Asian flu hits four states with widespread school absences
Thousands of flu cases blamed on Asian flu spread across New York Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. In Sicily High School 132 of 380 pupils were absent. Several high schools closed or canceled football games while doctors differed on exact strain. Mississippi reports 24 000 cases and up to 40 percent affected in some areas with 12 counties near epidemic levels.
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New York
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Sicily
Raymond Peace
Peace
Board of Health
A. L. Gray
Preventage Disease Control
Hastings
Oswego County
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Central Square School
Three Victims Found Dead as Ackerman Fire Obscured Robbery
Three people were found dead in a burned Ackerman house after a deliberate arson. Mrs. Blaine was stabbed in the heart, Mrs. Sara Jo King stabbed, and Q. L. King beaten and killed. Over $1000 missing. no arrests made yet.
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Ackerman
Webb Brunt
Jimmie Long
John Blaine
Sara Jo King
American Legion Studies Clark Camp Plan for Boys
The American Legion discussed Gen. Mark Clark s proposal to create a summer camp for boys in every military establishment to curb juvenile delinquency. Clark praised at a national convention dinner and offered to push the idea with President Eisenhower if supported. Pin Clark cited The Citadel camp in Charleston as a model teaching recreation discipline and a love of God and country.
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Atlantic City
N.J.P
The
American Legion Today
Mark Clark
Clark
Legion National Convention
Eisenhower
Given
United Nations
Korea
Citadel
Charleston
S.C
Military College
Probe Into 13YearOld Girl's Death Deepens
The death of 13 year old Sandra Gale Williams is being investigated further though tentatively labeled polio. Health officers in New Orleans and Atlanta are testing to determine the exact cause of death after she received all three Salk polio injections.
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Baton Rouge
Sandra Gale Williams
New Orleans
Atlanta
David Brown
Repairs close Ouachita Lock No 4 near Monroe
The Ouachita River Lock No 4 near Monroe will close to navigation for three days starting October 1 for repairs by U S Army Engineers in Vicksburg Mississippi. It will reopen at 8 a m October 4. A special meeting at Eros Masonic Lodge No 295 will honor old time masons at 7 30 p m Saturday with about 10 veterans expected, said Keith Yeager worshipful master.
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Ouachita River
Monroe
U.S. Army Engineers
Vicksburg
Miss
Eros Masonic Lodge No. 295
Keith Yeager
Birthday Party at Hardiner Memorial Clinic
Staff at Hardiner Memorial Clinic Urania hosted a birthday party for a 91 year old patient who was planned to leave the clinic later that day. G. W. Sides was identified as a resident mentioned in the report.
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Hardiner Memorial Clinic
Urania
G. W. Sides
New Effort To Seat Red China At U N Sparks Debate
The United States leads opposition as India proposes adding the Red China seating issue to the General Assembly agenda. Britain backs delaying action for a year, with several delegations privately supporting deferral amid a broad bloc split on Peiping.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N
General Assembly
India
Soviet Bloc
China
Britain
U.S
Peiping
Portland Mayor Freed Of Last Vice Accusation
Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk, five times indicted, is cleared of the final charge in a lengthy vice probe. A state prosecutor said no grounds existed and a circuit court dismissed the accusation that he tried to force two women to falsely accuse gambler Big Jim Elkins of narcotics and prostitution links.
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Portland
Ore
Terry Schrunk
Schrunk
Big Jim Elkins
Arthur Higgs
Father details daughter's seven year heroin ordeal
In a Los Angeles State Senate hearing a man identified only as Mr. X described his daughter now in her twenties as a heroin addict. He recalled a party at 16, a marijuana raid, school placements, and her first heroin shot labeled “just for fun” amid years of addiction and family strain.
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Los Angeles
Mr. X
State Senate
Rayville Man Named To State Drivers Post
Henry A. Coenen of Rayville is named assistant administrator of the state drivers license bureau. He owns a laundry and dry cleaning establishment and is a major in active reserve. Coenen replaces Henry Aarons who failed to qualify for permanent appointment. Aarons becomes examiner in the Natchitoches district. Preston Richardson is appointed administrator, filling the post on an interim basis since H. Alva King was fired last February.
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Baton Rouge
Henry A. Coenen
Rayville
Forrest Pendleton
Coenen
Henry Aaron
Aaron
Natchitoches
Pendleton
Preston Richardson
H. Alva King
Utica High principal dies during senior initiation prank
Utica Kansas authorities report 60 year old W H Sallee died during a senior initiation prank at an abandoned farmhouse. Sallee was tied by a rope and found hanging. autopsy cites strangulation though sheriff says a fall or entanglement with debris could be factors. Betty Stevens and 11 seniors hosted 23 freshmen.
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Utica
Kan
Utica High School
Sallee
Betty Stevens
Thundershowers Expected Here This Afternoon
The Monroe area may see a few scattered thundershowers today with partly cloudy skies through Thursday. Heavy rain is forecast for the southeast and east central parts of the state this afternoon and tonight as Hurricane Esther's effects continue. Lows near 68 to 70, with highs 86 to 90 tomorrow.
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Monroe
New Orleans
U. S. Weather Bureau
Metropolis
Esther
Byrd Matriarch Dies in Virginia
Mrs. E. Bolling Byrd, mother of Senator Byrd and Rear Admiral Byrd, died at her Winchester home. Survived by her two sons, the senator and Capt. Thomas Bolling Byrd, and her eldest grandson State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., at her side.
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Winchester
E. Bolling Byrd
Sen. Byrd
D-Va
Richard E. Byrd
Capt
Thomas Bolling Byrd
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Judge Delays Deadline On Integration
Federal Judge Albert V Bryan postponed the deadline for admitting seven Negro children to Arlington County schools. The Arlington school board sought a stay while appealing to the Fourth Circuit. Attorneys argued over potential harm and funding if schools close or stay open during the appeal.
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Alexandria
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington County
Arlington School Board
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Bryan
Court of Appeals
Arlington
Frank L Ball
James H. Simmonds
Passenger Attacks Pilot in Flight Then Tries Suicide
A former Air Force pilot landed a chartered single engine plane in a potato field near a golf course after his passenger Arthur C. Miller leaped from the craft at 3 000 feet over Peconic Bay. Miller, 29, New Rochelle, fled into a woods and brook, later found semi conscious with wrists cut. The pilot Roger Londeaux 40 Lake Mahopac N Y said Miller paid for a trip from Westchester County Airport toward East Hampton on Long Island when he struck the pilot with pliers.
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Cutchogue
N.Y
Air Force
Arthur C. Miller
New Rochelle
Peconic Bay
Roger Londeaux
Lake Mahopac
Miller
Westchester County
White Plains
East Hampton
Long Island
Lonceaux
Londeaux
Showdown Near In Little Rock
Two top Justice Department attorneys fly to Little Rock to reinforce the federal team seeking an injunction against Gov. Orval Faubus. The hearing on the government injunction petition is set for Friday before Judge Ronald Davies. Central High School opened with 10 to 15 guardsmen on duty as tensions over school integration continued.
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Little Rock, Ark
Justice Department
Little Rock
Orval FE
Faubus
Washington
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Ronald N. Davies
U.S
Osro Cobb
Central High School
Eisenhower Urges Naval Officers to Stand Strong
President Eisenhower told officers from 27 nations at the U S Naval War College on Coasters Harbor Island that free world nations must be strong individually and collectively to defend against any attack. He spoke in an informal talk to officers in command courses at the college near his Newport headquarters.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
U.S. Naval War College
Coaster's Harbor Island
United Givers Fund Drive Opens September 19
Clifford M. Strauss announces that the Industrial and Commercial division of the United Givers Fund will begin solicitations tomorrow. This 54-member group targets firms with more than 20 employees, aiming to raise about 65 percent of the $208,000 goal. The full drive starts October 8, with early progress possible due to the division’s efforts.
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United Givers Fund
Clifford M. Strauss
Twin Cities
Strauss
United Givers
Thailand's Sarit Pledges Pro Western Government
Thailand's new strongman Sarit Thanarat vows a government that preserves ties with the United States and SEATO. He ousted Premier Pibulsonggram after a bloodless coup and says he will not enter politics while seeking continuance of Western military aid and Bangkok as SEATO HQ.
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Thailand
Bangkok
Sarit Thanarat
United States
Armed Forces
P. Pibulsonggram
U.S
Sarit
Esther Strikes Southeast Louisiana With Heavy Rain
Tropical storm Esther battered southeast Louisiana dumping eight inches of rain on New Orleans and coastal areas while winds reached 64 mph. Schools closed and flooding reported as residents fled inland. two drownings linked to the storm were noted near New Iberia and East Terrebonne parish.
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New Orleans
Esther
Louisiana
Mississippi
U.S
Raymond Kraft
Gulf of Mexico
Audrey
Gulf
Alabama
Metroyolitan
Ocean Springs
Pascagoula
Gulfport
Miss
Sidney Gerard
Gerard
New Iberia
Donner
Terrebonne Parish
U. S. 90
Thibodaux
Jesse Thomas
Final Rites For Mrs Sturgeon Slated Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Billa M. Sturgeon of Monroe will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at Mulhearn Funeral Chapel following a brief illness from a heart attack. She was 65 and survived by her husband T E Sturgeon Sr and two daughters Mrs E C Jett of Houston.
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Billa 'M. Sturgeon
North Third Street
Mulhearn
Sturgeon
T. E.sturgeon
Monroe
Union Parish
R. T. Watson
First Christian Church
James T. Horton
First Baptist Church
Riverview Burial Park
E. C. Jett
Houston
It Works Like a Charm Want Ad Rented Quick
An advertisement in the News Star World want ads section sold quickly for 70 cents. The brief line It works like a charm appeared twice and confirmed quick rental.
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Newsstar—World Want
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