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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1954
Page
11
A Baton Rouge businessman was injured when his small plane crashed north of the city. State police said the extent of Carruth's injuries was not determined and the hospital reported he was being treated with unspecified injuries.
Hollywood portrait of Jack Alvin Moore known as Alvy Moore born Vincennes Indiana. From geology student to Marine, he pursued theater then iron work before Harriet Parsons spotted him at a Pasadena Playhouse. He landed a role directed by Dick Powell alongside Debbie Reynolds and is poised for more parts, proving a determined rise to fame.
NEW YORK Memorial Day solved a protocol problem at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where high ranking guests including President Eisenhower Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia Prime Minister Adnan Menderes of Turkey Maj General Fermin Gutierrez de Sota and Rear Admiral Anibal Olivieri were present. The hotel decided the United States flag would fly alone due to limited flagpoles.
A dense TV schedule listing stations KNOE TV and WSLI TV Jackson Mississippi with channel numbers and daily program times. Sign ons, news, sports, talk shows, cartoons, movies, and weather are timed from 5:45 to 5:40 PM with numerous programs including Captain Video, Amos N Andy, The Bob Hope Show, Howdy Doody, Jane Smith Show, and Danny Thomas among others. Some items appear garbled but reflect schedule blocks and show titles across channels.
Cpl. Claude Batchelor 22 of Kermit Texas signed a non-Communist affidavit at Fort Sam Houston post prison clearing the way to collect about 4000 dollars in back pay. Civilian counsel Joel Westbrook said part of the money would fund his defense and the rest would help bring his Japanese wife Kyoto to the United States from Tokyo where she remains with family. Batchelor is imprisoned while the news item continues.
Army examines the case of a prisoner of war suspected of collaborating with the enemy. Investigation focuses on possible court martial proceedings and legal actions arising from the alleged misconduct. The outcome awaits military authorities and may set a precedent for POW collaboration cases.
SAN ANTONIO June 1 UP Three youths were sentenced to a total 26 years in prison for kidnapping airman Larry W. Whiford and taking him toward Louisiana. Judge Ben H. Rice Jr. imposed concurrent terms to cut the total roughly in half, with Mansfield getting seven and five years, Hoyner two and two, Waustin five and five. The kidnapping occurred December 28 as Whiford returned to Randolph AFB, with authorities later apprehending the trio near Lake Charles, La.
An aerial operation near Perth dropped 50,000 poisoned brisket led baits to control wild dogs across a 1000 mile agricultural sweep. The experiment used aircraft to spread the toxic meat over large farming districts.
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