Candidates Vie for City Posts Across Six Towns
In multiple towns voters face lengthy slates for mayor marshal and aldermen. Delhi Marion Jena and Bonita list rival candidates with seven to eight contenders for boards. Polls open early and close by nightfall as residents choose five or three officials and Democratic committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cai
S. L
J. C. Taylor
Alfred Garvin
J. L. Hendrix
Arlen Hutson
Ray Wedgworth
A. Douglas Booth
John D. Butler
Terry Clingan
Johnnie Eller
J. L. Saucier
W.L. Tillman
Delhi
Roy Snider
R. B
Marshal Hershel Morris
John W. Barrett
Jimme DeLaney
Board of Aldermen
Maurice McKinney
Phillip Rundell
George Sumlin
J. P. Harvey
Charles Hixon
Pat Lane
William Speirs
Marion
Garvis J. Post
W. Sheen
Otha Brown
T. H. Gibson, Jr
E.heen
D. Reppond
J. O. Smith
K. S. Thompson
J. C. Vestal
Marshal
J. H. Griggs
Ollis Newsom
Sidney Patrick
Fred Tucker
Jena
James Walter Bradford
Eli Plummer
Nick Edwards
Edwards
Clyde S. Richardson
Bill McClure
Dee Taylor
Spencer D. Bradford
Bonita
Roy Sisson
D. D. Tilbury
Arthur Baggett
C. H. Tilbury
C. T. Copeland
H. H. Humphreys, Jr
Jewel Miller
Boyd Smith
Sr. Formarshall
Hugh Flournoy
Fay Simms
Sam Wooden
Democratic Executive Committee
Agnes Baggett
Howard Coles
Alma Fenton
Opal Miller
Louisiana Senator Ellender Frees Big Spending Debate
Washington April 12 Louisianians are represented in billions of dollars of annual federal spending through Senator Allen Ellender Louisiana s senior senator He ranks fifth on the senate appropriations committee and chairs or sits on subcommittees for nearly all government departments He says he spends six to ten hours daily in committee work and often longer on Saturdays and during conferences while also pursuing state projects and constituent issues with other Louisiana lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Allen Ellender
Ellender
Louisiana
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States Government
Armed Services
Labor
Social Security
Post Office
Senate Agricultural Committee
I San Power
Pelican
Senate
House
Ark Man Pleads Not Guilty In Vidalia Case
Bruce Scarborough 31 of Danville Ark pleads not guilty to aggravated charge involving an 11 year old Jonesville girl. Judge McGee notes capital offense and advises attorney or appointed counsel. Trial set for May 3 along with other cases including carnal knowledge of a juvenile and simple burglary cases.
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Vidalia
Bruce Scarborough
Danville
Ark
Jonesville
Seventh District
Jesse C. McGee
McGee
Scarborough
Moses Morace, Jr
Morace
D. W. Gibson
Harrisonburg
James Moore
Reeves
Green
Anderson Jones
Ferriday
Wille Smith
Eugene Skipper
George Jefferson
Earl Long
Wille Hall
Willie Griffin
George Hampton
Lonnie Finney
Jack Green
Wynder Houston
Three Negroes Arrested After Saturday Night Fight
Ouachita parish sheriff's deputies arrested Elisha Brown James Blunt and John Ernest Kilson all 20 after a fight at Club 15 on Buck Jones Lane Brown charged with aggravated assault Kilson with aggravated battery and Blunt with disturbing the peace Kilson was jailed on 250 bond Brown released on 500 bond Blunt held on 250 bond and another detainee released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Sheriff Department
Bailey Grant
Elisha Brown
James Blunt
John Ernest Kilson
Grant
Buck Jones Lane
Gladys Mitchell
Brown
Kilson
Blunt
Twin City Concerts Plans For Kick Off
A kick off dinner for the Twin City Concerts Association is set for 7 p m today at the Cameo Room Virginia Hotel. L Slade Brown president says the event is for all captains and workers as Mrs Amelia Sperry southern representative of Community Concerts Inc attends as guest speaker. The group plans Menuhin Bjoerling and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with Antol Doratio to perform and expects memberships to be sold out by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City Concerts Association
Virginia
L. Slade Brown
Amelia Sperry
Community Concerts, Inc
Monroe
Twin City Concerts
Yehudi Menuhin
Jessi Bjoerling
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antol Doratio
Blind West Monroe Girl Chosen as Symphony Soloist
Marie Sholars a 15 year old blind student at the state school for the blind in West Monroe has been selected as soloist with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in its youth concert series next year. She will perform the first movement of Haydn's Concerto in D major in auditions judged by Conductor Alexander Hilsberg and teachers Lloyd Funchess and Miss Lillie Holland.
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Marie
West Monroe
New Orleans Symphony Orchestra
State School For the Blind
Marie Sholars
New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Lillie Holland
Lloyd Funchess
Alexander Hilsberg
Funchess
Pharmacists Of Area To Meet At Bayou DeSiard Club
The Fifth District Pharmaceutical Association will gather at Bayou DeSiard Country Club on Thursday April 22 at 7 30 pm. Druggists officers and members are expected to attend. Maurice Mermey will speak as director of education on fair trade.
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Fifth District Pharmaceutical Association
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Association
Maurice Mermey
Bureau of Education On Fair Trade
Fair Trade
National Association of Retail Druggists
Sheriff Holds Check Suspect Wanted for Two Worthless Checks
Ouachita parish sheriff detains J. K. Graham on two counts of issuing worthless checks in Monroe in March year He is held in Wichita Kansas on similar charges Graham 38 years old 5 feet 8 inches brown hair hazel eyes The suspect was seen driving a 1952 Oldsmobile with a Minnesota license and authorities ask for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
J. K. Graham
Monroe
Bailey Grant
Graham
Wichita
Kan
Grant
Southeastern National Bank
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Okla
Minnesota
Radio in Cars Takes One Fifth of US Carsets
About 22 percent of U S radio sets are now installed in automobiles, reflecting growing in car entertainment adoption and signaling shifts in consumer electronics usage in driving.
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U. S
Tallulah Allied Youth Open Meeting Highlights
The Tallulah Post of Allied Youth at Tallulah High School held an open meeting with parents and faculty as guests. Max McDonald presided, Miss Gail Waugh was secretary, and 19 youths performed the skit The Art of Saying No with narrator Miss Sandra Brinson. Doris Kuhn John Coden and a girls ensemble sang The Bells of St Mary. Miss Jean Burkhalter accompanied three numbers. An educational film How to Say No was shown before adjournment.
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Tallulah
Tallulah High School
W. P. Yerger
Max McDonald
Gail Waugh
Sandra Brinson
Doris Kuhn
John Coden
Ducks cross busy street in New Haven
Three homeless ducks in New Haven waddle onto a street as cars brake and honk. The birds quack in reply and reach the far curb safely, after leaving a pond that had frozen forcing a move to find a new home.
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New Haven
Conn
Republicans Back Primary Opposition In House Races
Nine of sixteen Republican House members back primary challenges while Democrats face limited contests. Incumbents remain strong with 25 seeking renomination. Notable figures include Harold Velde Leo Allen Robert Chiperfield Chauncy Reed and Sid Simpson amid GOP primary tensions and local district criticisms.
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Sen
Douglas
Illinois
Committee
Harold H. Velde
The
Un-American Activities Committee
Leo E. Allen
Rules Committee
Robert B. Chiperfield
Foreign Affairs
Chauncy W. Reed
Judiciary
Sid Simpson
District of Columbia Committee
Reed
Chiperfield
Allen
Velde
Robert H. Allison
Police Chief's Son Arrested in Jefferson Parish Raid
State police arrested three men in a Gretna gambling raid, including Henry Miller, son of Gretna Police Chief Beauregard Miller. Also held were Thomas Blanchard of Gretna and Henry E. Verret of New Orleans. Miller, 27, had prior gambling arrests.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Gretna
Henry Miller
Beauregard Miller
Thomas Blanchard
Henry E. Verret
Young Miller
Senators Plan Televised Army Probe Hearings
Senate investigations subcommittee members with special counsel Ray H. Jenkins outline plans for public hearings on the McCarthy Army row. Mundt expects seven to eight staffers, hearings to start April 22 for about 10 days with two sessions daily. McCarthy has stepped aside as chairman during the probe into charges involving Stevens and Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chadwick
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Ray H. Jenkins
McCarthy Army Row
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Jenkins
Mundt
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Interpreter Lisa Sergio Fled Fascist Italy in 1937
Miss Lisa Sergio a longtime resident of Benito's Woodstock escaped Fascist Italy in 1937 and later served as an official English interpreter for Benito Mussolini.
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Benito
Woodstock
Lisa Sergio
Benito Mussolini
Italy
St Albans Episcopal Church Seeks Charter Members
The church invites all who wish to become charter members of the new St Albans Episcopal Church on the south side to sign up immediately. If signed by Friday they may be rated as charter members.
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New St. Albans Episcopal ‘Church
Voting In House By Miss La Legislators (Arkansas Louisiana)
Washington reports how Arkansas and Louisiana members of Congress were recorded on recent roll calls. The housing bill to provide thirty five thousand rental units yearly for four years failed 211 to 176. Names listed include Boggs Long Morrison Trimble for and Brooks Hebert Passman Willis Thompson Gathings Harris Norrell for the defeat. On passage of the wire tapping bill 379 to 10, the vote tallied with Boggs Brooks Hebert Long Morrison Passman Willis Thompson Gathings Hays Harris Mills Norrell Trimble voting for.
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Washington
Arkansas
Louisiana
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Boggs
Long
Morrison
Trimble
Brooks
Hebert
Passman
Willis
Thompson
Gathings
Hays
Harris
Mills
Norrell
93 year old keeps 214 mile daily Boston trek
Dr God frey Lowell Cabot continues a daily 214 mile walk from his Back Bay home to his downtown office. An aviation enthusiast, he did not learn to fly a plane until age 54.
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Boston
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Back Bay
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Dick Long
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Morgan City
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Bonded Warehouses, Inc
No. 2Nd St
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Formica Specialists
Lige Co
Louisville
Dial
Mermey
Dale Carnegie
Virginia Hotel
Citisons
Dale Carnccie
Fred Pauls
Tallulah Allied Youth
Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
McCarthy Row
Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Thomas R. Prewitt
Hogan
Oleo
Chuck Roast
Ust
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Cypress West Monroe
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