Health Insurance Sparks Debate Across Parties
President Truman defends voluntary health insurance as non coercive and preserves doctor patient freedom. Republican senators Taft Smith and Donnell push a federal aid bill of over 1.25 billion dollars for state health programs while the AMA promotes its own voluntary plan amid criticism of the Truman proposal.
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Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Donnell
Missouri
Hill
Alabama
O’conor
Maryland
Withers
Kentucky
Aiken
Vermont
Morse
Oregon
American Medical Association
Cancell ing Train Will Be Protested In Louisiana Hearing
A Concordia parish group plans to attend the public service commission hearing on May 9 at 9 30 a m in Monroe to oppose the discontinuance of the Missouri Pacific motor passenger train known as the Doodlebug between Bastrop and Vidalia. The company has acquired a new freight barge for Mississippi River service between Natchez and Vidalia to be used soon.
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Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Missouri Pacific
Bastrop
Vidalia
Public Service Commission
Monroe
Laymon L. Cargile
Mississippi
Natchez
Truman Sees Johnson Doing Good Job As Defense Secretary
President says Secretary of Defense Johnson is performing well after taking over this month and expresses confidence in his work. He confirms Tom Clark will stay as Attorney General and notes ongoing vacancy discussions for atomic commission and other posts. Rumors on McCloy and Belgium ambassador are not commented.
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World Bank
Germany
Truman
Admiral Kirk
Belgium
Kirk
Russia
Lewis Douglas
Great Britain
Maritime Commission
William Smith
Cape from old fur coat by Burns in store
Burns master furrier will be in our store Monday for personal consultation with Mr Robert Burns. He offers re dye and remodel of old furs into jackets capes or shorter lengths, representative of South 25 and 26.
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Robert Burns
Furrier
Mr. Burns
South
West
Concordia Parish Leaders Seek Flood Control Action
A Concordia parish committee traveled to New Orleans to meet Col. John R. Hardin, urging urgent flood control. Attending were Rep Otto Passman and Fred Hudson, H A Martin, Lloyd Love. Vidalia, Ferriday and Clayton officials pressed the Fifth District Levee Board to deny a 52 foot levee right of way in the Black River area, arguing it would not halt floodwaters.
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Ferriday
Concordia Parish
New Orleans
John R. Hardin
Otto E. Passman
Fred G. Hudson
Monroe
H. A. Martin
Lloyd Love
Vidalia
Clayton
Fifth District Levee Board
Black River
Opera tenor mystery death shocks Memphis crowd
Police investigate the fatal shooting of Hans J. K. Garris, Metropolitan Opera tenor, found in Atlanta with a steel jacketed bullet in the spine. Witnesses place him leaving Atlanta by train toward Memphis. Investigators note a theatrical pattern, with a hotel room reservation and an untapped motive and no gang connection yet.
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Hildebrand
Garris
New York
Dallas
Tex
M. M. Coppenger
Love Thomas
Metropolitan Opera Company
Atlanta
Memphis
Tenn
Edward Johnson
Coppenger
Lucia di Lammerdoor
Cathy Sanger
Ballet
J. M. Pack
Hans J. K. Garris
Robert Merrill
Dorothy Kirsten
Charles Kullman
Rise Stevens
Patrice Munsell
Ramon Vinay
Leonard Warren
Licia Albanese
Pete Wiebenga
John Garris
Metropolitan Opera
Wiebenga
Metropolitan Company
Parish Colored Schools Parade in Monroe Observed
Achievement day for Ouachita parish colored schools featured a long colorful parade through downtown Monroe. A 50 piece Southern University band from Baton Rouge led floats illustrating yearlong classroom lessons despite drizzle. May Day program planned May 2 with out of town band and emphasis on achievements and future needs.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Southern University Band
Baton Rouge
Henry Carroll
Monroe Colored High School
Three L. T. I. Juveniles Escape Prompting Manhunt
Three L. T. I. juveniles escaped from the Louisiana Training Institute early Friday. Authorities hunted them by Friday afternoon after a Baucom Vie resident reported seeing three boys in SIT uniforms near his store. No capture by noon. A Metropolitan Museum of Art armor suit comprises 219 steel plates held by 1,400 rivets and 85 straps.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Baucomvie
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reds planes shuttle as Yangtze crisis widens
Sing Tao reports emergency in Canton as Reds move from Nanking to Shanghai and Canton. Daily News notes Communist artillery near Pukow and artillery fire at Yangtze capital. U S embassy warns of blockade and peril to Americans with four British warships damaged and 42 or more killed.
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Hong Kong
Sing Tao Jih Po
Canton
Daily News
Pukow
Yangtze
Nanking
U. S
Garrison builds wooden Shanghai defense amid fuel shortages
Garri son troops erect a 35 mile wooden fence around Shanghai with hand driven poles and mud pillboxes. The labor spans three weeks and critics say the fence would last only minutes against the Communists. Local cooks advise a salmon supper using one third pound per serving with sour cream onion dressing.
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Shanghai
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M‘lunga
Heninger
M. B. Sunderland, Jr
Universal Hearing Service, Inc
Shreveport
Milan St. Baton Rouge
Istrouma
LeGendre
Silverstein
Robert
Burns
Stein’s
Louisville
Sacony
Wiltless
Palm Beach
Sag
North Louisiana
THE
Wilken Family CO
Louisville, KY
Ouachita National Bank
St. John
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