20 Dec 1954
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1954
Page
1
A man killed his wife after a domestic dispute as police report he found their six children with a teenage babysitter. He was charged with murder, later upgraded from aggravated battery, and jailed. Neighbors described hearing a disturbance on the porch and the wife fleeing beneath the house before collapse.
A GOP committee report criticizes foundations for influencing national policy via tax exempt funds and networks of intermediaries. It cites Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, Carnegie groups, and media connections while defending some public health gains and condemning external communism and internal socialism.
Ouachita parish coroner Dr. T. French said autopsy tests will determine the cause of Nettie Collins 50 of Monroe found dead in an Oak Street bar. He expects results in two or three days and notes she had dizzy spells and a chest cold. The death is suspected natural. a certificate will await autopsy findings.
The jurors began deliberations at 10 13 a m last Friday and have been in the jury room about 24 hours of actual deliberation over 56 hours total. The State accuses Sheppard of killing his wife Marilyn Sheppard last July 4 during a suspected motive involving relationships with other women. Conviction would carry a mandatory death sentence unless mercy is recommended. Sheppard denies guilt, claiming a prowler killed his pregnant wife while he slept. He and his two brothers watched jurors closely as sessions extended into late evenings, with jurors unusually unreadable and distant. The trial lasted nine weeks and authorities seek to avoid a retrial due to time and cost.
The text notes the British Soviet treaty slated for twenty years, signed by Anthony Eden and V. Molotov in London on May 26 1942. It mentions a Moscow reaction and French Premier Pierre Mendes France criticizing inconsistencies in a radio broadcast.
A new healing substance from a world famous research institute shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows reduction while easing discomfort. The ointment Preparation H is offered nationwide with a money back guarantee at drug stores.
Good Fellows reports a total surpassing 3438 today with 42 from a college basketball game and Sunday gifts from First Christian Church. The exact final sum will be listed tomorrow as baskets are packed at 118 South Grand Street for later distribution. The community is urged to continue giving.
Mrs. G A Oden of West Monroe says praise for the polio dome donations should go to F E May administrator at Alexandria Baptist hospital and to all who contributed to the instrument. She rejects excessive personal credit.
Heinz, ex West Berlin aide in World War II, says Jakob Kolb lured him into East Berlin on Thursday. Police say arrest warrants were issued for Kolb and his wife. Heinz resigned last year and recalls a 1954 arrest on charges of financial irregularities involving government funds.
The Southern Bell Telephone Co. office at 230 South Grand Street was burglarized early Monday with only a small amount of cash missing. City Detective Chief Hugh Tolbert said a glass door was broken at about 4 45 am and a witness saw a man flee south on South Grand Street toward a car nearby. A description of the man and vehicle was provided.
Two Monroe students at Southern University Baton Rouge, Abe Edward Pierce and Henry A. Young, are listed among thirty university students in the current Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Dean Martin L. Harvey announced the selection this week, noting high academic standing and campus distinction.
Two youths Alice Tarpley 19 and Edward Patty 6 suffered injuries in a hospital related incident at St Francis and Charity hospitals. Others including Mrs Betty Richardson and J D Ross were treated for bruises and cuts. Mulhearn Kilpatrick ambulances transported victims as funeral details for Mrs Simms remained pending with arrangements at Hall Funeral Home.
Since its 1934 rollout the first U S Diesel-powered streamline train has accumulated over 20 million miles of operation across various routes and years, marking a major achievement in rail propulsion and reliability.
The U N chief said no more talks with China are planned before the secretary general flies back to New York. Peiping radio quoted Mei Ju-ao arguing the American filers’ case is separate from the Korean truce, claiming China was not involved in the war. Mei defended court judgments on spying by actions and motives, not attire.
A 19 year old magistrate named Jack Cox is mentioned in connection with recent events. Police say a preliminary hearing on the charges will occur later this week.
Herman Hosner was working in his yard when a rifle bullet ricocheted across a city block and struck him in the chest causing a serious injury.
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