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0 LfU Opelousas, Louisiana, Thursday, October 17, 1957 No. 212 ORDERS MISINTERPRETED 1 ft- If U. S. Denies Secrecy Lid on Rochet Program 'V 7 ASHING TON (UP)-The Defense Department denied today it had ordered a secrecy gag on U. S.

irocket and satellite, AID TO FAMILES suddenly made destitute Tuesday night by the tornado that struck east of Opelousas was begun Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Eleanor Koops, left. Red Cross field representative. Mrs. Koops.

aided by Mrs. E.P. Christian, right, secretary of the St. Landry parish chapter, began issuing food and clothing purchase orders to amiles In the Boscoville area. They are shown here this morning as they resumed work in the Prairie Laurent area.

Stricken families should call at disaster relief headquarters in the court house basement for assistance. (Daily World Photo by Bourdier) 1 programs. Army, Navy and Air Force orders Issued Oct. 9 told officers and men to steer clear of the controversy ffi. Ti NO HUNTING ON GAME PRESERVE Therea will be no supervised squirrel hunting in the Thistle thwaite game preserve north of Washington this season beginning tomorrow, as planned, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today.

Story on Page 31. stirred by Russia's successful launching of a satellite five days earlier. The orders were released Wednesday by the House subcommittee on Government Information, NINE STILL HOSPITALIZED which plans public hearings on the A Tornado Victim Dies; Red Cross Aid on; 75 Homsless A victim of the tornado of Tuesday night that struck east of Opelousas died last night in the matter. A Defense Department spokesman said today he interpreted the orders to mean military officials who weren't informed on missile and satellite matters should not make public comments. "The orders were Intended to say 7 in effect that 'unless you are an expert in the satellite field, keep quiet, he said.

Lafayette Charity hos- pltal. Red Cross field worker He contended die nation has been given full information on technical aspects of the satellite by scientists and that President Eisenhower him Four Ousted from Levee Doard by Governor Long BATON ROUGE (UP) Gov. Earl Long has fired Louis Roussel, president of the Orleans levee board and three other members because the board refused to lease certain land and buildings at the Naval Air station in New Orleans for useasan LSU branch college. United Press learned today. Gov.

Earl Long denied he fired Roussel and the, three board members. He said: "I Just notified them I self fully discussed military implications In a 700-word statement last (See No. 5 back page) Hope Held for Daby Weighing W2 Ounces at Birth had named people in their place." The reasons for die firing came MILWAUKEE (UP) A baby be from a high administration source lieved to be the smallest ever born who declined to be quoted. alive in the United States is gaining MA RITA LINDAHL of Finland sits on her throne after being crowned "Miss World of 1957" at a contest in London. England.

Marita is 18. Her statistics: 37-22 34-37. (United Press Facsimile) The administration spokesman weight steadily in her incubator home at St. Joseph's hospital here. said Roussel and the other three ported here this-morning.

She Is Sidonia Carrier, an elderly Negro who lived in the Boscoville section four miles east of here. The home in which she lived with a sister Naomi, was virtually destroyed by the tornado, and the deceased suffered a head wound and other injuries. The sister, was unhurt. Today, there were nine tornado victims still hospitalized, according to Red Cross nurse Miss Louise Crosby, who arrived here yesterday with Mrs. Eleanor Koops.

field re -presentative. Four are in Opelousas hospitals and five in Lafayette Charity. Two are considered in serious condition. Immediately upon arriving. Mrs.

Koops and Mrs. E. P. Christian, local chapter secretary, began giving emergency assistance in the form of food and clothing orders to Strieker families. They worked in the Boscoville area yesterday and this morning left for the Prairie Laurent section with their disbursement pads.

Mrs. Koops said that disaster headquarters will be die Red office in the court house basement. Familes with losses are urged to come in the receive aid. Miss Crosby began Interviews and surveys at the hospitals. There is no refugee problem as all homeless are being housed by relatives and neighbors.

Results of a survey yesterday by (See No. 2 back page) members were given a chance to re sign, but declined. Lindaf Marie Winchester only ounces when born July 31. she weighs two pounds. 11 12 Long told Roussel and the three other board members the onlytKpe Greater New Orleans had for a commuters college-or LSU branch college-was for the levee board to take WEATHER OPELOUSAS VICINITY 0B Generally fair and mild through Friady.

The low tonight, 60 to 67. The high Friday, 78 to 82. ounces. The little girl's bid for life has been touch and go. When born, according to bead nurses Virginia Medkalski.

Linda's chances of living longer than 72 hours were one in a thousand. (See No. 3 back page) FRENCH AUTHOR Albert Camus, 43. today was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for literature at Stockholm. Sweden.

He was the second youngest writer in history ever to win the high honor, with Britain's Rudyard Kipling the only one younger when he won it. (United Press THOUSANDS CHEER AT CAPITAL After that, the nurse said, Linda's chances were only 50-50 until she was given a blood transfusion when she was 45 days old. The nurse said Linda couldn't swallow at first and had-been tube- Subscribers fed. She said Linda started out getting only one teaspoon of formula every three hours and now she gets about five teaspoons during the same (See No. 4 back page) If you fail to receive your Daily World on Sundays call 4971 between a.m.

On weekdays call between 6-7 pjn. Papers cannot be delivered after these hours. RoyaH Couple Gets ACarpeV Welcome WASHINGTON (UP) Britain's captivating Queen Elizabeth II swept into the nation's capital today to one of die biggest, fanciest red carpet welcomes ever extended a distinguished visitor. She flew in from Williamsburg, at 11:12 ajTU. eLt.

The 31-year-old sovereign, seemingly tireless in the face of unending ceremony, stepped from President Eisenhower's personal plane to the cheers of thousands at Washington national airport. The President fo greet her and her dashing escort. Prince Philip, and to escort them to the White House along the crowded, flag-decked streets to start a ceremony-packed four-day state visit. Mrs. Eisenhower waited at the White House to give them a personal welcome on the "front porch" -the north portico.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and a host of high diplomatic and military officials were with die President for the formal airport welcome. While a band played "God Save the Queen" and die "Star Spangled Banner," cannons boomed a solemn 21-gun salute as the royal pair stepped to the reviewing stand. The royal couple flew here aboard die presidential plane Columbine III from Patrick Henry airport near Newport News, after a whirlwind tour Wednesday of die historic early British settlements at Jamestown and Williamsburg on Virginia's tidewater peninsula. (See No. 1 back page) DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES STARTS MONDAY The distribution of federal surplus commodities to needy farm families of St.

Landry parish will begin Monday. First to receive the commodities will be first ward residents who have been certified by the St. Landry parish welfare department. The food will he issued from the Yambilee buildings on die Opel-ousas-Eunice highway from 8 am. p.m.

Persoas are asked not to report for commodities unless they have been notified to do so. If they have received their notification they must bring their new identification card with them. they have registered for food and have not been notified to report for commodities they should contact die welfare office. Registration from needy farm families who did not register at their ward centers is being continued from 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, in the police Jury rooms of the court house.

Hi PAUL MAYNE Wednesday was elected president of the Opelousas Kiwanis Club. Story inside..