State Plans Solution To Bottleneck At Louisville DeSiard
The Louisiana State Highway Department reports a comprehensive study and new traffic control plans to ease the bottleneck at the Louisville DeSiard intersection. A four lane widening of DeSiard Road from the east will run concurrently with a novel traffic light system and lane rearrangements, expected in three to four months.
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Louisville - DeSiard
Wayne Huckaby
Louisiana State Highway Department
Monroe
DeSiard Road
Huckaby
State Highway Department
Hole Swallows Homes In Lancashire Town
A rapidly expanding chasm in Farnsworth Lancashire swallowed about 50 houses and forced evacuation of 10 000 residents as police and firefighters watched the zig zag cavity grow to 30 yards across 600 yards long and 20 to 30 feet deep. The cause remains unknown with theories including a burst sewer and ground settling.
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Farnsworth
England
Fylde Street
Lancashire
Fire chiefs seek 15 minute delay on disaster broadcasts
In New Orleans the International Association of Fire Chiefs urged the FCC to require a 15 minute pause before radio and TV stations report disasters. They said immediate coverage crowds scenes and hinders emergency response by delaying access for equipment and responders.
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New Orleans
United States Fire Chiefs
Federal Communications Commission
International Association of Fire Chiefs
FCC
Moderation Urged By Saud In Syria Policy
King Saud of Saudi Arabia reportedly sent a message to President Eisenhower urging moderation in U S policy toward Syria. Diplomatic sources say Saud warned against actions that could push Syria toward the Soviet camp and helped influence a temperate stance by Dulles questioning the chance of war.
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New York
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Eisenhower
U. S
Syria
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
Washington
Dulles
Study note linked to Ruth Tilotta murder case in Marrero
Jeffer son parish deputies study a two page note left by Carl Cardinal who died by suicide after the body of Ruth Tilotta was found near Marrero. The note contents remain undisclosed but are described as potentially aiding prosecution.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Ruth Tilotta
Houston
Tex
Marrero
William S. Cool
Carl Cardinal
Cardinal
Rose Lope
Westwego
Second-hand store owner approves two cent layaway
Gavin D. Varnell owner of a Jackson Tennessee second-hand shop approves a two cent layaway. A customer finds a used baby dress marked ten cents and puts two cents down to hold it.
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Jackson, Tenn
Gavin D. Varnell
Faubus Hays Fly to Meet Eisenhower in Newport
Gov. Orval Faubus and Rep. Brooks Hays left Little Rock for talks with President Eisenhower on the federal state integration issue. The governor traveled with Arnold Sikes and a Crown Aero Corp plane crew, with flight time and landing in Newport and Gettysburg farm routes undetermined by weather.
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Faubus
Hays
Eisenhower
Newport
Little Rock
Ark
Cap
Orval 1
Tim
Arnold Sikes
Brooks Hays
Crown Aero Corp
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Gettysburg
W. C. White Jr
The
Brown Corp
Ted Moore
Corporation
White
Burmese Propose Amendments to Hungary Resolution at UN
Burma seeks to soften a new United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Soviet intervention in Hungary by changing condemns to deplores. With 36 sponsors, the measure is poised to pass as Burmese amendments are unlikely to pass. The resolution endorses the five nation committee report on Hungary and calls on Assembly president Prince Wan Waithayakon to take up the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
NOY. Um
Burma
Russia
Hungary
U.S
United States
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Assembly
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
Dear Mr Motorist Letter From Tragic Memory
A Los Angeles Mirror News report details a letter titled Dear Mr Motorist written to warn against speeding after a mother recalls a fatal accident that claimed three children. The writer describes a day of loss, pleads for safety, and notes flowers arrive yearly on the anniversary.
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Los Angeles Co
Motorist
Mirror News
Charles Neiswender
Friday the 13th Superstition Versus Good Luck
A brief note contrasts superstition and personal outlook with Friday the 13th framed as a bad luck belief versus a positive view. It questions whether luck is fate or choice and ends with the idea that today can be good luck.
Friday 13th in Monroe. police call it a quiet day
From roving reports in Monroe on Friday morning the traditional day of bad luck yields mixed impressions. Police departments dismiss Friday 13 as just another day when anything or nothing can happen.
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Monroe
Damp and Cool Weekend Forecast For Area
A damp and cool weekend is forecast for area residents. Thunder showers are expected in the afternoon with temperatures in the mid 80s. Yesterday was humid with significant rain. .46 inch fell in Monroe. Lows tonight around 66 to 70, highs tomorrow 84 to 88.
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Mercury
Monroe
Hoffa Seeks Renewal or Delay of Public Probe
James R. Hoffa asked the Senate Rackets Committee to renew its public probe of his labor career immediately or delay until after the Teamsters convention on Sept. 30 in Miami. Hoffa, Midwest Teamsters chief and leading candidate for president, faces prior accusations of accepting loans from employers and ties to racketeer Johnny Dio. His attorney asked for recall by next week or not until Oct. 10 due to convention duties and a wiretap indictment in New York on Sept. 23.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamsters
Hoffa
Midwest
Giant
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Miami
Senate
New York
Johnny Dio
George Fitzgerald
McClellan D-Arks
Fitzgerald
Robert F. Kennedy
Detroit
Syria’s top chiefs pledge no attack after Cairo talks
Damascus reports two senior military leaders Brig Afif Bizry and Lt Vol Abdel Hamid Serraj have returned from Cairo declaring Syria will never attack anyone. Cairo papers quote they will not launch aggression with Soviet supplied arms. Premier Sabri Assali said there is nothing new and nothing to worry about after a fourth cabinet meeting in as many days.
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Damascus
Iwi
Syria
Cairo
Israel
Afif Bizry
Vol
Abdel Hamid Serraj
Soviet Union
Middle East
Sabri Assali
Three Mississippians Held In Mobile Robbery Conspiracy
FBI announced the arrest of Wilden Barrett Hardy McCormick and Dourine LaFave on conspiracy to rob the First Federal Savings and Loan branch in Mobile last year. Indictments also name Charles Sullivan and Jessie Easterling in related robberies in Laurel and Jackson. Barrett McCormick and LaFave were arrested in Laurel Forrest and Jackson respectively, with details of the Mobile plan and getaway provided by U S attorney Ralph Kennamer.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Savings and Loan Association
FBI
Ralph Kennamer
Wilden Welch Barrett
Laurel
Miss
Hardy Farrell McCormick
Forrest
Dourine Dorothy LaFave
Gulfport
Genesse St
Syracuse
N.Y
Barrett
McCormick
LaFave
Jackson
Charles Lawrence Sullivan
Jessie Woodrow Easterling
Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Sullivan
Iasterling
Mississippi
First National Bank of
Laurel May
Kennamer
U.S
Masterling
Easterling
Court Order Bans Violence In Nashville Schools
Nashville police carry copies of a federal court order barring interference with school integration. The order forbids acts to prevent Negroes from first grade classes and bans boycotts of integrated grammar schools. Judge William S. Miller scheduled a Monday hearing to consider a temporary injunction. Kasper and others named face potential further action, with Kasper held on state inciting to riot charges.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cits
U.S. Dist
William S. Miller
Miller
John Kasper
Clinton, Tenn
Kasper
John MecCurto
Albuquerque
N.M
Nashville Area
Ben West
Davidson County
Bond
Failed To Report $127,000 Income
The federal government accuses former patent medicine king Dudley Le Blanc of failing to report corporate income over $127,000 in 1950. Atty. Prim Smith Jr. filed a list of alleged unre ported corporate income totaling $127,680.56 after LeBlancs lawyers sought a bill of particulars. The government also says LeBlanc charged a mink jacket a silver service and other personal items to corporate expenses.
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New Orleans
Dudley LeBlanc
Atty. Prim Smith Jr
LeBlanc
FBI Uncovers Information On Nashville School Blast
The Justice Department said it has information of possible significance about the dynamiting of Hattie Cotton School in Nashville Tennessee and is turning it over to local authorities. Atty. Gen. Brownell said the information will aid local authorities in enforcing the law. The FBI is handling the transfer to Nashville police and investigators, marking their first formal involvement in the blast case. The explosion destroyed the half million dollar school building. Further details about the information were not disclosed.
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Washington
Justice Department
Nashville
Tenn
Atty
Brownell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Doroth Counts Withdraws From Harding High
Dorothy Counts, 15, withdraws from Harding High in Charlotte after hostile white students spit at her and threw objects and damaged her family's car. Her father Rev H L Counts cites bodily injury and insults as the reason for removing her, though three other Negroes at white schools faced less trouble.
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Dorothy Counts
Harding High School
H. L. Couunts
Johnson C. Smith University
Harding
Dorothy
Double Murder Victims Found In Prison Beds
Warden Maurice Sigler reports two inmates slain in their beds during early morning hours at Angola prison. The victims Billy Aldrich and Clarence Gros were found after a 6:30 a.m. count and a later 6:50 a.m. check. A bloodstained meat cleaver was found in a janitor’s closet. coroner says death likely occurred between 5 and 6 a.m. The warden noted at least one suspect may be known.
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Angola
Maurice Sigler
State Penitentiary
Sigler
Atty
Richard Wilbourne
W. C. Percy
West Feliciana Parish
Clarence Joseph Gros
Jefferson Parish
Aneola
Merrere
J W. Perkins
P. A. Niebergall
West Feliciana
Navy Pharmacist Delivers Baby In Squall At Lighthouse
In New Orleans Mrs. Caroline Smith and a six pound girl arrived in hospital after Navy Pharmacist M M Cupples braved a howling squall to reach Cubix's Gap lighthouse. The breech birth occurred with assistance from nurse Irene Crabtree and Coast Guard rescue pilots. The mother remained unafraid as Cupples prayed during the tense flight.
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New Orleans
Caroline Smith
Navy
Cubix’s Gap
Mississippi River
M. M. Cupples
Cupples
Coast Guard
Irene Crabtree
Pilot Town
Winter spinet piano in excellent condition
Spinet piano made by Winter in excellent condition. Serial FA 28872 referenced. Prepared as a compact item for a local listing with emphasis on quality and operability.
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