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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1961
Page
6
Castro rejects a U S offer of 500 tractors for 1200 prisoners from the failed April invasion. He maintains a demand for 500 bulldozers and plans to send 10 prisoners to the United States to state his position. A Miami-Cuba telephone exchange suggests Castro wants a fruitful resolution, though permission for the mission is uncertain.
Western powers debate a Berlin reply to Khrushchev's Vienna memo. Washington nears a unified stance with Britain and France, upholding four power rights in Berlin. Khrushchev hints a six month deadline, while refugees drain East Germany and pressure grows for West Berlin control.
Howard leads efforts to organize Southern officials to push regional legislation while promoting an education program on Southern issues. Northeast Louisiana municipalities back the conference, with telegrams arriving from across the northern part of the state.
Smith College graduates were surveyed on marriage timing. Results show 11.7 percent wish immediate marriage, 10.8 percent six months, 22.5 percent one year, 28.6 percent two years, 14.6 percent three years, and 11.7 percent four years or later. The poll reflects alumni attitudes toward starting families after graduation.
Phouma announced he would present the Laos plan at the Geneva conference next week. Sihanouk failed to convene the three princes for talks on the future International Control Commission, which aims to safeguard Laos neutrality.</analysis>
The piece notes days growing shorter as summer wanes and the longest day has passed. It mentions sunrise slipping to about 5 02 a m and reflects on time passing through the close of the school term at St Matthew s High School.
Representative Passman urges a formal declaration accusing the Communist parties of waging total global war against the United States and free nations. He argues the measure commits all government resources and citizens to defend freedoms and defeat the international Communist conspiracy.
The Reed College era geographer and professor died after an illness. Survived by widow Mrs L LeMar Stephan of Monroe a daughter Mrs George M Cox of Monroe and Wewahitchka Fla a son Leon LeMar Jr his mother Mrs James H Forman of Miami Beach Fla and a sister Mrs Conrad B Arnold of Miami. He held memberships in the Association of American Geographers American Geographical Society and the National Council for Geographic Education among other groups.
A Richland man identified as victim in a hit and run near Delhi is described as walking on the road when struck. He lived on Route Three Delhi. Survivors include Mrs. Avery Smith of Delhi two sisters Mrs Lurline Gregory of Columbia and Mrs Marie Wallace of Shreveport and three brothers Everett of Monroe Eugene Smith Tallulah and Bobby Smith Delhi.
A new daily feature will start Monday in the Monroe News Star and Saturday in World magazine. Readers solve word puzzles by unscrambling letters for the correct word. Subscriptions are available through the News Star circulation department.
President Kennedy asks agencies to decide whether to invoke the Taft Hartley Act in the steel strike while signaling no hesitancy to use existing laws if applicable. Government officials had called it premature to act, as a three man White House commission investigates and makes settlement recommendations.
Passman calls for immediate, concerted action as a last hope for survival and peace. He appeals to all who cherish freedom, religion, and morality to defend liberty, oppose state control of labor, and resist Communist conquest worldwide.
Khrushchev charts rapid expansion of the Soviet economy in a new program draft. He predicts simultaneous growth of light and heavy industries and notes horse meat and American corn as possible elements of planned food production. He argues rapid development is a powerful tool against capitalism.
At the National Young Republican Convention in Minneapolis Nixon pressed for GOP unity and warned that appeasement could lead to a chaotic world. He clashed with a platform favoring cutting UN funding if Red China joins and hinted at U S withdrawal from the United Nations if that occurs. He warned that failure to push U S interests could cost the party major gains in 1962 elections.
Two miners trapped in a Fork Mountain shaft faced collapse danger as rescue teams cleared debris and dynamited coal. One man, Robert Woods, 19, survived after doctors amputated his arm. his father Claude Woods suffered a fractured pelvis. Relatives gathered at the mine entrance throughout the night.
Floodlights will be set every fifty feet around the grounds and an Indian battalion detailed for sentry duty. The measures aim to protect parliamentarians from external pressures and influences during patrols by Congolese and Swedish masters.
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