Long Okays Recall Vote In Franklin Parish
Franklin Parish holds a recall election for Ward 1 school board member A. J. Ensminger on June 25 after a reform effort by local residents. The move follows a petition with 298 signatures and comes amid controversy over Wisner High School teaching and related removals.
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Ward 1
Helen Glascow
Wisner High School
Ensminger
Glascow
News - Star — World
Franklin Parish
Oriinally
Miss Glascow
Walter J. Pierron
Woodman Circle Leaders Convene Louisiana Session
Hazel D. Godlove national director of the Woodman Circle addressed the 22nd bi annual Louisiana Jurisdiction convention at Hotel Frances. Delegates, officers from New Orleans to Monroe attended as the event ran through Saturday with officer elections and memorial services on the program.
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Hazel D. Godlove
Omaha
Neb
Woodman Circle
Louisiana
Circle
Hotel Frances
New Orleans
Bossier City
Shreveport
Alexandria
Algiers
Thibodaux
Lockport
Monroe
Dorothy Lindsey
Hattie Hansen
Nancy Neyland
Dodie Phillips
Monroe official loses bid to delay insurance hearing
Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission overruled Monroe city attorney Haynes Harkey Jr. in a bid for a 30 day postponement of a protest hearing over a new uniform rate schedule. The vote and testimony timeline were set as the commission moves to finalize the new rates affecting 23 parishes including Baton Rouge and Lake Charles.
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Baton Rouge
Haynes Harkey Jr
Monroe
Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission
Commission
Rufus Hayes
Hayes
Harkey
West Monroe
Lake Providence
Oak
Lake Charles
Quachita Parish
Louisiana Rating Bureau
W. L. Howard
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Haynes Harkey
J. Allan Norris
John McCormick
Charles Wall
Oak Grove
Donald Fiske
Dean McCormick
W. B. Cone
Frank Voelker, Jr
Bastrop
Woodrow Wilson
U S Pushes Effort To Prevent War In Middle East Crisis
In Washington the United States marshals all diplomatic resources to avert a wider Middle East war over the Jordan crisis. Officials say no armed involvement is planned now, but conditions could change. Senate leaders Knowland and Mansfield met Secretary Dulles, who conferred with other lawmakers by phone.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Senate
Knowland
California
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Dulles
House
Jordan
League Backs Tax Reform and Home Rule in Education
The 13th annual Louisiana League of Women Voters convention urged reform of property taxation with home rule for parishes and a sound public education finance system. Officers for 1957 59 were elected led by President Mrs. C K Moresi of Lafayette. Former Senator Tooke praised the league and warned of the scale of property tax reform, noting 54 taxed categories and the need to remove unjust assessments while preserving tax as security.
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Louisiana
Louisiana League of Women Voters
Louisiana League
C. K. Moresi
Lafayette
Joseph Daum
New Orleans
Albert Lusch
H. B. L'Heaureux
Alexandria
Kenneth Dixon
Lake Charles
Dabe —. Brown
Baton Rouge
John Guthrie
Paul Murison
Metarie
Wilbur Marvin
Lee Terbush
Lewis N. Lemon
Shreveport
J. Fred Heath
Charles E. Tooke, Jr
League
Bayou DeSiard Country
C.I
Emilio Levy
Louisiana Legislative Council
Tooke
Here and There First Anniversary at Memorial Methodist
Celebration of the first anniversary at Memorial Methodist Church marks one year in the new building. Pastor Rev. Ralph Cain observes his twentieth year as minister. A bridge project on Bayou D Arbonne at White Ferry road will be let in the fiscal year starting July 1. The span will be a continuous welded beam type, 28 feet wide, per Wayne Huckabay, Louisiana Department of Highways district engineer.
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Memorial Methodist Church
Ralph Cain
Bayou D’arbonne
White Ferry Road Crossing
Wayne Huckaby
Louisiana Department of Highways
Huckaby
Bank speaker to address Ouachita High civics class
M. L. Owens Jr of Central Savings Bank in West Monroe will discuss banking fundamentals services advantages and procedures to Ouachita Parish High School civics classes taught by Miss Josephine McCranie. Monroe Men's Contract Bridge Club hosts a tournament at Bayou DeSiard Country Club with sessions at 1 30 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Master points prizes and tables for northeast Louisiana players.
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M. L. Owens, Jr
Central Savings Bank
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish High School
Josephine McCranie
Monroe
Bridge Club
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Northeast Louisiana
James Schonlau
Hughes Mendel
Radio Dial Tuning Note Intrigues Local Readers
A brief snippet notes tuning the radio dial to 1570 on the dial, with a parenthetical hint that more appears on page 2 A. The item suggests a reader-friendly transmission cue and continued coverage.
Flood Waters Batter Dallas And Fort Worth
Tornadoes hit Tyler and Longview today and the worst floods in 10 years battered Dallas and Fort Worth. The Tyler tornado damaged two elementary schools and damaged or destroyed 25 houses. Six people injured including a pregnant woman. none seriously hurt. The Longview tornado damaged two houses near Gregg county airport. Arlington isolated for hours as 5.25 inches of rain fell. many homes flooded and 20 families rescued in Fort Worth. The flood crested as the Trinity River rose, with rain totals up to 5.25 inches and rising floodwaters threatening facilities and power. The weather front promised federal relief once damage estimates are complete.
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Tyler
Longview
Dallas
Fort Worth
Marjorie Matthews
Gregg County
Texas
Arlington
Weather Bureau
Waco
Texas Power and Light Co
Mountain Creek
Business Takes Dim View Of the Proposal
President Eisenhower calls for government supervision of employee welfare funds drawing opposition from business groups who fear regulation chiefly hits union funds. NAM opposes supervision of management plans. unions seek coverage of both fund types, with labor backing broader regulation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Assn. of
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Augusta
Mitchell
NAM
The
Weather alert warns of possible tornadoes in three states
The New Orleans Weather Bureau warned of possible tornadoes in northeast Texas northwest Louisiana and southwest Arkansas today.
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New Orleans
Weather slips repeat in northeast Louisiana outlook
Partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers expected tonight and tomorrow in northeast Louisiana. Daytime temperatures in the low 80s, nights mid to upper 60s, with a record low of 67 at Selman Field noted last night.
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Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
Barber Johnny Dickson Dies. Frank James’ Late Customer
Dallas obituary notes barber Johnny Dickson aged 89 who once served outlaw Frank James as a regular client. Beginning in Paris at 14, he barbered in Dallas since 1887 at the Bird Cage Barber Shop famed for canaries. He recalled riding up on a sorrel horse to the shop.
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Dallas
Johnny Dickson
Frank James
Dickson
Paris
Tex
Yul Brynner Hairstyles Stir Oklahoma Teens at Talk
Oklahoma City teens at a mental health group session debated teen fashion trends. Donna Moreland, 17, urged boys to abandon Mohawks and emulate standard cuts while criticizing Yul Brynner's bald head as a fashion trademark. She noted Elvis and Brando appeal but said peers unlikely date them if imitating.
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Oklahoma City
Yul Brynner
Oklahoma County Assn. of Mental Health
Donna Moreland
Donna
Eisenhower Sees GOP Differences As Healthy Sign
President Eisenhower said there are differences of opinion within the Republican Party and that such diversity is healthy as long as a common core remains. He spoke by telephone from his vacation headquarters to New England GOP workers at a Providence conference, outlining a future for the party without an Eisenhower for president ticket.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican Party
United States
Fisenhower
New England
Republican National Committee
Providence
Classified ad offers 7 day rates with cancellation privileges
Read in over 39,751 homes daily this NEWS-STAR-WORLD want ad promotes low seven day rates and cancellation privileges.
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News-Star — World
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