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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1957
Page
9
A Tuesday meeting of teachers, local legislators, and community leaders in Louisiana has been cancelled by Ione Hill, president of the Louisiana Teachers Association, as plans shift to a larger regional gathering. A similar meeting will be held Friday in Alexandria for parish and city superintendents statewide.
Severe floods flush through Illinois and Missouri as 3 000 homes go free. 40 000 acres floodplain in Southern Illinois. National Guardsmen Red Cross and police aid evacuees and shelter hundreds in Valley Park Belleville Collinsville East St Louis. Urban rainfall records fall with 8.45 inches in one night.
Samuel D. Hawkins of Oklahoma City became the first listed turncoat to return from Red China since February 27. His Russian born wife arrived in the area only Friday en route to the United States.
Banister was fired almost two weeks after defying orders from Police Supt Provosty Dayries. Morrison backed the dismissal and said he had lost confidence in Banister. Banister had fought for a top post and accused Dayries of incompetence while denying a cover-up in graft investigations.
18 year old Bobbie June Moore of West Monroe won Miss Monroe West Monroe after a three and a half hour pageant over eight contestants. Anne Nichols Arcadia runner up impressed with baton twirling. Betsy Albritton placed third. Little Miss Monroe West Monroe Deborah Jean Moore, four, led the junior pageant with Barbara Howell and Deborah Kraft in second and third. Judges included local and regional officials.
M Sgt William W Pierce is assigned to the Northeast State Military Department as armorer for the ROTC. A Texas native with 14 years service, he served in Italy Africa France Germany Austria and Okinawa. He and his wife have three children and reside at 3717 Grammont Street. His hobby is photography and he praises local fishing.
Reverend Hayward supervised rebuilding of a church lost to fire and guided its move to a North Fourth and Glenmar site. The Tudor Gothic structure cost a little over 100 000 dollars and now serves a large membership with three branches St Almans St Thomas and St Patrick. Surrounded by wife and five children and 17 grandchildren, he has led civic causes and Masonic involvement for decades with no formal anniversary event planned.
Mary Lou and Pat Young dance group alongside Arthur Murray studio dancers performed as Mae Ward of KNOE-TV hosted the event. W Ford Pipes Jr president of the local Jaycees started the pageant with an opening introduction.
Sand Quist cites a broad thieving practice in Illinois with many employees believing illegal acts were legal. Adamowski calls for a county treasurer audit to expose years of cover ups across political parties. Ex-state Auditor Orville E. Hodge is named as Illinois’s most notorious thief.
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