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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
10
Local radio lineup includes KWKH 50 000 Watts KWKH FM with Big Sister Ma Perkins Young Dr Malone and Smith-Hm. Groovie's Boogie features Ne World Sports Mus It Ha'pens Curt Massey and Lowell Thomas in a mixed slate of music drama and programming.
A fragment notes the KMLB and KLIC clubs and mentions UCLA trees once widespread across four continents. The text blends outdated geography with distant past references and regional club acronyms.
Benjamin T. Lofton, jailed on hijacking charges after a Dec. 12 arrest in Uvalde Texas, confessed to stealing a 1953 Dodge from Baker Motor Co. and a raincoat from a parked car in Monroe. He will be returned for trial after local prosecutors linked him to car thefts in Ruston and OpeLOUSAS.
City police arrested Edgar Paillette and Alford Viola on charges of battery disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. Paillette posted bonds of 400 dollars while Viola’s bond was set at 300. Officer G. E. Cowart said Viola started a profanity laden struggle and Paillette refused to summon the patrol wagon.
Two Monroe men Billy Nelson of the Nelson Brothers Tractor Co and G E Fried representing the Memphis branch of Allis-Chalmers won certificates in the 1952 tractor division factory tour sales contest. More than 300 dealers blackmen and branch executives from the U S and Canada were tour participants traveling on a 15 car special train after a four day visit to tractor plants in Springfield Illinois LaPorte Indiana La Crosse Wisconsin and West Allis Wisconsin. Silk worm moths are about one half inch long.
Hollywood writer Grady Johnson profiles Howard Hawks, praising his directing mastery and calm demeanor. The piece notes Hawks 55th birthday milestone directing his first musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and outlines his method of shooting in chronological order, openness to cast input, and career highlights from The Dawn Patrol to Red River.
By Jimmy Fidler the Hawks brothers include Kenneth who was killed in an airplane crash and William who is a director producer today. The corn on the cob plant is a giant grass never found growing wild and was cultivated in South America since prehistoric times foundational to pre Columbian civilizations.
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