and mail order merchandise falsely tied to charities.
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Baton Rouge
Better Business Bureau
J. B. Myers
Where To Find It Amusements Classified Comics Editorial
Seerveeaeves fragment discusses sections like Classified Comics Editorial Radio TV Society Sports and listings across pages 2B 5B 6B 78 8B 9B 4B 4A 2B with scattered codes and unreadable text.
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Amusements
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Worst Airline Disaster Sparks Grim Mountain Rescue
Rescuers battled bitter cold and wind on Medicine Bow Peak to recover bodies from United Air Lines DC4 crash that killed 66 aboard after departing New York City. The site near Laramie, Wyoming, held 50 bodies by nightfall as crews prepared to move remains to a Wyoming University lodge for identification.
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Medicine Bow Peak
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New York City
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Tokyo
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Thompson enters race for state representative post
Lea S. Thompson a 37 year old Monroe attorney announced Friday his candidacy for the state representative seat from Ouachita parish in the January 17 Democratic primary. Thompson practiced law in Monroe 13 years and served briefly as assistant U S district attorney in Shreveport. He is married with three children and resides at 208 Arkansas street. Born in Ruston he moved to Monroe early and is a Ouachita Parish High School Northeast Center and LSU graduate.
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U. S
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Arkansas
Ruston
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Northeast Center
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Wealthy Sicilian dies of starvation amid frugal habits
Salvatore Aguglia, an elderly tycoon in Palermo, died at age 80 from starvation. An autopsy found he would not buy sufficient food due to his frugal lifestyle, and his estate was valued at about $128,000 at the time of death.
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Palermo
Sicily
Salvatore Aguglia
Seven More Qualify For Ouachita Parish Elections
A Friday morning addition brings seven more candidates to the January 17 Democratic primary in Ouachita parish. Five incumbents qualified for their current offices while Lea S Thompson entered the state representative race and Rankin W Earle joined the ward 3 police juror contest.
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Ouachita Parish
Lea S. Thompson
Rankin W. Earle
Frozen Death Scene at Medicine Bow Peak Crash
United Airlines DC 4 slammed into Medicine Bow peak killing 66. Reporter Jerry Martin describes investigators, troopers, and Civil Air Patrol teams reaching the wreck, bodies scattered on ledges, and a halt to recover efforts as weather worsens.
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Jerry Martin
Laramie
Wyo
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Wyoming Highway Troopers
Civil Air Patrol
Mirror Lake
French Defense Chief Heads to Morocco to Save Policy
Gen. Pierre Billotte, named defense minister in Premier Faure’s cabinet, flies to Morocco to salvage reforms for the North African protectorate. A De Gaullist faction asked his resignation, but Billotte refused, as Morocco policy debates resume in the National Assembly.
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Pierre Billott
Edgar Faure
Morocco
Billotte
Pierre Koenig
Social and Republican Action Group
de Gaullist
Pierre July
Koenig
Social Republican Party
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National Assembly
Eisenhower Aims For More Active Role In Government
A hospital bulletin reports President Eisenhower slept well through the night and progressed satisfactorily without complications. White House physicians note his condition permits a likely shift to a more active role in government affairs as a hospital routine changes over the weekend.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
White House
Byron E. Pollock
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
James C. Hagerty
Creed Holds 6 Up Lead In Louisiana Women's Amateur
Miss Clifford Ann Creed of Opelousas led Wanda Sanches of Baton Rouge by six holes after 18 of 36 in the 27th Louisiana Women's Amateur at Bayou DeSiard Golf and Country Club. Creed shot 37 34 71 to date, while Sanches posted 38 39 77 as they advanced toward the final rounds.
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Opelousas
Wanda Sanches
Baton Rouge
Bayou DeSiard Golf and Country Club
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Miss Creed
Mary Ann Villegas
New Orleans
Fran Guthrie
Sybil Griffin
Israel
Simmons
C. B. McMahan
Manster
Four Held In Slaying Of Lubbock Youth
Four Missouri carnival workers are jailed on charges in the slaying of 19-year-old Charles D. Reeves in Lubbock. Reeves’ body was found in a roadside ditch after being shot during a break‑in at a girlfriend’s apartment. The four suspects are Bill Holt, Phillip L. Jones, Harold H. Deloach, and Bobby McKenzie Price. The two waitresses Betty Stence and Jean Allison gave signed statements.
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Tex
Charles D
Buddy) Reeves
Bill Holt
Kansas City
Phillip L. Jones
Hamilton
Harold H. Deloach
St. Louis
Bobby McKenzie Price
Grady Harrist
Reeves
Harrist
Betty Stence
Jean Allison
Betty
U S Expected To Press For Another Atom Conference
The United States prepared to urge a new international conference on peaceful atomic energy as the U N Political Committee debated a Geneva meeting’s success. Senator John O Pastore was to speak, with a U S spokesman signaling support for a three year timeline and a co sponsored resolution amid broad 60 nation backing.
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Geneva
Monroe Sees Early Fall Weather Reach City
Twin City residents on Friday morning felt the first real touch of fall in 1955 as temperatures dropped about 20 degrees from the prior day. Noon reading stood at 72 with a 61 degree morning low, NW winds around 14 mph, and a forecast of partly cloudy skies turning clear by night. Pollen count reached 274.
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Twin City
CAA
New Castle Faces Threat of New UAW Invasion
In New Castle Indiana tension rose as UAW CIO members threaten to invade again if the Perfect Circle foundry reopens. Eight people were shot in a riot at the gates and the National Guard remains to guard the plant.
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Paul F. McCormack
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William F. Caldwell
McCormack
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Kentucky
United States
George N. Craig
Prison Terms Handed Down In Fourth District Court
District Judge Jesse S Heard sentenced James Franklin Tillman and Frank Greeley, both Black men, to five years in the Louisiana state penitentiary on multiple counts of burglary and forgery with sentences running concurrently. Ida Dawkins and Virginia Bailey, Black women, received one year each for theft of 530 dollars. John D Williams got six months for taking a 1950 Ford mortgage property without consent. Bobby Gene Boillot faced five theft counts with trial dates set for November 7 and October 28.
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James Franklin Tillman
Frank Greeley
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Tillman
Greeley
Ida Dawkins
Virginia Bailey
John D. Williams
Ford
Bobby Gene Boillot
Heard
Murphy Blackwell
Man Held on Bad Check Charges in Memphis
A 35 year old Alexandria Louisiana man Durwood Paul Henderson was held on bad check charges in Memphis authorities said six warrants for bad checks from Louisiana were to be returned to Henderson by Louisiana authorities.
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Memphis, Tenn
Alexandria
Louisiana
Durwood Paul Henderson
Prisoners Denied Contact With Britisher After Beijing Promise
Washington sources say Red China has not freed 19 imprisoned Americans or allowed contact with the British envoy Con O Neill. Despite Wang Ping nan’s Sept. 10 pledge, only ten inmates and four released have left. O Neill reportedly failed to reach the others as Geneva talks stall on the repatriation agreement. Secretary Dulles news closing sentence.
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Red China
China
Geneva
U.S
A. Alexis Johnson
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Wang
Con O'Neill
Peiping
O’neill
State Dulles
Monroe Mayor Receives Distinguished Service Award
Monroe Mayor John E. Coon is named the Louisiana Municipal Review magazine Distinguished Service Award recipient for meritorious municipal achievement. The award marks the first time a Monroe mayor has been honored, with praise from publisher Claude Morgan and the Louisiana Municipal Association.
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John E. Coon
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Claude Morgan
Louisiana Municipal Review
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