Texas Storms Threaten New Floods Across State
Storm system drenched Texas with heavy rains, flooding Medina River areas near San Antonio and Beeville with unofficial totals over 6 inches. Officials warned of lowland floods while rivers like the Guadalupe and Cibolo rose. communities from Dallas to Ennis saw rain and wind damage amid drought relief.
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Dallas
Texas
San Antonio
Medina
Beeville
Escondido
Karnes
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Worth
Houston
Austin
Beaumont
Abilene
Guadalupe River
Cibolo Creek
Thankful
Weather Bureau
Ennis
Eleven Men Trapped In Mine Shaft At Marianna
An explosion ripped through the Marianna shaft of Bethlehem Steel in Pennsylvania trapping 11 men. State Police reported contact with six workers and listed nine foremen a fire boss and a pumper among the trapped. Rescue efforts via the main shaft faced dense smoke and fires with plans for a five mile route. Direct details on cause were not immediately known.
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Brownsville
Marianna
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Frank Lgarnow
Pennsylvania
Here
Garnow
Sprowls
Nelson
Majesky
Kurpzik
Nat's Airlines Strikebound In Thirty Six Cities
Nat's Airlines faces a wildcat strike across its 36 city network from Boston to Miami and Houston. Ticket agents in key terminals walk off, halting operations while nonstriking staff attempt service. J M Rosenthal calls the action illegal and says sabotage and false reservations have harassed customers. Ed Fleming denies sabotage and promises no violence as talks stall.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
NAL
Boston
Houston
Tex
J. M. Rosenthal
New York
National
Rosenthal
Air Line
Ed Fleming
Jacksonville
Air Line Agents Assn
Market Robbery Strikes New Orleans Area
Burglars robbed two supermarkets in the New Orleans area last night and fled with between 3 000 and 4 000 dollars. The Albanese Super market safe in Gentilly yielded 2 500 to 3 500 dollars in cash while the H G Hill store safe in Metairie was carried away with about 500 dollars in silver missing.
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New Orleans
Albanese
Gentilly
H. G. Hill
Metairie
M. E. Burke
24 Injured In Peabody Rock Island Train Derailment
The Twin-Star Rocket derailed near Peabody Kansas injuring 24 with one serious case Wallace Hutchinson Wichita may have skull fracture. Most injuries in two coaches. three cars off rails. Authorities unclear on cause. PASSENGERS describe crash scenes and emergency response.
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Peabody, Kan
Rock Island Railroad
Minneapolis
Houston
Peabody
Wallace Hutchinson
Wichita
Kan
Rock Island
Mon roe Temple Pythian Sisters Meet at Castle Hall
The regular Mon roe Temple No 1 Pythian Sisters gathering begins at 8 p m at Castle Hall 1274 St John street All officers sisters and knights are urged to attend Refreshments follow The 106th Southwest Shippers Advisory Board meeting in Houston Texas features Harry E Dixon Traffic Manager leading discussions tomorrow.
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Monroe Temple No
Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
St. John Street
Ozell Thompson
Harry E. Dixon
Moares
Southwest Shippers Advisory Board
Houston
Texas
Convict Alfred Stahl Charged in Angola Prison Killings
Sheriff W C Percy said murder charges were filed against Alfred Stahl for the meat cleaver slayings of two prisoners at Angola. Prosecutors may charge Ray Allen Dugas as an accessory after the fact. Stahl, 28, alleged as a brutal penitentiary killer, slain victims Billy Aldrich and Clarence Joseph Gros were killed at dawn on September 13.
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ST. Francisville
W. C. Percy
Louisiana
Alfred Stahl
Ray Allen Dugas
St. Martinville
Stahl
Melrose Park
Ill
State Penitentiary
Angola
Billy Aldrich
Clarks
Clarence Joseph Gros
Marrero
Southern Governors Debate 1959 Presidential Prospects
Democratic Governor Leroy Collins of Florida and Republican Theodore McKeldin of Maryland say a Southern president is possible but require an uncommon man with a common touch and party nomination. Tension at the Southern Governors Conference rises as Orval Faubus announces a police order around Little Rock Central High School to gate in Negro students.
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Sea Island
Leroy Collins
Florida
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
United States
Collins
Violent scene as mob confronts Little Rock High
Eight Negro pupils entered Central High School as a crowd clashed outside. Police fought back, clubbing two men and threatening a third with a gun. Bloodied clothing and inside fights were reported as adults marched toward the school, signaling the intensifying integration struggle.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Possible Storm Frieda Near Florida Coast
Miami weather bureau issued a 5 am advisory locating the center of tropical storm Frieda about 500 miles east of Palm Beach. Moving west at 10 mph, Frieda shows 30 to 40 mph winds with squalls up to 60 mph and a slow intensification expected in the next 24 hours as forecasters monitor its path.
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Miami
Frieda
Miami Weather Bureau
Palm Beach
Fla
Polar
Faubus Deplores School Violence at Conference
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus warned during a Southern Governors Conference in Sea Island that the Little Rock school integration violence must be prevented. He noted reports of fighting nationwide and said police moved to restore order despite Mayor Mann's assurances, leaving further action to Lt. Gov. Gordon.
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Sea Island
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
National Guard
Southern Governors Conference
Faubus
Mann
Barksdale Spy Deep In Debt Revealed by Wife
Mount Vernon New York. Air Force Captain George A. French received a life sentence for trying to sell atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. His wife Dorothy French says he was deeply in gambling debt, amounting to thousands, and that loans financed the losses. An Air Force spokesman confirms a string of loans tied to the gambling debts and notes he was tried at Barksdale Air Force Base in a secret court martial. The family learned of the conviction after the verdict was announced.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
George A. French
Air Force
Soviet Union
Dorothy G. French
George
Washington
French
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Continued Cool Forecast With Scattered Showers
Cool weather persists in the Northeast and Twin Cities with scattered showers. Temperatures ease today and tomorrow as clouds and more showers are forecast. Monroe recorded 0.11 inches of rain yesterday, with a high of 78 and a low of 70. Tonight’s low should be 56 to 60, and tomorrow’s high 76 to 80.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Hoffa Loaned Union Funds to Aid Minneapolis Store
Senate Rackets Committee will air charges this week that Teamster boss James R Hoffa lent a million dollars in union funds to help a Minneapolis department store survive a Teamster-supported strike. The funds from the Michigan Conference of Teamsters were advanced in two installments.
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Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Minneapolis
Hoffa
Michigan Conference of Teamsters
Lifeboats and raft raise fears for Pamir sinking
Two empty lifeboats and a raft found far out in the Atlantic heightened concern that the German four mast Pamir, with about 90 aboard, sank in a storm. Rescue planes and ships searched the mid Atlantic after the Pamir radioed she was sinking 600 miles west of the Azores while barley cargo from Buenos Aires to Hamburg.
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London
Atlantic
mid-Atlantic
Carrie
Buenos Aires
Hamburg
Azores
West Monroe Fire Stops Laundry Fire at Pic and Pak Cleaners
West Monroe firemen confined a blaze to the laundry and equipment room of Pic and Pak cleaners on North Seventh street early today. Trucks 2 6 7 and 8 responded just after 5 a.m. the roof and equipment room were in flames but the finished clothing in the office remained undamaged. The building is a concrete block structure housing the cleaner and a grocery store next door. The origin of the fire was undetermined. All trucks returned by 7 32 a.m.
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West Monroe
Pic and Pak Cleaners
North Seventh Street
W. G. Johnson
Sealed bids invited for soil testing along river bridge route
Baton Rouge bids will be received by the Louisiana Department of Highways for soil explorations and foundation investigations for the proposed Mississippi River bridge between Delta Point Louisiana and Vicksburg Mississippi. Simultaneous bids will be taken by the Mississippi Department in Jackson. Work includes land and river borings in Madison Parish Louisiana and Warren County Mississippi.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Department of Highways
Delta Point
Vicksburg
Miss
R. B. Richardson
Mississippi Highway Department
Jackson
Madison Parish
Warren County
Borders Tightened as Syria Nears Turkey Frontier
Beir ut reports say Syrian troop moves and Soviet equipment shifts raise border fears. Major General Afif Bizry denies mass reinforcements and communism ties, citing police and customs at the Turkish border. Jordan tightens patrols to curb weapons smuggling from Syria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Afif Bizry
Damasscus
William L. I Ryan
Associated Press
Beinrat
Bizry
Ryan
Damascus
Jordan
Riot and withdrawal as eight Negro students enter Central High
In Little Rock eight Negro students slipped into Central High amid a diversionary white mob. Police and State Troopers fought skirmishes as the diversions unfolded. The students were escorted to police cars and withdrawn after the crowd clashed violently outside the school.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Community Phone Hours and Departments Listed
A dated notice lists dial hours from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and 12:00 p.m. Saturday to 8:00 a.m. Monday and on holidays. It also provides contact numbers for Editorial Circulation and Classified departments and composing room.
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Nordheim
South Texas
Nat’s Airlines
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Idlewild
Earl Bray
Enid
Okla
Alien
John Watson
Topeka
Peabody Station
Faubus Lion
McKeldin
Versy
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Nathan Gordon
Lcon
Morin
Mob
Negro
By Relman Morin
Little Rock City
Little Rock Central High School
Barksdale
Bank of
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Little Rock High School
Virgil Bossom
Gene Smith
Smith
Blossom
Jesse Matthews
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