Talking jackass disrupts Spelvin encounter in New York
In Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler humor piece set at Elm and Spruce in New York a talking jackass proclaims its power to seize the press and broadcast influence. George Spelvin is stunned as the animal boasts networks, ambassadorships and a national radio hook up while considering a deal to manage the talking jackass.
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New York
George Spelvin
Elm and Spruce
Jackass
Mr. Spelvin
Labor
Soviet Protest Over U.S. Iran Military Aid
The Soviet Union accused Iran of violating the 1921 Soviet Iranian treaty by allowing American military aid. Foreign Minister Vishinsky delivered the protest note to Iran’s ambassador in Moscow. Observers doubt Iran will reverse its stance, with potential further Soviet protests.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Moscow
Soviet Union
Iran
Kremlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U.S
Free World
Lucille Grace Leaves Office After 35 Years in Louisiana Land Office
Lucille May Grace ends a 35 year tenure as Louisiana State Land Office register at noon and hands the post to Ellen Bryan Moore who defeated Mary Evelyn Dickerson. Grace, appointed by Gov. Huey P. Long, did not seek re election and plans to run Dent Inc.'s New Orleans office owned by her husband Fred Dent.
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State Land Office
Grace
Fred Grace Sr
Louisiana
New Orleans
Dent, Inc
Fred Dent
River Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage Change
River levels rise with a 24 hour flood stage change reported. Authorities issue alerts as conditions fluctuate along the river amid ongoing rainfall and high water.
Rayville Man Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Seoul Eighth Army headquarters announces posthumous award to Cpl. Billy F. Reddick Route 2 Rayville Louisiana First Cavalry Division for heroism near Naga October 10 He moved under heavy fire threw grenades killed seven enemy soldiers with a bayonet and was killed taking command of an automatic rifle team during the advance.
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Seoul
Eighth Army
U. S
Billy F. Reddick
Rayville
First Cavalry Division
Naga
Reddick
Wilson Ewing Heads Board of Two Louisiana Newspapers
Wilson Ewing of Monroe was elected chairman of the board of the Shreveport Times and Monroe News-Star-World. Robert Ewing Jr. heads the boards of KWKH Shreveport and KTHS Hot Springs Ark. William H. Bronson was named president of all four Ewing properties. No executive changes were announced.
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Shreveport
Wilson Ewing
Monroe
Shreveport Times
Monroe News-Star
Robert Ewing, Jr
New Orleans
KWKH
KTHS
Hot Springs
Ark
John D. Ewing
Ewing Properties
William H. Bronson
Bronson
Tucker, Bronson and Martin
Ewing
The
Times Publishing Company, Ltd
News- Star—World Publishing Corp
Monroe Morning World
International Broadcasting Corp
Radio Broadcasting, Inc
Little Rock
Kee
Col
Robert
Robert Ewing
Monroe News-Star—World
Red Fliers Using New Tactic
Col Harrison Thyng, commander of the Fourth Fighter Interceptor Wing in Tokyo, says MIGs use radar-guided ground observers to dive from overcasts and attack Allied aircraft in bad weather. He notes the enemy now deploys their best pilots in new planes and questions the nationality of some pilots while recalling his WWII and Korean War victories.
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William C. Barnard
Tokyo
America
Harrison R. Thyng
Thyng
State Trooper Earl Lowry Mitchell Dies at 47
Lake Providence May 23 Special State Trooper Earl Lowry Mitchell aged 47 died of a heart attack after duty. Funeral at Lake Providence Baptist Church Saturday at 10 am with burial in Lake Providence Cemetery. Survived by Lorraine Pitts wife three daughters Patty and Pansy Mitchell and Mrs Hugh Pitts a sister and a grandchild. He was a member of Pecan Grove F and A M Lodge.
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Lake Providence
Earl Lowry Mitchell
Lake Providence Baptist Church
C. A. Martin
Catron - Gay Funeral Home
Everette G. Lewis
Washington, D. C
L. B. Pitts
Terry
A. H. Hayward
Jackson
Miss
Prentiss Powell
Dubach
Leon Harbin
B. Pitts
Mr. Mitchell
Blytheville
Ark
East Carroll
Lorraine Pitts
Hugh Pitts
Shreveport
Patty
Pansy Mitchell
Lowry Douglas Pitts
Senate Confirms Dave L Pearce as Louisiana agri immigration chief
Dave L. Pearce of Oak Grove was confirmed by the Louisiana Senate as commissioner of agriculture and immigration. Gov. Kennon nominated him, building on former Gov. Earl Long’s interim appointment after W. E. Anderson’s death. The action grants Pearce a full four year term following an interim assignment to finish Anderson’s term.
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Baton Rouge
Dave L. Pearce
Oak Grove
Senate
Agriculture and Immigration
Louisiana
Kennon
Earl Long
Pearce
W. E. Anderson
Long
Anderson
Monroe City Purchases Hudson Lane Site for Alarm Station
The Monroe city council voted to buy a property on Hudson Lane at 13th street for a fire alarm building site for 6000 dollars. The seller was Herbert L. Bre ard Sr. The lot measures 200 feet by 270 feet by 171 feet and runs west to the rear of Southwest Gas property, part of the Monroe fire department improvement program.
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Monroe
Hudson Lane
13Th Street
Herbert L. Breard
Southwest Gas
Monroe Fire Department
Louisiana Legislature Approves Gas Tax Cut And Tax Reforms
Gov Kennon wins 96 0 House approval for a two cent cut to Louisiana nine cent gas tax. Administration bills also raise personal and family income exemptions and remove federal return copies from state filings. Four measures await Senate action as voting machines eyed in every parish.
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Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
Louisiana
Kennon
Pharmaceutical Bill To Be Taken Up At State College
Senator James Sparks announced that the senate educational committee would take up a bill creating a pharmaceutical school at Northeast Louisiana State College on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. Sparks will sponsor the bill through the senate and asked residents of Jackson and Ouachita parish to file bills in his office by Sunday noon. He will be in Monroe until Sunday.
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Senate
James Eubank
Kennon
Algie Brown
Caddo Parish
Brown
James Sparks
Senate Educational Committee
Northeast Louisiana State College
Senator Sparks
Sparks
Jackson
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Hillbilly Wedding contest ends with wedding night winner to be announced
In Winnsboro Louisiana hundreds protest Governor Kennons release of Marshall Bowlin serving a 13 month sentence for liquor and gambling violations. Bowlin with tuberculosis is on furlough until the October parole board meeting while his appeal proceeds.
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Shirley Carter
Raymond Knox
Martha Ann Davis
Aubrey Gaston
June Allen
Ochiltree Hancock
Winnsboro
Franklin and
Richland Parishes
Robert Kennon
Kennon
Marshall Bowlin
Franklin Parish
Bowlin
Richland Parish
Rayville
Frank Ellis
Angola
W. R. Coenen
State Parole Board
Lunn
Coenen
J. Foster Jones
Scientist X indicted for perjury in Communist Party denial
Joseph W. Weinberg, known as Scientist X, faces a three count perjury indictment for lying under oath to a congressional committee about Communist Party membership. The case stems from his Berkeley radiation laboratory testimony during wartime atomic spying probes. He faces up to ten years per count if convicted.
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Washington
Joseph W. Weinberg
Congressional
Communist Party
Weinberg
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Committee
Remington's Trial Set For June 3
New York William W. Remington, 34, former government economist, faces a second trial on perjury charges tied to alleged Communist party membership. He was convicted at the first trial of lying about Communist ties, a verdict later set aside and a new trial ordered. Government reindicted him for perjury in that testimony.
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New York
William W. Remington
Communist Party
Remington
Permanent Registration Bill Before Legislature
Louisiana voters would stay registered if they vote every four years under a plan drafted by the League of Women Voters. The measure would create a master parish file and precinct registers to simplify registration, with annual purges for nonvoters and disqualified persons. Party designation would be required to qualify.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
League of Women Voters
Bland Cox Bruns
New Orleans
League
Three Day Recess in Panmunjom Armistice Talks
Delegates in Panmunjom agreed to a three day recess in the stalled Korea armistice talks. North Korean Gen Nam Il accepted the pause after Maj Gen William Harrison Jr insisted the stand remain unshaken. The next plenary session is set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. local time. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy left the camp and later took a post at the U S Naval Academy. An armistice remains blocked by the U N Command stance on captured prisoners.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
Nam Il
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison, Jr
U.N
Harrison
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United Nations Command
Joy
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Louisiana Delegates Gather for National Convention Planning
Louisiana delegates to the Democratic National Convention met at the governor's mansion in Baton Rouge to finalize plans for activities in Chicago. Attendees included Mrs. A. D. Tisdale, Charles E. McKenzie, Harrison, Sevier, and Mrs. Tisdale and McKenzie listed as delegates at large.
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Chicago
Baton Rouge
A. D. Tisdale
Charles E. McKenzie
Claude Harrison
Monroe
Henry C. Sevier
Tallulah
Harrison
Sevier
Tisdale
McKenzie
League of Women Voters
League
State League of Women Voters
Quachita
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Committee
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