Soldier Begins Fight for Life in Slaying Trial
Kenneth D. Speegle a 24 year old AWOL soldier stands trial in Yellville Arkansas for first degree murder in the death of State Patrolman S V Pavatt shot during a farm burglary investigation. Prosecutor Eugene W Moore seeks the death penalty as authorities recount a nationwide manhunt and the discovery of Speegle near an abandoned cabin where papers tied him to the crime were found.
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Defense Begins in ISS Perjury Trial of Alger Hiss
The defense opens its case in the perjury trial of Alger Hiss in New York after 14 court days of testimony. The 44 year old former State Department official is accused of lying to a federal grand jury about funneling secret papers to Whittaker Chambers and about seeing Chambers after January 1, 1937. Chambers, ex Time editor, testified that Hiss fed him documents for a Russian spy ring, a claim Hiss denies.
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New Sanitary Garbage Truck To Improve City Service
June 20 1949 Monroe Lay News Star page reports a new sanitary garbage truck will start operation to speed disposal and reduce costs. Property owners urged to clean vacant lots cut weeds and improve curb appeal with city assistance for grass cutting at nominal fees. Mayor Davis seeks broad citizen help to make Ferrie day a cleaner city.
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Chambers Testimony Links Hiss to Spy Ring Allegations
In state department days Hiss faced pleas to quit the party after his break with Communists in 1938. Chambers recounts, with corroboration from his wife and Henry Julian Wadleigh, that Wadleigh was one of five aides Chambers accused of stealing government secrets for the ring. Mrs Chambers described the tight bond between the Chambers family and the Hisses.
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Ferriday Proclaims Clean Up Week
Ferriday Mayor L. W. Davis declares June 20 to 25 as Clean Up Week urging citizens to collect garbage and rubbish from homes and businesses and place it along streets or alleys for pickup.
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Inner-Aid Medicine Claims Powerful Bowel Cleansing
An unnamed man reports using INNER-AID for three days and experiencing dramatic health changes. He says his headaches stopped, facial pimples cleared, knee pains disappeared, and overall energy improved. The ad touts 12 herbs cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
Speegle charged in deaths of Pavatt and Crook in Arkansas
Speegle, a Borger resident, faced charges for killing railroad men Pavatt and Crook after their bodies were found. He was treated at Arkansas Hospital for Nervous Diseases where he feigned amnesia. Lt Peterson later announced Speegle admitted the killings and a rifle linked to the shooting was recovered in Alamosa Colorado.
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Bayou Boys Set To Elect Governor And State Officials
Bayou Boys Staters choose two complete tickets Federalist and Nationalist as they prepare to elect a governor and other state officials in Baton Rouge. The nine day government session at Southern University for Negro high school juniors closes with an inauguration tomorrow night, with about 200 attendees. Candidates include Welton Carey, Roy Wimbush, Leonard Davis, Hastings Huggins, Leman Howard, Lamar Proctor, Walker Thomas, Curtis Mouton, Robert Williams, Herbert Johnson, Willie Brazier, J. L. Brimmer, Walter Nash, J. R. Chism, Patrick Robinson, and R. L. Belton.
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LSU Board Meets in Baton Rouge in Executive Session
Louisiana State University's board of supervisors met in Baton Rouge in executive session today. No public announcement was made about the business before the board.
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Congress 10 Study Health Congress 10 Study Health
Congress this week opens a thorough check up on national health with a House Commerce subcommittee examining general health problems and specific diseases. Proposals would create a public health service research agency and include a survey of sickness in the United States led by Rep Fogarty. A medical care investigation commission is proposed to report in 18 months, potentially delaying Truman’s compulsory health insurance program while debates focus on expanding doctors nurses hospitals and research.
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