Morehouse Parish Bonds Pass For New Schools
Morehouse parish voters approved a bond issue of 1.6 million dollars and Bastrop will gain a new high school building of 85 000 square feet in triple A construction. Architects Smith and Padgett of Monroe drafted the plans. The measure also funds three elementary neighborhood schools an addition of six Bastrop colored school classrooms and cafeterias in several existing buildings.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop and Morehouse Parish
Smith and Padgett
Monroe
Bastrop Colored School
Soviet Foreigner Vishinsky Seeks Military Justice for Fliers
Paris reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky urged that the four American fliers captured in Hungary receive due attention from military justice authorities. He suggested a possible military trial while denouncing U S spying accusations tied to the mutual security act. The fliers were downed over Hungarian territory on November 19 during a mission from West Germany to Belgrade.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Hungary
West Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
United States
U. N
U. S
America
Moscow
Romania
Frost Approves Merger With Olin Industries
Frost Lumber Industries stockholders approved transferring 36 million dollars of assets to Olin Industries in a meeting at Frost’s Shreveport office. Merger requires Interstate Commerce Commission and Internal Revenue Bureau approvals due to four railroads involved. Each Frost share converts to six Olin shares, with 54 399 votes cast out of 59 424 shares outstanding. Completion expected late January or early February.
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Shreveport
Frost Lumber Industries, Inc
Olin Industries, Inc
East Alton
Frost Lumber Company
Frost
Olin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Internal Revenue
The
Revenue Bureau
Kennon Champions Nonpartisan Boards For State Agencies
Judge Robert F. Kennon told a West Monroe audience that if elected governor he would place major state spending agencies under nonpartisan boards to insulate the governor from program payments. He urged boards for the highway commission welfare department and Department of Institutions and claimed savings could fund road maintenance, school and mail routes, while criticizing high salaries and outdated registration. He spoke as part of a regional campaign stop and planned a coffee hour and a radio broadcast with Elmer D. Conner tonight.
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Robert F. Kennon
West Monroe
Kennon
Missouri
Highway Department
Louisiana
Minden
Dock Board
Twin Cities
Elmer D. Conner
Kennan
KMLB
Monroe Louisiana Men Named In Prisoner Lists
Monroe area reports include men listed as prisoners of war in Korea. Captain R C White Jr a state legislator and WWII veteran is among the names and his family awaits updates. Private Kimball O Canterbury of the first cavalry division is also listed as held in North Korea. Continued on Second Page.
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Monroe
N. Louisiana
Reds
Korea
William Wade House
Winnsboro
R. C. White, Jr
R. C. White
Speed Ave
New York
Dallas
Tex
White
Jaycees
Kimball O. Canterbury
First Cavalry Division
Irene Richbourg
Lee Ave
Canterbury
Fireworks Owner Urges Immediate Destruction of Stolen Fireworks
West Monroe police and G R Stephenson of the Wel fong Fireworks Company urged anyone who took fireworks from the grounds to destroy them at once. They warned parents to keep any remaining fireworks away from homes and buildings as heat and water could make powder defective and dangerous when dry.
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G. R. Stephenson
Welfong Fireworks Company
West Monroe
Stephenson
Predict slash in foreign aid
Washington observers forecast Congress will reduce foreign aid spending next year. Senators say overall outlay may dip from the current 1951 level, with emphasis shifted to defense production in Western Europe and selective economic aid, including Spain’s water power project.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
Cordon
R.-Ore
Kilgore D. W. Va
Europe
United States
Kilgore
Spain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Trial Of 4 Newsmen Opens In L. Charles
In Lake Charles four Lake Charles American Press reporters face defamation charges over claims about three self admitted gamblers. The trial centers on whether their newspaper privilege protects criticism of gambling and law enforcement. The case follows a civic drive against gambling and references 33 operators convicted with suspended sentences.
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Keith Fuller
Lake Charles
Peoples Action Group
Mark C. Pickrel
U S Likely 10 Head Off Strike In Steel War
Washington reports the steel labor dispute heads toward a government directed settlement to avert a strike that would disrupt military and civilian production. President Truman expected to send the labor cost to the wage stabilization board for a recommended settlement before the January 1 deadline. C I O President Philip Murray pressed for a 15 cent hourly rise while the steel industry seeks price relief, risking a clash over price controls.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Philip Murray
Murray
Kin Of Captured Soldiers Inspired By P.O. W. Lists
Families across the United States react to the release of a Communist prisoner of war list naming 3,198 Americans as prisoners of war. Mothers and fathers in Duluth New York Denver Richmond react with hope and grief as names connect to missing loved ones.
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P.O. W
Associated Press
Washington
Tokyo
Duluth
Minn
John Muskulin
Prisoner swap lists spark truce negotions dispute
Exchange of POW lists triggers new friction as the United Nations rejects the Communist list as insufficient and protests the small total of 11 599 captured troops. The U N demands rotation of troops and behind the line inspection before agreeing on supervision of the truce.
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George A. McArthur Munson
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Monroe Council Considers Fireworks Ordinance After Explosion
Monroe city council asks city attorney to study state fireworks ordinances to guide a new measure following a Cypress street explosion at the Wilfong Fireworks Company building causing about 100000 in damages.
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Monroe
Henry Bernstein, Jr
West Nonroe
Cypress Street
Wilfong Fireworks Company
Christmas Charity Drive Near as Donations Grow
A Christmas fundraiser column reports donations totaling 1981.75 with a note they are $2,000 short of the goal and hope to reach 3,000. The piece invites further gifts to support Good Fellows and promote a Tom Theatre show for kids Monday morning with no admission except a toy or edible.
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Tom Theatre
New Auto License Plates Indefinite
Washington reports a defense driven plan to extend 1951 and 1952 license plates indefinitely. The government and states will use 1952 plates in 27 states and 1951 plates in 21 states through 1952 with small tabs issued to update them.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Monroe Man Killed in Crash at Louisville Ave Crossing
D E Haning aged 45 of 804 North Fourth died after his 1949 Ford struck a stopped bus at the A and L railroad crossing on Louisville Ave. Witnesses said the Southern Trailways bus was idle when the crash occurred. Haning, a liquor-store operator and World War I veteran, died of a thoracic hemorrhage with chest injuries. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mulhearn Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Joy and three relatives.
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D. E. Haning
North Fourth
Southern Trailways
Louisville Avenue
Monroe
Haning
D. W. Arnold
Shreveport
A and L. M
Louisville
St. Francis Sanitarium
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Jack Davis
Sterlington Road
Marie Sharpe
Chicago
J. E. Haning
Elyria
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Louise Carpenter
Portland
Ena
Morehouse
Stanley Johnson
Freedom and
Dave Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
John J. Swift
Glen Falls
N. Y
James A. Elam
Kingsland
Ark
Jess A. Duff
Spokane
Wash
Olin Industries
W. Monroe
Twin City
Baker's Shoe Store
Central Oil & Supply Co
M. Kaplan & Son
Southern Lumber & Box Co
Kimball Canterbury
Ike
Winnie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Supreme Allied Command
Eisenhower
Churchill
L. Charles
U.S
Blazevic
Defense Department
New York City
Pfe
William Hansen
Hansen
Christian Hansen
Hada
Ted
Richmond
Florence Leake
Pvt
Charles Edward Edward Elliott
Richmond Canal
G. I
Panmunjom
Red China
Peiping
William Nuckols
U. N. Command
Red Cross
Bernstein
Johnny Simmons
Frank Cline
John Coon
B. T. Crawford
Vernon, Bruce, Loretta
Kathy Jones
Ollie Surghnor Windes
John Graham Windes
C. E. Fauntleroy
Juanita Windes Spinks
F. A. Terzia
Felix Terzia
Ates
Oe O. K
Roark Bros. Piano House
George O. Breece
Ella. Strauss
Janet Brueck
Stephen
Andy Mintz
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