Tideland battle tests Louisiana defense before Christmas
Louisiana Attorney General Bolivar Kemp faces a Supreme Court challenge by the United States to federal jurisdiction over tidelands. The case echoes California's loss, with Congress and the vetoed 80th Congress plan under dispute. Louisiana plans to leverage California's experience and seeks outside aid as state mineral leasing nerves rise.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Bolivar Kemp
United States Attorney General
Supreme Court
California
Case
Congress
Tidelands
Truman
United States
Texas
Clark
California Tidelands
State Mineral Board
National Association of Attorneys General
Death of Rev Andrew J Sheridan in Lake Charles
The Rev. Andrew J. Sheridan pastor emeritus of the Catholic Church of the Assumption in Carencro La. died in a Lake Charles hospital. He was a native of Ireland and had no relatives in the United States. His body was sent to Carencro yesterday and last rites are planned for 10 a.m. Monday at the Carencro Church.
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Lake Charles
Andrew J. Sheridan
Catholic Church of the Assumption
Carencro
Ireland
Wedding in room 414 at Baptist Hospital
John Vernon Reed of Pineville and Iris O Neal of Deville plan to wed despite Reed’s recent appendectomy. The ceremony will be in room 414 of Baptist Hospital with Rev. B A Carlin officiating. Reed was hospitalized last Saturday for the operation.
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Alexandria
John Vernon Reed
Pineville
Iris O'Neal
Deville
The
Baptist Hospital
B. A. Carlin
Wardville Baptist Church
Reed
Pioneer surgeon Dr Edith Ballard dies in New Orleans
Dr Edith Loeber Ballard, a pioneer woman surgeon and wife of former New Orleans Item editor Marshall Ballard, died in New Orleans at 73. Funeral services were held, with burial in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. The notice notes her role and family ties as part of a larger obituary.
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New Orleans
Edith Loeber Ballard
Lafayette Cemetery No
Marshall Ballard
The
New Orleans Item
Ballard
Retiring Mississippi River Commission head eyed for seat
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Crawford will retire December 31 as president of the Mississippi River Commission. Col. John R. Hardin, district engineers chief in New Orleans, is among likely candidates to replace him on the commission. A San Francisco dispatch notes a department store sent two Christmas letters to staff, with mixups for regular and holiday workers. Also mentions that the South American cavy is the ancestor of the guinea pig.
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Robert W. Crawford
Mississippi River Commission
Col
John R. Hardin
District Engineers
New Orleans
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