Chrysler and CIO Reach Auto Pact Ending Strikes
Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a contract settlement six hours after strikes began at plants in six states. The deal matches Ford and GM agreements, guaranteeing 60 to 65 percent pay for up to 26 weeks, with six-cent annual wage boosts for three years and expanded union rights.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Bigs Auto Company
Michigan
Indiana
California
Delaware
Kansas
Georgia
Ellender backs broader trade with Russia after tour
U S Senator Allen J. Ellender said in Vienna that he favors greater trade and more exchanges of delegations with Russia. He argued a visit to Poland, Russia, Romania and Hungary showed people do not want war though they distrust the United States and suggested Soviet delegations be allowed to visit the United States while keeping defense secrets safe.
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Vienna
Austria
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
United States
Russia
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Ellender
U. S. State Department
Ellenne
Hoodlum Charged In Slaying Found Dead in Texas
Fort Worth Texas AP report details Leroy Eggleston 49 found dead in a shallow well after mob killings tied to the Wealthy oilman Clark murder case. Two principals remain alive Mary Clark and Hart Huggins as homicide charges unfold amid a web of rewards and betrayals.
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Scandal
Fortworth
Tex
Gampler Leroy
Tracy) Eggleston
Here
William Pp. C
Mary
Hart Huggins
Eggleston
Clark
Huggins
Japan talks hint at gradual U.S. troop withdrawal
In Washington, Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu secured a promise to study progressive withdrawal of U S ground forces from Japan while Japan plans to raise its army 150000 to 180000 by 1958 and an air force and navy growth targets.
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Washington
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
New York
Tokyo
Shigemitsu
Dulles
U.S
Liquor Hearings Held On Delinquent Bills At Revenue Office
The Louisiana Revenue Office liquor control division conducted hearings on 10 delinquent liquor bill cases Thursday morning. Listed respondents include W H Houston Ferriday Joseph S Scurria Tallulah C E Wixon Tendal Enos Henderson Lake Providence J A McNamar Bastrop Freeland Johnson Rayville I N Brunson West Monroe Joseph Guerriero Bakal’s and others.
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Liquor Control Division
Louisiana Department of Revenue
Revenue Office
South Grand Street
W. H. Houston
Houston
Ferriday
Joseph S. Scurria
Scurria
Tallulah
C. E. Wixon
Tendal Bar
Tendal
Enos Henderson
Silver Bar
Lake Providence
J. A. McNamar
Highway Bar
Columbia
Freeland Johnson
Freeland
Bastrop
George P. Perkins
Perkins Saloon
Rayville
I. N. Brunson
Cheniere
Route 1
West Monroe
Joseph Guerriero
Bakal's
Eisenhower Creates Board to Avert Rail Strike
President Eisenhower acts to prevent a strike by 35 000 non operating Pennsylvania Railroad workers by creating an emergency board under the Railway Labor Act. The move delays action for at least 60 days and follows a request from the National Mediation Board to intervene. The board will be named soon as the dispute risks interrupting interstate commerce and essential transportation.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Mediation Board
Fisenhower
E Essential Transportation Servce
Zachary Woman Killed in Collision with Lumber Truck
A 26 year old Zachary woman, Hazel Noland, died when her car struck a lumber truck after a blowout near Clinton Louisiana. Her two children were seriously injured and treated at the Clinton Clinic. The driver, Lawrence R. Smith of Baton Rouge, attempted to flag down the car with flashlights but was not seriously hurt.
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Clinton
Zachary
George Freeman
Hazel Noland
Freeman
Lawrence R. Smith
Baton Rouge
Clinton Clinic
Claim Disputed As Foes Wage Verbal Battle
Fighting flared along the Gaza front as Israel reported two Egyptian fighters shot down by Israeli jets. Cairo broadcast claims of a crash during a reconnaissance flight while Egypt said an Israeli message through UN Truce Supervisor Burns urged an end to hostilities. An Israeli spokesman said tanks and troops attacked an Egyptian headquarters in the coastal area.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Israel
Cairo
Egypt
U.N
Edson L. W. Burns
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Office
Building Permits Issued In August Total 409 058
Monroe issued permits for 46 dwelling units totaling 367 373 and 16 other structures in August. The month’s total construction value was 409 058, down from July’s 542 638. No large projects occurred. additions and repairs added 21 476 totaling 4300 non dwelling and 17 175 residential alterations.
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Monroe
5. H. Awl
Grand Jury To Meet Monday In Negro Killing
In Greenwood Mississippi the case arising from the killing of 15 year old Emmitt Louis Till after a kidnaping at a tenant farm home is set for a Mississippi grand jury Monday. Roy Bryant and J W Milam are held without bond on charges connected to the slaying. Maurice Wright testified about the arrest and sequence preceding the death and Mose Wright pleaded with the abductors.
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Greenwood, Miss
Chicago
Delta
Louis Tul
Maurice Wright
Till
Wright
Tallahatchie County
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Glendora
Bryant
Mose Wright
Money
Miss
Greenwood
Emmitt
Maurice
Association of Citizens
Schools Of City Slated To Open Tuesday Morning
The Monroe City school system prepares to begin the 1955 56 term at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday September 6 Superintendent Van Odem announces holiday schedule including Thanksgiving period December 21 to January 2 and March 30 Good Friday The school year’s end appears continued on the second page
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Monroe City
van Odem
Navy
State Teachers Association
Alexandria
W. ©. Turner
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Retail Merchants Association
City Hall
Monroe
Power Talks and Student Arrests Stir Monroe Officials
Two Monroe L S A students Albert Donald and Edwin Jenegein were arrested in New Orleans after a French Quarter brawl involving four LSU medical students. The incident ended with police charging simple battery for the four, a injured off duty patrolman, and subsequent hospital treatment.
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New Orleans
Monroe
Albert S. Donald
Edwin P. Jenegein
Edgar Galloway
Shreveport
Lawrence McAlpin
Lake Charles
Galloway
New
Leon Cavello
Charity Hospital
Charity
Morrison Barham Join Forces For 756 Race Follows State Poll
New Orleans mayor deLesseps Morrison announced his gubernatorial candidacy and said Lt. Gov. Barham would run on Morrison’s ticket. He cited 76 informal group meetings and broad support across 64 parishes, pledging to push Louisiana forward in public works industry agriculture and education.
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New Orleans
deLesseps Morrison
Louisiana
Morrison
C. E
Cap) Barham
West Feliciana Parish
Teddy Martin
Ear K. Long
Francis Grevemberg
Alexandria
James McLemore
Rufus Fontenot
Jimmie Davis
Carlos Spaht
Baton Rouge
Barham
Martin
Pete Zanone Dies Of Short Illness
Eugene Pete Zanone 60 of Monroe died in a local hospital after a short illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete and to be announced later under Mulhearn Funeral home. A World War I veteran and charter member of Barkdull Faulk American Legion post, he had worked in the furniture industry for 35 years and traveled across Louisiana Alabama Mississippi and Florida. He is survived by his wife Ramonne Zanone and sister Marie Haning.
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Eugene
Pete) Zanone
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Zanone
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Barkdull Faulk American Legion
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Ramonne Zanone
Marie Haning
Memphis, Tenn
Tallulah Rotary To Back Mexican Youth In School
A Tallulah High School welcomes Luis Zetina a 16 year old student from Mexico City for the 1955-56 year under the sponsorship of the Tallulah Rotary Club Zetina will be a junior take algebra English industrial arts driver education and possibly another course He will live with Rotary host families for one month at a time Mexico City Rotary reports many applicants for study in Tallulah.
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Tallulah
Mexico City
Tallulah High School
Rotary Club
M. A. Phillips
Luis Zetina
Monroe
Zetina
Phillips
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Tallulah Rotary
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