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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1954

Page

9

Man Accused In Murder Plot To Undergo Quizzing

Ray mond James a 32 year old Pensacola millhand was arrested on a charge of conspiring to murder K H Ger lach the Lake Wales calendar manufacturer. He was brought to Bartow for questioning in the Lake Wales murder for profit plot in which Willard Durden Orlando building contractor and Emmett Donnelly Lake Wales lawyer are named. Durden and Donnelly were arrested on a second conspiracy charge and Donnelly killed himself after bond. Durden confessed to three conspiracies and stood to profit from deaths, but he later claimed no knowledge of a plot with James. Durden remained in jail on 15000 bond.

Bartow Fla Lake Wales Raymond James Pensacola K. H. Gerlach Pat Gordon James Gerlach Willard Durden Orlando Emmett Donnelly Donnelly Durden Byrd Roach Louise Hawley Gordon

Redhaired English Showgirl Breaks From Texas Benefactor

Naomi Wolfons a 20 year old of England says her Texas sponsor Fred Harrison 38 of Houston sped out of her life after publicity over their meeting in Quebec Montreal and Toronto. She says she may not see him again and that Harrison left after a quarrel over publicity. Naomi met Harrison in London last year while she worked as a hotel receptionist and gave tours before he sent tickets and gifts and invited a U S tour.

Montreal Texas Naomi Wolfons Fred Harrison Houston Naomi Harrison Quebec Toronto London United States

Bastrop Troop Heads to Camp Ki Ro Li for Week

Troop Two of Bastrop First Baptist Church will travel Sunday afternoon to Camp Ki Ro Li for a week long outing with hundreds of scouts from the Ouachita valley district. Seventeen scouts join scoutmaster Tom H. Armitage and assistant Ellis White for the trip including Tommy Armitage Eugene Barham John Bentley Jerry Day David Duncan Billy Givens Jerry Holloway Jimmy Life Charles Snyder Buddy Torres Willard Turnage Ted Tisdale Gary Riels Louis Whitworth Charles Whitworth Ray Witherington and Jimmy White. They return home Saturday June 19.

Bastrop Bastrop First Baptist Church Camp Ki- Ro - Li Ouachita Valley Tom H. Armitage Ellis White Tommy Armitage Eugene Barham John Bentley Jerry Day David Duncan Billy Givens Jerry Holloway Jimmy Life Charles Snyder Buddy Torres Willard Turnage Ted Tisdale Gary Riels Louis Whitworth Charles Whitworth Ray Witherington Jimmy White

States May Not Comply With Segregation Ban

Richmond Va June 11 Twelve southern or border states may not comply voluntarily with the Supreme Court ruling against school segregation. Gov Thomas Stanley chaired an emergency closed door meeting with 14 other states. Only West Virginia Maryland and Kentucky said they would conform. Governors of Georgia Mississippi Louisiana and South Carolina reported plans to keep separate white and Negro schools despite the ruling.

Richmond Supreme Court Thomas Stanley Virginia Stanley West Virginia Maryland Kentucky Delaware Kansas Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana North Carolina Mississippi South Carolina Arkansas Oklahoma Tennessee Texas South Caroline Charley FE. Johns

Harold Brady Joins Red Cross Southeast Advisory Group

Harold V. Brady outgoing Ouachita Parish Red Cross chairman becomes a member of the Red Cross Southeast Area Advisory Committee. He is the first northeast Louisiana resident named to the six-member panel covering six states. Brady will serve three years guiding local chapters across the region.

Harold Brady Harold V. Brady Ouachita Parish Amercan Red Cross Robert T. Sheplar Sheplar ABC Leon Marx Red Cross American Red Cross The Northeast Louisiana Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida South Carolina Tennessee Brady

Three year old boy injured after fall from car

McGee, a three year old, fell from an automobile in the 2400 block of Trenton Street in West Monroe, cutting his head, shoulders, and arms on gravel. Attendants at St Francis noted minor injuries. The child reportedly unlocked the car door before the fall.

Ol McGee Clemie McGee West Monroe Trenton Street St. Francis

Misses dress with bolero pattern 9068

Marian Martin pattern 9068 offers a chic scoop neck dress with a waist-flattering bolero for women sizes 12 14 16 18 and 20 40. The size 16 requires four and a quarter yards of 35 inch fabric and the bolero uses one and a half yards. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents per pattern for extra mailing.

Marian Martin News-Star West 18Th St New York N. Y

Bills Introduced and Acted Upon in Senate and House

A compilation of bills in June proposing state policy on navigable waters to judicial district salary boosts and welfare board expansions, plus numerous appropriations and regulatory measures. Several measures passed including parish welfare board increase, judicial salaries, and tax provisions. others were withdrawn or vetoed.

Tooke Deichmann Friedman MacHaver New Orleans Ainsworth Et al Orleans Parish Welfare Board Rayburn Duchein Sparks Boles Haley Senate Cefalu Cefain Hickey and Deville Jones Et al Hawkins Orleans Parish Murray Louisiana Webb Et al Wall Graugnard Secretary of State Ruston Barranger Fontenot Angelle Hernandez Gardner Highway Department Bernard Jewell Cleveland Southwest Louisiana Water Conservation District Jack C. 8. Scott Bossier Parish State Parks Commission Boozman and Cheves Northwestern State College Morgan Clinton Confederate Memorial Clinton J M. Brown Cook Bienville Union Station Welcker Lancaster Gravelet Folkes and Murray and Belisle 1Lth Judicial District Court Lehmann Roberts McCollister Jumonville Lillie McCardell Iberville Parish Blair Casey and LeBreton Cagle

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