Vatican View on Italian Social Welfare Sparks U S Debate
Monsignor Luigi Civardi in Osservatore Romano contrasts Italy’s new constitution guaranteeing maintenance and social aid with American unionism. He cites Italian labor organization and criticizes U S unions as corrupt and self-serving, urging caution against official U S material.
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Vatican
Monsignor
Luigi Civardi
Civardi
Rome
Italy
United States
State Department
Change Slated on DeSiard Street Opens for Two Way Traffic
Monroe police announce DeSiard Street in the 400 to 500 blocks will open to two way traffic Saturday at 12 01 a m Westbound drivers must turn right onto North Fourth Street No left turns to North Fourth Washington routing via Catalpa and Fifth Sixth streets police will be in the area to assist motorists
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M. L. Peters
Monroe Lef
Police
North Fourth Street
North Fourth
North Fifth
North Sixth Streets
Catalpa
Washington
Grammont
Monroe
President seeks 3.34 billion for atomic expansion
President Truman asked Congress to provide 3.341 billion dollars as a supplemental appropriation to expand atomic production facilities. Funds would go to the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority for the fiscal year starting July 1 amid a lack of international control of atomic energy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Trumen
Rayburn
Soviet Union
Free World
Louisiana House kills superintendent appointive bill
Baton Rouge. A proposal to make the state superintendent of education appointive was defeated on the House floor by 68 to 16. Rep. Wellborn Jack of Shreveport urged floor discussion but the tabling motion passed, barring further action this session. The bill had been rebuffed by the Public Education Committee 11 to 3, with a minority report filed.
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Baton Rouge
Wellborn Jack
Shreveport
Jack
Louisiana Parent Teachers Association
House Committee On Public Education
William Yarne
Avoyelles
Madrid Streetcar Disaster Kills Dozens on Toledo Bridge
A crowded streetcar plunged 85 feet from the historic Toledo Bridge in Madrid injuring about 50 and killing at least 30 passengers. The jammed car rolled down a 600-foot incline breaking the railing and plunging to the river bank.
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Madrid
Spain
Toledo
Bill proposes 50 tax on cigarette vending machines
Rep Arthur Webb Jr of Lafayette introduced a bill to tax cigarette vending machines 50. The proposal submitted to the House yesterday aims to recover money from machines that do not return pennies with cigarettes, claimed to cost Louisiana smokers up to 3 million annually.
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Baton Rouge
Arthur Webb Jr
Lafayette
Louisiana
Red P O W Slain By An American Guard
At Koje Island Korea a North Korean Red prisoner was killed and another wounded when an American guard fired an automatic rifle into the UN Prisoner of War Camp 6. The incident followed a pre dawn riot suppression and after U N troops had cleared a parade and damaged a command post.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
U. N
U. S
Testimony on Airline Service Shrinks Space in Hearing
Spokesmen from Baton Rouge Atlanta Charlotte testified today at Birmingham before Examiner Ferdinand Moran on Southern Airways renewal. They urged more flights to serve growing hubs. Campbell of Baton Rouge quoted a 58.5 percent rise in air travel since 1950, noting Baton Rouge links to Vicksburg Natchez Memphis Monroe and nearby regions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Baton Rouge
Atlanta
Charlotte
N. C
Southern Airways
Civil Aeronautics
Ferdinand Moran
George E. Campbell
Southern Airways Service
Campbell
Vicksburg
Natchez
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Monroe
New Or
Tallulah Man Shot by Officers in Jail
Gerald Sargent 31, a highway department worker and professional boxer, was shot and killed by arresting officers inside the Tallulah jail after an alleged assault on two officers as they escorted him to a cell. He had telephoned his mother saying he would die before being locked up. He is survived by his widow Fern Smith Sargent, a son Clayton, his mother Minna Sargent, and five brothers.
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Tallulah
R. R. Holt
Gerald Sargent
Highway Department
Holt
Sargent
Carl Griffin
John Austin
Austin
Griffin
Fern Smith Sargent
Clayton
Minna Sargent
Louisiana Senate bill would end federal rent controls
In Baton Rouge a Senate bill proposes abolishing all federal rent controls in Louisiana except where the federal government designates critical housing locations. The measure signals a shift in housing policy and faces uncertainty in the legislature.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Louisiana
Cities poised to gain from cigaret tax reform in Louisiana
A compromise bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee would boost municipal cigaret tax receipts. Mayors Morrison and Fant backed the plan, which would allocate most revenues to cities and LSU $1 million, with a nine percent boost funded by a $500,000 surplus. New Orleans, Shreveport, and Baton Rouge would see the largest gains under the revised per capita distribution.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Ways and Means
DeLesseps Morrison
New Orleans
Clyde Fant
Shreveport
Louisiana Municipal Association
Louisiana State University
LMA
Morrison
Fant
King House
Monroe
Alexandria
South Gains From Fair Freight Rate Plan Take Effect
Congressman Otto E Passman says the Interstate Commerce Commission will end Civil War era freight discrimination against the south as of May 30. He and southern lawmakers pressed the move this week noting higher rates on goods to the north and east. The lifting of rates is seen boosting southern production and regional industrial growth.
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Otto E. Passman
Monroe News-Star
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Passman
Commission
Cotton Parity Bill Moves to House for 1952 Parity Standards
The House will consider HR 5713 immediately to establish low middling percent inch cotton as the standard for parity and price support in the 1952 crop year. Congressman Passman and other southern members pressed the measure after a prior appearance before.
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Otto E. Passman
House of Representatives
Passman
House
All Top Men In Justice Dept Hand In Resignations
Washington officials report that every top official in the Justice Department submitted resignations to Attorney General McGranery, with letters directed to President Truman. The move aims to give the new leadership latitude for future changes.
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Justice Dept
Washington
Justice Department
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Truman
White House
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Philip B. Perlman
H. Graham Morison
Anti-Trust
William Amory Underhill
Holmes Baldridge
James M. McInerney
Harold J. Baynton
Gas tax cut movement and tax reform bills pass committee
A Senate Finance Committee approved a two cent per gallon gas tax reduction alongside several tax reform measures. The panel endorsed increases in personal exemptions, elimination of federal tax filing with state forms, and a $150 monthly legislators’ allowance. A voting machine bill was delayed for final action.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
House
Charles Duchein
Caddo
Calcasieu
East Baton Rouge
Orleans
St. Matthew's High School Graduation Ceremony
The St. Matthew's High School graduation and commencement will be held at St. Matthew's Church on Friday May 30 at 8 p.m. The rite includes diplomas, a sermon by Rev. William Allison and officiating bishop Rev. John C. Marsh. Choir and organ by Sister Aloysius, D.C. assist.
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St. Matthew's
John C. Marsh
Harlow Sheldon
Aloysius
D. C
U S Officials Alarmed by Possible Korean War Escalation
Washington officials warn that Chinese and North Korean forces may launch a major offensive as armistice talks stall over repatriation and captives. They note a growing Soviet push in Germany alongside moves to keep Western forces tied up in Korea, seeing a broader strategic aim by Moscow.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Korea
Official
United Nations
Germany
Kremlin
Berlin
Soviet Zone
Neville High School 65th Commencement Marks Monroe Event
Neville High School holds its 65th annual commencement in the auditorium at 8 p.m. with a larger class and LSU President Troy H Middleton as speaker. The program includes processional Pomp and Circumstance, Star Spangled Banner, salutatory Rosemary McGinn, solos Lloydell Walters and Elizabeth Cretney, valedictory Anna Mary Johnson, address by Gen. Troy Middleton, and diploma presentations by Supt. J. M. Boyet.
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Neville High School
Monroe City
Troy H. Middleton
Louisiana State University
Elgar
James Horton
Rosemary McGinn
Solo
Lloydell Walters
Elizabeth Cretney
Anna Mary Johnson
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