Northwestern Presenting Pair In Informal Recital
Northwestern State College music faculty members Paul Torgrimson and Daniel Schumann will perform a Sunday afternoon recital at 3 p.m. in the Little Theater. The informal program features Schubert, Debussy, and Prokofieff sonatas, with Schumann from the Shreveport Symphony and Torgrimson noted for religious and community music work. Dress is sport shirts and slacks for both performers.
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Natchitoches
Northwestern State College
Paul Torgrimson
Daniel Schumann
Torgrimson
Schumann
Schubert
Debussy
Prokofieff
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Shreveport Music Group
Dodson High School Plans 1956 Graduation
The Dodson High School 22 graduates in the 1956 class include Lynn Gales Mona Rhy mes Sue Roberts Edgar Shows Thera Smiley Durbin Beatrice Vines Frankie Kelly Jerone Mur phy Doyle Vines Lula Belle Vines Naomi Vines Theresa Weeks Mattie Young Linnie Higgs Rayford Higgs James Stewart Margaret Simpkins Betty Jordan Katherine Chandler Delton Carpenter Thomas Fitzgerald Rayford Green Gynn Gates is valedictorian and Theresa Weeks salutatorian The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Rev. Foster of the Siloam Baptist church on Sunday May 20 and graduation takes place Tuesday evening May 22.
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Dodson
Specelal
Dodson High School
Lynn Gales
Mona Rhymes
Sue Roberts
Edgar Shows
Thera Smiley
Durbin
Beatrice Vines
Frankie Kelly
Jerone Murphy
Doyle Vines
Lula Belle Vines
Naomi Vines
Theresa Weeks
Mattie Young
Linnie Higgs
Rayford Higgs
James Stewart
Margaret Simpkins
Betty Jordan
Katherine Chandler
Delton Carpenter
Thomas Fitzgerald
Rayford Green
Gynn Gates
M. G. Gates
L. Weeks
Mr. Foster
Siloam Baptist Church
Youth Hurt In Cycle Car Collision In City
R C McBroom 17 of 307 Bell avenue suffered minor injuries in a motor cycle car crash at DeSiard and North 23rd streets. He collided with Dorothy Lutis 25 of 122 South 20th street as she turned left from DeSiard. McBroom treated for lacerations by a private physician.
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R. C. McBroom
Bell Avenue
DeSiard
North 23Rd Streets
McBroom
DeSiard Street
Dorothy Lutis
South 20Th Street
Miss Hill
Winged Horse Reading Club Opens At Parish Library
Ouachita Parish Public Library launches the Winged Horse summer reading club for children, running June 4 to September 1. Librarian Frances Flanders notes schools support the effort and describes tours for first grade classes to teach checkout rules and lending terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish Public Library
Winged Horse
Frances Flanders
Ouachita Parish
Kefauver Stevenson Clash Over Foreign Policy in 68 Delegate Race
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver spar over U S prestige abroad and NATO policy as they campaign for delegates on June 5 They condemn Eisenhower era policy while urging peacetime economic prep and insistence on nonvio lent school integration supports.
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Kefagever
Stevenson
NATO
Kefauver
Eisenhower
America
United States
Russia
Supreme Court
Sheriff Coleman To Be Honored On 75th Birthday
Citizens of Tensas Parish send invitations for a reception honoring Sheriff Elliot Devereaux Coleman on his 75th birthday May 30. The open house will be at Waterproof High School gym from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Sheriff Coleman
Tensas Parish
Elliot Devereaux Coleman
Association pushes consumer protections in trading stamps debate
Monroe Man Zimmerman Jr and W B Scogin of Leesville led a Louisiana group that called trading stamps an unfair trade practice and backed legislation to regulate them. They urged Congress to pass tax refund laws for disaster losses and urged suppliers to renegotiate longer term contracts with extended cancellation clauses. The association planned a meeting in New Orleans next year.
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Congress
New Orleans
Nun Convent Fire Kills Priest In Ottawa Aviation Crash
A jet fighter rammed a Grey Nuns convent on the Ottawa River near Ottawa at 10 15 p m killing Rev Richard Ward 42 the convent housed about 35 people at the time. Firefighters and rescue crews battled the blaze as crowds gathered with several nuns injured and hospitalized in Eastview and Ottawa General Hospital.
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Order of the Grey Nuns of the Cross
Ottawa
Air Force Base
Richard Ward
Lawrence Barber
Eastview
Ont
Ottawa General Hospital
Car Overturns Burdened Family in Tragic Crash
Alvin Lacombe and his wife suffered injuries with a broken jaw and bruises in a crash. Barthelmas Lacombe had cuts and shock. They were taken to Kosciusko hospital. The sisters were to be buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Leake County, in the family plot.
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Alvin Lacombe
Kosciusko Hospital
Barthelmas Lacombe
Pleasant Grove
Leake County
Russia’s New Russia backs German reunification stance
The article notes Moscow’s position on German reunification complicating East West issues. It cites officials reacting to the Monday Soviet pledge to cut military personnel by 1,200,000 and Western estimates suggesting Soviet mobilized strength around four and a half million.
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Moscow
Breeding recounts assault at mass meeting clash
Breeding describes being struck and knocked down during a confrontation at a mass meeting. He says the assailant hit him with a chair after initial blows. A similar meeting was held last week to review Breeding's charges. Kilcrease, who chaired the citizens group, noted a revival service and wake reduced attendance at the gathering.
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Breeding
J. P. Kilcrease
Citizens’ Group
ROTC Honors Awarded to Northeast ROTC Cadets
Cadet James H. Wharton earned the Rodney J. Hobbs Post medal for top military science grades while Cadet Robert R. Townley received the Barkdull Faulk Post American Legion award for the highest two year average. Color guard, band, honor platoon, rifle team ribbons were distributed among listed cadets with Cadet Billy M. Thompson and Cadet Sheldon L. Ray receiving key honors. The Bancroft bowl was presented to Company A, with T. O. Bancroft Jr presenting and Bancroft Sr pledging annual support.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Prt
James H. Wharton
Barkdull Faulk Post American Legion
Robert R. Townley
Donald L. Walker
Joseph FE. Steward
Joseph Andrews
Donald J. Crocker
Robert Cargile
Jack White
Volmer Boyd
Stanley Burkett
Jerrell Carter
Rex Dillingham
Horace Smith
David Tschabold
Charles Clark
John Hogan
Jack Hover
Charles Hytken
Wilmer Lawson
Sidney McKay
Lee Myers
Charles Newman
William Pryor
Joseph Thompson
Billy M. Thompson
Sheldon L. Ray
T. O. Bancroft, Jr
Northeast State
First Coed Leader Elected at Louisiana College
Jerry Lowery 21 of Shreveport becomes the first woman student body president at Louisiana College. A history education major, she leads the student government as the college marks a milestone in broader campus representation.
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Pineville
Jerry Lowery
Shreveport
Louisiana College
Miss Lowery
Ouachita Parish High School Alumni Banquet Ticket Deadline
Thursday noon is the deadline for purchasing tickets for the Alumni Banquet to be held Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Virginia Hotel. Miss Grace Carter announced alumni may bring a spouse who did not attend the school. Vinson Mouser will be principal speaker with other participants listed. Tickets available from the high school College Friend banks in West Monroe and Ouachita National Bank branches.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Virginia Hotel
Grace Carter
Miss Carter
Vinson Mouser
Columbia
J. C. Wallace
Floyd Fisher
Jane Wallace
Richard Wainwright
Jasper E. Jones
Fred Fudickar
Jack Thompson
Alfred Causey
Josephine McCranie
College Friend
West Monroe
Ouachita National Bank
Main
Louisville
Spring Bumps on Cattle Linked to Grubs and Warbles
Farmers note that bumps on cattle backs in spring are caused by grubs or warbles. Infestations can lower meat yield and reduce milk production, prompting control measures for herds.
Long Aims At Louisiana Tax Equalization In New Term
Governor Long urged Louisiana cities to share the tax burden and hinted at additional tax measures in the 60 day session. He called for newspaper support to move the state forward while condemning the old administration's scandals and promising to avoid hamstringing future governors.
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Louisiana
Long
Richard Lewhe
Robert F. Kennon
Death of Knowles, Boy To Be Probed
The death of Jack Knowles Jr. of 1702 North Second Street will be probed at 2 30 p m Wednesday in Ouachi ta Parish Coroner J T Frenchs office. Investigators who handled the May 10 wreck in the 2400 block of Louisville Avenue will be present. not all participants may attend.
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Jack Knowles, Jr
Jack M. Knowles
North Second Street
Ouachita Parish
J. T. French
North Third Street
Louisville Avenue
Louisiana lawmakers push 2 percent tax raise plan
After a pre session conference the group chose to proceed with a 2 percent tax increase today. They would use oil severance tax revenues as a backstop if the gas gathering tax faced constitutional questions. Long opposes tapping oil revenues but Jones defends presenting the tax to voters to fund educational expansion and higher teacher pay. About 80 percent of the extra burden would fall on gas consumers in the North and East. Long supports new funds to attract teachers and a state loan program for graduates.
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Long
Jones
Louisiana
Real Estate Transfers From I C Wallace and Others
Transfers include I C Wallace to R W Butler & Sons Lumber Co for land in SW of NW Sec 29 Twp 18 N R3E priced 5200. A A Wallace to R W Butler for SW of NW corner Sec 29 Twp 18 N R3E at 2600. Kent Womack to Temple Baptist Church Ouachita Cotton Mills 2nd Addition lots 23 24 at 10000. Jesse M Hilton et ux to Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp land in Sec 3 Twp 17 N R E at 15500. John R Gernon et ux to Catherine Mitchell parcels lots 10 11 Renwick's Addition at 400.
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I. C. Wallace
R. W. Butler & Sons Lumber Co., Inc
A. A. Wallace, Et al
Kent Womack
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Ben Parnell
Massey
Mexico City
Motorola
Mexico
Adv
Parish Library Reading Club
Adlai, Kefauver
Lda
Dial
Waterproof High School
Monroe
Furst
Germany
Long Opens Door
Knowles
Jack Howard
THURS
I. Co
Tom
Gordon
Monroe's
Prote Ly Sorron
DeSiard St. IY
Babyy
Lapitanset
Nate
Pees
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