Bevan Granted Reprieve by Labor Party
In a 14 to 13 vote, the British Labour Executive Committee spared Aneurin Bevan from expulsion. Attlee proposed talks to secure his future conduct, with Edith Summerskill abstaining and an eight member subcommittee named for peace talks.
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London
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Clement Attlee
Bevan
Edith Summerskill
Attlee
Dr. Summerskill
Percy Knight
Hugh Gaitskell
James Griffiths
Barbara Castle
Jack Cooper
James Haworth
Citizens Oppose Plan To Discontinue Doodle Bug Service
Citizens from Winnfield Jonesboro Dodson and other communities opposed the proposed discontinuance of the doodle bug passenger service by the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad between Winnfield and the Arkansas line. The Louisiana Public Service Commission took the case under advisement after railroad officials argued the line loses money daily.
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Public Service Commission
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Winnfield
Junction City
Ark
John J. McKeithen
Monroe
Clayton W. Coleman
Baton Rouge
Wade Martin
St. Martinville
Nat B. Knight, Jr
New Orleans
John Oldenburg
Jonesboro
Dodson
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Arkansas State Line
John McKeithen
Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company
Hodge
McKeithen
D. C. Allen
Allen
Sam Holiday
E. L. Edmonds
Rock Island Motor Transit Company
Commission
Citizens of
Couch Motor Lines, Inc
Election Day for Twin Cities High Schools Slated Thursday
Four white high schools in Monroe and West Monroe vote Thursday in a student government election. Contestants from Ouachita Parish High, Neville High and others include Mayors Allen Coon and J. B. Dunn, Commissioners Jon Barker Grove Fields Ike McMullen, and City Judge Florence Filhiol. The Monroe West Monroe Junior Chamber sponsors the annual Student Government Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
Monroe- West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Jon Barker
Grove Fields
Jackie DuPriest
Ike McMullen
Florence Filhiol
Love Harper
Anne Arrant
Jane Gill
Neville High School
J. B. Dunn
Larry Reeves
C. W. Statum
Police Seek To Fix Blame For Train Wreck
Police in Greer South Carolina investigated a switch failure that sent a Piedmont and Northern freight train into a coal chute embankment killing two crew members. Engineer Charles Heard of Greenwood and conductor D M Campbell of Spartanburg died in the wreck.
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Fowler
Greer
R. B. Colvin
Campbell
Colvin
Forest Fire Prevention Ad Advises Louisiana Green Living
A multi-column notice urges residents to prevent forest fires and keep Louisiana green. It emphasizes safe habits, outdoor caution, and community responsibility to protect natural resources and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Fail To Reach Agreement On Income Tax Cut
Washington House Senate Conference Committee failed to agree on a personal income tax cut voted by the House but blocked by the Senate. Rep. Cooper said the session lasted an hour with two unable to agree and the panel will reconvene Friday. He suggested no compromise moves or strategy was disclosed.
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Washington
House-Senate
House
Senate
Rep
Cooper
D-Tenn
Rearm Treaty Debate Set In French Senate
Paris reports that France's Senate debated the West German rearmament as part of ratifying Paris treaties. Observers expect approval to enlist West German troops in Western defense, sending the measures to President Rene Coty after the Senate's late Friday vote. The Assembly approved them on December 30.
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Paris
U. S
France
Senate
Rene Coty
National Assembly
Council of the Republic
Bonn Republic
Ouachita Grand And Petit Jurors Named For Spring Term
Ouachita Parish selects grand and two petit juries for the spring term. Grand jurors will start April 4 in Fourth District Court. Petit juries set for weeks beginning May 9 and May 16. Named jurors include Leo Thompson Ward 2 and W Perry Ward 1 among others.
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Ouachita Parish
R. Dean Farr
Fourth District Court
Leo Thompson
Ward
W. Perry
Ward 1
Another Cold Spell Expected Thursday
A brief respite from the north Louisiana chill gave way to another cold front forecast for Thursday afternoon. The weekend low reached 36 with a daytime high near 60, rising to the middle or high 60s by afternoon. Thursday marks more clouds and a turn to colder air in the north with gentle to moderate winds.
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North
Louisiana
Taliaferro Is Promoted At Central Bank
W. A. Taliaferro elected first vice president of Central Savings Bank and Trust, succeeding J. M. Breard who became president after Travis Oliver's death. Taliaferro, longtime bank employee since 1917, has held multiple roles including bookkeeper, teller, loan desk manager, assistant cashier, and vice president before this promotion.
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Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
W. A. Taliaferro
J. M. Breard
Travis Oliver
Taliaferro
J. Govan Taliaferro
Eisenhower says Yalta motives not worth revisiting
President Eisenhower commented on the Yalta papers and said there is nothing to gain by scrutinizing motives from a decade ago. He stated he never questions any man's motives and emphasized publishing documents while guarding allies' good faith. The exchange touched on U.S. foreign policy and GOP criticisms of Roosevelt's wartime concessions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Yalta
State Department
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Congress
Monroe Traffic Safety Trip Committee Named By Mayor
Mayor John E. Coon announced a traffic safety conference in Monroe to be held April 11 and 12 at the Jung Hotel. A nine-member delegation from fields including agriculture business education and public information will attend, with potential changes if members cannot go.
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Monroe
Jung Hotel
John E. Coon
Robert F. Kennon
Coon
Paul Ransome
Dave Silverstein
Eleona Brinsmade
Yvonne Herron
Wood
Col. Chester Owen
Public Safety
Churchill’s Palace Audience Fuels Retirement Rumors
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill lingered at Buckingham Palace for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II and Tuesday night revived rumors about his expected retirement.
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London
Winston Churchill
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth I
Four Union Officials Fined for Picket Line Violation
In Nashville Tennessee Chancellor Thomas A. Shriver fined four union officials 50 each for failing to cross picket lines of Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad workers. The injunction was dissolved as the railroad failed to show illegal action while fines stood against Burch Jones Gregg and Hadley of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen and Brotherhood of Maintenance and Ways Employes.
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Nashville, Tenn
Thomas A. Shriver
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Shriver
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Nashville
Clinchfield Railroad
J. T. Burch
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
O. C. Jones
T. H. Gregg
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
J. H. Hadley
Brotherhood of Maintenance and Ways Employes
Hunt For Body Of Fisherman Is Continued
Jena, March 23 Special search for Floyd Hudnall 45 Nebo La continued Wednesday after a motorboat overturned on Catahoula Lake about 40 miles south of Vidalia. His cousin White Hudnall 45 Nebo was recovered. The boat found entangled in a seine with White Hudnall. Volunteers and rescue crews from Alexandria Monroe and Natchez aided in dragging operations.
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Jena
Floyd Hudnall
Nebo
Catahoula Lake
Vidalia
White Hudnall
Bruce
Thomas Hudnall
Clyde Lamb
Alexandria
Monroe
Natchez
Miss
Maxine
Nellie
Soviet Youth Ape Americans Says Refined In Berlin
Valery Lysikov, 17, a Soviet air force officer's son who fled to the West, told a press conference that Russia's teenagers imitate Americans, favor jazz, and try to dress like Americans though government support is limited. He described girls as hard to approach and noted bow ties are popular in Moscow. Lysikov has been granted asylum.
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Berlin
West
Russia
Valery A Lysikov
Valery
Bank Auditors' Organization Meeting Tonight
An organizational meeting for the Northeast Louisiana Conference of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers will be held tonight at Tory's Redwood Lounge in Monroe. The 6:30 p.m. start will form the group with aims to research and educate on auditing procedures and personnel administration.
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Northeast Louisiana
National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
Tory’s
Redwood Lounge
Monroe
Ouachita National and Central Savings Banks of
First National Bank of
West Monroe
Benton M. Wakefield, Jr
Ouachita National Bank
Grayson Guthrie
The
Central Savings Bank
J. W. Roberson
Northeast Louisiana Clearing House Association
Underground A-Blast Ready At Las Vegas
Army technicians prepared the first underground atomic blast in the United States since 1951 at the Nevada test site. The device was emplaced by Army engineers under AEC supervision with 280 armed forces observers nearby. A radiation reading near Las Vegas measured 174 milliroentgens and was deemed harmless. Weather warnings remained a possible postponement.
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Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Phoenix
St. George
Utah
Eisenhower Rules Out Summit Meet Yet Supports Exploratory Talks
President Eisenhower said ratification of the Paris agreements could lead to exploratory talks on a lower level, but he would not back a summit meeting while Soviet promises remain unkept. He cited Russian behavior and warned against conferences used for Communist propaganda, open to travel for peace yet constrained by U S duties. He noted Senator George Ga proposed a big power conference after ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. George
George
Germany
Minor Peach Crop Damage Slated In Ouachita Parish
J H Milliken acting county agent for Ouachita parish said weekend rains will help northeast Louisiana crops and that the freezes of the past two mornings caused only slight damage to peaches. He noted a later meeting of the Artificial Breeders Association directors in West Monroe at 7 30 p m Wednesday.
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J. H. Milliken
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Bayou Bartholomew
Milliken
Calhoun
Artificial Breeders’ Association
West Monroe
Government mediations seek end to L and N strike
Washington reported the government invited managers and union leaders to a fresh round of talks to resolve a 10 day rail strike affecting Louisville and Nashville and three subsidiaries. National Mediation Board chairman Francis A. ONeill offered health welfare plan ideas and other disputed issues in the effort to settle the 25 000 non operating workers stoppage.
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Washington
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Francis A. O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
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San Simeon
Calif
Pacific Coast
Bank Auditors’ Organization
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