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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
11
Wayne Huckaby, commissioner of streets and parks, said the Mulberry Street extension will run beyond the sea wall to a private road toward boat docks on the Ouachita River. Weather permitting, the road should open by Sunday. Mulberry intersects South Grand in the 800 block.
Dodson June 29 Rayford Greene and Edgar Shows of the Dodson FFA chapter have each received the Han Farmer degree, according to A. B. Walker.
Rayford Greene and Edgar Shows, members of the Dodson FFA chapter, earned the State Farmer degree the state association’s highest award. Greene placed fourth in farm electrification, winning 120 dollars, and plans to attend the national convention in Kansas City in October. Both boys excel in leadership cooperation and scholarship, with superior general agriculture programs and supervised farm work, and their achievements helped Dodson earn a superior award certificate.
City Building Inspector Sam Awl issues permits to Ouachita Easter Seal Rehabilitation for a two story masonry building with 20 rooms at 1209 Oliver Road costing 124000 and to Sam Davis for a one story brick veneer building with two baths carport and five and a half rooms at 1801 Lexington Avenue costing 13500.
John F E Coon, recently defeated in his bid for reelection as Monroe mayor, was named state fire marshal by Governor Earl K Long. A longtime Long supporter, Coon had ties to a local insurance firm and will hold Monroe mayoral duties until July 24.
Lake Charles June 29 Thirty four persons from northeast Louisiana will join a baton twirling exhibition at McNeese State College tonight. The fourth annual event titled Twirlers in White features 219 pupils in solo and ensemble exhibitions beginning at 6 p.m. Jack Gatlin of Monroe acts as master of ceremonies. Participants include Ferriday trio Barfield Dean Newman Snyder, Monroe residents Barton Causey Fernandez Hampton Hatten Hyman Mouton Peters Powell Wills Wilson, Winnfield entrants Boone Carpenter Keys Martin Wells Williams, and Bastrop entrants Crowe Flanagen Godwin Rawls Spier Varnado Wells Whetstone Yourig.
Downsville Lodge No. 143 Free and Accepted Masons plans celebrate its 100th anniversary founded February 12, 1856. An open meeting is set for Sunday July 1 at 2 PM in the Downsville High School auditorium with D Allen Long of Opelousas and J B Higginbotham delivering the principal address.
Secretary of Labor says the Louisiana Legislature repealed the state's right-to-work law, calling it a positive step. The action reduces the number of states with such laws to seventeen, prohibiting unions from mandating union membership. Also notes Yosemite Falls as the highest waterfall in the continental United States and a brief note on starfish skin and protective spines.
The Louisiana Senate passed a convention bill 29 to 10 to decide by November whether to hold a constitutional revision convention. The House had approved earlier and Gov. Earl Long backs the measure. Delegates total 121 with 101 elected, three from the Louisiana Law Institute, and two justices. The vote featured strong debate in English and French.
New Orleans senator A. O. Rappelet urged passage in French while other French speaking lawmakers interrupted him. James Sparks of Monroe pressed for a clear path, asking for a straightforward resume of the proposal as discussions continued.
The Fifth Circuit orders the Mansfield High School case back to a lower court. It held the Mansfield board failed to move toward ending segregation and acted to continue it into the next year.
Industry experts say a brief steel strike will injure construction and related sectors quickly, with coal mining, railroads, and pipe supply feeling immediate effects. Analysts compare impact to 1952, when a 63 day stoppage cost billions in wages and production, while the broader economy remained resilient.
General Electric and General Motors say they can weather a possible steel strike better than in 1952 and report their inventories in pretty good shape while workers face furloughs in auto railroad coal and fabricating sectors.
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