City to asphalt four Monroe streets and journal named
Commissioner Wayne Stuckaby submitted a resolution announcing the city will improve Monroe streets Lexington Wilma Beauregard and South 7th by asphalt surfacing. The council unanimously named the Monroe News Star World as the official journal for 1954 55. Rice is cooked if a kernel feels soft when pressed between thumb and forefinger.
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Wayne Stuckaby
Monroe
Lexington
Wilma
Beauregard
South 7Th Street
Monroe News- Star World
Monroe Man Receives Presidential Unit Citation for WWII Action
R A Ganey of Route 1 Monroe learned he is eligible for a presidential unit citation for his unit's actions in Normandy on June 6 1944. Corporal in Battery B 411th anti aircraft artillery battalion the citation notes rapid defense of the Normandy peninsula and uninterrupted transport links under enemy air attack without revetments. The citation issued by the late Lt Gen Patton was kept secret and unsigned.
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Monroe
R. A. Ganey
Route 1
Ganey
Patton
Normandy
Third Army
Presbyterians To Have Annual Picnic Wednesday
Families at First Presbyterian Church plan a church family picnic at Forsythe Park on Wednesday June 9 at 6 00 p m. Each family brings a picnic basket and cold drinks are provided. The event marks the close of Vacation Church School.
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First Presbyterian Church
Forsythe Park
A5S TEETH Way Announces Improved Powder
FASTEERTH powder sprinkles on upper and lower plates to hold them firmer and more comfortable. It is alkaline and non acid with no gummy taste and helps reduce denture odor. Available at drug counters as A5S TEETH.
Major Griffith to Speak to Air Reserve on World Affairs
Major Dudley Griffith of Monroe will address the 9798th air reserve squadron at its weekly meeting at 621 Louisville Avenue Wednesday at 7 p m. His talk, based on material from a New Orleans conference, covers World Affairs and National Resources and will be followed by a brief intermission to view television fights and a film The First Flight of the B57 A. Plans for the squadron party on June 19 at Forsythe Park American Legion Home are to be discussed. Promotions announced include G W Wright Jr, Paul Bauer, James Kennedy, John Ferguson, David Colvin, John Garner, and James Stokes.
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Dudley Griffith
Monroe
American Legion
Forsythe Park
Henry A. Coenen
James Gurnedy
John E. Ferguson
David P. Colvin
John D. Garner
Ruston
George W. Wright, Jr
Paul Bauer
James M. Stokes
California and national races feature cross filings and clashes
Amid California contests Roosevelt's bid and the Democratic struggle draw attention as cross filing allows dual tickets. H R Gross and several incumbents run unopposed, while Sen Kuchel battles Rep Yorty over charges of smearing and campaign expenses. In South Carolina Byrnes era race looms with segregation stances by Timmerman and Bates as four Democratic congressmen and Sen Maybank face no opposition.
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E. Martin
Rep
H. R. Gross
California
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Robert L. Condon
John F. Baldwin
Democratic Committee
Condon
Thomas H. Kuchel
Samuel Yorty
Kuchel
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Yorty
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Timmerman and
Bates
Burnet R. Maybank
Name Marked Toys Guard Against Lost Playthings
Advice for parents on labeling children’s toys with the child’s name and sealing it with two coats of thinned shellac to reduce misplacement. The tip emphasizes durable identification to help recover items.
Kiwanis Club Ferriday To Receive Charter This Week
The Kiwanis Club of Ferriday will receive its charter at a banquet Thursday June 17 at 7 30 p m in the Ferriday Grammar School cafeteria. Attendance includes division six members and Natchez club representatives with Kiwanis district officers and former international officers present. Louie E Throgmorton will speak. he is a civic leader and president of public relations for Republic National Life in Dallas.
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Kiwanis Club
Ferridays
Ferriday Grammar School
Natchez Club
Kiwanis
Louie E. Throgmorton
Throgmorton
Shreveport
Dallas
Republic National Life Insurance Company of
Negro Arrested In Burglary Of Jewelry Store
Monroe detectives arrested 25 year old Johnny McCoy of 819 Adams on burglary and theft charges after responding to a Smelter’s Jewelry Store break in at 715 DeSiard. The suspect was found near 10th Street and Adams with four watches a diamond ring a gold bracelet and costume jewelry. The burglary was reported at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
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Monroe
Johnny McCoy
Adams
City Hall
Smeltzer
DeSiard
McCoy
10Th Street
Purse-snatching reported on DeSiard Street
Police search for a heavyset unidentified Negro man who grabbed a purse containing 71 dollars and a 50 dollar watch from Cora Mae Tolston after she exited Central Savings Bank on DeSiard Street. Witness described suspect as about 40, short, with gray hat and yellow shirt.
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DeSiard Street
Cora Mae Tolston
Jackson
Central Savings Bank
DeSiard
Clifford may testify as hearings proceed
McCarthy may still oppose calling Clifford but the subcommittee reaffirmed it will call any witness requested by a principal in the case. A target date for ending the hearings was discussed but not set with possibilities of Friday or Saturday or early next week.
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Clifford
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Mundt
Special Subcommittee
Ray H. Jenkins
Army Subcommittee
Army
Joseph N. Welch
McCarthy Scrambles Over Symington Clash and Clifford Name
The telephone talk between Army Secretary Stevens and Sen. Symington raised Clifford as a possible adviser in the Army McCarthy dispute. McCarthy pressed Symington to testify under oath and renewed demands, while hints of closing the hearings circulated as Cohn remained under cross examination and Clifford’s role lingered.
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Army
Robert T. Stevens
W. Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Subcommittee
Symington
Stevens
Clifford
McCarthy
Senate
Missouri
Truman
Roy M. Cohn
Ellender Plans Campaign Stop in Lafayette Saturday
Senator Ellender, ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, will campaign in Lafayette with a Saturday stop of the Rural Electrification Association tour and then travel to Louisiana. He says he must stay nearby until appropriations and farm legislation are finished and notes his role in securing 1.712 million dollars in the interior appropriations bill for Southwestern Power Administration contracts.
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Ing
The
Rural Electrification Association
Lafayette
Louisiana
Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior
Senate
Southwestern Power Administration
Ellender Says He Will Campaign and Back Louisiana Projects
Ellender recalled that the senate agriculture committee stands 8 to 7 for rigid price supports and declares I am that eighth vote. He adds he must stay for a reconciled civil functions bill and will campaign to support Louisiana projects.
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Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Louisiana
Poll Workers Urged to Report for June 15 Instructions
Ouachita parish registrar of voters Mrs Mae Lucky asked all commissioners and deputy clerks chosen for the June 15 polls to report to her office this week. The meeting at the parish court house second floor will cover use of precinct registration books for parishwide use. At least two from each precinct should attend.
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Mae Lucky
Ouachita Parish
Helicopter Ferry Run Crash Near Vicksburg Shocks Region
Warren County Sheriff Owen Ring said a helicopter on a routine ferry flight from Monroe crashed near a small community east of Vicksburg, nearly in a farmyard. Jackson airport manager Bob Neblett noted two helicopters were due at 5 20 p m on the routine run, and this is the first accident since 1950. Mason at the local airport said seven pilots were grounded for a week in January due to bad weather.
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Jackson
Warren County
Owen Ring
Vicksburg
Bob Neblett
Monroe
Neblett
Mason
Tiny Tot Contest Deadline Set For Wednesday
The Miss Monroe Tiny Tot division deadline is Wednesday. Co chairs Mrs Ussery and Mrs Tolson announced the Friday contest at Neville High School auditorium along with the Miss Monroe pageant to pick Monroe's representative to Miss Louisiana at Lake Providence. Parents with children up to six are urged to enter for experience and fun. Contact Mrs Ussery at 3 1864 or Mrs Tolson at 3 1721.
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Ussery
Tolson
City Council Accepts Four Street Bids From Forcum James
Bids were received from Forcum James Company for four city street projects Frances Place Spencer Kentwood and Scholars with amounts ranging from 1064 to 5804 dollars and 40 cents The council also awarded Forcum James a contract to asphalt nine additional streets where bids had previously been received Other actions included accepting bids for fire department equipment and a Monroe fire pump truck bid from Gainesville Texas along with radio and hose bids from local suppliers
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Forcum - James Company
Frances Place
Sholars
Sholars Addition
Spencer
Kentwood
Dickins
Lexington
Scholars
Forcum James Co
Fire Department
Gainesville
Tex
Monroe
Griffith Electric Co
E. R. Kiper Harware Co
Eureka Fire Hose Co
Bilateral Fire Hose Co
Fabric
Wedding Day Hope Fueled by Hearing Aid
A bride describes newfound confidence after correcting her hearing loss with Sonotone in Monroe. She recalls withdrawing before and now walking down the aisle, grateful to Mr. Ping for his help and urging others to seek aid.
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Mr. Ping
Sonotone
Monroe
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