Jaycees Start Queen Contest In Monroe
Miss Thelma Higdon, 18, Ouachita Parish High School graduate, is Monroe’s first entrant for the queen of the 1949 Louisiana Water Carnival. She seeks a sponsor to meet contest rules, with entries open to unmarried 18 to 25 year olds from Monroe or West Monroe. The winner, chosen July 7, will reign over the water carnival July 1, with judging by outsiders and emphasis on beauty, poise, personality and talent.
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Thelma Higdon
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Haynes Harkey
Jaycee Water Carnival
Miss Higdon
Harkey
West Monroe
Good Samaritan Locked in Prison in Hampton
In Hampton Virginia on June 18 Zeke Branch a self described good Samaritan faced jail after appearing in police court to bond two friends. The judge noted Branch had a pattern of suspended sentences including a 1947 lottery charge and a later whiskey conviction. Despite Branch submitting medical certificates the court ordered confinement after nine continuances.
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Hampton
Zeke Branch
Branch
Lake Providence Chamber Banquet Highlights Civic Growth
Lake Providence LA June 18 Special 200 persons heard W H Bill Shepherd Arkansas civic leader urge right living and training at family level to strengthen national conditions. Frank Voelker Jr master of ceremonies praised local progress and projected Lake Providence’s look in 1950 based on nine months’ work.
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Lake Providence
W. H
Bill” Shepherd
Arkansas
Chamber of Commerce
Shepherd
Frank Voelker, Jr
Chamber
Voelker
Romanian staff aided U.S. Reds in Washington hearing
Three former Romanian legation officials told a Senate subcommittee the post used propaganda and steered leftist groups in the United States. They accused Henry Fainaru of taking money from the legation. he denied it, saying he is a Communist party member. Witnesses described Lazareanu as the Soviet-aligned propaganda chief connected to NKVD and the Romanu l American as the main channel.
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Washington
Romania
Legation
Henry Fainaru
Detroit
Fainaru
Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee
Communist Party
Fanfil Riposanu
Mircea Metes
Alfons Vogel
Riposanu
Alexander Lazareanu
Lazareanu
Secret Police
Ana Pauker
U. S
NKVD
Cleveland
Chicago
Romanul-American
Ralea
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Jaycees
Good Samaritan
John M. Bowen
Grant
T. E. Pinkston
Peggy Schwartz
Patsy Myers
Martha Carolyn McClendon
Mary Katherine Babb
Sunny O’mine
Teddy Forte
Leke Village
Ark
U.S
Patsy Evans
Out of Town
Sol Snyder
Bastrop Chamber
C. J. Scott
Bastrop Group
H. R. Sessions
Lake Village Chamber
W. H. Farmer
Louisiana Delta Council
Delhi
Lamar T. Lee
Madison Parish Chamber
Lee
Chris Keller
Madison Parish Group
Eudora Chamber
Joel B. Dickinson
Oak Grove Lions Club
Gale Gay
Oak Grove
National Chamber of Commerce Committee
Little Rock Boy Scouts of America
Methodist Board of Stewards
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Jaycee Queen
TOP Boy Farmer
Herman Taylor
Natchitoches
Louisiana
Future Farmers of America
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Lafayette
By Delson Palizzio
Rhythm Step
Corella Florsheim
Charles
The
Ritz
van Raalte
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