Bill Would Limit Use Of Voting Machines In Louisiana
The Louisiana Voting Laws Association urged newspapers to contact state representatives to vote against House Bill 603 which would repeal required voting machine use. The Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution opposing the bill, arguing machines ensure fair ballots and protect a $47 million investment in precinct machines.
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Louisiana
Sociation
Twin Cities
Monroe- West Monroe
Monroe-West Monroe
Drag Auto Races At Selman Sunday
Road Angels drag racing club sponsors an event at Selman Field Sunday starting at 1 p.m. Monroe spokesman Joe Malmay says a field of hot cars will compete. West Monroe boys work on a dragster with a racing engine, while two hopped up Chevrolets from Arkansas and Tennessee are set to return Sunday afternoon.
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Road Angels
Selman Field
Joe Malmay
Monroe
West Monroe
Arkansas
Tenn
Charter Banquet Planned for North Monroe Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club of North Monroe to hold charter night at Virginia Hotel Crystal Ballroom Monday at 7 30 p.m. Lt Gov Hugh B Balfour will give toast and Charest Thibaut will present charter. Harry M Bell to accept for the club which has 28 charter members and meets Mondays at Antler Restaurant at 6 30 p.m.
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Kiwanis Club of
North Monroe
Virginia Hotel
Crystal Ballroom
Hugh B. Balfour
Charest Thibaut
Miss.-West Tenn
Harry M. Bell
Monroe
A. Jack Armstrong
Will T. Smith
Thomas J. Mulhearn, Jr
North Monroe Club
Antler
Parish Government Plan Ruled Invalid by Supreme Court
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that a parcel of the parish government act creating a commission council is not applicable to any parish, leaving the plan of government unusable statewide. Sheriff William Coci took oath to succeed Frank Clancy, urging a new home rule charter to keep police powers with the sheriff. Associate Justice James D. Simon will write the majority opinion.
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William C. Coci
Frank Clancy
Coci
Mollere
Supreme Court
Commission
James D. Simon
Natchez Editor Addresses Franklin Citizens Council
Elliott Trimble editor of the Natchez Democrat spoke at Winnsboro High School on June 1 outlining the Citizens Council stance against the Supreme Court segregation decision. He argued government overreach erodes state sovereignty and home rule while urging continued opposition to integration alongside Raymond Masling of Farmerville, executive director of the Louisiana association.
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Winnsboro
Elliott Trimble
United States
Supreme Court
Trimble
NAACP
Raymond F. Masling
Farmerville
Association of Citizens Councils
Louisiana
Doctors Discuss Mobile X Ray Service on TV Panel
Three area doctors will discuss the benefits of the mobile X-ray unit on a television panel at 12:45 p.m. Sunday. Participants are Dr. Carroll Summer, Dr. D L Coffman, and Dr. Roy Robertson with Mrs. Jacob Lantz moderating. The Ouachita parish unit will tour from June 4 to June 29.
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Carroll Summer
Ouachita Parish
D. L. Coffman
T. B
Ruston
Roy Robertson
Monroe
Coffman
Robertson
Summer
Jacob Lantz
American Cancer Society
Morning World
Becker Graduates From LSU Medical School
Quinn H. Becker of Monroe graduates from Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He will join the army this month for an assignment in Hawaii. Becker, from Northeast Louisiana State College, is the son of Mrs. Lucille Finley. He married Gladys Rousel of Oak Grove and they have two children.
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Quinn H. Becker
Monroe
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Hawaii
Becker
Northeast
Louisiana State College
L.S.A
Lucille Finley
707 Bros
Gladys Rousel
Oak Grove
Elderly Monroe Man Struck by Auto on Lee Avenue
A 64 year old Monroe man Jessie L Lanier of 2707 S Grand St was hit by a car on Lee Avenue near Hampton Street around 4 30 pm yesterday. The driver J L Redmond 31 of 711 Jackson Street cooperated and Lanier was taken to Conway Memorial Hospital with minor bruises.
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Monroe
Lee Avenue
Hampton Street
Jessie L. Lanier
S. Grand Street
J. L. Redmond
Jackson Street
Redmond
Lanier
Conway Memorial Hospital
Gunshot Victim Satisfactory After Ouachita Parish Shooting
Mrs. S. C. Henry a 7 year old Cadeville woman was hospitalized after a gunshot wound. Deputies found her about 2 30 a m at her home she was unable to speak. The wound entered the left chest and emerged at the shoulder blade authorities say the shooting was personal safety related. Mrs. Henry is widow of the late S O Henry a former police jury member in Ouachita parish.
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S. C. Henry
Cadeville
Quachita
Lady Docker Buys $21 280 Auto After Firing
London reports Lady Docker purchasing a $21 280 automobile to replace her husband Sir Bernard Docker's company car. Sir Bernard says he was ousted by a narrow majority and intends to appeal to Birmingham Small Arms Corp shareholders.
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Lady Docker
London
Lulu
Lady Decker
Mink
Sir Bernard
Birmingham Small Arms Corp
Docker
John Y. Sangster
Freeport Sulphur weighs site change for nickel plant
Freeport Sulphur Co. says Louisiana tax bills create a large element of doubt about the state as a site for a multi million dollar nickel processing plant. The firm has pilot work at Braithwaite and plans for a U S operation worth 55 million dollars with a possible Gulf state site for the main plant. Robert Hills notes Louisiana was chosen for the pilot due to economic and political factors but tax measures in Baton Rouge prompt reconsideration. Louisiana lawmakers have proposed over 44 million dollars in tax increases this session.
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New Orleans
Freeport Sulphur Co
Louisiana
Cuba
United States
Gulf States
Robert Hills
New York
Braithwaite
Here
Hills
Baton Rouge
Plan to Dissolve Command Council in Egypt
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser announced that Egypt's Revolution Command Council will be dissolved June 23 when the new constitution is ratified. The council, formed by officers who ousted King Farouk on July 26, 1952, has been the top governing body, shrinking from 13 to 9 members.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Revolution Command Council
Farouk
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