Many Attend Summer School at Ouachita Parish High
A large summer school enrollment totals over 200 students at Ouachita Parish High School led by director Mrs. Sara Hollingsworth. Students come from Monroe West Monroe and Rayville Bastrop Mangham Calhoun Downsville Tallulah Winnsboro Linville.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Sara Hollingsworth
Monroe
West Monroe
Rayville
Bastrop
Mangham
Calhoun
Downsville
Tallulah
Winnsboro
Linville
Bayou D Arbonne District Heads Toward New Governance
A five man board of commissioners appointed by the governor would oversee the Bayou D Arbonne district. Commissioners must reside in Lincoln or Union parishes and gain power to expropriate property levy taxes issue bonds conserve water and regulate public works including bridges water supply and sewerage discharge within the district.
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Lincoln
Union Parishes
Court Issues (Continued From First Page)
The court recounts firing a man for ties to individuals labeled as communists and for contacts with Nature Friends of America. Cole resisted, then sought to reopen the hearing record, which was denied. The Supreme Court held military courts may try civilians who accompany troops abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Friends of America
Cole
Hobby
Supreme Court
Soft drink sales rise in United States in 1955
In 1955 the United States sold 1 24 925 000 cases of soft drinks, reflecting strong consumer demand and widespread availability across markets. The figure highlights the growing popularity of carbonated beverages during the mid 1950s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
4-H Members Of W. Carroll To Go To Summer Camp
Fifty two Junior 4-H Club members from West Carroll will attend summer camp June 25 29 at Camp Grant Walker near Pollac. The list includes Forest Club Charlotte Standifer Marian Davis Billy Allbrooks Jackie Williams Carolyn Crowe Jimmy Robinson Aubrey Rawls Linda Crowe Cheryl Edmondson Matie Roe Miller Charles Standifer Marshal Peacock Lyndia Sullivan Oak Grove club Sandra Hatten Sandra Bennett Judith Ann Isgitt Linda Fox Donna Jones Billy Turner Sharron Skinner Cecil Moore Rachel Millikian Adrena Lingenfelter Kilbourne club Pat Costello Wayne Guess Shirley Roberts Linda Lightsey Shirley Cauthen Marine Prine Bobby Kovac Geraldine Williams James V Albritton Carolyn Schrock Johnny Ray Purvis Gwen Flowers Goodwill club Jo Ann Bennett Geraldine Aaron Robert Adams Michel Vining Jack Watson Robert Watson Sharron Van Meter Francine Flower Frankie Strokes Fiske club Hilton West Judy Pace Carolyn Smith Glenda Sanders Connie Kovac Billy Earl Grubbs Dianne West Pioneer club Harry B Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
West Carroll
Grant Walker
Pollac
Forest Club
Charlotte Standifer
Marian Davis
Billy Allbrooks
Jackie Williams
Carolyn Crowe
Jimmy Robinson
Aubrey Rawls
Linda Crowe
Cheryl Edmondson
Matie Roe Miller
Charles Standifer
Marshal Peacock
Lyndia Sullivan
Oak Grove Club
Sandra Hatten
Sandra Bennett
Judith Ann Isgit
Michel Vining
Jack Watson
Robert Watson
Sharron van Meter
Francine Flower
Frankie Strokes
Fiske Club
Hilton West
Judy Pace
Carolyn Smith
Glenda Sanders
Connie Kovac
Billy Earl Grubbs
Dianne West
Pioneer Club
Harry B. Roberts
Eisenhower’s status after operation discussed by aides
Aides set up a temporary HQ near the President's hospital room as Adams met with Eisenhower after talks in a lounge with Hagerty and Andrew Goodpaster. Hagerty said it would be accurate to say Eisenhower has resumed his job, though antibiotics continue and he remains intravenously fed. He noted the President did feel pain during walking but with less discomfort than yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Hagerty
Andrew Goodpaster
Eisenhower
Argentina Cracks Down After Pueblo Uprising in 1951
Loyalist forces under Vice President Adm. Isaac Rojas crushed uprisings centered in La Plata and Rosario, while jet fighters and bombers hit rebel strongholds in La Plata and Santa Rosa. President Pedro Aramburu vowed energetic measures against participants. two retired generals, Rat Tanco and Juan Jose Valle, were named masterminds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adm
Isaac Rojas
Buenos Aires
Rosario
la Plata
Santa Rosa
Pedro Aramburu
Rat Tanco
Juan Jose Valle
Peron
Argentina's Military Court Acts After Rebels Suppressed
Argentina's supreme military court met in emergency session to determine rebel prisoners fate. Two rebel army officers and 22 civilians were shot on the spot as the revolt was crushed. later seven more officers and seven noncommissioned officers were executed. Ringleader Col Oscar Lorenzo Cogorno and retired Col Alberto Cortines among those named. Observers expect the firing squad to deter further plots against Aramburu's regime. Communists denounced the weekend rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peron
Argentina
Supreme Military Court
Oscar Lorenzo Cogorno
7Th Infantry Regiment
la Plata
Alberto Eduardo Cortines
Ricardo Ibaseta
Aramburu
Peronistas
Gas Gathering Tax Hike Aims At 2 Cents With Exemptions
Louisiana faces a 40 cent liquor tax boost under LMA provisions while gas gathering keeps a 1 cent per 1000 cubic feet tax and adds 2 cents. Gov. Long backs the amendment to be fair to New Orleans. Exemptions cover industries using gas directly in mining processing refining or manufacturing. Revenue from the raise would fund a teacher salary raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LMA
Robert Angelle
Long
New Orleans
Allen
Gravelet
Lebreton
Percy
Jasper Smith
Louisiana
Mans and Faherty last of ten Brink’s robbers captured in Roxbury crackdown
In Roxbury tenement hideouts Richardson Faherty and two other men were the final fugitives taken in the Brink’s robbery case. Cameron’s body was found slumped in his car with two facial bullet wounds. Police tie Cameron to a staked-out Faherty hideout and say he sought payment for aiding the gang, while Callahan, a close associate of Baltimore arrestee Jordan Perry, was arrested as he returned home. Perry’s case spurred a Boston raid recovering about 90 thousand dollars in loot from behind a wall panel. Cameron had been questioned previously. his widow Pauline recalled a late night phone call about meeting someone.
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Roxbury
Richardson
Faherty
Cameron
Boston
FBI
Callahan
Jordan Perry
Baltimore
Perry
Brink
Pauline
Marines Train At Pendleton As Doyle Completes Course
Pvt. Lawrence J. Doyle of Monroe Louisiana finished four weeks of individual combat training at Camp Pendleton Marine Base. The program covered infantry tactics first aid demolitions field fortifications and advanced weapons training. Capt. Harry A Pribble of Monroe Louisiana earned Navy Wings of Gold May 18 at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and is assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Lawrence J. Doyle
Route 2
Box 53A
Monroe
Marine Corps Base
Corpus Christi, Tex
Harry A. Pribble
Robert R. Pribble
Filhiol Ave
Clarada Cocking
St. Petersburg
Fla
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Tex
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N.C
Military personnel news from bases worldwide
Marine Pfc. Richard B. Jones reports for duty at Guantanamo Bay Cuba from Camp Lejeune. Arthur E. Day Navy torpedo man first class will visit San Francisco June 8 during a First Fleet training phase. Lee D. Lynch and Tillman Brown of Louisiana served with the 9th Infantry division in Germany and southern France respectively, noting Brown’s Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Ronald G. Renfrow promoted at Bremerton Marine Security Force. Ray W. Maxey assigned to USS Prestige returning to Long Beach June 20 after six months in the Far East aboard a nonmagnetic wooden-hulled minesweeper.
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Richard B. Jones
Clarence B. Jones
Route 2
Box 86
Winnsboro
Marine Barracks
Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Camp Lejeune
N. C
San Francisco
Calif
Arthur E. Day
USN
Oza Bruce
Route 4
Box
Rayville
U. S
Germany
Tillman Brown
Monroe
9Th Infantry Division
U. S. Seventh Army
Tillman
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Long Beach
FHTNC
Ray W. Maxey
J. E. Maxey
Sterlington
Prestige
Far East
Navy
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Hong Kong
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Woman Found Dead After Alley Dispute
Police say a visitor complained of car trouble and sought a tow, leading to a confrontation with a woman identified as Cameron. After a heated exchange the woman left in work clothes and slippers, shouting she would push him. Cameron's body was found about two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
City declines Brown Bear offer from Alaska resident
City officials announced Monday they turned down an offer of a brown bear cub from E. W. Caughron of Spenard Alaska. The zoo already has two male bears and does not need an additional one. Caughron offered to donate the bear if the city would cover shipping costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Caughron
Spenard
Alaska
Senate Lines Up Split Over Aid Bill Cuts
Senate Foreign Relations Committee members clashed with the House over reform of the Eisenhower aid request. Chairman George favored restoring about half a billion and began closed hearings while H. Alexander Smith urged bipartisan backing for the President’s foreign policy. The House had tentatively approved a 3.8 billion dollar aid program for next year with a heavy emphasis on non Europe and loans over grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Congress
Europe
U.S
Yugoslavia
Law sets terms for aid program for next fiscal year
The bill establishes the authorization and general terms for the aid program for the coming fiscal year. Actual funding must be approved in a separate appropriations measure later.
Four Romanians Charged in Bern Espionage Ring
Indictments name Dumitru Ochiu 27 Beldeanu 10 crimes including espionage and murder plot tied to the Legation in Bern. Co-defendants Ion Chirila 24 and Stan Codrescu 27 face eight charges each. authorities allege theft of chancellery papers and threats against staff and officials. Conviction for murder could carry life, though the ruling says life sentence unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Dumitru Ochiu
Legation
Emeric Stoffel
Beldeanu
Aurel Setu
Ion Chirila
Stan Codrescu
Ochiu
FASTEETH AID FOR COMFORTABLE DENTURES
FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline powder, makes false teeth hold more firmly. Sprinkle a little on dentures to eat and talk with less gagging taste or odor. No gummy or pasty feel. Available at drug counters.
Lawmakers mull sulphur tax cut and pari mutuel rate
RDC leaders push a $3 sulfur tax down to $1.40 per ton to match Texas. Rep. Lucien T. Vivien Jr. backed the same cut in committee but was defeated by administration forces. An amendment to halve the 4 percent pari mutuel tax hike also faced defeat. Long signals a 3 percent compromise on the race track bill while Fair Grounds threatens to close if more than 2 percent is approved.
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RDC
Lucien T. Vivien Jr
RDO
Louisiana
Texas
Vivien
Long
Fair Grounds
McKenzie Lauded For Forward Look And Courage
The speaker praises C. E. McKenzie as a figure always looking ahead with courage and enthusiasm. He notes in a solemn hour the sympathy extended to the devoted widow and family in their sorrow.
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Bayou D’arbonne
W. Carroll
la Pampa
Birmingham
Rolls-Royce
Hohenfels
Lee D. Lynch
Anna
Carrie E. Lynch
Route 1
Delhi
9Th Division
Lynch
39Th Regiment
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Bremerton, Wash
Ronald G. Renfrow
Roddie A. Renfrow
Carolyn Diel
Marine Security Force
Catalpa ST
Texas & South
Lee Ave
Brown Bear
U. S. House
C. E. McKenzie
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
oeenVaerr
Ev Electric
Ali
Calvert C. Frantom
Perry C. Daniel
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