Republicans Blast Democratic Record Over Korea and Economy
Washington dispatch reports top GOP leaders accusing Democrats of pro win in Korea and allowing theft of atomic secrets through incompetence. They cite inflation, rising debts, and a failed corruption cleanup as the 82nd Congress ends.
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Washington
Korea
United States
Senate
House
Truman
Democratic Congress
Peninsula
Bridges
Martin
Douglas MacArthur
Inchon
GOP
KRAFCO BUYS KRAFTEX FIRM
Krafco Container Corporation announces the acquisition of Kraftex Enterprises Ltd of Dallas. The Kraftex division will maintain existing offices in New York Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Tulsa Memphis Atlanta Nashville Birmingham Fort Smith Orlando New Orleans and Houston. George W. Scrimshaw becomes chairman with W B Scott John C Hunt Jr C W Dodgen Jr and H G McDonald as officers and C A Pendergast named general salesman.
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Krafco Container Corporation
Brown Paper
West Monroe
Krafco
Krafco Container
Kraftex Enterprises, Ltd
Dallas
Kraftex
Krafec Container Corporation
Kraftex Enterprises
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Tulsa
Memphis
Atlanta
Nashville
Birmingham
Fort Smith
Orlando
New Orleans
Houston
Krasco Container
Louisiana
Krafeo Container Corporation
George W. Scrimshaw
W. B. Scott
John C. Hunt, Jr
C. W. Dodgen, Jr
H. G. McDonald
C. A. Pendergast
Louisianians Reach $3 Billion in 1951 Earnings
The Department of Commerce reports Louisianians earned about $3 billion in 1951 with personal incomes totaling $2,128,000, a 10 percent rise from 1950. The state's per capita income was $1,135, about 72 percent of the national per capita, as national income payments climbed to $243 billion.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Cay
Scooter Crash Harms 22 Year Old In Monroe
A 22 year old Negro man, Robert Barfield, was seriously injured when his motor scooter collided with a Dr Pepper Bottling company truck. He sustained a broken right arm head and leg lacerations and multiple bruises. Driver Carl A. Francis, 36, was making a left turn. he was uninjured.
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Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Robert Barfield
Monroe
Carl A. Francis
Bell Street
DeSiard Street
Manassas
Barfield
Navy to Launch Cross-Country Balloon Experiments
The Navy announced a series of unmanned 37 foot balloons to study atmospheric radio wave propagation using onboard electronic gear. Launches will begin next Monday near Talamit Oregon and travel west to east across the United States with four or five more flights planned later this month or in early September.
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Washington
Navy
Talamook
City closes playgrounds after 10 weeks
The nine week program ended with 31 113 attendees and a 1 866 rise from the prior year. Handcraft was popular with belts bead work shell craft and more as Mrs Peggy Garnett praised top workers across named children and groups. Attendance by site totals are listed for Barkdull Faulk Lida Benton Missouri Pacific Georgia Tucker and Sherrouse on the white playgrounds with large numbers at Monroe colored high Booker T Washington and Bryants Addition.
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Peggy Garnett
Georgia Tucker
Mary Louise Danna
Betsy Blackman
Carolyn Freund
David Freund
Janice Jane Johnson
Nancy Wilson
Mary Emma Wilson
Ann Hemphill
Barkdull Faulk
Carey Pruett
Nancy Brothers
Henry Holdiness
Peggy Finley
Kay Sievers
Bobby Bryant
Linda Gibbo
Mitchell Moore
Lida Benton
Bill Lane
Marjor
Ie Newman
Ed Meachum
Beverly Humphries
Jack Hurdle
Barbara Ann Parker
Glenn
Van
Regina
Kirk
Inez Chambles
Missouri Pacific
Frances Brownlee
Rose Ann Cascio
Billy Cornett
Evelyn Cruse
Hugh Murray
Sue Turner
Jimmy Hunt
Sherrouse
Sue Grover
George Forman
Carol Spatafora
Howard John
Donna Guyton
Wayne ‘Yer
Marie Nelson
Sheila Irvin
Clarence Richard
Monroe Colored High
Booker T. Washington
Eleven Die as Flash Flood Devastates Lynmouth England
A flash flood in Lynmouth, England, kills eleven and leaves 35 missing. The water swept through the coastal village destroying homes and buildings while residents fled to higher ground. Rescuers formed human chains to carry victims up a 600 foot cliff to safety as wrecked structures collapsed.
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Lynton, Eng
Southwest
Eng
Stevenson Silent On Tidelands
Texas attorney general Price Daniel, the Democratic nominee for the U S Senate, has not received a reply from Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois to questions about tidelands ownership. Daniel seeks Stevenson stance on state ownership, veto power, and related lawsuits around offshore lands. Gov. Allan Shivers plans to visit Illinois to discuss campaign issues.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
U. S
Price Daniel
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Daniel
Stevenson
Great Lakes
California
Louisiana
Washington
U. S. Senate
Tom Connally
Allan Shivers
Ship of the Tidelands
Shivers
Ilinois
Youth Arrested For Bike Theft In West Monroe
A youth in West Monroe was arrested after allegedly stealing a bicycle from a friend’s yard Thursday night. The youth tried to start the bike, pushed it to a nearby service station, and called a repair shop to fetch it. Police and the repair shop owner nabbed the youth when he called again Saturday morning. John Schepis of West Monroe, the bike’s owner, is out of town and unavailable for comment.
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West Side
Monroe
Loce
West Monroe
John Schepis
Schepis
Neville High opens registration for new and transfer students
Neville High School announces start of registration for new and transfer students on Monday. Principal Paul J. Neal notes 972 pupils registered for the 1952-53 session. returning students need not reregister. First timers must obtain transcripts from prior schools and lockers will be assigned near home rooms. Preschool registration runs Monday through Friday. a teachers workshop is Sept 2–4. classes start Sept 5 at 8:30 a.m. Free city transportation will be provided with routes announced later.
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Neville High School
Paul J. Neal
Neville
Monroe City
Neville High
Fighting Slackens In Korea at Bunker Hill
In Korea near Panmunjom the battle for Bunker Hill quiets after a seventh Chinese assault. Marines report 400 attacker defeat in two hours with fist fighting and grenades while Chinese casualties rise to about 3,735 since counterattacks began last Saturday.
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Seoul
Bunker Hill
U. S
Panmunjom
Leathernecks
Ramond Chenette
Worcester
Mass
Lewis Calls 475000 Miners to 5 Day Stop Work
John L. Lewis told 475,000 coal workers to halt work for five days starting August 25 in a memorial stoppage. The move, aimed at strengthening bargaining leverage, commemorates miners killed in pit disasters and follows contracts due to expire at end of September. Lewis previously used such periods in 1947 and 1949 to mark disasters and policy protests.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of American
Centralia
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Reporter Poses As Communist Smuggler In Border Probe
San Diego Union reporter Gene Fuson, posing as a European Communist, infiltrated Mexico and the California underground smuggling network. He paid $20 for fraudulent permits and $40 for passage, lived with smugglers, and was captured by border patrol 30 miles north of the border then deported with 23 actual aliens.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Union
United States
Mexico
Gene Fuson
Tijuana
Mex
Fuson
Faction Outvote in Louisiana GOP Central Committee Clash
Old Guard Republicans defeat an Eisenhower bloc bid for control in Alexandria on August 16. John Minor Wisdom’s bid to expand the committee fails 27-25, but Wisdom and John E. Jackson unite to back Eisenhower campaign efforts. Theodore Lyons named campaign manager and Roy Watson finance chief as party braces for statewide strategy.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Eisenhower
John Minor Wisdom
Dwight D. Eisenhower
N. Bryant James
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
John E. Jackson
New Orleans
Taft
Wisdom
Jackson
Central Committee
Paul Marshall
James
Harrison G. Bagwell
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Gop
Old Guard
J. Pauline Duke
New Iberia
Theodore H. Lyons
Roy M. Watson
Lyons
Rutherford B. Hayes
Washington
Texas
California
Firnberg Home Gutted By Fire
A fire of undetermined origin last night gutted the Firnberg residence at 2708 South Grand Street. Firemen from Engines 102 and 104 battled the blaze for hours, rescuing an unidentified person as they prevented spread to adjacent homes. The brick house stood with its sides charred but intact.
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T. L. Firnburg
South Grand Street
Pera
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Bridie Arella
Far Rockaway Hospital
Lidia Serpa
Pan American World Airways
News-Star — World Want
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Ouachitah
News-Star—World
Costello
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Victor Feingold
Lynmouth
Lynton
Tidelands
Aly Khan
Prince Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Hollywood
Firnberg
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