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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1962
Page
1
President Kennedy outlined a massive U S push to beat the Soviets in space saying billions are being spent and he expected success by decade's end. He acknowledged Soviet leads, discussed Cuba and Berlin, and praised the Arctic RNA submarine rendezvous as historic.
Mayor W L Jack Howard said a SAMO board meeting was called for September 15 in Birmingham. Notices went to the membership yesterday. The session will be at a motel near the Birmingham airport and Howard hinted he plans to step down as head. SAMO organized last August.
The Second Democratic Primary falls during the Labor Day holidays. Plan ahead and vote absentee before you leave the parish to ensure your ballot counts.
Kenneth Deiters, 32, was fined $30 in traffic court after stopped for driving a car with only three tires in Cincinnati. Patrolman Mills said the car was missing a right front tire and left a groove in the street. The vehicle also had three bald tires, a shattered windshield, and faulty brakes. Deiters faced charges of damaging a city street and operating an unroadworthy vehicle. He said he drove to avoid taking a bus to work.
Washington AP. Senate moves toward quick passage of a drug bill amid a renewed push by President Kennedy. The proposal tightens safeguards against sale of dubious drugs and addresses high prices, with Kefauver pressing for compulsory licensing of patents after three years in cases of large pharmacist markups. He also seeks patent license disclosure to aid antitrust actions.
The Monroe Council of the Knights of Columbus will pay the specified amount as noted on CHIT-CHAT page 7A.
Police hunted a band of Secret Army Organization killers after an ambush outside Paris missed President Charles de Gaulle by inches. The attack injured a motorist and shattered windows as de Gaulle's car escaped at Villacoublay airport. Investigators traced the attackers to a dark-haired man who rented the ambush vehicle, with a rideshare pattern tying to Aug. 4. De Gaulle remained calm, planning stricter security measures.
Two fugitives linked with the Gerald Marlar case were spotted near a railroad north of Atlanta Texas and were arrested. Charles Easley 20 of Texarkana and Melvin Simmons 41 of Oregon town unknown were identified. Marlar 32 from Arkansas is jailed on a murder charge in Donald Bond’s death. Easley faced burglary and grand larceny. Simmons faced a federal auto theft charge.
In Ravello Italy security for Jacqueline Kennedy during her vacation was reduced due to crowds and high tourist activity. American and Italian agents were tightened earlier but have since been scaled back with reports of 6 to 7 Secret Service members remaining and several Italian officers reassigned.
A Jonesboro area tragedy reports a minister's young son drowning in a farm pond near Ar ee te aunt. Funeral arrangements were in progress under local direction, with extended family involvement noted as the community mourns the loss.
A lighthearted quip notes that most people neglect to soak or wash shirts and other items after wearing them once, joking about the ease of avoiding a quick wash and the humorous consequence of stinky laundry habits.
A local forecast says today and Friday will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Highs around 90s with lows near 70s, south winds 8 to 16 mph. Monroe saw a high of 97 and a low of 71 on Wednesday.
A brief notice warns that only two days remain to cast ballots with less than two full days left before the deadline. The message emphasizes urgency for voters to act promptly.
Senate passed a resolution to make films of Jacqueline Kennedy's visits to India and Pakistan last March widely available in the United States. Other items note U S military police escorting Soviet armored cars into West Berlin amid threats and a B47 jet bomber crash near Boise with three crew reportedly killed.
Havana reports Premier Fidel Castro has authorized New York attorney James Donovan to travel to Cuba to discuss proposals for the release of captured invaders, signaling a possible path to prisoners’ freedom.
Mrs Wil iam M fee widow of pioneer Ruston family died at Lincoln General Hospital Ruston at 10 pm Wednesday She was born Dora Nelson in Vienna and lived in Ruston area lifelong Active in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Funeral 2 pm Friday Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel Rev George Ross officiating Burial Greenwood Cemetery Survivors include daughter Lela Tomlinson Baton Rouge two sons Prentice B. Tomlinson Shreveport J Clyde Tomlinson Longview Texas sister Mrs Joe Alexander West Monroe 11 grandchildren 35 great grandchildren Pallbearers will be grandsons.
A California groom, Jack Foster, 23, died after being shot twice in the head by a kidnapper who abducted him and his bride from their motel room in Reno area. Patricia Foster, 23, was treated for shock after the assault. Lester Morford, 18, is jailed on assault charges. Larry Foster, a Nevada trooper, pursued and captured Morford near Silver Springs after Patricia escaped in Carson City. The attackers forced the couple to Truckee and Lake Tahoe before the husband died.
Frederick Aubrey Stringer 21 formerly of Jonesboro La was killed when after a drag race in Airline Drive Houston two men stabbed him in the stomach. James N Matthews 25 and Sidney R Clayton 34 were arrested. Stringer’s wife Louise 18 said a compact car challenged them and after he won a melee followed. A passing motorist rushed Stringer to Heights Hospital where he died. Robert Warner Taylor 25 of Victoria was also involved and reported in fair condition at Jefferson Davis Hospital. Stringer had served in the Navy and recently moved to Houston where his mother runs a beauty shop.
Charles H. Gilbert 41 of Metairie La sales manager for Columbia Records died after a fall from a hotel window in Mobile. Coroner ruled probable accident saying Gilbert opened a window for fresh air due to sinus condition and lost balance, tumbling three stories to his death. He was found on a lower roof about 6 am Wednesday.
Fifteen Communist ships were reported en route to Cuba along with earlier dockings totaling 31 vessels and up to 5,000 technicians and large quantities of weapons and goods. President Kennedy said the U.S. has information of intensified Soviet support but no troops landed or invasion plans confirmed. Analysts weigh motives including bolstering Castro, reviving Cuba’s economy, or exporting communism to the Americas.
A dead tree being cut near New Orleans fell and killed five year old Charles Hackett. Investigators say workers warned the child repeatedly not to approach the operation. The incident occurred as crews, hired to remove frost killed trees, attempted to control the fall of a camphor tree near the boy’s home.
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