Castro Joins Air Hunt For Key Leader
Fidel Castro personally directed an air and ground search for Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos, missing since a Wednesday flight from Camaguey toward Havana. More than 400 soldiers, Cuban airlines aircraft, and air force helicopters scoured the area amid bad weather, with the U S air attache offering assistance.
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Forty-Eight Firms Hit United Givers 100 Percent Mark
James W. Moore announced that 38 firms have reached the United Givers Fund 100 percent goal, with $160,693.75 collected toward a $225,919.72 target and $65,000 still needed. Four new firms joined the 100 percent list Neon Sign Service Swift and Company Sears and Roebuck and Hollowe y and Thompson. Pending reports urged workers to finish quickly within ten days.
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Rivers and Heuer
Aetna Finance
the Palace
First Fidelity Mortgage Company
Salley Grocery Company, Inc
the Woman’s Shop
Fields
Monroe Wholesale Drug
Hill Lumber and Supply
Cotton Brothers Bakery
Belk - Gallant
Kellogg Lumber Co
Armour and Co
King Lumber Industries
Cox, Frazer and Webb
Troy and Nichols
Silversteins
Shell Advertising
Dixie Dandy
F. Strauss and Sons
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
Brown, Rivers, Scogin
Southern Equipment and Tractor
Kellogg Oil Co
Foremost Dairies
Mann Machine Works
James Machine Works
Paramount and
Delta Theaters
Knoe Radio and TV
Wind and Rain Storm Rakes West Killing Two Infants
A violent wind and rain storm swept the Southwest causing flash floods from Minnesota to Texas and across the desert regions of Arizona and California. In Arizona Maude Eldridge, 2, drowned when floodwaters tore her from her mother's arms. Sharon Lee Mears, 4, was missing after a flash flood swept a car off Apache Trail near Phoenix. An eight foot wall of water injured another couple northeast of Phoenix. Heavy rains damaged crops, including lettuce, as floods and hail lashed broad areas.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Texas
Maude Eldridge
Sharon Lee Mears
Phoenix
Union Asks Overturn Of Taft-Hartley Injunction
The United Steelworkers Union appeals to the Supreme Court to overturn a Taft-Hartley injunction that ordered 500000 workers back to work for 80 days. The union seeks to lift the stay and challenge whether the health and safety clause applies to economic well being, arguing no emergency exists.
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United Steelworkers Union Today
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High Tribunal
Justice Department
Sorg
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Union
One Missing In Ship Collision Near Statute of Liberty
The liner Israel and a freighter collided Thursday night in clear weather just north of the Statue of Liberty. One crewman of the Israel was reported missing. The Coast Guard said 264 passengers aboard the Israel were towed to Todd Shipyards in Brooklyn and remained aboard the 9,831 ton ship overnight. Some passengers were shaken but no serious injuries were reported.
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NEW York
Israel
The
Coast Guard
Todd Shipyards
Brooklyn
Cub Scouts Pack 31 Charter Presented at Local School
Pack 31 of the Cub Scouts received its charter at a Geor gia Tucker Elementary School meeting with youngsters, parents, and advisers. James Nowell presented the charter to the North Monroe Kiwanis Club, which sponsored the group, and Eugene Biegenwald accepted on behalf of the club. Each Cub Scout den offered skits on Aesop's fables.
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Cub Scouts
Georgia Tucker
James Nowell
North Monroe
Fourth winner crowned in Monroe safety slogan contest
Reggie Lassier of West Monroe High School wins the fourth and final month long safety slogan contest sponsored by the Monroe Quota Club. Lassier’s entry reads As you drive along the high way think of it as your life way. The grand winner will be announced soon.
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Monroe Quota Club
Reggie Lassier
West Monroe High School
Young Lassier
Monroe Police Emphasize Wide Patrols During Law Enforcement Week
Monroe and West Monroe along with Ouachita parish sheriff and Louisiana State Police observe Law Enforcement Week from October 25. The Monroe force stresses high patrol coverage, maintaining at least eight units on duty 24 hours a day, with a total staff of 72 including clerical workers. Crime has fallen relative to the national average as veteran leaders Chief James C. Kelly Jr and Assistant Chief George A. Wood oversee continued efforts.
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George A. Wood
Voters Qualify Steadily As Election Nears
Louisiana voters show steady gains as registration deadline nears on December 5. Board of Registration reports 10,001 new voters in September, with white voters up 9,462 and Negro voters up 339. Illiterates shift, total registered 996,243. Northeast parishes mostly up, Morehouse level. Continued on Page Two-A.
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Morehouse Parish
Morehouse
Caldwell
Catahoula
Concordia
East Carroll
Dial B For Burglar And Catch A Thief
MIAMI UPI reports inventor Carl Dachton tested a do it yourself burglar alarm that uses a thin fishing line and cork to trigger a telephone dial. A 15 year old prowler was caught when he brushed the line, awakening the 34 year old tackle shop owner and prompting police involvement.
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Carl Dachton
Dachton
President Eisenhower Begins Annual Medical Checkup
President Eisenhower, 69, is at Walter Reed Army Hospital for his yearly physical. He entered the medical center late Thursday and expects to be released by Saturday or Sunday. He continues to suffer a lingering cold and has chronic bronchitis, though aides say these ailments did not prompt the visit.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed
Hagerty
Bakery worker's fatal heart attack after quitting job
Madison New Jersey AP reports John Sulla a 38 year old bread delivery driver spoke of quitting his job at Sayreville shopping center. He left the store, got into his truck, and suffered a heart attack that led to his death.
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N.J
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Sayreville
Sulla
Ex-Con Shot To Death In Gang Style
In Shaker Heights Ohio Michael Sperrazzo fifty was killed in a drive way ambush as two gunmen in a black sedan fled. His wife heard his screams and saw two figures struggling before shots rang out. Sperrazzo had a criminal record including gambling bootlegging and receiving stolen property and used aliases Albert Rudzing Buddy Raymond and Ralp La Mont.
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Cleveland
Albert Rudzing
Buddy Raymond
Ralp la Mont
Sperrazzo
Edward Havel
Memoirs claim Ike golfed during War planning time
London reports cite Field Marshal Alanbrooke diaries in Triumph in the West. The second diary instalment, compiled by Sir Arthur Bryant, alleges Eisenhower played golf instead of directing crucial Allied preparations. White House denied comment, noting no official stance.
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G AP
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Alan Brooke
West
Arthur Bryant
Alanbrooke
England
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White House
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Hagerty
Eisenhower
Probe Ordered In Judge Feud Between Brooklyn Judges
Chief Judge Albert Conway ordered an investigation into bitter clashes between Kings County Judges Samuel S. Leibowitz and Nathan R. Sobel. The feud, erupting during the Peter Manceri trial, sparked public outbursts as Conway said the squabbling reflected on the state judiciary. Manceri, tried before Leibowitz, was acquitted of stomping a man to death.
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Albert Conway
Court of Appeals
Brooklyn
Kings County
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Nathan R. Sobel
Conway
Peter Manceri
Leibowitz
Long Beach Taps Water to Halt Subsidence Threat
Long Beach advances a flood of water to combat land sinking threaten harbor and naval yard. Federal and local officials inaugurate two new injection plants costing 2 million dollars raising daily capacity to 874 000 barrels via 93 wells. The plan aims to refloat land by injecting sea water into the Wilmington oil field.
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Wilmington
Chuckle about dollar bill treasure fixation
A light anecdote jokes that some folks value a dollar so highly they treat the paper as precious, implying obsessive devotion to money while keeping the tone humorous and relatable.
Senator Long Warns Castro May Cut Sugar Quota
Senator Russell Long of Louisiana says Fidel Castro could trigger a mandatory withdrawal of Cuba’s sugar quota if attitudes toward U S citizens do not improve. He proposes an amendment to withhold the quota for any country that seizes U S investments without proper compensation, aligning with a similar 1960 foreign aid measure.
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Baton Rouge
Russell Long
D-La
Fidel Castro
United States
Long
Louisiana
State Department
Light Showers In Offing Here
Overcast skies and occasional rains are forecast for northeast Louisiana tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures will stay cool to mild with a high of 77 in Monroe yesterday and a low of 60. Tonight’s lows should be 62 to 66 with Saturday highs of 72 to 78, as damp grid irons persist.
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Mercury
Monroe
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Northeast College Homecoming Week Kickoff and Parade
Northeast State College marks its 27th annual homecoming with a 9 30 p m picnic in Brown Stadium followed by a bonfire on the practice field A 10 a m Saturday downtown Monroe parade features Queen Kathy Talton and her court Alumni Association votes on officers and constitutional changes at 11 a m in the Fine Arts Building luncheon for alumni at noon and a 2 p m game vs Southwestern Louisiana Institute in Brown Stadium President George T Walker will greet alumni with pre game ceremonies and the court presented at halftime
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Miss Talton
Baby Sitter Saved by Firefighter in Iowa Slum Fire
In Ottumwa Iowa seven young children died in a two room house fire. A 14 year old babysitter Sharon Ann Dooley survived after a firefighter familiar with the dwelling helped rescue her. Victims were six children of Patricia Van Horne and Carla Campbell, age 4. Dooley suffered severe burns and was hospitalized in critical condition. Police attribute heat and smoke to a coal stove heating the structure. Fire blocked the only door. Authorities work to determine the blaze’s cause.
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Sharon Ann Dooley
Patricia van Horne
Lorraine Campbell
Carla
van Horne
Karen Rae
Sharon Kay
Patty Sue
LeRoy
Debra Ann
Cynthia
Dooley
Jack Dooley
Campbell
Carl
Ilinois
Herman
Laos King Dies Amid Revolt Facing Communist Challenge
King Sisavang Vong of Laos died at 74 in Luang Prabang as rebels threaten the small Indochina nation. Crown Prince Savang Vathana, regent, becomes ruler and leads a 25,000 strong Laotian army backed by the United States in the campaign against the revolt. Savang has twice visited America and previously led the delegation at San Francisco in 1952.
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Sisavang Vong
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Mekong
Savang Vathana
Prince Savang
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South China
France
Paris
Rented Apartments Offered in Local Want Ad
Want ads promise quick occupancy and savings for landlords. Listings show rented units including garage apartment at 704 Orange utilities paid, second day one room garage apartment, furnished room at 1078 4th, all with contact FA numbers. Ads emphasize low rates and seven day cancellation.
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