08 Jan 1959
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1959
Page
1
Moscow reports Mechta rocket now in solar orbit and approaching a peak speed of about 72 000 mph next Wednesday. Tass says the craft will reach maximum velocity of over 32 km per second near the sun at 91 million miles distance, making it the solar system's first artificial planet.
Recreation Director Jack Hesketh calls for citizen support for a Monroe recreation program and a potential tax measure. He notes early city efforts, reliance on school facilities, and prior bond defeat in December 1957 while aiming to reissue in 1959 amid opposition to converting a South Grand building into a youth center.
Webster parish sheriff says a 53-year-old railroad engineer died after a possible head injury and robbery. Doug las Chesire was found unconscious near a grocery, taken to a Shreveport hospital, and died after several days without regaining consciousness.
Police say Ruth Ann Montague a 32 year old social worker and mother of two was murdered by a sadist. Her body was found in her car in St Louis after leaving a sorority party with evidence including a paring knife and multiple injuries.
The Caddo parish school board voted to raise school lunch prices by five cents amid delayed state payments totaling about 260000 dollars for October and November. The board warned a February increase could follow as the state awaits an attorney general ruling on the parish's June 30 1958 lunch fund balances.
Louisiana Music Educators Association district music festivals plan a Saturday conference on the campus of North East Louisiana State College. Dean of fine arts Dr. Harry Lemnert will direct the event with opening at 9 a.m. General and sectional meetings are planned and Robert Gram will conduct the general session.
Rivers called for a spirit of cooperation between Monroe and West Monroe. He urged committee chairmen to foster a close relationship and pursue joint activities including a joint dinner for chamber officials. The group planned immediate meetings and new projects such as a better business program and regional planning efforts.
Washington Republicans push back at Democratic charges that the Eisenhower administration lags in space and national security policy. Sen Styles Bridges and Sen Thomas Kuchel call Johnson’s call for rapid leadership a political maneuver as Eisenhower prepares a State of the Union address and fiscal plan.
President Eisenhower, noting hostile demonstrations against Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan, called for courteous treatment across the United States. White House spokesman James Hagerty read a statement from the President hoping Mikoyan sees real America and leaves with an accurate picture of American manners, strength, and resolve.
Former four star general George C. Kenney, retired from the Strategic Air Command, warned that the Soviet Union may try to strike someday. He said Russia could likely seize the United States now, but would face retaliation that could destroy hundreds of its cities. Kenney spoke in Memphis on business.
Immigrant groups led by Hungarian refugees clash with Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan during his U S visit. Demonstrations turn violent at Cleveland airport and downtown as Mikoyan pursues peaceful trade ties. He tells Midwest industrialists of a secret H-bomb film and the peril of annihilation.
An attractive German war bride, Helene Miller, is held in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Alva Truman Miller, who was shot while he held his 9 month old daughter Karen. The incident occurred in Boonville Indiana as the pistol he had brought home from Germany was fought over during a scuffle. Neighbors described the couple as a model and well respected in the neighborhood.
In Havana the revolutionary government launches speedy war crimes trials for Batista loyalists. Fifteen officers have been executed and thousands more are to be tried by revolutionary courts as Fidel Castro leads a purge. Provisional President Manuel Urrutia says arrests exceed one thousand and gunfire erupts near the Nacional Hotel amid ongoing violence.
Cloudy conditions today with a cold snap expected as temperatures fall from a 64 degree high yesterday to 28 to 32 tonight. Readings from Federal Aviation Selman Field show 56 shortly after midnight and 52 by mid morning. Tomorrow’s highs forecast in the 46 to 50 range.
A congressional atomic specialist said the Soviet Union probably does not have a nuclear powered plan now but may have one within a year. UPI reports U S officials dampen expectations for a major Russian American trade expansion from Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan.
An New York export broker confirms shipping 20 000 tons of American automotive steel to the Soviet Union in exchange for 80 000 tons of Soviet chromium ore.
President Eisenhower’s State of the Union Friday centers on maintaining fiscal responsibility at home while continuing the push for enduring world peace amid Cold War tensions and global security concerns.
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan landed at Willow Run Airport Detroit to begin a visit with no picket disturbances reported. He will travel to meet U.S. officials and tour local industries during his stay in Michigan.
A Michigan State education professor and Arizona State official report that a language test of 100 statements reveals social maladjustment when one believes all generalities are always true. The study, tested on teens in detention homes and high schools, shows higher rates of maladjustment among those accepting broad generalities.
Two bareheaded gunmen robbed Chester State Bank of six to seven thousand dollars at 9:50 a.m. in Chester Texas. They fled toward Beaumont and Woodville in a light green Chevrolet with plate JK 5018 after forcing the assistant cashier to hand over the cash.
Fifth district sheriffs registrars of voters heads of police juries and district attorneys attended a conference at Ouachita parish court on uniform enforcement of voter qualification laws. Sen Willie Rainach coordinated the meeting with about 50 to 70 officials present and promised a full explanation to press after.
Officials at Angola State Prison invite about 100 Louisiana business and civic leaders to a January 16 dinner meeting to seek employment for parolees and launch a campaign focused on better rehabilitation.
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