Early marriage ages and rising jet age spark debate
The piece notes a record low median marriage age for girls at 20.4 and boys at 22.6, contrasting with 1890 figures. It also discusses panty raids on campuses, royal finances under Queen Elizabeth II, and the De Havilland Comet jet’s rapid London to Johannesburg flight signaling the jet age and sparking aviation questions in the United States.
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Dorothy Dix
United States
Quachita Parish
London
Johannesburg
Europe
Asia
Africa
England
South Africa
U. S
Russia
Civil Defense Bill Aims Local Voter Control in Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers consider house bill 759 by Rep. James Beeson to let parishes call elections on civil defense property tax levies up to five mills. The measure seeks a November constitutional amendment and follows unanimous approval by the Louisiana Police Jury Association.
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Louisiana
James Beeson
Jefferson Parish
Louisiana Police Jury Association
Beeson
State
Civil Defense
Douglas L. Manship
Manship
Civil Defense Organization
Parish Training Union Set To Meet Friday Night
Ouachita Parish Training Union Association schedules four group meetings Friday at 7 45 PM across Memorial Park Monroe Fairbanks McClendon and other church sites with leaders Mrs A L New Otto Cash Hugh Balfour and J R Jones in charge. No July meeting due to members attending camps and training points.
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Ouachita Parish Training Union Association
Memorial Park
Monroe
Joe Handley
Calvary, Bosco
Central
Cleft Rock
Faith
New Light
Temple
Fairbanks
A. L. New
College Place
Emmanuel
First Monroe
Parkview
Swartz
Sterlington
Lockarbor
Otto Cash
McClendon
Bethel
Clarks Springs
Cypress
First
Eight Monroe students graduate at Tulane commencement
Eight Monroe students earned Tulane University degrees at the annual commencement. Degrees awarded include Gladden Saunders Walters Jr. with a B S, Mary Elizabeth Eikel, Billie Addylee Harper, Char lene Rebecca Kaplan, Polly Jean Phelps with B A Newcomb College, Clyde Randolph Brown Jr. with a B L, Phanor Leonidas Perot Jr. with a Doctor of Medicine, and Osburn Willis with a Master of Public Health.
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New Orleans
Monroe
Tulane University
Rufus C. Harris
Gladden Saunders Walters, Jr
Mary Elizabeth Eikel
Billie Addylee Harper
Charlene Rebecca Kaplan
Polly Jean Phelps
Newcomb College
Clyde Randolph Brown
Gentle approach to troubled children and pressing needs
The text advocates avoiding direct accusations with jealous or lying behavior. It urges calm, private dialogue to uncover underlying feelings and urges parents to seek help from physicians or clergy. It notes that some children have physical or emotional issues affecting behavior and that approval and understanding aid correction. It ends urging parents to keep a child development record.
Mopsy Book Offers Easy Guide to Value
Dr. Patri explains the value of the book Mopsy in a leaflet on page 23. To obtain a copy readers should send 10 cents in coin with the request to the paper at P. O. Box Station 6 New York 19.
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Patri
P. O. Ee Ae
New York
Nev
Senate Bill Seeks Senate Confirmation Of Interim Appointments
BATON ROUGE A constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. James D. Sparks would require Senate confirmation in writing within 10 days after a governor submits an interim appointment even during recess and would prevent salary payment until confirmed. The measure aims to block gubernatorial circumvention of the Senate on confirmations. The House Judiciary Committee approved it, making final action possible. Governor Kennon had submitted all current appointments for confirmation.
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Baton Rouge
House
Senate
James D. Sparks
Sparks
House Judiciary Committee
Robert Kennon
Vacation planning woes and comic family squabbles
Mr Lemore lampoons family vacation debates as parents clash over bears and geysers and kids plot mischief. He recalls the struggle to pick a spot, notes irresistible ads from Canada, Las Vegas, England, Florida, and New York City, then reveals a modest plan to stay home with $113.20.
Henry Youngman A Broadway Comic Known For Quick Jokes And Gags
New York profiles Henry Youngman, famed as a top night club entertainer with a gift for rapid, improvised humor. He compares to Groucho Marx and Bob Hope, hopes for a national TV show, and reveals his lure of jokes, quick ad libs, and flamboyant Times Square presence.
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New York
Henry Youngman
Broadway
Henney
Groucho Marx
Fed Allen
Bob Hope
Milton Berle
Canada
Youngman
Henry
Times Square
Liberty
America
Miami
Thunderbird
Las Vegas
Mrs Decker to Tour Far East With Husband in 1949 Plan
Jane Eads profiles Mrs. Decker, wife of Dr. Clarence R. Decker, on sabbatical from the University of Kansas City. She will accompany him to the Philippines Formosa Indo China Burma Thailand and Indonesia then return to Washington by year end. She has written The World We Saw and Wives of the Prophet and worked with Planned Parenthood and the League of Women Voters. In war years they hosted Nisei students and supported education. Bechuanaland police arrest 38 natives as Serowe is barricaded to curb violence in the Khama exile case.
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Steelworkers’ Union
Washington
Buckingham Palace
Stoke-on-Trent
Deptford
Arapahoe
Walla Walla
Elizabeth II
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Victoria
Clarence R. Decker
Mutual Security Agency
Far East
Decker
Kansas City
University of Kansas City
Philippines
Formosa
Indo-China
Burma
Thailand
Indonesia
Deckers
Young University
University of Illinois
Europe
Capetown
South Africa
Bechuanaland
Serowe
South African
Seretse Khama
Counry
Taft and Eisenhower Trade Barbs Over Military Power
Taft argues American air power declined under Eisenhower and questions battlefield reliance on soldiers. Eisenhower responds by challenging the notion of fighting wars without infantry and avoids naming Taft directly. The exchange signals a hardening campaign as both vie for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Taft
Eisenhower
Air Force
Jim
Waterproof Has Its Annual Exercises
Nine seniors of Waterproof High School received diplomas at the May 30 commencement in the high school auditorium. The class performed a dramatization of a typical Tensas Parish Police Jury meeting, written by the seniors. Valedictorian Sallie Wimberly and salutatorian Peggy Hayes led the class. Wimberly received the Readers Digest Association award and an engraved certificate plus a year’s subscription.
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Ferriday
Waterproof High School
Tensas Parish
Cora Dubin
Yvonne Ford
Peggy Hayes
Max Peters
Ralph Price
Cecile Smith
Blanche Stewart
Doris Valentine
Wimberly
Sallie Wimberly
Miss Wimberly
S. F. Wimberly
Readers Digest Association
United States
Canada
Air Reservists To Get Flight Training
The Air Force will resume limited flight training for reservists at 22 locations this summer after suspending centers due to aircraft shortages. Maj. Gen. Leon W. Johnson said flying will return for reserve training wings where only ground training exists, starting with conventional aircraft and later jet types.
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Washington
Air Force
Leon W. Johnson
Continental Air Command
Johnson
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Sister
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Jane Eads
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