West Monroe curb market plan gains farmer support
Ouachita parish farmers approved a curb market concept at the West Monroe Fair Grounds to sell fruits and vegetables in small lots and carload quantities. The plan envisions stalls in the livestock building with area growers invited from nearby parishes and a market operating from spring to fall.
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North Louisiana Experiment Station
Joyce
Parish
West Monroe Fair Grounds
Ouachita Valley Fair Board
Marriage Licenses Involving Multiple Couples In Monroe Area
Bennie Max Fryer 22 Kilbourne and Myrtie Elaine Brothers 23 Monroe wed. Carey Donald Fletcher 21 and Fannie Belle Brooks 19 William M Little area. Bobby Eustene Lee 21 and Vickie Dianne Pardue 16 West Monroe. Clifton Lee Humphries 21 and Betty Moore 19 Monroe. Harry Blake Chappell 23 West Monroe and Jane Yvonne Tidwell 21 Monroe. William V. Bertorff 25 and Sara Ellen Bruno 24 Monroe. Louie J. Lenard 22 Monroe and Eloise Perot 17 West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie Max Fryer
Kilbourne
Myrtie Elaine Brothers
Monroe
Carey Donald Fletcher
Fannie Belle Brooks
William M. Little
Annie Lee Butler
West Monroe
Bobby Eustene Lee
Vickie Dianne Pardue
Clifton Lee Humphries
Betty Moore
Harry Blake Chappell
Jane Yvonne Tidwell
William V. Bertorff
Sara Ellen Bruno
Louie J. Lenard
Eloise Perot
Winnsboro Lodge Set to Meet Tuesday Evening
Winnsboro Lodge No. 246 F. and A. M. will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday June 8 at 7 30 p m in Winnsboro Special to the Times Master Mason degrees will be conferred R W Clawson worshipful Master urges all Master Masons to attend and bring a dish to share.
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Winnsboro
Winnsboro Lodge No
R. W. Clawson
Man of the Week cash aid offer at Aetna Finance
Aetna Finance manager described as man of the week offers quick cash from 30 to 1000 dollars. He invites anyone in town and nearby to visit or call 204 N. 2nd street to arrange funds with a 10 minute handoff or larger amounts by signature, with advance phone arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aetna
Aetna Finance Co
Suspect Admits To One Assault Three Slayings
Police announce arrest of a man who admitted rape assault of 14 year old Dorothy Westwater and the slayings of three others. Victims include Marion E. Brown a 17 year old waitress, a taxicab driver, and an elderly woman in New York. Suspect held in Rockaway Beach after being stopped for going the wrong way in a one way street.
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New York
Dorothy Westwater
Westwater
Marion E. Brown
Miss Brown
Yorkville
Rockaway Beach
Upper East Side
Manhattan
Liquor Dealer Sued for State Taxes in Mississippi
Vicksburg Mississippi June 5 a civil suit filed by the state tax collector seeks 94500 from liquor dealer Michael T Morrissey and family for 63 illegal liquor sales in early January. The action cites 500 per sale due to city county and state totals and seeks closure of the establishment as a public nuisance.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Michael T. Morrissey
Morrissey
Thomas L. Bailey
Armed Navy Crews and Far East Roles Highlight WWII Era
Navy and Army personnel from Louisiana and nearby areas serve aboard ships in the Atlantic and Far East. Willard C. Thompson serves on USS Leyte for anti submarine exercises. Jesse C. Harris serves on USS Polaris, a floating provision store in the Far East. Lovell Session serves on USS Manchester observing Easter in the Far East. Robin L. Jones serves aboard the USS Ter as it moves to the Far East. Pvt Clinton Ellard, 21, ferries as a cook with the 32nd Surgical Hospital in Pirmasens Germany, part of the Seventh Army defense cordon in the U.S. Zone.
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Willard C. Thompson
USN
D. C. Thompson
Swartz, la
Leyte
Far East
Jesse C. Harris
George M. Harris
Box
Monroe
Leah K. Harris
Long Beach
Calif
Polaris
United Nations
FHTNC
Lovell Session
J. W. Session
Rayville
Manchester
Robin L. Jones
N. M. Jones
Ferriday
Pvt
Clinton Ellard
32Nd Surgical
Pirmasens
Germany
Seventh Army
U.S
Ellard
Army
Europe
Fort Hood
Texas
Capital Airlines To Use British Turboprop Airliners
Capital Airlines will become the first US carrier to operate jet turboprop transports. President J. H. Carmichael said the airline will spend 45 million dollars over three years to acquire British made Vickers Viscount aircraft. The first three will enter service by April next year. Capital serves 17 eastern cities with routes to New Orleans and Minneapolis.
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New York
Capital Airlines
United States
J. H. Carmichael
Capital
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Southern Baptists Pick Three Sites
The Southern Baptist Convention adopted a policy to set convention sites three years ahead. Kansas City will host the 1956 event May 29 to June 4, Chicago the 1957 event May 26 to June 2, and Miami the 1955 gathering May 18 to 21. Officials cited hotel-availability issues and about 25 000 attendees this year.
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ST. Louis
Southern Baptist Convention
Kansas City
Chicago
Miami
Negro claims Houston detectives sold him narcotics
A Houston narcotics peddler Earl Voice says police detectives supplied him up to 70 000 heroin capsules for his 14 pushers to sell in Houston. Police officials dispute the figure while acknowledging the probe into narcotics handling has caused suspensions and one police death. The federal inquiry has been ongoing for about a year. In a separate item Miss Sandra McAdams, 20, is a contestant for Miss Monroe of 1954 at Neville High School Auditorium June 11, sponsored by the Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Houston
Earl Voice
Harris County
L. D. Morrison
Voice
M. A. Billnitzer
Morrison
Smith
Henry L. Griffin
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Sandra McAdams
C. D. McAdams
Monroe
Neville High School
Monroe- West Monroe
Cattle Slaughtered by Improper Chemical Spray At McDade Plantation
Authorities blame a mis mixed chemical spray for the deaths of two bulls seven cows and fifteen calves on the Ross E Mc Dade Sr plantation in McDade Louisiana. About 70 cattle were washed down to limit losses estimated in the thousands. Deaths occurred as cattle licked contaminated hides or ingested poison.
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Shreveport
Ross E. McDade Sr
McDade
Cowboy Actor Ray Corrigan In Legal Battle With Foreman
In Van Nuys California Ray Crash Corrigan 45 and former ranch foreman Moses Bud Stiltz 34 accuse each other of assault with a deadly weapon after an 80 mph auto chase. A marital triangle involves Corrigan's wife Rita 34. Mrs Corrigan seeks divorce in Ventura.
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van Nuys
Calif
Ray
Crash) Corrigan
Moses
Bud) Stiltz
Corrigan
Rita
Stiltz
Lindy
Reseda
Valley
Ventura
San Fernando
General Named To Air Force Group
Gen T B Herndon named to the U S air force staff committee on reserve policy in a Baton Rouge announcement. He is Aeronautics chief with Louisiana Public Works and will serve a three year term. He has 27 years in active or reserve air force and chairs the 12 state 14th Air Force policy board. Formerly he led the air defense command policy board.
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Baton Rouge
T. B. Herndon
U. S. Air Force
Air Staff
Herndon
Louisiana Public Works Department
Air Force “Board of Directors
H. Lee White
Air Force
14Th Air Force Policy Board
The
Air Defense Command
Mobley Installed Mississippi FFA Homemakers President
Mary Ann Mobley of Brandon was installed as president of Mississippi's Future Homemakers of America chapter at State College in Mississippi. The ceremony took place last night and highlighted Mobley's leadership role among FFA Homemakers groups in the state.
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State College
Miss
Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Mississippi
Future Homemakers of America
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Louisiana State Police
James E. Lewis
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Robert Harbor
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Hazel B. Joseph
Ardifene D. Williams
Haynesville
Davie H. Bass
Start
Charles T. Patrick
Spear Street
Bastrop
Georgia F. Harris
Powell Avenue
Henry A. Bonner
Temple
Tex
Neal L
Charles M. Martin
Warner H. Steele
Eufaula
Ala
Alvin S. King
St. John Street
Preston Powell
Negro
James W. Morris
Route 3
Sammie Malone
Bossier City
J. D. Fowler
Charles Adrian Reich
Marion Street
Port Neches
Hershel Gober Frazier
Montgomery Street
Mary Modist
Chaudran
State Industrial School For Girls
Man-Of
J. E. Wood
James Paul Morgan
Wisner High School
American Legion
Morgan
Mississippi State College
Armed Service
Britain
Southern Baptists
Air Force Group
FFA Homemakers
Ouachita Parish
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