Editorial on Lake Erie riot aboard Crystal Beach ship
The piece portrays a racially charged riot on a Crystal Beach to Buffalo trip, led by Black youths with white bystanders attacked. It cites Buffalo Courier-Express reporters and says the FBI opened an investigation with several arrests, arguing racial tensions are nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Supreme Court
Lake Erie
Crystal Beach
Ontario
Buffalo
N.Y
Margaret Wynn
Dick Hirsch
Buffalo Courier-Express
Associated Press
FBI
South
Taxing A Louisiana Industry Out Of Business
Louisiana faces a proposed 244 cent gas gathering tax hike tied to teachers salary boosts. It would raise state revenue but threaten gas production and drive industry out of state, with landowners and Kaiser Aluminum Co. warning of heavy costs and potential ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ear K. Long
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Commonwealths
Fifth Congressional District
Commonwealth
Monroe
Louisiana Receives 1955 Federal Grants Totaling 130 Million
Congressional Quarterly reports federal grants to Louisiana in fiscal 1955 at 130.223 million, 44 per capita with 2.927 million population. Health and welfare led outlays at 71.387 million, including 48.006 million for old age assistance and 11.319 million for aid to dependent children. California heads states with 396 million in grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Louisiana
Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Treasury
Department of Health, Education
HEW
Veterans’ Administration
Department of Agriculture
Commerce Department
California
Senate and House ground rules compared in gas bill debate
A Senate debate on a natural gas bill exposes vast procedural differences with the House. The House uses time limits and a Committee of the Whole to speed action while the Senate allows extended non germane speeches, complicating passage and highlighting calls for cloture reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Congress
Haycott Album praised by Walter Winchell readers
Walter Winchell notes a wave of mail about William E. Henning's The Haycott Album from Lippincott, praising its sharp interpretation of the American middle class while contrasting critics who miss its regional significance. Letters also touch on Bridey Murphy spelling, Rogues March, Clair de Lune lyrics, Louis Calhern’s death, and Dope law debate.
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Players
Gramercy Park
New York
Our Land
Haycott
Lippincott
William E. Henning
U. S
Henning
Pepys
Bob Downing
Industrial gas tax plan faces heavy opposition in Louisiana
Sterlington and Olin Mathieson, major natural gas users in West Monroe, plan multi million dollar expansions while critics denounce a proposed confiscatory gas gathering tax as economically unsound and damaging to industrial growth, farming interests, and the gas industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterlington
Olin Mathieson
West Monroe
Louisiana
California Leads Nation in Federal Grants Breakdown 1955
The article details 1955 federal grants by state, noting California tops for old age, veterans and schools with 43 million, plus 39 million for highways and 25 million for emergency school construction. New York and Texas follow in total grants, while 30 percent of the population received 30 percent of grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York
Texas
Pennsylvania
Finois
Mississippi
Wheat Money Inflation Explained Through Wheat
The article explains inflation using wheat as the example. It describes how increasing wheat supply lowers its value and expands to money, warning that excess money leads to devaluation and potential collapse similar to Germany’s era. It cautions that debt reduction without tax cuts may leave dollars less valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
George
United States of Americans
Germany
Eisenhower
General Features Corp
Portraits By James J. Metcalfe Ode to Faith and Charity
A devotional reflection credits James J. Metcalfe and expresses gratitude to God for daily blessings. It asks for guidance, shelter, nourishment, and the holy word to strengthen fortitude. The piece emphasizes neighbors, friendships, charity, and self-improvement through service.
Public Forum on Me Too Politics Sparks Sovereignty Debate
Bastrop Louisiana Morning World discusses two years of unrest over the May 17 1954 Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation. The piece argues states rights limit federal interference and claims the NAACP influenced national policy through social rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Morning World
Supreme Court
Congress
White House
NAACP
United States
John Marshall
Resignation of Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission Director
The director of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission resigns effective May 31, 1956. He thanks the newspaper staff and notes the commission’s use of scientific data and staff experience in conserving wildlife resources, which support the state economy and recreation. He urges careful ongoing management for continued progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Morning World
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Commission
Louisiana
Freedom Of Choice in Louisiana Chiropractic Licensure
A Monroe citizen urges legislators to pass a bill licensing chiropractors in Louisiana. He cites long experience with chiropractic care, supports freedom of choice in medical treatment, and frames the issue as part of preserving a free country and the rights fought for by ancestors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Morning World
Lcense
Louisiana
Gus Miller
Monroe Morning World Publication Masthead Notes
A garbled newspaper masthead fragment lists Monroe Morning World details with dates, ownership, and staff roles. It mentions Robert Ewing, Wilson-Ewing, News-Star-World Publishing Corp, and Associated Press affiliation amid broken text and scattered place names.
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Robert Ewing
John D. Ewing
Wilson - Ewing
Monroe Post Office
News-Star-World Publising Corporation
North Second Street
Robert Nine
Rusher Bale
Walter B. Hatten
Associated Press
Branham Company
Ade Hore
Guage Ruane Beta
Pate
Cazo
Detroit
Memphis
Dalian Gap
Freuciaco
Lee Angeles
Mpendent
Belfaves
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Congressional Quarterly
Bascom N. Timmons
Balky
Paul Harvey News
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Bridey
Murphy
Bridget
Brida
Peggy Wheeler
Ivan Obolensky
Philadelphia
Mitchell Parish
DeBussy
Phila
M. H
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
Louis Calhern
Biz
Judy Coplon
Murray Chotiner
Nixon
Chotiner
Warren
H.K
Los Angeles
Moscow
Stalin
Mr. Molotov
Malenkov
Lenin
Radio Free Europe
J.T. Hanning
James J. Metcalfe
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