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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1955

Page

1

Truck Collision Injures Relative of Local People

Sam J. Adams 27 of Bossier City, brother and son of Twin City residents, was in serious condition after a jet fuel truck collided with a train near Cotton Valley. He escaped the burning truck, extinguished his burning clothes, and was hospitalized with severe injuries. Rescue crews from nearby communities battled the flames for hours. no train crew injuries were reported.

Sam J. Adams Bossier City Twin City Cotton Valley Adams Ora Moreland Breard Monroe Keith Cobb West Monroe Sai Cotton Valley Operators’ Committee Adame

Concordia Group To Attend Meet In Shreveport

Concordia group from Vidalia reports six members will attend the state agricultural stabilization committee meeting in Shreveport June 21 to 23. They will discuss price support programs conservation practices and county office administration. Participants include Marie Saxe Lewis Beasley Raymond Crane W T Compton J W Milby.

Vidalia State Agricultural Stabilization Committee Shreveport Concordia Parish Miss Marie Saxe Lewis Beasley Raymond Crane W. T. Compton J. W. Milby

Cigar stock smoked after short circuit blaze at drug store

In Bloomington Indiana a drug store reports about 200 dollars worth of cigars ruined after a humidifier short circuit sparked a small fire at the tobacco counter. No injuries are reported and the force arrives to extinguish the blaze.

Bloomington

Presbyterian Laymen To Meet Sunday

The second annual meeting of the Presbyterian laymen from three Pydin Cities will be Sunday at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 7 30 p m. The aim is closer relations among Saree churches and to advance the Forward With Christ program. Dr Edward Curant will be guest speaker, native of Scotland Grant who moved to Graham Texas at eight and served 18 years as executive secretary of the board of Christian Education. He will speak on To Be Here in The Church. All church members and the public are invited. a social hour will follow the service.

Pydin Covenant Presbyterian Church General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S Edward Curant Lidipsiana Scotland Grant Graham Tex Board of Christian Education Hligur

Molotov Signals Peace Push Amid UN Anniversary Plans

Molotov spoke to reporters from the Soviet delegation in New York before traveling to the west coast. The conference opens with Dulles MacMillan and Pinay meeting to map strategy for a July heads of government session in San Francisco marking the UN’s sixth anniversary in the city of its birth. Molotov will depart by train Wednesday night for California.

United States Molotov Soviet Union New York John Paster Dulles Harold MacMillan Antoine Pinay San Francisco Law United Nations West Coast

Bramblett Given 60 Days to Pay Fines in Solon Case

Bramblett faces years in prison on each count and a $10,000 fine on each. At attorney Edward B. Williams' request, Bas than granted Bramblett 60 days to pay the fines.

Bramblett Edward B. Williams Basthan

Parking Ban On Louisville During Peak Hours

Monroe council orders a temporary parking ban on Louisville Avenue during peak hours to ease traffic while the old Desiard Street bridge is closed for repairs starting around July 1. The measure, requested by the Chamber of Commerce and area merchants, mirrors a nearby West Monroe ban on Cypress and Bridive streets and aims to prevent congestion from the bridge work.

Louisville Avenue Jhe Ouachita River Louisville Chamber of Commerce Traffic Committee DeSiard Street Cypress Street West Monroe Pf. Oa. Poa Grammont Street Sixth Catalpa Walnut Pine Riverside North Sixth Grammont Layton North Second Hudson Lane Illinois Central Railroad Washington Street North Fifth Tllinois Central Railroad DeSiard North Fourth Jefferson Harrison Jackson St. John North Tenth Adams D'Arbonne Sherrouse Blanks D Arbonne Arkansas South Grand JL. M. Ray Els Sen O Sterlinetten WooosTer Bryants Addition Newores Vlanroe News- Star Oas City of Monroe DeStard Aflev Moore Electric Company von Oliver Road Poulan Construction Company Resolver Valencia Street Knights Canibus Ceteer

Argentine government moves against church leaders amid Peron clashes

Federal police raided parish priest residences as the government accuses bishops of instigating street disorder in the Peron era. A decree signed by President Peron cites an old colonial law to oust church authorities and mentions potential excommunication if Vatican appointments are impeded. Also notes postwar shift in birth trends toward fewer married women bearing children.

Fhe Peron Juan Peron Vatican Argentina Vatican City

Warning Sirens and Evacuation Drill Across Washington

The article details a simulated attack drill with 12 05 p.m. warning and 3 25 p.m. hits on Washington and major cities. Fifteen thousand officials, including members of the White House or Cabinet and the Eisenhower briefcase team, would flee to emergency locations.

Washington Eisenhower Dulles New York Interior McKay Europe Agriculture Benson Commerce Weeks Labor Mitchell

Rail City Name Misused by Varios Transport Firms

The Association of American Railroads says a common brand part has been used extensively in various transportation ventures. The report notes the name appears in over a hundred companies and is tied to current industry branding practices.

Association of American Hallroads

Negro Injured in Shop Incident at Louisiana Machinery

Clarence Wesley, a Black shop helper at Louisiana Machinery Co on Louisville Avenue, sustained a flesh wound near his left eye in an accident just before noon Wednesday. He was rushed to a local hospital by Mulhearn Funeral Home ambulance for treatment. officials said the cause was not yet explained at press time.

Clarence Wesley Louisiana Machinery Co Louisville Avenue Mulhearn Funeral Home Wesley

Mother Charged in Bath Water Child Death Case

A mother faced charges after a sequence ending with a boy dying in a bathtub. The testimony described two women playing games then submerging the child, a note about the body being sent to a sister-in-law, and a taxi driver delivering the envelope before the mother found her son’s body.

O'Connell

Smut Mills Target Youth in Crime and Horror Film Debate

A Friday session will examine film and literature's impact on juvenile conduct. Officials plan to study the code and consider how crime and horror motion pictures influence teens as discussions continue.

Train derailment rerouted to Denver via Burlington tracks

The Challenger's uninjured passengers and crew were picked up northeast of the wreck and taken to Sterling. The train will be rerouted over Burlington Railroad tracks to Denver, with officials saying clearance could take at least midfall as crews from North Platte, Nebraska, work to reopen the line after a washed-out bridge near Pine Bluffs on the Wyoming-Nebraska line.

Sterling Burlington Railroad Denver North Platte Neb Jujesburg Colo

Faubus Rejects Board Clemency Motions Including Life Term Reductions

Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus refused clemency on four board recommendations. Masters and Long faced reduced life sentences and a commutation proposal. Fireash Jr. and Baughman would stay in prison. The board also urged release of 11 American airmen held in Red China and other detainees behind the Bamboo Curtain.

Little Rock Ark Orval EF. Faubus State Board of Pardons and Paroles James Masters Clarence Long Masters Chicot County Long Jefferson County Faubus Earne Fireash Jr John Baughman Boone County Dulles Menon Orient

Regime China Policy Shift Seen in U S Talks

The United States, led by the President and Dulles, aims to press China toward limited engagement without pledging mediation or formal commitments. The discussion emphasizes keeping options open while guiding developments.

China Dulles

Medical pledge to vaccinate all children regardless of ability to pay

The AMA reiterates a self-imposed priority to vaccinate scarce supplies first to the most vulnerable groups including ages five to nine. A pledge says no child will be denied vaccination due to inability to pay a physician's fee, honoring medical traditions.

Man Convicted Of Firing Rifle At River Freighter

PORT HURON Mich P A Circuit Court jury yesterday convicted Floyd Warwick 45 of firing three shots from a rifle at a freighter on the St. Clair River. The offense carries up to a year in jail and a $500 fine. The bullets ricocheted off the freighter John E F Meisener May 12 without injuring crew. Warwick a boat livery operator testified he was angered by speeding freighters that kicked up waves and damaged his property but he would not admit firing the shots.

Port Huron Mich Floyd Warwick St. Clair River John E. F. Meisener Warwick

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