Red Drive Rages In Western Korea
Chinese infantrymen captured a third hill on the western front as the Red offensive spread across a 20 mile sector near Yonchon Chorwon and Panmunjom. U N forces fought to hold peaks, withdrew briefly, then counterattacked and recaptured hills amid heavy armor and artillery as truce talks stalled over a buffer zone proposal.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Yondhon
38Th Parallel
Chorwon
Yonchon
U.N
U. N
Panmunjom
Grace Pledges No Deadheads for Louisiana Payroll
Associated Press reports Lucille May Grace, Louisiana land office official and gubernatorial hopeful, pledging a clean payroll with no deadheads if elected. In a Lake Charles broadcast she vows integrity and efficiency and criticizes Truman era politics. Hale Boggs responds in a Baton Rouge radio, framing Grace's suit against him as political maneuvering.
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Associated Press
Lucille May Grace
The
Louisiana State Land Office
Miss Grace
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Rep
Hale Boggs
D.-La
Carlos Spaht
Earl Long
Truman
Boggs
Baton Rous
Auriol Seeks Paris Meeting of Truman Churchill Stalin
President Vincent Auriol opened the United Nations general assembly in Paris and urged a private meeting of Truman Churchill and Stalin in Paris to ease world tensions during the current session. Luis Padilla Nervo of Mexico was elected assembly president by a 44 to 9 to 6 vote with Belaunde and Costa Du Rels noted as other candidates. He did not name the leaders but called them distinguished men with whom the world eyes are focused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Vincent Auriol
France
United Natons General Assembly
Auriol
Palais de Chaillot
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
General Assembly
Padilla Nervo
Victor Andres Belaunde
Peru
Adolfo Costa du Rels
Bolivia
Stalin
Churchill
Truman
U. N
Easi
Locomotive Firemen To Strike Thursday
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen ordered a strike on Thursday at 3 p.m. local time affecting four major railroads, with possible expansion to others. The action targets Chicago and Northwestern, Baltimore and Ohio, Louisiana and Nashville Railroad, and related subsidiaries, amid government seizure and potential court injunctions.
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Washington
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Buffalo Division
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway
Buffalo and Susquehanna District, Louisiana and Nashville Railroad
Louisiana reports record gross income for 1950-51
Louisiana’s gross income for the fiscal year ending June 30 rose to a record 361,770,538 dollars, up 13,110,297 from the prior period. The state’s finances show a 38,276,418 dollar surplus, with 77,070,282 federal grants and 57,195,639 from severance taxes among top revenue sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. Harvey Rester
Division of Administration
Reister
Tutal
Rester
Wife of Prominent Minister Succumbs
Bastrop La November 6 Special funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m for Mrs Helen Midgett wife of Rev Jack Midgett pastor of the First Methodist Church here She died Tuesday at a local clinic after a short illness Rev W H Giles district superintendent will officiate Interment under Robinson Funeral Home direction will follow in Memorial Cemetery in Monroe She is survived by her husband one son Charles Midgett Bastrop mother Mrs Lane B Nelson Stonewall four sisters and several nieces and nephews Pallbearers are Dan Files George Goodwin Jack Tyler Leroy Mattison W O Riley Floyd Hannah Christie Roberts and Douglas Bickley Honorary pall bearers are the stewards of the First Methodist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
Helen Midgett
Jack Midgett
First Methodist Church
W. H. Giles
Robinson Funeral Home
Memorial
Monroe
Charles Midgett
Lane B. Nelson
Stonewall
Felix Luttrell
Longstreet
George Hart
Merryville
H. J. Cathey
Frances J. Doulong
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dan Files George Goodwin
Jack Tyler
Leroy Mattison
W. O. Riley
Floyd Hannah
Christie Roberts
Douglas Bickley
The
Voters Airing Corrupt Deeds Across Cities
The off year elections spotlight graft and rackets in many cities including New York Philadelphia Cleveland Tampa Dearborn and Atlantic City As Kefauver probes cast shadows over lawmakers both parties face scrutiny Halley seeks a city council post while costello ties fuel Democratic tensions Methfessel fights to keep his $1200 a year district attorney post in New York City's smallest county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Crime Committee
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Tampa
Fla
Dearborn
Mich
Atlantic City
N. J
Kefauver
New York City
Rudolph Halley
Halley
Democratic
Joseph T. Sharkey
Frank Costello
Costellosim
Costello
Tammany Hall
Staten Island
New York State Crime Committee
Herman Methfessel
Cold Air Mass Brings Freeze Warning to Louisiana and Mississippi
A mass of cold air from the west moves into Louisiana and Mississippi with forecast subfreezing lows tonight. Lows are projected near 28 to 34 in northern Louisiana and 32 to 38 elsewhere inland while coastal extremes reach 38 to 44. Mississippi expects 30 to 36 in the north and 34 to 42 in the south with a partly cloudy, colder Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Nort
Texas
West
Tennessee
Eisenhower Says He Will Speak On Politics If Time Comes
Washington reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower, while in Europe, says he will speak out on politics immediately if the moment arrives but that his role as supreme Allied commander in Europe remains too important for political action at present. He confirms no one is authorized to act for him in an Eisenhower for president movement and notes no decisive commitment on his future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Lisenhower
Eisenhower
Duff
Western Defense Command
Truman
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Blair House
Maya
Scared School Boy Vanishes in Louisiana Mississippi Police Hunt
Charles Connell a 15 year old high school freshman from Bogalusa Louisiana vanished after being summoned to the principal's office for a firecracker incident and leaving to wait for his mother. Authorities from Louisiana and Mississippi are searching for him as he disappeared after asking to be excused before a planned conference.
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Bogalusa
Louisia
Mississippi
Charles Connell
Mildred Connell
Charles
Attempted Murder Trial Jury Picked
A 12 man jury was chosen to hear Willie Jackson charged with attempted murder of Helen Reed on June 1 1951 in fourth district court. The panel includes R P McKay Leon Sutton M H Hammett Key Holloway Earl Garrett F X Shaughnessy M H Foster Carl Metcalf Marvin P Howze Carl White Jr Edward E Cagle and Glen Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Jackson
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Fourth District
Helen Reed
Ed Miller
Jackson
R. P. McKay
Leon Sutton
M. H. Hammett
Key Holloway
Earl Garrett
F. X. Shaughnessy
M. H. Foster
Carl Metcalf
Marvin P. Howze
Carl White, Jr
Edward E. Cagle
Glen Walker
Friction Creates Boiling Point Heat On Speedy Jet
A Douglas Skyrocket rocket plane climbs past 72,000 feet revealing extreme air friction and sun heat. Experts at a four day symposium discuss cooling systems using liquid oxygen and sun shade differentials to protect pilots and aircraft at near space heights.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Navy
Douglas
A. M. Mayo
Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc
el Segundo
Calif
Mayo
Maya
Allies Demand Formal Armistice Procedure
Munsan Korea November 6 The UN command spokesman says Reds want to end fighting without a formal armistice and the UN rejects the move Brig Gen William P Nuckols says the Communists rejected a proposal to set aside the buffer zone issue while settling other items to sign a formal accord The Reds demand an immediate final solution to the buffer zone before other agenda items
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U. N
William P. Nuckols
Reds
Nuckols
Monroe council considers bids for fire department equipment
The Monroe city council received bids Tuesday morning for fire department gear. A three fourths ton truck cab and chassis was bid by Central Auto Stes at 1,833.40 and Scott Truck and Tractor Company at 1,440.28. Aerial ladder bid came from Detrux Neon Manufacturing Company at 1,835.00. 750 GPM pump and hose car bids: Southern Equipment and Tractor Company 17,786.76 and American LaFrance Foamite Corporation 19,467.50. Council will review the bids.
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Monroe
John Coon
Central Auto Stes
Scott Truck and Tractor Company
Council
Detrux Neon Manufacturing
Southern Equipment and Tractor Company
American-LaFrance Foamite Corporation
Southern
American-LaFrance Corporation
Wage policy described as fair and stabilizing
Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston told the IAO convention that the wage line is not frozen but not a sieve for inflation. He said the policy allows pay rises with cost of living, preserves real earnings, and balances price controls with tailored regulations to hold the price line. He emphasized cooperation among labor, management, and public representatives and the goal of stability with shared gains from productivity.
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New York
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Wage Stabilization Board
Man Revived After Death Attempts to Speak
Long Beach California dated November 6 reports Melvin Hewitt the man revived by medical science 15 minutes after death attempts to talk. He had been in a coma for over a month doctors say he sat up in bed counted fingers moved arms and legs but has no mental capacity or understanding when spoken to. He collapsed on a sidewalk in front of an El Monte bar October 4 his heart stopped and surgeons massaged it back to activity.
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Long Beach
Calif
Melvin Hewitt
Hewitt
el Monte
Camaera
Court officials held qualified in defamation case of five newsmen
New Orleans November 6 officials upheld the right of a special judge and prosecutor to handle trials of five Lake Charles newsmen accused of defaming 16 public officials and three admitted gamblers. The Louisiana Supreme Court refused to review Judge Bernard Cocke and Assistant Attorney General M E Culligan’s appointments. Trials set after arraignment next Monday. Names include Thomas Shearman publisher Hugh Shearman co publisher Kenneth L Dixon James Norton city editor and Carter George reporter. Indicted August 27. Cocke appointed by the state supreme court and Culligan by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Lake Charles
Supreme Court
Bernard Cocke
M. E. Culligan
James Norton
Carter George
Cocke
State Supreme Court
Culligan
Bolivar Kemp
Legion Corner: Monroe Earns Stadium Completion Support
In 1948 L. B. Faulk Post No. 13 raised funds to build American Legion Memorial Stadium in Monroe. The city provided Bernstein Park site and remaining funds were pledged by the post. Completed early 1950 the stadium is run by American Legion Stadium Inc. with officers Trousdale Adler Reitzell Farr and Hass. All revenue funds debt repayment and no income goes to individuals.
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L. B. Faulk Post No. 13
Monroe
Bernstein Park
L. B. Faulk Post
American Legion Memorial Stadium
Monroe Sports
American Legion Stadium, Inc
James H. Trousdale, Jr
Saul Adler
Frank Reitzell
R. D. Farr
Morris Hass, Jr
Robert T. Farr
American Legion
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David B. Robertson
Birmingham
Ala
James E. Bullard
Memphis
Tenn
LA. Miss
Ike
White House
European Defense Command
U. S. Air Force School of Aviation
Micine
Randolph Field
Lovelace Foundation
Albuquerque
N. M
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