21 Jan 1960
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1960
Page
1
Rain is expected tonight along the north and central Pacific coast then move inland into the coastal ranges and Great Basin. Snow is likely in the high elevations or nearby areas.
Republican governor candidate Francis C. Grevemberg launched his campaign in New Orleans with a States Rights and efficient state operation platform. He spoke to the Young Men's Business Club outlining his agenda.
Castro demanded the Spanish ambassador leave Cuba within 24 hours causing a hostile crowd at a TV studio. The ambassador was escorted to safety, while Cuban officials and the audience watched the tense exchange. Joe Louis attended and praised the protection for the envoy.
The article details ongoing arguments in a Senate trial over Jones facing potential seating challenges. Testimony covers pardons, gubernatorial authority, and prior prison records, with both sides signaling plans to appeal to higher courts if the lower court rules against them.
Jurors pressed to abandon the highway while touring sites including 139 and Fink's Hideaway Road. In Ward 1 Kellogg and associates plan a Bayou DeSiard bridge to serve a proposed island subdivision, with jury approval contingent on bayou passage beneath the structure. The Police Jury set a second special meeting for Friday by the river to continue demonstrations.
District Attorney Albin P. Lassiter returned to his Monroe office after several days in Washington D C aiding Attorney General Gre. He would not predict the Supreme Court decision in the civil rights case.
The report notes a large Soviet missile launch at 8:05 p.m. local time with a top speed near 17 250 mph. Tass claimed the craft followed its calculated trajectory and disintegrated during its final stages after reaching 50 to 66 miles altitude.
U S Commissioner Carey B Wilson reports explosives found in luggage of a man believed dead. Investigations by the Civil Aeronautics Board and Senate subcommittee continue into two National Airlines crashes with 76 deaths. Spears, connected to the cases, waived preliminary hearing, bond set at 30 000, and denies bombing the planes.
At 10 30 last night Bobby L Anderson 27 rammed the rear of a car driven by Mrs Gladys Porter 23 on East Madison St Bastrop police said Anderson was driving at a high speed Both men were admitted to a Bastrop clinic Hightower left the clinic Porter was not admitted Damages were about 700 to Porters car and 600 to Andersons Charges will be filed after Andersons release from the hospital
Forsythe Street from North 6th to North 18th becomes a boulevard with the city funding about 147 393 36 dollars of the 929 86 project cost. Property owners will finance part while residents complain about concrete roughness and slickness. Work to begin as soon as possible with a smooth surface not desired.
Kennedy says Wisconsin primary is decisive as he defends strong showings in Ohio and New England and declines to forecast delegate strength. Humphrey invites debates and says both aim for a constructive campaign examining farm policy labor civil rights and world peace.
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