Escapees Sighted in Wooded Area Near Searcy
State police near Searcy Arkansas halted daylight pursuit to close in on three White County jail escapees said to be cornered in a wooded mountainous zone. Leaders include 23 year old Richard Lee Buchanan of Boise Idaho with others Melvin Moe and Richard Williams of North Dakota. two captured, one sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochard Lee Buchanan
Boise
Pollard
Melvin Moe
Richard Williams
North Dakota
Buchanan
Moe
Williams
Otis Henley
Newport
Love to Head Delta Council New President J W Love
J W Love becomes the Louisiana Delta Council president this week after three years as a director and prior service as Madison Irish Chamber of Commerce president. Other 1953 officers include W T Carter of Bastrop and Grayson Guthrie of Monroe as vice presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Love
Tallulah
Louisiana Delta Counc
Madison Irish Chamber of Commerce
W. T. Carnter
Bastrop
Graysonuhrie
Monroe
L. T. O'Neal
Delhi
Carpenter
Bas. Pp
John W. James
Conardia
J. T. Jacobs
Fred Falkenheiner
S. L. Winton, Jr
East Carroll
G. T. Hi
M. H. Brown
N Terral
Franklin
John Tarrell
Rupert Scottnd
Louis Lowentritt
Madison
J. Love
D. C. Johnson
C. W. Kennedy
Morehouse
T. Carpenter
C. E.phcard
Tom Rankin
Ouata — Grayson Guthrie
N. W. McHenry
C. D.adams
Richland
L. T.neal
W. H. Linton, Jr
Hollis Venable
Tensas
Delta Council
Louisiana Delta Council Executive Committee
Harry P. Grant
Jean DeVanie
Grayson Guthrie
L. T. O’neal
W. T. Carpenter
Auction notice for household goods and gear
A garage or storeroom sale offers good household furnishings used hunting equipment bicycles heaters and more. Buyers can pay cash for items still needed by others.
Citizenship Stripped From New York Underworld Figure
Attorney General McGranery ordered denaturalization proceedings against Albert Anastasia, a New York waterfront racketeer linked to Murder Inc. and the crime syndicate in Sing Sing history. The case, filed in Newark federal court, cites undisclosed aliases and a criminal record as grounds for revocation of his U.S. citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McGranery
Albert Anastasia
Justice Department
New York
Anastasia
Italy
New York State Crime Commission
Fort Lee
N. J
Lord High Executioner
Murder, Inc
United States
Federal District Court of
Newark
Oil Hearing Set Tuesday in Tideland Question
New Orleans December 9 A congressional hearing opens Tuesday morning on tidelands questions with Leander H Perez as first witness. Rep Clair Engle will conduct in Judge Christenberry s courtroom to aid defining seaward boundaries of states and the continental U S The session will continue with testimony from Louisiana and Texas attorneys general and their aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Perez
Tidelands
New Orleans
Tidelands Oi
Leander H. Perez
Clair Engle
Calif
Herbert Christenberry
Congress
United States
F. Edward Hebert
Rep
Engle
Louisiana
Fred S. LeBlanc
John Madden
Texas
Hebert
Good Fellow Day at Delta Theater Promises Toy Drive Fun
Next Saturday is Good Fellow Day at the Cloverleaf Kiddie show in the Delta Theater. Children pay with one toy or can of food to aid the Good Fellows distribution. Prizes from Cloverleaf Dairy will go to those bringing the most items. The program features games contests singing and an amateur show with dancers from the Clarice and Goldah Roan School of Dancing and musicians from Dew Music school. Bill Sellberg national Yo Yo champion from Chicago returns for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloverleaf
Delta Theater
Good Fellows
Cloverleaf Dairy
Clarice and
Goldah Roan
Dew
Supreme Court weighs racial segregation in public schools
The Supreme Court opens a historic hearing on whether segregation inherently marks Negro students as unequal. Thurgood Marshall leads the NAACP in five related cases from South Carolina Virginia DC and Delaware as oral arguments proceed and the court considers the end of separate but equal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
Supreme Court
South
South Carolina
James S. Byrnes
Virginia
District of Columbia
Delaware
Thurgood Marshall
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Marshall
Murder Trial Delayed for Pearson and Jackson
In Columbia Judge W M Mouser granted a continuance to January 5 for the murder trial of Luther Pearson 40 and Martin Jackson 55 for the 1952 killing of Alis Floyd 530 a state trooper. Floyds son Donald 25 was killed minutes later. The case was moved from LaSalle Parish after a mistrial in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
W. M. Mouser
28Th District Court
Luther Pearson
Martin Jackson
Alis Floyd
Jena
Donald
Pearson
Jackson
LaSalle Parish
LaSalle
Warren Hunt
Rayville
A. D. Flowers
Martin S. Sanders
Iena
Harry Fuller
Winnfield
Cameron C. Minard
Re Location Asked For Selman Field
A. T. Shotwell and the Selman Field citizens committee urged Monroe officials to consider relocating Selman Field outside city limits. They noted Washington officials might favor a change, while others warned the Air Force would ignore the field if surrounding site purchases were not made. The matter was referred to the city attorney after discussion at the council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Shotwell
Selman Field
Citizens Committee
Monroe
W. L. Ethridge, Sr
L. Slade Brown
Washington
Air Force
Wayne Huckaby
Freedomgram Signing Urged by Crusade Leader in Twin Cities
Matt F. Rice, chairman of the Crusade for Freedom in the Twin Cities, calls on residents to sign Freedomgrams for prisoners behind the iron curtain. He urges all to visit the Hotel Frances booth to sign messages of hope sent via balloons and radio broadcasts by Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia. The Twin Cities goal is 16 000 signatures with daily booth hours 9 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Stalin
Iron Curtain
Rice
Hotel Frances
Radio - Free Europe
Radio - Free Asia
Radio-Free Asia
George Foreman
America
Sleep-deprived painters end $1000 bet in Midland
In Midland Texas two 30 year old house painters Jess Hensley and Robert Cook failed to endure 98 hours 41 minutes without sleep losing a $1000 wager. Hensley conceded at 8 14 am and went home to rest while Cook kept awake with showers coffee and side bets. Cook plans to buy Christmas presents including one for Hensley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Tex
Jess Hensley
Robert Cook
Hensley
L. L. Hensley
Cook
KCRS
Jess
Vishinsky Says UN Assembly Not Satisfactory For Peace
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky left for home aboard the Liberte after telling reporters the United Nations General Assembly has not fulfilled its duty for peace. He stressed the Assembly’s adoption of a resolution not promoting peace shows its work as an instrument of peace is unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Vishinsky
Liberte
Alexandre Soldatov
United Nations
Assembly
General Assembly
UN Air Power Hits Korean Red Supply Lines Hard
United Nations war planes and Sabrejets pounded North Korea on December 9, destroying a rail line, supply center, and truck convoys. A MIG-15 was shot down by Flight Lt. Graham F. Hulse as ground forces repulsed Chinese probes nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Sabres
Tokchon
Yongyopcham
Yongpung
Sukchon
Sinanju
Singye
Panrunjom
Santa Claus Letters and Memorials Collected
A column of acknowledgments and memorials lists donors and in memory gifts from individuals and organizations including Catholic Daughters of America and Ouachita Parish Dept. of Public Welfare. Notable names include Sally Seaman Lynn Marx Jill Marx Jay Marx Hank and Sally Ann Taylor Emmie Jenkins Bas kin Louisiana and Mrs. Hester Lewis Mrs. Kate Wilson. Donations range from 1 to 20 dollars and note in memory sentiments for several deceased relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Seaman
Catholic Daughters of America
St. Matthews
Lynn Marx
Jill Marx
Jay Marx
Paul Marx
Hank
Sally Ann Taylor
Emmie Jenkins
Baskin
Hester Lewis
Kate Wilson
E. N. Wilson
H. L. Collins
Gerald McDaniel
F. O. Ruth
Elaine
Judy
News-Star World
Joseph R. Filhiol
J. F. Wetzel
F. W. Wetzel
Ouachita Parish
Dept. of Public Welfare
Leo F. Terzia
Oil slick in Ouachita River probed by wildlife group
J B Thoman president of the Ouachita Parish Wildlife Association says action will be taken over a bank to bank oil slick from Monroe to Camden Arkansas. He worked with Jim Bowers and John Aswell surveying the slick for two days and blamed sediment ponds in south Arkansas. The slick extends to Smackover and has killed thousands of fish near Alabama Landing. Thoman warns spawning grounds will suffer immeasurably and charges may be pursued under state and federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Thoman
Ouachita Parish
Smackover
Ark
South
Arkansas
Theman
Alabama Landing
Thoman
Two Bandits Kidnap 3 Opelousas Men
Two unidentified bandits abducted three Opelousas men from a bar on Monday night. They bound Jesse Manuel Evans Thibodeaux and Charles Craig, robbed the cash register of 110 dollars and 70 dollars from the men, fired a warning shot, and forced the victims into a car. The captors drove toward Krotz Springs about 17 miles before abandoning the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelousas
Krotz Springs
Jesse Manuel
Evans Thibodeaux
Charles Craig
Alexandria
News Vendor Explains Why He Won't Prosecute
A 64 year old San Francisco news vendor said he would not press charges after being knocked down and having his papers scattered. He said the other man did not mean it, was drunk, and that service men frolic on days off. The vendor claimed to be an ex serviceman and identified himself as a captain in the imperial Russian army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Judge Detains Two Children In Detention In Tennessee
In Johnson City Tennessee Judge Ben H Taylor jailed two brothers aged 3 and 5 for 48 days instead of placing them in a juvenile home sparking outrage. The judge later went into seclusion as controversy grew over custody and conditions at Oakland Park juvenile home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
Ben H. Taylor
Upper East
Tennessee
Oakland Park
Bolton
Ed Ray
Judge Taylor
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
City Commission
State Department of Public Welfare
Lora P. Alexander
Taylor
Blue Grass Co Signs Contract for New Warehouse and Office
Johns and Neel architects report Blue Grass Liquor Co has signed with Jesse F. Heard and Sons for a brick and concrete block warehouse and office. The bid was the low bidder among six, revised to 69,200 dollars, and will go to Shreveport for officers’ signature. The building will rise on Sterlington road in a tract bought from Robert Breard’s estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass Co
Robert
Bob) Breard
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Love
News-Star—World
News-Star —World
Reps
W. H. Harrison
Wyoming
Hamer Budge
Idaho
Samuel W. Yorty
Norris Poulson
California
John Saylor
Pennsylvania
Delta
Preme Court
Freedomgram
Matt F. Rice
The
Robert Udice
Santa Claus
Mrs. Claus
John J. McMahon
Vassili Zakharoff
Shreveport
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