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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1952
Page
3
Readable fragments mention several personal names and surnames plus places with uncertain context. The text lists individuals such as Mrs and Mr and includes fragments that resemble surnames and location hints, but the overall event or purpose remains unreadable.
State Auditor Allison Kolb criticizes the St. Martin Parish police jury for an $11.25 Christmas ad bought with public funds and questions other expenditures including donations to civic groups. He urges adherence to laws limiting public money use and cites Ouachita Parish spending as misapplied toward city employees rather than volunteer fire protection.
The report highlights a Monroe resident nicknamed Mr Average aged 29.4 living in the Twin Cities area. He earns 1936 dollars annually and has completed 8.7 years of schooling, placing him above the state average for Louisiana as a whole.
A 20 year old Baton Rouge mother, Annie Louise Roberts, was freed of charges that she abandoned her nine month old son in Houston. She agreed to custody transfer to her mother Mrs. J W Puckett of Baton Rouge. The case arose after the child was left with a Houston friend who handed him to a man named Thornton on Christmas Day.
Garland Shell was installed as president of the Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce at a Monday luncheon in the Virginia Hotel Cameo Room. Haynes Harkey led the ceremony and installed two new vice presidents and fifteen directors, with outgoing president Jim Roberts receiving a Past-president pin.
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