Radio birth announced live by St Louis ham couple
Joan Dunning, a ST LOUIS woman and ham radio operator, announced she would deliver her baby during a radio gabfest at Firmin Desloge Hospital with husband George, a Scott Air Force Base instructor. At 8 p.m. they planned a broadcast, quitely went off air, and Joan returned to report Patricia Diane was born fifty nine minutes later.
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ST. Louis
Joan Dunning
Sev
George
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Joan
Mac
Patricia Diane
Youth Escapes Injury When Bike Strikes Truck
A 15 year old Monroe boy Jimmy Smith escaped serious injury after his motorbike collided with a truck at the 1700 block of Louisville Avenue. He was treated and released from St Framents Hospital. Police say he rode west in the inside lane and did not see the truck turning left. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Jimmy Smith
Louisville Avenue
St. Framntis Hospital
Smith
Louisville
Bishop To Face Check Charges In Monroe Return
Two deputies from Ouachita Parish Sheriff Office expected to return J. T. Bishop from Huntsville Texas to Monroe to face charges of issuing worthless checks. Bishop, previously a Monroe resident, had a detainer placed last June and now waives for transfer to answer the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Ray Wright
Bill Bowman
Huntsville
Tex
Monroe
Bailey Grant
J. T. Bishop
Mother of Local Women Dies in Louisiana Visit
Mrs. W. H. Cantor of Monroe died suddenly while visiting her daughter in Longview Texas. Her daughters Mrs. L. J. Haulin and Mrs. J. D. Reeves, also of Monroe, were summoned to Vinton Louisiana this morning. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be held in Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Haulin
J. D. Reeves
Monroe
Vinton
W. H. Cantor
Helicopters Tested for Statewide Forest Inventories
The U S Forest Service experiment station in New Orleans began a two week test to evaluate helicopter use for statewide forest inventories. The study compares helicopters with cars and jeeps to measure efficiency in large scale cruising.
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New Orleans
U. S. Forest Service
Three Injured in Auto Crash in West Monroe
Two Twin Cities men and a youth were injured in two crashes yesterday afternoon in West Monroe. Fred Fudickar Sr., 1114 Riverside. John C. Dollar, 72, 1207 Trenton St.. and Joseph Lynch, 17, 2803 N Eighth St., were identified. Lynch hit Fudickar’s car as he tried to pass during the latter’s driveway turn. Dollar’s car was struck by Moriel A. Hinton of Sterlington. Fudickar suffered chest injuries and a badly cut thumb. Lynch had a cut on one leg. Dollar sustained head and back injuries. Another accident injured H. B. Zengler, Route 2, Four O’R, when a driveshaft bolt from a tractor fractured his left leg.
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Twin Cities
Fred Fudickar, Sr
Riverside
John C. Dollar
Trenton St
West Monroe
Joseph M. Lynch
N. Eighth St
Young Lynch
Fudickar
Dollar
Muriel A. Hinton
Sterlington
Fourth and Pine Sts
Lynch
H. B. Zengler
Route Two
Fourot
Monroe Chief Earns FBI Commendation For Notebook Record
Monroe Chief of Police James C. Kelly Jr. was commended by J Edgar Hoover after attending the FBI National Academy in Washington. Hoover praised his complete and accurate notebook kept during the three month course and ordered it preserved for future classes.
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Monroe
James C. Kelly, Jr
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI National Academy
Chief Kelly
Kelly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Hoover
Pool To Open Here Saturday
The pool will open Saturday morning if work continues at Swayze Natatorium. Commissioner H. W. McSherry says repair material has arrived and workmen are busy. The delay is unavoidable. The facility will operate 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
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Swayze Natatorium
H. W. McSherry
Breard Elected To Georgia Tech Student Council
Armand E. Breard 20, son of Mr and Mrs A V Breard of Monroe, was elected to the Georgia Tech student council for the 1957 38 term as one of eight junior representatives. The council has 35 members and serves about 5400 students. Breard, a Neville High School graduate, studies mechanical engineering and holds posts with Kappa Sigma and the Newman Club. He previously belonged to the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences at Georgia Tech.
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Armand E. Breard
A. V. Breard
Point
Monroe
Georgia Tech
Breard
Neville High School
Kappa Sigma
Newman Club
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
W N Lambert of Bastrop Dies
William Newton Lambert 83 died at his daughter's Bastrop home on Collinston Road He lived in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes most of his life Funeral services set for Loch Arbor Baptist Church near Swartz at 4 p m with Rev J E Hinkie and Rev Robert Corley Interment under Hall Funeral Home direction He survived by two daughters three half siblings and a large extended family of grandchildren and great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Newton Lambert
Dick Smith
Collinston Road
Bastrop
Ouachita
Morehouse
Loch Arbor Baptist Church
Swartz
J. E. Hinkie
Robert Corley
Directton
Hall Funeral Home
Army Develops Hawk Missile to Counter Low Flying Threats
The Army announces a new Hawk missile system to defend against low altitude attacking aircraft. It notes existing missiles miss low-flying planes due to radar interference. Site acquisition begins in New York and Washington–Baltimore areas, with about 40 acres per battery, and underground storage to reduce land needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
New York
Washington-Baltimore
Bastrop Protests Rail Service Curtailment Planned
Bastrop mayor announces a protest at a Public Service Commission hearing in Monroe over Missouri Pacific's plan to cut passenger and freight service to Morehouse to two trains daily. The move would end direct New Orleans service, affecting about 22 workers and freight like mail.
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Bastrop
A. P
Fats) Carter
Missouri Pacific
Public Service Commission
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Morehouse
New Orleans
Carter
Woodrow Wilson
Hubert Sims
Jimmy Dillon
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
10000 Acres of Spring Crops Ruined Near Coushatta
Flood waters from the Red River threaten hundreds of families in Coushatta and nearby communities. Civil Defense Director George Wise reports 10 000 acres of cotton and corn ruined and pastures killed as rivers rise. Legislators seek federal aid to reopen emergency feed programs and the soil bank.
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Coushatta
Red River
Civil Defense
George Wise
Red River Parish
Crichton
East Point
Here
Wise
Louisiana
U. S. Agriculture Department
National Soil Bank
Levee Board
Powhatan
Natchitoches
Bayou Pierre
State Highway Department
Baton Rouge
Natchitoches Parish
Bossier
Franklin
Rapides
Oklahoma
Denison
Texas
May
Local Oriential flu outbreaks feared this summer
U S Public Health Service officials warn scattered local outbreaks of Oriental flu may occur across the United States this summer with no major nationwide epidemic expected until fall or winter. Vaccine development is under test at NIH and may lead to military orders for about 4 million shots to protect 2.8 million servicemen.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Far East
Hong Kong
Covenant Men State Fishfry at Covenant Church
The Covenant Presbyterian Church Men’s Club will hold its annual fish fry on Friday June 14 at the Harold Woods Sr camp on Arkansas road eight miles beyond Hasley cemetery. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. President Fred Petty says the evening promises fellowship with abundant fish and invites all church members attendees and interested parties to attend.
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Covenant Presbyterian Church
Harold Woods, Sr
Arkansas Road
Hasley Cemetery
Fred Petty
Covenant Church
Child Improving After Overdose Of Crystodigen
A three year old girl Brenda Elain Addison took an overdose of crystodigen tablets and was rushed to Charity Hospital. She was reported to be doing satisfactorily after a restful night and was on oxygen under care. Her mother Lillie Addison took her to the hospital around 6 30 p m yesterday after the incident occurred between noon and 2 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Hospital
Brenda Elain Addison
North Seventh Street
Monroe
Lillie Addison
YMCA Executive Secretary Wood Under Observation in Hospital
Charles A. Wood Jr., executive secretary of the local YMCA, was taken to St. Francis Hospital yesterday at 11 a.m. with a stomach upset and is under observation to determine the illness cause.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Charles A. Wood, Jr
St. Francis Hospital
Wood
Quick Decision on Open Skies Test Zone Policy
Washington and NATO allies consider rapid choice on including a European open skies zone in initial disarmament talks with the Soviet Union. Harold Stassen urges a high level NATO experts panel to address the European zone question as Moscow presses for both European and Arctic zones. Stassen meets with Dulles to review a counterproposal and plans to brief Soviet, British, French and Canadian reps.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Russia
Harold Stassen
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Stassen
State Dulles
London
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Carauso Angelo
Tarento
Italy
Cathy Steele
Garmish
Germany
Mary McGregor
Vancouver
B. C
FBI
Armand Breard
W. N. Lambert
Collinston
Little Rock
Black Strand Strand Products CO
Clinton
Chicago
The
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
LeRoy H. Burney
Defense Department
Burney
Boston
Covenant Men
Americas
Catldl i
Scotsman
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard
Central Auto Sales
Studebaker- Packard
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