Beaumont Quads En Route Home for Christmas
The Perricone quadruplets Anthony Bernard Carl and Donald from Beaumont Texas, the only four brothers drafted together, arrived in San Francisco from Korea aboard a troopship and waited at Camp Stoneman with 2852 other veterans for clearance home for Christmas. Officials said they would move them quickly and may fly them to San Antonio. The brothers served with the 78th Tank Battalion of the 7th Division and plan to buy a cattle ranch together on the GI bill, later guaranteeing a family affair as they return to Texas to decide their future.
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Pittsburg
Calif
Perricone Brothers
Beaumont
Camp Stoneman
Anthony
Bernard
Carl
Donald
San Francisco
Far East
San Antonio
78Rd Tank Battalion
7Th Division
Texas
Perricone
Governments Set Holidays in Twin Cities for Christmas
Older residents await a long weekend as Monroe and West Monroe offices close from 5 p.m. today to Monday morning. Ouachita parish health unit ends at noon today and resumes Monday. Some merchants also close. police stay on duty. emergency services available by calling 7171. Federal post office operates Friday with rural mail delivery omitted.
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Junior
Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
John E. Coon
J. Allen Norris
Norris
Howell Heard
Bell pays big tax bill here
Monroe and Ouachita parish residents yesterday received tax payment checks from Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company totaling 105 920 80. The district manager Lonnie Clark delivered 44 678 47 to Sheriff Bailey Grant and 61 247 23 to city tax collector B E Tucker for 1952 ad valorem taxes. Clark noted the company is a major taxpayer and that state federal and local taxes average 2 57 per telephone in Louisiana.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Southern Bell Dist
Lonnie Clark
Bailey Grant
B. E. Tucker
Clark
Southern Bell
Louisiana
Former Delhi Native Named Editor of Tyler Courier-Times
William E. Dozier Jr., a Delhi native and 30 year old, has been named editor of the Tyler Courier-Times and Morning Telegraph. He is a Navy veteran and former state editor of the Times-Picayune, now resident with his wife Elea nor Roye and two daughters at 725 South Glenwood Ave in Tyler.
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Tyler
Tex
William E. Dozier, Jr
Delhi
Tyler Courier-Times
Morning Telegraph
Dozier
W. E. Dozier
Eleanor Roye
J. T. Roye
Cryer St
West Monroe
Delhi High School
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Delhi Dispatch
Times-Picayune
New Orleans
Eighth Naval District
Doziers
Carolyn
Rebecca
South Glenwood Ave
Roye
Hundreds of Teachers In Japan Work While Students Holiday
Hundreds of American schoolteachers in Japan under Army civilian control will attend school while students are on holiday. Lt. Col. James T. Dean says regulations require DACs to work or take unpaid leave. Some teachers complain while the district expects them to study curricula, grade papers, and inventory libraries.
Greetings From Polio Victim Carried By Radio
A Christmas greeting from Doris Whittaker a year old polio victim will be aired across the Atlanta W Airwaves tonight. She could not write cards to friends in Kentucky this year so taped messages will be sent by amateur radio operators in Somerset to Ivan Retove's WATUT station.
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Atlanta
Kentucky
Doris Whittaker
Somerset
Ivan Retov
WATUT
Death toll climbs in Champollion shipwreck near Beirut
In Beirut Lebanon officials say 27 dead and about 100 injured after the French liner Champollion struck a reef and split in half offshore. Rough seas hindered rescue as 328 passengers and crew were aboard bound for Beirut from Marseille and Alexandria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Champollion
Marseille
Alexandria
Holy Land
Man released on bond in delinquency case in Monroe
James Harper Dillard, 51, of 309 80th Street, Monroe, was released on $1500 bond on a reduced charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He had been jailed since December 18 on an aggravated rape charge. Co-defendant McIntyre Haddley, 64, faces aggravated rape accusations related to the same incident.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
James Harper Dillard
309
80Th Street
Fred Fudickar
Dillard
McIntyre Haddley
Surgeons donate skill to aid blind children
In San Diego two surgeons offered their expertise as Christmas gifts to Ignacio Rodelo 18 and Emma Rodelo 12, siblings born blind from bilateral congenital cataracts. Mrs Josephine Andazola, a Free Methodist missionary, suggested the cases from Tecate Baja California Mexico, with expected vision restoration around 80 percent if operations succeed.
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San Diego
Calif
Ignacio Rodelo
Emma _ Rodelo
Josephine Andazola
Andazola
Tecate
Baja California
Mexico
Monroe City Court to Assess Court Costs in Violations
An ordinance authorizes Monroe City Court to impose court costs up to ten dollars for each separate charge in cases where defendants are found guilty of city ordinance violations. Funds collected go to the city's general fund.
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City of
Monroe
Jazzed-Up Caesar Provokes Town Protest in School Play
In Lowestoft England a modern take on Julius Caesar triggered a protest as Brutus uses a tommy gun in a school dramatization. Mothers fear firearms among children during Christmas season, prompting an inquiry demand by the education committee. The headmaster defends the production highlighting the play’s anti violence theme and noting daggers remain offensive as well.
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Lowestoft
England
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Caesar
J. M. Mann
P. W. Hartop
Christmas Eve Mass at St Matthew's and High School Gym
Msgr J C Marsh will lead the Christmas Eve mass at St Matthew's Church tonight at 11. Father Martinez conducts the annual mass in the high school gym at 11 with the men's choir performing and the high school choir singing carols beforehand. The Youth Masses are planned for Thursday morning at 6 7 8 9 and 10 o clock with the children’s choir at the 10 o'clock service.
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Msgr
J. C. Marsh
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Father Martinez
Yon
Probers Find No Grounding Evidence for C124 Crashes
An Air Force inquiry into the C124 crash at Moses Lake Washington that killed 87 people found no evidence warranting grounding the five room transports. The preliminary probe cited no cause and praised the planes and crews. Memorial services for victims were held as the wing’s flag flew at half staff.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Air Force
Washington, D. C
Larson Air Base
62Nd
Old Civil War flag presented to Naval Academy Museum
A battered flag from the Minnesota frigate signals a shift to steel ships after Merrimac engagement. Commodore Van Brunt ordered beaching, Monitor met the ironclad, marking the transition era. Bradlee Va Prant of Milwaukee presented the flag to the academy.
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Milwaukee
United States Naval Academy Museum
Minnesota
G. J. van Brunt
Merrimac
Monitor
Ra Naval Academy
Bradlee Va Prant
No Postal Delivery on Christmas Friday
Postmaster Woodrow Hathorn announced there will be no rural postal delivery on Christmas Day Friday. City delivery will resume after Christmas. post office windows will be open Friday at 8am. The only service affected is rural delivery. A National Geographic Society note recalls a prewar Texas senator wearing panther skin in Washington.
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Woodrow Hathorn
Houston
United States
Texas
Washington
National Geographic Society
How To Pick A Mate from Wiggam column
Question by question summary shows Wiggam giving opinions on marriage, wealth distribution, and mate selection. Mentions booklet pricing and cooperation with a marriage counselor. The piece notes 1929 wealth data and 1950 shifts, plus tests and guidance for choosing a partner.
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Ly Albert Edward Wiggam
D.sc
Glenn Gardiner
Bevenciott
Clifford Adams
Colin
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