Ike Hosts 40 GOP Congressmen at Harmony Breakfast
President Eisenhower entertained 40 Republican congressmen at a morning harmony breakfast in the White House, part of a series to improve ties with lawmakers. Sgt. John Moaney, his longtime valet, joins as host to the event and shares a strong mutual loyalty with the President. Brown from Ohio notes opposition to a school aid bill, prompting light laughter from Ike.
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Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Leslie C. Arends
R-Ill
William H. Avery
Kans
Washington
United Press
White
House
Kaffee Klatch
GOP
John Moaney
Chesapeake Bay
Easton
Moaney
Delores
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Gulf Refining Faces $20 Million Mississippi Suit
In Laurel Mississippi Gulf Refining Co is sued by 34 plaintiffs led by Mrs Veda V Knight. The case Mrs Veda V Knight et al vs Gulf Refining seeks 10.1 million dollars for oil and gas removed and 10 million dollars in punitive damages. The action is among the largest filed in the state and was filed in circuit court yesterday.
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Laurel
Miss
Gulf Refining Co
Jasper
Jones County
Texas Reservoirs Hold Year Supply Of Water
Texas major reservoirs contain enough water to meet state needs for a full year without rain. May rainfall increased storage to 17.28 million acre feet, 92 percent full, with about 9.3 million acre feet in conservation storage. Red Bluff Medina Lake and Lake San Angelo are well below the 92 percent mark.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Board of Water Engineers
Red Bluff
Orla
Pecos River
Medina Lake
San Antonio
Lake San Angelos
Mississippi Methodists approve Negro meeting delegates
Delegates to the Mississippi Methodist Conference voted 271 to 51 for a constitutional amendment allowing Negro churches to affiliate with all white conferences. North Mississippi rejected it 115 to 107. Alabama and West Florida also voted against.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Methodist Conference
North Mississippi Methodist Conference
Marvin Franklin
Jackson
Knox Broome
W. T. Myers
Philadelphia
T. O. Prewitt
General Conference
North Mississippi
Alabama
West Florida
Edwin A. Briggs
Chicago
Board of Lay Activities
General Board
CAB Examiner and Airline Officers Visit Monroe
Joseph Fitzmaurice a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner will arrive in Monroe at 6 p.m. to tour the city with Frank Hulse president of Southern Airways and CAB staffer Ralph Hayes and Joe McCullen. Jim Williams Cham ber of Commerce executive secretary said the group will attend the Retail Merchants barbecue and discuss air service links from Memphis to Houston.
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Joseph Fitzmaurice
Civil Aeronautics Board
Monroe
Jim Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Hulse
Southern Airways
CAB
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Memphis
Houston
Fitzmaurice
Ralph Hayes
Joe McCullen
Williams
Building permits filed in Monroe and Ouachita Parish
The Monroe building inspector's office records multiple permits. Demolitions planned at 500 Hall Street and 1311 Breard Street. New brick veneer residence at 1010 Roselawn valued at 11 000. Various lot transfers and property sales: First United Pentecostal Church of West Monroe buys land for 1300. Truett B. Carter acquires several Zagone and related lots. multiple transfers of West Monroe parcels and Ouachita Parish lands involve amounts ranging from 187.50 to 17 850.
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Dr. N. Klam
Hall Street
Wesley Clayborn, Jr
Breard Street
J. S. James Construction Company
Roselawn
Mary Jacob Zagone
Truett B. Carter
Austin - Eby’s
West Monroe
Marguerite Christine Zagone
Gustina Zagone Dudich
J. T. Hinke
Mauldin
R. Fred Petty
Ben F. Marshall
Commerce Realty, Inc
James D. Sparks
Marillyn M. Taylor
Ben F Marshall
Albert D. Cummings
Ouachita Parish
L. D. McLain
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Clerk Office
Transfers list Benton Frost selling to John Earl Gates et ux a portion of Hinkle addition West Monroe with mortgage assumption. George Douglas et al sell to L and T Corporation Lot 6 Block 76 Unit 13 Booker T Washington addition for 300. Calvine Thomason sells to Dhu Thompson undivided interest in Hudsons First Addition Monroe for 2000. Vera Thompson Blankenship et viz sell to Roy Anderson a lot in Biedenharn addition Monroe for 2500. Sherrouse Realty Company Inc
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Tena Jones Allen
Booker T. Washington
Ouachita Parish
Co. A. Long
First United Pentecostal Church of
Benton Frost
John Earl Gates
Etux
Hinkle
West Monroe
George Douglas, Et al
L. and T. Corporation
Calvine Thomason
Dhu Thompson
Chachere Group To Publish Probe Findings
A joint legislative committee on illegitimate children plans to publish a report within three months Rep Walter Chachere Franklin parish said no conclusions yet from hearings as committee assimilates reports and comments from several cities Horace Pepper Welfare department chief attorney cautioned against penalizing the child and Chachere agreed at the close of the session
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Baton Rouge
Walter Chachere
Franklin Parish
Chachere
Horace Pepper
Welfare Department
Bolin Named General Manager at Lennon Buick Agency
Jack Bolin, veteran automobile executive, joins Lennon Motor Company as general manager. Hugh S. Lennon, president of the local Buick dealership, announces Bolin’s assignment. Bolin previously worked with General Motors dealerships before joining Lennon Buick.
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Jack Bolin
Lennon Motor Company
Hugh S. Lennon
Buick
Bolin
General Motors
Lennon Buick
Burial Today For Ruston Civic Leader
Funeral services for James Mays age 1 year Ruston civic leader were set for 4 30 p m Wednesday at Trinity Methodist Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. A Vienna native he ran an early Ruston mercantile firm before retirement and served on the Lincoln Parish School Board as treasurer of the Louisiana Methodist Orphanage. He was a long time Ruston Trinity Methodist Church steward Kiwanis member and civic activist until ill health. Survived by three daughters and seven grandchildren.
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Ruston
James Mays
Trinity Methodist Church
Darby Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Vienna
Mays
Lincoln Parish
Louisiana Methodist
Ruston Trinity Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Benjamin F
Mary Holland Mays
Byron B. Cann
Shreveport
Howard Kidd
Baton Rouge
William Cotten
Dallas
Parking expert invited to Monroe by mayor and chamber
William G. Barr of the National Parking Association will visit Monroe at the invitation of the Traffic Parking Committee and Mayor W L Jack Howard to assess and propose solutions to local parking problems. Barr, executive director of the Washington DC based association, is expected to address about 400 businessmen and has held nationwide talks.
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National Parking Association
William G. Barr
Monroe
Barr
Max Riley
All Parts Of La Considered For Highway Program
State Highway Director R B Richardson said Louisiana will be considered as a whole for the highway program. He stressed funds will go to New Orleans area while other regions also face acute traffic needs. plans include a federal interstate segment connecting La Place to Baton Rouge with broader urban work to ease congestion. The New Orleans interstate is estimated at 220 million dollars, about a third of Louisiana’s federal interstate funds.
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Baton Rouge
R. B. Richardson
Louisiana
Richardson
Highway Department
New Orleans
la Place
No simple answer to a complex question voiced by speaker
A speaker warned that society cannot live forever on a dole and must educate and rehabilitate unwed mothers so they can earn their own way, noting the question is complex with no easy answer.
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Hisenhower
Coopersville, Md
African Methodist Episcopal Church
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John Clancy
SUSAN LE@LANC
School
Kenner, LA
Gulf
Methodists
Daily Record
S. W. Awl
John Casey Jordan
Minor B.lane, Jr
Ouachita
Sherrouse Realty Company, Inc
Louisiana Parents Teacher Association
Susan LeBlanc
Kenner
A. D. Foreman
Billboard Company
M. L. DeFreese
la P-Ta
Courtlandt McCoy
Fifth District
P-Ta
Chachere Group
C. C
Olice
Dad
Back Yard
California
Lipper
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