West Rejects Soviet Union's Security Plan
Western Powers rejected Molotov's anti NATO pact as a threat to Europe. Dulles, Pinay, and Macmillan condemned the plan to dismantle NATO and sidestep German reunification. Ministers warned the pact would leave the Soviet Union central in Europe and threaten Allied forces. Continued on Second Page.
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Geneva
Russia
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Antoine Pinay
France
Molotov
NATO
Atlantic Defense Alliance
Pinay
West
Europe
Elbe
Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Berlin
Red China
Harold Macmillan
$200000 Burglary Hit Alabama Store Sparking Ring Link
Kenned y Alabama October crime report says burglars ripped a large safe at Bicks Brothers general store missing about 7 000 in currency 10 000 in checks 176 000 in U S savings bonds with total loss around 200 000. Investigators suspect a four state ring with ties to Texas and Mississippi and note a similar burglary at Suiplin's general store that same night.
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Ben L. Allen
Fayette
Ala
Lamar County
Ernest Merchant
Alabama
Texas
Mississippi
Allen
Suiplin’s
Index of Local Sections and Page References
The document lists section headings such as Oil & Gas, Churches, Radio TV Editorials and Sports with page labels 14 19A 10A 16B 18B 4A 11 13A and a note pointing to pages 178 and 198 for theater listings. The index guides readers to specific content across sections.
Grevemberg accuses ex governor of pressuring state workers
Baton Rouge AP. Former State Police Supt. Francis Grevemberg charged a former Louisiana governor with pressuring state employees for campaign contributions. Speaking at a Kiwanis pancake festival, Grevemberg backed civil service and criticized political firings while naming no one directly. Alexandria cattleman James McLemore advocated continued school segregation and higher education funding. Other candidates attended via proxy.
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Baton Rouge
Francis Grevemberg
Grevemberg
Louisiana
Kiwanis Club
Alexandria
James McLemore
Fred Preaus
Earl K. Long
deLesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Robert Kennon
Stevenson raps foreign policy and farm program
Adlai E. Stevenson assailed the Eisenhower administration for a misleading foreign policy and a hollow farm program in Duluth. He urged parity payments and cheaper production support while criticizing Geneva miracle talk and GOP misdirection as dangerous to U S aims amid North Africa and Middle East tensions.
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Duluth
Minn
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Chicago
GOP
Democratic Farmer-Labor
Geneva
Repub- Means
North Africa
France
Germany
Middle East
Generally Fair Forecast for Monroe and Arkansas
The forecast calls for generally fair weather today and Monday with continued cool conditions. In Arkansas the same outlook applies, and Selman Field reported a high of 64 and a low of 43 on Saturday.
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Monroe
Arkansas
Selman Field
President backs Benson on flexible farm support program
President Eisenhower gave full backing to Secretary Benson's flexible support plan amid farm price dips and a GOP storm over farm policy. The White House stated Benson remains in the Cabinet and the two agreed the administration will push a six point program to return a fair national income share to farmers. Benson met with Eisenhower for assurances and said the President endorses flexible supports over rigid wartime price formulas.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Benson
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hisenhower
Hagerty
Congress
Dynamite Blast Kills Three Men In Hot Springs Quarry
In Hot Springs Arkansas three city workers died when a truck loaded with dynamite exploded at an old police shooting range quarry. City Street Commissioner Mike Withers Lieutenant Columbus Garrett and employee Dewey Adams were killed. Patrolman Jack Harvey survived with non fatal injuries. The blast shattered nearby windows and wrecked the hauling truck.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Mike Withers
Columbus E. Garrett
Dewey Adams
John Emery
Withers
Jack Harvey
Harvey
Three Angola parolees jailed for armed robbery of soldiers
Three West Monroe youths, all parolees from Angola, admitted abducting and robbing two hitchhiking soldiers Friday night. Vines Carlisle and Elliott were arrested in West Monroe, with a gun found at Elliott’s home and shells on Vines and Elliott. The group forced victims to remove shoes and flee into timber while shots whistled overhead. The Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office pursued them until mid afternoon Saturday. Deputy Kirby called for vigilance after the spree.
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West Monroe
Angola
Francis Laverne Vines
Route 1
John William Carlisle
George W. Elliott
Carlisle
Vines
Dep
Frank Kirby
Raymond Knowles
Elliott
Henry L. Bruce
Jackson
Miss
DeSiard Street
Paul C. Elliott
Jasper
Ala
Sterlington Road
Kirby
Ouachita Parish
Knowles
Artillery Attacks Renew Gaza Border Clashes Near Nirim
Israeli army spokesman said Egyptian troops backed by heavy artillery launched two counterattacks on Israeli positions in the Gaza demilitarized zone near Nirim. Both raids were repulsed with no Israeli casualties. UN observers prepared to investigate the El Kuntilla and Nit Zama incidents amid ongoing cross border hostilities.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Zone
Dan Gov
Nirim
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Cairo
Eastland Urges Regional Agency To Fight Southern Propaganda
Sen. Eastland proposes regional commissions in the South to counter what he calls rising propaganda against the South and its institutions. He accuses Communist fronts and race groups of financing campaigns to undermine state sovereignty and push toward central government control. He urges funding from state and tax exempt private sources to counteract falsehoods with truth. PMID: none
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Washington
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
South
Monroe First Baptist Church Sets Record Budget at 125000
The Monroe First Baptist Church approves its largest annual budget in history totaling 125000 for the coming year, up from 80000 in 1951. Credit goes to A B Clarkson and a faithful corps of workers, with Dr J Q Graves active in his North Third clinic as business houses grow nearby.
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Monroe’ First Baptist Church
A. B. Clarkson
J. Q. Graves
North Third
Breard
Graves
One More Spark Could Spark War In Middle East
Arab leaders and Western diplomats fear a single incident could ignite war after Nasser’s cotton for guns deal with Czechoslovakia. Tensions rise along Israeli Egyptian and Israeli Syrian frontiers amid troop violations and regional maneuvers.
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Middle East
Robert B. Hewett
Beirut
Lebanon
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Czechoslovakia
Cairo
el Auja-Nizana Demilitarizede Zone
United Nations
el Auja- Nizana
Soviet Union
Kefauver Denounces Resignation Talk About Eisenhower
Senator Kefauver in Muskegon accuses right wing Republicans of scheming to force Eisenhower from office. He criticizes columnist David Lawrence for urging resignation or renomination, while Lawrence says he only discussed the possibility. Kefauver praises Eisenhower’s recovery and Democratic resolve to win next election.
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Muskegon
Mich
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
David Lawrence
Lawrence
Washington
Capital Increase Planned by Monroe Bank to Two Million
The Ouachita National Bank proposes raising capital and surplus from 1.5 million to 2 million via a 250 thousand dollar stock dividend and a 25 thousand dollar transfer to surplus. Tentative OCC approval obtained. stockholders to vote January 10. President R. L. Vanderpool Jr. cites growth and stronger service for Monroe West Monroe trade area.
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Ouachita National Bank
R. L. Vanderpool, Jr
Monroe-West Monroe
UN warns Israel and Egypt to end Gaza fighting
United Nations truce supervisor Major General E L M Burns urged Israel and Egypt to halt aggressive actions in the Gaza strip. He warned that any fresh hostilities could bring gravest consequences after meetings with U S British and UN representatives. Burns sent a letter to Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi and Israel's Mordecai R Kidron urging an end to escalations in El Auja and surrounding border areas.
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United Nations
N. Y
Palestine
E. L. M. Burns
Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Burns
U. S
Mahmoud Fawzi
Mordecai R. Kidron
el Auja de
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el Kuntilla
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