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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1962
Page
1
Washington AP reports nine new astronauts will be unveiled Monday at a 1 p.m. news conference in Houston. The group, chosen from 253 candidates, will swell the corps to 16, with potential expansion to 25 as more groups join the Apollo moon project. ancients
Neil Armstrong, 32, NASA test pilot and X15 veteran, says he knows nothing about being chosen as the first civilian astronaut. He notes an Houston NASA news conference on Monday will reveal final selections of nine astronauts. Armstrong is from Wapakoneta Ohio and has trained for the X20 space glider.
A train car collision in Kentwood Louisiana killed three people and injured one. The deceased include Mrs. W Ward Barr of Gastonia North Carolina and Mrs. J P Cutrer 51 of Kentwood along with her son William R Cutrer 19. Mrs Barr was married to Dr Ward Barr pastor of First Baptist Church Gastonia. He was reported critically ill at a hospital in Independence. The Cutrer woman died at Independence and her son died at Magnolia Mississippi hospitals. The Barrs were visiting the Cutrer family en route home after enrolling two sons at Tulane University.
Washington senators postponed indefinitely a decision to cite four steel companies and nine executives for contempt of Congress over cost production figures. The move followed arguments on whether disclosure would harm the steel industry and jobs.
A harvest report from the Ouachita Parish jail extension farm on Richwood Road indicates a good summer vegetable crop. The Parish Sheriff’s Department submitted the document to the Parish Police Jury this week, outlining the harvest and related details.
Soviet troops paraded to the West Berlin memorial by bus instead of armored cars, drawing cheers from about 50 onlookers. The move marked a second concession in 10 days under Allied pressure, raising hopes of a temporary lull amid Berlin tensions and Khrushchev Cuba focus.
The Fourth Army in northeastern Brazil declares a state of alert as Communist led unions strike over Premier Francisco Brochado da Rocha's resignation. President Goulart appeals for calm while Congress stalemate delays a new premier. The strike, claimed to involve four million workers, disrupts rail and air travel with full impact pending Monday.
Graeme Young, the solitary pupil at Sutton High, will be taught daily by four teachers in a split schedule after the school building was sold. Mr Plummer, Mr Baker, Mr Levy, and Mr Follet cover geography mathematics English and history while Headmaster Mr Macguire counsels the boy.
U S and Latin American diplomats plan an informal inter American foreign ministers gathering in late September or early October to discuss coordinated actions against Cuba. Panamanian Foreign Minister Galileo Solis met Secretary Rusk while Nicaragua's Alfonso Ortega Urbina arrived in Washington.
Senator Soaper defends his office perquisites while noting weekly laundry runs. Critics worry TV abroad harms American image though supporters say it showcases a tough persistent people. Walter Tippy set a local record by avoiding ladders all summer.
The House passed President Kennedy’s 100 million United Nations bond buying plan 256 to 134 to back the U N plan amid Congo and Gaza debt issues. The measure matches U S bond purchases with other nations and heads to a House Senate conference for reconciliation.
Ouachita Parish Police Jury to reconvene within days to re vote monthly bills after an 8 7 regular session defeat on August accounts totaling 25823 72 Jury President L B Pettit said the date would be set today and the meeting likely next week officials will reconsider bills and finance committee actions from Tuesday's session
The Twin Cities area faces hot humid conditions today with a forecast of partly cloudy skies and isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs range 92 to 96 degrees, lows 71 to 75, matching Friday's 96 and 71.
The United States offered a 14 pound blackened steel fragment at the UN to prove space debris risks. Soviet Morozov rejected ownership and questioned the US move while Plimpton urged an international damage liability pact. A US paper cited the fragment as likely from the USSR ship Sputnik IV launched May 15, 1960.
Two French divers Robert Falco and Claude Wesly, aged 35 and 30, live in an underwater steel cylinder named Diogenes off Pomègues island in the Mediterranean. The experiment, directed by Cmdr Jacques Yves Cousteau, aims to test human life on the ocean floor for seven days with potential fatal risks.
Lorraine Van Buren, a Florida mother, reunites with her 19 year old son Brent after nine years of searching for her two boys. She plans to reunite with the younger son as juvenile officials arrange custody. Her ex-husband James Schultz was arrested on a California child stealing warrant.
Two Texans J C Stroud and W W Stroud and Stroud Bros Oil Co face 109 counts in Tyler Texas federal indictment. Charges include Connally Hot Oil Act violations shipping contraband oil interstate and false statements to the Federal Petroleum Board. Grand jury says more than 14000 barrels of contraband crude shipped.
Col. John Glenn and NASA officials dismissed claims by astronaut Walter Schirra that Glenn has fallen behind in training due to outside appearances as a national hero since his orbital flight. Spokesman Lt. Col. John A. Powers said Glenn’s schedule is normal and aligned with fellow Mercury astronauts as Schirra prepares for a six orbit flight. Glenn is to serve as a liaison at a California tracking station for Schirra’s mission.
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