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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1951
Page
3
Thirty Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce members will travel June 29 by chartered air conditioned bus to Tallulah for the Tallulah Chamber banquet at 7 30 p m. Cedric Foster Mutual Broadcasting System commentator will speak. Reservations required by mail or in person. no phone bookings.
Memphis announces dedication ceremonies for Plough, Inc. five million dollar plant. Abe Plough and Memphis officials speak on growth from a one man business to 18 million dollars in annual sales. A week of tours ends with Jack Benny show at Ellis Auditorium and proceeds benefit local service groups. Irene Reid attends as News Star World advertising director.
Jonesville La June 18 The Catahoula parish school board adopts a resolution to end payments for short local trips and limit lateral bus operators to one and a half miles from schools or routes with minimum three children. It flags past costs of 11150 50 paid to 22 individuals and aims to reduce waste by formalizing rules governing lateral lines.
A sewing ad describes pattern 9065 for sizes 2 4 6 8 with a sunsuit skirt option. It notes fabric yardage for size 6 2 yards 35-inch and provides mailing details to Marian Martin News-Star pattern dept. A summer pattern book offer includes a free beachrobe pattern and a 20 cent copy request.
A U S public health official warned at a national narcotics crisis conference that teen age addiction is raging in major cities led by New York City where illicit narcotics sales amount to about 100 million dollars yearly. He cited Lexington Hospital admissions rising 52 in 1948 to about 388 in 1951 and noted shifts to state institutions. Manhattan’s district attorney said two year illicit sales totals reached 100 million dollars in New York City alone. A criminology professor called the wave temporary but warned of newborn addicts from addicted mothers.
The body of first Lieut Lenard E Gewin 31 killed in Korea July 16 during action will arrive in Monroe on Monday and services are planned for Wednesday.
Be taken to Hixson Brothers Funeral Home for services Wednesday at 2 p m. Full military rites planned at Riverview Burial Park. Honorary pallbearers include all Veterans of Foreign Wars members. Survived by wife Phyllis Snider of Monroe and daughter Sallie Ann. sister Mrs. B A Maroney of West Monroe. brothers Leon and Thomas GeWin of West Monroe. Active pallbearers listed.
Iraqi police report finding a large cache of machine guns and ammunition in the former home of a prominent Jew on Red-Ruled Island, Baghdad, as of June 18. Authorities say the discovery followed ongoing clashes and security operations in the area.
Police disclosed a seizure tied to an unidentified foreign spy arrested two months earlier. The cache included firearms and explosives with sabotage documents linked to Salim Murad Abdullah’s former home, who once served as secretary of Baghdad’s Jewish community amid tensions with Israel.
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