Judge halts trial over bowling alley noise in mail room
U S District Judge Willis Witter ordered Postmaster David Trevithick and 25 postal workers into court after a 20 year loud noise in a federal building mail room disrupted a civil trial. Supervisor Francis Newman received a suspended $100 fine and 24 workers were cited for contempt as mail handling paused for an hour.
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Salt Lake City
U. S
Willis Witter
David R. Trevithick
Trevithick
Francis Newman
Ritter
Library Week Observed In Ouachita Parish
In cooperation with national and state groups Ouachita Parish Public Library schedules Library Week November 16 to 22 and Gov Kennon issues a proclamation promoting educational focus. The event features Librarian For A Day with high school seniors gaining library experience at local libraries and Northeast Louisiana State College.
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Ouachita Parish
American Library Association
Louisiana Library Association
Robert F. Kennon
Maude Musslewhite
Frances Flanders
Public Library
Monroe Man Killed and Another Wounded in Korea
Report No 692 of U S casualties in Korea lists Sgt Albert E Giddings killed in action and Cpl Wilmer R Newborn wounded. Giddings was husband of Loretta C Giddings of Monroe and Newborn son of Robert J and Mrs Newborn of Monroe Route Three.
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Department of Defense
U. S
Korea
Monroe
Albert E. Giddings
Loretta C. Giddings
Route Three
Cpl
Wilmer R. Newborn
Robert J. Newborn
India Works On Prisoner Proposal
Indian government works on a Korean truce plan involving neutral country screening and voluntary repatriation of POWs. The proposal seeks to end talks deadlock by allowing prisoners to be sent home only if they choose, with camps run by neutral screening nations and exclusion of Nationalist Chinese and South Koreans from transfers.
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New Delhi
India
Panmunjom
United Nations
Red China
North Korea
U.N
Korea
Agencies Promise Cotton Purchases to Support Prices
Senator Stennis reports backing from several federal agencies to buy cotton during the current marketing season to halt price declines as producers liquidate the new crop. Officials cite military clothing needs and accelerated textile procurement, while Mutual Security's analysis notes a modest export financing share last year.
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Washington
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
W. J. McNeil
Defense
W. John Kennedy
Mutual Security Agency
U. S
Mighty Christmas Parade Seeks About 30 Bands
Monroe West Monroe Chamber and Jaycees plan a November 22 parade with 30 bands and 790 band members invited after letters to 45 area high schools. A one hour fireworks display will cap the day, followed by an 8 p.m. football game at Northeast Louisiana State College and a family friendly schedule.
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Monroe-West Monroe
Jim Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Little Rock
Northeast
Louisiana State College
NESC
Williams
Annual Meeting Of C Of C On Nov 24
The Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual meeting at 7 p m on November 24 on the Virginia Hotel roof. Guest speaker will be O N Mc Gowen president of United Gas Corporation. The 1953 officers and board will be announced at the banquet and a written report of activities will be issued. Members are urged to reserve promptly as seating is limited to about 400.
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Monroe - West Monroe
Acreage Sought For Selman Field Revealed
Reports show the Army Air Force needs 1,238.2 acres from seven owners for Selman Field expansion. Landowners include Fred Fudickar estate 1135.9 acres and M. L. Johnson 43.5 acres. A public meeting at the Virginia Hotel at 2 30 p m today will hear appraisers on the required Monroe funding.
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Army Air Force
Selman Field
Fred Fudickar
M. L
Ella Johnson
M. Willett
J. O. ‘Red’ Willett
S. H. Heard
Clifford Benson
James E. White
Two Accused In Dyer Act Cases
A Negro and a white man were remanded to Ouachita Parish jail after a hearing before U S Commissioner Haynes Harkey on charges of violating the Dyer Act. Willie Darrel McDonald of Monroe and Robert Lewis Porter, 18, allegedly transported a 1948 Ford from Rocky Oklahoma to Shreveport on or about Nov. 7. Porter refused to give his home address. Both are held in lieu of $2,500 bond each.
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Ouachita Parish
U. S
Western District of Louisiana
Haynes Harkey
Willie Darrel McDonald
Monroe
Robert Lewis
Porter
Rocky, Okla
Shreveport
Harkey
Parish
Bandit Grandma Strikes Again In Los Angeles
A gray haired woman described as about 60 robbed Wilshire Boulevard and South Hill Street bank branches in Los Angeles. She obtained $1,212 in one holdup and $2,000 in another, threatening teller June North with a note demanding surrender and a three minute getaway.
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Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard
Union Bank and Trust Company
South Hill Street
June North
Iran Formula Next on Ike's Study List
State Department officials plan talks next week with President-Elect Eisenhower or representatives on a new formula to resolve the Iranian oil dispute without a final settlement. The plan aims to restart oil flows and money movement while avoiding immediate legal settlement with Britain. Mossadegh has not agreed to prior proposals and broke relations with Britain last month.
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Washington
State Department
Eisenhower
State Acheson
Eden
New York
Iran
Britain
Middle Eastern
Truman
White House
Sea Lodge
R-Mass
Churchill
Great Britain
Mossadegh
Democrats urged to welcome Morse into party caucus
Sen. Humphrey urged Democrats to welcome Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon into the party caucus if he joins. Morse quit the Republican party to back Adlai Stevenson and now sits on Armed Services and Labor panels. Senate readiness for possible reprisals over Morse and other defections hangs over committee assignments.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Senate
Armed Services
Labor
Democratic Party
National Party
Hunt
D-Wye
Price Daniel
Texas
Eisenhower
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Stevenson-Sparkman
Monroe Man among 11 aboard crashed Navy Privateer
Julius Van Simmons, 23, of Monroe, listed among 11 aboard a four engine PBY4 Privateer that crashed on the Olympic Peninsula near Shelton Washington. Navy searchers scoured the rugged hills through night rain and fog while relatives awaited word on survivors.
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Julius van Simmons
Dewey Simmons
Delano Drive
Monroe
Washington State Hills
Young Simmons
Washington
Seattle
Mr. Simmons
Shelton
Wash
Olympic Peninsula
Sandpoint Naval Air Station
Explosion hits abandoned bus during plant strike violence
Abbeville Louisiana police report an early morning blast heavily damages an unoccupied bus used for non union workers at the Jefferson Island Salt Co mine. Police cite a time bomb theory and shots reported at two autos near the struck plant as investigators look for suspects including a man named Jack Apple of Esther.
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Abbeville
Jefferson Island
Hollier
John S. Broussard
Murphy Broussard
City Hall
Jack Apple
Esther
Peckerwood Dressing Recipe Quest Linked to Senator Long
Washington reports Senator Long faces several requests for a peckerwood dressing recipe after a campaign remark about a diet of fried rabbit and dressing. Long says the phrase came from an old timer in Louisiana and has no real recipe. he suggests making dressing with "peckerwood and stuff" while aides joke about sawdust and seasoning.
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Washington
Sen. Long
D-La
Long
Stevenson
Louisiana
Bruce Tucker
Prof Promotes Work Saving To Cut Time At Home
Washington AP reports Prof John Immer of American University urges housewives and African Zulu to adopt work saving to boost productivity and cut costs in factories and homes. He envisions a crockery railroad from table to sink and urges unit loading with wheeled trays. The plan, called taking the irk out of work, spans several countries and will be highlighted by Work Saving Week.
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Washington
John Immer
American University
England
Immer
United States
Holland
France
South Africa
Germany
India
Finland
Mutual Security Agency
Allies Driven From Pinpoint Hill In Night Assault
Chinese infantrymen from two Red battalions, about 500 to 750 men, struck Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Ridge near Kumhwa, driving United Nations forces back as heavy artillery fire accompanied the assault. Allied artillery earlier routed about 750 Reds advancing from the east. The action marks the 14th time in 31 days that Pinpoint has changed hands.
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John Randolph
Pinpoint Hill
Pinpoint
Police Hold Forgery Suspect in Monroe
Detectives arrest Franklin K. Bryan a 30 year old Walnut Grove Mississippi man on a state vagrancy charge. Police found two pawn shop tickets three sets of identification papers and two checks in his possession. He claimed prior forgery time in Richland Parish.
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Monroe
Walnut Grove
Miss
Franklin K. Bryan
Bryan
Frank Bryan
Raymond L. Phillips
Phillips
Cecil R. Gunter
First National Bank of
Delhi
First National of
Jackson
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