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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
5
Hollywood actress Sheree North is resting comfortably at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after a minor operation. Her physician said the procedure was not serious and she will stay hospitalized for several days.
Funeral services set for 26 year old Cordell Houston of Denham Springs who was killed by lightning. The service at Calvary Baptist Church will begin at 10 a m with burial in Riverside cemetery. Rev Turner Davis Jr and Rev H M Roach will officiate Mulhearn Funeral Home handling arrangements. He was married to Jean Houston and survived by three sons, parents, siblings and step siblings. He formerly lived in Monroe and worked for the city engineering department.
A test at the Atomic Energy Commission site in Nevada produced a brief flash and a small round cloud. Observers estimated the shot under five kilotons with gamma and neutron radiation tested on animals. The cloud rose to 20 000 feet and moved off northwest as officials predicted only minor fallout off the site.
Daniel D. Carmell 58 a Chicago labor attorney and former Illinois assistant attorney general faced Mann Act charges and was awaiting trial when he plunged from a South Side apartment building. Hyde Park police said he died at Illinois Central Hospital after his wife reported he vanished into a bathroom and fell from a window. Carmell held roles with the Illinois and Chicago Federations of Labor and had been transferred to Chicago for trial. he was free on 5000 dollars bond after pleading innocent in Davenport.
Authorities feared new flood waters from swollen mountain streams would hit the Dolores area today as water receded from weekend floods. About 10,000 homeless, four dead, and widespread losses of cattle sheep and crops valued in the hundreds of millions of pesos were reported.
Science introduces Bio-Dyne based Preparation H claiming to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Doctors report striking improvement across many months with various hemorrhoid conditions, including longstanding cases. The product is sold as suppositories or ointment with applicator and a money back guarantee.
Summer school sessions in Ouachita parish schools start tomorrow and Monroe City Central Grammar School begins next Monday. Registration in progress today at Ouachita Parish High School for elementary grades and at West Monroe High School for high school classes.
Severe weather last weekend drenched Texas from the Oklahoma border to the Rio Grande with rising rivers and floodwaters. Tornadoes touched down but caused little damage while at least seven deaths across the state were linked to flood conditions.
President Eisenhower planned a Harmony lunch with House Republicans at the Capitol. GOP Chairman Meade Alcorn said Ike’s influence with lawmakers is reduced this term, citing term limits and political dynamics, though Republicans backed him when necessary.
Monroe city police arrested seven men and women early Sunday on charges including bootlegging and battery. Loyd Wilson 57 and Bernice Dixon 47 were held on whiskey with excess alcohol. bond 500 each. Doris Haynes 34 was charged with aggravated battery and knife use. bond 500. Willis Howard 42 faced similar charges. bond 500. At 5 10 a m three others Annie Lee Buckley 30 Blanche Lee Bulmer 30 and E W Thomas 30 were booked for battery at 902 Roger and 4202 Gayton streets.
The VA offers a widow's pension if three conditions are met: service in WWI era with honorable discharge, widow married before or for at least ten years, and income not exceeding set limits. Income rules count wages, investments, Social Security, and retirement payments, with some not counted until contributions are repaid. Apply at the local VA office or through Major Nial in care of this newspaper.
Major policyholders at 106 million, life insurance seen as a common thrift. Companies state duty to protect purchasing power of the dollar for policyholders and the public. Address listed as 488 Madison Avenue, New York.
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