Burglary and Theft Probed in Monroe City
The Ouachita Parish Public Library main building at 418 Jackson Street is under burglary inquiry by Monroe police. A broken soft drink machine yielded about 15 dollars, with desk drawers opened for change. Other thefts include tools and a grill from A-1 Auto Sales and a wristwatch stolen from Mrs. Ann Rose in Monroe. Three women were arrested for forgery, shoplifting, and aggravated battery, with one later released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Jackson Street
Monroe Police Department
Ing
James C. Kelly, Jr
Kelly
A-1 Auto Sales, Inc
North Fourth Street
Ann Rose
St. Joseph
Monroe
Treasury
Patricia Franklin
Cassie McGinnis
Rebecca Jones
Mennen Officials Called In Union Probe
Senate investigators questioned top Mennen Co officials over why they hired Nathan W. Shefferman's union busting firm. Governor Williams, a Mennen stockholder and director, said he would testify but had no first hand knowledge. Kennedy emphasized focus on Shefferman's activities and Dio's racketeering link to the union contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mennen Co
Nathan W. Shefferman
Robert F. Kennedy
Special
Senate Committee
Shefferman
Michigan
G Mennen
Morristown
N. J
Louis Jackson
Jackson
Kennedy
Dio
New York
George Mennen
Russia Plans to Blast Larger Moon Into Space on Nov 7
Washington reports Russia plans a larger earth satellite launch on November 7 the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. The US conducted a Jupiter A missile test at Cape Canaveral as Sputnik nears an end and Whipple predicts the rocket may flame out 20 miles up with possible visible descent.
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Russia
Washington
Communist Daily Worker
London
Moscow
United States
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Radio Moscow
Sputnik
Earth
Cambridge
Mass
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Whipple
Space
Moscow Report
U. S
Monroe Officials Sign 4.5 Million Bond for Utilities
Monroe Mayor W. L. Howard and Finance Commissioner H. W. McSherry travel to New York to sign 4.5 million dollars in bonds aimed at improving light and water service. A telephone report to Streets and Parks Commissioner W. D. H. Rodriguez notes a 26 hour blackout near their hotel, leaving the area in darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
W. L
Jack) Howard
Finance and Utilities
H. W. McSherry
New York
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Howard
McSherry
Syria Ready To Compromise On Middle East Crisis
United Nations New York Syrian Ambassador Farid Zeineddine signaled readiness to consider a compromise to end the U N split over the Middle East. He noted difficulty in satisfying rival groups while urging investigations at the Syrian Turkish border as a first step. Zeineddine said Hammarskjold could not do an adequate job and rejected a joint Turkish Syrian plan with the secretary general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
Farid Zeineddine
U.N
Middle East
Dag Hammarskjold
Zeineddine
Sir Leslie Munro
New Zealand
General Assembly
Syria
Hammarskjold
V. K. Krishna Menon
Brownell Denies Story Reporting Conflict With Ike
Brownell denies a Washington report of a conflict with Sherman Adams over the Little Rock crisis. The Chattanooga Times article quotes claims that Brownell felt sidelined during White House discussions and suggests Dewey's visit to Eisenhower may relate to the dispute. Brownell says the story is 100 percent wrong.
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Brownell
Ike
Chattanooga
Tenn
Herbert Brownell Jr
Sherman Adams
Chattanooga Times
Washington
Charles Bartlett
Little Rock
Thomas E. Dewey
Adams
Eisenhower
Bartlett
White House
Gardenia the Gardenia Cat Returns Home After Foiled Kidnapping
Gardenia, Monroe’s famous feline, returns to Ouachita Parish Public Library after a burglar seized the building Wednesday night. Staff celebrate her safe return at 10 a.m. amid questions of whether she was stolen. Miss Frances Flanders notes Gardenia’s nerves and resilience. The cat had earned a Puss N Boots award earlier, presented by Miss Mary Ann Corpin.
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Gardenia
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Frances Flanders
Miss Flanders
Soviet Censor Hears London Queries In Mystery Zhukov Case
Soviet censors in Moscow report a flurry of questions from London about the Zhukov case. The telephone line links Britain and Russia, but replies are minimal with brief weather chatter replacing substantive updates.
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London
Moscow
Zhukov
Chinese Born Scientists Win Nobel Awards
Chinese born nuclear physicists Dr Chen Ning Yang and Dr Tsung Dao Lee won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for resolving key issues on parity in sub atomic particles. They share the $42,000 prize, with Yang at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and Lee at Columbia University on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
America
Chen Ning Yang
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N. J
Tsung Dao Lee
Columbia University
Princeton Institute
Kunming
China
United States
Sir Alexander Todd
Cambridge University
Nobel Foundation
Lee and
Yang
Britain
Judge Ordered New Orleans To Issue White Birth Certificate
In New Orleans a judge ruled the city must grant boxer Ralph Dupas a delayed birth certificate showing he is white. The decision ended a long mandamus fight with the health department which had claimed Dupas was Negro and could affect his right to box in Louisiana. Judge Rene Viosca ordered the certificate issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Ralph Dupas
Dupas
Health Department
Louisiana
Rene Viosca
Rising Mercury Forecast Improves With Mild Day
A dense fog lifted to reveal a blue sky with mild temperatures. Morning readings ranged from 50 to 63 degrees with a high near 75. tonight's low 60 to 64 and tomorrow's high 76 to 80.
Police Lieutenant Fatally Shot in Bal Harbour Hotel
In Bal Harbour Florida 32 year old police lieutenant Robert Staab was shot to death while arresting a prowler at the Balmoral Hotel Staab died at St Francis Hospital 4 03 am Context notes say Sgt Joseph Stahmer also involved and ex convict Norman Mackiewicz captured nearby Mackiewicz 32 denied being the killer and had a prior record including armed robbery in California and New York prisons the case closed with suspect in custody.
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Miami
Fla
Bal Harbour
Balmoral Hotel
Robert Staab
St.Francis Hospital
Norman J. Mackiewicz
Mackiewicz
George Lewis
Hollywood
Balmoral
Staab
Joseph Stahmer
Stahmer
John Tyler
County Bureau of Investigation
California
New York
Safety Experts Predict Big Cut In Road Fatalities
Safety experts predict the US could cut road deaths by more than 1,000 this year as data from the National Safety Council shows 800 lives saved in nine months and a 9 percent drop in September. The September toll was 3,380 versus 3,710 a year earlier, with nine straight months of decline or stability.
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National Safety Council
Dog kills eight parakeets and more in Syracuse home
Dolores Potter told police a neighbor’s dog accidentally locked in her house killed eight parakeets, seven guinea pigs and two canaries, wiping out her entire stock of pets in Syracuse.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Dolores Potter
Life Span Near Limit Says NYU Professor
Dr Morris Rockstein associate professor of physiology at New York University told the opening session of the 10th annual Gerontological Society meeting that humans have nearly reached the maximum life span. He cited animal studies and mortality data showing inherited conditions largely determine longevity and that many records of 100 years or more imply the limit may apply to most people in the future. (Continued on Page Two)
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Cleveland
Morris Rockstein
New York University
Gerontological Society
Workers Go Armed At Steel Plant
DAINGERFIELD Texas AP non-strikers carried arms to and from Lone Star Steel Co plant after an explosion last night amid a 40 day strike. Peace officers kept a tenuous calm as arrests were anticipated. Guards displayed a stored arsenal and officials warned violence could be prosecuted regardless of striker status.
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Daingerfield
James Landers
L. D. Webster
Dallas
Lone Star Steel
Texas
Morris County
Harry Williams
Lone Star Lake
Truck Cattle Crash Kills Driver Near Kinder
A fog bound tuckload of cattle collided with a halted Missouri Pacific freight train in Kinder. Driver Irving W. Aymond, 43, of Alexandria, died about 15 minutes after the crash as several cattle bolted from Kinder depot. Trainmen were at stations and crossing lights functioned.
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Kinder
Missouri Pacific
Irving W. Aymond
Sixth St
Alexandria
Intelligence chief fears ambiguity in Soviet aims
Washington reports say U S intelligence struggles to read Moscow's intentions after Zhukov's removal. President Eisenhower calls assessments highly speculative, noting officials still seek clearer insight into Kremlin plans and the Red Army's political balance.
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Khrushchev
Red Army
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Wetzel Escape Ties NY Mental Ward to Parchman Threats
Frank Wetzel reportedly fled the Willard New York mental institution on October 21 amid unconfirmed plans to head to Mississippi to aid his condemned brother William A Wetzel in Parchman State Penitentiary. Officials offered no confirmation of links to guard deployments or threats against key witnesses.
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Jackson, Miss
William A. Wetzel
New York State
Parchman State Penitentiary
Frank Wetzel
Mississippi
Parchman
Frank
Willard
N.Y
Wetzel
Highway Patrol
New York
Ohio
Lorber
Principal Shrugs Off Bumping At Central High
In Little Rock, a bumping incident at Central High School involved two white girls and Elizabeth Eckford, one of the nine Negro students. Officials called the episode trivial, noting minor injuries and a tetanus shot, and said all students received lectures to be more careful in crowded hallways.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Elizabeth Eckford
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Kim Standridge
Georgi Zhukov
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Tom Scarbrough
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