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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1950
Page
5
The 1949 50 term closed with Texas and Oklahoma university rulings that segregation denies truly equal opportunities for Negroes. Analysts foresee possible future cases aimed at extending the ruling to other state funded services and schools.
Atlanta June 10. Equal education for Negroes is a volcano the south must address as a billion-dollar problem. The Supreme Court ordered equal education where necessary, raising costs across 17 states and prompting debates on segregated facilities and future court rulings.
Thomas V. Watson National Affairs Advisor of the United States Chamber of Commerce will speak to over 100 members of the National Affairs Committee at a dinner meeting on Wednesday June 14 at 7 p.m. in the Cajun Room Rendezvous. Tickets are 165 per plate with 130 seats available.
Chicago June 10 gorilla Bushman, 22 years old and 550 pounds, collapsed but shows signs of recovery. Dr. Lester Fisher, head veterinarian at Lincoln Park Zoo, cites age heat heart and arthritis as factors and notes digitalis helped his weakened heart while acth is too risky to inject. Bushman stood up once today sparking cautious optimism.
Russian-born American professor Dr Ivar Spector of the University of Washington asserts the USSR is importing Chinese workers and students to fuse the Soviet and Chinese spheres. He cites moves toward a common alphabet and population shifts, with industrial expansion near borders and a global church role while building up civilian defense for potential warfare.
Representative R C White Jr called on Ouachita Parish residents to support electing delegates to a proposed constitutional convention. He noted a bill for a 1951 convention and proposed amendments for 139 elected delegates, plus a plan to let the public vote after redraw. He also voiced support for continuing a free lunch program for needy children only.
Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg 67 wife of Senator Arthur H Vandenberg died early today at the Wardman Park Hotel. Funeral services will be held Monday at Foundry Methodist Church with Rev Frederick Brown Harris conducting. Interment will follow at Lindenwood Cemetery in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Fire struck a barn on the Emil Denemark farm near Hinsdale, killing stablehand Frank Nemecek and nine horses including Curtice, a top racer once valued at $100,000. Denemark estimated losses at $385,000 as lightning ignited the blaze and 200 tons of hay fed the flames.
SEC Executive Committee meets in Birmingham to decide if television will be permitted at games this fall. Likely plan would bar live telecasts except for Georgia Tech home games. Alabama, Tulane, LSU and Kentucky press for TV rights. anticipated decision before December Atlanta meeting.
Johnny Parsons champion of the Indianapolis speedway classic will race in two cities today Milwaukee and Chicago. He will run a 100 mile big car race at Milwaukee State Fair Park tomorrow afternoon then appear in midget auto races at Soldier Field Chicago tomorrow night. Parsons known for winning both the midget and AAA championships with his Offenhausen car valued about 6500 dollars is 31 years old and has raced about a decade.
Members of the Logtown 4-H Club pose for a group photo with seven young stockmen. The gathering includes Superintendent Mack Avants School Board member W A Calloway J d Joyce county agent A D Fitzgerald State Swine Specialist Robert M Childress assistant county agent Miss Marie Filhiol principal Logtown school Teacher A S Lewis and the fathers of club members.
Doris Williamson competes in the Miss Monroe West Monroe pageant sponsored by Olcott Stone Motors.
A Senate committee report says Continental Press Service of Cleveland has a near monopoly on race news for bookmakers. It cites exclusive territories and cross state and cross border relays, notes the $3 to $5 billion betting industry, and urges a bill to outlaw interstate pre race information sharing.
Louisiana history is offered this summer at Northeast Junior College through LSU extension. June 17 is the enroll by date. W C Honeycutt teaches the class which runs nine weeks with two weekly sessions. The course costs 15 dollars and carries three semester hours.
Seven Logtown 4-H Club members from Bosco receive one female pig each sponsored by the agriculture extension service and Sears Roebuck Foundation. They will vaccinate dip and feed the pigs, keeping records to compete for an out of state trip and prizes at the Ouachita Parish Fair starting October 9.
Wisconsin GOP delegates at the state convention endorsed Senator McCarthy’s charges of Communist influence in the state department. The resolution praised his efforts to expose treasonous elements and followed adoption of a platform on agricultural parity veterans housing reform and a four year term for state offices. Perry Stearns objected, asserting McCarthy’s program is divisive.
The typical adult hippopotamus weighs roughly 5,000 pounds, a heftier figure reflecting its massive body. This density aligns with the animal’s aquatic lifestyle and terrestrial roaming needs.
Doris Williamson and Mary Lillian McLaughlin head eight contestants selected to represent local firms in the Twin Cities finals for Miss Louisiana. The event at Neville Auditorium June 16 showcases talent and beauty with proceeds via Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber tickets at 1.20.
Chicago board of trade prices fell across oats rye and soybeans as selling pressure intensified late in the session. Wheat and corn also declined with July contracts finishing lower amid a broad market retreat.
Hollywood reports crooner Frankie Laine and actress Nan Grey set their wedding for next Thursday. Laine, divorced last year from his first wife, and Grey, formerly married to jockey Jackie Westrope, will wed at the Beverly Club in Beverly Hills.
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