Tragic crash claims Hoy family in West Monroe
W C Hoy Sr and two of his sons Charles 17 and Sammy 20 died in a head on collision with a loaded gravel truck on Washington Street. The driver Clifford Walker 29 of Calhoun escaped uninjured. State police investigated as of noon. the Hoys were believed to be on a squirrel hunting trip.
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West Monroe
Washington Street
W. C. Hoy, Sr
Olin Mathieson Paper Mill
Charles Hoy
Sammy Hoy
Alvin Street
Hoy
Walker
Kilpatrick's
Peters Funeral
St. Francis
Ouachita Parrish
John Burton
Hix
W. C. Hoy Sr
Stengel Fired As Yankee Skipper Vents Bitterness
Casey Stengel said he was fired by the New York Yankees at age 70. Co-owner Dan Topping cited a retirement and profit sharing plan, plus Stengel’s age, as reasons. Stengel said he was not offered a new contract and would have wanted changes and clarity on who was boss.
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NEW York (Ap
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Dan Topping
Stengel
Topping
Bucky Harris
Yankee
Glendale
Calif
del Webb
Hoover warns vast espionage by Iron Curtain envoys
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told the American Legion convention that estimates hold 70 to 80 percent of Iron Curtain diplomatic representatives in the United States have some espionage assignment. He urged a firm stance in the cold war versus Khrushchev and Castro, citing defections and persona non grata expulsions as proof of Soviet abuses of diplomatic status. He urged pressure while maintaining military and ideological strength.
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Miami Beach
Fla
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Iron Curtain
American Legion
Hoover
American Legion Press Association
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Russia
United States
Fidel Castro
Lenin
Lodge promises a Negro in the cabinet if Nixon wins
In Albany Henry Cabot Lodge pledged that if Nixon is elected president there would be a Negro in the cabinet. He said the move would aid U.S. foreign relations and fulfill a national purpose, speaking as he arrived at Albany Airport.
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Albany
N.Y
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Lodge
U.S
Louisiana Governor Doubts Need for Special Session
Gov Jimmie H Davis said no special session is planned and New Orleans schools will likely stay segregated after the November 14 court deadline to integrate. Other brief items note a grand jury indicting 20 quiz show contestants for rigging, potential further witnesses, and early disarmament talks at the UN. A Cuban editor claimed Castro narrowly escaped assassination. a U S jet liner carried life saving drugs to a Mississippi baby.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana
New Orleans
New York
Grand Jury
Casey Stengel Hinted for White Sox by Veeck
Chicago AP reports Sox President Bill Veeck expressed openness to Casey Stengel joining the White Sox noting the team would be glad to have him. The remark underscores possible managerial or advisory speculation around Stengel during the baseball season.
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Chicago
Casey Stengel
The
White Sox
Sox
Bill Veeck
Farmer Pinned by Tractor Nine Hours
Troy Kansas AP Clarence Mullins a 57 year old farmer was pinned standing up for nearly nine hours after his tractor slipped into a 12 foot ditch breaking his left leg in at least five places His two sons discovered him about 6 pm and neighbors freed him
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Troy, Kan
Clarence Mullins
Mullins
Wife believes husband eaten by sharks
In Miami the wife of missing skindiver John Taylor Wilson says she believes he was attacked by sharks. Wilson disappeared last week, his car was found near a bridge, clothing remained, and a diving ling was missing. A helicopter sighted a school of sharks attacking a white object about 15 feet below the surface, 300 yards from shore.
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Miami
Fla
John Taylor Wilson
Light Sentence Given Teacher By Russians
A young American teacher Mark I. Kaminsky pleaded guilty to espionage after Moscow officials warned of a light sentence. Kaminsky, 28, was sentenced September 16 to seven years but the term was suspended and he was expelled. His companion Harvey C. Bennett, 26, was also expelled. They arrived in Vienna and planned to return to the United States.
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Vienna
Austria
Mark I. Kaminsky
Near
Niles
Mich
Soviet Union
Kaminsky
U.S
Harvey C. Bennett
Tracy
Calif
Moscow Radio
Czechoslovakia
United States
Kamin
Eisenhower urges ceaseless push for United Nations
President Eisenhower called for a continuous effort to strengthen the United Nations during a Minnesota speech at the dedication of the Hiawatha Bridge. He urged free nations to share the burden against the Soviet threat and warned against complacency in the drive for world peace.
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Red Wing
Minn
Eisenhower
United Nations
Khrushchev
International Organization
Mississippi River
Minnesota-Wisconsin
Detroit
Michigan City
Hostages Held by Convict Patients at Connecticut Prison
Three guards were overpowered and held for more than six hours in a ward at the Connecticut State Prison in Wethersfield before being released after officials granted a conference with a lawyer and a state representative. Walter Doolittle and Peter Kinosh spoke with attorney Roger Gleason and State Rep. Marshall N. Dudley, who said no grievances were presented and the episode appeared not to be a continuation of a prior riot.
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Wethersfield, Conn
Connecticut State Prison
Walter Doolittle
Peter Kinosh
Roger Gleason
Marshall N. Dudley
Gleason
Doolittle
Dudley
French tire heir jailed for wife murder near Tours
Patrice Michelin, 32, heir to the Michelin tire empire, was imprisoned Monday on murder charges after his wife Nicole, 29, was shot in a hunting party on their estate. She died at Loches hospital. He says the rifle fired accidentally as he moved through a thicket. He led police to the scene and reenacted his actions.
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Tours
France
Patrice Michelin
Nicole
Michelin
Loches
Burgoyne Promoted at St Francis Hospital
S Everett Burgoyne has been promoted to assistant administrator at St Francis Hospital from business manager. A new chief of staff will be named today and announced tomorrow by the executive board. Dr V J Sampognaro’s term expires tomorrow.
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S. Everett Burgoyne
St. Francis Hospital
Burgoyne
V. J. Sampognaro
Monroe A I E E meeting at Flamingo Room Hollywood
A meeting of the Monroe sub section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will be held at 7 p m tonight in the Flamingo Room of the Hollywood. The principal speaker is listed on CHIT CHAT Page 2 A.
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Monroe
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Flamingo
Hollywood
Daughter Of Late Actress Bridget Hayward Found Dead
Bridget Hayward 21, daughter of actress Margaret Sullavan and Leland Hayward, was found dead in her midtown apartment after an apparent suicide. Her father discovered the body around 4:30 p.m. an incoherent note was found but not disclosed and autopsy was scheduled. Police say she had been pursuing acting.
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New York
Margaret Sullavan
Leland Hayward
Bridget Hayward
Ex-Broker Victim Safe Containing $3 Million Stolen
Los Angeles sheriff's deputies reported a three million dollar safe burglary at the West Hollywood home of Raoul Fernandez the widower of Coca Cola fortune heiress Catherine Johnson Candler Fernandez. The loot included about one million in jewelry and two million in non negotiable Coca Cola stock. The burglary occurred while Fernandez was out to dinner. he returned at 11 30 p m to find the safe missing. A screen was removed from a guest room window leading to a sun deck on the third floor.
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Los Angeles
Raoul
Fernandez
West Hollywood
Catherine Johnson Candler Fernandez
Coca Cola
Lee Bergman
Sheriff's Detective Bureau
Atlanta
U.S
New York
Miami
Fla
Coca-Cola Co
Bel-Air
Jackson Takes Crack At Nixon
Democratic National Chairman Henry M. Jackson accused Vice President Richard M. Nixon of using emotional appeals and simple labels to mask complex campaign issues. He spoke at a National Press Club luncheon arguing campaigns should deepen public understanding while avoiding demagoguery.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Luck Ran Out On Second Car
Marcelino Campos 35 of Laredo survived a wreck that killed a companion on Monday. He crawled from the wreckage onto the highway to flag down a car for help but was struck and killed by the first vehicle to approach.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
UPI
Marcelino Campos
Campos
Laredo
Nixon appeals Dixie Democrats to back GOP in Florida
Vice President Richard Nixon urged Deep South Democrats in Jacksonville to support the Republican ticket for Florida's 10 electoral votes. He argued loyal Democrats cannot vote for their party's platform or its nominee, criticizing Kennedy over the Quemoy Matsu issue and stressing a pro Eisenhower stance.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Florida
Dixie
John F. Kennedy
Quemoy-Matsu
Nixon
Jefferson
Jackson
Wilson
Weather outlook for Monroe area with showers likely
The Monroe-West Monroe area is forecast for showers today and tomorrow with cloudy skies. Tuesday is warm with a high near 78 and a low around 64, and scattered thunder showers possible Wednesday. Monday's high reached 77 with a 60 degree low and no rainfall reported.
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Monroe-West Monroe
U.S. Resumes Military Aid to Laos Gov Run by Neutralists
The United States restarts a 46 million dollar annual military aid program to Laos to pay salaries of neutralist troops who helped form the government led by Souvanna Phouma. The decision follows talks in Vientiane after a prior suspension tied to clashes with Phoumi Nosavan forces and Kong Le.
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Washington
United States
Laos
Soviet Union
U.S
State Department
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
J. Graham Parsons
The
Far East
Phoumi No‘savan
Kong le
Souanna Phouma
Nosavan
Kennedy Blunder Costs Latin Friendship in Florida
Senator John F. Kennedy accused the Eisenhower administration of blunders harming U S Latin American ties and enabling Communist influence. He urged a broad diplomatic and economic push and proposed the Alliance for Progress bilingual name. Kennedy linked Nixon to the alleged neglect of Latin America during a Florida campaign swing.
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Miami
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Florida
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
Ariana Para Progreso
Today’s Chuckle: A Highbrow’s Take on Women
A humor item jokes that a highbrow believes he has found something more interesting than women. The quip plays on intellectual pretension and dating banter in light satire.
Oil Wells Blamed For Sinking Long Beach
Long Beach California faces subsidence as oil and gas extraction drained the sandy soil. Officials report a $22 million building sunk 27 feet since the 1930s while millions of barrels of seawater are injected to repressurize the ground and halt further collapse.
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Long Beach
Calif
B. N. Hoffmaster
Too Young to Retire Ad Sells on News Star World
A classified ad touts a retirement redo with cash buyers eager to purchase. The notice emphasizes a quick sale and readiness to rejoin a job market eager for opportunities.
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News - Star—World
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