Lawsuits Filed Against Nominee Move Through Committee
Louisiana senate nomination controversy centers on Jones and Crothers. The select committee certified Jones as Democratic nominee after a 2-2 tie was broken, despite claims of eligibility issues. Crothers vows civil action to void the election and force a new primary, potentially reaching the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Coleman
Persons
Lake Charles
William R. Tete
Tete
Sen. Crothers
Senate
Crothers
Leander Perez
St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parish
Tensas Parish
Supreme Court
Sevier
Ira Baster
Tallulah
Baxter
Plane wreckage found near swamp off Highway 80
An elderly man reports a white and blue single engine plane crashed about three miles off U S Highway 80 in a swamp near Lafourche Canal. He saw a wing at ground level and another upright, with 409 feet of debris and no bodies seen. He notes the engine lay about 50 feet from the main section and suggests it may be a crash reported nearby a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Dr McMillan Murder Probe Focuses On LSU Biology Leader
The Baton Rouge case centers on George H. Mickey, LSU dean and biology figure, as investigators pursue evidence after Dr. McMillan was found dead near the LSU campus. A tire iron is suspected as the weapon, with the coroner noting the killer’s unusual personality. Police say Mickey underwent a lie detector test and a grand jury session is planned as prosecution expects a March trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LSU
Baton Rouge
Dist. Atty. J. St. Clair
Favrot
Mickey
Robert L. Kleinpeter
LSU Graduate School
J. B. Kling Jr
George H. Mickey
McMillan
Northwestern University
Chicago
December Job Figures Show Mixed December Hiring
Labor Department reports a normal December rise in temporary workers for mail related tasks while outdoor work declines with winter. Compared to a year ago 1,726,000 more people were at work and 531,000 fewer unemployed. Wolfbein cautioned about possible four million unemployed this month and next, with a spring idle total near 32 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Wolfbein
Labor Department
Headlines Protest Cruelty Continues From Page One
The report details outrage over animal cruelty as the Irish horse trade is exposed in Paris snow. A Mirror observer recounts a horse dying slowly in an icebound truck, the beast slaughtered yet suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mirror
Judge Goods Jury To Rush Its Verdict
A judge urges the jury to deliberate quickly and reach a unanimous verdict, warning that expressing irritation as a threat is intolerable and must be restrained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Goods
Priest Murphy and Doris Tie The Knot in Santa Monica
In 1952 priest Murphy married his wife Doris now 35. Santa Monica Board of Education records show Murphy graduated in 1947 from a St John's seminary in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris
Santa Monica
Court Records Show Wide Range of Sentences and Fines
A heavy Fourth District Court session handed sentences to Cecil Williams a 46 year old Bossier City man for theft of $300 in tools Archie Chambliss 34 received a year in Angola for theft and Elbert Jackson admitted theft of a truck and three pianos valued at 3300 with remand for fingerprint checks Numerous defendants faced fines jail time or probation for untaxed whiskey thefts driving offenses and related charges while others pled guilty or innocent and had trial dates set in late February and March in Ouachita Parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bossier City
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Fourth District
David I. Garrett
Cecil Robert Williams
Traffic St
Archie Chambliss
Angola
Elbert Jackson
Monroe
John H. Andrews
West Monroe
Dennis Holland
Breard St
Henry Edward Banner
DeSiard Ave
Mack Taylor
Preston Elmore
Wilson St
Lincoln McCarter
Frank Hillard
Lee Jackson Jr
Edward Sturgis
Robert James Byrd
Ward 4
John Douglas Skains
Ouachita Parish
Skains
Lonzon Howell
Henry D. Fortner
N. State St
Jackson
Miss
Terrell Crawley
General Delivery
Vienna
James J. Haile
S. Fighth St
James S. Partin
Monticello
James Roosevelt
Snow’. Negro
Jack Jacosa
Bunny Kennedy
W. H. Smith
Jacosa
Kennedy
Smith
Louisville Ave
Alonzo Anthony
Calvin Brock
Benton G. Bullard
Harvey M. Floyd
Harold Kenneth Goldsbury
Johnnie Lee Anderson
Virgin Harris
Clarence Butler
W. T. Olive
Teen claims he is Fuehrer of youth gang
A 14 year old confessed to planting a Heil Hitler note at a school New Year’s Eve incident. He claimed sole responsibility, denied involvement in 10 other anti Semitic acts, and said boredom spurred the school window break and swastika painting while meetings occurred at members homes. He described heel clicks and Nazi salutes but said they mostly built model airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuehrer’ of
Youth Gang
We wash foreign cars with imported water sign
Bartow H. Bridges Jr. reports a sign at a Virginia filling station stating that foreign cars are washed with imported water. The image captures a small-town scene reflecting local business practices and the era's regional character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Buach
Bartow H. Bridges Jr
Ramblin legal winner of the sum of money
The will's beneficiary is a nonrelative who used the funds for Blackie proper support with any remaining assets to revert to the federal government after Blackie's death. Delegates at the National Cotton Council's 22nd annual Dallas session may number up to 1000 industry leaders with Foster Wallace of West Monroe listed to attend as a delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackie
National Cotton Council
Dallas
Tex
Foster Wallace
West Monroe
Disarmament Strategy To Be Mapped
A White House survey led by Boston lawyer Charles A. Coolidge will map a disarmament strategy. President Eisenhower named Coolidge to conduct the survey and align U S disarmament policy with current needs. The Coolidge report will be submitted to the National Security Council soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles A. Coolidge
Eisenhower
Coolidge
U.S
National Security Council
Coat Of Ice Causes Widespread Collisions Across Wisconsin
Strong winds created hazardous ice drifts stalling cars from Prairie du Chien through Columbus to Port Washington on Lake Michigan. Milwaukee reported up to nine inches of snow and widespread precipitation extended from the Ohio Valley to the Carolinas with occasional rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Prairie du Chien
Columbus
Port Washington
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New England
Carolinas
Police Officers Arrested in Wide City Sting
Police squads raided stations citywide, arresting eight patrolmen named by burglar Richard Morrison. The officers from Summerdale Station faced sealed orders. Morrison claimed the men helped load or unload stolen goods across stores over a year. Names and ages of the eight officers were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special State’s Attorney
Ferlic
Richard Morrison
Morrison
Summerdale
Peter Beeftnik
Allan Brinn
Henry P. Mullen
Alan Clements
Alex Karras
Brother
Sol
Frank Ferraci
Pat Groark Jr
Mystery Man Discloses Complex Downfall Ties to Plane Crash
Frank, under investigation for a phantom charity fund drive swindle and $20 000 embezzlement, faced disbarment threats as details emerged. His widow Janet defended his death as accidental while noting large life insurance payouts and past near misses. The case involved J P Factors Inc and alleged finder fees in Kansas City and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Frank
Janet
New York Bar Association
Frank Hogan
J. & P. Factors, Inc
John J. Fallon
Kansas City
Dan P. Reardon
St. Louis
Hogan
Factors
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monroe Morning World
Joseph
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Lethar Frazar
Earl K K. Long
Elliott Coleman
St. Joseph
Jack Wyly
Lake Providence
Henry Sevier
Jackson Street
Church of Christ
Jackson St
Texas
E. C. McKenzie
U. S. Highway 80
Lafourche Canal
Silverstein
Ilverstein
DeSiard
Willie T. Straughton
George S. Cagle
Willie Haynes Jr
Elsie P. Heck
Lonnie C. Hensley
Charley Kelley
Travis B. Kennedy
Ernest Long
Edward Moore
Farris Newton Moore
Clyde M. Thompson
John J. Fregener
Leonard Albert Vesay
Helen H. Wilson
Thelton Woods
Billye Joyce Burns
George P. Young
Robert L. Carpenter
Bond
Charles E. Wood
David Lee Pitts
Tomothy L. Wheat
Billy Robert Davis
George Richardson Jr. Orris Sellers
Lloyd Smith
Billy S. Taylor
Trail
Herbert Wilson Jr
Roosevelt Harris
J. P. Hardy
Veriste Perot
George Grady Roberts
James R. Sullers
W. W. White
John W. Hall
Jesse L. Cooper
Robert Mitchell
Walter O. Willis
John Henry Martin
Carlton L. Skains
Bobby
Earl Ray
Lome FE
James C. Henderson
Josephine Thomas
Henry Hicks Jr
Roosevelt Prater
John A. Warren
Emma Grace Doyle
G. E. Meeks
Howard Ramsey
San Diego, Calif
Ramblin
Zale’s Optical
Zale’s Jewelers
DeSford Street
M. L. Wexler
O. D
Mary's Flower Shop
North 2Nd
Esoterica
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!