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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1959
Page
1
A Catholic priest in Matanzas, Cuba heard last comforting words from Rodriguez, a former Batista army corporal, who confessed killing Alberto and Jose Almeda about five months ago in a case linked to AP Wirephoto.
Sen Barry Goldwater accuses some New York power brokers of trying to stifle conservative voices within the Republican Party. He frames the effort as kingmaking to control nominations and policy voices in his ongoing dissent against intra party censorship.
In Aradia Wis a young mother Barbara Kupietz 20 mother of two faces possible amputation after a seven hour exposure in a freezing wreck her husband La Vera 26 died from internal injuries and frozen limbs both were trapped after their car left a highway in 15 degrees below zero a farmer found them following a barking dog notification
Sir Laurence Olivier arrives in Hollywood to star in Spartacus his first film there in eight years. He recalls pay-cut rejection by David Selznick and Garbo firing him for Queen Christina and reflects on his early career and self critical views.
Hollywood may see more of Olivier as he discusses continuing as an actor and giving up producing and directing. Earlier he recalled stage work and film roles from Wuthering Heights to Henry V and Sister Carrie, with a note on a sabbatical during the war and a lone return to film in this country. In Toledo, James Johnson, 47, was arrested on a theft charge after peppers led police to a produce firm.
Don Westad faced a prompt during Sunday school in Oklahoma but admitted he forgot the message his wife asked him to deliver. The incident centers on a lighthearted moment in the church service and Westad’s candid admission as the lesson began.
An escaped mental patient Eugene Lewis 37 captured in south St Louis after kidnapping a man wife and their guest in Columbia Missouri. He had fled from Colorado State Mental Hospital Pueblo and was serving 27 years for armed robbery and assault. Officers said he would have used a gun if it had been accessible.
Sen John Marshall Butler accuses Soviet leaders of guiding U.S. public opinion through propaganda. He cites Mikoyan's U S visit and Khrushchev interviews as traps to break trade barriers and shape U S sentiment. Butler argues the free world lacks a united counterstrategy amid Kremlin messaging.
Flames swept a 700 year old Windsor Castle Sunday night but Household members kept the blaze under control before firefighters arrived. No injuries or further damage reported as the incident was contained on site.
Henry M. Evans 48 of Hammond formerly Monroe was killed when his car struck the Amite River bridge on US 190 in Baton Rouge about 12:35 a.m. He represented Ouachita Securities Life Insurance and had worked in Monroe. Survived by widow Clara. daughters Mary Ann May and Rose Marie Moore. son Henry M. Evans Jr.. five sisters. one brother. four grandchildren. Burial and funeral arrangements pending with Hixson Brothers.
A 13 year old novice driver who had no solo driving experience drove his grandfather's car 200 miles from Houston to San Antonio. In San Antonio he collided with another vehicle. The other driver reportedly took a dollar for damages and left. Randy said he drove up to 90 mph and saw three highway patrol officers who did not stop him.
William F Stephenson 93 a retired hardware executive was confirmed in the Episcopal Church in Memphis Tennessee on Sunday.
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