Asian Virus Fatal To 14 In England
Asian flu spread across Europe and North America with 14 deaths in an English town attributed to the virus. Outbreaks reported in Portugal Cyprus Italy and the Netherlands with about 65 000 cases in the United States.
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England
Europe
United States
Canada
Portugal
Cyprus
Italy
Netherlands
U.S. Public Service
New York
Texas
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Florida
Oklahoma
Sheffield
C. H. Shaw
Health Ministry
London
Rotterdam
Hague
Amsterdam
Lisbon
Monroe Officials See Elaborate Street Network
Monroe officials in Baton Rouge discussed a master traffic plan linking the upcoming federal superhighway and state reroutings to create a modern southern traffic system. Key projects include an underpass at South Second Street, widening Catalpa Street, resurfacing several streets, with costs shared by state and city and railroad cooperation.
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Monroe
Baton Rouge
State
W. L. “Jack'’ Howard
W. D. H. Rodriguez
H. W. McSherry
R. B. Richardson
South Second Street
Winnsboro Road
Missouri - Pacific Railroad
Catalpa Street
Harrison Street
Catalpa
DeSiard
North Fourth Street
Louisville
Jackson
Soviet Warships Visit Syria On Friendship Mission
Two Soviet warships the cruiser Zhdanov and the destroyer Svobodny sailed for Latakia on a friendship mission risking proximity to the U S 6th Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean. Moscow says the move aims to bolster Damascus and counter Western naval pressure, while Jordan remains tense over Syria’s Soviet arms and regional stance.
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London
Syria
Mediterranean
Moscow
Zhdanov
Svobodny
Latakia
U.S
Damascus
6Th Fleet
Lebanon
Pilot Pinned In Wreckage Near Jacksonv ille
The burned wreckage of an L-19 Army plane from Fort Sill was found in a creek bottom nine miles east of Jacksonville Texas. The pilot, 1st Lt. R. E. Wright of Fort Sill, was killed and pinned inside the wreckage after taking off from Fort Polk, Louisiana on a flight to his home base. The crash occurred at 3 39 a.m. and was confirmed by farmer Herman Sherman who alerted authorities.
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Jacksonville
Tex
Fort Sill
Okla
R. E. Wright
17Th Field Artillery Group
Fort Sil
Fort Polk
Herman Sherman
Lions Club Outing Postponed To Next Thursday
The West Monroe Lions club outing at TGT camp on Cheniere Lake is postponed until next Thursday due to a clash with the West Monroe High School football game. The Lionesses sponsor the program with a meet and eat and then attend the ball game.
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West Monroe Lions Club
TGT
Cheniere Lake
West Monroe
The
Lionesses
Gray Lady volunteers sought for Red Cross program
Mrs. O. E. Hinton Ouachita Parish Gray Lady Chairman announced recruiting for the Gray Lady program. A class is being organized to begin early in October.
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American Red Cross
O. E. Hinton
Ouachita Parish
Two Black Men To Die In 1950 Double Execution Case
In Angola Louisiana two Black men, Edgar Labat age 32 and Clinton Peret age 26, face death by electric chair after midnight for a 1950 aggravated incident involving a white woman. The convictions were upheld by Louisiana Supreme Court in 1954 and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1955 as agitation grows from both whites and Blacks over the sentences.
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Angola
New Orleans
Edgar Labat
Clinton Peret
State Penitentiary
Shreveport
Labat
Peret
Louisiana Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Dulles Urges Intervention In Mid East
Secretary of State Dulles urged United Nations action in the Middle East warning that Soviet arms in Syria threaten Turkey. He told the General Assembly that the UN must exert influence to curb Soviet efforts to dominate the region and protect the independence of Middle East states.
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N. Y
Dulles
U. N
Middle East
Syria
Turkey
General Assembly
Assembly
Louisiana Board Approves $72 Million School Fund Formula
The Louisiana Board of Education approved the annual distribution formula for 72 378 968 in school equalization funds amid a policy debate on transportation costs. Superintendent Roscoe H White led a five man committee to survey parish transport and small schools with reports due April. Six parishes refused the voluntary survey but figures will be compiled against 57 parishes and three city districts.
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Holloman
Morris
Jackson County
Miss
Harrison County
California
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Board of Education
Nash Roberts
New Orleans
Roscoe H. White
Caddo Parish
White
Rainy weather forecast for Twin Cities with showers
A raincoat weather outlook dominates Twin Cities forecast with considerable cloudiness and a chance of showers today tonight and tomorrow. Yesterday hit 81 degrees, the day before reached 69, with Tuesday’s low at 65 as temperatures are expected to rise to 84 to 88 tomorrow.
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Twin Cities
Rainy Remains Of Esther Aim At Tennessee
The tropical storm Esther's rainy remnant moved inland from the Gulf toward Tennessee, triggering floods in three states and causing three drownings. New Orleans reported 64 mph winds as the storm dumped heavy rain, with 7 inches in the city and up to 13.36 inches in Burns, Louisiana. The Weather Bureau warned of up to 5 inches of rain across northern Alabama Mississippi and east Tennessee as Esther tracked north near Greenwood, Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Esther
Tennessee
Gulf of Mexico
Graf
Mexico
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Alabama
Mississippi
Greenwood
Burns
King Haakon of Norway Near Death
Oslo dispatch reports King Haakon's condition worsened steadily with serious anxiety for recovery. The 85 year old monarch, ill for weeks, remained lucid and requested full news for his subjects as doctors visited daily.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon
Pilot Dies In Flight As DC6B Lands safely
A Northwest Airlines DC6B with 62 passengers on board landed safely at Madison Airport after the captain, Capt. Alfred H. Lohmar aged 51, died in flight from Minneapolis to Chicago. Copilot Arthur J. Leadman Jr. aged 33 of Farmington, Minnesota, took control and landed the aircraft.
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Madison
Wis
Northwest Airlines
Minneapolis
Chicago
Alfred H. Lohmar
Arthur J. Leadman Jr
Farmington, Minn
Doctor Develops Anti Cold Vaccine
A 34 year old Johns Hopkins scientist, Dr Winston H Price, claims to have isolated the first true virus of the common cold and developed a vaccine that prevented colds caused by the JH virus in about 80 percent of 400+ controlled cases. Immunity requires two shots four weeks apart. long lasting effects unknown. The vaccine used killed JH virus and produced no symptoms or side effects. The medical world reacted cautiously awaiting the scientist’s full report.
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Winston H. Price
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore Sun Tonight
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Price
Dr. Price
Baltimore Sun
Weldon Wallace
Wilson Orders 100000-Strong Force Cut To 2.6 Million
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson ordered the armed forces to trim 100,000 troops to 2,600,000 by next summer. He said deployments of major units abroad remain unchanged and national security will not be impaired. This marks the second such 100,000 reduction in two months as the Army adjusts.
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Grant
Morris
Cornelius Ladner
Wilson
Charles E. Wilson
World Plowmen Contest Opens At Adams County
Twenty seven men from fourteen nations begin a two day plowing contest in Peebles Ohio as part of the World Conservation Exposition. The event, first held in the United States in five years, aims to crown two world champions.
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Peebles
Ohio
Adams County
United States
Cyanide Dump Threatens Thamesville After Train Crash
A speeding CN passenger train hit a Truck Transport Co. Ltd. trailer near Thamesville Ontario causing cyanide pellets to scatter over a quarter mile. 1,100 residents mobilized, a state of emergency declared. Driver J C Sluder from Wayne Michigan treated for minor injuries. Police, civil defense, army units joined in the cleanup efforts.
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Ontario
The
Truck Transport Co. Ltd
Dearborn
Mich
Canadian National Railways
Toronto
Windsor
J. C. Sluder
Wayne
Chatham
Here
Letts
Faubus seeks to disqualify Judge Davies in injunctive hearing
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus files an affidavit accusing Federal Judge Ronald N. Davies of personal prejudice and bias and asks that he be disqualified from the upcoming injunctive hearing. The governor cites seven points allegedly showing Davies’s bias and notes Faubus refuses to attend a federal hearing on Arkansas segregation laws. The dispute follows Faubus meetings with federal officials and coverage of FBI reports amid continued federal-state tension.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Ronald N. Davies
Grady Miller
Davies
Faubus
Feeral
Arkansas General Assembly
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Arkansas
Atty
Herbert Brownell
U.S
Osro Cobb
Virgil Blossom
Earthquake Like Bomb Set Off At Nevada Site
A small atomic device was detonated 800 feet beneath a desert mesa at the Atomic Test Site Nevada. The 10 am blast was the 21st in the summer series and the first full underground shot in history. Las Vegas observed no effects as scientists worldwide measure shock waves to learn about earth’s interior and safe testing methods. The weapon’s yield ranged from 1000 to 3000 tons of TNT and the chamber walls vaporized to expose rock.
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Nev
Las Vegas
Want Ad Offers Quick Cash For Household Goods
Local notice touts NEWS-STAR WORLD Want Ads as fast cheap cash for unwanted items. Mercury motor fishing boat and trailer offered for 75 dollars, contacting FA 2-3757. Seven day rates with cancellation option highlighted.
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Mercury
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