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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1949
Page
7
The Monroe Central Trades and Labor Council passed a resolution urging保持 current industrial tax exemption law to attract new enterprises to Louisiana. The resolution cites rising unemployment, crowded hiring halls, and rumors of repeal frightening industrial construction to neighboring states, risking jobs for workers.
Dr. Fishbein says the board will meet December 6 in Washington to announce the matter. He vows to stay busy, teaching at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois, while remaining a consultant for the American Red Cross and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Radio manufacturers report television receivers make up 65 percent of dollar volume of output.
The Monroe Central Trades Council warns that state and local tax burden as a share of income is high in Louisiana and far above national levels. It urges maintaining industrial tax exemptions, arguing repeal would harm employment and business, and asks the governor, the department of commerce and industry, and the legislature to keep the law and apply it liberally to attract new industry and jobs for Louisianans.
The Teen Age Club will host a large program Saturday night starting at 7 30. Collie Fontana and his orchestra provide the music. New cards will be issued to all teen agers who attend. The public is invited and teen agers from North Louisiana may attend.
T. J. Young, 33, of West Monroe and Mary Geraldine Bayles, 24, of Downsville. H. H. Hawkins, 35, of El Dorado, Arkansas, and Mabel Lee Shepard, 26, of Monroe.
Revival services at the Assembly of God in West Monroe draw large crowds with the auditorium full each night and adjoining rooms used. Evangelist Mildred Wicks wins trust with simple messages, prayers fill rooms, many testify to healings or conversions, and Pastor Rev. E L Tanner notes record keeping is hard. Services run nightly at 7 30 with two Sunday services at 11 00 and 7 30, continuing next week. Edinburgh is noted as a center of British printing industry.
A concise note reflects the early view of television as a form of visible telephony, capturing how engineers framed the concept during its inception and signaling the fusion of voice and image in broadcasting history.
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