Hope Expressed Prisoners End Rebellion at Menard
Acting Illinois Governor Sherwood Dixon voiced strong hope that 322 convicts at Menard State Prison would end a four day rebellion and release seven hostages without harm. Hunger and pressure from inmates and captives grew as days passed, with three hostages freed after psychiatric inmates surrendered.
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Chester, Ill
Illinois
Sherwood Dixon
Menard State Prison
Dixon
Chicago
E M Strong 78 longtime Missouri Pacific agent dies
E M Strong 78 a longtime Missouri Pacific ticket agent died at the railroad hospital. Funeral at Peters Funeral chapel Friday at 3 p m with Rev J T Horton officiating. He was a 59 year member of First Baptist Church and a 30 year member of Monroe Democratic executive committee. Interment in old city cemetery. Survived by wife Katherine Dixon four children ten grandchildren eleven great grandchildren. He also belonged to Masonry Shrine El Karubah and Woodmen of the World.
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E. M. Strong
Missouri Pacific
Peters Funeral
J. T. Horton
Strong
First Baptist Church
Old City
Mr. Strong
Democratic Executive Committee
Monroe
el Karubah
Shrine
Woodmen of the World
Katherine Dixon
J. H. Scogin, Jr
G. H. Strong
William Strong
E. M. Strong, Jr
Houston
Tex
Sibley backs amendment to constitutionalize fire police civil service
Bastrop Chief of Police Ray J. Sibley president of the Municipal Police Officers Association of Louisiana publicly endorsed Amendment 7 on Thursday. He urged support to place municipal fire and police civil service in the state constitution citing officer protection and public safety.
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Bastrop
Ray J. Sibley
Municipal Police Officers Association of Louisiana
Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service
Sibley
Municipal Police Officers Association
Lou
Democratic official fired over nine million dollar contract
An official of the Democratic National Committee has been fired for allegedly helping negotiate a nine million dollar government contract while working for the committee. Col. Lawrence Westbrook, a research and development engineer, served as liaison between the committee and members of Congress and aided House Speaker Sam Rayburn in the presidential campaign in Texas. Westbrook disputed the contract's propriety by telephone from Dallas. The Herald Tribune called the deal the biggest 5 percenter payout, noting Westbrook and two others stood to share a 450 thousand dollar commission from the defense contract.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Lawrence Westbrook
Arison
Committee
Congress
Westbrook
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Dallas
New York
The
Herald Tribune
Jess Larson
Army Scouts and Kiwanis Gear Up to Boost Voter Turnout
An army of more than 900 Boy Scouts and 90 Kiwanis volunteers will fan across Monroe and West Monroe on Sunday, delivering a Dont Forget to Vote reminder. The drive, part of a national effort, aims for a 1:30 to 3 p.m. turnout push with teams of about 10 scouts led by a Kiwanian.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Twin City
America
Pascal Norris
Monroe Kiwanis
Hugh Balfour
West Monroe Club
J. C. Crawford
Ouachita Valley Scout Council
Kiwanis
Truman accuses Eisenhower of casual pledge deal
President Truman, aboard the Truman train in Michigan, charges Dwight D. Eisenhower made a casual pledge over coffee that would slash defense spending by about 20 billion dollars, risking peace. He cites a deal with Taft to cut the budget to 70 billion for 1954 and 60 billion for 1955 and accuses Ike of “no deal” rhetoric while prodding oil and property critiques.
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Michigan
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Morningside Heights
New York
Robert A. Taft
Lansing
Mich
Grand Rapids
Eisenhower
Taft
Supreme Court
United States
Gin Operator Faces Arrest in Monroe Sanitary Violations
District Attorney Fred Fudickar Jr issued a warrant for George R. Harrington, manager of the People's Gin Company on Sterlington Road, charging five counts of violating Monroe sanitary code on October 24, 27, 28, 29, and 30. The case cites discarding lint and contaminants from a cotton gin in a residential area creating a public hazard.
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Fred Fudickar, Jr
George R. Harrington
People’s Gin Company
Sterlington Road
Monroe
W. Carroll Summer
Ouachita Parish
Harrington
City of
State Singing Meet In Two Day Sessions
The Louisiana State Singing Convention will be held in the Crosley School auditorium West Monroe Saturday night and Sunday and all gospel singing enthusiasts are invited. The Stamps Quartet of Dallas Texas Joe Roper and his Stamps Baxter Melody Boys of Little Rock Curtis Doss and Wonder State Quartet of Crossett Ark plus other quartets and directors from Arkansas Louisiana Texas and Mississippi are expected. Saturday night will include a brief business session to elect officers and plan the June 1983 session. President D L Pearce Baton Rouge and other officers invite prayers and cooperation.
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Crosley School
West Monroe
Stamps Quartet
Dallas
Tex
Joe Roper
Stamps- Baxter Melody Boys
Little Rock
Curtis Doss
Wonder State
Crossett
Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Mississippi
D. L. Pearce
Baton Rouge
Eisenhower Uses Van Fleet Letter In Korea Bid
Ike cites Lt Gen James Van Fleet letter praising South Korean Army in Korea. The general urges expanding ROK forces and releasing American divisions if six more ROK divisions are added. Van Fleet notes repeated lack of approval for increases and cites past successes training Greek troops.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Korea
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Eisenhower
Republic of Korea
Orlando C. Mood
Washington
ROK
U. S
All Souls Day Observance Planned by Knights of Columbus
The fourth degree Knights of Columbus in the local assembly chaired by Msgr Vandegaar will hold the Christ to the King rally at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Catholic cemetery with full dress uniforms as guards. Bishop Charles Greco will attend and officiate. Msgr John C Marsh will preside with Rev Fathers Shelton Bill, Dennis Curren delivering the sermon. The event will feature dignitaries including Sir Knight P A Zerrett and Emile Reggie. A banquet honoring leaders will follow at Rendezvous.
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John C. Marsh
St. Matthews Catholic Church
Father Shelton
Father Bill
Dennis Curren
Maryhill
Knight P. A. Zerrett
Lafayette
Knight of Columbus
Emile Reggie
Crowley
Louisiana accounting conference opens in Monroe
Five year event brings speakers from three states and DC to Bayou DeSiard Country Club for a get acquainted party sponsored by the Monroe Society of Louisiana CPAs. Louisiana Tech school of business will sponsor later sessions at Howard auditorium with speakers from New Orleans and Houston on taxation and accounting leadership.
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District of Columbia
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
Monroe
The
Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants
School of Business
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Howard Auditorium
Kenneth Wimer
el Dorado
Dean Burton R. Risinger
School of Business At
Tech
George P. Bywater
New Orleans
Certified Public Accountant
George S. Rapier
Fladger F
Roland Brown City’s Guest at Twin Cities Churches
Rev Roland Brown, featured speaker sponsored by Twin Cities prayer groups, lectures at First Methodist Church tonight at 7 30 p m and tomorrow at 9 30 a m and 1 p m He formerly pastored Parkside Baptist Church Chicago IL for 15 years Born in the United States 55 years ago he studied at Chicago University Loyola University and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Known for eloquence he drew vast crowds during a 1951 52 England evangelistic tour and has spoken across the nation and in the United Kingdom Bishop
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Roland Brown
First Methodist Church
Twin Cities
Parkside Baptist Church
Chicago
Ill
United States
Chicago University
Loyola University
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
United Kingdom
England
Nobody Knows Candidate Nominated Without Seekin g Ballot in Washington
Frederick C. Proehl a Seattle grocer and Greenback party presidential nominee says he was surprised to learn he had been nominated by referendum and did not seek the nomination nor appear on Washington state ballots. He is a deputy bank examiner by past trade and now tends to his grocery counter as talks on Greenback doctrine stress banker villains and noninterest bearing currency.
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Seattle
Frederick C. Proehl
Greenback Party
Washington State
Proehl
Minnesota
Stevenson vows to end war between government and business
AP dispatch reports Governor Adlai Stevenson on a Pennsylvania whistle stop pledging to end the war between government and business if elected president. He told Reading crowds that business is vital to America's survival, attacked Republican rhetoric, and urged harmony between public and private sectors while criticizing Eisenhower and Taft.
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Adlai Stevenson
Pennsylvania
Reading
Republican Party
Pottstown
Laughhead
Eisenhower
Bayonets used to recaputure vital Sniper Ridge
Allied infantry recaptured Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Ridge after a Chinese breakout from a tunnel. The fight involved heavy artillery and perilous shelling as 2,000 Chinese Reds surged up the slope. Allies launched three assaults, but fierce fire and tunnel defenses held back the advance. Eighth Army logged 5,789 casualties for the week, bringing October totals to 32,885.
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Seoul
Eighth Army
Pinpoint
Nonogenarian Presbyterian minister dies in Monroe
Lt. Col. Craig P. Williams reports the death of Dr. John C. Williams 96 in a Monroe hospital after illness while visiting his son. He led Washington Ark. Presbyterian Church since 1926, preached last sermon a week earlier, and served Arkansas ministries 66 years with prior pastorates in Arkadelphia Junction City Scotland El Dorado and Prescott. Survivors include son Lt. Col. Craig P. Williams and daughter Mrs. Victor Clark.
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Bastrop
Craig
Wiliams
John C. Williams
South
Monroe
Presbyterian Church
Washington, Ark
Robinson Funeral
South Carolina
Arkansas
Hempstead County
Arkansas College
Batesville
Columbia, S. C
Washington
Arkadelphia
Junction City
Scotland
el Dorado
Prescott
Craig P. Williams
Victor Clark
Dallas
Tex
Tragic Wreck Claims Rest er in Winnsboro Area Blaze
In Winnsboro, La on Highway 15 a 1951 Studebaker truck crashed and burst into flames killing driver E. O. Rester. A passenger Miss Vaudie Williams, 19, escaped badly burned and later hospitalized. Four teen boys alerted state troopers as a bar pit fire spread from the crushed tank. The truck belonged to W L Stansbury of Rayville and Rester’s funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Winnsboro
Studebaker
Highway 15
E. O. Rester
Vaudie Williams
Cecil
Bill Miller
Will Folds
Buddy Johnson
W. W. Miller
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Rester
Rayville
Miller
W. L. Stansbury
Mississippi Traffic Deaths Rise In Latest Month
Mississippi highway patrol reports 55 people killed in traffic accidents last month, up nine from September 1951. More than twice as many drunken drivers were cited, 84 versus 37 a year earlier, reflecting a sharp rise in DUI incidents.
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Jackson
Miss. P
State Highway Patrol
Mississippi
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