Negro Accused Of Hit Run Driving In Ouachita Parish
A Ruston man Jolly Wright was arrested for hit and run driving after sideswiping Fred Watson on Forksville Road twelve miles west of West Monroe. Wright is held in the Ouachita Parish jail on a $500 bond.
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A. Ouachita Parish
Jolly Wright
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
M. E. Kidd
Louisiana
Bailey Grant
Wright
Fred Watson
Calhoun
Watson
Forksville Road
West Monroe
Three Agencies Arrest Teen in Theft Case
State Police Captain C M Kavanaugh City Detective Floyd Van and Deputy Sheriff Bill Causey teamed up over the weekend to arrest Emmanuel Reed an 18 year old Negro of Monroe after spotting him behind Sears Roebuck on DeSiard Street. Reed allegedly took undergarments six handkerchiefs and trousers from a trash box and was jailed on theft charges as narcotics arrests continued.
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C. M. Kavanaugh
Floyd van
Bill Causey
Emmanuel Reed
Monroe
Sears, Roebuck and Co
DeSiard Street
Political column quotes Ellis on federal tax power
Ellis blasts the federal tax power as undermining state autonomy and throttling productive energy. He spoke in a Baton Rouge radio talk charging inconsistency and questioning sincerity of criticism during the last presidential campaign coverage.
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Ellis
Baton Rouge
Cooperation Makes Modern Prison Farm
Lake Providence reports a modern prison farm serving Madison Tensas and East Carroll parishes. Under Supt Riley Mangum the operation shows 1953 receipts of 136388 with monthly costs 4769 and no taxpayer debt. The farm houses 50 inmates with plan to replace barracks by a 65 capacity one story building and offers inmate work toward social reintegration.
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Lake Providence
Madison
Tensas
East Carroll
East Carroll Parish
Riley E. Mangum
W. T. “Tib’’ Mitchiner
Mitchiner
Angola
George Bishop
Josh Clement
Frank Byerley
McCarthy Jones Feud Simmers In Maine Campaign
The Maine primary campaign features Sen Jones and Sen McCarthy arguing over political smears and a 1950 declaration of conscience. Mrs Smith recalls McCarthy as a deliberate plant and dismisses claims of hidden influence while both assert their own records and attacks. In a separate prison incident in an unrelated note, inmates seized hostages but were subdued with guards’ response.
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Monroe
News-Star
Jones
Washington
McCarthy
Maine
James Anthony Wheeler
Kansas City
Kan
Janet Manes
Topeka
Shipe
Charles Edmondson
Lawrence Potts
Edmondson
Lawton Ray Rollins
William Henry Parker
Grant, County
Kans
Donald’ Eugene David
Sturgis
Mich
Emmett May
Robert Elroy Knight
Picher
Okla
James Tass
Ponca City
Three-Candidate Louisiana Senate Race Heats Up
The Louisiana Democratic primary campaign for the U S Senate shows Sen. Allen Ellender attacking the Republican farm policy while Frank Ellis questions Ellender's sincerity and campaign focus. State Rep. W Gilbert Faulk remains quiet as Ellis and Ellender clash over price supports and parity.
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Associated Press
Allen Ellender
Frank Ellis
Ellender
Senate
Ellis
Louisiana
Washington
Gilbert Faulk
Eifender
Eisenhower
Benson
Llender
Tallulah
Credit Course To Be Initiated At Hotel Here
A 10 hour short course in retail credit fundamentals starts today at Francis Hotel, running 7 30 to 10 00 pm this week. Monroe and West Monroe retailers and credit personnel are expected. Sterling S. Speake, a retail credit specialist from the National Retail Credit Association, teaches.
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Francis Hotel
Monroe
West Monroe
Herbie Ryland
Credit Bureau
Sterling S. Speake
National Retail Credit Association
St. Louis
Ferriday Kiwanis Club Chartered Charter Night Observed
Ferriday Kiwanis Club held its charter night at Ferriday Grammar School cafeteria on June 21 with Kiwanis officials from several states present. The highlight was Leo Young receiving the new charter from Carl L. Stewart Kiwanis district governor.
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Ferriday
Ferriday Kiwanis Club
Ferriday Grammar School
Kiwanis
Jena
Olla
West Monroe
Monroe
Rayville
Shreveport
Columbia
Pascagoula
Miss
Greenwood
Natchez
Dallas
Texas
Leo Young
Ferriday Club
Carl L. Stewart
Property Owners Gain Use Of Land Along Old Levee
Ward seven property owners in Concordia Parish may use land where the old Mississippi river levee runs, provided no material is removed. The decision was made by the fifth Louisiana levee district board at its June meeting after requests to abandon the levee. The Concordia Parish police jury had previously offered no objection in May.
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Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Board of Commissioners
Fifth Louisiana Levee District
Firefighters Douse Flames From Fire Engine
Firemen battling a blaze in Bridgeport Conn called for help not to fight the main fire but to quell flames erupting from their own engine after the blaze broke out.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Daily Vacation Bible School Opens in Oak Ridge
A community Vacation Bible School runs June 21 to 25 in Oak Ridge. Classes meet in the educational rooms of the Baptist and Methodist Churches with lawn recreation space between buildings. Leaders include Mrs. Jack Files, Mrs. Sam Conger, Mrs. G L Greene, Mrs. A H Valentine, Mrs. A D Brown, and Mrs. James Poole.
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Baptist
Methodist
Jack Files
Sam Conger
G. L. Greene
A. H. Valentine
A. D. Brown
James Poole
Will Rolfe
Oak Ridge
Rebels Capture Towns Along Honduran Border Reported
The rebel headquarters in Guatemala City said three towns near the Honduran border were captured: Asquipulas, Jocotan, and Quezantepeque. Insurgents also cut the railway from Puerto Barrios to Guatemala City near Morales.
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Lewis
London Daily Express
Guatemala City
Honduran
Asquipulas
Jocotan
Quezantepeque
Puerto Barrios
Morales
Chinese report claims dead American airmen in Korea war incident
Chinese spokesman asserts airmen died after a crash near Antung with three others captured and dead. Names P. E. Voorhis, H. D. Weese and A. D. Hart Jr. are listed as parachuting survivors who died. W. L. Winter, a Protestant missionary, is also named among the dead, allegedly jailed for espionage and dying February 27, 1951 in Kwantung. Two additional Americans, Mr and Mrs W. B. Christian, reportedly left China recently.
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China
United States
P. E. Voorhis
H. D. Weese
A.D. Hart, Jr
Antung
W. L. Winter
Winter
Kwantung Province
W. B. Christian
Shanghai
Six Arrests Made in Ouachita Parish Case
State Police Maj Barnes led the sixth arrest with Capt Kavanaugh Deputy Sheriff Bill Causey and City Detective Floyd Van assisting. Sheriff Bailey Grant and Chief of Detectives Hugh Tolbert announced the arrests. Tolbert aided in several arrests. Van worked full time. All six suspects face mandatory 10 year terms if convicted.
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Tion
Barnes
C. M. Kavanaugh
Bill Causey
Floyd van
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Hugh Tolbert
Tolbert
Van
Stock Law Battle Evolves Over Amendments and Voi
Lawmakers clash over two stock law bills banning cows from highways with over 1000 vehicles daily. Roberts used reconsideration to push his bill, Blair signaled changes could win support, and many proponents backed the Blair measure for some form of stock law. The session also moved about four million dollars in small appropriations led by 507000 for state park improvements as the House sped money bills to the Senate.
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Roberts
Blair
House
Senate
Clarence Aycock
House Appropriations Committee
Bryan Lehmann Jr
Postpone of Arkansas Democrat calls for staff house cleaning
Senior Democrat and spokesman for minority party colleagues demanded a house cleaning among staff, publicly pressing for changes and organizational shake up at the party’s ranks.
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Arkansas
L. J. Anthony Dies After Long Local Career at Monroe
Lasseter J. Anthony, 70, longtime Monroe resident and former owner of Quachita Iron Works, died in a local clinic. Funeral plans by Mulhearn Funeral Home with Dr. H L Johns officiating include a Masonic grave service. Survived by wife Mrs Lee Phillips Anthony, daughters Edith Stock and Juanita Mears, two grandchildren, two brothers and a half sister.
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Lasseter J. Anthony
Mulhearn Funeral Home
H. L. Johns
Anthony
Quachita Iron Works
Illinois Central Railroad
First Methodist Church
Western Star Lodge of Masons
Lee Phillips Anthony
Edith Stock
Crosley School
Juanita Mears
Monroe
Grady Anthony
Henry Keith, Purvis
McCarthy Army hearings stir new clash over charges
Senate subcommittee members clash as H Struve Hensel demands dismissal with rebuke. The panel, led by Mundt, weighs charges against McCarthy aides and Army figures tied to the Schine episode amid ongoing probes and potential cost reimbursements. Jenkins weighs political options.
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Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
H. Struve Hensel
Defense
Hensel
McCarthy
Pvt. G. David Schine
Subcommittee
Army
Stevens
John G. Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Schine
Carr
Mundt
MacCarthy
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Monroe Area Couples
Marriage licenses issued to Bernard C. Quinn Jr. 27 and Lena Sullivan 22 of Monroe Del Mar. Emmett C. Rhodes 30 of Shreveport and Annie Mae Wall 31 of West Monroe. Roger Kimball 22 and Beverly Jean Vollman 22 both of Monroe. Jackson Deer 34 of Monroe and Loraine K. Dykes 22 of Roseland. Odie B. Lee Jr. 22 and Arah Jean Boyd 18 both of West Monroe.
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Bernard C. Quinn, Jr
Lena Sullivan
Monroe
Emmett C. Rhodes
Shreveport
Annie Mae Wall
West Monroe
Roger Kimball
Beverly Jean Vollman
Jackson Deer
Loraine K. Dykes
Roseland
Odie B. Lee, Jr
Arah Jean Boyd
Summers Bring Weight to Fish Stories on The River
The line hints at summer fishing tales growing with bigger catches as scales gain prominence in local lore.
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery with New Healing Substance
In New York a special report says a new healing substance Bio-Dyne reduces hemorrhoids and stops bleeding without surgery. Case by case, pain eased and shrinkage occurred, with patients declaring piles ceased to be a problem. The ointment Preparation H is offered in drug stores under a guarantee.
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N. Y
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