Van Fleet Announces 53 000 More Korean Troops Ready
General James V. Van Fleet disclosed that 55,000 South Korean Army troops were added three days earlier, with the 12th and 15th RO Korean divisions and six independent regiments activated on November 8. He said the force increase would allow the ROKs to take over more of the battlefront as fighting rages on Armistice Day.
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Seoul
Korea
James V. van Fleet
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Republic of Korea
Roks
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eisenhower advisers cautious on tax and spending plan
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and his fiscal advisers pursue a cautious path on reducing federal spending and cutting taxes. After weekend meetings with GOP leaders in Augusta, Sen. Eugene Millikin signals the budget will drive the tax program and warns against optimistic promises before Truman's January budget submission.
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Augusta
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Senate
Congress
Truman
Millikin
Santa Clauses Installed Ahead of Monroe Parade
New giant Santa Claus figures and Christmas decorations line DeSiard street signaling the Christ mas parade set for Saturday November 22. Monroe-West Monroe Chamber of Commerce chairman David C Silverstein announced the event which will feature bands from northeast Louisiana ten floats and a fireworks display along the Ouachita River in the evening with details to follow.
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DeSiard Street
David C. Silverstein
Retail Merchants
Monroe - West Monroe
Bogalusa Woman Acquitted in Murder Case
Dorothia Mae Watts of Bogalusa Louisiana was found not guilty of first degree murder in the death of Rubye Mae Caron. The jury reached its verdict after an 18 minute deliberation in Bay Minette Alabama. The state alleged Watts confessed later to police that she pushed Caron into traffic after a quarrel.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Bogalusa
Dorothia Mae Watts
Miss Watts
Rubye Mae Caron
Here
W. E. Boyd
Miss Caron
Courtesy Clinic Sees 162 Registered From 25 Firms
Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce sponsors a courtesy clinic this week with 162 registrants from 25 Twin City firms. Executive secretary Jim Williams announced the event which runs through Friday morning. Howard Wisehaupt led a sales test case session and noted his largest clinic audience was 12 000 at Dan River Mills. Tickets remain at the Tom Theatre or Chamber offices. all sessions start at 8 a.m.
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Monroe-West Monroe
Dan River Mills, Inc
Williams
Tom Theatre
Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Building Authority Approves Bonds Worth 9.75 Million
The Louisiana Building Authority led by Gov. Kennon votes to issue 9.75 million dollars in bonds and 2 million for ready cash. The plan allows future expansion to 30 million if approved by the Legislature, with bids to be advertised on December 11. Sen Tooke raises initial concern but Tugwell says no obligation is created.
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Baton Rouge
State Building Authority
Robert Kennon
Building Authority
Angola
Kennon
A. P. Tugwell
Charles Tooke Jr
Shreveport
Senate Finance
Oldtimers Host Legion Members for Fellowship Night
The Oldtimers hosted younger American Legion members at the Legion home Monday night with three to four hundred in attendance. Sixty five members paid dues bringing the total to six hundred five. a seven hundred three goal was set to reach by midnight Tuesday as Commander Sam Orchard urged all to contribute.
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American Legion
Legion
Sam Orchard
Yankee targeted by two hooded men in Mississippi
Newell Anderson, 27, North Dakota newspaperman and Tupe lo Journal circulation manager, was abducted by two hooded men who slapped him and cut his hair with a razor before declaring he must leave town by 6 p m Wednesday. A third hooded person was seen in the other car.
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Fargo, N. D
Anderson
Pontotoc
McLean
Voting Machines Expansion Moves Ahead in Louisiana
Gov. Kennon’s administration advances a plan to place voting machines in all 64 parishes. The State Voting Machine Board will meet December 17 with police juries to set specifications and bid openings January 15. About 2,096 machines are estimated, with readiness targeted for the 1954 congressional elections.
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Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
Kennon
Louisiana
Caddo
Calcasieu
East Baton Rouge
Jefferson
Orleans
Wade Martin Jr
Armistice Day Fades At Korean Front As War Continues
Armistice Day passes with little notice among U S troops in Korea where most soldiers born after 1918 see little personal meaning. A few veterans recall 1918 memories, while the front endures mud, barbed wire, trenches, and ongoing combat.
Parishes Expected to Lift Hunting Bans in NE Louisiana
Survey of northeast Louisiana sheriffs shows all parishes likely to rescind local hunting bans by Dec 10 and allow hunting under state law. Lake Providence and Madison Parish officials favor immediate lifting. Tensas Parish had contemplated but not passed any ordinance. Deputies urge hunters to carry state licenses and landowner permits to avoid trespass charges.
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Northeast Louisiana
Louisiana
Lake Providence
John W. Gilbert
East Carroll Parish
C. E. Hester
Madison Parish
Tensas Parish
J. L. Murray
Sheriff's Office
Murray
Dr Ed Godbold in Critical Condition After Crash
Dr Ed Godbold 73 president emeritus of Louisiana College and head of the Louisiana Baptist Convention remained in very critical condition after a car crash near Hammond. He was en route to preside over the state convention when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Frank Ehrman who was not injured. Mrs Godbold and Ehrman's wife sustained minor injuries.
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Alexandria
Edgar Godbold
Louisiana Baptist Convention
Louisiana College
State Baptist Convention
Hammond
Godbold
Frank Ehrman
Haynes Harkey Heads Central District Boy Scouts
Haynes Harkey was elected chairman of the central district committee Ouachita Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America at the annual meeting Monday night at the Virginia Hotel. He succeeds J. C. Crawford. John I. Neel was elected vice chairman and David J. Patterson district commissioner.
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Haynes Harkey
Ouachita Valley
Crosley Grammar School Wins Armistice Parade Honor
Crosley Grammar School captured the Armistice Day parade honor in West Monroe as their float led the route down Trenton Street. The crowd numbered in the thousands with ROTC from Northeast Louisiana State College marching behind, and judges noted Crosley’s float clearly outpaced rivals.
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Crosley Grammar School
West Monroe
Crosley
Northeast
Louisiana State College
ROTC
Trenton Street
Burnett - Downs Post
American Legion
Roy Cash
J. C. Wilks
Service
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Cubs
Brownies
C. L. Smith
George Evans
Bert Hatten
Most States OK Return To Hunting
A weekend of rain lifted forest fire fears allowing hunting in all states except Virginia and Oklahoma. bans ended in Arkansas West Virginia Mississippi Alabama Missouri Kansas Rhode Island and earlier in Kentucky Tennessee and Georgia. Full hunting reported in Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey.
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Associated Press
United States
Virginia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
West Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Missouri
Kansas
Rhode Island
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Christmas seal drive aids health in Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association in Monroe is sending over 5,000 letters inviting donations to buy Christmas seals. Funds support education, rehabilitation services, and medical research to fight tuberculosis, honoring Capt. G B Cooley whose death spurred renewed support for the sanatorium bearing his name.
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Monroe
Ouachita Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
G. B. Cooley
Armistice Day Observed Across Nations and Front Lines
Americans and 1918 allies mark the armistice anniversary with wreaths prayers and music in the United States France Canada and at sea. In Korea observations are muted as most servicemen there were not born in 1918 while many aging veterans recall the war.
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Washington
America
United States
France
Canada
Orleans
Verdun
Nancy
Germany
Korea
Associated Press
John Randolph
Eden to answer Soviet blast on Korea in UN session
Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will respond to Andrei Vishinsky's sharp attack on Korea during a United Nations Assembly session in New York. The Assembly also buzzed over Secretary General Trygve Lie's dramatic resignation amid Kremlin opposition to his Korea stance.
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United Nations, N. Y
Britain
Anthony Eden
U. N. Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky
Korea
Assembly
Trygve Lie
Lie
U.N
Eden Sets Four Principles for Settling POW Issue
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden proposed four principles at the United Nations for ending the deadlock over prisoners of war. He urged Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky to accept them, stating POWs must be released after any armistice, repatriated promptly, allowed facilities for repatriation, and not forcibly detained or repatriated.
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United Nations
N. Y
Anthony Eden
Andrei Vishinsky
Eden
Britain Rejects Soviet Rationale on Korean POW Deadlock
Eden revises the British approach criticizing the Soviet foreign minister Vishinsky for rejecting all proposed compromises to end the Korean prisoner of war stalemate delaying an armistice.
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Eden
Britain
Vishinsky
Yester
Affair De Goats Faces Biologists In Alaska Mixup
Juneau Alaska biologists faced embarrassment as two captured goats bound for Kodiak Island were found to be male billies instead of nanny goats. The mishap undermines a Fish and Wildlife Service project to move nanny goats across the Knik River northeast of Anchorage.
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Juneau
Alaska
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Kodiak Island
Kodiak
Knik
Anchorage
Ervin Nelson
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