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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1952
Page
5
Dr. Chester Swor headlined a Spiritual Emphasis Week at First Baptist Church with Robert Rapp leading song. The August event featured twice daily services, a 30 voice youth choir, and Swor’s challenge on true Christian living and spiritual nourishment.
Angola Louisiana. The new five member parole board held its second meeting to act on parole applications. In an 11 hour session the board considered 50 cases with no action. Most applicants were first offenders with sentences of five years or less. The board adopts a rule requiring first offenders to serve one third of their terms to be eligible for parole while exceptions may be docketed for board action. Attending were M. E. Culligan W. F. Dyson Otis Edwards Jr R. W. Mitchelree J.T. Long and C. B. Kitchens.
The article describes a booming men grooming business led by Albert on Fifth Avenue with salons offering full services from hair styling to dyeing. It notes clients include executives, cops, clergy, and TV stars who seek a younger appearance to aid in career and romance. Gray hair and baldness prompts hair dye and toupees as practical options. Also reported is a note on University of Malaya medical student interest driven by doctors' professional standing and income.
AP News notes one year old Charles E. Weber of Topeka Kansas has become an active skater. Son of Mr and Mrs Carl E Weber he began skating at nine months and quickly gained strength and weight. He now skates regularly at a Topeka rink and weighs 28 pounds.
A column by Josephine Lowman discusses middle aged women facing boredom and loss as children leave home and careers shift. It urges changing viewpoint, building ego, widening social life, and starting new ventures with practical steps and optimism. The piece notes mental peak around age 60 and previews a tomorrow tip on sprucing appearance.
Farmers seek rapid drought relief as the U S Department of Agriculture calls a midweek Atlanta meeting with agents from eight disaster states plus Texas and Oklahoma to discuss immediate disaster loans. The Inter-State Commerce Commission approves cut rate hay transport to drought areas and Georgia dairymen push for a two cent per quart milk price rise.
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