Anthrax Spread Outlined Amid Flood Driven Outbreak
Veterinary officials outlined factors behind a Louisiana anthrax surge including cattle vulnerability to spores, large horsefly populations from floods, and past vaccine hesitancy. Sterne vaccine used across parishes aided containment, with about a quarter million animals vaccinated. Human risk remains low. cases arise from unsterilized implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Morehouse
West Carroll
East Carroll
Lincoln
Ouachita
Richland
Madison
Franklin
Caldwell
Tensas
Wheeler
Lawmakers Attendance Records Highlight Absences
The report lists Monroe area and Senate absentees by opening roll calls and notes several lawmakers with perfect attendance. It details days with high absentee totals including June 22 to 24 and names multiple representatives and senators with varying absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Area
Woodrow Wilson
Bastrop
I. J. Allen
Jonesboro
Ashton B. Collier
Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Fetcher Sutton
Gibsland
Ralph E King
Winnsboro
Seaman
T. T. Fields
Farmerville
W. Spencer Myrick
Oak Grove
Vail M. Delaney
Lake Providence
Jack Crane
Monterey
Ilbert Faulk
W. S. Peck Jr
Sicily Island
Lasley Downes
Rayville
Hubert Sims
Mel Rouge
Brenham Crothers
Ferriday
Speedy O. Long
Jena
James Sparks
Crane
Delaney
Faulk
Myrick
Steen
Napper
Wilson
Downes
Seaman Gaharan
Stinson
Gaharan
Fields
Lancaster
Peck
Stabbing Case Charges Filed In Monroe
A 19 year old Negro woman was arrested by Monroe police and charged with stabbing another Negro woman Agnes Marie Braggs of 219 Williams St. with use of a knife aggravated battery and simple battery. Patsy Ruth Perkins 21 of 7142 Bear Adams St. was treated for a left shoulder cut at Conway Memorial Hospital. Earlier this year Perkins was fined 350 dollars for stabbing Braggs. Bond for Braggs was set at 500 dollars and she remained in city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Agnes Marie Braggs
Williams St
Conway Memorial Hospital
Patsy Ruth Perkins
Bear Adams St
Perkins
Braggs
Jackson Police Officer Arrested on Robbery Charge
Jackson police officer Arthur East, off duty, was arrested after Hezekiah Miskel identified him as the robber who took $130. East confessed to the robbery but denied using a gun. Bail set at $3,000. he is jailed in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Jackson
W. D. Rayfield
Arthur East
Hezekiah Miskel
East
Miskel
Rayfield
Highway Patrol
Pinola
Soviet note claims US plane violated Soviet borders
The Soviet note says nine U S Air Force crew members were captured after a U S military plane allegedly crossed into Soviet air space and landed near Yerevan. It claims the incident worsened U S Soviet relations and notes no precise location or route is given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
U. S
Yerevan
Tass
Soviet Union
Explosions injure man and girl in Louisiana
A 60 year old Lake Providence man Henry Sullivan suffered a left eye laceration when a butane tank exploded. A 9 year old Monroe girl Myrtle Lee Trent sustained a chest laceration from a shattered soft drink bottle at a local grocery. Both were treated at Conway Memorial Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sullivan
Lake Providence
Conway Memorial Hospital
Myrtle Lee Trent
Depot St
Monroe
Conway
Twin City Shopping Center Opens in Monroe
The developer described the project as a major factor in demonstrating strong local economic conditions. Primos stated the center would showcase Monroe as a growing metropolitan trade hub in northeast Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Twin City
Monroe
Primos
Man Injured in Mower Mishap in Monroe
A 20-year-old Monroe man Lenard Folds lost the tip of his thumb in a power mower accident at 10 a.m. yesterday near his workplace on South Grand Street. He was taken to Wright Bendel clinic after the rope pulled his hand into the blade. Folds underwent surgery and was expected to be released last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenard Folds
S. Seventh St
Wright-Bendel Clinic
Robert Perce
Earl Jones
Howard Griffin
S. Grand St
Folds
South Grand St
Texas General Named to Reserve Officers Association
Brig. Gen. James T. Hollers of Harlingen Texas was named to the executive committee of the Reserve Officers Association at the group’s 32nd annual convention in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Atlantic City
N. J
UPI
James T. Hollers
Air Force Reserve
Harlingen
Tex
Reserve Officers Association
Texas Drillers Hit 21 352 Wells In 1957 Record
Texas oil men completed twenty one thousand three hundred fifty two wells in 1957, accounting for about forty percent of the United States total for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Oil
College Here Gives Credit At PTA Clinic
Northeast State will host a six day summer school Parent-Teacher workshop opening July 14 and ending July 19. The program offers one semester hour of education credit for regular attendance and requirements. Speakers include Mrs George Walther and Dr William Christmas with sessions on PTA philosophy and principal roles. Attendees from Waterproof Clai bore and Ruston join in clinics and socio dramas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast State
Lewis C. Slater
W. S. Vincent
Sherrouse
State Pta
George Walther
Louisiana Pta
PTA
Agnes Miller
Plum Street
Northeast
Wil
Liam J. Christmas
Clint Hanna
Waterproof
Claiborne
Ruston
G. B. Wilson
Ramblin and First Methodist member mourned
Obituary notes the passing of a longtime member with many friends expressing condolences. Birthday list from the Louisiana Baptist Home for July includes Dennis Tramel Pamela Shirley Jerlene Hall Rocky Hughes Ivan Onellion Stoney Williams Harold Midgett Martha Dyson John Haddick Lawanna Dove Ronald Platt Marie Leggett Dawene Gray Linda Sue Hall Carolyn Sheppard Sylvia Morse Martha Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la. Baptist Home
Dennis Tramel
Pamela Shirley
Jerlene Hall
Rocky Hughes
Ivan Onellion
Stoney Williams
Harold Midgett
Martha Dyson
John Haddick
Lawanna Dove
Ronald Platt
Marie Leggett
Dawene Gray
Linda Sue Hall
Carolyn Sheppard
Sylvia Morse
Martha Shannon
Capt Pribble Dies In Jet Crash Involving Military Plane
Authorities investigate a jet plane crash that killed Capt. Pribble. His wife, the former Clorada Cocking of St. Petersburg, Florida, survives with their four children. The couple’s eldest child is five. Pribble’s parents also survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pribble
Clorada Cocking
St. Petersburg
Fla
Capt. Pribble
Youth Escapes Serious Injury In Gun Mishap
An 11 year old Bosco Negro of Conway is hospitalized for observation after a gunstock discharged at home. Tommie Lee Gray was handling the weapon when a bullet splintered, striking the boy in the chest and arm. Doctors report two chest lacerations and one arm wound with no other injuries apparent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway Memorial Hospital
Tommie Lee Gray
Legislators Face Hectic Time Battle Over Budget Changes
The House kept a 12 million surplus plan for teacher pay while striking a 25 percent budget slash and halting a trade school cut. Senate backed the Finance Committee 19-11 as Gov Long pushes for a special session pending tidelands decisions and possible tax shifts. A tropical fruit bat note closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Robert Ainsworth
New Orleans
Senate
Long
Jack Gremillion
Tidelands
Louisiana
F. E. Cole
Cole
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reds
Page One
Louisville Avenue
Millswap
Texas
Parent- Teacher Association
Circle of Responsibility
Georgia Female College
Macon
Wesleyan College
Ramblin
First Methodist Church
Adair G.M.C. Truck Center
Louisville Ave
Africa
Ors
R&a
Jewelers
Paramount Theatre
First National Bank OF
West Monroe
West Monroe, Louisiana
U. S. Government Securities
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
Banking House
TOTAL
H. A. McDonald
Delma Carter
Carl K. White, SR
W. A. Allen
Fred E. Bennett
Ronald Lee Davis
Member
Federal Reserve System
J. W. Roberson
E. E. Eaves
W. C. Feazel
Lee Hawkins
F. £. Maxwell
O. N. Reynolds
E. M. Watkins
Carl K. White
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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