Swedish exchange student warns against welfare statism
Ingrid Eriksson a 20 year old Swedish exchange student tells West Monroe Kiwanis she sees signs of welfare statism in the United States while noting Sweden remains a constitutional democracy. She discusses culture dating taxes living standards and travel plans during an eight week tour visiting U.S. cities en route home to Lund university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Eriksson
West Monroe
Hugh Bradshaw
Beth
Ingrid
Aus
Richard Tyler
Sweden
United States
Gustav VI
Great Britain
Ericksson
4Th St
Austin College
Sherman
Tex
Bradshaw
Rotary International
Warnamo
America
Eriksson
U.S
Volvo
West Germany
Volkswagen
Arvid
Miss Eriksson
Texas
Varnamo Gymnasium
University of Lund
Copenhagen
Denmark
Kiruna
Arctic Circle
Memorial Presbyterian Church
New Orleans
Atlanta Ga
Oklahoma City
Flagstaff
Ariz
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Calif
Saltake City
Utah
Yellowstone Park
Lake Ciy
Rapid City
S.D
Minneapolis
Chicago
Ill
Niagara Falls
Boston
Washington
New York City
Playgrounds Scheduled By WM Boys Club
The West Monroe Boys Club announces summer playgrounds at Kiroli Woods and Lenwis Elementary in West Monroe from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays for two months with a director and supervised activities. Judge McCormick cites about 300 boys expected to participate. Lenwis opens next Wednesday with on site registration at Kiroli. Membership fees range from 25 cents to $1 by age group. Kenneth Taylor will register boys at Kiroli next Wednesday and at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiroli Woods
Lenwis
West Monroe
West Monroe Boys Club
Kiroli Elementary
John McCormick
Kiroli
North Violet Street
Judge McCormick
Ouchita Parish
Kenneth Taylor
Kiroli School
Squalls And Falling Barometer Noted In Bahamas
Weather Bureau observers noted squalls and a dropping barometer in the Bahamas with no immediate sign of a tropical storm. Isolated squalls with heavy rain and winds over 50 mph affected Jamaica to the Windward Passage, drifting north toward Florida with 15 to 20 mph winds expected on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Jamaica
Florida
Daytona Beach
Savannah
Fundy
Air Force
Navy
Atlantic
Arlene
Beulah
Cinda
Debra
Edith
Flora
Ginny
Hannah
Irene
Janice
Kisty
Laura
Maurgo
Nona
Orchid
Portia
Rachael
Sandra
Terese
Verna
Wallis
Airman Admits Winn Burglary
Winnfield police recovered 95.17 stolen in a Wednesday burglary and an AWOL England Air Force Base airman Orlen G. Davis confessed to breaking into Curry's Cafe on West Main Street. A radio from Winnfield Cement Co. and a phonograph from a Morgan City school were also recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnfield
England Air Force Base
Percy Roberts
Orlen G. Davis
Curry
West Main Street
Roberts
Winnfield Cement Co
Morgan City
Local Woman's Sister Dies At Texas Home
Mrs. Jennye Thompson Jones, formerly of Union Parish, died Wednesday in Dallas Texas. She was the sister of a Monroe woman and was buried Thursday in Greenville Texas. A native of Ouachita City she spent much time with relatives in Union Parish and was a retired Dallas News employee. Survivors include three sisters Hattie Thompson Monroe Mrs Clyde Long Dallas and Mrs Mamie Black Gordon Ark plus several nieces and nephews including Edgar Powell Monroe.
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Jennye Thompson Jones
Union Parish
Dallas
Tex
Monroe
Greenville
Jones
Nimrod Thompson
Ouachita City
Dallas News
Hattie Thompson
Clyde Long
Mamie Black
Gordon, Ark
Edgar Powell
Mrs. Annie Eppinette Dies at 67 services today
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Eppinette, 67, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Southside Methodist Church with Rev. Lea Joyner and Rev. Bruce Lindsey officiating. Burial will follow at Hall Cemetery under Hixson Bros. Funeral Home. She died Thursday after a five day hospital stay. survivors include her husband Edgar V. Eppinette of Monroe, three sons, four brothers, seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Eppinette
Southside Methodist Church
Lea Joyner
Bruce Lindsey
Hall Cemetery
Hixson Bros. Funeral Home
Eppinette
Union Parish
Edgar V. Eppinette
Monroe
Ray R
E. L. Eppinette
Wilbur Eugene Eppinette
Port Barre
Joe Fatheree
Schonlen
Harvey Fatheree
Ledell
Transylvania
Lofton
Springhill
Thomas Lee
Lilian Whitten
Armour Miller
Hardy Wells
Cleo Moore
Arnold Mann
Ellender Sees Cotton Support Plan Likely Defeated
Sen. Allen J. Ellender warned the House Agriculture Committee cotton subsidy plan faces strong opposition and possible defeat as higher costs clash with cheaper programs for wheat and milk. He noted industry division and the risk of merging cotton with wheat legislation killing both measures.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
U.S
Senate Committee
Former State Senator Backs Elector Bill
In Winnsboro Louisiana House approves an unpledged electors bill 57 to 45 sending it to the Senate. Former State Sen Ralph E King calls it key to the South and says he plans to run for the Senate. The measure would allocate electors by congressional district plus two at large for a total of 10 electors statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Louisiana House
South
Ralph E. King
House
Senate
King
Louisiana
Sugar price spike eyed by Congress welcomed by exchange
The New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange expressed full cooperation with congressional inquiries into the recent sugar price surge. It offered access to its facilities and records to assist investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
UPI
New York Coffee & Sugar Exchange
Jail Sentence Suspended for Drunk Charge in West Monroe
Judge John McCormick suspended a six month jail term for Homer C. Hollis in West Monroe after a drunkenness conviction. Hollis received two years probation and $50 fines for drunkenness and disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. Additional defendants faced fines for reckless driving speeding and related offenses in the same session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCormick
Homer C. Hollis
West Monroe
Hollis
Cypress St
McCormick
Sherman I. Jones
Glenmar Ave
Monroe
Charles E. East
N. 2Nd St
Cleve R. Glover
Michale Landrum
Stix St
Godfrey T. Whitten
Bradley St
Russell Slams EC Tariffs on U S Poultry
Senator Richard B. Russell charges the European Common Market’s higher poultry tariffs amount to a de facto embargo. He says Europe demands free import to the United States while blocking American exports with sky high duties, urging the administration to insist tariffs be reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Richard B. Russell
D—Ga
Europe
Russell
New U.S. Blast Tests Plutonium Device Near Nevada Site
Scientists from the United States and Britain detonated high explosives in a plutonium bearing device on government land near the Nevada test site. The test, third in a four part series, checked hazards of accidental nuclear explosions and aims to guide safety rules for handling storing and transporting plutonium weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
New
United States
Britain
Nevada Test Site
Picnic Area Closed After Demonstration
A racially mixed group of about 50 youths picketed the Alward Lake resort in ST Johns Michigan over alleged Jim Crow tactics. The private picnic area owner Raymond S De Young closed the resort indefinitely after negotiations with Clinton County Prosecutor Norman White. Demonstrators claimed denial of access due to lack of advance reservations and questioned the resort’s separate policy for reservation-required admittance. The protest involved groups such as the NAACP the National Students Union and Students for Nonviolent Action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Johns
Mich
Norman White
Clinton County
Alward Lake
Raymond S. de Young
de Young
White
Mississippi
Michigan State University
Lakeside
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
National Students Union
Students For Non-violent Action
Tshombe Fled Congo Capital Amid Arrest Fears
Katanga President Moise Tshombe reportedly fled Elisabethville in secret to escape arrest by the central government. Unconfirmed reports say a warrant was issued for his capture as a plot to establish an independent Katanga State is alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville, the Congo
UPI
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Congo
United Nations
Mosquitos Attack Renewed In West Monroe
Rain revived breeding places in West Monroe prompting re spraying of ditches and low areas by the Street and Sanitation Department under W R Townson. The West Monroe Jaycees began fogging in sections and residents were urged to clear blind corners and keep vacant lots tidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
W. R. Townson
Hercules Powder gets Navy contract for solid rocket propellants
Hercules Powder Co. announces a Navy contract worth 7,854,597 dollars for development of solid rocket propellants in Wilmington Delaware. The release notes the contract funds support research and production efforts by the firm for military propulsion systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Wilmington, del
UPI
Hercules Powder Co
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WM Boys Club
Winn
Cotton
Bill
Donald Ray Smith
LSU School of Medicine
Tshombe Said
School OF Business
North
Massey‘s Service Center
Monro
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