Checkpoint Hunts Help Protect Concordia Parish Deer Season
In Concordia Parish three Louisiana Forestry Commission check points greet hunters during the deer season. Chief Investigator W. E. Smith leads enforcement at stations on main roads into lower Concordia. Over 1400 hunters were checked in two days, as officers emphasize safety and fire prevention and provide location assistance in emergencies.
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Concordia Parish
Louisiana Forestry Commission
W. E. Smith
Lower
Smith
Commission
James E. Mixon
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Northeast
Delta
South
New Iberia
Georgia
Tennessee
Texas
Mississippi
Concordia
T. Kohara
Sergent Named President of Green Bay 4-H Club
Elworth Sergent has been named president of the Green Bay 4H club at the Peck Negro School near Sicily Island. Roosevelt Perk is listed among the other officers in the new slate. The piece notes a rising standard of living in West Berlin.
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Sicily Island
Elworth Sergent
Green Bay
Peck Negro School
Here
Roosevelt
West Berlin
Supreme Court Refuses Review in 1953 Deputy Killing Case
The U S Supreme Court declined to review a federal judge Ben Dawkins Jr order for a new trial for Joseph Sheffield who was executed for killing deputy sheriff John L Waller near Wisner Louisiana on June 14 1953 Sheffield was tried and sentenced in July 1953 after state appeals failed Louisiana Attorney General Fred LeBlanc challenged Dawkins ruling claiming it aggregated unfounded grievances to claim due process deprivation.
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Washington
Louisiana
United States Supreme Court
Joseph Sheffield
John L. Waller
John H. Wilson
Wisner
Waller
Sheffield
Liberace's Christmas Home Creates Traffic Jams in Sherman Oaks
Sherman Oaks community sees heavy traffic as pianist Liberace decorates a $100,000 home for Christmas. He greets onlookers, signs autographs, and hands out candy, while a bamboo Santa and piano draw crowds nightly.
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Sherman Oaks
Calif
San Fernando Valley
Liberace
Santa Claus
Liberaces
Coleman Warns County Sheriffs To Enforce Law
Gov Elect J P Coleman told 77 sheriffs in Jackson that there will be no interference if they enforce the law, warning he would deploy the National Guard to oust crooks and drive out outlaws. He backed a proposed recall law and urged strict action against gambling and crime while proposing a crime lab and dry county beer limits.
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Jackson
Miss
J. P. Coleman
National Guard
Coleman
Supreme Court
Dry
Red Archbishop Denied Entry to United States
The State Department again refused permanent entry for Russian Archbishop Boris, insisting no similarity to the case of a Catholic priest seeking to go to Moscow. The exchange highlights reciprocal immigration priorities and policy parity.
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Washington
State Department
Boris
Michigan Name Origins From An Indian Word
Michigan’s name traces to an Indigenous term seen as Mishigamaw Michigama or Mich igama meaning greaters. The etymology reflects the region’s Native language influence on the state name.
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Michigan
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U. S. Supreme Court
Bourbon DE Luxe Company
National Distillers Products Corp
Louisville, KY
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Curbon
Are
Juxe
Remington “60
Schick
Sunbeam
T.N
Oldsmobile
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