Kennon’s 392 Million Budget Under Scrutiny by Subcommittees
Five Senate subcommittees will dissect Gov. Robert Kennon’s 392 million general appropriation bill. Finance Chairman Charlies Tooke proposes three member panels with subpoena powers to audit payrolls and expenses, aiming to trim surpluses and fund capital improvements without bonds.
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Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
Senate
Charlies Tooke
Finance Committee
House
Louisiana
Guy Lockrider
Lafayette
Tooke
Eisenhower and the Elbe retreat debated in wartime memoirs
In a wartime brief, the author discusses Eisenhower's decision to withdraw about 100 miles from the Elbe and questions whether a protest or different action could have altered the war’s course. The piece contrasts British military culture with American views and mentions Winant and others connected to the retreat.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Elbe
Ike
United States
Winston Churchill
Elbe River
Germany
Berlin
Prague
Danube
John G. Winant
Roosevelt
London
European Advisory Commission
Winant
Lincoln
Joe Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Europe
Truman
West
Marshal Montgomery
Baltic
Denmark
Two Day Farm Meeting Opens in Virginia
Supervisors and clerks of the Farmers Home Administration from northeast Louisiana met in Virginia at the Virginia hotel for a two day sectional conference. The session covers policy consolidation, planning analysis and year end reporting, with emphasis on annual farm and home planning records and application reviews.
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Farmers Home Administration
Louisiana
Virginia
Fritz Spencer
City Council Accepts Bid For Fire Substation No 3
The Monroe City council approved a 53 600 bid from J G Haynes for construction of Fire Substation No 3 at Hudson and North Ninth streets replacing the current Louisville avenue site. The meeting included Mayor John E Coon and city officials with plans for substations and a new central headquarters to follow.
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Monroe
Citizens Committee
J. G. Haynes
Hudson and
North Ninth Streets
John E. Coon
Henry Bernstein, Jr
P. A. Pong
H. L. Rosenhein
Louisville Avenue
North Sixth Street
Smith and Padgett
L. Milton King
Council
Four Monroe Firms Report Worthless-Check Scam
Monroe police investigated a scheme where a Negro youth passed over $1,000 in worthless checks to four local firms including Central Savings Bank and Ouachita National Bank branches. Detectives traced deposits and counterfeit deposits, with charges tied to a teen described as 14 years old.
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Louisville Avenue
The
Central Savings Bank
West Monroe
Ouachita National Bank
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Charles Womack
John L. Weston Oil and Tool Company
Womack
Weston Company
John L. Weston
J. W. Mitchell
Mitchell
Robert Newton
Morgan Lindsey
C. D. Lee
Guardsmen Lead Local 100 Percent Blood Drive
The Ouachita Parish Red Cross and Junior Chamber report Company I National Guard achieved 100 percent participation in the Bloodmobile drive. Theodore Terzia cites 45 total donors, ages 18 to 60, with the campaign running at Red Cross HQ on South Grand Street from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the final day.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
The
Red Cross
Theodore Terzia
Company I
National Guard
Terzia
South Grand Street
Senate Panel Rejects LSU Library Funding Bill
A Senate Education Committee in Baton Rouge rejected a bill to divert LSU football stadium funds to a proposed new library. Sen. Charles Edna of Shreveport argued LSU should fund educational needs first, while LSU President Gen. Troy Middleton urged that the library was the school's top priority.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Senate
Charles Edna
Shreveport
LSU
Troy Middleton
Monroe West Monroe Chamber Plans For Coming Year
The Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce board approved a 15 committee, 125 project prospectus detailing aims for the year. Agriculture led by Tom H Scott will focus on livestock, poultry surveys, diversified farming, soil conservation, and a live stock show. Aviation chaired by W L Ethridge Sr with Louis D Smith will seek more flights, protect schedules, and engage with regulators.
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Bill Hardin
Monroe-West Monroe
Tom H. Scott
Lee Vanderpool, Jr
Ouachita
W. L. Ethridge, Sr
Louis D. Smith
New Orleans
Civil Aeronautics Board
Municipal
Legis
Planes and Tanks Bomb Reds in Chorwon Front
United Nations fighter bombers and tanks blast Chinese forces on two Chorwon hills as Allied troops push forward and Reds suffer heavy casualties. Front-line officers call the action major with hundreds killed or wounded over six days of fighting near Chorwon, amid cautious signals on a broader Red offensive.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Chorwon
U.N
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Ouachita Board Quietly Moves on Negro High School Site
Ouachita Parish School Board member Charles G. Wall Jr says the Willis property is not the site for the Negro high school in West Monroe. He notes the board is negotiating a 2400 block Cypress Street site from the Marion F. Boley estate, with a title check pending and earlier North Seventh Street plans abandoned due to litigation.
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Charles G. Wall, Jr
Ouachita Parish
North Seventh Street
Wall
Taft Meets New Jersey Delegates Amid Eisenhower Rift
Senator Robert A. Taft meets New Jersey GOP convention delegates as he seeks to bolster his presidential bid amid a feud with Governor Alfred E. Driscoll who endorsed Eisenhower. Taft cites months of Driscoll backing Eisenhower and withdraws from the April primary campaign while Eisenhower leads in the poll. Taft avoids comment on Eisenhower related questions.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
New Jersey
Taft
Alfred E. Driscoll
Eisenhower
Driscoll
Gen
Wall Street
Main Street
Douglas MacArthur
Taft Supporters Rally Behind 1944 Rule on Delegates
Taft supporters celebrate a 1944 convention rule restricting seating contests to delegates at large. If enforced in Chicago, contests between Taft and Eisenhower over 77 delegates from five southern states would narrow to 18 or 20 seats per state, shifting the national convention fight.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen. Taft
Chicago
Taft
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Georgia
Louisi
Ana
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
Eisenhower
National Committee
Associated Press
Reactivation of Selman Field Seen Fast After House Vote
Congressman Passman announced that the House approved the Selman Field reactivation by near unanimous vote. The measure will cost 23.755 million dollars and add 6,400 starting personnel with payroll exceeding 20 million annually, boosting Monroe area business activity. The Senate's approval is anticipated and the House proceeds to funding.
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Selman Field
House of Representatives
Washington
Monroe News- Star—World
Otto E. Passman
Senate
House
Home Appropriations Committee
Congressman Passman
Missing POWs hunted on Koje Island amid mass break from Reds
U S troops search for bodies of missing prisoners after a mass breakaway on Koje Island Korea as 38 inmates were killed and 150 wounded in the week long clashes. Transfer from compound 95 moved toward dividing 80 000 internees into smaller groups while Red leaders faced efforts to regain control.
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Koje Island
Korea
No. 95
Haydon L. Boatner
Koje
No. 76
187Th
U.S. Airborne Regi
Voice of America broadcasts banned by South Korea
South Korea bans Voice of America from its 10 station network accusing the broadcasts of bitter anti government criticism and insulting remarks. The VOA shows editorials from US and foreign papers attacking President Syngman Rhee as tensions rise over press coverage.
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Pusan
Korea
Voice of America
the Voice
U. S
Syngman Rhee
U. S. State Department
Clarence Ryee
Government
Office of Public Information
Per
Escapee Kills 9 Year Old During Abduction Attempt
In Carmel New York an escaped convict Donald Snyder 25 of Canastota kills nine year old Betty Lou Arnold during a bid to steal a getaway car. He is wounded by police and captured after threatening further harm as officers close in. Snyder had escaped Green Haven State Prison Tuesday and faces potential murder charges.
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Donald Snyder
Canastota
N.Y
Alex Williams
Snyder
Betty Lou Arnold
Williams
Betty Lou
New York
Arnold
Raymond Scarrachio
Green Haven
Putnam County
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Furn
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Dachshund
Larry Lewandowski
Milwaukee
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Mrs. Arnold
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