10 Aug 1961
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1961
Page
1
The readable OCR shows partial listings for room furnishings and appliances with mentions of beds flooring refrige rators and prices around 830 dollars. The fragment also notes store references and contact lines with vague addresses and phone hints from a 1953 Western edition.
President Kennedy discusses the Berlin air crisis hijackings and the need for prudent action. He notes the criminals behind Pan Am and Continental incidents, cites mental health issues, and warns of a dangerous fringe. He also addresses nuclear tests, Geneva talks, space program progress, and military civility in public forums.
A Pan American jet flying from Houston to Panama City was hijacked by Cadon, a 24 year old French Algerian described as unbalanced. He demanded an air escort to Havana and freed the passengers after the Cuban militia disarmed him. No one was harmed. Colombia’s Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala was aboard.
Jack Gates executive editor of the News-Star-World heads to Washington for a state department briefing starting Monday. The conference will feature top officials including Secretary of State Dean Rusk and President Kennedy as part of the foreign policy program.
Mrs Helen Barefoot returns home from the National School Food Service Association convention in Denver where she represented the Monroe City School Food Service Association. She manages the Georgia Tucker School cafeteria and attended classes and panel discussions on the school lunch program with other professionals speaking.
A hijacked plane sees gunfire as passengers move toward the rear and a guard with the pilot is killed. Another guard in the rear dies. A hijacker is shot and killed after the forced landing. The pilot is killed in the initial exchange.
Cunard-Eagle Airlines Viking with 16 youths on a Norwegian trip crashes off the coast near Stavanger. Captain Philip Watts reports gale winds and rain as the wreckage is found with no survivors after a 15 man rescue team reaches the site.
Soldier rose to top Army post in 1944 and led as undersecretary of state later. He also served as ambassador to Moscow under Truman and directed the CIA. After government service he moved to AMF roles while starting as a private in 1911. He was Indianapolis born and left Butler University early due to his father’s illness.
The state Supreme Court was asked to block County Judge Russell Moore from enforcing the rule, but the riders withdrew after learning that such requests must be filed in circuit court and planned to refile there. In New Orleans Judge Edwin Babylon held cases against seven people for distributing hand bills about Freedom Riders, including Mrs Norman Wagner, the blind woman, and six others, with permits required for larger notices. An Alabama case saw six Negroes fined for an incident at a private pool, with an appeal planned to circuit court.
The article notes cotton remains the primary American fiber as synthetic fibers climb slowly. It cites imported cotton goods and western competition, with LSU Dean Efferson highlighting Louisiana cotton as a major income source and urging improved farming, marketing, and research efforts.
In Farmerville Davis floor leader Rep. T. T. Fields questioned a $700,000 appropriation. He noted $300,000 already budgeted and the sale of the old mansion could add about $300,000 to $400,000, shaping the total near $1 million.
President Kennedy says Khrushchev’s latest statement adds no new policy position and offers no new proposals though he mentions negotiations. The remark underscores the desire to pursue talks while denying any shift in U.S. stance.
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