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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1961
Page
2
About 100 soldiers from the 49th Armored Division of Texas sign a letter at Fort Polk requesting release from active duty. The note urges discharge and draws attention to service commitments at the La. post.
Secretary of Labor Arthur J Goldberg told reporters at labor union meetings in Bal Harbour Florida that wage price controls are not on the agenda. He credited Kennedy with relying on voluntary restraint by labor and management and cited steady prices and modest wage gains. He warned a federation breakup would aid labor foes and the Soviet Union. Meany was expected to address the AFL CIO Building and Construction Trades Department convention amid a feud between rival unions.
The Beebe community picked Singleton as hospital administrator among 18 candidates. He holds a BA from Mississippi Southern College and an MS in hospital administration from Northwestern. Ward Five approved a five year half mill levy to bolster initial revenue. Architect Beauford Jacka says interior work is the main remaining task as the 100 bed hospital nears completion.
Syrians vote for 167 Parliament seats amid heavy police guard and a new constitution effort in Damascus. Balloting faces potential extension if turnout falls below 61 percent as border closures restrict pro Nasser influence and early voting varies by district.
Police said Ouachita Parish Deputy Sheriff William Manos handed out cigars to celebrate the birth of his second son. The baby, the deputy’s third child, was born Thursday afternoon at St Francis Hospital.
Pittsburgh reports Dr Marvin A Block heads AMA committee claiming corporations drive alcoholism through top-heavy structures. He cites industry scale with a billion-dollar annual loss. The conference also covers space military focus and insights from Dornberger on satellite defenses and lunar exploration.
A reporter visits the Communist party headquarters amid a leadership absence and a guarded front door. The Worker newspaper is shown at the NY state and national offices with no interviews granted. The piece notes declining party membership from about 70,000 postwar highs to around 10,000, and cites McCarran Act impact.
A neighbor notes a Monroe resident with six children cannot work due to illness and asks readers to contribute to the Goodfellows Fund. The fund, housed at the News-Star World, uses all donations for needy families with volunteers handling all work and no admin costs.
In a U N debate the Nationalist Chinese seek a two thirds vote to resolve China as an issue of substance while the United States predicts Nationalist seats will endure. Separately the Security Council vetoed Kuwait’s admission as the oil rich sheikdom seeks U N membership with Iraq claiming the territory.
Balaguer faces demands from the Civic Union for his removal and a provisional governing council of five or seven members excluding Balaguer. Troops restore order in the capital with tear gas and coronation bombs, enforcing a nightly curfew as patrols maintain calm. In a separate dispatch from Gallipoli, a Romanian freighter fire kills 12 crew aboard the Jasiqsu after an explosion in the engine room. the vessel reported an SOS and was towed to port.
Miss Puan Fail Ford of Wart Monroe 113 Marble Drive has been named to the Dean's List for the first quarter at Iowa Park Junior College. She is a sophomore in the college division.
A relatively small turnout of more than 76 000 registered voters is expected to vote to name a judge for the 15th Judicial District. Abbeville attorneys Toxie L. Bush Jr Roger Ed wards and Carroll L Spell are in the running for the seat vacated by Judge Richard Putnam who was named to a federal judgeship by President Kennedy. Acadia Lafayette and Vermilion parishes have a Judge each but the judges work in all the parishes.
Gov. Jimmie H. Davis granted a last minute stay of execution for Ora Lee Rogers, a 25 year old African American, scheduled to die for the rape slaying of a white woman at Redell. He will allow an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In St. Francisville Louisiana a 2 year contract ending a strike by 300 workers from two unions was signed. The deal grants a 35 percent wage raise retroactive to September 1 and a 3 percent hike to September, with the company covering full health and welfare insurance premiums. Unions included the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulfite and Paper Mill Workers and the United Paper Makers and Paper Workers. The mill is owned jointly by Crown Zellerbach Corp and Time Inc. Crown Zellerbach operates the plant.
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