Nagy appeals for end to Hungary revolt promising new deal
Vienna dispatch reports Nagy urged rebels to lay down arms to allow a negotiated settlement with Moscow. He said order would bring withdrawal of Soviet troops and aircraft once the revolution ends, with negotiations to evacuate several Soviet divisions. Soviet and Hungarian forces pressed the crackdown as casualties mounted in Budapest.
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Nagy
Hungary
Vienna
Imre Nagy
Moscow
Russia
Budapest
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish Communist Party
Poland
West Germany
Georgi K. Zhukov
Europe
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Rainach Defends Voter Laws In Face Of Olney Charge
Sen. W. M. Rainach leader of the Citizens Councils of Louisiana denounced U S Assistant Attorney General Warren Olney III for accusing whites and blacks of wholesale purges in Southern states He said Louisiana will enforce voter qualifications strictly and remove illegally registered voters while stressing the South will not tolerate federal interference and will carry on its fight Rainach noted about 10000 Negroes could lose voting rights before the November 6 election and urged local authorities to challenge illegally registered voters including whites and Negroes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Sen
W. M. Rainach
Rainach
Citizens’ Council Association of Louisiana
U. S
Warren Olney III
Louisiana
Olney
140 Will Face Judge Friday In Local Court
One of the largest dockets in years will be brought into Fourth district court Friday morning with Judge Jesse Heard presiding. The 140 cases include Ouachita parish grand jury indictments for illegal registration and voting, several violent offenses, negligent homicide, aggravated rape, and man slaughter. A. G. Wade Audley M. Johnson Parish J. Davis Percy Leonard Charlie Carter and others are slated for arraignment with offenses ranging from burglary to homicide.
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Fourth District Court
Jesse Heard
Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Percy L. Wallace
Bertha Wallace
Cracy Eppinette
Leon Eppinette
Edna Green
Robin Green
Joe W. Swift
Mildred Swift
Thadeaus Scharf
Wilma Sholars
E. C. Sholars
A. G. Wade
Audley M. Johnson
Parish J. Davis
Percy Leonard
Charlie Carter
Herbert Lamberth
Lewis B Maddox
10000 Negroes Lose Voting Rights in Louisiana Push
Baton Rouge reports indicate about 10 000 Negroes may be removed from voting rolls before the November 6 election as Citizens Councils push to purge unqualified voters. Ouachita Parish alone lists 4893 Negroes challenged with broader statewide drops from March highs. FBI probes parishes with disenfranchisement and Grant Parish is noted as a cleanup site with 800 Negro voters purged.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
State Registration Office
FBI
Rapides Parish
Grant
Federal Report
Long Expresses Hope For Big November Vote
Governor Earl Long voiced hope for a strong turnout on November 6 in Louisiana. He avoided mentions of the constitutional convention or 48 amendments on the ballot. Secretary of State Wade O. Martin Jr. forecast a lighter vote than four years earlier, offering no total estimate for November.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana
Long
Amusements Classified Listing Fragment
Odd fragment from a classified page showing items like cakes and wares with various section codes. Readable bits reference amusements and small ads though content is partially garbled and hard to parse.
Van Fossen Out as City Electric Chief
The utilities commission announced that T. L. Van Fossen’s brief tenure as head of the city electric department is ended. Woodrow T. Murphy was named to run the electrical distribution system after Van Fossen’s dismissal. Mayor W. N. Howard indicated Murphy would likely be confirmed as inspector successor by Friday.
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The
Utilities Commission
T. L. van Fossen
van Fossen
C. C. Boardman
Woodrow T. Murphy
Boardman
Murphy
W. N. Howard
Utilities Commissioners
Barnard and Burk
Barnard and
Burk
Barnard
Eight Hammes children killed in Iowa car train crash
SIGOURNEY IOWA EIGHT children from the Richard Hammes family were killed when a Rock Island freight train struck their four door sedan at a rural crossing two miles east of town. Their mother was seriously injured and hospitalized in Keokuk county. The victims ranged from 1 to 9 years old, including two sets of twins Ricky and Vicky aged 1, Ronnie and Donnie aged 9, Karen 8, Linda 7, Gary 6, and Rosemary 3. The car was dragged 648 feet after impact.
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Sigourney
Iowa
Here
Richard Hammes
Hammes
Keokuk County Hospital
Ronnie
Donnie
Karen
Linda
Gary
Rosemary
Ricky
Vicky
Rock Island
Eisenhower in New York seeks 45 electoral votes
President Eisenhower arrived in New York by special train for a Madison Square Garden speech and a drive for New York's 45 electoral votes. He planned a midtown motorcade before a major nationally broadcast address at 9 p.m. EDT. He defended the H bomb as a strength for peace and urged continued military draft amid world tension.
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New York
Eisenhower
Washington
Madison Square Garden
Pennsylvania Station
Manhattan
Commodore Hotel
America
U.S
United States
Stevenson
Beverly Barr
Rochester
N.Y
Louis Martin
Salisbury
Anita Faye Fund Reaches 626 For Little Blue Baby
A report shows donations totaling 626.50 toward a 1000 dollar operation for Anita Faye, a nine year old called a blue baby at birth. Readers across Twin Cities and beyond contributed, some from local businesses and individuals, with a large lead gift of 100 dollars.
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Anita Faye
Paul R. Jones
Girard
Jesus
W. B. Snab
Dixie Redding
West Monroe
Dottie Lynn
W. B. McWhorter
Hotel Frances
Anonymous
Farmerville
Hogan
Johnnie Varino
J. W. Johnston
Clark Insurance Agency
Archibald Berwick
Twin Cities
Bodily Harm Threats Shadow Murder Case in Mississippi
Key witness in the William Wetzel and Minor Lorber murder case reports threats of bodily harm. Mississippi patrol officials say arrests and prosecutions are forthcoming as investigators pursue multiple involved individuals who pressured the witness to alter testimony from the 1953 killing of Edgar McGraw at Parchman prison.
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Jackson, Miss
William Wetzel
Minor Lorber
State Penitentiary
Highway Patrol
Sam R. Ivy
Patrol
Wetzel
Mississippi
Lorber
Robert M. Jones
Robert L. Harrison
McGraw
McComb
Living Costs Hits Record In September
Washington government reports living costs rose three tenths of a percent in September to a record 117.1 percent of the 1947-49 base period. The Labor Department index topped the prior record by about one tenth of a percent.
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Washington
Labor Departments
Bureau of Statistics
LPSC Seeks High Court OK for Rate Cut Order
Louisiana Public Service Commission asks the Louisiana Supreme Court to approve a four million dollar rate cutting order against Southern Bell Telephone Co. The appeal targets district judge Caldwell Herget's ruling upholding Bell's rates while preserving an $8.7 million annual increase. The case hinges on pay phone 10 cent to 5 cent concessions and intrastate long distance cuts of about 20 percent, with arguments Bell could not fund modernization without more revenue.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
State
Supreme Court
Southern Bell Telephone Co. Commission
Caldwell Herget
Bell
Clayton Coleman
Commission
Herget
Rayville Lawyer Sentenced to Prison and Fine
New Orleans AP report states Warren Hansell Hunt, a Rayville lawyer, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J Skelly Wright to one year in prison and fined 10000 for failing to file a 1953 income tax return. Judge Wright gave until January 2, 1957 to begin serving. Hunt reported income of 35084.66 for the year. Hunt said he would not appeal and had no statement.
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New Orleans
U.S
J. Skelly Wright
Warren Hansell Hunt
Rayville
Hunt
Wright
Warren H. Hunt
Associated Press
49 000 Strike In French Morocco Protest Killings
In Meknes four French policemen and a farmer are killed as a 49000 strong civil servant strike disrupts rail, air, and telephone service. Arab gunmen opened fire on policemen patrolling near a native quarter. another officer was wounded while a French farmer died while attempting to recover bodies.
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Rabat
Morocco
Meknes
Man says he shot himself’s dog during target setup
Sherman D Hoover, 36, accused dog of stepping on a rifle while he laid it on the ground at Hunlock Creek. The weapon discharged, injuring Hoover in the ankle. He told authorities at Nanticoke State Hospital of the incident, which is being investigated.
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Hunlock Creek
Sherman D. Hoover
Hoover
Nanticoke State Hospital
Amnesia victim tied to missing Texan shipmate eyed by prints
In Boston, investigators comb Washington merchant marine files for a full set of fingerprints to confirm if amnesia patient Charles A Jameson is the long missing Texan Frank A Higgins. A left thumb print matched earlier but showed no similarity, prompting a bid for a complete print collection to resolve whether Higgins and Jameson are the same man.
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Boston
Merchant Marine
Washington
Frank A. Higgins
Charles A. Jameson
Higgins
Jameson
Rosalie Higgins
Houston
U.S. Public Health Service
Ameri
Simulated Panic Drill Traced By Civil Defense Test
Monroe area endures a staged panic in a Civil Defense exercise with mock traffic jams explosions and fires. CD and state officials directed radio traffic from Area No 4 control center and state trailer with police fire and sheriff units coordinating messages to parishes and National Guard posts.
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State Department
Monroe
Louisiana State College
No. 4
Civil Defense Control Center
Stone Ave
Lee Ave
Jackson St
State Police
Ouachita Parish
Forestry Commission
Louisiana Civil Defense Headquarters
New Orleans
State CD
Alexandria
National Guard
Camp Beauregard
Jackson Barracks
Crescent City
Ham
Cooler Weather Expected Friday
The weatherman forecasts cooler conditions Thursday afternoon and Friday with temperatures from 52 Thursday night to 76 Friday. The day’s low was 55 after a high of 80 that day. Pollen count registered 88. The previous day’s high reached 84 and low 64.
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Mercury
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Oakland
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Texas
Ike
N. York
Pike County
Dean Freed
Kansas City
Dean
Dennis
Paullina
Living Costs
LPSC
State High Court
Jack
Benjamin
French
Homer Dee
Dee
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