Morrison Wins Third Term in New Orleans Mayor Race
Mayor deLesseps Morrison easily captured a third term with 94,194 votes among 12 precincts reported. Thomas M. Bradney Jr. trailed with 49,449 votes while Hubert led the district attorney field, and several Morrison allies won their races.
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New Orleans
deLesseps Morrison
Louisiana
Camalata Hut
Raturne
Atulurs
Morrison
Thomas M. Bradney Jr
The
Commission Council
Llewellyn Scanlon
Georgia Montgomery Jr
Francis J. Demarest
Edward Boesch
Nat Gros
Clyde F. Bel
Charles E. Deichmann
Bradney
Francis Williams
Otis Guichet Sr
Frank Dane
A. Roswell Thompson
Anthony Joseph Sciambra
Joseph Pellerin
Local automobile dealer Jack Entrican dies in sleep
Jack N. Entrican 30 a well known Ouachita parish automobile dealer died suddenly in his sleep at his mother 402 Park avenue West Monroe Funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Rev J R Weber and Rev W D Milton to officiate interment in Memorial Park Cemetery Entrican a lifelong Ouachita resident a parish grammer and high school graduate served in the national guard in 1941 later joining a tank battalion saw action in North Africa Italy and France and was wounded in France Continued on second page.
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Jack N. Entrican
Twin Cities
Ruby Werner
Park Avenue
West Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
J. R. Weber
W. D. Milton
Memorial Park Cemetery
Hixson
England
France
Two West Monroe Brothers Freed On Bond After Fracas
Cason Mitchell and Wheeler Mitchell Jr were released on 500 and 300 bonds after a Tuesday night confrontation with West Monroe police. They face counts of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace, with one also charged with driving while intoxicated.
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West Monroe
Cason Mitchell
Arkansas Road
Wheeler Mitchell, Jr
Tulane Drive
Sheriff Warns of Worthless Check Passers in Area
Ouachita Parish Sheriff Bailey Grant warned local businesses about counterfeit checks circulating since two weeks before Christmas through January 15. Most $20 checks are used at grocery and drug stores, paid for with the check and cash returned. Names like John W Moore Paul W Moore and Fred W Moore appear on some checks. A suspect, about 40, 5 ft 9 in, 175 pounds with light hair, is described. Notify Ouachita Parish Sheriff Department with information.
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Bailey Grant
Sheriff Department
John W. Moore
Paul W. Moore
Fred W. Moore
Ouachita Parish
Temperature Drops Fast In Monroe
The C A A forecasts a near freezing nighttime drop for Monroe after a mild Tuesday. Readings showed 65 at midnight Tuesday, 53 at 6 am Wednesday, and 42 by 8:30 am, with a rise to 44 at 11 am and a likely continued climb before a late day drop.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
Hit and Run Suspect Held on Three Charges
A 21 year old Brown Paper Mill employee Sammie T Foster of 203 Austin Avenue West Monroe was arrested after a hit and run in Monroe at about 10 20 p m Tuesday Police traced a radiator water trail from the old traffic bridge to Foster s home where the damaged car was found He faced reckless driving hit and run and property damage charges before being booked at Monroe police station Also George Sumler reported his 100 block Oak Street Monroe car was struck by a vehicle matching Foster s description and left the scene
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Austin Avenue
West Monroe
Sammie T. Foster
Monroe
Foster
Jerry Cowart
James Martin
Sam Antley
St. Francis Hospital
George T. Sumler
North 24Th Street
Oak Street
Sumler
Churchill Denies Resignation Rumor in Commons
In the House of Commons Laborite Eric Fletcher pressed Prime Minister Churchill, who, in his 80s, tuned his hearing aid and denied rumors of resigning within six months, saying the idea is a delusion.
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London
Churchill
FTC to Probe Coffee Price Rise Nationwide
President Eisenhower announced the Federal Trade Commission will launch a full scale investigation into rising coffee prices. He said a preliminary inquiry begun January 13 has produced enough to justify a full probe into possible law violations and whether domestic coffee trading is being restricted to certain types.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Federal Trade Commission
The
Trade Commission
FTC
Bricker Plan Faces Senate Move As Eisenhower Holds Advantage
President Eisenhower appears to be gaining the upper hand in the Bricker plan clash over treaty making powers. The Senate weighs three options including compromising the core amendment, substituting a majority approved clause, or Bricker’s rejection leading to the amendment's likely defeat and retention of current constitutional provisions.
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Eisenhower
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
White House
Senate
United States
Negro Shoeshine Boy Instrumental In Killer's Arrest
A 15 year old, Richard Wisdorf of Sherburn Minnesota, killed his mother father and grandmother over wrestling game denial and confessed. Floyd Kirby a 17 year old Negro shoeshine boy linked the getaway jacket and alerted police, leading to Wisdorf's arrest while watching a movie. The motive linked to jealousy of his sister Antoinette a college freshman, and police guarded his sister in St Paul as the case continued.
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St, Joseph
Richard Wisdorf
Inea
Sherburn
Minn
Floyd Kirby
Wisdorf
Wisnorf
Antoinette
College of St. Catherine
St. Paul, Minn
Commercial Solvents Plans New Chemical Plant At Sterlington
Commercial Solvents Corporation will build large scale facilities at Sterlington Louisiana to produce nitro-paraffins a new family of petrochemicals. The project includes expanding the Peoria Illinois operation with a five million dollar expansion financed from current funds. Full scale production is set for late 1955.
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Commercial Solvents
Sterlington
Commercial Solvents Corporation
J. Albert Woods
Woods
Peoria
Ill
Chemical Manufacturing, Ag
Dulles Urges Berlin to Bypass Red China Conference
Secretary of State Dulles urged the Berlin Conference to skip Russia’s proposal for a five power meeting with Peiping and to focus immediately on German unification and European security. He said a four power talks should not decide that matter and noted Molotov’s resolution for a five power meeting in May or June had been rejected by the United States.
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Dulles
Belin
V. M. Molotov
Red China
Capitol
Bricker
Berlin
Russia
China
Peiping
United Nations
Molotov
United States
Polio Auction Nets 2084 For March Of Dimes
The polio auction at KNOE-TV studios last night raised about 2084 for the 1954 March of Dimes drive. Jerry Sugar, MOD chairman, said all merchandise sold with gift certificates left undecided. A large crowd attended at 10 p.m. many bidders came from outside the Twin Cities. Items included a dog, airplane ride, pie splashing, rabbits and more.
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Knoe-Tv
Kfaz-Tv
Jerry Sugar
Twin Cities
S. E. Holloway
MOD
Cies
Monroe Housing Authority Reports 1380 In Low-Rent Residents
Ira Cagle announces last year’s tenant re-examination for Monroe two white and two colored projects totaling 351 units. Income limits range from 170 to 235 dollars monthly with rents about one fifth of income and 100 dollars per child deduction. Six families had increases in income making them ineligible.
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Ira Cagle
Housing Authority of
City of
Monroe
Mr. Cagle
Housing Authority
Cagle
Police arrest killer of young girl Marta Gibbons
Levitttown scene as 22 year old George Capps, a Korean War veteran, confesses to murdering 15 year old Marta Gibbons after luring her from her home and raping her in his car at Curtis Lake. He is held without bail for a February 9 hearing.
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Levittown
Marta Gibbons
Adrian McCarr
George Capps
McCarr
Capps
Marta
Curtis Lake
Mabel
Trenton
N.J
Fairless Works
U.S. Liver Corp
News Star World Classified Ad Offer
An advertisement promotes selling unused items in a classified section to raise tax money. It touts a four day run for 2.64 dollars and features a practically new Harley Davidson motorcycle example. Call for low seven day rates with cancellation options.
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News-Star — World
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Austria
Robert L. Condon
Calif
Nevada
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Condon
John Bricker
Wm. Knowland
Eugene Millikin
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
W. Sterling Cole
United Press Telephoto
Jack Entrican
Jack N
Entrican
Amusements
Thom O
Federal Trade Agency
Coffee
Negro Shoeshine Boy
Killer
Purdue Research Foundation
Charles A. Lindbergh
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Astor Hotel
Daniel Guggenheim
Harley Davidson
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