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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1958
Page
3
UPI says the United States and Russia remain far from a full scale war though Khrushchev hardens stance. President Eisenhower may send a letter reaffirming summit aims and rejecting US sabotage charges while seeking advance preparation.
At the Massachusetts Democratic Convention in Boston Edward J. McCormack Jr. won the endorsement on the fourth ballot amid a near riotous adjournment. He defeated Joseph D. Ward and Endicott Peabody as delegates tallied 733 votes to 303 and 215 respectively. Ward pledged to honor the decision while Peabody planned to seek the Sept. 9 primary.
Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson urged planning a summit among American heads of state before talks with Communist nations. He spoke at the LULAC convention in Laredo, calling for increased trade travel and investment with Latin America and praising Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy.
Joseph V. Hef fernan vice president of National Broadcasting Company has been elected a new member of Tekol Corporation's board of directors.
Last week total attendance across playgrounds reached 3 804 for the first three weeks of the year. Readouts show numbers for Plum Street Georgia Tucker Barkdall Faulk Lexington Sherrouse George Breece Lida Benton Clark's Carroll High Booker T and Carver Housing. Winners of pet show and turtle race advance to a Monday playoff for city championship with separate assemblies for White at Barkdull Faulk and colored at Carver Housing.
Corpus Christi real estate developer John L. Tompkins urged Sen Ralph Yarborough to include a highway in Yarborough's bill to make Padre Island a national park The bill proposes the slender 110 mile long island be made into a national park The Interior Department studied turning the island into a national park three years ago Tompkins called for a toll free road along the island essential to the park plan He has a multi million dollar beach resort project on Padre Island with motels swank homes and other facilities.
The fourth annual Big Thicket Trek closed with a rodeo in Beaumont Texas led by the Young Men's Business League. More than 1 000 horsemen participated including Governor Price Daniel as the event featured trail rides and a downtown parade.
National Guardsmen under Gov. Coleman raided 16 establishments in Prentiss County and nearby Sharkey County as part of enforcement against illegal liquor. Seizures included 30 cases, 7 quarts and 851 loose beer cans, 11 fifths and other spirits. 10 men faced charges while some arrests were made on site.
Birmingham 21 year old clerk Willie M Wilks son of three charged with murder of Troy William Pullen 42 owner of a sock store. Wilks said he delivered narcotics for Pullen about a year and sought cash and a 1958 Oldsmobile while describing a lone delivery to an unknown man. Police found 4800 in cash in a mattress. Pullen had reported profit of 4900 last year. Wilks was arrested May 7 on a non support charge.
Rutherford and a citizens committee clash over bootlegging enforcement. The committee accuses him of inaction and seeks a recall election backed by Coleman under a law from the last legislature. The matter remains pending before the state supreme court.
Eugene W Vogt secretary and treasurer of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy received a Man of the Year in Pharmacy 1958 plaque at the Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association 76th annual convention in Baton Rouge. He has three such awards, with earlier honors in 1937 and 1957. Accompanied by Mrs Vogt and their son Barry, Mrs Vogt won a grand entrance prize. Next state convention is set for Alexandria in June.
The Delgado Museum of Art in New Orleans reveals Mrs. Sue Thurman, formerly director of the Junior Art Gallery in Louisville, Ky, as director on a three year contract. The announcement ends months of local art group conflict after Alonzo Lansford's dismissal in March 1957. Her husband Harold Thurman joins the art faculty at Newcomb College.
Stamford Connecticut AP report notes radio amateurs from the United States and the Soviet Union exchange journals records and letters. Frank Enge of American Machine & Foundry and Leo Shiskin in Moscow describe exchanges about Sputnik Explorer I and daily life including incomes rents and housing. Enge estimates about 12 000 of 160 000 American hams have contacted Soviet amateurs.
In Denison Texas William Roy Miller 56 drowns after attempting to swim to a drifting boat at Lake Randell. His brother Edwin Miller also of Denison suffers a minor heart attack. William's body recovered about an hour later and pronounced dead. Edwin taken to hospital for observation. Witnesses say Miller went under as he reached for the boat. A resuscitator failed to revive him.
New Orleans AP report says Jefferson Parish Sheriff William Coci was admitted to a hospital after a fall from a horse on Saturday. Early notes indicated the sheriff suffered injuries from the incident and was being treated at a local facility.
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