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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
2
A fragment suggests a 1952 plan involving a science division related to the Pacific region. The readable terms reference the South, north, and hundredfold aims, with mentions of ankles and directions, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear actions or entities.
President elect Dwight Eisenhower named True D. Morse of St. Louis as under secretary of agriculture designating Morse to serve under Ezra Taft Benson. Morse a 56 year old former Democrat turned Republican will earn 17500 dollars a year and has chaired Doane Agricultural Service and edited Doane Agriculture Digest since 1938. He also serves as vice president of the American Farm Economists Association.
A 38 year old English professor Archie Connett nearly died after slashing his neck and wrists, ingesting strychnine, and murdering his three children. His wife Wynona was hospitalized after severe injuries from the attack. The killings occurred at the Cupertino home where the family celebrated Christmas moments before.
About a dozen Louisianians from the Louisiana Cattlemen's Association will travel to Kansas City Missouri for the 56th annual American National Cattlemen's Association convention January 5 through 7. Led by George Gayden Jr of Gourney, the delegation includes Ju A Cowley Shreveport N H Dekle Brusly Ike Hamilton West Monroe J S Kingery Welsh J Alton Lambre Bermuda F B Odom Kinder James Ozenne Breaux Bridge Harry Post Luling Noah Ward Baton Rouge and Sylvan Friedman Natchez a national association vice president.
United Nations troops repulsed a large Chinese attack on T-Bone Hill near Seoul. About 1,000 Chinese fighters attacked in waves but suffered very heavy losses as UN artillery and machine guns halted the assault within four hours. The action marked a bold Communist bid to seize Seoul by Christmas.
Washington reports strong denials from about 30 scholars and officials named by Louis Budenz as members of the Communist party. Budenz, ex Daily Worker editor now at Fordham University, testifies before a House committee probing tax free foundations for subversive activity.
In Bastrop the Oak Grove airman Cpl. Earl Curtis remained unconscious after a two car crash that killed six month old William D. Boyd. Six others, including M.Sgt. Henry W. Boyd and Lucy Boyd, were reported resting well with multiple injuries. Authorities planned to file charges against Airman Billy Earl Finley.
Chicago December 24 A week after surgeons began separating Brodie Siamese twins at the skulls the 15 month olds face a fresh danger and more operations as doctors anticipate the Christmas crisis. Rodney Dee remains critical while Roger Lee is precarious and unconscious after 168 hours.
An 89 year old man, John Franklin Haley, was killed at 8 a m after being struck at 6 58 a m by an Economy cab at South Third and Ouachita Avenue in Monroe. The cab driver, John Charles Devers 25, was arrested on negligent homicide charges. bond not set. Funeral arrangements by Mulhearn's Funeral Home pending. Haley survived by wife Essie R Haley a son John Haley Jr a stepson Raymond Reeves and daughters Brice Prittle Mary Ruth Haley and Barbara Haley.
The Federal Security Agency reports total public assistance payments for the year ending June 30 amounting to 2.168 billion dollars. The federal share is 52.3 percent, state 40.5 percent, and local 7.2 percent. Old age aid reached 1.488 billion, dependent children 547.3 million, and the disabled program 75 million.
Good Fellows loaded nine trucks at dawn and delivered 330 grocery bags to Monroe and West Monroe residents. Bags included flour meal lard sugar spaghetti canned corn peas peaches oatmeal and other essentials funded by a $3509.32 donation from members and supporters.
Billie Shonnae known as the flame of New Orleans declares her husband Roscoe Ailes killed Alfred Rosenfield Jr. after the suitor tried to shoot the apartment door lock in Dallas. Attorney Maury Hughes says Rosenfield had become obsessed with Shonnae. The couple and Ailes face murder charges in Justice of the Peace court.
Atty. Gen. McGranery ordered the FBI to assume a federal probe of the New York waterfront, described in testimony as a center for gang violence bribery extortion and shakedowns. He said DOJ has evidence of federal law violations warranting a full-scale investigation.
The New York Times reports President-elect Eisenhower and top advisers prepared a strategic plan to end the war in Korea. It aims to show the Kremlin the U S will not withdraw or agree to forced repatriation while seeking greater South Korean participation and limited UN involvement. Details await State and Defense Department work after Jan two.
In a Christmas Eve address from Vatican City Pope Pius XII urged East and West to seek salvation in Christ not in mechanized society. He spoke of poverty and desolation in a world scarred by war and a looming cold war, saying the scene filled him with sadness unto death.
New York immigration officials deny shore leave to 299 of the Liberte crew of 974 under the McCarran Walker act in the ships first port call since the law took effect. 27 denied tentatively for papers not in order. others ordered to stay aboard for refusing to answer questions. two admitted past Communist membership and criminal record.
On the Western Front I Company, heroes of Bunker Hill and The Hook, face Christmas amid shellfire. A 4 foot tree stands in a torn mess tent as men recall home, a fallen buddy, and the quiet task of keeping faith this night.
In Metz France a French military court jailed two German physicians Otto Bickenbach and Eugene Von Haagen for life with hard labor for SS era experiments at the Struthof camp. Bickenbach alleged poisoning prisoners to study gas protection while Von Haagen tested typhus vaccines on inmates. The pair led the Vosges camp experimental station. prosecutors sought the death penalty.
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