Oil man charges old laws scar Texas in speech
Texan C W Alcorn told the Interstate Oil Compact Commission that Texas lags in modern oil and gas conservation laws while acknowledging recent Texas Supreme Court rulings against drilling on very small tracts. He leads a new statewide panel seeking fair solutions to the small tract issue.
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Omaha
Neb
C. W. Alcorn
Houston
Texas
Toid
Alcorn
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Texas Supreme Court
Oil and ‘Gas Conservation Study Group
J. Howard Edmonsson
D-Okla
The
Compact
Frank B. Morrison
D-Neb
John Anderson Jr
Soviet Jazz Fans Besiege Benny's Band
Weather section reports partly cloudy warm conditions through Wednesday across Monroe and surrounding regions with scattered thunderstorms. Highs reach 86 to 95, lows 62 to 76, winds variable 5 to 16 mph, with broader notes for Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi and Delta areas and a 24 hour outlook ending 6 pm.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana Delta
Goodman Jazz Tour Stirs LeningradCrowd at Hotel Jam Session
Benny Goodman and troupe arrive in Leningrad for a week long stay. They improvise at the Astoria Hotel restaurant drawing hotel guests and youths as Shirley MacLaine watches. Local Russian players join solos while tensions rise over an uninvited jam guest. The band opens Wednesday at Winter Stadium with tickets largely sold publicly unlike other cities where authorities allocate most seats.
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Leningrad
Soviet Union
Benny Goodman
Tashkent
Central Asia
St. Louis
Memphis
Helena
Arkansas City
Vicksburg
Goodman
Natchez
Baton Rouge
Phil Woods
Winter Stadium
Moscow
Sochi
Tiflis
Clouds Delay Pacific Atomic Test In Honolulu Weather
Clouds over Johnston Island force postponement of a major Pacific nuclear blast. Forecasters warn the test may be delayed again if cloud bands at 15,000 and 40,000 feet persist. The Joint Task Force 8 targets 11 p.m. HST for the detonation with potential delays to 2:30 a.m. HST.
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United States
U.S. Weather Bureau
Johnston Island
Johnston Test
Joint Task Force 8
Johnston
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Installation Slated Tonight
Dr. B C Baugh will be installed as president of the Ruston Lions Club at a banquet tonight at 7 30 p m in Rustons new Holiday Inn. Officers include C W Colvin first vice president Walter B Carver second vice president Model Choate Jr third vice president Dr Paul Hendershot secretary treasurer H C Pyburn lion tamer Fred May Jr tail twister and board members Sammy A Dyson Don Hammock Dr E C Lederer W H McLaurin and Dr Paul Pennington. Past president O L Waltman Jr. will conduct the ceremony.
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Ruston
B. C. Baugh
Ruston Lion’s Club
New Holiday Inn
C. W. Colvin
Lrst
Walter B. Carver
Model Choate Jr
Paul Hendershot
H. C. Pyburn
Fred May Jr
Georgians To Draw Up Ground Rules For Vote
Georgia’s 130 member Democratic Executive Committee will meet to set rules for a possible first popular governor vote in 54 years after a 3 judge court decree voided the county unit system. Gov. Vandiver says both popular vote and modified unit plans are under review.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Democratic Executive Committee
Ernest Vandiver
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
James H. Gray
Albany
School Board Meets Tonight in Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish School Board will hold a 7 p.m. meeting at the School Board office on St. John Street. The agenda lists routine items with no advance indications of major actions or decisions.
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Ouachita Parish
School Board
St. John Street
Grandson of FDR Weds Smith College Socialite
Franklin D Roosevelt III, a Navy ensign home from the Far East, married Grace Rumsey Goodyear, a Smith College sophomore, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Darien Connecticut. Eleanor Roosevelt and Norman Thomas attended among 275 guests. Christopher duPont Roosevelt was best man.
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Darien
Christopher duPont Roosevelt
Graham Crusade Raises $719000 in Chicago Drive
Chicago AP report says Billy Graham's Crusade for Christ in Chicago raised 719000 in contributions before and during the 19 day event ending Sunday. H J Taylor, 69, announced the local committee set a 540000 budget as Graham left Chicago for Montreal North Carolina. The Chicago crusade drew more than 700000 attendees.
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Chicago
Billy Graham
Crusade For Christ
H. J. Taylor
Graham
Montreal
N.C
CORE Director Plans Mix Effort Along East Coast
James Farmer, head of CORE, said the group will push to break racial barriers at roadside restaurants and motels from Washington to Miami in August as part of a freedom highways campaign. About 30 to 40 participants, both black and white, are expected, with possible extension to the South.
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New Orleans
UPI
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Washington, D.C
Miami
James Farmer
South
Farmer
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Sears- Roebuck
Howard Johnson
Negro Church
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Marvin Robinson
Pogo Returns to Asahi After Month Ban
In Tokyo the Asahi Evening News resumes Pogo the Cartoon after a month ban. The comic was pulled May 21 following a Soviet Embassy protest over a pig figure referencing Premier Khrushchev. The new strip introduces a dog character distinct in appearance.
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Tokyo
Pogo
Asahi Evening News
Walt Kelly
Khrushchev
Vacationers Die In Wreck Fire Near Needles California
A camper truck carrying two women and three children bound for New York crashed on a desert highway west of Needles. Katherine Kennedy 35 of Reseda California and Rose Smith 50 of Up land California died with Kennedy's two children, aged 10 and 5, and another son 9 in the blaze. The crash occurred on U S 66 between Essex and Danby as the vehicle swayed then flipped and burned. A moving van driver attempted to help but failed to extinguish the fire. Sergeant Mulhare said no explanation could be found.
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Calif
New York
Katherine Kennedy
Reseda
Rose Smith
Up ‘Land
U.S. 66
Essex
Danby
Mulhare
Lake & Suburban
Northeast Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Delhi
Delta Council
J. P. Murray
Board of
Monroe
Monroe City
Jackson Street
Louisiana
Gtertington
Marshal’s Office
Fire Department
J Public Service Department
Tynan
Tall Ark
Widows Seek Nearly $1 Million After Baton Rouge Crash
In Lansing Michigan on April 28, 1956, the widows of Baton Rouge mayor Jesse Webb Jr. and LSU professor Kimbrough Owen seek damages totaling about 917,696 to 500,000 for themselves and their children. Trials opened after pre trial briefing. pilot’s widow’s suit not combined.
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Baton Rouge
Jesse Webb Jr
James Kimbrough Owen
Louisiana State Universitty
Lansing
Mich
Fred S. LeBlanc
Mary Estus Webb
Jesse L. Webb Jr
Francis Tucker Owen Johnson
Kimbrough Owen
LSU
East Baton Rouge Parish
Judge Harper Fines Several In Monroe City Court
Judge W M Harper imposed fines on four for driving while intoxicated in Monroe city court. Lewis Zeigler received 500 dollars as a second offender plus 100 dollars for no license. Three others Quarles Goodson and Seay were fined 425 dollars as first offenders. Additional fines covered reckless driving and a negligent injury case involving Brooksie Mae Bailey. Several individuals were fined for speeding indecent exposure improper driving and related offenses. Seven were fined for public drunkenness and others for disturbing the peace resisting arrest or similar offenses.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
Lewis G. Zeigler
Avant Street
West Monroe
Eddie Leon Quarles
Cypress Street
Edward R. Goodson
Pine Street
Lucille Seay
Camellia Drive
Harper
Thomas R. Gurnedy
Arkansas Road
Leon Brown
North Church Street
Mary Morehead Terrell
Eason Place
Brooksie Mae Bailey
South 12Th Street
Joe F. Son
Souvelle Drive
Jim Lee Boies
Box 5
Alton
John P. Brown
South 15Th Street
N. L. Moncrief, Jr
Lexington Street
Douglas B. Stedman
Grayling Lane
Bligh White
Eleventh Street
Orleans Board Delays Sale of WNPS Radio Station
The Orleans Parish School Board postponed a decision to sell WNPS after protests from citizen groups. Author Harriet T. Kane opened a $30,000 fund drive to aid the station while rising operating costs prompted the delay. Kane labeled the station an oasis amid lowbrow radio.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
WNPS
Harriett T. Kane
Kane
Osborn Rites Held Today
Final rites were held at 10 a.m. in Mulheron Funeral Home chapel for Albin L. Osborn, 60, who died Sunday at his residence 112 Richmond Street Monroe. The Rev. Charles Littleton and Rev. W M Allen officiated. burial followed in Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers were M L Simmons John Welch Kent Brown Jackson Bennett CL Hinton Sr and Talmadge Gabriel.
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Albin L. Osborn
Richmond Street
Monroe
Charles Littleton
Central Baptist Church
W. M. Allen
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
M. L. Simmons
John Welch
Kent Brown
Jackson Bennett
Cl, Hinton, Sr
Talmadge Gabriel
Interracial Group Held In Mississippi Incident Details
Five college students and a Jackson attorney allege they were held for 20 hours after arrest in Clarksdale, Mississippi. No charges filed. The group toured northern Mississippi to study racial questions and discussed Rev. Merrill Lindsey’s campaign at a Negro church before arrest. Civil rights groups and the NAACP protested to the Department of Justice and President Kennedy.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Mississippi Civil Rights Advisory Committee
Clarksdale
Coahoma County
William L. Higgs
Jackson
The
Civil Rights Advisory Commission
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Department of Justice
Higgs
Kennedy
Texas Man Fined In City Court Of West Monroe
Judge John McCormick fined Ivy M. Hinton of Dallas 300 dollars plus court costs after a guilty finding for intoxicating beverages in a light West Monroe city court session. The docket included 15 cases with fines for discharging firearms inside city limits, public drunkenness, and traffic offenses.
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John McCormick
Dallas
Texas
Ivy M. Hinton
West Monroe
McCormick
Jerry W. Broom
Smith Street
Russell E. DeLoach
June Street
Mobile
Ala
Terry T. Baxter
North Market Street
Shreveport
$300 Scholarship Awarded to Farmerville Student
The Louisiana Library Association awarded its $300 scholarship to Peggy Anne Wade of Farmerville who will pursue a Master’s in library science at LSU Library School. A Monroe native, she is a Louisiana College graduate and former Student Congress secretary earned the Sweetheart title. The award honors Miss Setella Williams, LSU library professor from 1932 to 1961.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Library Association
Peggy Anne Wade
Farmerville
Wade
Monroe
R. K. Wade
LSU Library School
Maud Merritt Bentrup
LLA
S. Metella Williams
LSU
Enrollment Hits All-Time High At Northeast Summer Session
Northeast Louisiana State College reports 1515 students enrolled in the summer session, a four percent rise from last year and about 65 percent above five summers earlier. Freshman class shows 135 men and 231 women, sophomores 88 men and 16 women, juniors 133 men and 142 women, seniors 177 men and 188 women. A separate legal notice lists an application to sell beer at retail for Troy's Lounge, 1300 Jonesboro Rd., Monroe, Louisiana.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Collector of Revenue
State of
Louisiana
Jonesboro Rd
W. M
Quachita
Troy
Troy Andings
Monroe
Want Ads and Public Notices From Monroe Louisiana
A dense scan of classified listings and public notices lists franchise permits at 1300 Jonesboro Rd and bids for tractors, school buses, and traffic ordinances. It includes details on bid openings, deadlines, and authorities for Monroe and Ouachita Parish.
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