Mississippi House debates all-weather rural roads bill
Jackson, Dec 8. The fate of a proposed all weather rural roads program rests with Mississippi House. The Senate passed a rural road system bill but rejected a gas tax increase to fund it. House debate centers on a parallel enabling act and a revenue measure to finance the plan. Leaders aim to finish the special session by next Saturday.
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Senate and House clash over rural roads funding in Mississippi
The house aimed to pass an enabling act then push a two cent gas tax, blaming the senate for funding. The senate rejected a one cent tax, approved the enabling act 35-13, and sent it to the house while suggesting a revenue plan with tighter corporation taxes beer taxes and severance taxes. Governor Wright warned no rural roads bill without a revenue measure. The National Geographic Society reports craftsmen reviving medieval glass staining methods.
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Yuletide Carols by Four Choirs at First Baptist West Monroe
One hundred singers from four First Baptist Church choirs in West Monroe will perform Christmas carols Sunday December 18 at 7 45 pm The Chapel Choir Carillion Choir Choral Choir and Cancel Choir will lead with Miss Lalage Feazel narrating and Rev Jaroy Weber delivering the sermon Mrs Raymond Spence will accompany on organ Miss Betty Jo Camp on piano Edmon D Keith directs The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel Messiah will climax the concert All invited to attend with friends.
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Madison Parish forms dairy men group at courthouse
A large group of Madison parish dairymen met at the courthouse with Lamar T. Lee presiding to form the Madison Parish Dairymen's Association. Officers elected were P. F. Hargon president W. H. Hale vice president and M. A. Verhagen secretary treasurer.
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Madison Parish Dairymen’s Association
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W. H. Hale
M. A. Verhagen
Hargon
William Logue
Willie Rabb
Search continues for OCIE GILBERT in Monroe case
Monroe and state police pursued Ocie Gilbert for the attempted murder of Lester O. Donaldson who lay unconscious in the 1000 block of South Grand street. Donaldson was hospitalized with a fractured skull and leg, condition described as much improved. A third party, L. P. Colgan, was detained for vagrancy after involvement in the incident.
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Ocie Gilbert
Lester O. Donaldson
South Grand Street
H. T. Ward
Gilbert
L. P. Colgan
Donaldson
Conway Memorial Hospital
Partying men tied to unknown incident claim
Hospital attendants report Don Aldson a 31 year old Hodge pipe fitter says he Gilbert and Colgan had been partying before the incident. Aldson could not recall what happened. Gilbert about 30 is described as a welder and state police say he may be traveling in a faded blue 1941 Dodge.
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Financing Before Mayors In Miss
Jackson Mississippi December 8 Mayors from several towns gathered for Mississippi Municipal Association talks on street paying financing recreation centers and taxpayers. Greenville’s John Tennnison urged local funding of projects to grow city mileage while Kosciusko Mayor Allen Massey highlighted youth facilities noting a $200000 bond plan for a memorial recreation center. Birmingham’s public improvements official cited taxpayer concerns at city hall versus tax time.
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Prokofiev Composes New Ballet for Moscow Stage
Sergei Prokofiev writes the score for a new ballet titled Stone Flower to be staged in Moscow along with 11 other works at the Bolshoi and Filial theaters. It marks his first fresh musical production since last year amid criticism of his opera The Tale of a Real Person. Prokofiev acknowledged past faults and suggested corrections.
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Ballet Moscow
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Moscow
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