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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1949
Page
7
In New York on December 13, federal prosecutors argued to preserve the espionage prosecution of Judith Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitchev after Judge Sylvester J. Ryan warned the trial could collapse if the case rests on wire tapped telephone evidence. The government acknowledged FBI tapped the lines.
Marshall county officers halted a search for Minus Wilson alias Eddie Hall, a 39 year old farmhand accused in a triple shooting in Arkansas. Sheriff L B Slayden said Wilson fled after a disturbance at a Negro honky tank, with his wife in the back seat during a jail transport. Separately, a major wiretap evidence dispute looms as Miss Coplon and Gubitchev face a December 17 trial over alleged Soviet secrets, with prosecutors warned to avoid tainted wiretap evidence. Birth notices list several local families welcoming new members in Monroe and West Monroe.
A series of birth notices list parents and addresses across Monroe Ruston Winnsboro Bastrop Choudrant West Monroe Rayville Joyce Forsythe Rosefield Monroe and surrounding areas. Children named include Billy Ray James Allen Bonnie Gay Kathy Charles Ricky Lane William Samuel Barbara Gail Raymond Oscar Robert Earl Donald Ray Winnick Vernon Larry Duane and others with birth dates from December 1 through December 10.
Firemen from engine companies 1 and 2 were summoned to 1105 Calypso Street at 11 47 p m Monday for a reported house fire. The blaze, caused by an overheated stove, was controlled on arrival. The dwelling, owned by Mrs Costanza and occupied by Freddie Quinn, was spared. The report notes a stray line about June bugs' life cycle.
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