Rights Charges Hearing Slated For January 30
A voter eligibility dispute centers on a man denied registration. The parish registrar required two qualified registered voters to identify him, which he could not provide. State law allows registrars to demand such identification. Hearings will be held in the court.
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Parish Registrar of Voters
Atlas
New Orleans
Baxter Deal
Planters Butane
Heat and Power Inc
Lake Providence
Gilbert
Kennedy
Deaths Rise Rapidly In Frigid Cold
Snow and cold grip the eastern United States with record depths across Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York. In Harrisburg state offices closed and Philadelphia sees heavy snowfall while a Lehigh Valley train remains marooned for hours. Emergency measures and flight halts impact Boston and coastal towns as schools banks and factories shut in several states.
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Page Ove
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harrisburg
State
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehighton
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Middletown
New England
Boston
Robert J. Sennett
Monroe
Portland
Maine
Atlantic i
Virginia Capes
Eastiport
Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Windsor Locks
Conn
Newburgh
N. Y
Smoky Mountains
Racine, Wis
Indiana
Caribou
Limestone
Alpena
Mich
Grantsburg
Wis
Escapees Get Nine Months For Efforts
Two men Jimmie Garrard and John Marvin Miller of Hattiesburg were sentenced to nine months in Ouachita Parish jail for escaping the Monroe city jail during a December rainstorm. They also received six months for simple criminal damage. The incident left half the jail flooded and the roof damaged during the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe City
Jesse Heard
Jimmie Garrard
John Marvin Miller
Hattiesburg
Miss
Ouatchita Parish
Fourth District
Kennedy Inaugural Echoes Quest For Peace And Freedom
Kennedy pledges peace and liberty as he becomes president in a brisk 12:51 pm oath. Eisenhower hands over to the youngest chief executive amid a massive Pennsylvania Avenue parade and snow cleanup, with Johnson and Nixon present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Washington
Jacqueline
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lady Bird
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
Voice of America
Johnson
Sports Car Club Rally Set Sunday
Jerry Roden, president of the Scuderia-Washitaw Sports Club, announced a gimmick TSC rally in Columbia Sunday. Participants meet at the Twin City Shopping Center at noon and proceed to the event site. open to owners of compact or sports cars with a driver and observer per vehicle.
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Jerry Roden
Scuderia - Washitaw Sports Club
Columbia
Roden
Twin City
Ramblin Continued At Rendezvous For Lee Birthday Event
The Ramblin group event opened at 8 pm at the Rendezvous restaurant honoring the birthday of Robert E. Lee founder of Kappa Alpha order. Gov Jimmie Davis is invited as guest speaker for the Quachita Parish Farm Bureau barbecue on February 2 at Northeast State College dining room. The program will crown the 1951 Farm Bureau Queen chosen from outstanding farming couples.
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Rendezvous
Robert E. Lee
Kappa Alpha Order
Jimmie HL. Davis
Quachitsa Parish
Farm Bureau
Northeast State College Dining Room
Nuclear Course Slated At LSU During June
LSU will host a summer institute in isotope technology at the Nuclear Science Center next June for college teachers. Professor Harry D. Richardson announced a National Science Foundation and Atomic Energy Commission grant totaling 52,619 dollars to support stipends and direct costs. The program is one of five in the nation, reflecting LSU’s experience in teaching a similar program to local industry personnel.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Nuclear Science Center
Harry D. Richardson
National Science Foundation
The
Atomic Energy Commission
LSU
NSF
AEC
Richardson
Mississippi beauty on showy float highlights state industry
A Monroe pageant feature describes a 12 by 17 by 40 foot float portraying Mississippi industry, agriculture, recreation, and beauty. Miss Pat McRaney of McComb sits on a throne atop the float with Miss June Wood of Hattiesburg and Miss Sue Eastland, daughter of Senator Eastland, in front in golf and fishing outfits.
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Mississippi
Pat McRaney
McComb
McRaney
June Wood
Hattiesburg
Sue Eastland
James O. Eastland
Miss
Wood
Eastland
Gulf Coast
Amer
Negro Charged In Theft Admits More With Monroe Arrest
Freeman broke his foot when he dropped the safe in a field. Higginbotham, tied to the Rose Oil job and Central Mill burglary, admitted the offenses after questioning in Bastrop. He was held on a $15,000 bond after pleading guilty to armed robbery and burglary in Monroe court.
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Howard Lee Higgenbotham
Daisy St
Bastrop
Rose Oil Co
Oisville Avenue
Sears - Roebuck
Village
Clyde Jimmy Carter
Pine St
Sam Green Jr
Short Washington St
Brewster Marine Service
Breard Street
Benjamin F. Price Jr
Lincoln St
West Monroe
Price
Willie Picou
DeSiard
Hudson la
Johnny C. McMillan
Epps
Thornton R. Reynolds
Eastland Avenue
Ruston
Dan R. Goins
Robert A. Banister
Chatham
Roy Dick
Keithville
Nealey Lewis Jr
Ford St
James Wilson
Thomas Williams
Cypress St
Paul Reese
Oak Ridge
J Harrison Jr
Star Route
Grayson
Randall W. Benton
Fox S&j
Claude Maurice Tolin
Frank Abner Burch
Farmerville
Lee Roy Jordan
S. Thir
Leonard McClain
Opal Parker
Suis
Monroe
Freeman
Hinton
Higginbotham
Rose
Central Mill and Grain Co
Droker Ready Mix
Moore Ready Mix
Allen Sporting Goods
Sporting Goods
Higginbothany
Candy Sale Raises About 1300 for March of Dimes
A day long candy sale by local youth raised about 1300 for the March of Dimes. The event occurred at Twin City Shopping Center Forsythe Shopping Center and the corner of DeSiard and Fourth Streets with Delta Beta Sigma Thi Kappa Phi Neville Key Club West Monroe Key Chi and Delta Sigma among participants. Delta Beta Sigma earned a plaque at the Mothers March Banquet at the Virginia Hotel.
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Twin City
Forsythe
DeSiard
Fourth ‘Streets
Delta Beta Sigma
Thi Kappa
Phi
Neville Key Club
West Monroe Key Chih
Delta Sigma
Virginia Hotel
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Curtis Sikes
South Second St
James G. Thomas
Reagan St
Norman Lee Dangerfield
Norman Lee Goldsby
Prospect St
Andrew Glenn
Arkansas St
Gerald Wildman
Jeanne Wildman
Lake
Richard Cox
Dewayne Edward Nugent
Rose Street
Cox
Quest
Earl Warren
Robert Kennedy
Capital Plaza
America
Iverstein
James 8S. Riley
Jimmie Davis
Constitution Avenue
Washington, D. C
Louisiana
Neville High School
Sports Car Club Rally
Ramblin
L.S.A
Davis
Aol Geena
Icas
Mary Anne Mobley
Linda Lee Mead
Mary’s Flower Shop
Faulk-Collier
Allied World
the Appliance Center
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