Annual Meeting Names Ouachita Red Cross Officers
Five new officers and a full board joined the Ouachita Parish chapter of the American Red Cross at its annual meeting. John Collins was chosen chair with C. C. Boardman and J. C. Steele Jr. as vice chairmen. Secretary is Mrs. Ben Breard and treasurer C. H. Bird. New board members include Mrs C. E. Faulk, J. P. McDonald, Mrs. C. K. Crandall, A. P. Andrews, H. D. Touchstone, Jack May, A. L. Smith, W. Derwood Cann Jr., Jack Gates, George Rorex, Charles Bird, Louis Gruber, Bert Root, Thad J. Ryan Jr., Rabbi Jacob Lantz, Churchill Matthews and Jeff Burnett. Special awards went to Ellett, Hicks and Mrs. William Mintz. Guest speaker was Benjamin Goodman of Memphis who spoke on the Red Cross letters M for Money Manpower Management Motivation Mercy.
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Ouachita Parish
American Red Cross
John Collins
C. C. Boardman
J. C. Steele Jr
Ben Breard
C. H. Bird
C. E. Faulk
J. P. McDonald
C. K. Crandall
A. P
Fund Campaign
Hicks
Red Cross
Roll Call
West Monroe
Advanced Gifts
Mintz
Power Company To Host 4-Hers In Plant Tour
Louisiana Power and Light Co will host four Ouachita Parish 4-H members for a plant tour today. Attending youths include Lila Fite Linda Tolbird Carolyn Sturdivant Billie Crew Jo Ann Justus Ann Beard Gaye Beard Rebecca Cobb Buddy Wall L E Wyatt Reggie Owens Lee Mills Robert Hodge Louis Tyner. Miss Betty Jane Hodgkins and Elliot Branch will accompany the group.
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Louisiana Power and Light Co
Ouachita Parish
4-H
Lila Fite
Linda Tolbird
Carolyn Sturdivant
Billie Crew
Jo Ann Justus
Ann Beard
Gaye Beard
Rebecca Cobb
Buddy Wall
L. E. Wyatt
Reggie Owens
Lee Mills
Robert Hodge
Louis Tyner
Betty Jane Hodgkins
Elliot Branch
Prisons for Residences Aide Parole Office Plans
Attorney General Will Wilson told the Dallas Criminal Bar Association that prisons could become permanent residences for those who cannot govern themselves. He noted 37 parole officers in the field and three in the prison system, with 19 parole offices planned by August as part of a paid parole system.
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Prisons For Residences
Dallas
UPI
Will Wilson
Dallas County Criminal Bar Association
Negroes Ike To Discuss Violence At White House Talk
Negro leaders meet with President Eisenhower at the White House to discuss possible violence as more integrated schools open this fall. Rep Adam Clayton Powell announced plans for the conference while White House secretary Hagerty confirmed it. Rev Martin Luther King Jr requested the meeting with leaders pressing for quicker civil rights government action.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
White House
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Adam Clayton Powell
DN. Y
James C
Hagerty
Powell
Martin Luther King
Montgomery, Ala
Deaths of L. E. Graves A Start Farmer Rites Held
Final rites were conducted today for L. E. Graves 63 year old retired farmer of Start. He died at his home Wednesday after a brief illness. The Rev Mongle of Start Baptist Church officiated at 10 a.m. Interment followed in Start Cemetery. Survived by widow Gladys Graves four daughters Mrs John Bryant Shreveport Mrs J R Gilmore Rayville Mrs Winston Bond Jr Greenville Miss and Mrs Allen Lewis Rankin Tex seven brothers and sisters and eight grandchildren Pallbearers named Oliver Lowry Evan James Harvey Moore Tommy Laurannoff Amor Moore Ernest Grimm.
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L. E. Graves
Start
Graves
Start Baptist Church
Rev. Mongle
Hall
Monroe
Gladys Graves
John Bryant
Shreveport
J. R. Gilmore
Mrs Ludie M Jones obituary in Jonesboro
Mrs Ludie Moore Jones 89 longtime Jonesboro resident died Wednesday in a Shreveport hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held today at 8:30 a.m. at the Jonesboro Baptist Church with Rev David Mason officiating. Burial followed in Jonesboro cemetery. She is survived by four daughters Mrs Tom Taylor Mrs Douglas Tait Mrs Mary Rosamond all of Jonesboro and Mrs Paul Rabin of Shreveport, one son H M Jones of Jonesboro, a brother Tom Moore of Jonesboro, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Jonesboro was named for the pioneer family.
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Ludie M. Jones
Jonesboro
Ludie Moore Jones
Shreveport
Jonesboro Baptist Church
David Mason
Edmonds Funeral Home
Paul Rabin
H. M. Jones
Tom Moore
Jones
Rights probes and federal action loom in vote denial cases
The News-Star-World quotes columnist K Reynolds on intensified investigations by the Civil Rights Commission and Justice Department. The piece discusses federal enforcement in voting rights denial cases and potential prosecutions.
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New
Civil Rights Commission
Justice Department
Sand Boil Hits Pargoud Drive in Monroe Cave-In
A sixth street cave-in on Pargoud Drive Monroe named a sand boil from the Ouachita river flood. A 27 year old Baton Rouge man, Charles F. Pizarro, nearly backed into the crater while a 30 inch diameter hole drains toward water and quicksand. Pumping by M. L. Coleman Co. drains the crater as gate to the lake will be opened to lower bayou water. Other cave-ins on Pargoud Boulevard and Jackson Street require sheet piling and pipe work. no sewer blockages reported.
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Monroe
Pargoud Drive
Finance and Utilities
H. W. McSherry
Ouachita
Charles F. Pizarro
Baton
Country Club Road
Jackson and
Plum Streets
Philips Lake
M. L. Coleman Co
McSherry
Tensas Basin
Pargoud Blvd
Kenmore Street
Loop Road
Pine Street
Man seeks redress for teaching striptease in Detroit
Harold Fink 32 sues for 1417 dollars in Common Pleas court saying he taught Marie Tappan 20 known as Vicki the art of striptease. He claims 667.83 dollars for costumes and says his time was worth 750 dollars. Mrs. Tappan says the relationship was social and that he was angry after a breakup.
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Detroit
Mich
Harold Fink
Fink
Marie Tappan
Massachusetts to Build Route 128 Highway Skyway System
Massachusetts plans a combined highway and skyway along Route 128 outside Boston with four helicopter landing areas. The project aims to link multi million dollar industrial plants along the belt with a modern transportation network.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Chamber Group Holds Meeting Press Barred
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce legislative committee held an executive session with the press barred. In public, members said they back favored bills and oppose others by letters and telegrams to lawmakers. They discussed past actions and noted upcoming bills while planning issues to research. The group plans to seek aid later for the West Monroe hospital and meets again July 10 at 4 pm. Howell Heard chairs.
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Legislative Committee of the
West Monroe
Roup
Wea
Howell Heard
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Quickies
K. Reynolds
News-Star—World
Brennan Utilities
N. Grand Monroe
Bodan’s Rexall
Waltham
Mass
Then
Kenneth Page
Cadillac
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