Love Comics Spark Debate Over Harmful Teen Reading
The article discusses concerns about sex‑themed comics sold to teens in Twin Cities newsstands. Local distributors The Red River News and American News claim no publisher screening authority, urging publishers to screen titles. City police will pass check cases to the sheriff’s department, while Martin oversees city checks in coordination with law enforcement.
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Twin City
Red River News
The
American News
Joseph Murry
New York
Murry
Monroe
National Concern
Sheriff's Department
Martin
Sheriff's Office
Transient Held By Sheriff In Theft By Check
A 37 year old transient Edmon McVicker is in the parish jail on theft by check charges. The warrant was executed this morning and no bond is set. Ouachita Parish deputies arrested McVicker after a tip from a local grocery. Deputy Causey and Sgt Martin made the arrest in a joint effort with Monroe Police.
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Edmon McVicker
Bailey Grant
Grant
McVicker
Ouachita Parish
Causey
Szt. Martin
Sat
Sidney Martin
Monroe
Northeast announces orientation schedule for freshmen and transfers
Officials outline orientation activities through Friday for freshmen and transfer students. The plan includes social events, transcript submission for new students, GI Bill eligibility documents for veterans, and an alphabetical enrollment time system with detailed slots for Wednesday Thursday and Friday.
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Northeast
Monroe council awards sewer job and approves fire equipment
The Monroe City Council unanimously awarded Robinson Sewerage Construction Co. $23,975 for a sanitary sewer line, the lowest of four bids. Strickland Electric Co. will supply fire alarm electrical gear for $13,490 after rejecting Hicks and Hortmann for licensing issues. Forcum-James Co. won asphalt work on Alabama and Lexington streets. Bids on city electrical equipment and two city trucks were discussed, with an amended city budget and several improvement resolutions also approved.
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Robinson Sewerage Construction Company
Monroe
Strickland Electric Co
Monroe Hardware Co
G. F. Supply Co
Weaks Supply Co
City Council Advances Street Improvements and Purchases
The council gave notice of intent to repave with asphalt sections of Florida Pear and Olive streets and authorized assessments on properties for asphalt surfacing along Orange South 6th South 5th Beauregard Magnolia Orell Place Spencer Cedar Morris Avenue and Eason Place. It adopted winter uniform advertising, studied east–west streets across Louisville avenue between 9th and 18th, approved buying three auto transformers from Westinghouse at 8840 dollars, and drafted an ordinance to accept 156 Negro dwellings in a new subdivision.
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Alexandria
Adams
South 7Th
Milton
North 16Th
Florida
Pear
Olive Streets
Orange
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South 5Th
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Magnolia
Orell Place
Spencer
Cedar
Morris Avenue
Eason Place
George Wood
Louisville Avenue
9Th Street
18Th Street
Westinghouse Company
Muskie Wins Maine Governor Favoring Two Party Government
Governor-elect Muskie touted a two party government after victory in Maine. He praised Maine voters for supporting his aims while noting a Republican legislature will check the administration. Democratic State Chairman Coffin echoed the call for broad party balance.
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Maine
Muskie
Frank M. Coffin
Prominent New Orleans Real Estate Man Faces Mystery Death
Dr Nicholas Chetta Orleans parish coroner said the woman had been dead for hours when first examined at 3 30 a m. R D McDonald of Lubbock Tex found the body around 3 a m and said she was not in the corridor when he left his room at 2 a m Police theorize she died elsewhere hours before and her body was dragged into the corridor between 2 and 3 a m.
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New Orleans
Nicholas Chetta
Orleans Parish
R. D. McDonald
Lubbock
Tex
Testimony Links Gandia to 1953 Puerto Rico Attacks Plan
Lebron Sotomayor testified about Gandia a Nationalist leader in New York planning attacks on Congress the Presidency and on Fernos Isern Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner The Nationalist party seeks full independence while Puerto Rico voters chose Commonwealth Sotomayor pled guilty to seditious conspiracy and testifies as a government witness while held on $25000 bail.
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Gandia
Lebron Sotomayor
Congress
Fernos Isern
Puerto Rico
New York
Nationalist Party
Commonwealth
United States
Chicago
Protesters Target Desegregation Across West Virginia Schools
Parents and students gathered in Greenbrier Mason and Barbour counties as schools reopened with African American attendance. After the Supreme Court ruling, state boards urged integration but counties set their own pace. A mass meeting signaled potential violence and a vote to enforce separate schooling for Negroes and whites.
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U.S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
State Board of Education
Greenbrier
Mason and Barbour
Marion County
John Jacob
Senators Close Probe on Defense Counsel Actions
Six Member continued prosecution claims ended as McCarthy praised Chadwick and De Faria as vigorous prosecutors who should have presented both sides. Watkins said the committee would consider the complaint but likely take no action. Three members opposed hiring new attorneys. Sen. Stennis said the panel sought a nonpartisan, impartial presentation and believed they achieved it.
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Watkins
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Retail Federation Credits Tax Cuts Boosting Buying Power
The committee praises tax reductions from lower federal spending and excise tax cuts, a monumental internal revenue code revision, and the removal of price controls. It argues these moves raise real purchasing power, lifting incentives for both retailers and the public to spend more on American goods.
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America
Democrats Back Eisenhower Ally Seeks Extended Party Control
Liberal leaders back Hines who endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and defeated Ralph Yarborough for governor. They praise his action and seek firm control of party machinery for two more years to underline the endorsement.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nberal
Ralph Yarborough
Texas Democrats
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