Mercer Newspaper Carrier Succumbs in Monroe
Mercer died Wednesday night after delivering the News Star and Morning World for five years. He previously ran a route including Jena Ferriday and Columbia. Survived by wife Ollie Dean, daughter Mary, sister Mrs Powell Brunson, parents Mr. and Mrs. John Mercer, and four brothers. Mercer played for Baskin in 1946 and later umpired in the Northeast Louisiana League.
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Monroe
Mercer
News-Star
Morning World
Jena
Ferriday
Columbia
Baskin
Louisiana
Ollie Dean Mercer
Mary
Powell Brunson
John Mercer
Jesse
W. Henry
Johnnie
W. M. Mercer
Mangham
Pravda Attacks Acheson Speech In Global Row
Moscow reports Pravda calls Dean Acheson speech gross slander against the Soviet Union. The Communist paper labels U.S. policy cynical dollar diplomacy and accuses Washington of imperialism and anti democratic aims while criticizing American and Greek policy and Iran mentions.
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Soviet Union
Moscow
Pravda Today
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
U. S
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Amer
Ican
Axis
Elliott Roosevelt
Europe
Middle East
Iran
U.S
Philippines
Tateia
Kurile Islands
Finland
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Sakhalin Island
Greece
Vernon Assigned to Rio Halo with 414th Night Fighter Unit
Vernon is stationed at Rio Halo with the 414th night fighter squadron. The Coopers will reside at Santa Clara Panama.
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Vernon
Rio Halo
Coopers
Santa Clara
Panama
Father admits killing children and shoots neighbors
In Miami on June 19, Chris Russell, 59, a Greek cafe owner, confessed to killing his two children with a baseball hat and then shooting a neighboring couple after fearing custody would be removed. The maternal grandmother was allowed to bury the children in Kershaw, South Carolina, while four murder warrants were issued.
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Miami
Fla
George E. Holt
W. H. Gray
Kershaw
S. C
Peggy Russell
John Russell
Chris Russell
Russell
John L. Deas
Gay
Walter R. Wolfe
Deas
Wolfe
Wolfes
Mae Russell
New York
Monroe Airman's Wife to Panama
Mrs Louise Grace Cooper, living with her mother at 1311 Filhiol, has applied for a passport and will depart for the Panama Canal Zone to join her husband, the Monroe airman.
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Louise Grace Cooper
Mary Barbin
Panama Canal Zone
Deaths: Harold L. Robinson and N. R. Leonard
Harold L. Robinson four days old died Wednesday night in a local hospital. Funeral at 3 p.m. Friday at 410 South Fifth Street West Monroe with Rev. E L Tanner officiating. Interment Hasley Cemetery Mulhearn Funeral Home directed. N R Leonard 44 died Thursday in a local hospital. Survived by husband N R Leonard two sons and two grandsons. Funeral held Friday at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev C R Johnson officiating pallbearers listed.
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Harold Lee Robinson
C. H. Robinson
West Monroe
A. B. Cash
Mark H. Robinson
Phillipsburg
Kans
South Fifth Street
E. L. Tanner
Hasley
Mulhearn Funeral Home
N. R. Leonard
N. R. Leonardi
W. C. Leonard
James Bagwell
Coleman Bagwell Monroe
J. R. Bagwell
Terre Haute
Ind
C. R. Johnson
J. M. Head
C. A. Hunt
J. G. Johnson
W. H. Soureal
T. O. Mills
Valley Vondhe
F. B. Tuey
J. P. Simmons
C. E. Smith
Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey Details
Calvert Distillers Corp of New York City markets Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey. The label notes 86.8 proof and 65 percent grain neutral spirits with address reference at 148 Liberty Street in Fords New Jersey.
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Liberty Street
Fords, N. J
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Vets Take Over 150000 GI Bill Correspondence Courses
The Veterans Administration reports more than 150,000 World War II veterans are taking government funded correspondence courses under the GI bill. Contracts exist with 139 schools and institutions offering mail order courses. subsistence allowances are not paid to correspondence students.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
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Sammy
Sally
Fresno
California
Alameda
Berkeley
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Corin's
Paul Nochta
Calvert
Brice
Armour
Lipton Tea
Campbell
del Monte
Royal Ann Cherries
Purex
Turnip Greens
Holsum
Pickle
Ibby’s
Prado
Hunt
Wilson
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