Hammarskjold Wins Nobel Peace Prize Posthumously 1961
Dag Hammarskjold awarded the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize after his death in the Congo peace mission. Albert John Luthuli receives the 1960 prize, first African laureate, worth 250232 kroner. Prize to be used for Hammarskjold's estate. nominations closed Feb 1.
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Oslo
Norway
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Albert John Luthuli
South Africa
Luthuli
Storting
Hammarskjold
U.N
Ndola
Rhodesia
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
United States
Committee For Refugees
Adlai E. Stevenson
Fourteen Die In Louisiana Weekend Tragedies
A weekend toll in Louisiana includes a Rayville traffic crash killing Leroy Perkins 33 and six electrocutions near Oak Grove. Victims include Douglas Wilson 40 of Darnell and five other men from Pioneer Epps and Rayville areas. Funeral plans for Wilson incomplete. survivors listed.
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Louisiana
Rayville
Oak Grove
la. Hwy
Darnell
Douglas Wilson
Shack Calhoun
Tommy Calhoun
Pioneer
John E. Glover
James Glover
Epps
Willie Norris
Mr. Wilson
Ticknor
Ark
Florine Wilson
Jimmy Wilson
Garry Wilson
Janice K. Wilson
Joe Wilson
W. L. Teague
Little Rock
L. C. Wilson
E. T. Wilson
Lillian E. Roberts
Pine Bluff
Wayne Teague
Monticello
Sally Wilson
Leroy Perkins
U. S. 80
Mary Odienet
New Orleans
Trujillo Family Flees Dominican Republic By Yacht
Trujillo dynasty members flee unrest as two luxury yachts carry Gen Jose Arizmendi Trujillo and Ramfis Trujillo toward Caribbean ports. Angelita sails to Bermuda to pick up Gen Hector Trujillo and wife Alma McLaughlin. Ramfis and Raphael Trujillo Jr. stay to defend regime.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Jose Arizmendi Trujillo
Raphael Trujillo
Presidente Trujillo
Caribbean
Angelita
Ramfis
Bermuda
Hector B. Trujillo
Alma McLaughlin
Raphael Trujillo Jr
Dominican Armed Forces
Joaquin Balaguer
Trujillos
Hoffa Sues Meany Over Libel and Slant on Teamsters
James Hoffa and the Teamsters file a million-dollar libel suit in U S District Court against AFL-CIO President George Meany and 24 others. The complaint accuses Meany of misleading Teamsters members and portraying Hoffa as a fraud to destabilize the union and aid AFL-CIO raids.
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Detroit
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Teamsters
Hoffa
U.S
Meany
House of Labor
International Union
New York
Engineer's Record Broken Train Kills Five in Arkansas
Five people died in two separate train accidents near Stuttgart Arkansas as engineer J A Rector 61 lost a perfect safety record. The No 1 motor freight hit a pickup at a flashing crossing killing three and a second fatality occurred two hours later as the train struck another vehicle. Rector had been railroading for 36 years with a prior flawless safety record. His wife was hospitalized after minor surgery and his family traveled from Rison to assist.
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Stuttgart
Ark
UPI
J. A. Rector
Rector
Jonesboro
Pine Bluff
Rison
Gary
Monroe City Council Meeting Scheduled. Run dell Earns Training
Mayor W L How ard is out of town and did not reveal destination. Monroe council set for a regular 10 a m meeting Tuesday in City Hall. Sara Margaret Rundell of Monroe has graduated from Eastern Airlines flight attendant training in Miami and begun duties.
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Monroe City
City Hall
Sara Margaret Rundell
Monroe
Eastern Air Lines Flight Attendant Training School
Miami, Fla
Bianca C. Explodes Into Flames Off Grenada Killing Two
The Italian liner Bianca C. exploded and burned off St George's Grenada killing two crewmen and sending 667 people fleeing. 362 passengers and 305 crewmen were saved by lifeboats as fire raged the 594 foot ship last port of call before Genoa.
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ST. George's
Grenada
British West Indies
Genoa
Italy
la Guaira
Venezuela
Rodizza Natale
St. George's Harbor
Francesco Cravator
Naples
General Blames Reds For Berlin Border Incident
Gen. Lucius D. Clay accused East German police of creating the incident at Friedrichstrasse that prompted U S troops to escort E Allan Lightner Jr. through East Berlin. U S tanks stood by overnight and were withdrawn as East German police were reinforced and customs tightened.
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U.S
Clay
Friedrichstrasse
East Berlin
East German People's Police
United States
Lightner
West Germany
State Department
Berlin
E. Allen Lightner Jr
Albert E. Hemsing
U. S
Rocket Lecturer Opens Concert Season Tonight
Willy Ley, renowned rocket and space travel expert, speaks at Neville High School Auditorium at 8 15 pm to kick off the Northeast State Concerts Association season. He notes audience type shapes his talk and he avoids a prepared text. Ley, on a cross country tour, plans a new book on the history of astronomy slated for publication next spring.
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Willy Ley
Neville High School
Northeast State Concerts Association
Ley
Society For Space Travel
Breslow
Germany
Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Terre Haute
Ind
Long Island
New York
Werner von Braun
Katanga Crisis Deepens as Central Forces Strike
President Moise Tshombe reported central government troops launched a two pronged assault into Katanga this morning. He said forces crossed into Katanga near Kapanga and Kinama as his cabinet weighed economic union with the Congo.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Tshombe
Kapanga
Kaniama
Fearful deer hunters snowbound near Burley Idaho
A sudden snowstorm stranded hundreds of hunters on the first day of deer season south of Burley and Twin Falls Idaho. Four-foot drifts left many in light clothing with little provisions as stranded vehicles were abandoned. One hunter died of a heart attack and two others were reported.
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Burley
Idho
Here
Twin Falls
C. J. Smith
NAACP Wins Court Round In Alabama Case
The NAACP won a round in the Supreme Court in its battle against an Alabama order that bars its activities in the state. The high court directed the U S District Court in Alabama to rule on the NAACP complaint after the New Orleans circuit court said Alabama courts should act first. The 1956 Alabama attorney general complaint charged the group with doing business without out of state qualification.
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Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Supreme Court
Alabama
U.S. District Court
NAACP
High Tribunal
U.S
New Orleans
Association
Collapse at New Orleans theater claims one life
A neighborhood movie house in New Orleans collapsed during a screening of Hom icidal killing one person and injuring about 50 others. The 400 seat Nola Theater was largely buried under plaster and debris as witnesses described a sudden ceiling fall shortly after a crackling noise.
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New Orleans
Nola Theater
Howard Dey
Idalean Montelare
Kennedy Mum On Explosion
President Kennedy received word of reports that the Soviet Union exploded a giant nuclear bomb but offered no comment. Assistant press secretary said there was no comment while White House sources doubted the claimed 50 megaton yield.
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Newport
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Andrew T. Hatcher
Thhat Kennedy
Cmdr
Tazewell T. Shepard
Hatcher
White House
Khrushchev
Warming Trend Expected Here
A gradual warming trend for northeast Louisiana was predicted today by the weatherman. Highest temperatures today and tomorrow were forecast at 76 to 80 with overnight lows 52 to 56. clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures continue through tomorrow. Wednesday's outlook called for fair weather.
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Louisiana
Voroshilov rebuked by Soviet congress crowd in 1957 dispute
At the 22nd Soviet Communist party congress in Moscow 5 000 delegates heard Dmitri Polyansky denounce 80 year old Klimenti Voroshilov for opposing Nikita Khrushchev in the anti party plot. Voroshilov faced repeated interruptions as Polyansky urged holding him responsible alongside Molotov Kaganovich and Malenkov for Stalin era mass repression.
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Moscow
UPI
Klimenti Voroshilov
Nikita Khrushchev
Dmitri Polyansky
Voroshilov
Polyansky
Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Lazar Kaganovich
Georgi Malenkov
Today’s Chuckle About Age and Wisdom
A light quip notes the human race is ancient beyond precise age yet universally assumed to have learned better by now. The remark echoes timeless skepticism about shared human judgment and maturity.
Police Dogs Nab Suspect In Burglary Case In Hattiesburg
Rebel and Ringo two rookie German shepherds aid police in a dawn jewelry store burglary investigation. The dogs tracked suspect Raymond Dossett through footprints and a courthouse lawn stakeout before Dossett was identified as the thief. Dossett, 21, a Mississippi Southern College student, confessed to the theft of 14 diamonds valued around 5000 dollars.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
UPI
Ringo
Roger
Forrest County
Hugh Herring
Raymond Dossett
Dossett
Mississippi Southern
Soviet 50 Megaton Bomb Test Reported Near Khrushchev Promise
The Associated Press reports a giant Soviet nuclear explosion possibly in the 50 megaton range. A Swedish expert notes the blast aligns with Khrushchev’s stated promise and observers in Uppsala report it the largest in the current series, with France and Japan also noting records.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Uppsala
Sweden
France
Japan
Soviet Defense Chief Reports Massive Atomic Test
The Swe dish news agency said Marshal Rodion Y Malinov sky confirmed a 50 megaton bomb exploded over the arctic. The Moscow bureau of The Associated Press said it had no confirmation that Malinovsky made such a statement.
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Stockholm
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Arctic
Moscow
Associated Press
Malinovsky
Soviet nuclear test timing debated by party congress
Reports from a communist party congress say the Soviet tests could end this month with a thermonuclear device around 50 million tons of TNT. Some Khrushchev speeches floated Oct 30 or 31 as the explosion date amid global protests at the United Nations. No Moscow confirmation yet.
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Communist Party
Khrushchev
United Nations
Soviet Union
Moscow
Jack M. Russell Funeral Service This Afternoon
Funeral services for Jack M. Russell 49 who died Sunday after a heart attack will be held today at 2 30 p m at the First Assembly of God Church with Rev E L Tanner officiating assisted by Rev F D Wall Russell owner of Jack s Cab Company and the West Monroe bus line had been released from St Francis Hospital about two weeks after treatment for a heart condition An active West Monroe Chamber of Commerce worker and Street and Road Committee chairman he helped organize the chamber and was active in the West Monroe Businessmen's Association Interment under Mulhearn Funeral Home will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery Survivors include his parents a daughter three brothers two sisters and two grandchildren Pallbearers listed</S>
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Jack M. Russell
First
Assembly of God Church
E. L. Tanner
F. D. Wall
Russell
Jack's Cab Company
West Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Beauty Shop Auction Items and Terms
Auction listing for a beauty shop includes two air conditioned hair dryers a boot unit a double styling bar one styling chair with equity notes totaling 150 dollars and monthly payments of 45 dollars FA 3 31 40.
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Twin City
Gene
W. L
Jack) Howard
Reds
Envoy
Rocket Lecturer
Bulletin
Red Presidium
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