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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1961
Page
2
Actress Lauren Bacall returns to Hollywood with a new project after a spell away from town. Bob Thomas reports Bacall appears rested and stylish as she resumes film work in a city keen on her star power.
Senate subcommittee hearings probe secret race wire networks feeding bookmakers with race data. Witnesses include figures from Nola News and Illinois Sports Service. survivor Lyons faces threats, and authorities pursue Carlos Marcello’s deportation while Fuller details flagging operations.
Police guard entrances as 13 white high schools and 73 white elementary schools maintain segregation. A man named Bill Cody from Arlington, Virginia is arrested at Grady High after declaring his intent to picket. Two Negro girls enter Murphy High under escort while police separate groups, several bystanders are questioned, and FBI agents are briefly detained as the day unfolds.
In Jackson Hinds County appeals continue for more than 180 arrested Freedom Riders since May 24. Doris Castle and Jerome Smith, both from New Orleans, begin juries for appeals. John Frazier, 20, of Greenville, posts a $500 appeal bond after a breach of peace conviction for pickinget signs against a store’s hiring policy. Frazier praises Police Chief Burnley for keeping racial peace. Rev Bevel predicts 2000 to 3000 youths jailed by Christmas amid Jackson’s racial strife.
Ten GOP senators including Boggs Bush Case Cooper Morton Javits Keating Prouty Saltonstall and Scott refused support for Sen Byrd's amendment to create a five year program with annual congressional appropriations as part of the Kennedy borrowing plan. They remained aligned against extended borrowing authority on the Senate floor.
Final plans outline a parade through West Monroe and Monroe to kickoff the Shrine Club rodeo. Gov Jimmie H Davis leads the parade riding Sunshine before eight pm performances Friday through Monday at the West Monroe Riding Club arena Harrell road. About 45 units join riders from Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi with officials J Allan Norris W L Howard Bailey Grant James C Kelly Jr Ja mor Adcock and House members Gibbs and John among participants.
The State Fair in Shreveport will determine if top animals qualify for the International Livestock Show in Chicago, affecting sale prospects here. The plan prioritizes junior exhibits with adult livestock limited, while junior poultry remains parish-only and junior sales facilities are planned to showcase youths' animals. The move aims to foster competition and opportunity for local 4 H youths amid crowded show barns and new facilities.
President Joao Goulart, journeying from China to Paris then New York, contends with a government reshuffle as a decree by Mazzilli removes Machado Lopes and names Gen Osvaldo Cordeiro de Faria as successor amid doubts over loyalty to the dismissal.
A nurse named Miss Kiernan produced a .32 caliber pistol and shot Mrs. LaVerne in the chest in a hospital lobby after demanding she stop discussing Kiernan’s affliction. Kiernan surrendered to police saying she acted on impulse and regretted it.
The article portrays Marion Swaab as a healthy but thoroughly irresponsible young woman. Her mother, Mrs. Swaab, explains Marion lives in a pleasant dream world, aided by easy success, good looks, and a personable nature that can entice others into actions.
The Watermelon Party of Stonewall Lodge No 8 Knights of Pythias will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in Castle Hall.
Rescue workers battled night weather to free stranded tourists after a French jet aircraft severed the Mont Blanc cable line near Aiguille du Midi. Six people died as three gondolas derailed and crashed into the glacier while others were pulled to safety by lines and winches.
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