Taxes In La. Still Among US Highest
Baton Rouge report from the Public Affairs Research Council notes Louisiana remains among the top tax states with a large share earmarked for special purposes. Per capita state taxes rank second to Washington at 101.98 dollars, total state tax collections reach 287 million for 1952-53, and the state levies five percent income tax, the highest rate in the nation.
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Baton Rouge
Public Affairs Research Council
Louisiana
PAR
Washington
Fruit Juices Shipped From Tokyo to Hanoi for French Forces
Harold V. Brady announced that 1000 cases of assorted fruit juices were shipped from Tokyo to Hanoi for wounded French soldiers in Indochina. The move followed a French request relayed by the French Red Cross during ARC talks in Oslo. Henry L. Janeway oversaw procurement through American sources in the Orient.
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Harold V. Brady
Ouachita Parish
American Red Cross
Indo- China
Tokyo
Hanoi
French
Red Cross
James T. Nicholson
ARC
League of Red Cross Societies
Oslo
Norway
Washington
Henry L. Janeway
ARC Far Eastern
Orient
Spanish War Auxiliary Cancelled Meeting This Week
The Wood Leigh Thompson Unit of the Spanish War Auxiliary will not meet Thursday. Mrs. C. A. Hunt said no fixed date for the next gathering has been announced.
Miss Monroe Contest Draws 7 Entrants
Seven contestants entered the Miss Monroe pageant to precede the Miss Louisiana event at Lake Providence next month. H M Rhodes says all contestants have been contacted and will participate. Judges are Mrs Helen Shamis R L Ropp and Lewis Slater.
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Helen Shamis
Bastrop
R. L. Ropp
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Lewis Slater
Northeast Louisiana State College
Miss Louisiana
Siamese twins Mouton girls recover after separation
Ochsner Foundation surgeons report Catherine Anne Mouton’s Sept. 17 separation surgery succeeded as the first of its kind. The Lafayette, Louisiana pair are in excellent health and already trying to talk, with Carolyn Anne to be operated on around 18 months.
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New Orleans
Famed
Ochsner Foundation
Mouton
Ashton Mouton
Lafayette
Catherine Anne
Carolyn Anne
French Planes Bomb and Strafe Two Red Buses
French planes bombed and strafed two buses used by Communist rebels as raid jump-off points for attacks on Hanoi. Infantry and tanks followed up near Hanoi seven miles east, as part of a drive to clear Communist hideouts within 20 miles. Additional raids targeted rebel bases around Ban Yen Nhan and along the Hanoi Haiphong corridor. Fighting also occurred north of Hanoi near Phuc Yen as Union militiamen repelled several Rebel assaults.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
High Command
Ban Yen Nhan
Phuc Yen
Danh Trhu
Bill to Force Unitization of Oil Fields debated in Senate
Louisiana Senate debates a bill giving the conservation commissioner authority to initiate unitization of oil fields and requires action at interested holders request. Opponents warn small owners could be harmed while proponents say production would improve. A compromise hearing scheduled after lengthy session in Baton Rouge.
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ED Price
News-Star
Baton Rouge
Senate
Louisiana
Charles Duchein
Senate Conservation Committee
Commissioner of Conservation Authority
John E. Hussey
C. J. Ellis
Rayville
W. M. Shaw
Homer
Eisenhower Shifts News Conference to Thursday
President Eisenhower changes the news conference from Wednesday to Thursday this week due to a National Security Council meeting on Wednesday. The White House announced the scheduling adjustment on Tuesday.
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Eisenhower
National Security Council
White House
New Outdoor Toll Booth Demonstrates Free Long Distance Call
Frederick Md tele phone company opens an outdoor toll booth at a busy junction for motorists to try long distance calls. Walter Lanius offers a free call to drivers including Mrs Walter K Myers who accepts to test the service.
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Frederick ,Md
the Telephone Company
U.S
Walter Lanius
Lanius
Walter K. Myers
Washington
Mercersburg
David
Actress Seeks U.S. Work Permit After Cannes Photo
English actress Simone Silva asked for a U.S. work permit and visa extension in Hollywood after arriving on a four month visitor's visa and signing a seven year film contract following the Cannes half nude photograph with Robert Mitchum.
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Hollywood
Simone Silva
Robert Mitchum
U.S
Miss Silva
Gas Relief Systone Ad Targets Stomachs in Monroe
An old Virginia Pharmacy ad promotes SYSTONE a herbal remedy described to reduce bloating and gas after meals. It claims to work with food before meals and to enrich blood energy and nerves, improving strength for weak, gas-filled individuals.
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Systone
Monroe
Virginia Pharmacy
Adv
Englishman 78 to begin college at Sacramento junior college
Walter Corlett, 78, will graduate Friday from the Sacramento Adult Evening High School. An attorney, he has worked as a barber, mortician and real estate man. Born on the Isle of Man, he came to the United States in 1906 and will now pursue a junior college program to earn a high school diploma and continue studies.
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Sacramento
Calif
Walter Corlett
Isle of Man
England
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Miami
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Tom Swift, JR
Bobbsey Twins
Chip Hilton
Nancy Drew
Tom Corbett
Tom Quest
Judy Bolton
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