Tallulah Boy Drowns At Bear Lake
George Nichols Ammons, 13, star shortstop for Tallulah American Legion Junior team, drowned in Bear Lake near Tallulah LA after swimming with friends. Lifesaving attempts lasted over two hours. an iron lung failed to revive him. He is survived by siblings and grandparents. Funeral planned Tuesday at Methodist Church with burial at Silver Cross Cemetery. pallbearers from the American Legion junior squad.
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Tallulah
Bear Lake
Here
George Nichols Ammons
Tallulah American Legion
Young Ammons
Under
Alberta Ammons
Tallulah High School
Robert Lee Ammons, Jr
Shreveport
Ophelia Friis
Albert Crosby
Betty Jane Ammons
Natchez
Sara Shelby
Boston
Mass
Ophelia Nichols
Methodist Church
John F. Kilpatrick
Crothers Funeral Home
Silver Cross Cemetery
American Legion
Johnny Stocks
Clyde H. Clark, Jr
Wallace Hargon
Bill
Ouachita Parish Jury OKs Road Improvements and Grants
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury approved continuing and expanding road improvements. They seek $40,000 from the state, with $30,000 from legislative act funds and $10,000 from the parish aid fund. They also authorized $8,780.24 to Twin City Gravel for Ticheli road materials, to be reimbursed from earlier state funds. The jury will solicit bids to improve the Okaloosa school road and authorize estimates for blacktopping Swartz-Fairbanks road, with state reimbursement. Sheriff Bailey Grant asked for funding to operate a parish night patrol car.
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Twin City Gravel Company
Ticheli
Okaloosa
Swartz-Fairbanks
Bill Vinson
Bailey Grant
Baseball Club Members Lead Honorary Pallbearers
Christian Johnny Halbach and Philip Crothers are named in the notice with honorary pallbearers including other members of the baseball club.
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Christian
Johnny Halbach
Philip Crothers
Negro sought in death near Oak Ridge after brawl
In Morehouse Parish Louisiana authorities seek 36 year old Robert Lee Johnson in the death of Buddy Daniels a 35 year old farmer from near Oak Ridge. Daniels died after a fatal head blow and knife wounds following a free for all brawl four miles east of Oak Ridge. John Lee McKinley a 30 year old farmer of near Oak Ridge is in custody. William Valentine of West Monroe is being held for questioning.
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Bastrop
Robert Lee Johnson
Buddy Daniels
Oak Ridge
Morehouse Parish
W. H. Griffin
Daniels
Griffin
William Valentine
West Monroe
Junior Red Cross Camp Explained at Talladega
Pat Sanders of Monroe was featured on a KNOE radio broadcast about a Southeastern Area Junior Red Cross training center held June 7 17 at Camp Mac near Talladega Alabama. The 10 day program for senior high school J R C members aims to prepare selected leaders and inform participants of Red Cross aims and activities. Pat Sanders represents Ouachita Parish Red Cross among 110 enrollees from about 60 chapters in eight southeastern states.
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Pat Sanders
Walter E. Knapp
Monroe
KNOE
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Ouachita Parish
Monroe Fire Chief Hales joins regional municipal group
Monroe Fire Chief H L Hales was among the first fire chiefs admitted to the Southwestern International Municipal Signal Association at its twelfth annual conference in Tulsa on June 16 17 18. J D Parker notes chiefs previously lacked membership cards as the group consisted of municipal superintendents and electricians. Seventy three active members voted to admit five chiefs. next conference scheduled for Shreveport Louisiana.
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Monroe
H. L. Hales
International Municipal Signal Association
Tulsa
Oklo
J. D. Parker
Parker
Shreveport
Bicycle Parade Set for Friday in Monroe
A spectacular bicycle safety parade is planned in Monroe on Friday with nearly 300 costumed riders. Sponsored by Montgomery Ward and Co with cooperation from the Monroe police department and Safety Council, prizes include radios, bicycle gear, and merchandise of equal value. Every contestant gets a Joy Theater pass and Grapette, contingent on submitting an entry blank by 9 30 a m Friday. Judges will be announced in tomorrow's Morning World News Star.
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Monroe
Montgomery Ward and Co
Monroe Police Department
Monroe Safety Council
Joy Theater
G. A. Evans
Wards Sporting Goods Department
All Bran helps a man’s marriage mend
A humorous old column shows a man confessing his constipation woes and praising Kellogg's All-Bran for relief. He writes to his wife Sue that eating high fiber and drinking water has him regular again and hopes she will return, ending with a loving plea.
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Sue
Joe
Yale Rejects Loyalty Oath for Faculty
Yale President Charles Seymour stated the university will not impose a loyalty oath on faculty while promising to bar communists. He condemned witch hunts and warned against congressional control of academic matters, arguing for academic freedom and independence. The piece also notes historical meat consumption figures from 1934, 1948, and 1900.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale
Charles Seymour
University
Man hit by truck near capitol canopy while waiting for streetcar
John Hare, 45, was waiting for a streetcar yesterday beneath the ancient metal canopy at the capitol grounds when a truck's top struck the canopy and caused a crash. He sustained non serious injuries.
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Washington
John Hare
Capitol Grounds
Hare
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Tallulah Boy
Iron Long
George Ammons
Reed
Monroe Hardware Company
North Second Street
MET
A. C. Meats
Fresh Poultry
DeSiard St
K. C
Loin K. C
K. C. T-Bone
VEAL
Municipal Group
Hales
Maxwell House Tea
Maxwell House
of General Foods
Maxwell House Tea Dept
Battle Creek, Mich
Ilove
U.S. A
Congress
Seanak
Walgreen's & Liggett
Rexall
Frigidaire
America
Todey
Durrett
St. John
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