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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1960
Page
1
Officers of the State Division of Employment Security testified this would mean a 352 weekly maximum based on the wage data and unemployment benefit framework. The record notes ongoing discussions on eligibility and benefit calculations amid legislative review.
Fragmented report discusses U2 spying, remarks by officials, and reactions from senators. Mentions Gates, Eisenhower era tensions, and security committee references with broken names and places. No clear single event emerges due to garbled OCR.
Adlai E. Stevenson and other speakers faulted the United States for the failed summit with the Soviet Union. They cite provocative speeches by Secretary of State Herter and Vice President Nixon, and the president's nuclear policy shift as factors that pushed the talks apart.
Perez says the Mineral Board survey to define Louisiana southern tideland boundary is illegal and urges the Legislature to condemn it. He cites a Supreme Court ruling limiting tidelands and argues the state would lose 20 to 30 miles of tidelands if the coast line is treated as shoreline.
The measure adopted July 5 would expand unemployment tax to any employer with one or more workers, affecting about 22 000 businesses in Louisiana. Current benefits would rise from 10 to 385 dollars weekly, with a new cap of 32 dollars for those earning 78 dollars weekly, while benefits still vary by earnings and legislative changes. AFL CIO endorsed the bill though not at the union's request.
Tokyo editorials criticize Socialist threats to resign from the lower house to derail the U.S. Japan mutual security treaty. They warn such moves could endanger parliamentary government and threaten ratification before June 19. Protests and student actions accompany coverage as Eisenhower’s visit nears.
The article notes the approval of constitutional proposals and Gov. Jimmie H. Davis backing measures to dismantle welfare boards and related institutions as part of a broader reform agenda.
Rioters and police clashed in Zielona Gora as authorities moved to convert a parish hall into a community center. Several hundred people joined protests, later swelling to about 2000 with tear gas used. injuries and arrests reported. Cardinal Wyszynski conferred with bishops as unrest echoed across Poland.
Sen. B. B. Rayburn of Bogalusa won committee approval for a bill urged by the Louisiana Press Association. The measure would bar any board or commission from regulating ads in its subsidiary papers. Rayburn said no newspapers backed him in the last election and he is “trying to get in with them now.”
The article reports prospects of changing 11 boards governing agricultural activities from constitutional boards to an administration team chosen by Governor Davis. Two-thirds voter approval would be required for a constitutional change. A 1936 vote blocked blue ribbon boards. Davis seeks per diem reforms and authority to pick board members. House Agriculture Committee approves five bills, sponsored by Agriculture Commissioner Pearce and Rep. Lantz Womack, noting boards lack constitutional authorization and may be unconstitutional.
Alabama faces a tight post primary canvass to determine its 6 5 electoral split. Loyalists near a one seat edge over states righters. two loyalists and two righters secured seats, with seven seats likely split 4 3 in favor of loyalists. final counts hinge on official recount.
Prosecutor says a Kansas City camera store employee bought a .22 pistol for Mrs. Kinne. Her husband was killed by a .22 bullet as he slept. Mrs. Kinne says she was out of the room. Police allege the couple’s 2 1/2 year old daughter may have fired the fatal shot.
New York elementary school students in grades 3 6 and 8 outperform comparable peers nationwide in reading and arithmetic achievement according to UPI.
The House Labor Committee begins work on a compromise plan to raise the hourly minimum from one to one and a quarter dollars and extend coverage to about four million workers. Rep James Roosevelt backs the measure despite GOP opposition and a closed session debate planned.
A 13 year old boy, John Blades of St. Helena Parish, died when a pickup crashed into a bridge abutment on state highway 10, four miles east of Greensburg. Seven other children were injured and hospitalized at Sharpy Clinic and Lallie Kemp Hospital. the driver was 16 year old Paul Blades. An unrelated line notes total U.S. tornado and flood fatalities from 1950 to 1959.
Gienda Rene Wilbanks two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen D Wilbanks 408 Eastson Place Monroe died after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body in state at Nilpatrick's Funeral Home. Survivors include one brother and grandparents. Also noted: six civilians, all technical advisers, aboard the U S submarine Triton that completed the first submerged world circumnavigation.
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