Officer Kicked By Arrested Man Charged
Simon A Roach of 1902 College Street was arrested by city police and charged with seven counts including simple battery on a police officer. Bond set at $300. Also charged were three counts of simple battery drunk disturbance and resisting arrest after he assaulted two men at a Jackson Street service station and kicked Officer L G Garrett in the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon A. Roach
College Street
Roach
Jackson Street
L. G. Garrett
Garrett
Marriage Licenses Reported for Four Couples
Robert D. Mustard, 22, Chicago, wed Helen Earline Arrant, 16, Monroe. Willie Lee Wallace, 21, Monroe, and Minnie Lee Lewis, 20, Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Mustard
Chicago
Helen Earline Arrant
Monroe
Willie Lee Wallace
Minnie Lee Lewis
Doctor Charged
The report details a physician involved in a fatal overdose case. The couple quarreled over money. the wife was given injections of nembutal by the husband, who then administered the same to himself. The body turned blue and later was found cold. An autopsy was inconclusive. organs will be examined in two weeks. Todd claimed wartime service and prior practice in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Kearns
Cook County
Griffin
Todd
Army Medical Corps
New York City
U S Debates Eisenhower Plan and Allied Inspection Talks
The United States opens committee discussions on the Eisenhower plan while considering French and British proposals for inspection and control. The talks focus on collaboration and safeguards amid postwar security concerns.
Postal Service Career Campaign Launched Here
Monroe and West Monroe post offices prepare to display red white and blue posters nationwide advertising higher postal salaries and benefits. The campaign highlights starting pay of 70 dollars per week with raises to 85 and 90, paid vacations, sick leave, eight holidays, retirement, life insurance, uniforms, and 10 percent night shift premium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Hathorn
Monroe
Homer Roark
West Monroe
Arthur E. Summerfield
Air Force
Uncle Sam
Hathorn
Roark
Post Office Department
Eden Plan And Eisenhower Talks Signal Return To Duty
Hagerty says no link between the Eden meeting and the Eden visit. Eden accepted an invitation extended by the President for a top level U S British talks on mutual interests. The move suggests Eisenhower may resume full leadership as he recovers from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
Hagerty
Eden
Eisenhower
Istiqlal Push Sparks Rifts in Moroccan Cabinet Talks
Istiqlal leaders demand major influence in the new government of Premier-designate Mohammed Bekkai as 40 persons control defense and foreign relations. Clashes between Istiqlal and the Democratic Independence party left one dead and five wounded amid opposition to Istiqlal dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istiqlal
Morocco
Mohammed Bekkai
Bekkai
Democratic Independence Party
PDI
Beaver Round Up 1956 Officers In Stall Ceremony
Loyd Love of Ferriday is slated to install the 1956 officers and the closing ceremony will be by Charles Horne at Beaver. The banquet is a highlight of the council each year as Jack Pankey, scout executive, has announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
W. H. Bengtson
A. J. Ensminger II
Loyd Love of
Ferriday
Charles Horne
Jack Pankey
Real Estate Transfers List Details Numerous Property Deals
A stream of transfers records sales including Fred L. Burkett to Jackie G. Burkett for 135 ft of lot 8 block 4 unit 2 Cage and Watkins subdivision. Julia J. Hunter to Samuel D. Sloan for lot 14 Melville Hunter subdivision. Hayton to Raymond R. Rugg for lot 1 square 48 Ouachita Cotton Mills Second addition. John S. Daniel Jr. to Leon J. Phillips for 75.14 ft of lot 3 block 41 Breard Sr. addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Burkett
Jackie G. Burkett
Cage and Watkins
Haynes Tract
Julia J. Hunter
Samuel D. Sloan
Charles O. Hayton
Raymond R. Rugg
Ouachita Cotton Mills
John S. Daniel Jr
Leon J. Phillips
Breard Sr
B. B. McClendon
E. M. Watkins
Ouachita Parish
Murray L. Moore
Donald L. Vocker Sr
Cole Addition
John W. Smith
Will Taylor
Robert L. Carter
J. T. Vinson
Monroe Wholesale Drug Company
Jack T. Cannon
Morningside
Bobby Joe Farr
Edward H. Farr
W. C. Thompson
Raymond C. Perkins
Poly M. Turner Et
Phillip A. Henry
Sunshine Heights
West Monroe
A L Smith Junior High Hosts Linville Teams Tonight
Sterlington’s A L Smith Junior High invites Linville girls at 7 p.m. and Linville boys at 8 p.m. for a local basketball doubleheader. The event features competing youth squads from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Smith
A. L. Smith Junior High
Sterlington
Linville
Marian Martin Pattern 9199 for Shorter Fuller Figure
Advertises pattern 9199 by Marian Martin for shorter fuller figures with side buttons and a pocket panel. sizes 14 to 24 and custom yardage 4 yards for size 16. Instructions include a Sew Chart and complete pattern details. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents extra for each additional pattern to Marian Martin News Star Pattern Dept. 232 West 18th St New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Martin
News-Star
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Civil Defense Marks Third Anniversary in District F
The District F civil defense group celebrates its third anniversary with a morning meeting at district headquarters. Reports recap last year’s achievements and outline 1956 plans including ground observer training, a federal staff college in Monroe in March, a police institute, and other schools. After lunch, staff visit Shreveport for a filter center inspection opening the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense Organization of
District F
Ground Observer Corps
Federal
Civil Defense Staff College
Monroe
Police Institute
Region 5
District CD
Shreveport
Kellogg Signs $50,000 Lease on Bynum Estate Property
Kellogg Lumber Company extends its lease on the Monroe property owned by the late Charles E. Bynum and Bella Conner Bynum for ten more years. The lease runs from January 1, 1957 with 2500 dollars due every six months totaling 50000 dollars. About 20 heirs to the Bynum estate joined the agreement. Elizabeth S. Culpepper is named agent to receive and distribute payments to lessors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg Lumber Company
Monroe
Charles E. Bynum
Bella Conner Bynum
Ouachita Parish
Bynum
Elizabeth S. Culpepper
Grayling Lane
Estelle Schultz Sanders
Thomas M. Keller
W. L. Ethridge
Eloise Ethridge Slater
AFL CIO Formed In Labor Merger At Rally
The new AFL CIO hosts 1,400 delegates in a bright hall with a 40 foot banner. Mayor Wagner praises merger and hopes for uplift in living and working conditions as Meany is expected to become president. Eisenhower to address policy debates from Gettysburg via telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Afl-Cio
Meany
Eisenhower
GOP
Aflcio
Gettysburg
Local Kidnap Case Involves Texas Minister and Runaway Man
Texas with Big Spring detective Shaffer reports a man named Sainburg used a telephone trick to reach the home of Rev Gordon Grooms asking for Connie who is in custody fight with Doris Blanchard. The 2 year old Jimmy Nance is involved in a prior abduction case tied to Ithaca custody rulings from 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Smith
Gordon Grooms
Big Spring
Samburg
Longview
Jimmy Nance
Mary Jean
Sainburg
Smith
Connie
Doris Blanchard
Ithaca
Texas
Regents Adopt State Laws for Segregation
Kennon declares his acts support segregation while Louisiana moves to address the race issue. The Southern Gentlemen urged the governor to use all powers to maintain segregation. They also told Mid-Winter Sports Assn. GM Fred Digby that allowing Black players would destroy the Southern way of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennon
Louisiana
Fred Digby
Assny
Chilton Believed Seen In Winnsboro
Homer S. Chilton, 59, of Monroe, missing about three weeks, possibly seen in Winnsboro last week. A man matching Chilton’s description drank coffee at Motel Owen cafe and claimed to have just returned from Arkansas and to have been in Jonesville that day. Ouachita Parish sheriff’s deputies checked Franklin parish as part of the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer S. Chilton
Monroe
Winnsboro
Dewey Ezell
Motel Owen
Chilton
Arkansas
Jonesville
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana College A Capella Choir Concert in Winnsboro
The Louisiana College A Capella Choir will perform portions of Handel's Messiah and Christmas selections at the First Baptist Church in Winnsboro at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Director N C Alsup Jr and soprano Mary Virginia Davis lead the program, with no admission charge and open to music lovers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnsboro
Louisiana College A. Capella
First Baptist Church
C. B. Hall
N. C. Alsup, Jr
Mary Virginia Davis
Preaus To Make Appearance Here
Fred Preaus candidate for governor in the January Democratic primary will appear on television at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. He will be joined by A Brown Moore candidate for lieutenant governor on Preaus ticket. They will speak earlier Thursday at Haughton Day line Sibley Gibsland Arcadia Bryceland and Ruston. They plan visits Wednesday to Benton Plain Dealing Springhill Shongaloo Minden Bossier City and Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Preaus
Preaus
A. Brown Moore
Haughton
Dayline
Sibley
Gibsland
Arcadia
Bryceland
Ruston
Benton
Plain Dealing
Springhill
Shongaloo
Minden
Bossier City
Shreveport
Building permits issued for home additions and relocations
City building inspector S. H. Awl issues permits to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Ritter for a one story brick veneer residence at 1701 Park Avenue with a new one room extension costing 2500 dollars. Julia A. Adams is approved to move a one story frame dwelling from 3011 Barlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Awl
L. D. Ritter
Park Avenue
Julia A. Adams
Barlow
Services Held Saturday For Mrs Brandenburg
Mrs Henrietta Brandenburg 79 of Jonesville died Friday after an extended illness. Services were held Saturday morning from the T A Champlin residence with Rev Harvey McClure officiating and interment in the Simmesport family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
T. A. Champlin
Henrietta Brandenburg
Harvey McClure
Simmesport Cem
Obituary: Local Resident Laid To Rest In Simmesport
Funeral arrangements were handled by Comer’s Funeral Home of Ferriday for a deceased resident buried in Simmesport. Survived by three daughters Mandy Champlin Jonesville Maude White Shaw and Allen Smith St Martinville and a son William Brandenburg Shaw. Pallbearers listed as Pete York Leslie Andrews James Champlin Clarence Champlin Thomas Champlin and James White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metery
Simmesport
Comer
Ferriday
Mandy A. Champlin
Jonesville
Maude White
Shaw, la
Allen Smith
St. Martinville
William Brandenburg
Pete York
Leslie Andrews
James Champlin
Clarence Champlin
Thomas Champlin
James White
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Postal Service
Frovi
America
Weil
South
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Studio & Camera Center
Kellogg
Culpepper
Bella Bynum
Lewis C. Slater
All Trades
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Washington
Memphis
Ran Airways
Polailiee
Brandenburg
Excelsior Institute
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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Vicks
Knoe-Tv
L. E. Frazar
Earl Long
Camielle Gravel
National Democratic
Penney's
Penney’s
Penney
Carmen
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