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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1952
Page
5
Washington Senator Stennis of Mississippi says Democratic party leadership should guide the party's direction. He urges party figures to consider current leadership in shaping future strategy and policy.
Senator Stennis says future party direction should be centered in congressional delegations and notes current Democrats in Congress should take over party reins. He backs Adlai Stevenson for rebuilding but suggests President Truman step aside for others to lead. He spoke as he arrived in the Senate.
In November 1947 a successor was elected to fill the late Senator Bilbo's seat. He planned to travel to New York today to observe United Nations operations not in an official capacity but as an observer.
The New Mexico canvassing board certified Sen. Chavez as the winner over Patrick J. Hurley in the November 4 race by 5 071 votes. Hurley supporters may request recounts within 10 days in disputed precincts.
In Barkingside England Mrs Anne Bowring 66 went to the cemetery to sit by her late husband’s grave. After four days missing she was found in an open grave beside his, seemingly asleep. She had pushed aside a plank, climbed in, and waited for the end.
Three soldiers known as the best informed GIs in Korea are returning to the United States. Cpl. John J. Kuptz Cpl. Calvin L. Lingler and Pfc. Clifford L. Fallon, all 23, read millions of news wires since June 1951 as part of Far East Command Censorship. They handled stories from peace talks to battles, sometimes for 16 hour stretches, and Fallon recalls long shifts during White Horse Mountain fighting. Lingler recalls attending Barkley press conference in Korea undercover as a reporter.
Clayton Fritchey a former New Orleans Item editor becomes deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee in a newly created post. He will focus on party strategy research and information while on leave from Truman administration duties to aid Gov. Adlai Stevenson. He will oversee publicity radio television operations and the speakers bureau. Samuel C Brightman another New Orleans native joins the government in 1950 as assistant to the secretary of defense and director of information.
In Ridgway Pennsylvania a young mother Helen Mason 27 and her children Mary Jane 7 Charles Jr 4 and John 13 months perished in a two room hunting lodge fire sparked by an explosion when Charles Mason Sr 35 tried to light a fire with kerosene The blast also left Mason critically burned and injured cousin Norman Keeler 17 with a minor facial cut Local police said the incident occurred on the eve of deer season in Sackrett near Meadville
American Legion national commander Lewis K. Gough calls for a UN deadline on Korean armistice talks and threatens an all-out offensive if terms fail. He proposes MacArthur's plan to bomb above the Yalu River, blockade Red China, and invade southern China with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist troops.
Ruth Cowan Washington reports Mrs Dwight D. Eisenhower plans to tour the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue before moving in after January 20. The 54 room mansion costs, lease terms, and its museum like interiors are noted as Mamie considers where to place furniture and portraits.
New York Park Row, once home to most city newspapers, no longer hosts major newspaper plants as the district undergoes changes in media production and business presence.
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