Seamen and Marines Sailors Headed to Far East and Antarctica
San Diego reports list seamen and Marines en route to duties in the Far East and Melbourne for the Olympics. Included are Joe L. McGee and Caskey en route to the Lexing ton and other ships in the Western Pacific. Also noted is a Marine recruit completing basic training at San Diego and Sammy D. Tubberville serving aboard USS Whiteside with a recent promotion. Antarctica unit Arneb supports Deepfreeze II for geophysical work. The piece also mentions Tampa’s Columbia Bar and Orange County Medical Society’s 150th anniversary.
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Diego
Calif
Iles
Caskey
Seaman
USN
Hazel
Arcadia
San Diego
Carrier Division I
Melbourne
Austra- Up
Wille
Western Pacific
Yoko
Kobe
Japan
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Mile J
Doucet, Jr
Bix 131
Ruston
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diegon
Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps
Pacific Fleet
FHTNC
Sammy D. Tubberville
Walter F. Tubberville
Quitman
Acific
Tubberville
USS Whiteside
Naval Trainingf
Surie
Quitman High School
Advance Shopping Centet
Hodge
Arneb
Knox Coast Station
Hico Headlines By Dot Busby Decorates for Christmas Events
The week brought festive cheer with decorate efforts for Christmas trees and rooms. Everyone enjoyed the Christmas play and the series of Christmas parties held in town.
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Hico
DOT Busby
Christmas at Ruston TB Hospital notes thanks and care
The Ruston TB Hospital notes express holiday gratitude for visitors and gifts, praise the Christmas program by Boy Scouts and a Monroe group, and spiritual uplift from chaplain Bro Wyatt. It thanks supporters and asks readers to say a prayer for the hospital and healing souls alongside a winter cotton fabrics feature.
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Weill
Boy Scouts
Miss Bobbitt
Wsure
Bro
Wyatt
Monroe
Jesus
Albvnys
E. McGee
Chemical weed killers over fire protect fence posts
The article notes that using fire to destroy weeds along the fence row can harm wood posts and galvanized wire. It promotes chemical weed killers as a safer modern method despite fire sometimes burning weeds satisfactorily.
Baton Rouge New Year Resolutions From State Leaders
A humorous list from Baton Rouge shows Governor Earl K Long and officials pledging light hearted aims through 1960. Lt Governor Lether Frazar and others vow not to rush campaigns while budget watchers promise surpluses and jokes about education and Sunday beer sales. Readers to note GOP's lukewarm turnout and the Capitol’s staffing shift as John Corporon moves to United Press bureau chief.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Lether Frazar
U.S
Bob Ainsworth
Camille Gravel
Tarvey Rester — T
Martin
FNL
Long
Ellender
America
Capitol
John Corporon
United Press
New Orleans
Governor Long teases reporters in Louisiana reflects on taxes and industry
The article recounts Governor Long joking with newsmen about their reports from The Times-Picayune, praising former Governor Kennon for not meddling with State Police traffic work, and commenting on new industries coming to the state. He also quips about higher taxes, noting many expect more money, while hoping to live long enough to see where funds will come from.
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Jack Gates
Monroe
Plcayune
Bob Kennon
Long
Guo Lord
Labor probes Taft Hartley Act impact on unions
Washington A House Labor subcommittee finds Taft Hartley Act did not prevent officers of major unions from depriving locals and members of a voice in bargaining. Investigators flag misused fees and weak control in the musicians’ union, urging attention to local union rights and potential anti merger legislation. Senators and industry leaders warn against rushed anti merger bills hindering business growth.
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Washington
House
I Hig’ International Union
Congressional
Onion
Itn American Federation of Musicians
Socil
House Labor Subcommittee
One Big International Union
Congress
Thomas Roy Jones
Daysstrom, Inc
Congressional Economic
Mrs. Bagley Hosts Christmas Party for Daughter
Mrs. Leo Bagley of the Hilly Community hosted a Christmas party for her daughter Shirley and four classmates Penny Jones Ann Trammer Roxie Ann Bridges and Barbara Green from school. The girls decorated a holly tree received corsages and enjoyed ice cream cher ries and cakes after games.
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Leo Bagley
Hilly
Shirley
Penny Jones
Ann Trammer
Roxie Ann Bridges
Barbara Green
Down South by Thurman Sensing on US world crisis burden
A reflective column critiques ongoing foreign aid and military spending since World War II. The author warns the United States risks financial collapse and Communist manipulation if it continues funding crises abroad while neglecting domestic needs. The piece cites past programs like the Marshall Plan and notes rising outlays and questionable outcomes.
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News & World Report
United States
Gabriel
Great Britain
England and the canal project and biblical plant questions
The text discusses England’s limited role in a canal project, asks why the plant remains a mystery, and notes the Bible reference to a sheep’s role in Hebrew life. It also includes trivia on rock fossils, a plant’s origin, fruiting age of trees, and states that education is left to individual states.
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Medical Society
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Cooper
Louisiana
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James W. Douthay
Sparkman
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Bernice Inc
Perez
Bridge
Port
Conn
Naples
Italy
Manuel Perez
Charles
Boston
Manuel, Jr
Leo Pearl
Detroit
Francine Budd
New York
Delcambre
Jheria
Vermilion
Vermilion Parish
Theria
Francis T. Nicholls
Thibodaux
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thurman
Westerre “Buope
Maréshall
Free World
United ‘States
Uke Tito
Yugoslavia
Naaser
Egypt
Jefferson Island
England
Jett
Rams
Commercial Printing
the Leader Publishing CO
Ruston, Louisians
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