Eisenhower proposes standby controls on consumer credit
President Eisenhower asks Congress to restore standby controls on consumer credit while noting the economy is expanding at a slower pace. He cites a looming 400 billion dollar economy and urges debt reduction before tax cuts, detailing farm relief, home repair loan expansion, and regional industrial aid in his annual economic report.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Tragedy Strikes Ruston Trailer Home Family
In Lincoln parish near Ruston a man 42 and his wife 24 were found dead in their trailer. Officials said both were shot with a snub nose revolver and the deaths appeared to be murder and self infliction. An inquest opened as investigators sought who fired the weapon. The victims were Robert Ballance and Christine Goss Ballance. The couple had two children and had recently returned from Washington where Ballance worked.
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Yvonne Herron
Ruston
Here
Robert Ballance
Christine Goss Ballance
B. C. Goss
Wesley Chapel Road
Washington
Ballance
Lincoln Parish
Clyde Frasier
Baton Rouge
Phillip Ballance
Vicious Gunman Hunted May Be Mad Dog Killer
Police sheriff deputies and the FBI hunted a violent gunman suspected of killing a motorist in New Mexico and possibly another missing motorist. Roadblocks were set after a traffic stop ended in a wreck and a man was held at gunpoint for a clothes change. The suspect was feared to be Indiana jail escapee Leslie Irvin, linked to a string of prior killings.
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Las Vegas
New
Sheriff's Deputies
FBI
New Mexico
Indiana
Adant
Cloudy Weather Forecast for Twin City Tuesday
Forecast predicts cloudy skies with occasional light drizzle and southeast winds around 10 mph. Morning temperature near 34 degrees, midday 32 degrees, Tuesday night lows expected 32 to 36 degrees.
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Twin City
Tim
Where To Find It Amusements Classified
Classified mid editorial adio TV ciety sports sewer 10 11 prevent forest fires keep Louisiana green.
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Amusements
Adio TV Ciety ‘Sports
Louisiana
Kidnapping arrests and local stabbing report
Ouachita parish officials report the arrest of Joseph M. Pankin and Betty Sue Pankin for kidnaping a three year old found with them. Bond set at 2500 each. they were to be returned to Oak Grove. Also two men named Holland arrested for separate cafe incidents with injuries.
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Ouachita Parish
Milhaven Road
Bailey Grant
Lessie B. Holland
Odell Lewis
Layton Avenue
Lewis
Jobbie Holland, Jr
Benjamin Street
Roosevelt Whitty
Calypso Street
Whitty
Chatham Man Receives Two Year Federal Prison Term
Robert O. May, 41, of Chatham, was sentenced by U. S. District Judge Ben Dawkins Jr. to two years in federal prison for violating probation on bootlegging counts, with one year on two counts to run consecutively and a suspended year on the third. Brazzell of Lincoln Parish received suspended terms totaling three years and five years probation. The cases followed May’s prior one year served after his 1954 guilty plea. a civil damage trial against unions and show interests proceeded.
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Robert O. May
Chatham
Federal
U. S
Ben Dawkins, Jr
May
T. Fitzhugh Wilson
Marvin J. L. Brazzell
Lincoln Parish
Dawkins
Brazzell
Union Compress and Warehouse Company
Northeast Louisiana Livestock Show Inc
City School Board Opens Bids Today
The Monroe City school board will open bids at 4 30 p m Tuesday for a new junior high school to be built on Pecan Street on the south side of Monroe. The meeting occurs in the board offices in the old Central Grammar School building.
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Pecan Street
Monroe
Monroe City School Board
Central Grammar School
Dulles Outlines Talks on Atomic Test Limits
Secretary of State Dulles disclosed two years of talks with Britain on a formula to limit atomic and hydrogen bomb tests. He said no Soviet discussions have occurred and a workable proposal faces many technical hurdles, though the search continues ahead of Eisenhower Eden meetings.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Soviet Union
Eden
Naugatuck to Build Five Million Plastics Plant
U S Rubber Company division announces a five million dollar plastics plant on a 150 acre tract north of Baton Rouge. The facility aims to double plastic material production and boosts regional industrial development with waterfront sites and port improvements imminent. Work begins immediately with completion targeted soon.
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Baton Rouge
Ap)naugatuck Chemical Division
U. S. Rubber Co
Greater
U. S
Russell Long
J. Scott Brown
Naugatuck
Scotts Bluff
John E. Caskey
U. S. Rubber
Naugatuck Division
Sig Masur Firm Buys Penney Building in Monroe
Sig Masur and Sons Inc owner of The Palace department store purchased the J C Penney Company building on DeSiard Street for 120000 from widow Bernice Sugar Pollak of Kings County New York. Occupancy is authorized March 1 following board authorization.
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Sig Masur and Sons, Inc
Palace Department
J. C. Penney Company
DeSiard Street
Ouachita Parish
Bernice Sugar Pollak
Kings County
New York
St. John Street
Ouachita Bank
Monroe Building and Loan Association
Jack S. Masur
Kefauver Pushes Thorough Review of Defense Establishment
Sen. Kefauver calls for a full Senate probe into the Defense Department after Gen. Ridgway alleges civilian officials influence military decisions for political reasons. President Eisenhower era officials defend nonpolitical governance while Ridgway warns of dangers to the country.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Saturday Evening Post
Army Chief of Staff
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs
Senate Armed Services Committee
Formosa
Defense Establishment
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Mundt
Defense
Big Water Tanks Planned for West Monroe
West Monroe will construct a one million gallon elevated storage tank 125 feet high and two one million gallon underground tanks welded steel with no foundation. Bids open February 27 at a city council meeting. The project supports annexed areas after a bond issue approval. Specifications available after January 27 from Fromherz Engineers in New Orleans.
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West Monroe
Office of
Fromherz Engineers
Howard Avenue
New Orleans
Ouachita Parish Official Tabulation Reveals Mayoral and Police Jury Results
The Ouachita Parish Democratic executive committee released the complete official vote tabulation from last Tuesday’s primary. Top race winners include W Gilbert Faulk for representative, Dr James T French as coroner, and multiple Ward police jury selections with runoffs set for February 1.
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Ouachita Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
Burt Sperry
Thomas Hayes
W. Gilbert Faulk
Shady Wall
Lawrence Gibbs
Lea Thompson
James T. French
Dewey L. Anderson
Fletcher Studdard
A. T. Ward, Jr
Lucian Sawyer
W. J. Vinson
Wisconsin girl dies after Biloxi scalding incident
Police charged Keesler Air Force Base airman John Patrick O'Brien with manslaughter over the January 5 hot bath incident that scalded Santa Sande of Merton Wisconsin. Sande, a University of Houston student, died in San Antonio. O'Brien bond set at 2500 dollars.
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Biloxi
Miss
Keesler Air Force Base
Wisconsin
Herbert McDonnell
John Patrick O’brien
Hartland
Wis
McDonnell
San Antonio
Santa Sande
Merton
O'Brien
O’brien
Keesler Afb
San Antonio Army Hospital
Sande
University of Houston
B n a i B r i t h Se t s L A State Meeting Date
Meyer Glazer of Monroe announced plans to hold the Bnai Brith state meeting on March 3 in the city. The Executive Committee of District Grand Lodge No 7 met in New Orleans to approve arrangements and discussed Hillel programs at Tulane Newcomb Memorial College and LSU. Glazer will lead leadership training across Louisiana lodges including Alexandria No 240 Baton Rouge No 323 and Donaldsonville.
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Meyer Glazer
Monroe
B'nai B'rith Association
America
B'nai B’rith
B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 7
New Orleans
Glazer
B’nai B'rith Hillel
Tulane University
Newcomb Memorial College
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Donaldson
Dulles Urges Non Debate On Two Foreign Policy Topics
Secretary of State Dulles said he discussed with Democratic leaders the idea of keeping one or two foreign policy issues out of campaign debate. He declined to specify topics but warned that questioning American resolve could shake confidence abroad and raise war risk.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Pooling Attacks On Integration Discussed By Southern Governors
Five Southern governors met in Richmond to consider pooling attacks on integration in public schools. Virginia host Thomas B. Stanley could not confirm any plan but said interposition would be discussed. Georgia's Marvin Griffin urged a strong interposition resolution to oppose the Supreme Court ruling.
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Richmond
Virginia
Thomas
B. Stanley
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Supreme Court
No Decision In Gas Rate Hearing By Court
Louisiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments from Monroe and West Monroe and United Gas Co. over a gas rate dispute. Judges gave 10 days for written briefs with no indication of a ruling date. The appeal centers on whether the Public Service Commission can set natural gas costs in Twin Cities and surrounding northeast Louisiana.
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State Supreme Court
Monroe
West Monroe
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Twin Cities
United Gas Co
John E. Coon
Public Service Commission
Gas Company
Coon
The
Service Commission
Louisiana
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