28 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1961
Page
1
President Kennedy consults allies and Congress as Laos pauses cease-fire talks. Officials warn rebel forces near Luang Prabang and Vientiane could topple the pro-Western government, raising the possibility of U.S. and allied military intervention.
Pamela Garroway 37 wife and personal manager of TV star Dave Garroway was found dead in a pill cluttered bathroom of their Park Avenue area mansion. An autopsy was ordered after police and medical examiner details, while Garroway rushed from Westhampton to return to the city. The couple’s children were moved to a hotel as investigators pursued the unclear cause of death.
Federal judge Cap Choate ordered the government to free former Cuban Senator Rolando Masferrer or deport him within hours, saying the U.S. cannot hold him indefinitely or keep him in a Texas detention center termed a concentration camp. The case heads to the 5th Circuit.
Twelve motorboat loads of Shriners from the El Karabah temple in Shreveport traveled down the Red River to Alexandria for the annual Spring Shrine Festival. About 800 North Louisiana delegates arrived for the two day program sponsored by the Cenla Shrine Club. A spokesman said the delegates represent Shreveport Winnfield Skuston Monroe Natchitoches and other North Louisiana towns.
Continued mild days and cool nights set in for north Louisiana with partly cloudy skies through Saturday and no rain expected. Highs near 78 to 81, lows around 50 tonight. yesterday’s low was 59 ending with a 81 high. FAA weather records show 14 inches of rainfall at Selman Field.
Senator Thruston Morton of Kentucky, GOP national chairman, assailed the Kennedy administration's handling of the Cuban invasion at a Cleveland dinner honoring A. L. De Maioribus. He urged decisive action against Communist jets and faulted U.N. diplomacy while pledging Republican cooperation in national interests.
The Fourth Judicial District Democratic Committee announced a first primary for June 10 to fill the Ouachita and Morehouse parishes judgeship vacancy left by the death of David J. Garrett Sr. May 5 is the filing deadline. Albin Lassiter and Mack Barham have announced. George Fink weighs entry.
The United States prepares a 13 minute manned spaceflight from Cape Canaveral with an American astronaut aiming to reach 115 miles high and nearly 300 miles out over the Atlantic. The mission stakes the nation’s prestige against Soviet lead in space exploration with a cautionary nod to Gagarin’s orbital feat.
In Algiers a large purge targeting police administration press and army began by order of President De Gaulle. Arrests included 70 gendarmes a judge and many officers. Radio Algiers staff faced suspensions. Foreign Legion unit disbanded. A trial for ex General Challe looms within 48 hours of surrender.
Employees from the Monroe office of the Louisiana State Employment Service join state officials in Baton Rouge for the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security convention running Thursday through Saturday. Attendees include Mrs. Juanita Forsmark A C Polk Melvin H Spain William P Ochs Miss Hedy Stamper and Miss Margite Kirkpatrick.
In Jerusalem a woman witness named Eda Lichtmann testified at Adolf Eichmann’s trial about a Polish village massacre, the murder of her father, and the killing of children. Her account described seeing the horrors with her own eyes as Eichmann listened unmoved in the prisoner's box.
Members of the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Northeast Louisiana State College are noted in a Chicago-based campus gossip column referenced on CHIT-CHAT page 2-A. The report enumerates members and affiliations.
Virginia governor and top advisers plan an emergency 9 am meeting to address a federal move to reopen Prince Edward County schools. The Justice Department seeks a court ban on Virginia funding any public schools while the county’s 1959 closures persist, leaving about 1,400 Black students without schools.
National Review editor William Buckley told about 2,000 Tulane students that U S pacifists and liberals have undermined America by eroding the credibility of the threat of force in cold war policy. He urged that the threat must be credible to deter aggression.
Guatemala searches for Marcello as reports place him visiting a farm he intends to buy in the country. Jacqueline Marcello asked the Supreme Court to halt deportation while the court studies the case and requests the president explain the order within 24 hours.
Senator Estes Kefauver urged reopening a Justice Department investigation into price fixing tied to General Electric executive Arthur F. Vinson. Vinson denied directing illegal meetings while four former GE officials who testified previously admitted guilt and resigned. A transprint of conflicting testimony will be sent to assess possible perjury.
Officials from Chatham and the Peoples Bank continue efforts to access the main vault after a Wednesday night acetylene torch attempt damaged the time opening mechanism. About 35,000 in silver is reported missing. Monroe locksmiths failed to open the vault. FBI and local authorities joined the inquiry after two acetylene tanks were stolen from Neal's Welding Shop.
Employer relations representative of the Monroe office of the Law State Employment Service has just returned from several days in the hospital after undergoing a medical check-up.
Los Angeles man Gene Handsaker reports that 99 percent of the mail praising the honest act of Douglas Johnson who found and returned $240,000 from an armored car incident. Johnson and his wife Helen say they have received about 1,200 letters this week while some crackpot criticisms persist.
A Mercury capsule on the Little Joe VII fired from Wallops Island rose to 35 000 feet in 30 seconds as an escape sequence was triggered by a timing device. Ballast dummies rode the capsule, parachutes deployed, and a helicopter recovered the unit after splashdown in the water. Next step is a manned test at Cape Canaveral likely next Tuesday.
Western backed Laos government ignored the noon cease-fire deadline. Pathet Lao broadcasts urged government delegation to Xieng Khouang to negotiate. Cremation of King Sisavang Vong in Luang Prabang drew top officials, while Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong were not confirmed to attend. Souvanna Phouma returned from nine months exile.
The notice markets a kitchen cabinet sale with birch cabinetry, Formica tops, a Suburban oven and gas range, refrigerator, double sink, and more. Details include viewing at 2120 Par goud Blvd between a.m. and p.m. Contact FA 25161 to place a want ad and ask about a seven day rate with cancellarian privileges.
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