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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1960
Page
1
The Associated Press notes lighter travel on New Year’s Eve and early New Year hours with traffic deaths about 50 percent below the Christmas period. Storms create hazardous conditions in the West and Southwest as police plan aggressive accident prevention.
New Year arrived with caution as state and local police plus deputies stepped up traffic checks. One death reported when 33 year old Caldwell Parish Negro Hudson Hearn fell from a pulpwood truck and was crushed by its rear wheels. Holiday operations paused in Monroe West Monroe and Ouachita Parish offices with Saturday hours limited and absentee voting available in the clerk's office. Regular mail resumes Saturday with special deliveries only.
Premier Khrushchev vowed the Soviet government will do all in its power to ensure the East West summit conference succeeds. The Big Three allies and the Soviet Union hope to begin talks on May 16 according to official dispatches.
In the Sugar Bowl era Louisiana campaign scene, Mississippi battles LSU while Gov. hopefuls Jimmie Davis and deLesseps Morrison press policy. Davis urged preservation of landmarks, Morrison promised teachers and school staff full 1956 salaries. tensions rose over labor pledges and COPE endorsements in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers urged Congress and President Eisenhower to make payola a federal crime while using existing powers to curb deceptive radio-TV practices. The report drew mixed reactions from lawmakers as FTC Chairman Kintner backed several proposals and FCC officials studied the plan ahead of anticipated payola hearings.
A New Year’s Eve tragedy near Monroe ends the northeast Louisiana safety record. Hudson Hearn, 35, a Caldwell Parish Black man, died when he fell from a moving truck on Mt. Zion Road and was run over by its rear wheels.
Paris based singer Edith Veal, 44, suffered a relapse on New Year’s Eve and was rushed back to the Meudow Clinic for nervous exhaustion treatment. Officials did not comment on the condition or details of the relapse.
The weatherman forecasts continued showers and drizzle with persistent cloud cover across Monroe and vicinity. Temperatures were expected to dip tonight into the 44 to 48 range, with daytime highs projected around 56 to 60 tomorrow.
Blizzard conditions spread across a dozen states as arctic weather claimed at least seven lives. Snow and wind snarled highways from Utah to North Texas, with pilots missing and officials warning of dangerous travel.
All businesses in the Twin Cities area will operate at regular hours on Saturday. The bulletin confirms no changes to store opening times and encourages customers to plan as usual.
Recuperating Harry M. Davis lies in St Francis Hospital after surgery earlier this week. He will stay hospitalized before returning home. The first 1960 birth in the Twin Cities is Susie Jeanette Ruff, an eight pound two ounce girl born to Ottis and Celia Ruff at about 3 a.m. today at E A Conway Memorial Hospital.
Len Bonier and Harold Karagozian, graduate students at Michigan State, survived four days marooned in a car on Mount Madison after a February snowstorm. A search party led by Robert Prescott found them in good condition on Thursday. They avoided medical needs and planned to drive home.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urged stern action against obscene literature in the January FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. He warned the trade costs the nation money and corrupts the youth, linking obscenity to crime and calling for removal from mail services and tighter regulation of pornographic material across films cards photographs comics magazines and books.
Chuckle Bob asks how to afford long holidays. Joe grins that one month on the sands and 11 months on the rocks keeps costs down, delivering a quick quip about frugal travel.
Washington officials forecast a strong business year with a potential balanced budget despite the steel strike. Secretary Herter spoke of hope for world peace, while Commerce Secretary Mueller projected national output reaching 500 billion dollars annually within six months. Officials warned excess credit or strikes could curb prosperity and noted deficit hopes improving from earlier forecasts.
A new two year contract averts a city wide subway and bus strike. Mediators worked to a 5 a.m. deadline set by the Transport Workers Union. The pact raises wages in the first year and includes enhanced vacation and hospitalization benefits.
In Colby Wisconsin two men were missing after two violent explosions leveled a feed mill and grain elevator causing a $250000 fire. Three workers were hospitalized as volunteers searched debris with power outages hampering pumps and communications.
Typhoon Harriet moves toward the China Sea causing at least two deaths in the Central Philippines. Winds near 120 miles per hour lash southern Luzon with heavy crop and property damage expected as it skirts the island.
Washington report summarizes census data showing 179.3 million people in the United States on New Year’s Day with about 980 males per 1,000 females nationwide. Above age 40 the male to female ratio drops to 917 per 1,000, reducing leap year prospects for marrying.
Washington AP report says the Eisenhower administration will counter Democratic attacks on farm policy by arguing that current farm price support and production control laws were mostly written by the party now in control of Congress. Dr Don Paarlberg and Ezra Taft Benson aides say the administration’s proposals were resisted by Congress and that political blame rests with the majority party. Benson challenged critics at a news conference, urging a better farm program.
Gov. Orval Faubus forecast that school integration would not spread to additional Arkansas towns in 1960 and warned that integration would be a central issue in the upcoming gubernatorial race. He did not say if he would run for a fourth term.
A festive year end bustle across major cities as streets filled with revelry and church bells rung. Leaders including Macmillan and Eisenhower expressed optimism for peace and growth as spring summits loom though tensions lingered.
Experts predict longer school days and years, slower promotion, broader use of television and aids, flexible buildings, stronger teacher training, and a rise in foreign language study. Adult education expands while college becomes more essential.
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