Backer Of Rights Bill Sees Defeat
A civil rights bill faced defeat as opponents argue it could force racial integration in Southern schools. In the House the measure passed 286 to 126 with 168 Republicans for and 19 against. Democrats split 118 for, 107 against. Senate votes showed party lines and procedural tensions over calendar placement and the Judiciary Committee.
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Case
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Ellender
New Orleans
WWL
Ives
Sen. Easland
Dmiss
Labor Moves To Unionize Civil Service In Louisiana
Labor leaders push public employees toward unionization in Louisiana seeking private industry pay scales. AFL CIO and AFSCME Louisiana State Council 17 led outreach with Williams urging state and local workers to unionize while civil service officials weigh the move.
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New Orleans
Williams
Louisiana
Afl-Cio
Public Workers
Afsc & ME
Louisiana State Council 17
Public Employers Union
William G. Caldwell Jr
Lake Charles
State Department of Labor
Division of Employment Security
International Isn
Civil Service
McDougall
Escapee from Tallulah Arrested by Monroe Police
Wil lie Haynes a 33 year old Negro of 1414 Louise Anne was arrested at 10 55 a m at a local laundry and turned over to Tallulah deputies after earlier gambling arrests and an attempted jail escape Two women were arrested after an altercation at 210 N 4th street Beatrice Kilpatrick Beatrice Coleman and Odie Banks were involved Banks was charged with aggravated battery and use of a weapon and Coleman faced aggravated battery and weapon charges Fox Russell was jailed on a peace warrant.
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Willie Haynes
Louise Anne
Haynes
Tallulah
N. 4Th Street
Beatrice Kilpatrick
Jarvis Alley
Odie Banks
Washington Street
Kilpatrick
Conway Memorial Hospital
Beatrice Coleman
Banks
Coleman
Russell Fox
Stone Street
Fox
Heat Sparks Bikini Ban In Formosa Police Appeal
In Formosa June 22 Nationalist Chinese police warned women that extreme heat does not justify bikini style bathing suits or transparent nylon dresses that reveal lingerie. Their caution reflects public order concerns amid hot weather.
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Taipei
Formosa
Playground attendance and participants at Barkdull Barkdull and area schools
The article lists playgrounds and participants including Barkdull Faulk Harvey Ray Sweet Sherrouse Lexington Lida Benton and Carver Housing with many named students and staff. It notes a show and croquet tournament this week and reports a total attendance of 4018 at the playgrounds last week with counts for each location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drea Craven
John Bramlet
Brian Simpson
Bruce Dent
Joanie Johnson
Carol Johnson
Mario Chaney
Barkdull Faulk
Harvey Ray Sweet
Sherrouse
Mike Windham
Donald Swanson
Glenda Grover
Lexington
Teresa Sheppard
Jimmy Bright
Doris Solomon
Denise Vancay
Maureen Walpin
Marcha Kissel
Brent Kellogg
Billy Works
Richard Moore
Henry Cole
Melvin Black
Randy Harrell
Judy Johnson
Austin Criswekk
Jimmy Pohl
Clark
Chas, Tourney
Elbert Cecil Smith
Carroll High
Bobby Hill
Delores Kilpatrick
Alester McElroy
Isaac Watson
Henry Kilpatricck
Billy Charles Gilbert
Charles Moore
Arthur McGee
Bonita Rose Newman
Carver
Lucian Turner
Grant Emerson
Laura Keller
Barkdull
Georgia Tucker
George Breece
Lida Benton
Plum Street
Clarks School
Booker T
Queens Table wins first in garden show at festival
Susie Acklin presented peaches canna lilies and cactus zinnias in a white silver and green Queen s Table arrangement called The Queens Table using gardenias a white Irish linen cloth Georgia silver and silver rimmed china. Mrs Wright won her class with a four tier alabaster compote of peaches roses and greenery. The festival featured many garden clubs and a peach eating contest in Railroad Park where 13 year old Jerry Townsend won $5 for first place.
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McGinty
Farmerville Garden Club
Green Thumb Garden Club
Ruston
Arcadia Garden Club
Magnolia Garden Club
Dubach Garden Club
Town and Country Garden Club
Jonesboro Hodge Twilight Garden Club
Ruston Garden Club
Average man's whiskers grow half inch a month
The average man sees facial hair develop about six inches each year and roughly a half inch monthly. This fact reflects typical growth rates of beard hair under ordinary conditions.
Gas Rate Boosts Bid To Be Heard
United Gas Corporation seeks a show cause order to discontinue rate schedule 22 in Monroe and West Monroe as of April 21 1949. The PSC will hear this with a pending rate increase to justify a fair return and uniform citywide rates amid years of losses and rising costs.
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United Gas Corporation
Commission
United
Monroe
West Monroe
E. L. Henderson
Louisiana
Henerson
Henderson
Donn M. Kurtz Named Executive Director of Ouachita United Givers
The United Givers Fund of Ouachita Parish announces Donn M. Kurtz as executive director succeeding William G. Davis. Kurtz will join from Frazer Michigan on July 1 and bring extensive fundraising and administration experience from Detroit’s Downtown Business Unit of Foundation. Last year marked Ouachita Parish’s first united giving effort.
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United Givers Fund
Ouachita Parish
Kurtz
Detroit
United Giving
Soviets Denounce Western Disarmament Plan
Moscow papers assailed the new American disarmament plan unveiled at the UN subcommittee conference in London. Describing it as a mere maneuver and old ideas, Trud termed the effort a mountain in labor and a mouse born.
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Moscow
Harold E. Stassen
United Nations
Talented Dog Here Is Orator Pianist and Car Enthusiast
Prince the dog is described as an aspiring orator and pianist who enjoys riding in cars and leaping around. He listens to Sharon practice and sits in his own chair while she plays. When a piece pleases him he sings along, and the family keeps him in their home or yard to stay near the piano.
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Sharon
Prince
Scotty Maxwell
Monroe
Arkansas Youth Killed In Crash
A three car collision in Lake Charles Louisiana killed Collis E Green 19 of Hazen Arkansas an airman stationed at Lake Charles Air Force Base He was a passenger in the car driven by John A Stubbs 20 of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania who was injured in critical condition at the base hospital The crash also left the other details unclear and references a unrelated note about Pennsylvania steel furnace charcoal usage.
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Lake Charles
Hazen
Ark
Collis E. Green
Lake Charles Air Force Base
John A. Stubbs
Pittsburgh
Air Base
Two Injured In Plum Street Crash At Night
Two persons were hurt in a two car collision at 8 o clock last night at Plum Street and St Lhird. Evonne Day 1702 S Eighth Street driver of one car suffered injuries to both legs and forehead and was taken to Wright Bender clinic by Mulhearn ambulance. The other driver, identity unknown, sustained a head gash and reportedly lost consciousness twice while awaiting an ambulance. Both cars a 1957 Ford and a 1952 black Chevrolet were demolished and towed from a ditch. No charges were filed.
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Plum Street
St. Lhird
Wright-Bender
Mulhearn
Evonne Day
S. Eighth Street
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Ironroe
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Pennsylvania
Rie Lyng
Anchor-Hocking
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