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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
6
A collage of short items: Tampa reporter cites a 12-minute meter note. Plymouth burial ground level to hide graves. Utah lot auction fails. Geneva patrolman injured by dogs. Etna bus driver Lilian Hibbard retires after 18 years. Plus Memphis eggs, Des Moines boat rescue, Whistler painting move, Wayland wells, Thibodaux drowning, Lake Charles deaths, Memphis voter registration, and a Texan farmer fends off an Army plane with buckshot.
Louisiana Public Service Commission hearings in Monroe considered Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co extension along Highway 60 and into Merry Woods subdivision amid questions of economic feasibility and subdivision development costs. Rail cases beside moved to discontinue Missouri Pacific passenger service Morris between Monroe and the Arkansas line. depots at Mangham Spencer Georgetown also in question. Forefathers Monument in historic town claims to be the world’s largest solid granite monument standing 81 feet high with four buttresses each bearing a seated figure symbolizing morality law education and freedom.
A 63 year old Winterville Mississippi man Gus Henderson was returned today from Monroe to Greenville on theft charges. Officers arrested him last night at 303 Haynes Street in West Monroe where he had been visiting while sought on a felony warrant issued by Mississippi authorities.
In Mt. Clemens Michigan thieves removed the tires and wheels from William P. Brown’s car while he slept inside. Police may investigate and question neighbors about the nighttime theft.
City of Monroe registration books will close Monday for a 30 day period as required by state law. Mrs Mae Lucky Ouachita parish registrar of voters announced the books will reopen July 31. The closing affects city wards with exceptions for wards 3 and 10 where some books stay open outside city limits. The city commission council was noted.
Monroe residents Robert Holman and W C Hicks are jailed in Ouachita parish on attempted murder charges after a disturbance near a tavern between Swartz and Fairbanks left Paul Benson severely slashed at the throat. Benson, 34, is in serious condition at St Francis Hospital after being found by a Fairbanks couple. Sheriff Bailey Grant said the investigation will continue.
Troop F of the Louisiana state police cancels all days off for a five day period starting Wednesday. Capt. M F Kidd says eight hour shifts and extra patrols in marked and unmarked cars will target speeders reckless drivers and drunk driving during the July 4 holiday to reduce accidents and improve highway safety. The public is urged to observe traffic signs and regulations.
In Newton New Jersey a 16 year old boy accidentally killed his sister Kathleen Ann Pedersen 15 with a .22 rifle bullet meant for a bird. Kathleen walked ahead as Terrance and friend David Aten 16 hunted game in Stillwater Township.
Judge W M Harper heard cases in Monroe City Court yesterday. Claude Young 33 of 1702 Washington was fined 350 for illegal use of weapons. Mack E Smith 42 of 703 Pip pin was fined 95 for concealed weapons and 25 for reckless driving. Two individuals were fined 25 each for public drunkenness. One person fined 50 for disturbing the peace. A total of 22 people were fined 230 on traffic violations.
On recommendation of the Utilities Commission the city calls a bond election. Property owners are asked to approve a 4.5 million bond issue to be repaid from revenue of the power and water departments.
The Duke of Edinburgh in a dark Lagonda struck a Morris near Staines while driving Queen Elizabeth to a Windsor dinner. He urged safer driving at a British Automobile Association event days after criticizing road casualties. No injuries were reported and the other driver left the scene.
Mrs Gladys Stewart Wahn a cosmetic saleswoman told Patrolman Richard Kimble I wouldn't call you a stinker but and handed him a bottle of her sweet smelling wares after a speeding stop in St Petersburg Florida The incident went to court Wednesday with the officer testifying to the humorous exchange.
A Nazi German submarine raised after 12 years at sea was towed to Kiel. The 2540 type electric U boat, scuttled in March 1945 near Flensburg to avoid Allied capture, lies 35 feet below the Baltic. Salvage ships Energie and Ausdauer recovered it after returning from the Suez Canal.
A sailor named Louis Bridges aged 18 is in Ouachita parish custody awaiting transfer to military authorities after being taken into custody by city police at 206 Atkinson street.
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