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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1952
Page
5
A green car driver, frustrated by traffic, looped through parked cars on North Grand Street. The vehicle sideswiped two cars and a storefront front before a narrow pass near a lamp post. Pedestrians watched as the driver dodged between cars and pushed past a liquor store, prompting a police chase with charges pending.
Samuel Bastrop Mason Collins ton and Leon Chandler guilty of driving while intoxicated. Burnell to sentence. Mason and Chandler fined 200 dollars plus costs or 90 days in parish jail. Young forfeited bond on overlength load operation. Holley fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace. White sentenced to time served on a charge. Reynolds and Gibson fined 48 dollars and costs or 60 days in jail for theft of angle iron from Illinois Central Railroad. Knox pled guilty to simple escape and received six months in parish prison.
Monroe city detectives arrested Dan Brewster 27 on aggravated battery charges after an alleged July 4 cut. Bond set at 200 dollars. Two others were held on trespassing and fighting charges. Harris 24 faced three offenses with 500 dollar bond, Moses Johnson 17 held on trespassing with 25 dollar bond. The text notes the origin of the word jewel from joie meaning joy.
At Panmunjom staff officers meet at 11 a.m. with two days left before full delegations resume prisoner exchange talks. The Communists press only wording and translation issues, while Allied officials seek broader topics and an accounting of 1,926 missing soldiers. So far 726 named Reds have offered some answer, with many errors. In Belleville Illinois barber Fred P Bub, age 83, marks 68 years of clipping as he serves the fifth generation of the Rogers family.
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