Rotarians Hear Ford Manager Speak on Auto Color Complications
W. E. F. Corbett, Ford Division district sales manager for New Orleans, spoke at the Monroe Rotary about why auto merchandising is complex. He traced Ford's history, comparing 1903 to today, noted rising multi car families and the demand for product variety, and described expanding models from 9 in 1949 to 44 today.
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W. EF. Corbett
New Orleans
Ford Division
Monroe
Virginia Hotel
Corbett
Ford
Henry Ford
Newsman Thomas St. John Dies in Hattiesburg
Veteran newspaperman Thomas St. John, 76, died after an extended illness in a Hattiesburg hospital. He was general manager of the Hattiesburg American and remained involved in newspaper management until early October.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
UPI
Thomas St. John
St. John
Hattiesburg American
District Court Trials Reset for Jan. 6
Judge Jesse S Heard in Fourth District Court reset felony trial dates for Danny Wayne Robinson Monroe Negro and Jerry Wayne Rawls West Monroe from Jan. 7 to Jan. 6. Robinson faces a mor als count involving a juvenile. Rawls is charged with theft of an automobile valued at 1 500 dollars.
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Jesse S. Heard
Fourth District Court
Danny Wayne Robinson
Monroe
Gertrude Carradine
Route 1
Columbia
Samuel Ll. Williams
Commerce St
Bastrop
Harold D. Taylor
General Delivery
Eudora
Ark
Robert Milburn
Andy
West Monroe
Students Vote for Free Speaker Choice at LSU Forum
LSU forum students backed 125 to 90 allowing student organizations to select any speaker for campus talks. English major McGee Grisby argued for freedom with Bentley Alexander from political science opposing the plan.
Nixon Talks Politics With Eisenhower in Gettysburg
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania on Wednesday former Vice President Richard Nixon met with Dwight D Eisenhower to discuss politics and international affairs. Nixon said the talks did not change his presidential plans while Eisenhower highlighted the need for multiple strong Republican candidates. Eisenhower aides noted the meeting had been arranged earlier and Eisenhower planned a return trip to Palm Desert after visiting Augusta Georgia.
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Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
CBS
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Lodge
Augusta
Mamie
Palm Desert
Calif
Couple Held In Husband's Murder Plot
In Bartow Florida police charged Shirley Ann Martin and Joel Lawrence Wilson with first degree murder in the rifle slaying of Earl R Martin. Investigators say the supermarket cashier and her ex convict boyfriend plotted the death for more than a month to be together. Martin was found shot three times in a phosphate pit near his home on December 1 after she reported him missing.
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Bartow
Fla
UPI
Shirley Ann Martin
Joel Lawrence Wilson
Earl R. Martin
J.B. Dereus
Martin
Call Off Strike as Woman Collapses in Dublin Barracks
Four women ended a 48 hour hunger strike in Dublin after one collapsed from exhaustion. They protested the city’s failure to provide living quarters after their homes were condemned as unsafe. The women had barricaded themselves in an army barracks.
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Dublin
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