Transit strike ends as Missouri penalty law used
AFL operators vote to return to work in St. Louis after the state invokes the King Thompson anti strike law. Buses and streetcars roll out within hours as Gov Donnelly seized transit, and attorney general Dalton files suit for 30000 against the union. The walkout strained downtown business and city streets.
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ST. Louis
AFL
of Missouri
Phil M. Donnelly
John M. Dalton
Missouri
Dalton
Cotton Acreage Cut Proposed to 4 Percent Reduction
The Agriculture Department proposed continuing strict production controls on cotton next year with a 4 percent acreage cut below this year and a national planting allotment of 17,391,304 acres. Quotas require two thirds approval in a December referendum, and this would mark the third straight year of cotton controls to curb surpluses amid low exports and rising world production.
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Washington
Benson
Weather Outlook: Clouds, No Rain In Monroe Area
A few clouds are expected to form in the Monroe area about 10 a.m. today but no rain is predicted. Fair today and tomorrow with no significant temperature changes. The CAA at Selman Field reported yesterday a high of 74 and a low of 44 degrees for the region encompassing Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Monroe
CAA
Selman Field
Louisiana
Arkansas
INDEX Clas e 1619 Radio TV Comics Sporte Editorials
The index lists sections for radio TV comics sports and editorials across a 1619 publication. It outlines page allocations and article types, guiding readers to entertainment and information in sequence.
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Clase
Rare Meteorite Showers Create Gulf Coast Rumors
Reports of a daytime orange fireball over the Gulf coast from Brownsville to Mobile stirred rumors and confusion. Air rescue units searched for crashed aircraft but found none while Dr. Fraser Thomson of Tulane University described the explosions as rare yet not unprecedented.
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Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Texas
Mobile
Ala
Fraser Thomson
Tulane University
Roger Harlan
Ouachita Parish Yearbook Second in Rating
Columbia University announced yearbooks from three Louisiana high schools earned top ratings in its annual contest. Sequoyah of Fair Park High School Shreveport earned first among 1501 to 2500 students, Bolton High School Alexandria earned first among offset yearbooks, and Minden High School earned first among junior senior high schools. Ouachita Parish High School Monroe earned second among senior high schools with 901 to 1500 students.
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New York
Columbia University Today
Louisiana
Sequoyah
Fair Park High School
Shreveport
Bruin
Bolton
Alexandria
Minden
Grig
Columbia
Ouachita Parish High School
Monroe
Judge declines to grant freedom for 3 turncoats
Federal judge in San Francisco defers ruling on habeas corpus pleas for Otho Bell Lewis Griggs and William Cowart soldiers who stayed in Red China after the Korean armistice and face military court charges including mistreatment and aiding the enemy. The judge cited a likely Supreme Court ruling in a similar case. The men await court martial at Fort Barker.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
Dist
Louis E. Goodman
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William Cowart
Dalton
U. S
Red China
Bell
Briggs
Cowart
Ft. Barker
Midwest gets first snow of the season reported
Chicago reports the Midwest received its first snow falls of the season on Friday. Flurries were observed at Beaver Dam Wisconsin and Houghton Michigan with snow mixed with rain.
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Chicago
Midwest
Beaver Dam
Wis
Houghton
Mich
Princess Margaret and Townsend Plan Weekend Rendezvous
Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend met at a cousin’s 20 room Windsor Forest mansion for a weekend together behind guarded gates. They traveled separately from London and stayed with hosts Mr and Mrs John Lycet Wills as royal officials urged privacy amid ongoing marriage speculation.
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Milton Marmor Binfield
England
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Windsor Forest
Britain
London
John Lycet Wills
Wills
Clarence House
Margaret
Binfield
Death Toll At Three As Gale Hits Seaboard
A wild sneak gale pounded the Eastern seaboard with many states flood threatened and rainfall over four inches in spots. At least three people were dead or missing as winds reached near hurricane force and boats and bridges were swept away.
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Seaboard
New York
Carolinas
Canada
Berkshires
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York City
U. S. Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
Danville
Federal Judge Bars Interference With Integration
U S District Judge Thomas C Trimble issued a temporary order barring interference with reopening of racially integrated Hoxie public schools on Oct 24. The order targets pro segregation groups and individuals pressuring parents. it lasts until Oct 21 with a Oct 20 hearing set for permanent injunction.
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Little Rock
Ark
U. S
Thomas C. Trimble
Hoxie, Ark
Hoxie
Jonesboro
Hoxie School Board and Supt. K. E. Vance
Bill Phenix
Phenix
Herbert Brewer
Hoxie Farmer
Amis Guthridge
White America, Inc
James D. Johnson
Crossett
Curtis Copeland
Hot Springs
White Citizens Council of Arkansas
Corsicana Man Sues Over $90,000 Found Basemen
Jackson Davis, a 24-year-old black man from Corsicana, files suit in Navarro County District Court seeking $90,000 including exemplary damages. He alleges $50,000 found in a Dallas broker William B. Felder Jr. basement was wrongfully taken by force, threats, fraud and duress by Felder and Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker and deputies John Ellis and Tom Marsh.
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Corsicana
Tex
Dallas
Jackson Davis
Navarro County
William B. Felder Jr
Dallas County
Bill Decker
John Ellis
Tom Marsh
Davis
Matt
Nobody Beats Crossword Puzzle This Week Prize Up To 375
Morning World readers chase a $375 prize next week after this week’s crossword jackpot failed to yield a winner. Clues explained include across entries such as OBSERVANT pointing to TIE and BOSS as a clear answer, with notes on possible motives and puzzle difficulty.
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Secord
Wild Confusion Grips Louisiana Primary Filing Deadline
In Baton Rouge on October 14 AP reports Col Francis Grevem berg and New Orleans Mayor deLesseps Morrison qualified for governor amid a chaotic filing rush. Democratic chairman N B Carstarphen flew from Shreveport to oversee qualifications as word spread that many candidates had acted under the law.
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Baton Rouge
Francis Grevemberg
New Orleans
deLesseps Morrison
N. B. Carstarphen
Democratic State Central Committee
Shreveport
Jesse Webb Sr
Central Committee
Carstarphen
Webb
Poland Drops Poland United States in UN Seat Deadlock
The Soviet bloc shifts support from Poland to Yugoslavia in a UN Security Council battle as Poland and the Philippines clash for the seat. After four ballots the assembly stalls with no two thirds and Britain and the Soviet Union seek to postpone voting. Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo remains defiant, saying the fight continues as lobbying intensifies.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Bloc
Yugoslavia
U. N. Security Council
Philippines
United States
Poland
U. N. General Assembly
Assembly
Britain
Soviet Union
Carlos P. Romulo
Council
Romulo
U. N
U. S
Security Council
Cuba
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand
France
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
V. V. Kuznetsov
Stenographer Praised by Boss in Office Exchange
The new stenographer is praised by her boss for looks voice and deportment as the office environment is described. The dialogue begins with compliments and shifts to a more cautious note about boundaries and conduct.
Faure Seeks Confidence Vote Set For Tuesday
In Paris the National Assembly moved to vote on Premier Edgar Faure after he urged a confidence vote to prove reforms in Algeria. The decision to hold the ballot was set for Tuesday and follows an all night session.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
French National Assembly
Faure
Till father of Chicago boy murder hanged in war Italy
The Jackson Daily News reports Louis Till was executed in Italy on July 2, 1945 for murder and rape at age 24. The tale ties to Emmett Till’s case as Attorney Huff questions relevance while two Mississippi men await trial on kidnapping charges in Chicago. Mamie Bradley cites a War Department notice saying wilful misconduct as cause of death.
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Jackson
Miss
Jackson Daily News
Louis Till
Mississippi
Italy
Washington
177Th Port ‘Company
Chicago
Till
William Henry Huff
Huff
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Emmet Louis Till
Roy Bryant
John W., Milam
Young Till
Mamie Bradley
War Department
Five candidates file for governor in Louisiana primary
Baton Rouge reports by Oct 14 show five gubernatorial hopefuls and running mates entering the Jane uary Democratic primary. Fran cis Grevemberg with Wesley H. Clafton, Earl K. Long with Lether Frazar, and James McLemore with J. B. Alexander are among the ticketed entrants, alongside independents for state offices.
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Baton Rouge
State
Francis Grevemberg
Wesley H. Clanton
Eunice
State Mineral Board
Earl K. Long
Winnfield
Lether Frazar
Lake Charles
Louisiana Tops Nation in State Taxes
Louisiana led the United States in the share of personal income paid to state taxes. For the year ending 1954, Louisianans paid 8.09 dollars per 100 dollars of income, down from a 1951 peak, with the national average at 4.09 per 100. In fiscal 1955 Louisiana ranked fourth per capita state taxes.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Public Affairs Research Council
PAR
Memorandum Account Phone Offer Prompts Inquiry
A phone campaign offers a memorandum account option and urges subscribers to reply with CHARGE IT. It also promotes a low 7 day vote with cancellation privileges and invites questions about terms.
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