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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1952
Page
4
Keith Fanshier in the Oil Daily of Chicago dismisses election-year charges of a world oil cartel and a petroleum shortage. He argues there is ample supply, robust competition, and that demagogic calls of trust and monopoly mislead the public.
The piece argues that retailers report strong sales but razor-thin profits due to rising wages taxes and regulation. It warns that weak margins risk harming both consumer interests and store viability as competition drives price-cutting and inflation persists.
The piece reviews UNESCO from its 1945 creation to 1952, detailing its core aims such as literacy, education, human rights, free ideas, science for mankind, and peace. It notes the U.S. National Commission leadership, internal staffing, and controversies over funding, bureaucratic growth, and U.S. church and civic influence.
A mother argues education begins at home with reading readiness built through storytelling picture books and guided conversation. She warns mothers should not teach reading, insisting only trained teachers can introduce reading, while noting mothers can prepare a child’s mind for the classroom.
Yesterday filings show multiple property sales. Pearl G Kingston sold lot 6 block 6 Gossett's subdivision to Carnell Eatman for 324 dollars. James T Williams sold to People's Homestead & Savings Association lot 6 block 1 Biedenharn addition for 1000. E J Moody sold to same association lots 7 and 8 square 1 Biedenharn addition for 3000. Julius Fink sold lot 1 block 1 Bayou Acres subdivision for 2500. Sherrouse Realty sold to Bass Johnson lots 4 5 6 block 82 Booker T Washington addition for 450. Bernon W Butler sold tract SW quarter SW quarter section 29 township 18 N range 3E for 1000. Southside Methodist Church sold to People’s Homestead Association lots 24 25 26 block 78 Ouachita Cotton Mills second addition for 7500.
A summary of early helicopter concepts by Leonardo da Vinci and first powered flight milestones by Igor Sikorsky and Louis Breguet. The piece notes PT stands for patrol torpedo and includes a dubious parenting aside about education and a leaflet offer from Dr Patri.
Washington notes a year of rapid travel for candidates with train and plane tours while nationwide TV coverage grows. Debates may shift to direct confrontation on screen, with radio and TV time offered for a face to face exchange. Voters seek clarity on thinking and intentions, risking sharp exchanges over vague promises.
Israel ordered its UN ambassador to protest to the Security Council after a reported statement by Syrian leader Adib Shishekly that the Middle East is not large enough for both Jews and Arabs. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion urged an emergency Mixed Armistice Commission meeting and signaled openness to a peace treaty with Egypt's reform government.
Cuernavaca columnist claims weight loss tips while recounting a dead battery call to General Motors in Spanish Mexico. The narrator jokes about dieting while cars miscommunicate, dropping pounds as he describes malfunctioning battery and language barriers.
Col Willard Webb heads the Library of Congress stack and reader division and spends vacations at home in Virginia whittling in his family workshop while listening to radio opera. He served in the 782nd heavy tank battalion in the Pacific, survived Leyte and Okinawa, and now manages six million books and the library’s reading rooms and guests. Webb, 48, studied engineering at the University of Virginia and George Washington University, and he shares his time with his wife Margaret and two sons, Thomas and Willard Jack, in Clifton Virginia.
Hal Boyle profiles Sam Ochiltree aging telegrapher and news editor who retires at 65 after 10 years as telegrapher and 36 years as reporter and editor. He recalls covering San Francisco quake and Korea, values friendship, faith, and lifelong work, planning a London trip.
Ferriday plans seventeen prize divisions for the fair with 464 premiums. The big fair day parade is set for Wednesday October 15 at 4 00 pm with events on October 13 and 14 and a flower show baby contest day on Thursday and livestock day on Friday. Each division will have a superintendent to assist in quick entries and Wednesday Thursday booths and displays will be open to the public. A gala cowboy fun contest will close the fair on Friday afternoon.
The First Christian Church invites the public to hear two guest speakers. Dr Kenneth Bonham medical missionary to India will preach August 24th and join Phillips University Enid Okla faculty this fall. Dr E K Means minister emeritus of the First Methodist Church will preach August 31st. The air conditioned church welcomes all.
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