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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1952
Page
9
Dude Stone, known for escapes from West Monroe and Monroe city jails, was sentenced by Judge W. M. Harper to six months in Ouachita Parish jail. He faced charges of escaping Monroe city jail while held for drunken and disorderly conduct, following an earlier jail escape two weeks prior.
An eight-year-old Negro boy, Steve Jackson, drowned while swimming with peers on a sand bar near Monroe. His brother Melvin attempted a rescue. the body was recovered after about an hour. Coroner Dr. J. T. French ordered an inquest.
Switzerland’s national income in 1951 posted the highest on record with an average near $1,000 per person and a total income of about $4.5 billion for the year.
Woodlawn Development Corporation sold to Willie C. Thompson lot 18 block 12 Broadmoore Place addition for 3000 dollars. B B McClendon Jr sold to B B McClendon lot 5 block 1 Country Club Place addition in section 64 township 18N range 3E for 12500 dollars.
The 19 year old Huey Copeland was fined 25 dollars and costs or 15 days in jail after a judge sentenced him for stabbing a dog. Ella Mae Holly testified Copeland attacked the Airdale with an ice pick after delivering ice in her front yard. The dog partially recovered but walks with a limp.
Dr Morris Fishbein told AMA convention attendees that calmness helps longevity. He outlined five health rules: low blood pressure pulse rate metabolism calories and humor threshold. He urged avoiding anger and disturbances while maintaining activity and equanimity.
The West Monroe Police Department unveiled its new firing range with a five event pistol contest and a chicken barbecue. Sheriff Bailey Grant led scoring with 54 of 62.5, followed by officers and officials in multi person participation. Mayor Bell hosted the barbecue and lauded Bancroft for the range’s construction and training efforts.
An exploding cleaning tumbler started a fire in the cleaning room of Monroe Cleaners Inc. early yesterday. The Monroe fire department arrived at 9:27 a.m. with three trucks and doused the flames by 9:52 p.m. using booster lines.
U S aid totaling 226 812 dollars was released to support the Philippine malaria campaign. Spraying units are set for field trips into malaria infested Southern provinces as part of the month’s push.
Mrs Stephanie Adamus Mazur 38 wife of Al Mazur longtime Monroe Sports manager in the Cotton States League died in a Shreveport sanitarium after a lingering illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at St John’s Church Shreveport with burial in Forrest Park Cemetery Wellman’s Funeral Home in charge. She leaves two sons a brother overseas a sister and her husband who left the Monroe club last winter to run a private business in Shreveport.
West Monroe police held three suspects on theft charges after an early Wednesday investigation. Johnnie Burns, 17, Charlie Gaines, 23, and a 16 year old West Monroe juvenile were identified after Burns and Gaines were stopped for questioning and a juvenile implicated. police found a stolen watermelon and a siphoned gasoline can during searches. Burns and Gaines were jailed locally while the juvenile remained in parish custody.
A man was arrested on suspicion but released later. Bond terms were reported as $150 for all Negroes involved in the case.
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