Appeal Seeks Dallas Ban Solution on School Admission
The Supreme Court let stand a speedup order in a suit by 27 Negroes seeking immediate admission to all white Dallas schools. The District Court had dismissed as premature, but the Circuit Court reversed for a full hearing, while the high court rejected review. Also, Andrew Mallory received a death-penalty hearing after challenging an alleged illegal confession via lie detector.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dallas
U.S. District Court
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Dallas Court
High Tribunal
Circuit Court
Andrew R. Mallory
Mallory
Premier Bulganin May Fire Swift Reply to Eisenhower Letter
Russia's Premier Bulganin is expected to answer President Eisenhower's blunt accusation of meddling in U.S. politics. Officials foresee a rapid reply that may deny interference while urging an end to atomic and hydrogen tests. The exchange could shape the hydrogen bomb debate and disarmament prospects.
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Washington
Russia
Bulganin
Eisenhower
U.S
Dulles
Bulgania
Military Junta Seizes Honduras In Bloodless Coup
A three man military junta led by Gen Roque J Rodriguez seized control of Honduras in a bloodless coup. They annulled the recent Constituent Assembly election, denounced as a fraud, and proclaimed it illegal. Exiled Liberal leader Ramon Villeda Morales faced potential return amid tensions.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Julio Lozano
Roque J. Rodriguez
Francisco Morazon
Hector Carraccioli
Roberto Galvez
Juan Manuel Galvez
Lozano
Liberal Party
Ramon Villeda Morales
Villeda Morales
Civil Defense Leaders Meet At Northeast State College
About 50 civil defense and state department officers from twelve Louisiana cities gathered at Northeast State College for a five day basic Civil Defense course opening session. FCDA region fire administrator Welcome Wilson of Denton Texas cited Hurricane Flossy’s Grand Isle damage and praised civil defense for saving lives. Wilson defined civil defense as a team of technicians coordinating to offset disaster impacts natural or man made. He outlined a civil defense analysis on national and community vulnerability blast and fire effects and evacuation and zoning procedures for effective operations.
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Nuckols
Selman Field
William P. Nuckols
33Rd Air Division
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Okla
Air Force
Civil Defense
Louisiana CD
State Department
Northeast State College
Samuel B. Caston, Jr
Air Force Ground Observer Corps
Louisiana
Monroe
Tony Gill
Northeast College
Welcome W. Wilson
FCDA
Denton
Texas
Grand Isle
Wilson
Education Group To Investigate Jeff Trade School
A three man committee picked by the State Board of Education will investigate the Jefferson Parish Trade School building at Gretna and propose steps to reopen it. The fire marshal’s office warned the structure was hazardous with buckled floors and cracked walls. The board also approved Monroe district land for a Delta area vocational school for Negroes and named three new trade school coordinators.
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Shreveport
State Board of Education
Jefferson Parish
Gretna
Nash Roberts Jr
New Orleans
Leon Gary
Houma
Joe J. Davies
Arabi
Monroe
Monroe Negro High School
New Trade School
Leon Odom
Baton Rouge
Blue Baby Operation Aid Sought for An Nervous Heart Case in West Monroe
An 11 year old girl Anita Faye Knowles of 906 Hicks Street West Monroe needs a rare expensive operation to survive. Born blue baby her heart fails to oxygenate blood leaving her pale blue. She is the eldest of two daughters, highly pampered due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Knowles
Hicks Street
West Monroe
Anita Faye
Monroe
Legendary Mau Leader Caught Ends 3 Year Hunt
The legendary Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, 35, was shot by an African policeman near Nyeri after a three year hunt. Clad in leopard skin and armed with a .38 revolver, he suffered a thigh wound and was captured as Princess Margaret learned of the news in Nairobi. He faced charges of carrying a lethal weapon under emergency regulations.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Nyeri
Dedan Kimathi
Kimathi
Princess Margaret
East Africa
Democrats Claim Lead In 21 States in 1952 Race
CHICAGO AP Stevenson campaign strategists say they lead Eisenhower in 21 states with 235 electoral votes and need only a driving finish to win. He plans Madison Square Garden address tomorrow night and extensive big city outreach in larger states. They list 15 states as definitely lost, 195 electoral votes, with more speeches in San Francisco Los Angeles Detroit Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago and Boston looming. He will attack foreign policy tomorrow night.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Big City
Springfield
Ill
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
City to open bids Tuesday for equipment and street work
The city council will open bids at 10 a.m. Tuesday for a utility truck and a crawler-type tractor with hydraulic bulldozer, plus winter uniforms for the bus department. A resolution will be introduced to hear protests on proposed work on Tarver Graham Siddon South Eighth and Bell streets. Commissioner William Rodriguez, appointed by Gov. Earl K. Long to replace Wayne Huckaby, will attend.
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Utility Commission
Tarver
Graham
Siddon
South Eighth
Bell
William Rodriguez
Earl K. Long
Wayne Huckaby
Poland's Gomulka Wins Top Post as Stalinists Ousted
Wladyslaw Gomulka rises to first secretary as the Politburo purges Stalinists from policy posts in Warsaw. The Central Committee vote signals a defiant move toward independence from Moscow amid tension with Soviet forces and claims of past misrule.
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Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Stalin
Gomulka
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Arty
Ssit Union
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Rowkrers
Pre
Zeigler And Weil Trials Slated Nov 5
Trials for Sigmund Weil charged with armed bank robbery and ex-convict Loyal Zeigler charged with murder are set to begin Monday November 5 in Fourth District Court. The opening week will also feature 20 other cases from burglary to murder and manslaughter. The following Tuesday is a holiday for the general election while Weil kept the $9518 allegedly taken from First National Bank of West Monroe. Zeigler is accused of beating and shooting Myrtie Mae Mills in Monroe.
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Sigmund Weil
First National Bank of
West Monroe
Loyal Zeigler
Fourth District Court
Weil
Atlanta
Zeigler
Myrtie Mae Mills
Gladewater
Texas
McKinley Street
Monroe
Williams Expected To Bolt Democrats For States Rights
Rep. John Bell Williams of Mississippi is set to break with the Democratic ticket tonight in favor of States Rights. He has warned of an important announcement to air on six Mid-South stations, citing conscience and prior positions on segregation. His action follows his past role on school integration hearings and his hesitation to back Stevenson Kefauver or the Republican slate.
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Jackson
Miss
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Williams
Mississippi
Washington, D.C
Policy Being Reappraised Polish Reds Obtain U S Aid
Washington reports a reappraisal of U S policy toward Communist Poland with optimism that Poland’s independent leadership may receive economic aid if it endures. Secretary Dulles indicated any erosion of Soviet power benefits U S interests, likening Poland to Yugoslavia post 1948. Gomulka’s return to power and Rokossovsky’s ouster signal a move toward greater autonomy from Moscow while Dulles left room for friendly relations with an independent Poland.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Red
Dulles
Eisenhower
Warsaw
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Britain
Communist Party Central Committee W
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Joseph Stalin
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Gomulka
Moscow
Monroe Man Hurt as Gravel Truck Overturned
A 29 year old Monroe man Henry Bob Rogers suffered serious injuries when his loaded gravel truck overturned on White's Ferry road north of West Monroe. He was pinned under the cab, with a right leg and back injuries, and transported to Wright-Bendel Clinic by Hall Funeral Home ambulance.
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Henry Bob Rogers
DeSiard Street
White’s Ferry Road
Wright-Bendel Clinic
Greg Hare
Monroe
Wright - Bendel Clinic
Rogers
West Monroe
Wright - Bender Clinic
Hall Funeral Home
Mild Weather Forecast With Pleasant Temps
Mild weather with clear to partly cloudy skies is expected to prevail for the next 24 hours. No rain is forecast. The Monday noon temperature was 74 with a low of 54 tonight and highs of 78 to 82 expected Tuesday. The Sunday high reached 71 with a 55 low and pollen was 68 at noon Monday.
Winnsboro Man Dies After Downtown Auto Crash
In Shreveport a 26-year-old Winnsboro man H M Antley died in a hospital after a dawn collision on Gladstone Street. The crash involved a second car driven by Roger Lee Christian with Northwestern State College students returning from a dance. Christian, 19, sped through a nonworking light, skidded 70 feet, and hit Antley, whose car then struck a utility pole. Antley’s brother Charles Antley, 20, was also in the other vehicle and hospitalized.
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Shreveport
H. M. Antley
Winnsboro
Antley
Charles Antley
Bossier City
Northwestern State College
Gladstone Street
Roger Lee Christian
Christian
Line Avenue
Absentee Voting Begins in Ouachita Parish Election
Ouachita Parish Clerk R Dean Farr announced absentee voting for the November 6 general election starts Saturday at 8 a.m. in the clerk's office on the first floor of the parish courthouse. Voting continues until noon the following Saturday November 3, with November 1 observed as All Saints Day holiday.
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Ouachita Parish
R. Dean Farr
Parish
Farr
Eros Man Hurt In West Monroe Dies At 45
Raymond Disotell of Eros dies in hospital from injuries from October 4 crash at Evergreen and Brown streets West Monroe. He worked for Olin Mathieson. Survived by wife, four sons, two daughters and three sisters. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at Mt Olive Baptist Church with Rev Drew Mize officiating. Burial at church cemetery. Interment under Hall Funeral Home.
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Raymond Disotell
Eros
West Monroe
Disotell
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Drew Mize
Hall Funeral Home
Deweitt Cannon
John Price
Herman Hollis
L. B. Pylant
FE. D. Crowell
Clyde Bailey
Olin Mathieson
Evergreen
Brown Streets
Brown Street
Walter Hoy, Jr
Jerry Street
Hoy
William Disotell
Lake Charles
James Disotell
Lonnie Ray Disotell
Bobby Raymond Disotell
Audrey Busby
Mary Disotell
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Appeal
McOvio Oocenesecen Saneee
Jeff Trade School
Blue Baby
Operation Aid
Adlai
Zeigler and Weil
U. S
Mary Murphy
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