Goodfellows fund aid drive appeals for more support
EllowsContinued FromFirstPage The Goodfellows fund totals 1065.50 with much more needed to aid area unfortunates. Volunteers give time without pay and every cent goes to relief. Letters and donations are directed to News Star World Monroe La. Each aid request is carefully screened by an experienced staff to assess need and ensure gifts reach those most in need.
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Goodfellows Fund
Goodfellows
News-Star—World
Monroe
Date set for Jacksonville desegregation order
Federal Judge Bryan Simpson made the Jacksonville desegregation order effective January 4. The directive covers city facilities including the new 12,000 seat coliseum, Gator Bowl pools, parks, playgrounds, and baseball parks, with the auditorium not yet affected due to ongoing construction.
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Bryan Simpson
Municipal
Pickets Dispersed After City Police Action in Tallahassee
In Tallahassee Florida police dispersed Negro pickets for a second day in front of a downtown store as Mayor Taft said steps were taken to avert trouble. An integration advocate claimed rights to peaceful picketing were violated. Rev CLik Steele noted police refused to protect Negro demonstrators and did not stop white youths from harassing them near MecCrory’s store.
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Tallahassee
Fla
George Taft
Clik. Steele
Taft
MecCrorsy’s
State Capitol
Rusk Seen As Front-Runner For State Department Post
The article outlines Rusk’s current stance on talks with Kennedy and his status among possible successors to Christian Herter. It lists other contenders such as Fulbright McCloy Bruce Bowles and notes Rusk’s long career from Mills College to the State Department and his role in shaping U S policy during the Korean War.
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Kennedy
Christian A. Herter
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Rusk
State Department
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. McCloy
New York
Defense Department
David K. E. Bruce
Germany
Chester Bowles
D-Conn
India
Georgia
Atlanta
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
Army
Burma
War Department General Staff
International Security Affairs
Robert P. Patterson
United Nations
Truman
Dean Acheson
United States
China
Douglas Mace-Arthur
Baptist Minister Weds Thirteenth Time in Las Vegas
Los Angeles UPI reports Rev Glynn Wolfe, a 47 year old Baptist minister and hotel owner, married for the thirteenth time to Sherry Wolfe age 20. Wolfe says this marriage will be happy, despite prior divorces or annulments. The couple wed after a Las Vegas sermon by Billy Graham inspired a new decision to marry.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Glynn Wolfe
Snerry Wolfe
Sherry
Billy Graham
Las Vegas
Shreveport Man Arrested In Alleged Swindle
Birmingham officials report the arrest of Frank Skarda of Little Rock and Joseph P. Pecory of Shreveport on charges of false pretense and violation of state security laws. They waived preliminary hearings and were released on bond.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jerry T. Coe
Coe
Frank Skarda
Little Rock
Ark
Joseph P. Pecory
Shreveport
Negro Heads List For Postmaster
The Herald Tribune reported that Rep. William L. Dawson leads the field for postmaster general under President-elect Kennedy, potentially becoming the first Black cabinet member. The paper named other possible appointees, noting the list reflects Kennedy’s current thinking though subject to change.
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New York
The
Herald Tribune
William L. Dawson
D-Al
John F. Kennedy
Dawson
Kennedy
Birch Society Monroe Chapter to Meet Monday Speaker Dria
Monroe chapter of the John Birch Society will hold a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m at the Virginia Hotel with Dria as the guest speaker.
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Dria
Monroe
The
John Birch Society
Virginia Hotel
Monroe Jaycees Sponsor Christmas Shopping Tour
The Monroe Jaycees and wives plan a Christmas shopping tour for 35 to 40 underprivileged children on December 21. Merchants have donated funds and goods to support the effort led by Ken Wagley William Ladoux Don Faust James Scalia Buster Crowley Jr Marion Lewis and Bill Robinson. Post office hours extended to 5 p.m. Saturday to handle early mailings as Woodrow W. Hathorn commends participants. Mrs Mae Lucky Ouachita parish registrar of voters recovers after overheating at the parish courthouse basement files. she was hospitalized briefly.
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Monroe Jaycees
Jaycees
Ken Wagley
William Ladoux
Don Faust
James Scalia
Buster Crowley, Jr
Marion Lewis
Bill Robinson
Monroe Post Office
Louis Ville
Woodrow W. Hathorn
Mae Lucky
Ouachita Parish
Mayor W L How ard attends state municipal meeting in Baton Rouge
Mayor W L How ard known as Jack joins Louisiana Municipal Association board session in Baton Rouge today to discuss local governance and municipal priorities.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Baton Rouge
The
Louisiana Municipal Association
Salvation Army Advisory Board Meets Tonight at Virginia Hotel
Capt. Wl EL Grantham, local Salvation Army commander, says the advisory board will meet at 7 30 pm in the board room of the Chamber of Commerce in the Virginia Hotel. He notes several important matters will be on the agenda and urges all members to attend.
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Salvation Army Advisory Board
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Hotel
Wl EL Grantham
Salvation Army
Grantham
Shreveport Paratrooper Dies in Formosa Training
Sergeant Thomas G. Lynch of Shreveport Louisiana killed during a night training exercise in Formosa. Lynch attached to the first special forces unit based in Okinawa was electrocuted when his parachute snagged high tension wires. His wife Jeanette resides in government quarters in Okinawa.
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Naha
Okinawa
Formosa
Thomas G. Lynch
Madison St
Shreveport
Lynch
Jeanette
Henry Elected Head of Local Engineer Group
Thomas R. Henry Jr and other officers were elected at the Monroe section’s annual Louisiana Engineering Society meeting held in the Flamingo Room at Hollywood Restaurant. Edward A. McLellan of New Orleans spoke on the society’s goals.
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Thomas R. Henry, Jr
Emerson
Monroe
Louisiana Engineering Society
Hollywood
Henry
C. L. Denson
Columbian Carbon Company
H. L. Henry Jr
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Homer H. Mullins
West Monroe
Fred C. Brownlee
Edward A. McLellan
New Orleans
Public hunting conference features wildlife club leaders and lawmakers
The Lafourche event drew A. S. Tidwell as club president along with J. B. Thoman Robert Downing Jack Rushing Hob son Norris representing members. Ouachita delegates included Sen. Jamar Adcock Rep. Mike John Jr Rep. Lawrence Gibbs and Rep. Woodrow Wilson Bastrop Sen. W. T. Carpenter and Rep. Lantz Womack also attended though Rep Lasley Downes was ill. Lafourche traverses Ouachita Richland and Morehouse parishes.
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Wildlife Club
Davis
A. S. Tidwell
J. B. Thoman
Robert Downing
Jack Rushing
Hobson Norris
Ouachita
Jamar Adcock
Mike John Jr
Lawrence Gibbs
Woodrow Wilson
Bastrop
W. T. Carpenter
Legislature Seeks Stay of Court Rulings on School Integration
Attorneys for the Louisiana Legislature asked the U S Supreme Court to stay orders of a three judge federal court blocking state officials from interfering with New Orleans public schools and their integration. A motion seeks to pause lower court action until appeals are heard. Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion filed a similar stay request. W Scott Wilkinson of Shreveport stated the suits differ only slightly.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
New Orleans
Jack Gremillion
W. Scott Wilkinson
Schools Face Pay Delays and Financial Strain in New Orleans
Dr James F Redmond reports 1300 school employees not paid or having checks stopped by the Louisiana Legislature. The school board owes creditors over 600000 for supplies as banks refuse to honor or loan funds amid a power struggle between the board and state lawmakers.
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Emile Wagner
Riecke
Rieke
James F. Redmond
Louisiana
New Orleans
Legisature
Juvenile Arrested After Stone Throwing at Homes
A juvenile was arrested after rocks were thrown through a window at the home of Marion L McKinley a Baptist seminary student. The incidents occurred Wednesday night marking the third attack on homes of a white blockade runner.
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Marion L. McKinley
Baptist Seminary
Frantz
Actress Cast As Other Woman In Divorce Case
Los Angeles report says actress Joanne Dru, age 37, was cast as the other woman in a divorce dispute between Eula Pierose and her husband George Pierose. Dru was cited for contempt for failing to provide deposition testimony.
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Los Angeles
Joanne Dru
Eula Pierose
George Pierose
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Jacksonville
Lafourche
Vieverstein
Hoover
Price
Rose
Miss Dru
Pieroses
Dick Haynes
John Ireland
Eo Acousticon
Tillman Acousticon
Bernhardt
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