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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
3
Martin says Angola state lands of 22 000 acres sit in West Feliciana parish which receives no tax. convicts used to clear grounds for a safe, clean camp for Baton Rouge Girl Scouts, funding the effort through labor for similar purposes.
A Tuesday price push after a Monday notice sparked a citywide cut at Gimbel’s Macy’s and others. Shoppers swarmed aisles amid 40 percent markdowns on items like vacuums and toasters while stores used bold signs and even charcoal markers on price tags.
Rep. Otto E Passman announced in Washington that the corps of engineers will supply culvert pipes and floodgates to close four openings in the Bawcomville ring levee. The plan uses emergency funds under Section 6 of the 1928 act to avoid yearly local closings, with work to start soon in cooperation with the Texas Basin Levee Board.
Betty, a 10-year high school beauty queen, learns her cancer has spread and may limit her future. Tom from Norfolk VA returns on leave to be with her. They hope for a home wedding but face medical constraints and travel needs.
Louisiana industry reported defense related construction certified for rapid tax amortization totaling 70.519 million dollars. New Orleans 2.034 million, Shreveport 2.725 million, Baton Rouge 19.146 million, remaining state 46.614 million. The 1950 act allows five year depreciation to spur private production with minimal government intervention and quick mobilization.
A. F. L. unionists prepare for possible economic action after June 15 if no settlement is reached. Westinghouse offers nine cents an hour pending OPS and wage stabilization board approval, else no raise. Plants involved span Pittsburgh Philadelphia Sharon and additional sites in Ohio New Jersey West Virginia and Massachusetts.
Washington reports the RFC reduced the tin sale price to American producers from 1.42 to 1.39 dollars per pound. The move tightens metal pricing after the June 1 decision.
A remark notes that Sinkiang province, though part of China, is farther from the sea than any other country, highlighting its inland position and vast landlocked status.
A high level U S mission to resolve Iran and Britain differences over nationalizing Iran oil including the Anglo Iranian Oil Company is dispatched. Premier Mossadegh plans to meet after Grady delivery while Tehran contends with court and expulsion orders affecting British journalists.
Joe DiMaggio held the major league mark with 56 straight games and also set a Pacific Coast League record by hitting safely in 61 consecutive contests in 1933. The article notes the moon’s density is far less than Earth’s.
Baton Rouge June 1 Charles S Simon a Louisiana State University physicist will join atomic research at Oak Ridge Tennessee for three months He received a three month appointment on the University of Tennessee atomic energy commission research program Simon is to report to Oak Ridge June 6.
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