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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
13
Theresa Jacob 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl B Jacob, drowned in City Park pool in five feet of water today. Companions said she could not swim. Police reported the tragedy occurred in Baton Rouge on June 11.
Hollywood notes Suzan Ball, famed for courage after losing her right leg to infection, returns to cinema in Chief Crazy Horse with Victor Mature. Her husband Dick Long stood by her bedside as she walks with a new plastic limb and plans new roles, while colleagues praise her resilience.
A 17 year old girl Betty Jean Washington drowned while swimming with two friends on an inner tube in a pond near Brookhaven Mississippi. Firemen helped recover the body after witnesses saw the tube slip away and other swimmers saved two girls. The report notes big league teams are active as well as local scrub teams.
Afternoon schedule lists CST times for programs including The Morning Show Jack Paar Show I'll Buy That Sign-on Guesswork at 1:05 Postors' Study 1:15 and 81. Francis Xavier Academy 1:45 Just for Fun Pantry Party with note on station changes.
Channel lineup lists programs from 2:20 PM to 11:35 PM including On Your Account Shoppers Guide Kawkina Falls Frontier Playhouse Captain Video P M Panorama Eddie Fisher Show Photo Quiz Jaycee Roundtable Topper Racket Squad Life of Riley Fights Madison Square Garden Let's Go Fishing News TV Weatherman Sports Whirl Do You Know Why Late Date and a final News Weather and Sports sign off.
Thomas G. Karsell III of the Greenville Delta Democrat Times won a Nieman fellowship for a year of study at Harvard starting next September. He is 34, editor and former Army officer who served as chief of news and features for the 8th Army in Korea from 1950 to 1952.
Local drugstore Aron’s Pharmacy operates at N 3rd Street Louisville with phone contact 3-2242 serving prescriptions and over‑the‑counter items in the neighborhood.
The Nieman fellowships honor the late Lucius W. Nieman founder of The Milwaukee Journal and aim to promote and elevate journalism standards in the United States. The 17th annual group is supported by a bequest from Nieman's widow, Agnes Wahl Nieman.
A Lowry Air Force Base spokesman says President Eisenhower will vacation in Denver this summer, as he has the last two years, confirming the expected presidential visit to the area.
A compact TV and radio listing shows 4:15 Six Gun Saga, 5:30 Laure and Hardy, 5:45 Cartoon Capers, 7:00 Craig Kennedy, 7:30 Who's The Boss, 8:09 Pocus, 8:30 Ozzie Bowens, with news at 9:15 7:00 10:00 10:15 and 10:30 on various channels. Program blocks include Jim's Friends and Nile Cap Cinema.
Channel 3 guide lists daytime and prime time programs from 8:00 morning until 10:50 night including Ding Dong School One Man's Family Three Steps to Heavy Morning Movie Bride and Groom Hawking Falls Betty White Show Shopping The Town Music Room Look Photo Quis News Weather Mid-Day Devotional RFD Televisit Kate Smith Show Kitchen Magic On Your Account Pinky Lee Howdy-Doody Circle 3 Ranch Scoops News Sports Weather Gordon's Guest House Do You Know Why News Sports Evening Meditations Nighthawk Movie Army M'Card H'ngs and Nighthawk Movie times vary on channel 3.
Lanier Thompson, Neville High School teacher, faces a serious operation in Baptist Hospital Memphis. His family travels to the Tennessee city for treatment as he remains in impaired health after completing class work. Thompson recently was elected vice president of the Monroe Civitan Club.
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