Monroe History Told From Prairie des Canots to Monroe
A historical overview traces Monroe from 1785 when Don Juan Filhiol founded Prairie des Canots under Spanish rule, renamed Fort Miro, to 1819 renaming as Monroe after a steam packet on the Ouachita river. The town received a charter in 1820 and elected its first mayor in 1882 after Civil War rule. Today Monroe is a regional trading center with about 375 000 people.
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Monroe
Don Juan Filhiol
Charles X
Prairie Des Cantos
Fort Miro
New Orleans
James Monroe
Streamer
Ouachita River
Mississippi
Graham Sponsors Need 160000 for Billy Graham Crusade
Sponsors of Billy Graham's New York crusade report about 500000 raised and seek 160000 more to sustain Madison Square Garden meetings through July 21. Daily offerings average under 50 cents per person, covering under a third of costs. telecasts require over 300000 more to continue.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Roger Hull
Crusade
Mutual Insurance Co
Hull
Graham
Passman Sees Admin Accepting 3 Billion Aid Cut
Rep. Passman of Louisiana, chairing a House Appropriations subcommittee, said the Eisenhower administration would be happy to compromise on a foreign aid bill totaling about three billion dollars. The Senate approved a bill roughly 227 million less, while the House had not acted on a complete measure.
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Passman
Washington
Rep
Pasman
D-La
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Miller seeks reversal of contempt conviction on new Supreme Court ruling
Playwright Arthur Miller will ask for reversal of his contempt of Congress conviction citing a Supreme Court decision that voided John Watkins case. Miller, free on bond, wants the McLaughlin court to overturn based on Watkins ruling that Congress must justify purpose and pertinence of questions.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
Illinois
John T. Watkins
Watkins
Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Charles F. McLaughlin
Earl Warren
Four Minneapolis youths convicted of petty larceny
Two Boy Scouts reported that lunch and camping gear were stolen and the car license was scratched in dust. The youths were tried in Omaha and found guilty of petty larceny.
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Alert Scouts
Omaha
Minneapolis
Firefighters rescue woman as door locks and smoke trap her
In Scotia New York firefighters forced entry into Mrs John McGinns apartment after wind blew a door shut trapping her while smoke poured from windows. They shut off a fire under a pot of prunes. In Holland Michigan a beer truck with 6500 bottles collided with an egg truck carrying 11500 eggs. Arkansas spent 4.8 percent of its revenues for general government and agencies in 1955-56.
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Scotia
N. Y
John McGinn
Holland, Mich
Arkansas
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Boone
Iowa
Marion T. Lipp
Louisville
Fore. Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
National Geographic Magazine
America
Ouachita
Olin Mathieson Paper Mill
Playtex
Intern't
Lotex Corp
Linda
Mercury
N. Third ST
Knoe-Tv
Channel 8
Jackson Motors, Inc
Thermiquetron
North Third St
Ann Cornelison
Technican
Ag&p
Ann Page
Your A&p
U.S. No
Calif
Varry Markets
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
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