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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1956
Page
3
Ninety five polio cases were admitted to four state treatment centers in the first five months of the year. F Owen Grace, Louisiana representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, announced the figures, noting two deaths among the patients.
Denture users can eat talk and laugh without fear as FAS powder helps plates stay firmer and more comfortable. The alkaline formula has no gummy taste and does not cause nausea. It also reduces denture odor and is available at ny drug counters.
The four centers Confederate Memorial Medical Center Shreveport Baptist Hospital Alexandria Baton Rouge General Hospital Baton Rouge and Charity Hospital of Louisiana New Orleans logged 69 cases and two deaths in the first five months of 1955. Only hospitalized patients at these centers are counted. Other cases were treated at home or in different hospitals.
George Whitlow director of the new police academy and Patrolman W J Johnson assistant director were promoted to captain and sergeant respectively. Chief M L Peters said the promotions take effect June 1 and both men previously served in patrol and traffic. Whitlow joined April 1 1948 and Johnson began two months later. A 1500 pound Alaskan bear feeds mainly on tiny mice squirrels and marmots.
Twenty of the 38 graduates from Mississippi College will be from northeast Louisiana. Graduation begins at 5 30 p m with 11 a m Sunday baccalaureate. Area educators listed include Mrs Helen Atwood Childress Delhi and others from Rayville West Monroe Monroe Crowville Newellton Lake Providence Wisner Mangham and Epps with master of education degrees and majors in education social studies and English.
A reunion of descendants of Adam and Mary Shows will be held at Old Hebron Baptist Church about 17 miles east of New Hebron Mississippi next Sunday starting at 11 p.m. William Dodd state auditor and former Louisiana lieutenant governor will speak. Descendants have lived in the Mississippi Louisiana area since 1854 and are asked to bring a picnic lunch and spend the day.
Building permits issued Monday include Hiller Heideriffer to build a one story brick veneer home at 2218 Island Drive with two baths six rooms and a carport at a cost of 15000. W L Howard to erect a one story home at 1401 Speed Avenue with two baths seven rooms at a cost of 20000.
Flooding increases as river stages rise over a 24 hour period. Officials monitor changes at key gauges and issue updates for local communities amid rising water levels.
An advertisement promotes Sys-Tone as a stomach gas remedy claiming fast gas expulsion and iron for pale blood plus vitamin B-1 for nerves. It urges consulting a doctor if heart-related symptoms arise and lists Virginia Pharmacy and Monroe drugstores as sellers.
Jesse D McDonald a 24 year old LSU law school senior has been added to the staff of U S Congressman Otto E Passman. He resides in Monroe and is noted for high scholastic standing including associate editor of the Louisiana Law Review and the W Frank Gladney award for best law comment.
McDonald of Bernice, educated in Bernice elementary and Jefferson Military College in Washington Mississippi, served three years in the U S Coast Guard and earned a bachelor of science degree at L A He married Carol Emerson of Monroe and is nephew to W F Grafton of Monroe. He has been active in fraternal and church affairs.
Maj. Gen. Henry Clay Hodges Jr. of Stamford Connecticut the lone surviving member of the class of 1881 celebrates his 75th anniversary at the U S Military Academy West Point during a three day visit Hodges 96 is the oldest graduate and insists the milestone is an anniversary not a reunion He began with a three day visit including a morning quarter mile walk to breakfast as part of the observance Also noted British freight cars with 56 wheels can carry 150 tons
Washington report from the Internal Revenue Service notes cigaret sales rebounding from a 1952 53 slump as cigaret use rises while cigar and pipe smoking decline. Snuff remains steady. Americans spend about 6 million daily on tobacco tax stamps and cigarets make up 96 percent of 1.5 billion in tobacco tax collections. Filter tipped cigarets doubled in 1950s production to 21 percent.
Advertises WATE-ON as a calorie rich supplement to combat underweight caused by poor appetite or eating habits. Claims easy digestion and blood building vitamins with body strengthening elements. Advises medical guidance if weight loss is due to disease and offers money back. Available at druggists nationwide.
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