Rockefeller Opens National Campaign In Health Drive
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller moves onto the national political stage aiming for the GOP nomination. He outlines fresh health program ideas during a Chicago stop, pledging ongoing administration efforts to tackle rising medical costs and other health issues as he seeks to overtake Nixon.
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Atlantic City
N.J
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Midwest
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Rockefeller
Chicago
American Public Health Assn
Civil Defense Committee
CD Committee
Steel Strike Inches Toward Prolonged Impasse
President Eisenhower delayed seeking a court injunction to force 500,000 steelworkers back to mills while a 37-page report by a three-member fact-finding board warned there are no clear issues uniting industry and United Steelworkers. The panel said prospects for early settlement are poor and urged voluntary bargaining, as McDonald vows to fight any injunction to the Supreme Court if needed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
United Steelworkers
William P. Rogers
Pittsleigh
David J. McDonald
Supreme Court
McDonald
George W. Taylor
Philadelphia
Caples Dies In Shreveport After Injury
Jack Russell Caples aged 28 from West Monroe died in a Shreveport hospital after a head injury. An autopsy was planned before the body returns to Monroe. Funeral services will be at Liberty Grove Church of God on Jonesboro road. Surviving are his parents, wife Georgia, a daughter Wanda, a son Jack R. Caples Jr., three brothers Alfred, Sammy, and Ronald Dean Caples in California with the Army. The body remains at Peters Funeral Home pending service time.
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Jack Russell Caples
Route 2
West Monroe
Shreveport
Caples
Monroe
Liberty Grove Church of God
Jonesboro Road
Sam Caples
Georgia Caples
Wanda Caples
Jack R. Caples, Jr
Alfred Caples
Sammy Caples
Ronald Dean Caples
U. S. Army
California
Russian surgeon prepares graft operation on girl
London report says Dr Vladimir Demikhov of Moscow plans the first right leg graft on a 20 year old girl who lost a leg after being hit by a train. He previously gained headlines for a dog head graft and claims the patient will be his first.
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London
UPI
London Daily Herald
Moscow
Herald
John Mossman
Vladimir Demikho
Demikhov
Mossman
Demikhoy
Clemency Refused for Chessman Week Before Execution
Gov. Edmund G Brown refused clemency for Daryl Chessman who has been on death row 11 years and faces execution Friday. He called Chessman guilty beyond doubt, citing a history of robberies kidnappings and sexual assaults tied to a loaded gun. One victim then 17 remains confined in a state mental hospital. Chessman appeals to the U S Supreme Court for a new trial review. Convicted in Los Angeles in 1948, he earned the moniker red light bandit for crimes at lovers lanes.
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Chessman
Chicago
Brown
U.S. Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Wayland College to Observe 51st Texas Year in Homecoming Events
Ralph Guillory of Monroe, a Wayland Baptist College junior in Plainview Texas, attended the Texas State Baptist Student Union Convention in Fort Worth last week. He, a psychology major, will participate in the 1959 Homecoming activities on November 21 as Wayland College enters its 51st year of education in Texas.
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Ralph Guillory
Monroe
Wayland Baptist College
Plainview
Texas
Texas State Baptist Student Union Convention
Fort Worth
Wayland
Guillory
Wayland College
Plans for Twin Cities Go Kart Club meeting set
A meeting to form a Go Kart Club in the Twin Cities is scheduled for Thursday at 7 pm at Lager General Tire Company located at North Fourth and Pine streets in Monroe. The gathering is open to all interested people regardless of Go Kart ownership.
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Twin Cities
Lager General Tire Company
North Fourth
Pine Streets
Monroe
Instalment, That Is Fox Hunt Put On Never Never
In London AP report Col Sir Ralph Clarke joint master of the Surrey and Burstow Hunt says the historic fox hunt shifts to an instalment plan to fit modern trends. Members can join with low down payments and a 40 pound to 112 dollar annual fee paid over months. A family plan offers options for husband and wife at 182 dollars and children under 17 for about 21 dollars under the instalment plan.
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London
Britain
Ralph Clarke
Surrey
Burstow
Surrey and
Sussex
Kent
Hunt
U S Official Leaves Moscow After Espionage Claim
Russell A Langelle, a U S embassy security officer, says leaving Moscow is hard as he faces espionage accusations by Russians who claim he was kidnapped and pressured to spy. Washington protested to the Soviet Foreign Ministry, which rejected the note and urged his departure. Langelle travels home via Amsterdam.
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Moscow
UPI
Russell A. Langelle
Langelle
U.S
Russia
Soviet Attache Cited Paying for Secret Intel in Moscow
Soviet sources claim U S Embassy attache Russell Langelle was caught paying a Soviet citizen 20 000 rubles eight thousand five thousand dollars in official rate for secret intelligence.
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Moscow
U.S
Russell Langelle
Langelles recall aid from Western embassies during move
Langelle and his wife Miriam, both natives of St. Louis, describe how friends from nearly every Western embassy urged and helped as they packed and sold their household goods. They recall the warmth and support of a broad international community during their departure.
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Gelle
Miriam
St. Louis
Langelle
Langelles
Supreme Court Justice Amos Ponder Dies At 72
New Orleans AP reports Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Amos A. Ponder died at 5:50 a.m. after a short illness at Baptist Hospital. He was 72, had served on the high court since 1937, and was reelected to a 14 year term in 1950. Funeral services plan in Amite at 2 p.m. tomorrow. survivors include his widow Amanda, three sons, a daughter, a brother, and seven grandchildren.
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New Orleans
Amos A. Ponder
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Ponder
Fort Jessup
Mt. Lebanon College
Tulane
LSU
21St Judicial District
Baptist Hospital
Amite
Amanda McMichael Ponder
Amos Jr
George
John
Julia Doane
William Ponder
Love Finds A Way at Last for Marlow Spinster
Miss Dorothy Blewitt aged 61 in Marlow England finally marries Tom Rance now 77 after persistent letters and two past rejections. Rance previously wed Blewitt’s aunt and another girl, with a third engagement followed by death of the second Mrs. Rance. Blewitt, still hopeful, rekindled the match when she needed work done around his home. He proposed within a week, sealing the long pursuit.
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Marlow
England
Dorothy Blewitt
Perseverance
Tom Rance
Alice
Dorothy
Miss Blewitt
Water Restored To North Monroe Homes After 28Hour Cutoff
Water service was restored at 11:45 a.m. to 51 northside Monroe homes in the N 8th to N 10th and Hilton to Rochelle area after a 28 hour outage caused by an embankment cave-in at N 8th and Downey Lane. Utilities official French L. Smith said Reader Construction crews were lowering a line for a new drainage pipe when the cave-in knocked the main out of order. Crews had worked since Sunday morning to repair the break and necessary shutdowns allowed connections to be restored.
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Monroe
French L. Smith
Utilities Commission
North 8Th
North 10Th
Hilton
Rochelle
Smith
N. 8Th
Downey Lane
Reader Construction Co
Charges Filed In Death Of Infant Near Pioneer
Nea r Pioneer West Carroll Parish authorities filed negligent homicide charges against James A. Johnson and Laura Marie Yeata for the death of 10 month old Lydia Susie Graves after a Friday night crash near Pioneer. Investigators said evidence suggested possible intent and Yeata allegedly threatened to kill Johnson and the infant by driving off a bridge. Johnson sustained a broken arm. Yeata was uninjured. Both are held on $1500 bail.
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Oak Grove
James A. Johnson
Laura Marie Yeata
West Carroll Parish
Here
Route 2
Pioneer
Lydia Susie Graves
Yeata
Husband of nurse drowns in bayou near Krotz Springs
Maxine Goehring, a Baton Rouge nurse, reported her husband Rufus H. Goehring Jr., 31, drowned after a hunting trip when their boat struck a log in the Big Alabama river. She wandered the swamp all night, reaching a sawmill at dawn to report the tragedy.
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Krotz
Goehring
Motorist Seized In High Speed Chase After Assault
In Hannibal Missouri officers seized a motorist after a long chase across northeast Missouri. Police said the suspect, Charles Harold Burch a 29 year old from Decatur Illinois, would be charged with rape of an 8 year old girl. The victim was found near a farm four miles from Troy two hours after the pickup. Evidence included Alabama and Illinois plates and a stolen Havana Illinois car tag. Several witnesses who saw the rapist in Troy were to view him. The man’s car was described as having Alabama plates.
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Hannibal, Mo
Melvin Starkey
Charles Harold Burch
Decatur
Troy
Bureh
Alabama
Burch
Illinois
Havana
Ill
Toothpaste Tube Erupts in Unruly Fashion
A humorous note describes a toothpaste tube bursting at the wrong end. The scene captures spontaneous mess as an example of overenthusiastic everyday mishaps.
Brisk Clear Weather Expected Through Tuesday
Clear skies prevail in Monroe with no rain reported by state stations. A high of 72 to 76 degrees is forecast through Tuesday, with overnight lows near 42 to 46 as temperatures rise from today’s 56 at 9 30 a m and Sunday’s 71.
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Monroe
Rotenone Project To Cut Shad In Bayou Desiard
A third Rotenone operation will begin at dawn to reduce the shad population in Bayou Desiard. Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission biologist Jim Davis said state crews will apply rotenone at the pumping station below Hog Bayou and expect to finish in one day. Supervising biologists Don Geegan and Harry Schaefer will assist, with volunteers handling shad pickup under Ouachita Wildlife Unit oversight. Contacts: Jack Rushing, wildlife president, at the College Friend.
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Bayou DeSiard
Jim Davis
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
State Wildlife Department
Hog Bayou
Davis
Don Geegan
Harry Schaefer
The
Wildlife Department
Ouachita Wildlife Unit
Wildlife Unit
Jack Rushing
Child Missing All Night Found Near Freezing Forest
A 3 year old girl Donna Rule was found alive after spending a night in near freezing Clark National Forest near Potosi Missouri. She was three miles from the disappearance point and shivering but in good condition, having emerged onto a country lane as searchers passed a wooded area.
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Potosi
Clark National Forest
Donna Rule
Driver Held After fatal school stop crash in Columbus
A stolen station wagon at high speed struck four children waiting at a Columbus school bus stop. Three children, Randy Kline seven, Raymond five, and Jane Bellah seven, were killed. Jerri Bellah five was injured. Driver Paul Graham, 22, was captured after a pursuit. police say he has prior arrests including morals charges. Families of victims from nearby Air Force Base live in a trailer court adjacent to the scene.
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Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Center
Arden Kline
Randy
Raymond
Jerry Bellah
Jane Bellah
Robert Oakes
Paul Graham
Randy Kline
Jerri Bellah
Graham
Oskey
Kline
Bellah
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Six Die in Louisiana Weekend Auto Crashes and Fall
Six persons died across Louisiana weekend events including five in traffic crashes. L Dial Moberly 46 of Galliano and Mrs John H Jackson 53 of Marrero died in a two car head on near Kenner. Doyle S Ferguson 30 of Shreveport faces negligent homicide charges. Julia Ann Perkins 7 of Alexandria died on a bicycle incident. Robert N Bailey 28 of Baton Rouge died in a rear end collision with a city truck. Marshall Jones 64 of Port Arthur Texas died when the auto overturned at Johnson Bayou. Pilford B Flowers 59 of Bastrop died after a fall from his roof.
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Louisiana
Kenner
L. Dial Moberly
Galliano
John H. Jackson
Marrero
Julia Ann Perkins
Alexandria
Lewis Perkins Jr
Robert N. Bailey
Baton Rouge
Bailey
Chemical Corporation
Marshall Jones
Necro
Port Arthur Tex
Johnson Bayou
Cameron Parish
Plymouth Coupe Want Ad Sale
An early Plymouth Coupe listing offers radio heater and very good tires and running condition for 100 dollars cash. Contact FA 2-841 to inquire with the ad number and arrange purchase. Daily want ads urged with FA 2516 dial.
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Peters Funeral Home
the United Way
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Daryl Chessman
Twin City
Go-Kart Club
Fox Hunt
Amsterdam
Lan
Rene A. Viesen
High Court
Water Service
Missouri
Emil Oskey
Associated Press
Pilford B. Flowers
Bastrop
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