24 Aug 1960
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1960
Page
1
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The Senate rejected Kennedy's social security oriented health care plan for the aged by 67 to 23, as Republicans led by Nixon advocated a broad elderly health-insurance alternative. Democrats split, with several deserting Kennedy citing Eisenhower veto fears and preferring increased public assistance grants to secure passage.
Gov. Jimmie Davis announced sixteen appointments to state boards and agencies. Reappointments include Claude W. Duke to the Orleans Parish Levee Board and O. Ross Lang to the state advisory council on employment security. New Orleans gains four Orleans Parish Levee Board members: Gerald Galanzhouse Chris Nungesser Edmond Mirande Jr. and F L Schmitt. New hospital board appointments include Cecil W. Clark Walter Nelson and Jules Foge, replacing several former members.
Nixon told cheering crowd the United States must be the strongest power on earth so no president ever apologizes for defending the country. He said the U.S. leads in military, economy, and education and will maintain that position with will and determination. He warned the Communist campaign seeks to win minds as surely as it fights, and noted U.S. power could remove Fidel Castro but removing him alone isn’t enough.
Philadelphia police believe the chained weighted corpse recovered from the Atlantic is Vin cent Blaney, a missing burglary witness from Pottsville. An autopsy cited a three week water exposure and a bullet wound beneath the jaw, with seven teeth knocked out. Blaney’s brother disputed the identification.
An AP report on 125 University of Oslo students finds half of under-25s have committed unlawful acts without being caught. About 52 percent stole from home, 29.6 percent from stores, 22.4 percent embezzled, 33.2 percent falsified documents, and 8 percent were guilty of statutory rape.
Ellender delivered a sharp critique of the Eisenhower request before a nearly empty Senate chamber. He said no nation in Central or South America has shown the progress of the Dominican Republic under Trujillo, noting it has done it without handouts. Eastland supported the remark.
Two New Orleans men Leo J. Veron and Wilson McLean endured a 30 hour swamp ordeal in Pearl River after their 14 foot outboard struck a stump and sank. Coast Guard helicopter found them late Tuesday and sent a boat to bring them to safety.
President Eisenhower spoke on equal time for debates and TV access for Kennedy and Nixon, saying networks should provide free time as a public service. He defended Ezra Taft Benson against farm policy criticism, praised his honesty, and noted Nixon’s role as an adviser while stressing executive decision authority remains with him. Religion and campaign issues were also discussed with emphasis on constitutional religious freedoms.
Louisiana politics heats up as Earl Long and Hale McSween trade barbs in the 7th District race. Ads attack Long with a headgear photo from a Texas trip. affidavits and debates over finances fuel the contest.
Long Beach High School could absorb not more than 300 additional students, superintendent Thomas Reeves said. Biloxi's R D Brown noted Mississippi law blocks enrollment for children living with grandparents there. Special registration began with about 300 parent applications, with officials not seeing the slow start as significant. James F. Redmond said some parents await Friday's court hearing on suits against state officials over integration.
Mrs Imma Huff Williamson 75 lifelong Bonita resident died after a month long illness at home. She was a Bonita Methodist Church member and 60 year Bastrop Daily Enterprise correspondent. Funeral Thursday at 4 p m Bonita Methodist Church with Rev Charles Strong officiating. Interment Bonita Cemetery Blackwell Golden Bastrop directing. Survived by son George Williamson and brother Robert Huff of Bonita.
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