Two Gallant Sh
Two WWII era ships the heavy cruisers San Francisco and New Orleans are set for scrapping. Both served in Pearl Harbor and later battles, with the San Francisco earning a Presidential Unit Citation and the New Orleans surviving a torpedoed bow incident before reaching Australia for repairs. The Navy ordered 43 ships scrapped, 20 of them from Philadelphia, at an estimated decommissioning cost of 697.64 million dollars and salvage value around 30.276 million.
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Philadelphia
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
New Orleans
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Navy
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Australia
Puget Sound Navy Yard
FBI undercover role described by local housewife
Mrs Miller aged 39 told how she worked for the FBI by masquerading as a Communist. She was the second area housewife to reveal such service, as reported by AP with a wirephoto.
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FBI
Marion Miller
West
Los Angeles
House Un-American Activis
Yer
Finance Leaders Watching Britain
Washington and international finance officials monitor whether Britain's conservative victory sparks more American investment abroad. They see no clear surge yet, but warn a sustained capital outflow would widen the U.S. balance of payments deficit and gold outflow risks.
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Washington
Britain
Europe
Department of Commerce
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
London
Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Cortese Heads House Council At Northeast Louisiana State College
Ronald Cortese a senior from Lafayette was elected president of the house council for the men's dorms at Northeast Louisiana State College. The 10 member body includes five from the main dorm and one from each other campus quarters with officers Fa daol Williams Hempen Doyle and Vogel outlining duties. ANZUS TO MEET IN WASHINGTON UP I The 10th council meeting of the Southwest Pacific ANZUS defense alliance will be held next Monday in Washington.
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Lafayette
Ronald Cortese
Northeast Louisiana State College
Robert Fadaol
Opelousas
Jack Williams
Tallulah
Alfred Hempen
Alexandria
Ronald Doyle
Culver City
Fred J. Vogel
Washington
UPI
Southwest Pacific
Anzus Defense Alliance
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Maria Callas May Resolve Separation Quietly in Milan Meeting
In Verona Italy AP report says Maria Callas and her estranged husband Giovan Battista Meneghini met in Milan Wednesday to discuss a friendly separation and property division. Attorneys ask Verona court to postpone a hearing set for Saturday due to her planned appearances in Berlin and West Germany.
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Verona
Italy
Maria Callas
Aristotle Onassis
Giovan Battista Meneghini
Milan
Meneghini
Miss Callas
Berlin
West Germany
Princess Meg Loses Slipper At London Ball
Princess Margaret lost her slipper during a Savoy Hotel ball in London while dancing with Alan Godsal high sheriff of Berkshire. He admitted poor dancing but recovered the slipper after the crowd paused, returning it to the royal foot.
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Meg
London Ball
London
UPI
Margaret
Prince Charming
Savoy Hotel
Alan Godsal
Berkshire
Dockland Settlements
Godsal
One Person Dead In Orleans Wreck
A local Black woman, Ethel Mae Basskin, died when the car she rode in hit an overpass abutment in New Orleans. Two other Black occupants were injured. police offered no explanation for the crash.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ethel Mae Basskin
NASA to Take Over Saturn Program From Army
U S Army and Wernher von Braun back Eisenhower plan to shift Saturn rocket development at Huntsville to NASA. Medaris says the move stabilizes the program and honors its activation on February 1, 1956. Saturn aims for 10 million pounds thrust to reach heavy payloads.
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Wernher von Braun
Huntsville
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army
Medaris
Army Ordnance Missile Command
Pentagon
School Fire Ignited By Negro Youth in Aberdeen
A 14 year old Negro boy started a fire at Vine Street School for Negroes in Aberdeen Mississippi using matches to burglarize vending machines. The blaze destroyed the 12 class room building forcing about 500 pupils into temporary space in lodges and churches. The youth was held for juvenile court.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Will Meader
Vine Street
C. L. Pace
Nuclear explosives touted as cheap power and mining aid
Dr. Gerald W. Johnson told 176 scientists at a Jackson conference that atomic bombs are now available for excavation and mining at far lower costs than conventional charges. He cited prices from 1.4 to 1.5 million dollars per device, while other experts discussed fusion energy, salt domes, and deep oil pools as future energy and material sources.
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Jackson
Miss
Gerald W. Johnson
University of California
Radiation Laboratory
Johnson
Suttle
John J. Grebe
Midland
Mich
Dow Chemicals Co
L. L. Nettleton
Houston
Tex
Geophysical Associates International
Mississippi
Morrison Seeks 100 Percent Change With Clean Sweep
Mayor deLesseps Morrison of New Orleans claims his ticket offers a 100 percent change in the governor race. He toured Lake Charles to Sulphur urging women to lead a broom brigade for reform and progress. Former Gov. Jimmie Davis stressed debt reduction and a tax‑neutral surplus. James Noe campaigned in Monroe and planned stops in Provencal Martha ville and Campti.
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Associated Press
deLesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Cameron
Merryville
DeQuincy
Reeves and Sulphur
Morrison
Jimmie Davis
Monroe
James Noe
Provencal
Marthaville
Campti
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Cortese
Maria
Orleans
von Braun
Ala
Eisenhower
Space Agency
John B. Medaris
Great Development Organization
A-Power
Building
Andrew J. Suttle Jr
Humble Oil and Research Co
Baytown
Mississippi State
Mary's Flower Shop
Jaen
Bond
Style Manor
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