Louisiana Poor States Face Higher Federal Help Says 1955 Study
Washington report notes Louisiana, listed among 29 poor states, receives about four times more federal health education and welfare funds than its own tax revenues provide. 1952 figures show shortfall of roughly 45 thousand dollars if relying on federal taxes alone. Secretary Hobby cites inter-state tax reliance to meet program needs.
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Washington
Louisiana
Uncle Sam
House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
Oveta Culp Hobby
United States
Lost Boy Held But Not Long
A three year old boy was held at Braintree police station for two hours yesterday. He pulled drawers from cabinets scattering police files and disrupted the teletype and telephone switch system. Lt. Francis Maguire ordered patrols to search for his parents and placed the child in a police cruiser.
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Braintree
Mass
Francis Maguire
Cooking Is Fun FAMILY DINNER Skillet Hamburgers and More
A home menu features Skillet Hamburgers with New Potatoes Creamed Cauliflower Salad Bread and Butter and Summer Fruit Cup with beverages. Also includes Rangetop Supper Veal Chops Mashed Potatoes Carrots Green Beans Vinalgrette and Por ch Tea assortments with Peggy's Sponge Cake and Frosted Cookies.
Escapee Nabbed In Angola Corn Field
Ward en Maurice Sigler said guards found prisoner Eugene Durrance 36 of Bartow Florida hiding in a corn field on penitentiary grounds after missing three days. He vanished Monday from the 18 000 acre Angola penitentiary and was captured near the Mississippi River. Durrance is serving a six year sentence for theft and forgery in Ouachita and Claiborne parishes.
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Angola
Maurice Sigler
Eugene Durrance
Bartow
Fla
Mississippi River
Durrance
Ouachita
Claiborne
Interior panel approves Indian competency bill
A House Interior subcommittee approved a bill to let Indians apply to the Interior Department for certificates of competency freeing them from federal supervision and laws applying to Indians. The report notes the average person is as good as his word if he doesn’t talk too much.
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Washington
House
Interior
Interior Department
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