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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1950
Page
5
Television star Faye Emerson and bandleader Skitch Henderson started a short tropical honeymoon in Cuernavaca Mexico on December 13. The couple wed yesterday in the same town where Emerson had divorced in January, marking her third marriage.
The ceremony for the bride and Elliott Roosevelt’s son was held in Cuernavaca with a gray dress and a low back. The couple will stay until Saturday then go to New York for further weddings and media commitments. They plan a vacation home later and received a deed to a quarter acre from a local real estate firm.
Crowds gather at the Aetna Finance Company office to learn about the Shopping Money Plan offering $100 immediate shopping cash. The program promises quick funds to qualified families with simple name or security data. Carter Styles, manager, oversees the service at 204 N. 2nd Street.
In Sara Barbara California a simple Mexican civil ceremony was attended by about 40 people in a flower-banked room. The mayor of Cuernavaca conducted the service. The bride wore gray shoes and a matching gray hat with a matching dress and carried two white orchids.
Lake Charles La Dec 13 Milk prices were advanced here one cent a quart by all dairies effective yesterday The hike makes milk here cash retail 24 cents a quart in bottles and 25 cents in cartons Dairymen cited higher paper costs poor winter pasture and other factors as reasons for the rise The price increase followed a bread price rise of two to three cents a loaf this weekend and a wholesale distributor predicted eggs would reach 1 a dozen here before Christmas.
Washington reports Defense Department casualty list No. 175 naming three Louisianians killed in Korea: Pfc. Leroy John, Kin der. Corp. Frank J. Perry of Arabi. T Sgt Charley L. Radford of Lake Charles. Also listed are wounded Army and Marine personnel including Pfc. Thomas D. Boddie and others.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Johnson of Moreauville announce son Pfc Herman M LaCroix is missing in action, with other local service members listed. Sg t Gerald D Sermons of Shreveport is returned to control. Sgt First Class Joe E Whatley reported missing. Sgt Joseph R Mouton of Lafayette previously listed as prisoner of war and wounded.
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced that ten power distributors have reduced rates in recent months, passing an estimated $267,000 annually in savings to customers. Among those cutting surcharges for commercial and industrial users is West Point, Mississippi, with about $6,000 in yearly savings.
The text states that Father’s Day was founded in 1910 by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane, Washington, attributing the origin to her efforts and location.
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