Editorial urges public release of Baton Rouge highway meeting details
The Baton Rouge session with State Highway Director Richardson on Highway 80 through Monroe and West Monroe is portrayed as informational. The editorial argues the public has a right to know what was cleared during talks and urges Mayor Howard to authorize immediate approval of the overpass to align with the national plan and avoid delays.
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Baton Rouge
R. B. Richardson
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
W. L. Howard
la Ader
Richardson
Sion
Twinie
Ighway
Dobie
Howard
Wicks
Sine Sing
Cordiner Study Urges Defense Reorganization and Pay Reform
Ralph J. Cordiner, head of a research team for one year, urges sweeping changes in the Defense Department to curb waste and cut costs. His plan focuses on paying skilled personnel similarly to private industry and restructuring to reduce training outlays amid a proposed $2.5 billion 1958 cut. He notes 87 percent of highly skilled personnel leave for civilian jobs, costing billions in training. The Budget Bureau rejected his recommendations, with broader reforms stalled.
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Ralph J. Cordiner
Defense Department
Budget Bureau
Cordiner
Sardiner
Hoover Commission
Cordiner Group
Yarborough Chooses a Bold Yet Risky Start in Senate
The junior Texas senator Ralph Yarborough delivers his first Washington speech before the Woman's National Democratic Club attacking leadership timidity and urging a bold pro growth stance. He pins blame on Johnson and Rayburn, notes his inexperience, and signals aggressive reform plans including river restocking in Texas.
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Washington
Ralph Yarborough
Xas
Woman's National Democratic Club
Eisenhower
CIO
Agmericans
Democratic
Lone Star
Senate
Sgyndon Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Johnson
Yarofigh
Efor
Genera
Highny
ADA
Yarborough
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Johnson and Rayburn
Congress
Johnson- Rayburn
Ralph
Texas
confess and live honestly after a conversion
The speaker urges a full confession and living a single life. Honesty will restore trust with friends and wife, and a genuine change in faith will be evident even if past deception seemed complete.
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Christ
Supreme Court limits Congressional investigations in 1957 ruling
Washington reports the Supreme Court cripples investigative power by requiring explicit legislative purpose in questions and likely court review for each case. Analysts say the decision hinders exposure of Communist infiltration, racketeering in labor, and other corruption, risking escape for wrongdoers and pleasing Moscow.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate
House
Supreme Court
America
Harding
Teapot Dome
Alger Hiss
House Committee On UN - American Activities
McClellan
Arkansas
Kefauver
Tennessee
Eastland
Mississippi
Congress
Justice Clark
Clark
Stooges
Warren
Frankfurter
Black
Douglas
Brennan
United States
Communist Party
Department of Justice
Moscow
Communist “Daily Worker
Soul And Body: Thoughts On Man's Spiritual Side
A reflective piece at the Coronado Hotel on the balance of body mind and soul, noting how life stages shift focus and how the soul remains constant. Personal memories touch on Catholic nuns, a grandmother’s vow, and profiles of Charlie Pearl and Carry Porter amid seaside imagery.
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James Dunn
Navy
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wyoming
Mae Busch
Mae Marsh
Pickford and Fairhorks
Theda Bera
Aileen Pringle
Cele Nellie
St. Patrick's School
Jersey City
Mary Murphy Bishop
Charlie Pearl
Charlies
Charlie
Carry Porter
E. D. Coblentz
Nothing Like American Drugstores In World
A returning traveler extols the American drugstore as a quintessential symbol of U.S. modern life. He praises its vast, varied inventory on 42nd Street, fast, chatty clerks, and the sensory familiarity of smells and sounds, arguing Europe lacks a comparable, unified retail experience.
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New York
London
America
U.S.A
Detroit
Tis Country
Europe
Meanys Ethics Questioned In Sing Sing Parley
The piece reviews a 1953 broadcast by Arthur H. Wicks then New York lieutenant governor defending his talks with Joe Fay, a jailed racketeer involved in labor disputes and town projects. It portrays Fay as a corrupt fixer and portrays Wicks as praising a labor-government parallel.
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George Meany
Arthur H. Wicks
New York
Joe Fay
Sing Sing
Wicks
Senate
Tom Dewey
Dewey
Justas
Joe
Hudson River
Fay
Sing Sire
George Yerry, Jr
The
Carpenters
Labor
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Wickswell
Monroe News-Star History and Staff Overview
The Monroe News-Star, founded in 1893, is published weekdays with notable editors and a broad Associated Press affiliation. The item outlines ownership, office location, staff roles, and a brief mission statement emphasizing impartial news reporting and opposition to wrongs.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
Olive and
North Fourth St
Asst
Mar
Associated Press
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Meher
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Secretary of State
Service
Jim Bishop
Coronado
Pacific
Dan
Thuner
Henry McLemore
Giaoys Cpante
Meany
By Westbrook Pegler
Hasmission
Newark
Tom Clark
Monroe News - Star
Robert Ewing, Jr
Cha
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Richard Hale
Edmund G. Brown
Jack Gates
Walter B Hatten
Branham Company
National Advertising Representatives
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Monroe News-Star
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