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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1959
Page
1
The committee plans to question Giancana after Holovachka’s delayed appearance. Holovachka accuses the Lake County inquiry of political smear and poppycock. Chairman McClellan’s illness postponed Friday’s session to Monday and the telegram to Holovachka urged cooperation or risk proceeding without him.
Funeral services for 18 year old Paul Futrell of Calhoun are set for 4 p.m. Sunday at Calhoun Baptist Church with pastors Napoleon Aulds Roy Grant and Abe Connelly officiating. Burial follows at Carleton Cemetery in Ruston by Darby Funeral Home. He died Saturday after a lingering illness and was a Calhoun High School graduate. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs W W Futrell a brother James and grandparents Mr and Mrs M R Whatley of Chondrant. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until time of services.
Bernard Stoffel drove toward his wedding in a high speed collision with a third car while en route to Milwaukee. Donald Stoffel died from a skull fracture at Huntington County Hospital. Injured were George Slater and his son Robert, both seriously. Wedding guests mourned as news filtered in.
Road projects totaling 410813 cover Franklin state rt 874 three miles on Jigger road cost 31430 and three applications on Liddeville cemetery road for 25356. Lincoln lists three bituminous surfacing on 3.2 miles of Dubach streets cost 8762. Caldwell has three applications on Clarks streets cost 8961. Concordia adds two designated Ferriday streets cost 6170.
Probate Judge Hugh Gibson set a June 16 sanity hearing for Eart K. Long with three lawyers appointed to represent him. The governor’s wife and a cousin had petitioned for a 90 day commitment. The hearing is to serve Long’s best interests as a mentally ill patient.
Partly cloudy with thundershowers today and tomorrow for Monroe area. Louisiana predicts thundershowers today and tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 82 and low 64. Arkansas remains cloudy today and tomorrow. Temperature notes show 80s and 82 in nearby readings with sunset at 7 10 p.m. Barometer reading at 6 p.m.
UPI reports that in a decade nearly a million Americans may visit Britain annually. Officials note last year over 325 000 travelers toured the country and this year the count could reach about 360 000 according to an agency spokesman.
Weather Bureau forecasts rain Sunday across Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey southward to Florida, western and southern Texas, rest of Gulf states, upper Michigan, the Dakotas, northern Rockies, Utah, Washington coast, and northern Oregon. Cooler in the Northeast and a warming trend across the southern tier.
The article reports factional conflict among Louisiana Long supporters as Earl Long away leaves leadership shaky. Rayburn emerges as a potential caretaker while others like Bill Cleveland and Sammy Downs clash over strategy. Rumors swirl of candidates including Russell Long, Clyde Fant, and local officials shaping a crowded primary.
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