Annual Meeting Of Red Cross Set For Tonight
The Qua thita Paris Chapter of the American Red Cross meets at 7 30 p m in the Cameo room of the Virginia hotel. Henry Grady Turner of Jackson Miss will speak on Why I am a Volunteer as new officers and board members are elected. Members urged to attend.
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Red Cross
Quathita Paris
American Red Cross
Cameo
Virginia Hotel
Harry Hudson
Henry Grady Turner
Jackson
Miss
Clara Barton
J. C. Bancroft Davis
Frederick Douglass
Alex P. Garnett
Omar D. Conger
A. S. Solomons
S. A. Martha Canfield
R. D. Massey
Librarians Meet in Winnfield For Library World Theme
Miss Frances Flanders and staff from Ouachita Parish Public Library attended a northeast Louisiana library assistants meeting in Winnfield. Librarians from Winn, LaSalle, Caldwell, Franklin, Tensas, Madi Caldwell, Richland and Ouachita participated. Flanders chaired the program on New Developments in the Library World, followed by a luncheon at the Winnfield Hotel in the new air conditioned Winn Parish Library.
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Frances Flanders
William W. Wilson
John P. Lewis
Adine Wheeler
Ouachita Parish
Winnfield Hotel
Religious zeal versus social prestige mockery by Bishop Noland
Bishop Noland argues social prestige can become a false god and hinder decency and faith. He cites Will Rogers' pay to discover and bury a family tree and condemns communism as a powerful false god with relentless zeal compared to Americans' apathy toward beliefs. He warns against sectarian movement across regions needing forceful stirring.
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Will Rogers
Noland
Russia
Long List of Local Residents Names in 160-Plus Entry
A lengthy roster lists numerous individuals including William Anderson Edith Anderson Jean Anderson James Vance Armor James W Atkins Billy Joe Aulds Arthur Austin Jr Dayton Ball Jr Clarence Joseph Ballone Patsy Barnes Clinton Ned Barron Robert Earl Bass Letha Batey Beach and many others. The compilation appears to be an enrollment or membership roll with varied spellings and mid-20th century names.
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Je. Charlies
William Anderson
Edith Anderson
Jean Anderson
James Vance Armor
James W. Atkins
Billy Joe Aulds
Arthur Austin
Jr Dayton Ball Jr
Clarence Joseph Ballone
Patsy Barnes
Clinton Ned Barron
Robert Earl Bass
Letha Batey Beach
Robert Bets
Billie Jeanette Blackwell
Gussie Louie Bonner
William Broda
Robbie Johnson Brown
Mary Jeanne Brunson
Shirley Virginia Bryan
Mary Lou Bryant
Marianne Buce
Charles Caleote
Mary Lou Caldwell
Sam ©. Campbell
William Eugene Chappell
Jaycee Wacter Chop
Bernice Pace Clark
Joseph Coates, Jr
Billie Jo Cook
Bing Gene Coughran
James Counts
Dixie Cox
Helen M. Crick
John Robert Currey
Sammy Richard Danna
Shelby Dark, Jr
Marie Jennings Davis
Albertus Lee Deleach
UL Guy Feltiott
Isabel B. Elliott
John Ensminger
Derwood Francis Facundus
Marjorie H. Lewis
Margie Ro Lightsey
Patricia Ann Little
Marie Hazel Loftin
Thomas Lolley
Harry GG. McKay
Lannie Joe McKay
Sherrod McKain
William MecNait
Charles Flord McHaffey
Mary Lou Meachum
Colonie
John Melancon
Earl Miles
Harold Moore
Samuel Moore
Kenneth Morgan
Woes Lamar Mulhean
Virginia Lou Mullins
Raw Norris
Jerry Patricia Odam
John Robert Oldmbure
William Courtses Oliver, Jr
Guy Ceest Pardue
Aretue Parker
Willene Perkins
Alice Hester Perry
Adelene Kirk Phillips
Mary Ann Piarro
Gloria Pitman
Virgina Fave Prince
Hetty Jo Raley
Sheldon Lave Pay
Louie Hogwood Rider
Rube Roach
Elizabeth Ann Roberts
Donald Roberts
Bennie Robinson
Glen Robinson
James Tom Russell
Gloria Jane Lent
Pochard
Thomas Simons
Aulene Cooper Sim
Thomas Freddy Sime
Rota Jones Slade
Elivyabeth
Yongino Smith
Florence Smith
Robert William Smith
Betty Spuriock
Dorothy Ervina Stevens
Donald George Stewart
Jewell Taylor Stodghill
Duecrph Street
Alice Mae Tarpley
Sue ‘Terral
Lievd
Dennis Thurman
Mona Lee Tichell
Garnette Tons
Bus driver defies fare return and police called amid crowd
Coggins reports a tense bus incident as a driver refuses to return a passenger fare and fears trouble with several riders. Police intervene after stopping the bus. women released on $25 bond with a June 1 hearing in City Police Court. Tallahassee enforces seating rules under a state law. Louisiana gas reserves end 1953 at 34.4 trillion cubic feet.
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Coggins
Tallahassee
Louisiana
Farr Is Sworn In For Sixth Term As Clerk
Ouachita parish clerk R. D. Farr was sworn in by Judge David I. Garrett for his sixth term. The ceremony also marked Farr’s 42nd wedding anniversary, with the clerk’s office staff sworn in for four more years as he praised public support from Monroe, West Monroe, and Ouachita parish officials.
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R. D. Farr
Ouachita Parish
David I. Garrett
Mr. Farr
Pat Hamilton
M. Farr
Farr
Tokyo Bikini tests delayed by weather and seismograph reads
The Tokyo crew stayed 30 days in the proving ground as weather forced postponements of the H-bomb drop. AEC says current tests may extend into June. Matsushiro seismograph logged 3 02 a.m. earthquake shocks with air gauges recording waves hours later.
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Bikini
Proving Ground
AEC
Tokyo Observatory
Matsushiro
Yokohama
Tokyo
Miss Lincoln Parish Pageant Crown Presented
The Miss Lincoln Parish contest crowned a new queen amid a two day Ruston celebration with finalists from Shreveport, Ruston, and St Louis Mo. Miss Middlebrooks, a Tech student, won the title with 34 22 34 measurements and a polished speech.
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Lincoln Parish
Sandra Woodward
Ruston
Ruston High School
Tech
Burlene Festervan
Lee Stegall
Shirley Speights
Patricia Smith
Shreveport
Joyce Matthewes
Georgia Ann Barber
Sam Nancy Smith
Gertrude Jolissaint
St. Louis
J. T. Richardson
T. C. Beasley
Bobby Pappas
Monroe
Miss Middlebrooks
Pan-Hellenic Council
The
Blue Jackets
Phi Mus
Beth Rogers
Avecadia
Segregation Measures Move Through Legislature
A series of anti integration bills advance in committee. Proposals call for separate facilities in parks and recreation. A constitutional amendment would limit suits against state agencies. Separate waiting rooms for white and colored travelers may be established in transportation. Entrance to state colleges would require character certificates. Compulsory attendance would not apply where integration is ordered. A $15 000 request seeks funding for the segregation committee for 1956 57.
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State Parks Commission
State Board of Education
Joint Legislative Committee On
French Morocco Reports Half Million Irrigated Acres
The report notes that French Morocco now has about five hundred thousand acres under irrigation, highlighting agricultural expansion and water management efforts in the territory.
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French
Morocco
Long's 12-Point Program Aims at Welfare Tax Shifts
Louisiana Governor Earl Long pushes a 12-bill plan through the House, seeking $65 minimum old age payments, prohibition of voting machines in small precincts, and revised tax and timber severance schemes. The package proposes sales tax reallocations, a timber severance levy, and an expanded state budgeting framework as 90 bills are introduced in a brief legislative session.
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Baton Rouge
ULP
Louisiana
Earl Long
Long
House
Education Department
Welfare Department
Education
Senate
Louisiana’ Forestry . Commission
LSU
Allo
Neville and Ouachita Honors Marked by Graduations
Commencement events at Neville High school and Ouachita Parish High school feature diplomas for 126 and 147 seniors respectively. Monsignor Marsh and Dr. R. L. Ropp deliver sermons and speeches, with Margaret Taylor Loretta Ray and Rev. John M. Allin among speakers.
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J. C. Marsh
Neville Auditorium
Neville High School
Margaret Taylor
Loretta Ray
Neville
Grace Episcopal Church
John M. Allin
Ouachita Parish
R. L. Ropp
Louisiana Tech
Ouachita High
W. H. McFadden
First Presbyterian Church of
Monroe
Ouachita
Louisiana Coffee Quote Sparks Historic Debate
The remark attributed to Talleyrand on Louisiana coffee describes it as black as the devil hot as hell pure as an angel and sweet as love, capturing a vivid chef tradition and regional palate in a single witticism.
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Talleyrand
Louisiana
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