Kenneth James Improves After Heart Surgery
Kenneth James a 13 year old Monroe resident recovering in a Boston hospital after undergoing a five hour operation to correct coartation of the heart Doctors at the Children's Medical Center report rapid recovery His surgeon Dr R E Grass notes heart surgery success rates have risen from fifty percent to ninety seven percent and Kenneth hopes to be ready to resume school life in five to six weeks
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Boston
Kenneth James
J. S. James
Plum Street
Monroe
Children’s Medical Center
Mass
Kenneth
R. E. Grass
James Youngster
Neville
Vote to Abolish Negro Branch of Methodist Church
Methodist college students from nine southeastern states voted to urge each annual conference to ratify a constitutional amendment to abolish the Central Negro Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church. The vote was 170 for and 35 against. presented by Paul Cotten of McComb Mississippi, president of the Mississippi branch of the Methodist Student Movement.
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Lake Junaluska
Methodist
Southeastern States
Methodist Church
Paul Cotten
McComb
Miss
Mississippi Southern College
Methodist Student Movement For
Mississippi
Texas Oklahoma Counties Tagged Disaster Areas
The Red River flooding led to disaster area designation for two Texas counties Grayson and Cook and four Oklahoma counties Johnston Love Marshall and Bryan. This allows home or business owners to apply for SBA reconstruction or rehabilitation loans at 3 percent interest.
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Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Red River
Small Business Administration
Grayson
Cook
Johnston
Love
Marshall
Bryan
Agency For Reconstruction
Teachers Plan Campaign For New Gas Tax
Ouachita parish and Monroe city teaching groups meet to map plans for a conference on a proposed gas gathering tax. Mrs. Ione Hill says the aim is to fund the full teachers salary schedule and link gas revenue to schools. Governor Earl Long warns tax failure risks salary cuts.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe City
Ione Hill
Louisiana Teachers Association
LTA
P.T. A
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Gary Criticizes Importation Of Foreign Oil
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary used a Yellowstone Park speech to urge limits on foreign oil imports. Speaking Tuesday as chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, he warned of action if Oklahoma’s allowable imports are challenged and cited the damaging impact of imported oil on the U.S. oil industry. He said a White House appeal for protection had been made but gave no specifics.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Gary
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Othceto
Wooden Rig Reproduced For Big Show
A faithful wooden oil drilling rig replica stands at the Boomtown exhibit in Oklahoma City for the Semicentennial Exposition. Sourced timbers from Drumright and Dilton areas form most pieces while two missing parts were newly built. A Parkersburg firm supplied the bull wheel pattern and the main sill required two joined beams.
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Oklahoma City
Boomtown
Oklahoma
Drumright
Dilton
Parkersburg
W. Va
Not Yet Satisfactory Solutions for Oil Imports
Gary criticized the source for failing to provide a satisfactory solution to the oil import problem. He noted that the oil industry has not yet devised an acceptable approach despite continued efforts.
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Gary
West Monroe bans blind corners with procedural letters
City officials plan letters to property owners to trim shrubs and trees blocking sight lines at intersections. Owners have until July 1 to comply before the Street Department and police remove obstructions. The council also approved fire department personnel growth, juvenile detention funding, and two new traffic lights near Crosley Grammar School.
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West Monroe
Central Fire
Ouachita Parish
Crosley Grammar School
North 3Rd
Pine
North 4Th
Hales Lashes Petition By Firefighters In Monroe
Monroe Fire and Police Civil Service Board heard arguments on allocating a job as chief alarm operator for the Monroe fire department. The decision was postponed to the July 2 meeting. allocations must be publicly posted for 30 days. Chief Hales denounced the firefighters local petition as untrue and outlined a plan to cover leaves with a chief alarm operator. Attending were Bill Steward, W L Husted Jr, James K Clower, Sidney G Martin, and J P Tate.
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Monroe Fire and Police Civil Service Board
Monroe Fire Department
H. L. Hales
Bill
W. L. Husted, Jr
James Combination
K. Clower
Sidney G. Martin
J. P. Man
Utilities
Tate
Pair Who Allegedly Bought Mexican Girls Sentenced
Two men, Dan Griffin and Earl Duty, received 30 month federal terms after pleading guilty to buying two Mexican women for $2.50 each, a hoax that led to the women being turned over to immigration. A third man, Edward Sebaugh, had a deferred sentence after pleading guilty to transporting Estelle Hurst to Natchez, where she was later found slain. Natchez police charged James Guy with murder after he admitted stabbing.
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Jackson, Miss
Biloxi
Texas
Natchez
Federal Dist
Sidney Mize
Dan Griffin
Greenville
Miss
Earl Duty
Sparta
N. C
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mize
Edward Sebaugh
Houston
Tex
Estelle Hurst
Cleveland
S. C. Craft
James Guy
Wesson
Shreveport Backs Drive for New Plane Service
Shreveport and Natchez joined Alexandria in pressing for new east west plane service. A Shreveport spokesman testified at a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing arguing current service is inadequate. Natchez cited its oil industry needs a Houston to Memphis route with an Alexandria stop. The plan would include stops across Louisiana Mississippi Arkansas and Texas.
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Alexandria
Shreveport
Natchez
Miss
Civil Aeronautics Board
Houston
Tex
Memphis
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana Loses 300000 in Tidewaters Title Case
Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion said the state lost about 300000 when the state Supreme Court refused to reconsider a suit over tidewater title at Grand Bay. The Isaac Price John Beckwith group was declared owners under a 1874 state patent to ex-Union Gen. Beckwith.
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Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
Louisiana
State Supreme Court
Tidewaters
Grand Bay
Isaac Price John Beckwith
Bay
John Beckwith
Gremillion
Supreme Court
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Beth) Rogers
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