Secret meeting sparks fictitious declaration of independence
Five famed founders meet in a Philadelphia tavern to draft a declaration of independence for the colonies. The piece mocks the origin of the Declaration with humorous exchanges among Jefferson Adams Franklin Sherman Livingston Hancock and others. The column predicts the declaration will be adopted by Congress on July 4.
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Tom Henshaw
AP News
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
England
Sivqilor SiNoLle
Liat Alt Ican
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Yale
Robert Livingston
Madison Avenue
Sherman
Jefferson
Hancock
John
Livingston
Adams
Franklin
Ben
Adang
Alo
Congress
Two Accept Posts With Missouri U
Northwestern State College graduates Ronald Gilliland Ferriday and Donald Elfert Cheneyville accept teaching positions at the University of Missouri College of Engineering in Rolla. They will teach engineering drawing and descriptive geometry in the Mines and Metallurgy Division.
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Natchitoches
Northwestern State College
University of Missouri, College of Engineering
Walter Robinson
NSCIE
Ronald Gilliland
Ferriday
Donald Elfert
Cheneyville
Rites Scheduled For Ben Hagen Drowning Victim
Funeral services for Benjamin Franklin Hagen Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Macedonia Baptist Church in Oak Grove. The 12 year old drowned Friday night while fishing in Lake Providence. He was visiting from Odessa Texas with his family at his grandmother’s home. He is survived by his parents two brothers three sisters and grandparents. Kilbourne Cemetery in Kilbourne Louisiana will receive the interment with Gay's Funeral Home of Oak Grove in charge.
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Oak Grove
Lake Providence
Macedonia Baptist Church
Cowart
Benjamin Franklin Hagen, Jr
Benjamin Hagen
Doran Drive
Odessa
Texas
Benjamin
Ethel Hagen
Norman
Reddy Earl Hagen
Naomi
Marion
Wanda Hagen
Tex
E. C. Stevens
Terrill
Kilbourne
Louisiana
Gay
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Burning Tree
Missouri U
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Sears Roebuck
Louisville Ave
Monroe, la
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Allen’s
DeSiard
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Mike Jown
DeSiard St
Bella
D. Masur
Ben Hagen
oTanit Nalues
Mitchell
Warren’s Appl. & Furn
Trenton St
West Monroe
L’aimant
Emeraude
L’origan
Paris
Regi
Westinghouse
Haddad How
Desjard
al To
News-Star & World
Sun
Morgan & Lindsey
Hortman’s
Sewing Machine Exchange, Inc
W. Monroe
Kuppenheimer Eagle
Micheal Sterns
Don Richards
Montgomery Ward
Brassieres
Roxyana
Reg
Pool of Sherman
Hankline’s Men’s Wear
Northside Post Office
N. Fourth St
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