Humphrey to push federal employment discrimination law
Sen. Humphrey said in Washington that in the next Congress he will vigorously renew the push for a federal law prohibiting racial and other discrimination in employment. He will not soften the FEPC and cites Democratic unity as a key issue. A subcommittee report by Morroe Berger found state and local laws against job discrimination have produced healthy results.
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Washington
Humphery
D-Minn
Humphrey
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Morroe Berger
Princeton University
Evangelist Jack Shuler Draws Record Crowds At Revival
Crowds packed the fairgrounds and overflow tents to hear Evangelist Jack Shuler of California preach on Hollywood Religion. He condemned artificial Christianity and urged belief in the Bible, acceptance of Christ, and obedience to Bible teachings. Continues on ninth page.
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Fairgrounds
Jack Shuler
Hollywood
Shuler
America
Oily Sand Found Beneath Mississippi River
Natchez Mississippi oil operator John S Callon reports oil saturated sand found under the Mississippi River at May Field Hedges No 1 drilled to 7014 feet, near Adams County. He says core analysis shows potential for commercial production and a new field opening, with sand extending from Louisiana under the river.
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Natchez
Miss
John S. Callon
Mississippi River
Adams County
Callon
Mississippi
Butler Lake
Esperance Point
Concordia Parish
Louisiana
Search Still On For Lost Plane Crew
A faint radio signal offered the only clue to the fate of 52 men aboard a C124 Globe master that vanished Saturday night over the Gulf of Alaska. Twenty four search planes were ready to fan out toward Middleton Island as weather permit. The passengers were listed as missing and the crew identified. overall in the era six planes have crashed or disappeared since November.
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Anchorage, Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
Middleton Island
Air Force
U.S
Alaska
Korea
Montana
Globemaster
CAA
Yakataga
Four Hurt In Sunday Wrecks In City
Two Sunday crashes injured four people, none seriously. Edward Jones 28 Mangham Mary Brownlee 30 West Monroe Miss Brownlee still hospitalized expected discharge today. George L. Martin 25 Mangham and David Henry Edwards Jr 32 2206 S Washington drove the first cars. Edwards charged with reckless driving injury and property damage after running a stop sign on Texas Street at 2 30 a m. The second collision involved Velda Tullos and John Williams passengers in Joseph Hiram Laimbert 25 Second and Clementine Madison Route 1 Richwood cars at Peters and Marx intersections about 4 30 p m.
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Edward Jones
Mangham
Mary Brownlee
Adams
John Williams
McGhee
Velda Tullos
West Monroe
Miss Brownlee
Jones
George L. Martin
David Henry Edwards, Jr
S. Washington
Edwards
Texas Street
Martin
S Second
Miss Tullos
Williams
Joseph Hiram Laimbert
Clementine Madison
Richwood
Peters and
Marx
Madison
Lambert
Peters
Destroy 200 Red Trucks In Raid Over Korean Fronts
AP reports B26 Marauder bombers destroyed 200 Communist vehicles in their largest truck busting raid of the year. The nine day total stands at 1,175 trucks as U S forces seek to curb frontline supply flows.
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Seoul
U.S. Eighth Army
U.N
Sniper Ridge
Warscarred Hill
Air Reservists Receive Indefinite Promotions at Selman Field
Twenty six officers of the 9798th Volunteer Air Reserve Training squadron based at Selman Field were sworn in for indefinite promotions in the U S Air Force reserve at a recent meeting. Maj Henry A Coehn announced the promotions and listed officers advancing in rank including Capt Walter E Kotz 1st Lt Herbert L Brown Maj Cortlandt McCoy and others.
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9798Th
Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron
Selman Field
U. S. Air Force Reserve
Henry A. Coehen
Walter E. Kotz
Herbert L. Brown
Cortlandt McCoy
Walter F. Dixon
Dudley W. Griffith
James Gurnedy
Francis O. Adam Jr
Jack Elliger
Louis E. Leporati
Albert L. Mixon
Pascal Norris
William S. Stewart
John B. Reitzell
John R
Monroe West Monroe Chamber Banquet Draws Regional Leaders
Approximately 350 people are expected at the Monroe West Monroe Chamber of Commerce annual banquet at 7 30 p m tonight on the Virginia Hotel roof. Special guests include United Gas officers and N C McGowen president of United Gas with Kim Williams chamber secretary. A guest list released Monday names many United Gas executives and officials from related companies along with visiting chamber leaders from Tallulah Ruston Shreveport Winn Parish and Delhi Louisiana.
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Monroe-West Monroe
United Gas
J. H. Miracle
L. V. Tracht
C. L. Ganus
E. L. Henderson
La.Miss
J. C. Flanagan
Texas
Ed Parkes
A. D. Greene
United Gas Pipeline
Walter H. Spears
Union Producing Company
D. R. Plug
United Gas Pipeline Company
E. L. Rawlins
D. C. Dillingham
W. O. Crain
United Gas Corporation
Ned Wilson
Anthony
Tallulah
George R. Kimbrough
Flotilla of Yachts Aids River Search for Missing Hunter
A flotilla of small yachts and outboard boats patrolled the Atchafalaya River and tributaries today seeking Malcolm Summers of Baton Rouge who has been missing since last night near Krotz Springs. Summers and his brother were hunting in the area when the latter reached Sherbourne after dark to summon help as state police joined with volunteers and air support.
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Baton Rouge
Atchafalaya
Malcolm Summers
Krotz Springs
Here
R. M. Walker
Summers
Sherbourne
Rift Between Britain and United States Widens at UN
At the United Nations in New York a deep diplomatic rift grows as the United States rejects a British backed Indian plan to end the Korea war deadlock without full detailing. India proposes changes but the U S demands a position to please both allies. The 21 allied powers meet in urgency as tensions rise between Britain and the United States.
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United Nations
U. S
India
Dean Acheson
Britain
Acerson
U. N
Two Killed in Ferriday Crash Reported
The Ferriday crash near Ferriday claimed two lives including Airman First Class Jack David Riddle of Frankfort Kentucky who died in Natchez. Dee Fred Duncan 51 of Bastrop Louisiana also died from internal injuries after the wreck. Duncan’s wife and companion Benton Tull remain seriously injured. Burial plans and hospital updates follow as investigators continue the inquiry.
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Ferriday
Dee Fred Duncan
Bastrop
Duncan
Jack David Riddle
Frankfort
Natchez
Charity Hospital
Baldwin Brothers Funeral Home
Foster
Natchez Hospital
Benton Tull
Roxie
Miss
Anna Duncan
J. W. Parker
Felix Haile
Haile
Walter O’quinn
Augusta
Moody Air Force Base
Alexandria
Korea
States
Jesse Riddle
Riddle
Tull
Van Odom to Speak at LEA Convention in New Orleans
The Louisiana Education Association opens its 58th annual convention with a House of delegates meeting. State superintendent Shelby Jackson and LEA president Van Odom, Monroe schools superintendent, are slated to address attendees at the first general assembly.
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New Orleans
The
Louisiana Educational Association
House of Delegates
Shelby Jackson
van Odom
LEA
Monroe
Selman Air Force Base project contracts exceed nine million
Wyatt C Hedrick of Fort Worth Texas is named for the architectural and engineering contract for runway design and site development at Selman Air Force Base Monroe Louisiana. Multiple firms are selected for designs with estimated construction costs over one million dollars each. The base is being revived for Strategic Air Command use after postwar surplus transfer to Monroe.
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Wyatt C. Hedrick
Ft. Worth
Tex
Selman Air Force Base
Monroe
Eighth Naval District Public Works Officer
Selman
Monroe Architects and Engineers
Shreveport
Brown & Butler
Bodman & Murrell
Baton Rouge
H. H. Land
Johns and Neel
Army Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Eighth Naval District
Congress
Air Force
Civil Enginer Corps
U. S. Navy
Corps of Enginers
U. S. Army
Price controls credited with curbing inflation after Korea war
A joint Senate-House committee report says price controls were a major factor in stopping hectic price rises after the Korean War outbreak. The Defense Production committee, led by Sen. Maybank, credited government action with halting rampant inflation in the last two and a half years. Continued on ninth page.
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Washington
Senate-House
Korea
Joint Congressional Committee On Defense Production
R W Granberry Rites Held For Former West Monroe Resident
Funeral services were held for Russell W. Granberry 47 of Fort Worth Texas a former West Monroe resident after a three week illness. Rites were at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev. W H Giles officiating. Granberry was area supervisor for the U S Department of Agriculture soil erosion division. He was a Monroe City High School LSU graduate and earlier worked for the Louisiana Highway Commission. He is survived by his parents.
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Russell W. Granberry
West Monroe
Fort Worth Tex.s
Mulhearn Funeral Home
W. H. Giles
Granberry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Monroe City High School
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Highway Commission
Fort Worth
Eisenhower Considers Cabinet Picks Amid UN Visit
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower began naming potential Cabinet choices including a Utah farm marketing expert and a Louisiana lawyer for two of four openings. He weighed Hoffman's refusal while planning a UN Headquarters tour and a noontime center visit.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Utah
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Paul G. Hoffman
Ford Foundation
United Nations
Good Fellows Drive Aims to Aid Neighbors Through Charity
A local Good Fellows drive expands donations totaling 165.00 from Worley Wrecking Company to Goodfellows. Supporters emphasize the annual project spreads happiness in darkened homes with gifts donated freely from the heart of donors.
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Worley Wrecking Company
Goodfellows
Freedom Crusade Will Be Inaugurated Here
The 1952 Crusade for Freedom campaign begins in the Twin Cities with a 5 p.m. kick off at the Cameo Room of the Virginia Hotel. Local chairman Matt F. Rice outlines objectives for the drive to support Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia as the nationwide effort starts December 1 in Monroe and West Monroe and ends December 15. A Freedomgram center will collect messages of faith in freedom for broadcast to trapped iron curtain populations.
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Crusade For Freedom
Twin Cities
Cameo
Virginia
Matt F. Rice
Crusade
Monroe
West Monroe
Rice
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Asia
West Germany
Portugal
Philippines
Guam
Europe
Asia
Kremlin
Louis Gruber
Lloyd E. Lenard
George Foreman
Freedomgram Center
Bailey Grant
Jack May
Harold Brady
Ed Donsby
J. W. Stephens
Freedomgram
Frances Hotel
Iron Curtain
Henry Ford II
Charles E. Wilson
Louisiana
Pilot Club Lights On Campaign Aids Cancer Crusade
The Pilot Club of Monroe sponsors a lights-on campaign for the Cancer Crusade in Ouachita Parish on Sunday night November 30 from 9 to 10 p m. Co chairs Jack Howard and Irving Liebowitz announce plans with Mrs Ellen Thompson as event chairman. Volunteers cover Monroe and West Monroe sections canvassing streets and homes with porch lights on to boost support for the American Cancer Society program.
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Pilot Club
Monroe
Cancer Crusade
Ouachita Parish
Jack Howard
Irving Liebowitz
Ellen Thompson
Howard
Liebowitz
American Cancer Society
C. A
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Pamela O'Neil
Patricia
Raleigh
N. C
Clarence O'Neil
Sinanju
Pyongyang
Los Angeles
Swenson
Kosung
Wonsan
Thompson
Seiverling
AIR Reservists
C. of C
Harmony
Monroe Architects
Joint Committee
Sen. Maybank
D-Sc
R.W. Granberry
Iee
Good Fel
Freedom Crusade
Santa Claus
Mr. Merchant
Griffin Studio G
DeSiard
Griffin Studio
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