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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
7
A one story six room home at 1306 Medlock Street owned by Rev. Guy Futch and family burned Thursday night. Firemen said a faulty heater started the blaze which consumed the interior but spared the roof. All occupants escaped unharmed as engines 105 and 102 fought the fire from 9:27 to 11:25 p.m.
Reporter Jacques Chassagne testified he photographed an operation at Ain Abid where rebels were found among victims 48 hours after the massacre. He said he acted as a journalist and denied posing or bribery, while authorities cleared out nomad camps and lodgings.
C ommus A Boyde 73 died in a Monroe hospital after a short illness. Services were held at Spring Hill Baptist Church with Rev. L Swanner and Rev. Clyde Parker. Interment Spring Hill Cemetery by Southern Funeral Home. Survivors: six daughters, two sons, eleven grandchildren, one great grandchild.
Monroe and West Monroe city halls and most public buildings will close Monday for New Year’s Day. Most stores will also be closed. Police and fire stations will remain open in both cities.
The piece notes Walter L. Hopkins letters from London in January 1945 about Churchill at Yalta and a quip that whisky could aid typhus and lice. It highlights Harry Dexter White’s 1944 memo on cabinet debates, Morgenthau Hull Stimson, and a Quebec meeting clue about German postwar policy.
Lt Gen Randolph McCall Pate, 57, sworn in as the 21st commandant of the Marine Corps in a Pentagon ceremony. He succeeds Gen Lemuel Shepherd Jr., who retires after four years as commandant. Shepherd will chair the Inter-American Defense Board. Pate led the First Marine Division in Korea and served on the World War II invasion staffs for Guadalcanal Palau Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Miss Mangum a 9 000 a year assistant secretary treasurer of the Commonwealth Building and Loans Assn. is accused of embezzling about 100 000 from the firm over the past year with possible additions totaling up to 800 000 over five years. Police court hearing followed her release on 25 000 bond. The firm may need two months to assess losses as auditors probe the case.
A fire destroyed the Kinman house in Choudrant within about an hour. Firemen from Ruston rushed to control the blaze to keep it from spreading to nearby homes, a filling station, and a cotton gin. Nearby residences suffered scorch damage. The home, one of Choudrant’s oldest, contained antiques that were lost. No loss total was yet estimated. insurance was about 1000 dollars. The occupants, two families, found shelter with neighbors while a final plan was arranged.
Boss considers how to release the report amid criticism that it includes irrelevant passages. Morrison defends Banister as making progress and says the police department is stronger, more capable, efficient, and honest than in its history.
W H Billy Lindsay was installed as worshipful master of Eros Lodge 295 F. and A. M. with Warren A. Downs officiating. Other officers named include Keith Yeager senior warden Billy Busbire junior warden John H. Sharp treasurer T H Kilpatrick secretary W A Downs chaplain Dalton Yeager senior deacon B L Stuckey junior deacon Richard Salter master of ceremonies Co G Phillips marshal Harvey A Spiller senior steward Marshal Phillips junior steward R A Hayden tyler.
A 20 year marriage is tested when the wife reveals an affair before the wedding. The adviser says the husband's punitive stance is unchristian and harmful, urges seeking spiritual guidance, and urges forgiveness based on the wife’s long‑term growth and partnership.
The National Safety Council projects 1955 traffic deaths at 38500, highest in 14 years, based on 34769 to 35785 deaths in early months and late-year adjustments. The figure surpasses 36000 previous total and tops Korean War casualties. A holiday surge led states to tighten enforcement.
Preliminary estimates indicate about 3 200 cubic centimeters or doses administered to 2 200 000 children and expectant mothers in 36 areas from July 31 through November 39. Voluntary program begins July 31 in addition to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis free program. NFIP has used over 13 percent of its vaccine to immunize about seven million children. About a quarter of unused vaccine is held by New York and California as both states prepare mass campaigns.
The safety council warns 420 fatalities will occur over the three day New Year weekend, with 21 percent more injuries over Christmas. The worst toll was 407 in 1952-53. Arizona Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin author the National Guard to assist. Texas, after logging 53 Christmas deaths, orders highway patrol to arrest every moving violation through January.
Oregon Congresswoman Edith Green describes a "brooding tension" in Mississippi after visiting Jackson with a House committee. She notes poverty in both Mississippi and Puerto Rico but finds a lack of cheerfulness and hope among Black residents. She cites incidents of denied justice and hostile attitudes toward democracy and civil rights.
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