Free Check Of Autos Promises Prizes In Safety Drive
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce runs a five day safety check lane May 3 7 in partnership with the National Safety Council Look magazine and Inter Highway Safety. Motorists can have cars inspected free of charge with a chance to win hourly prizes and five major awards through daily drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Q
Chamber of Commerce
H. M. James
National Safety Council
Look Magazine
Inter-Highways Safety Committee
B. P. Graham
Monroe
Graham
James
Twin Cities
West Monroe
Montgomery
Jackson Street
Louisville Avenue
Colony Club Holds April Meeting at Mrs Moaks Home
The Colony Home Demonstration Club met in Mrs J C Moaks residence with vice president Mrs W B Rickerson presiding. Members discussed national Home Demonstration week luncheon plans and reports covered gardening food preparation landscaping family life and hobbies with a drapery demonstration by Mrs A J Hudson Sr and Mrs Victor Boyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colony Home Demonstration Club
J. C. Moak
W. B. Rickerson
L. J. Bower
J. J. Keehn
Henry Wroten
Drew Anderson
Ife
Lizzie Bernette
A. J. Hudson, Sr
Victor Boyd
J. J. Kuhn
Lizzie Burnett
E. D. Welch
A. J. Hudson
Clifford Roberts
J. C. Monk
Colony Club
Three Prisoners Taken To Angola
Warren Sievers of the Ouachita parish sheriff department transported three prisoners to the state prison at Angola on Wednesday. Identified as R. J. McIntosh 17 sentenced to three years for burglary, Albert Ackerson 20 to five years for burglary, and Willie Henderson 44 given six years on each of five counts of theft by check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Sievers
Ouachita Parish
Angola
Fourth District
Bailey Grant
R. J. McIntosh
Albert Ackerson
Willie Henderson
McIntosh
Ackerson
Henderson
Inflated Balloons Tie On Chairs For Party Place Favors
Balloons are inflated and tied with string to create festive place favors. Attractive place cards are attached to each balloon before securing them to dining chairs, adding a playful personal touch to the children's party setup.
Reading Workshop Planned At Tech
Louisiana Tech will host a two day reading workshop July 30 and 31 in Adams Hall cafeteria with Dr. A Sterl Artley from the University of Missouri as consultant. The program, in its second annual run, invites school personnel from across Louisiana and offers free dormitory accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Ropp
Tech
Artley
University of Missouri
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania State College
School of Education At
Techs
G. W. Bond
School of Education At Tech
Mary Wilson
Lincoln Parish
Mary Lee Harper
W. T. Garner
Oletha Colvin
Health Council Will Meet Here Monday Afternoon
The Ouachita Parish Health Council holds a general session at Hotel Virginia on Monday at 1 30 p m The guest speaker will be Dr M C Wiginton president of the Louisiana Health Council The public is invited to attend according to Miss Myrtle Rodgers president of the local group
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Council
Ouachita Parish
Myrtle Rodgers
Start High To Evaluated START
The Start High School faculty has completed evaluative criteria with the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and will be visited April 27 and 28 by a committee to judge standards. The reviewer panel includes Bertha Nelson chair, Dennis P. Noah, Helen Glasgow, A H Huffman, Robbie Lee Cox, M D Peel, L R Fletcher, J A Garrett, P E Marionneaux plus other education officials.
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Start High School
Southern Association of Secondary Schools
The
Southern Association
Bertha Nelson
Franklin Parish
Dennis P. Noah
Helen Glasgow
Wisner
A. H. Huffman
Northeast State College
Robbie Lee Cox
M. D. Peel
Ogden
L. R. Fletcher
Mey Rouge
J. A. Garrett
Bonita
P. E. Marionneaux
State Department of Education
Convictions On Louisiana Fish and Game Charges
The Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries commission reports 57 fish and game case convictions last week. Nine defendants arraigned before Judge David I. Garrett in Monroe were convicted for illegal taking with fines of 25 dollars and costs, all fines suspended. additional northeast parishes saw fines for angling without a license in Catahoula and illegal fish trap or hoop nets charges in Morehouse.
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Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
David I. Garrett
Monroe
Garrett
Clarence Major
George Smith
King Wright, Jr
John Mitchell
Larnie White
Sadie
Harrisonburg
Jimmy Parker
Simpson
Berchman Trichel
Cecil McGuffee
A. D. Swayze
Ray Barron
Morehouse
Bastrop
Jessie Heard
Charlie Ginson
Galion
W. W. Boney
Jones
Dan Mayo
James Ford
W. F. Kitchens
Witness details Schine commission bid across services
The transcript shows Reber stating Schine lacked qualifications for a commission in the Army Transportation Corps, the Provost Marshal, and the Office of the Chief of Psychological Warfare. McCarthy and Mundt clash over testimony while Jenkins questions Reber on pressure and communications from senators and others. Reber explains Schine’s incomplete application, his physical, and his impatience with procedures before possible actions in Air Force or Navy were explored.
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Reber
Army Transportation Corps
Psychological Warfare
Schine
McCarthy
Mundt
Army
Cohn
Air Force
Navy
Jenkins
Department of the Army
Pentagon
Col
Bing
Con
McCarthy probes Fort Monmouth subversive inquiry
Senator McCarthy questions Gen. Reber at Fort Monmouth about subversive investigations and suspensions. He learns about 33 employees suspended for Communist leanings, but details of the reasons remain unclear. Cohn assists McCarthy, pressing for dates and patterns in commission inquiries.
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Schine
Reber
Fort Monmouth
N.J
McCarthy
Jenkins
Monmouth
Cohn
Time change to daylight saving begins Sunday
E R Dawson head of Western Union says daylight saving time starts Sunday at 2 a m with clocks moved ahead one hour in over 2 000 cities and towns. Louisiana unaffected. He calls it the largest clock setting job in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
E.R. Dawson
Western Union
Fire destroys shed and room at 20th and Oak
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a paint shed and storage room at 20th and Oak streets late Wednesday night. The shed, owned and occupied by Richard Crawan, was engulfed as Monroe fire department Trucks 102 and 105 arrived at 8 22 p m.
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20Th and
Oak Streets
Richard Crawan
Monroe
Community event celebrates Monroe-West Monroe cooperation
Local citizens invited to a Frances Hotel luncheon as part of a special entertainment program. The program includes band performances at Illinois Central Station, welcomes from Dr. Lewis Slater and Thomas M. Hayes, a charity walk through downtown, a 12:05 p.m. banquet, with the train departing at 1:30 p.m. from the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe - West Monroe
Frances Hotel
Dyer
Chamber of Commerce
Quachita
Neville
Illinois Central Station
Public Relations Committee
Optimist Club
Lewis Slater
Thomas M. Hayes
Hayes
John E. Coon
J. Allen Norris
IC Station
Catalpa
Harrison Street
St. John
Major Hazel V. Cooley Completes Nursing Administration Course
Arm Forces Fort Sam Houston reports Major Hazel V. Cooley of Monroe Louisiana completed the 27 week Nursing Administration Course at the Medical Field Service School Brooke Army Medical Center. She has been transferred to an Air Force installation. The course requires seven years plus experience and leadership in nursing service administration. Subjects cover current medicine and surgery trends and teaching nursing procedures. Brooke Army Medical Center is the Army’s largest medical installation, hosting training and research across military medicine.
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Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Hazel V. Cooley
Lee Ave
Monroe
Medical Field Service School
Brooke Army Medical Center
Air Force
Medical Field Service
Army
Pazo Ointment touted to reduce piles without surgery
Sufferers hear claims of relief from painful piles using Pazo Ointment in tests showing over 90 percent reduction without surgery. Reports mention swelling shrinkage cracking healing and stopping of bleeding with no harmful drugs and physician approval.
Education finance dominates Louisiana legislature plans
Governor Robert F. Kennedy outlines that education costs will rise, with a quarter of a billion dollars needed over the next two fiscal years. He notes growing enrollments, more teachers and facilities for public schools, and higher education expansion, plus a new committee to study and guide future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
State Board of Education
Committee On Education
L. S. U. Board of Supervisors
NATO Leaders Weigh Korea and Indo China Talks
The NATO meeting is to review world problems and Korea topics ahead of Geneva discussions. Nine of fourteen members may go to Geneva as U.N. troop representatives. Indo China tensions affect Western defense as Britain and France follow the lead in opposing Soviet influence.
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Nounced
Russia
NATO
Europe
Britain
France
Geneva
Korea
U.N
French Union
Vietminh
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