30 Nov 1951
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1951
Page
1
Westbrook Pegler notes Britain’s pools and bookmakers show a gambling culture rivaling the United States. He cites a 1948 British turnover of 600 to 700 million pounds and questions US legality and scope of illegal betting on numbers and races.
Daily list honors Twin City employers whose workers contribute via the days pay pledge for the Chest drive. Names include Baker's Shoe Store Central Oil & Supply Co M Kaplan & Son Southern Lumber & Box Co and others with more added daily.
The Pusan Korea arsenal exploded in a four mile wide blast zone injuring at least 50 and killing six Koreans. 48 homes were destroyed 100 badly damaged and 400 damaged. U S Army says sabotage or accident is possible.
NEA president reports at Panmunjom that Allied truce negotiators will not discuss pulling U N forces from Korea before an armistice is signed. They demand joint inspection teams and a firm ban on strengthening front line troops. Joy says withdrawal isn t discussed until agreement.
The 1952 Red Feather drive pushes past 50 percent with firms and employees contributing as totals pass the $33,000 mark toward a $67,100 goal. Co-Chairmen Clarkson and Ethridge say the next report should reach 60 to 75 percent as more employee returns arrive.
Sudbury Ontario police detained Peter Ernest Grainger 25 on vagrancy charges as the so called shoeless hillbilly who recently joined the U S army and vanished. He toured San Antonio and Aberdeen before reappearing between Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie. Police and forestry officials confirm identities with earlier U S army recruitment photos and notes of a head injury history.
Judge Frank Voelker fined four defendants one hundred dollars plus court costs or ninety days in parish jail for speeding in fourth district court. Names included Andrew J Patton Clarence Jackson Jr Negro George Washington Jones Negro and Robert Adams Negro.
Miss Martha Nell Dinsmore, 19, was found shot to death on a sidewalk early today near her apartment. William Edward Clark, 43, a former English instructor at North Georgia College, was jailed on suspicion of murder after Clark claimed she shot herself. The investigation noted torn blouse and brassiere, and Clark said he tore them after the shooting to check the wound's seriousness.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky said Moscow would join the secret big four talks on disarmament. Britain France and the United States already planned behind-closed-doors talks with the USSR to reconcile Western and Russian disarmament plans. The negotiations were proposed by Pakistan Iraq and Syria with Assembly President Luis Padilla Nervo to preside. The decision pauses formal committee debate for about a week as western states demand verification and transparency while the Soviet amendments push for broader bans.
The body of Lt. Robert C. Bynum Sr. of West Monroe, killed in a Colorado Springs incident, will arrive by train Friday at 7 05 p m and be taken to Hall Funeral Home with a military escort. Funeral at St Paschal s Catholic Church West Monroe Saturday at 10 30 a m followed by full military honors in the family cemetery near Dunn La Surviving are his wife two sisters Mrs Ruby Young and Mrs O E Smith a brother Sgt Cecil Bynum US Army parents Mr and Mrs R C Bynum Sr and grandmother Mrs Ellen Jones Winnfield.
By John Randolph Seoul November 30 The Fifth Air Force reports the largest air victory of the Korean War with ten Communist planes shot down nine bombers destroyed and one MIG believed down along MIG Alley Sabres attacked a formation of 30 red bombers and 16 MIG-15 escorts damaging the group and downing nine bombers and one fighter with no Allied losses.
A Wichita Falls grand jury indicted 10 people on 21 counts tied to marijuana sales in schools, with 15 arrests to date and 25 high school students implicated. Dist. Atty. Alan Haley notes junior high and high school involvement and urges parents to keep children at home and monitor activities.
A sequence shows total Goodfellows donations of 444.65 with gifts in memory of several individuals. A West Monroe letter plea asks for Christmas aid for a large family, detailing a nine month old twins’ care and a mother seeking work, with multiple children in gaps and ragged clothing.
Hayden Colorado residents rally to aid the Montoya family after Phillip and Tony Linda Montoya killed themselves minutes apart, leaving ten children aged 1 to 16. Welfare officials coordinate care while relatives are checked.
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