New York man killed near Crossett Ark in gunfire
A 22-year-old Niagara Falls hitchhiker Raymond Gordon was shot to death near Crossett Arkansas after a meeting with cattleman Bill Bullock who was wounded in the abdomen. Joyce Ann Confer 16, also of Niagara Falls, is held without charge as the coroner details the incident.
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Crossett, Ark
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Ashley County
W. M. Jones
Jones
Raymond Gordon
Bill Bullock
Strong
Ark
Bullock
Bastrop
Joyce Ann Confer
Gordon
Miss Confer
Clearing House Elects Officers At Regional Session
At the First Regional Clearing House Association session this week officers were elected. George S. Lensing was named president and J Grayson Guthrie vice president with W G Haynes Jr as secretary treasurer. A large slate of directors includes Joe Pasternack O R Wurster M Lynch Phil Duncan L E Levee James Craig W E Huffman P G Marron J W James W L Mattison J W Mitchell H H Smith P F Stinson C W Sehon.
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Clearing House Association
George S. Lensing
Lake Providence Bank
J. Grayson Guthrie
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Monroe
W. G. Haynes, Jr
Joe Pasternack
Concordia Bank and Trust Company
Ferriday
O. R. Wurster
Catahoula Bank
Jonesville
M. Lynch
Bank of St. Joseph & Trust Company
St. Joseph
Phil Duncan
Franklin State Bank and Trust Company
Winnsboro
L. E. Levee
Tallulah State Bank and Trust Company
Tallulah
James Craig
Richland State Bank
Rayville
Adlai Attacks Ike on War Talk as Politics in Oregon
Spokane dispatch reports Gov. Stevenson denouncing Eisenhower's Korea stance as political. he insists no trick can end the Korean War and vows not to rush peace for partisan gain. He cites returning troops only when national safety allows, urging steady policy. Contained in campaign speech prep for Pendleton Oregon with Utah Wyoming gains noted.
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Spokane
Wash
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Utah
Wyoming
Pacific Northwest
Korea
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Alaska
Omaha
Illinois
Pendleton
Ore
Girl Describes Family Slayings In California Robbery
Sondra Gay Young 3% described two men as the killers of her father two sisters and a child playmate in a $7,128 robbery massacre. She was beaten and left in the trunk of her father's car with the victims. One attacker was bald and masked the other unmasked and armed. Both wore green shirts blue jeans and black shoes and drove a large blue car. District Attorney Bertrand Jones visited her in hospital and escorted her to the crime scene on a remote logging road. He said Young said her father Guard Young 43 obtained $7,128 from a Westwood bank last Friday to cash.
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Chester
Calif
Sondra Gay Young
Sondra
Bertrand Jones
Guard Young
Westwood
Proclaim Week To Honor Horse and Rancher Idea
Denver report recalls National Save the Horse Week and the attempt by Harry Galbraith to gain official recognition. The tale covers his lobbying, a forged official claim, and his death in a Colorado Springs cafe aftermath. Red Fenwick updates the tale honoring Galbraith as a steadfast horse advocate.
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Harry Galbraith
Colorado
Harry
White House
Galbraith
Colorado Springs
Commerce Department
National Save the Horse
Bulletin
Robert W
Red) Fenwick
Denver Post
Wyoming
N Galbraith
Fenwick
Ike Speaks On How 10 Avert Big Low Mood
Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged a Republican administration would use full government power to avert another economic low mood. He attacked the Truman record as a failing, promised a right track, and challenged fears of Democratic tactics. Texas backers predicted solid GOP support with Porter citing potential 34 to 58 percent state vote. Police estimated the crowd gathere
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Fort Worth
Tex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
W. H
Jack) Porter
Texas
Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Ike
Porter
Firnberg Heads Dimes Campaign in Ouachita Parish
Tom Firnberg, a Monroe businessman, was named chairman of the 1953 March of Dimes drive for Ouachita Parish. The campaign runs January 2 to January 12, with Mrs. Beth Breece leading the Mothers March division. Goldman notes 1952 state infantile paralysis cases reached 728 in nine months, past 1951's 672, and Ouachita Parish borrowed $23,000 from the national foundation this year.
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Tom Firnberg
Monroe
Paul Goldman
Ouachita
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Goldman
Quachita Parish
National Foundation
Americans Gain Triangle Hill as Reds Launch Counterattack
U S infantry overran Triangle Hill on Korea s central front while 1000 Reds counterattacked Sniper Ridge south of the hill. South Korean and U S forces fought inch by inch amid cave bunkers and flame throwers as White Horse Mountain battles raged nearby.
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Seoul
Triangle Hill
Korea
Pinpoint Hill
U. S
Pinpoint
9Th Division
White Horse Mountain
Triangle
Mark Clark
Tokyo
North Korea
Navy
White Horse
7Th Division
31St
Boy Injured When Hit By Automobile
Eleven year old Raymond Mc Fadden of 1405 Spencer was injured with a possible fractured leg when his bicycle was struck by the left front bumper of a 1938 Ford driven by Sam Johnson a 42 year old Negro of 306 South 18th Street in the 1100 block of Forsythe Avenue Monroe police report. Investigating officers say the boy rode west on Forsythe as a bus in front of him halted and he moved to the south side of the street. the Ford came from the west and struck him.
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Raymond McFadden
Spencer
Sam Johnson
South 18Th Street
Forsythe Avenue
Monroe
Forsythe
West Monroe Increases Pace In Chest Fund Drive
West Monroe campaign officials report progress toward the Twin City Community Chest goal of 75000 dollars. M Kelly Thompson says West Monroe is 55 percent raised with late donations still to be reported. David C Silverstein notes strong momentum and aims to finish by week’s end. James Sharp reports the colored division at 80 percent with volunteers urged to push remaining gifts.
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West Monroe
Twin City Community Chest
M. Kelly Thompson
West
David C. Silverstein
Thompson
James Sharp
Silverstein
UNITED NATIONS AGENDA HARDENED BY KOREA DELAY
United Nations General Assembly Steering Committee moves into a packed agenda as Korea armistice talks stall. Dean Acheson delays address to gauge mood, canceling today’s sessions while Ernest Gross represents the United States. Tunisia and Morocco push for greater self rule, provoking clashes over France’s internal policy.
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United Nations, N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Korea
Dean Acheson
U. N
Acheson
World Organization
Ernest A. Gross
United States
Rates Increase Being Studied In Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Public Service Commission concluded eight months of hearings on Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. proposed rate rise from 8.4 to 10 million dollars. Commissioners did not indicate a ruling timeline. Witnesses argued for 4.5 million, while staff urged smaller hikes. Southern Bell defended a 7.25 percent return, contending current earnings are insufficient for expansion and capital needs.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Louisiana
Southern Bell
Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph
Herbert Doran
New York University
Cold air moves into Louisiana Mississippi at night
The Weather Bureau forecasts temperatures dropping to the mid forties in North Louisiana and Mississippi with north winds. The cold mass moving from Western Canada will reach South Louisiana and New Orleans this afternoon or tonight, lowering readings to the mid fifties. Fog and smoke chokes city streets, smog lifts as northerly winds arrive, with light showers possible in Southeast Louisiana and Mississippi late today or tonight. Thursday eyes a fair and cool day ahead.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Canada
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Motorist Sentenced After 31 Traffic Court Charges
In Baltimore a man identified as James E. Farmer, 24, was convicted on 31 charges in Traffic Court and sentenced to 39 months in jail with fines totaling 2546.45 dollars. Police testified they pursued the defendant after an auto chase through the loop, and he said he would have stopped sooner but lacked a driver's license and wanted to “stay out of trouble.”
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Baltimore
James E. Farmer
Trial of Troy Cotton Goes To Jury
The U S government case against Troy Cotton former Bastrop Trade School director charged with eight counts of defrauding the Veterans Administration was submitted to a jury at 10 25 this morning. Judge Ben Dawkins read the charge while Cotton said he destroyed files intending to obtain originals with corrections. Auditors testified about invoices found during book checks at the Bastrop Trade School. The trial focus included school purchasing consumable supplies. Judge Gaston Porterie will continue hearings on a separate suit by Mrs Lucy Emfinger Newman Wisner seeking 155000 for death damages from a Missouri Pacific Railroad crossing collision on Louisiana 15 between Wisner and Sicily Island.
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U. S
Troy Cotton
Bastrop Trade School
Veterans Administration
Ben Dawkins
Cotton
Gaston Porterie
Lucy Emfinger Newman
Wisner
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Louisiana Highway 15
Sicily Island
Newman
Reds Of Forty Nations Trek Home From Congress
Moscow AP reports leading Communists from 40 nations head home from the 19th All-Soviet Congress. Stalin assures them the Soviet party backs their fight for liberation and peace as concern shifts to a new Central Committee of 125 members.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Central Committee
Russia
Liberation Movement
World Revolutionary and Workers’ Movement
China
Korea
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
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Adlai
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Hull Lumber & Supply
Three Way Finance Company
Community Chest Office
Coney Island Sandwich Shop
Drouet Drug Store
Saul Adler Garage
Gordon Cummings Insurance Agency
Bish Mathinstitute
Charlies Cafe
the Toggery
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Martin Marble Works
Five Joint Pharmacy
Monroe Maternal & Infant Welfare Clinic
W. T. Grant Company
Personal Finance Company
Farmers Finance Company
Motor Securities
Peoples Loan Service
Martins Bottle Shop
Monroe Furniture Company
Supreme Bedding & Furniture Company
Bodan’s Rexall Drug Store
New South Drug
Mary's Flower Shop
Denver
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Firnberg Heads Dimes
George A. McArthur
Milo Farnell
Papa- San Mountain
Seventh Division
U.N
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Lester B. Pearson
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Troy
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