Storm Carla floods marshy Louisiana coast
Giant waves and 65 mph winds from Hurricane Carla lash the coast with eight foot tides. In Cameron and Lafitte mining towns evacuate as 40000 flee inland. A baby died in Kaplan and more than 50 injured as weather worsened. National Guard toured Holly Beach while residents watched water rise over levees.
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Carla Hurricane Advisory Warns of Slow Move Inland
The Weather Bureau issued an advisory at 10 a.m. CST on Hurricane Carla. Warnings cover from Corpus Christi to Brownsville with coastal winds and tides rising 12 to 15 feet inland. Eye passage will bring a brief lull followed by renewed hurricane force winds. Small craft urged to seek shelter as Carla moves inland toward the Matagorda Bay area and slows down.
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Nutria and Snakes Rule Coast as Guards Aid Stranded Creekside Towns
Hol ly Beach Louisiana reports wild life swarming mudflats after Hurricane Carla. National Guard anti looting patrols navigate flooded Route 27 and rescue three piglets two rabbits and two larger pigs from the submerged coast as residents flee wind battered homes and five foot tides threaten Cameron and other communities.
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Galveston Hurricane 1900 survivor recalls deadly storm
West Monroe resident Mrs Mary Moore 85 recounts her survival of Galvestons 1900 hurricane and the typhoid fever outbreak that followed. She notes the 1900 disaster claimed over 6000 lives and compares it to the present Hurricane Carla threatening the area.
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Tornadoes devastate Kaplan area leaving one child dead
A string of tornadoes struck Southwestern Louisiana as Huricane Carla remnants moved through. In Kaplan a four week old girl died, 50 people injured, 150 homes leveled, and damage exceeded 1 million dollars. Residents described the roar and flying debris as crews searched through wreckage.
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Eisenhower to Host Freshmen GOP Tour at Gettysburg Farm
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower plans a luncheon and Q and A for 42 incoming Republican freshmen congressmen at his Gettysburg farm, linking his tour to stressing battlefield logistics and party unity. He is reportedly furious over a State Department pamphlet claiming he chose not to capture Berlin before the Soviets.
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False Alarm Causes Bingo Night Stir in Lochgelly
At a Lochgelly cinema bingo, master of ceremonies George Watters announced that Russia and America had declared war, triggering mixed reactions as about a dozen women left while the rest stayed to continue playing. He later apologized, saying he acted in good faith after hearing news on radio or TV.
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Carla Winds May Hit 200 MPH
New Orleans AP reports veteran forecaster Clyde Conn er says Hurricane Carla’s peak winds could have reached 200 mph at one point but the storm is moving inland and cannot maintain that intensity He compares it with Janet of September 1955 noted for winds around 200 mph.
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Solon's Condition Remains Poor
Providence Rhode Island former U S Senator Theodore Francis Green 93 described still poor at Jane Brown Hospital. He is in an oxygen tent after a heart block discovered Friday during a check up. Green would be 94 October 2 and had served 23 years in the Senate before retiring earlier this year.
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Khrushchev Signals Peace Talks From Stalingrad Visit
Premier Khrushchev told 35,000 at Stalingrad that there are encouraging rays of hope for settling the Berlin German crisis peacefully. He warned against nuclear war, saying it would devastate the Soviet Union, and joined Nehru in a communique urging negotiations for a peaceful German solution and general disarmament under strict international control.
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Leo Carrillo Dies Famed Californians Descendant
Santa Monica born actor Leo Carrillo known as Mr. California died at 81 after eight years of cancer. The Cisco Kid sidekick and Pancho in 156 films from 1949 to 1955, he boosted parade and Hollywood esteem, leaving a legacy tied to California’s Spanish roots.
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Texas Teenagers Held For Robbery
Three 18 year old youths from Orange Texas were jailed in Lafayette Louisiana on charges of attempting to rob a local motel. The suspects are named as Robert Dale Windham Dennis Horn and Robert Belcher. Motel operator Mrs Easton Marcel fought back biting the hand and kicking the assailant forcing the trio to flee.
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Fall Phenomena Hit Campus in Odd Ways
Today’s chuckle notes students reach college by varied means. Some fly, some ride trains, and some arrive with a football coach accompanying them.
Auto Workers Strike Shuts GM Plants Nationwide
UAW members walked out at 10 a.m. at 129 GM plants, signaling a possible full company shutdown by tonight. Negotiations stalled on noneconomic issues, with relief time demands central to talks at Fisher Body and Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac plants.
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Pope John appeals for world peace to world rulers
Pope John XXIII urged rulers to negotiate to avert a third global disaster. He warned against false provocations and urged free negotiations to safeguard liberties and values, reflecting on the bloodstained half century since 1914. The appeal was broadcast worldwide from Castel Gandolfo after a Mass for world peace.
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Weather outlook cools briefly as Carla lingers
Northeast Louisiana remains largely unchanged as Hurricane Carla nudges temperatures downward. Expect mostly cloudy mild conditions through tomorrow with scattered showers and thundershowers. Highs around 84 to 88, lows 72 to 76, with east and southeast winds 15 to 25 mph in storms.
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Defiance in Havana as Cuban Protesters Clash With Police
Cuban Catholic demonstrators shouted Cuba yes Russia no opposing Castro regime during an anti-Soviet march in Havana. Shots were fired. one man died, three wounded, and many bruised as police and militia dispersed the crowd around the Church of Charity and Presidential Palace.
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Carla Hammers Texas Coast In Historic Storm
Hurricane Carla battered Texas and Louisiana with estimated 173 mile an hour winds and tides up to 15 feet. More than 400000 people fled the coast as farm losses were projected near 100 million dollars. The storm stalled offshore and eyed land between Aransas Pass and Matagorda Bay as Galveston braced for landfall.
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Writer Ponders drastic shift in Soviet tactics
New York Times foreign affairs writer C L Sulzberger reports Khrushchev made a drastic shift in Cold War tactics after a Kremlin meeting last Wednesday night. He cites a possible link to Nehru talks and notes Khrushchev's change from announcing a megaton bomb to testing only the detonator.
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