Monika Shelling by Nationalists Near Quemoy Signals Risk
Nationalist Chinese guns fired on the German freighter Monika off Amoy near the Tan islands as typhoon Gilda drove vessels to shelter. The Monika took 10 hits and reported casualties while the crew claimed Communist gunfire. Nationalist and consular officials disagreed over who fired the shots and the ship’s movements near the danger zone.
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Hong Kong
China
Defense Ministry
Taipei
Quemoy
Hans Mayer
Ewald Dilara
Japan
Ta Tan
Tan Island
Amoy
Amoy Harbor
Mayer
Tan Islands
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Foreign Ministry
State Agencies Ordered To Aid Storm Victims
Governor Earl Long directed all state agencies to assist in hurricane Flossy recovery. State police, adjutant general, highway department, and health board were asked to provide aid and coordination. Road crews stood by for quick detours as high water closed three main routes near New Orleans. U.S. 90, U.S. 11, and U.S. 51 faced flooding with partial reopenings expected as water receded.
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R. B. Richardson
Louisiana
New Orleans General
Richardson
New Orleans
Mississippi Line
Slidell
Two Dead as Hurricane Flossy Hits Gulf Coast
Hurricane Flossy tore into the Gulf with 100 mph winds, leaving two dead and 47 people clinging to ships or oil rigs. Flossy brushed New Orleans, eyed Pensacola to Apalachicola, and threatened eight-foot tides while authorities warned of rapid shifts in wind and tides. Coast Guard cutters and Navy helicopters combed the seas as shelters opened and schools closed in the danger area.
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New Orle
Piasay
Gulf
Alabama-Florida
Flossy
New Orleans
Pensacola
Fla
Plaquemines Parish
Louisiana
Mississippi
Fhossy
Carport
St. Marks
Plaquemines
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Coast Guard
Navy
16th Polio Case In Parish This Year Reported
Howard Ray Fuller one year old son of Steve Fuller of 403 Sixth Street is confined to the Shreveport polio center with paralytic polio. Dr W Carroll Summer director of the parish health unit says Fuller is the 16th polio victim of the year and notes the polio season typically ends in fall.
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Howard Ray Fuller
Steve Fuller
Sixth Street
Shreveport
W. Carroll Summer
Parish Health Unit
Young Fuller
Summer
Rector Calls For Rice At Wedding Parties In Deptford
In Deptford England the parish rector urges wedding parties to use rice instead of confetti. He notes confetti requires sweeping up by church workers while birds will carry away the rice.
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Deptford
England
Fort Polk Soldier Killed Near Ruston
A Fort Polk soldier, James S. Bell of Steubenville Ohio, died when his Ford sedan plunged 20 feet into a barrow pit on Highway 167 near Ruston after failing to turn a curve. Private First Class Joe Glen Robinson was hospitalized with severe shock and multiple injuries.
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Ruston
Fort Polk
James S. Bell
Steubenville
Ohio
U. S. Highway 167
Here
Joe Glen Robinson
Robinson
Bell
Arkansas
Margie Faye Robinson
Coy
Lonoke County
Ark
Lincoln Parish
Barrett Gremillion
Pineville
Billy Brown
Louisiana Tech
Ruston Hospital
Brown
W. R. Sherrill
Ruston Fire Department
Kilpatrick
Wholesale Arrests Follow Attempt To Kill Somoza
In Managua Nicaragua wholesale arrests of Somoza opponents followed the attempt on President Anastasio Somoza. About 200 people including two newspaper editors and a former president were questioned as police seek accomplices. Somoza’s son Luis seized control while the President, wounded by four bullets, received treatment in the Panama Canal Zone and was reported in satisfactory condition after four operations.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Luis
Somoza
U.S
Panama Canal Zone
Eisenhower
Kentucky moonshiner hunter Campbell dies at 72
Louisville report recalls Charles D Campbell a pioneer prohibition agent who became a revenooer. Campbell, 72, who died yesterday, was famed for his speed and claimed to run 100 yards in 11 seconds at age 45.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Charles D. Campbell
Campbell
Revenooer
Brooks Rejects Draft As Aid To Reserve Program
Washington senior HASC member Overton Brooks says no draft is needed to build reserve forces. He notes Air Force Navy and Marine reserves are in good shape and Army plans can work with existing laws plus minor changes. He cites possible reduction of draftee active reserve terms and questions six year reserve service rules. He reports 2604 joined last week and about 16,000 over eight weeks, but six month program underperforms with 37,000 of 90,000 goal.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Overton Brooks
D-La
Brooks
Defense Department
Air Force
Navy
Marine Reserve
Army
Planes Join Fight Against Fire Storm
Seven crop-dusting biplanes and a torpedo bomber join about 1,500 firefighters to attack a massive blaze near Lake Arrowhead California. The four day fire has burned 8,300 acres and 17 homes in Crest Park. Evacuations were ordered for residents as the fire jumped Highway 18 into pine woods high in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead Mountain
Crest Park
NAACP and Liquor Sales Probed by Tensas Jury
The Tensas parish grand jury reported on NAACP activities with thirteen witnesses, urged enforcement to curb alcohol sales after midnight on Saturdays, and commended jail and courthouse maintenance while calling for an architect to inspect courtroom safety and jail repairs.
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ST. Joseph
NAACP
Tensas Parish
Thompson L. Clarke
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Stevenson to Visit Orleans Briefly Tuesday
Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson plans a brief Louisiana stop in New Orleans on Tuesday sandwiched between speeches in Little Rock and Miami. He will arrive at Moisant International Airport at 12:35 p.m. and speak at Lafayette Square at 1:00 p.m., then depart for Miami at 2:15 p.m. His party includes Rep. Hale Boggs and campaign staff.
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New Orleans
Adlai Stevenson
Little Rock
Miami
Camille Gravel
Louisiana
Stevenson
Moisant International Airport
Lafayette Square
City Hall
Moisant
Hale Boggs
D-La
William Blair
Hy Raskin
Clayton Fritchie
Northeast Louisiana men seek seats at constitutional convention
Thirty-six northeast Louisiana men were certified as candidates for the proposed constitutional convention in the general election on November 6. Certification was by Wade O. Martin Jr., secretary of state. Names include Caldwell, Cameron C. Minard, Columbia, and E. B. Parker, Clarks. Others span Catahoula, Harri sonburg, Concordia, Ferriday, East Carroll, Lake Providence, Crowville, and Wis.
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Northeast Louisiana
Wade O. Martin, Jr
Caldwell
Cameron C. Minard
Columbia
E. B. “Bud’’ Parker
Clarks. Catahoula
Jesse C. McGee
R. R. Reeves, Jr
Harrisonburg
Concordia
W. C. Falkenheiner
Ferriday
East Carroll
Vail
Ike Speaks On Farm Issue Tuesday Night
President Eisenhower plans a campaign speech in Peoria Illinois focused on the farm issue. He aims to rebut Adlai Stevenson's charges and as White House aides note he is physically fit to raise campaign tempo.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Peoria
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Lexington
Newton
Iowa
Protests Trigger Second Week of Washington School Hearings
A House subcommittee begins a second week of public hearings on racial integration in Washington schools. Counsel William Gerber will call principals and teachers from multiple schools, while a Negro spokesman denounces the probe as an attempt by Southern congressmen to push their views nationwide.
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Washington
House
William Gerber
Subcommittee
Continued Fair Weather In Twin Cities Area
Residents of the Twin Cities and surrounding areas can expect continued fair weather for tonight and Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Highs Tuesday will be in the high 80s and tonight's low will be between 66 and 70. Today’s high reached 79 degrees prior to noon and Selman Field logged a 67 degree low last night. Pollen count today was 128.
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Twin Cities
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Security Council Takes Up Suez Dispute Wednesday
United Nations officials report the Security Council will meet Wednesday afternoon to debate the Suez Canal dispute at Britain and France request. By weeks end British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and other officials are due to arrive, with French Foreign Minister Pineau and U.S. Secretary of State Dulles expected to participate. Britain and France may seek international control of the canal as the Egyptian crisis deepens with President Nasser.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Britain
France
Egypt
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Dulles
Council
Emilio Nunez-Portuondo
Cuba
London
Nasser
Sadler Pleads Innocent To Bogus Check Charges
Sadler, speaking to United Press, claims innocence amid charges of writing bad checks. He describes prison brutality at Angola, implicates reform era governance, and ties arrest to his anti Long editorials. He says he left Opelousas under trust, planned marriage in Minnesota, and fears returning to Angola.
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Sadler
United Press
Baton Rouge
State Penitentiary
Angola
Robert Kennon
Blood and Guts
Earl Long
Gov. Kennon
City Finances To Be Discussed At Meeting Today
Mayor W L Howard announced a 2:30 p m meeting of the city ways and means committee in the Virginia hotel ballroom to discuss Monroe s financial problems and securing funds to meet city operating costs. The committee will meet with the city council and the newly appointed utilities commission, with all interested invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Howard
City Ways and Means
Virginia
Monroe
Utilities Commission
Howard
Advertising low cost items for sale inquiry during Mary Murphy ad
Read like a classified prompt urging readers to contact Mary Murphy for selling low cost items under fifteen dollars. It promotes an ad service and personalized ad taking to list items at bargain rates. The tone mimics a newspaper notice seeking buyers and sellers.
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Mary Murphy
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