19 Apr 1960
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1960
Page
1
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A Monroe luncheon highlighted a Goodwill group visit with Twin City leaders including mayors, chamber managers, and council members from Monroe West Monroe and Shreveport-Bossier. The delegation planned to depart after the informal program signaling the tour’s inaugural stop.
Across five cities including Seoul thousands of students marched toward Rhee’s mansion. Police fired blanks as tear gas and water cannons repelled the crowd. In Seoul violence surged with volleys, fires, and casualties marking the worst unrest yet under martial rule.
River stages rise with flood warnings as measurements show changes over a 24 hour period. Officials monitor gauges along the river and urge evacuation where needed.
Arnold Mayer of the AFE-CIO Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen testified March 14 to a House subcommittee, charging the Agriculture Department with a consumer-be-damned stance on federal inspection of processed meat and poultry. He cited the 1957 poultry inspection law and Benson's exemptions for about 200 further processing plants, noting the administration sought 11.296 million dollars for poultry inspection but did not fund extending oversight to those plants.
State Insurance Commissioner Rufus Hayes said the insurance business has grown tremendously in Louisiana in recent years. He noted proposed legislation to improve the industry will be presented in the May Legislature, though he did not detail the plans. The Louisiana Insurers Conference meeting ends with officers elections tomorrow.
Senate debates James R. Durfee nomination to the U S Court of Claims as Sen. Wiley urges swift confirmation and Sen. Proxmire seeks rejection citing three inaugural air trips with Airlines as improper hospitality. Durfee defends trips as CAB approved and proper official duties.
Vice President Nixon’s circle watches the New Jersey senatorial primary for signs of conservative discontent. A Morris upset could push Nixon toward liberal demands, while a Case victory would push him to win over independents and some Democrats without becoming a liberal. Morris attacks Case as too liberal, urging greater housing and aged care spending.
Ferriday High School band will present its annual spring concert tonight at 7 at the high school auditorium. The program includes marches heavy and light numbers such as Russian Chorale and Overture Balladire Pavanne Blue Tango and The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart. The public is invited free of charge.
Voters slowly traveled to polls as Louisiana election day opened with a wide field of statewide races. Davis Grevemberg Courtney and Long figures led campaigns amid turnout forecasts of 400000 to 500000. Polls opened at 6 am CST and closings at 8 pm with multiple statewide and local contests on the ballot.
Lopez, who fled Havana as Castro advanced, forms a Cuban Anti-Communist Army and urges Cubans to buy weapons for an internal war. He dismisses other anti-Castro groups as talkers and cites his long opposition to Castro from his university days.
New Orleans will dedicate a special edition of Acadian Reminiscences The True Story of Evangeline to Madame Charles de Gaulle during her April 28 29 visit with her husband The volume by the late Judge Felix Voorhies details Acadian settlers who founded a southwest Louisiana colony after expulsion from Canada.
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