Kennon Names Members of State Board
Gov. Robert Kennon named seven members to Louisiana's newly created Board of Wild Life and Fisheries. The panel includes J. W. Doxey, Alfred C. Glassell, C. H. Brookshire, Jerry J. Besson, Aubin Buquet, O. A. Lahaye, and George A. Foster with varied terms to balance sports and commercial interests. L. D. Young Jr. is expected to be appointed wildlife commissioner to replace Ernest S. Clements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
State Board of Wild Life and Fisheries
State Department of Wild Life and Fisheries
J. W. Doxey
Cameron
Alfred C. Glassell
Shreveport
C. H. Brookshire
Meaux
Aubin Buquet
Houma
O. A. Lahaye
Eunice
George A. Foster
Pollock
Kennon
L. D. Young Jr
Port Allen
Young
Ernest S. Clements
Earl Long
West Monroe girls win top honors in national contest
Doris Dane Burnett 17 and Sybil Louise Burnett 13 and Mary Lou Meachum 19 share high honors as state winners in the 1952 National Junior Vegetable Growers Association contest. The awards come with part of the $6,000 A and P scholarship fund announced at the New York convention. Other Louisiana winners are Fay Andries, Blanchard Verzwyvelt, and Margaret Wilore, with Uadine Thompson named national champion for 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorisdane Burnett
Sybil Louise
Monroe
Mary Lou Meachum
Downsville
National Junior Vegetable Growers Association
New York City
A. & P. Food Stores
Grant B. Snyder
University of Massachusetts
Burnett Sisters
Doris
Sybil
Miss Meachum
Northeast Louisiana State College
Louisiana
Fay Andries
Alexandria
Blanchard Verzwyvelt
Margaret Wilore
Boyce
Joyce Verzwyelt
Uadine Thompson
Lakewood
Elc
Beirut
Leanon
American University
Louisiana trio seized after 125 mile crime spree in Texas
UVALDE Texas December 10 Police said three Louisiana men implicated in a Tuesday night crime spree left a 125 mile trail through South Texas from Luling to Uvalde and possibly through Hond o A fourth member escaped. A hijacking and beating of an Air Force lieutenant were reported as they traveled with a .22 rifle and a German Luger pistol found in the seized car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
Tex
Louisiana
South Texas
Air Force
Luling
San Antonio
Hondo
105 Scouts to Attend National Jamboree in California
Thirty five members of the Ouachita Valley Council Boy Scouts of America plan to attend the third national Jamboree at Irvine Ranch California next July with 105 scouts and nine leaders. They will travel from Monroe on July 11 by chartered buses via Painted Desert Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon then return visiting Carlsbad Caverns and Juarez. The jamboree site will host about 50 000 scouts making it the largest canvas gathering in US history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine Ranch
Carlsbad Caverns
Juarez
Mexico
United States
Ronald E. Nichols
Fairbanks
Douglas McLean
Skippy Buford
Hodge
Joe Hinkie
Lonnie Crowe
Bastrop
Hugh Willey, Jr
Delhi
Warren Taylor
Hugh Murray
Tommie Edwards
Earl Jones
Hugh Hyman,Jr
Mike Boggs
Lester Martin
Monroe
Mickey Alford
Columbia
Tommy Barham
Edward Barham
Caleb Pipes
Duke Barr
Charles Nolan
Oak Ridge
Times Square Gun Battle Leaves Seven Shot
A Cleveland gunman Clarence O Sims led a running gun fight through Times Square wounding three police and three bystanders. Sims claimed to head the shotgun gang and planned to rob a bar after an earlier brawl. Four officers and civilians were injured in the chaotic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Times Square
Clarence O. Sims
Sims
Eighth Avenue
Charles Mason
Denville
N. J
42Nd Street
Richard Linquest
Queens
Roy Cahill
Frank Colasonno
Cecil Johnson
Manhattan
George McAuliffe
Mc Auliffe
Johnson
Robert Knox
Richard Conlon
McAuliffe
Bereavement and Injury in Tank Accident at Camp Irwin
At Camp Irwin California a tank accident fatally injured Sgt Thomas E Gannon of Williamson West Virginia and seriously injured Sgt George M Baskin Jr of Baskin Louisiana. A carbon monoxide gas leak in the tank caused the death and left Baskin critically ill at the camp hospital during the final phase of eight weeks of combat training. Gannon's mother Mrs Liza Gannon of Williamson was notified and Baskin's family in Baskin Louisiana was informed of his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Polk
Camp Irwin
Calif
Thomas E. Gannon
Williamson
W. Va
George M. Baskin Jr
Baskin
Gannon
137Th
37Th Inf
Nalson Taft
Liza Gannon
Post Office Shifting Into High Gear For Christmas
Postmaster Woodrow Hathorn warns Christmas mail volume is rising fast with thousands of packages moving from 48 states. He urges delayed parcel post for out of town gifts, early mailing of local cards, and using bundled labels to speed local delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Hathorn
Hathorn
United States
Approve Detention Home For Juveniles
A local community group endorses a detention home for juveniles and cites ongoing fundraising and support notes. The message includes donor names and a $1098.20 total prior contributions, plus a $25 gift from Dr. T. A. Bruke with a heartfelt letter urging relief for needy families during Christmas.
Ouachita Parish Adopts Detention Home Plan For Juveniles
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury approved a resolution at its regular meeting to establish a juvenile detention home, noting no current facilities exist beyond parish and city jails. Unanimous approval also renewed parking restrictions on a four lane highway at Brown Paper Mill and approved a $6,062.50 refund from Sheriff Bailey Grant for a night patrol car until the office can handle patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Robert W. Irby
Brown Paper Mill
Bailey Grant
Officer Plays Along in Plot of Two Spies
An Air Force lieutenant pretended to plot with two sergeants to sell Sabre jet secrets, leading to their arrest before they met a Communist agent. Cascio faces possible life sentence if court martialed. Jones declared insane and sent back to the U.S. as investigations disclose a genuine secret document existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.S. Sabre
Guiseppe Cascio
John P. Jones
Associated Press
William L. Murphy
Upper Darby
Cascio
Jones
U. S
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
OSI
Air Force
Convicts Slip Through Net Near Searcy
Three fugitives thought armed slipped from a police cordon near Searcy Arkansas and fled the White County area. A fourth escapee from Sunday’s jail break was arrested near the station. Police identified the fugitives as Richard Buchanan Edward Miller and Jack Randall. Robert Decker stated he separated from the group after dark. A police cordon had been set after a storekeeper reported Buchanan buying food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searcy
Ark
White County
Richard Lee Buchanan
Boise
Ida
Edward Lee Miller
St. Louis
Jack Randall
Lucille Jones
Robert Decker
Kensett
Here
Largest seaborne raid targets rail lines near Manchuria
U S Navy warplanes hit four major Communist rail and supply sites near Manchuria in the war's largest seaborne attack. Nineteen hundred seventy three flights by Task Force 77 and B29s came as Far East Air Forces pushed within miles of the Yalu river reservoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Manchuria
Soviet Siberia
Vladivostok
Honyang
Musan
Najin
Hyesanjin
Panther
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
Essex
Korea
Sea of Japan
Masan
Task Force 77
Navy
Far East Air Forces
Suiho
Yalu River
Eighth Army
U. N
Debate Over Segregation Still Going
The Supreme Court resumed hearings on whether states may maintain separate white and Negro schools. The NAACP urged striking down Kansas and South Carolina laws, while the states argued they do not violate the 14th Amendment. Attorneys for Kansas and South Carolina contended equal protection limits do not apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Supreme Court
Kansas
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
High Court
John W. Davis
Dulles Recommended Hiss for Carnegie Endowment President
John Foster Dulles urged Alger Hiss for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace presidency in 1947. Davis testified that Hiss was chosen Feb 1 1947 after a favorable review, though Hiss later served a federal prison term and faced parole denial. Davis, a trustee, said Dulles first mentioned Hiss to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
House
Dulles
Eisenhower
Hiss
John W. Davis
State Department
Davis
Carnegie Endowment
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Two Atomic Spies Lose Fight To Escape Death
New York December 10 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg the convicted atomic spies lost another round in their bid to avoid the electric chair. Federal Judge Sylvester J Ryan denied stays and set aside motions. Sobell remains under a 30 year sentence. The trio belonged to an international spy ring led by Dr Klaus Fuchs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing Prison
Sylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
Morton Sobell
Klaus Fuchs
Suit Against Minister On In Memphis
In Memphis a Bapt ist preacher testifies in a $5 000 damage suit denying accusations of immoral conduct. Rev Charles L Morgan says he pities the woman who stirred the church uproar and admits calling her liar after a tense election meeting at Prescott Memorial Baptist Church where Mrs Ida Beard was expelled from the church. The trial covers alleged rough treatment of Mrs Beard and prior divorce details. Defense witnesses are called to counter the charges as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Charles L. Morgan
Circuit Court
Morgan
Beard
Morristown
Tenn
Marion
Ark
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Jerry J. Besson
West Monroe
Ouachita Council
Wouned
Morocco
Carrieres Centrales
Casablanca
Wilson Ewings
Bennie Gayne
Jimmy Sparks
Tommy Sparks
Monroe Toastmasters Club
Slagle-Johnson Lumber Co., Inc
Tommy
Patsy Lolley
Dr. T. A. Bruke
Just A Friend
Dottie Romero
Margaret Moore
James W. Moore, Jr
Christine Moore
Roy Cole III
T. A. Bruke
Good Fellows Fund
News-Star—World
Dr. Brulte
Willie Harris
Harris
City of
A. E. Montgomery
L. P. Pettit
M. W. Montgomery
L. A. Fourmy
G. P. Avants
Stan Carter
Arkansas
By Sam Summerlin
Red
Cabinet
Sing Sing
Ida Beard
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