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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1948
Page
2
DeWitt Mackenzie notes France Soir's claim that a UN assembly speech spree reached 10,000,000 words and cost 1,700,000,009 francs, calculating 170 francs per word. The columnist laments the paper’s viewpoint on talk and expense.
A Scots observer notes the high per word cost of U N diplomacy and the overall price of peace. He cites Vishinsky's insults, U S expenditures in Europe and Asia, and living costs as measures of the bill for keeping the peace. The London Times urges trimming the assembly's rhetoric to save time, energy, and money.
Toyland showcases postwar realism in dolls with washable hair and pacifiers, cows that milk, dogs that bear litters, and road scraper toys imitating real construction. The range includes career-aimed toys, jet planes, velocipedes for playground rides, and plastic instruments and numbering toys that test arithmetic accuracy.
Mrs. Jewel L. McQuiller urges careful Christmas tree care and fire prevention. Keep trees in water before setup, away from heat sources, well supported, inspect lights, avoid tin foil near sockets, and never leave lights on when away from home.
Villa Matchett, 12, returns from Natchez Miss after a pre Christmas visit as guest of Lions Clubs. Pilot Linwood Lawrence flies from Houlton to Chatham N B. She clutches a doll and keys to Natchez and New Orleans. She will be met by her uncle Eugene B Matchett at Chatham.
In Baltimore on December 14 a defendant charged with failing to file a state income tax return was acquitted by Criminal Court Judge Herman M. Moser. Court psychiatrist Dr Manfred S Guttmacher testified the man lacks understanding due to an IQ of 64 describing him as a moron. The judge quipped he cannot follow western movie plots either.
John B. Hastings 43 of Houston drowned Sunday afternoon when he fell into Bayou D Arbonne three miles south of Dubach in Lincoln Parish. Coroner J J Bennett said Hastings was on a picnic with two unidentified men, Goode and Deason, his wife and two children in Houston. Hastings had worked two weeks as a welder for a Dubach construction company.
Coatesville Pa December 14 A spry 93 year old Charles Lukens Huston starts his 74th year of continuous service at Lukens Steel Company. He began in 1874 as a clerk, later became bookkeeper and first vice president. He still walks to work from his home near the plant. Huston is the oldest living alumnus of Haverford College.
Phenix City Alabama prepares to emerge tomorrow from a 15 year receivership era. The water works will be handed to a new three member board while city assets and affairs move to the city commission. Receivers will file final reports and be discharged after settling debts and documenting improvements.
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