Grasshopper Plague Threatens Colorado Wheat Crop
Colorado faces its worst grasshopper invasion in a decade with a 110 million dollar bumper wheat crop imperiled. Nearly nine million acres across 16 eastern counties are infested, with spillover into Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma Wyoming and Montana. Swisher warns seven hoppers per square yard could trash wheat. action by federal and landowners is urged to prevent mid June loss.
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Denver
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Montana
King Remains In Mental Hospital Ward
Jackson Mississippi. Officials at a state mental hospital say they cannot yet determine when examinations of Clennon King will be finished. King, a former professor at a black college, has been held since trying to enroll at the all white University of Mississippi. A panel of 17 psychiatrists is conducting the evaluation as Leroy Wilkins of the NAACP protests the seizure and confinement.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Clennon King
King
Whitfield
Miss
University of Mississipi
W. L. Jaquith
J. J. Head
Yale University
Death notice for James R. Phillips 59 Monroe
Funeral arrangements are announced for James R. Phillips known as Phil of Monroe who died after a short illness. Services will be held at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel at 2 30 p m with Reverends T A Brown and W M Allen officiating. Burial will follow at Little Creek Cemetery with pallbearers Bill Hines Bob Dupree Jack Crosby Larry Stephens S B Wright Jim Carter and Jack Thornton.
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James R
Phil) Phillips
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
T. A. Brown
W. M. Allen
Little Creek Cemetery
Bill Hines
Bob Dupree
Jack Crosby
Larry Stephens
S. B Wright
Jim Carter
Jack Thornton
Mrs Mildred Brady Dies After Brief Illness in Ruston
Mrs Mildred Clair Brady 52 of Ruston died in a local hospital after a brief illness. She was a Emanuel Baptist Church member and Eastern Star. Funeral services were held at Emanuel Baptist Church with burial in Beulah Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, two sons, two sisters, one brother, and one grandchild.
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Ruston
Mildred Clair Brady
Emanuel Baptist Church
The
Eastern Star
New Orleans
A. H. Johnson
Beulah
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Wv. R. Brady
Melvin
Dubach
Jean
Rusten
Mary Babylon
Katy Cain
Fred Lestlee
Police search continues for drowned New Orleans officer
In Lake Pontchartrain a squall is believed to have drowned Patrolman Roy J. Nonenmacher, 31, a father of five. His abandoned skiff was found at the south shore lighthouse with the patrolman missing and his infl ated life jacket and gear aboard. Police think he re entered the boat after the squall and fell overboard.
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New Orleans
UPI
Lake Pontchartrain
South Shore
Roy J. Nonenmacher
Old South Shore
Funeral services for Vernie Mae Keene in Crossett Ark
Vernie Mae Keene 43 died Sunday night by self-administered poison. Funeral held at Temple Baptist Church Crossett with Rev J W Buckner officiating. Burial Pinewood Memorial Park Jones Funeral Home in charge. Survived by son Charles Keene 18. brother Clifton Berry Fountain Hill. sisters Mrs Dalton Ware Fountain Hill and Mrs Jon Haney Warren.
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Crossett
Ark
Vernie Mae Keene
Temple Baptist Church
J. W. Buckner
Pinewood Memorial Park
Jones Funeral Home
Ashley County
Charles Keene
Clifton Berry
Fountain Hill
Dalton Ware
Jon Haney
Warren
Federal docket overloaded says judge in New Orleans
Federal Judge Herbert W Christenberry told the New Orleans Federal Bar Association chapter that the district handles more cases than any other in the nation and that the court is getting more than it can do. He warned the public is the loser in the overloaded docket.
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New Orleans
UPI
Herbert W. Christenberry
Federal Bar Association
Former Gov Charles Edison Owns Sag Harbor Coil Factory
Former New Jersey governor Charles Edison owns a factory in Sag Harbor Long Island that manufactures electrical coils. The plant adds to Edison’s business holdings in the region.
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Gov
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Sag Harbor
Long Island
Bernice Alderman Van Salley Featured As Nationy Renowned Grocer Leader
In the Louisiana Municipal Review Bernice alderman and business leader Van Salley is praised as a veteran public servant and one of the Souths foremost wholesale grocery executives. He is president of the United States Wholesale Grocers Association and recently began a fourth term as alderman amid wide civic activity. The piece highlights his business, civic, and charitable work. The Madison Parish Welfare Department relocates to 20 Walnut Street to gain more office space after moving from the courthouse.
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Bernice
van Salley
Louisiana Municipal Review
Salley
South
United States Wholesale Grocers Association
Tallulah Pageant Sets World Themed Carnival June 14
Tallulah special reports the third annual Water Carnival and Pageant at the Country Club pool with 120 participants aged five to high school. Following the event, a supper is planned by Mr and Mrs Jimmy Green. Also noted is local school board race activity in Madison Parish and Catahoula Parish, with candidate lists and election dates in July and August 1958.
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Tallulah
Tallulah Country Club
Country Club
Robert Cagnolatti
Jimmy Green
Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
Baton Rouge
G. R. Richardson
Manifest
Moses Poole
Aimwell
H. D. Gray
Larto
West White Jr
Island Bayou
Concordia Parish School Board Candidates Named
Ten persons qualified for the Concordia Parish School Board election to be held Saturday, August 23, with six seats open. Ward 3 has one seat for Byron Covell and Boyle Spell. Ward 5 has two seats for Mrs. C. E. Schiele Fred Falkenheiner Mrs. Jean Brewer and T. D. Dock Taunton. Ward 7 has two seats for David Lane Crews Mrs. J. H. Pankey and Mrs. Melba W. Turner. Ward 11 has one seat for W. D. Wactor.
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W. D. Wactor
Rayville Church adopts resolution opposing racial integration
Rayville Methodist Church officials led by Thomas S. Gunby announce a resolution opposing racial integration. The measure states Christianity gains strength through a strong United States and declares the church utterly opposed to integration now or in the future across the church, the Louisiana Conference, and the Southern Jurisdiction.
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Rayville
Thomas S. Gunby
Stark Tu lan e warning sets tone for Georgia grads
In Athens 1100 graduates hear Tu lan e University president Dr Rufus L Harris warn that failure to control nuclear weapons could erase Western civilization The veteran educator questions the current generation s apathy and lack of conviction while praising past youth as giant killers facing a much larger giant today
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Athens
UPI
Tulane University
University of Georgia
Rufus L. Harris
The
Southern University
Harris
Venezuelan student arrested with gun belt in Tulsa stringer case
Oklahoma highway patrolman Gilbert Duggan stopped a speeding driver in Marietta. Martin J. Gutierros, 21, of Caracas Venezuela and a University of Tulsa student, was found armed with a loaded .38 pistol a 30-30 rifle and a filled gun belt. Gutierros said he was playing cowboy.
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Marietta
Okla
Gilbert Duggan
Martin J. Gutierros
Caracas
Venezuela
University of Tulsa
Gutierros
April Retail Sales Rise 5 Percent from March
The Commerce Department reported April total U.S. retail sales reached 16.3 billion dollars, up 5 percent from March and 1 percent below the pre recession level of April 1957. Retail food sales fell 1 percent from March but rose 7 percent year over year.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
U.S
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Paul W. Swisher
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No. Second Street
Fincher
Linden
Texas
Shreveport
Leroy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James R. Phillips
Mrs
Mildred Brady
Vernie Keene
E. B. Towne
Delta
Madison Parish
Alvis Foster
Harvey N. Pippin
J. G. Wyly Jr
Homer Pratt King
Frank F. McKay
Democratic Party
Ferriday
Ferriday Kiwanis Club
Loving Cops
Dickie Williams
Monterey
Johnnie Ruth Beasley
Dickie
John Williams
New Era
Johnnie Ruth
J. W. Beasley
Cadillac
Unusu Dillac
van Trow
Oldsmobile
Cadillac, Inc
Louisville
Georgia
Stark
SEARS
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