Top Russian Soldier Sent To Turk Border
London reports the Soviet Union assigns Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky to command forces on the Turkish border. The move comes as Syria rejects mediation in the Syrian Turkish crisis, with U N debates and U S backed accusations surfacing. Rokossovsky, a famed World War II commander, replaces Col Gen Ivan Fedyaninsky amid Middle East tension and Soviet influence in the region.
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London
Soviet Union
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovksy
Poland
Middle East
Syria
Turkey
Saud
U.S
United Nations
U.N
United States
Tiflis
Tbilisi
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Transcaucasian
Iran
Ivan Fedyuninsky
Georgi Zhukov
Stalin
Warsaw
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Damascus
Nurses To Elect Officers At Louisiana Convention Banquet
The Louisiana Practical Nurses Convention closes with officer installation at 9 p.m. on the Virginia Hotel roof in Monroe. President Eva Anthony announces a post-convention executive board meeting tomorrow. Banquet speakers include Shelby Jackson and W A Burgoyne, with Jake Ussery as master of ceremonies. A bus tour of the Twin Cities is also on today’s agenda.
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Monroe
Eva Anthony
Nurses Organization
Shelby Jackson
W. A. Burgoyne
St. Francis Hospital
Cloudy precast weather report for area today
Cloudy conditions blanket the region with mild temperatures around 52 to 56 degrees. Light winds and scattered overcast skies are expected through the day as a weather system moves through.
Youthful Gunman Robs Hendersons Market at 5:30 A.M.
A bold gunman entered Hendersons Curb Market at 2000 Jackson street early today and stole 245 dollars at pistol point. The assailant, about 25, fled on foot toward South Grand in a grey Studebaker possibly with an accomplice unseen. Store night operator James Baker and purchaser M W Crowe witnessed the robbery and described the masked and calm suspect as clean cut and well shaven.
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Henderson’s
Jackson Street
Ane Iuuwel
Studebaker
South Grand Street
Aroomaues
James Baker
M. W. Crowe
Baker
Crowe
Plum Street
Harvest Hop at St Mathews Sodality Planned for Saturday
Here and There notes St Mathews Sodality Harvest Hop from 7 30 to 11 30 p m with Car mela Danna leading planning and music by The Hot Sports from Northeast College. Tickets are distributed through class presidents Nancy Bartleson Ronnie Hervey Abdalla Elias and Ann Rose Plyler. State Rep Edgar H Lancaster Jr spoke to Tallulah PTA at the elementary school on teacher tenure. Mrs Jack Folk led the business session. Mrs Annette Laird’s fourth grade class won the parent turnout award. Statewide rep forthcoming.
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St. Mathew’s Sodality
Carmela Danna
Northeast College
Nancy Bartleson
Ronnie Hervey
Abdalla Elias
Ann Rose Plyler
Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr
Tallulah
Parent - Teachers Association
Jack Folk
Annette Laird
United States launches 4000 mile space rocket in Farside test
Washington reports the US fired a multi stage rocket from a balloon platform 20 miles above Eniwetok Atoll to test high altitude capability. Air Force scientists estimate an ascent of 1000 to 4000 miles, far exceeding prior milestones and signaling a psychological boost though not a orbital satellite achievement.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
Russia
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
Farside
Public Invited By President To Visit Plant
William H. Bronson of Monroe News-Star and World invites all residents of the Monroe trade area to attend the open house at the ultra modern new home of the two newspapers over Friday and Saturday. He expresses pride in contributing to regional growth and faith in a bright future for Northeast Louisiana.
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William H. Bronson
Monroe
Louisiana
Bronson
Typhoon Judy Aims At Okinawa
Typhoon Judy with winds near 200 mph heads for Okinawa as about 50,000 U S troops and nearly one million Okinawans brace for impact. The storm center, 360 miles southeast, moves northwest at 18 mph and is described as a giant 350 mile wide killer.
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Naha
Okinawa
Judy
U.S. Pacific
Faye
Reed to Run Again in Congress Reelection Intent
Rep. Daniel A. Reed of New York, the longest serving Republican in Congress, says it is his present intention to seek reelection next year. He noted he does not make formal announcements and that he simply runs.
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Washington
Daniel A. Reed
N.Y
Congress
Rogers Won't Alter Civil Rights Policies
Washington reports that William P. Rogers will replace Herbert Brownell Jr as attorney general with no expected shift in civil rights policy. Brownell resigns after 40 plus years. Eisenhower accepts with gratitude. Rogers, Brownell ally, seeks Senate confirmation next year and vows continuity in major civil rights matters.
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William P. Rogers
Herbert Brownell Jr
Eisenhower
Brownell
White House
Rogers
Justice Department
Senate
Nixon
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Bing Crosby to wed young brunette in Nevada ceremony
In Las Vegas, Bing Crosby obtained a marriage license to wed Olive K. Grandstaff, an actress known as Kathy Grant, age 23. Crosby listed his age as 53 under his real name Harry L. Crosby and planned a 4 p.m. ceremony at the Lyon county courthouse in Yerington, Nevada.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Bing Crosby
Olive K. Grandstaff
Los Angeles
Kathy Grant
Crosby
Harry L. Crosby
Ike and Mac Agree on Science Pool Pact
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan reached basic agreement on pooling scientific and weapons development. Two expert groups were named to advise on nuclear relations and military defense with missiles and rocketry. The talks aim to harness resources to meet the Soviet challenge.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Macmillan
White House
Richard Powell
Donald Quarles
U. S
Dulles
Lloyd
Russia
All-Male Jury Convicts Woman On Murder Count
MEMPHIS Tenn UP An all male jury convicted Mrs Mary Smodean Stout of second degree murder in the dismemberment slaying of her husband Floyd Stout 33. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The jury deliberated 1 hour 25 minutes Wednesday night and after resuming at 9 30 am today returned the verdict. The 28 year old Mrs Stout had been indicted for first degree murder after killing her husband with a claw hammer, dismembering the body and tossing the pieces into West Tennessee rivers. The state did not seek the death penalty. Stout said she acted in self defense June 20 when he advanced with what she thought was a pistol. the defense said it was a coal scoop. The state claimed premeditation and raised another man angle during the 10 day trial. Charles Wilbur, 43, a husky factory worker, testified he dated Mrs Stout twice and on one occasion was intimate with her.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mary Smodean Stout
Charles Wilbur
Husky
Christian Dior Dies in Montecatini at 52 Fashion King
Christian Dior, 52, the postwar fashion king, died of a heart attack while on holiday in Montecatini Terme, Italy. He arrived with four friends and dined with a Frenchwoman before collapsing in his hotel room. Dior helped define the New Look with longer skirts and became a dominant figure in high fashion since 1947.
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Montecatini
Italy
Christian Dior
Florence
Giulio Celli
Minister Slashed In Vicious New Orleans Attack
In Canal street, a dark skinned bandit forced Pastor Martin Hollis and church secretary Maud Lind into his car after night services. Lind was killed. Hollis survived with throat and head wounds after a ransom-demand and theft of a ring. The assailant bound Hollis with Miss Lind’s stockings and fled with the purse and ring. The crime occurred near Jesuit High School as the minister drove to take Lind home.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
Maud Lind
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Martin W. H. Hollis
Holls
Miss Lind
City Park
Jesuit High School
Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Italian Scientist Bovet
The 1957 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Dr. Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born Italian researcher who advanced antihistamines and repurposed poisons for surgical use. He receives about 42 000 from the Nobel Foundation, while resting at home in Rome from Asian flu. Bovet long studied histamine and its role in allergic reactions.
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Stockholm
Daniel Bovet
Alfred Nobel
Sweden
Royal Caroline Institute of Medicine
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