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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1958
Page
1
Baton Rouge Dr R L Ropp La Tech president spoke to the house appropriations committee seeking more funds for the Ruston institution. By mid morning Northeast State College had not sent a rep while Dr George Walker incoming president of Northeast represented Northwestern of Natchitoches and McNeese College of Lake Charles also had representation. Louisiana Tech had already received an $111000 budget increase.
Baton Rouge reps Gilbert Faulk and T. T. Fields led a floor fight at noon against Rep. Holt's amendment to the gas gathering tax bill. Holt proposed a one cent compromise hoping to gain favorable action.
Ropp seeks more funds if state finances permit as Rep. Ben Holt pushes a gas gathering tax bill on the floor. The Louisiana Teachers Association bill failed Monday 43. A two thirds House vote is required, and officials doubt the administration has enough votes. Northeast legislators voting no include Rep. Gilbert Faulk Monroe Rep. L D Napper Ruston Rep. Lasley Downes Rayville Rep. T T Fields Farmer.
Los Angeles AP reports Quay Cleon Kilburn 34, once on the FBI’s ten most wanted list, was captured in his apartment after a tip from a post office sighting. He carried two loaded automatics a fake mustache and a self made ID card. Agents recovered a pistol and found toe prints in the card.
The message promotes News-Star World Want Ads as a solution to buying a house a car finding a lost pet or locating a job or tenant. It notes a jeep sold last Sunday for two dollars and twenty cents.
Advertisement for a 1948 Jeep with aluminum cab and power winch. Mentions cheap pricing and a seven day rate. Contact dial FA 3-2735 to inquire about the deal.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies over a slow moving 90 degree air mass in northeast Louisiana this afternoon and tomorrow with scattered showers in southern Louisiana. Monroe's yesterday high reached 92 at Selman Field and last night's low was 72.
Four states held primaries with California drawing the spotlight on Sen. William F. Knowland challenging Gov. Edmund G. Brown in cross filing races. California and other contests in Montana South Dakota and Alabama feature gubernatorial, senate, and house races. Alabama runoff narrows to two top contenders from 14. Dr. William G. Murray is among those being eyed.
Twin City residents H. S. Parker and George Snellings, both Monroe, along with Archie McBride of Bastrop, joined last weekend's 25 year reunion of Tulane Law School's Class of 1933. Of 39 graduates, all were living and 30 attended this year.
A four alias suspected military stockade escapee raced at 90 mph to flee State Police near Baton Rouge. He risked his wife, infant son, and a neighbor, and faces at least five charges. CID joined police and sheriff to investigate as authorities seek the man’s true identity.
Representative Francis E. Walter says Olivia de Havilland has asked Congress for special legislation to keep her U.S. citizenship. The actress, living in Paris since 1955, would lose citizenship in two years under current law. a bill would exempt her from the McCarran-Walter Act provision revoking citizenship for naturalized Americans living abroad more than five years.
In a fourth district session Judge David I. Garrett condemned reckless driving after a case involving a soldier accused of passing on a curve near Monroe on Highway 80. He urged stronger respect for others’ rights on the road, saying careless driving causes most wrecks and the center line means little.
Three women escaped serious harm when they leaped from a car moving at sixty miles per hour after the accelerator stuck. Driver Mrs Edna Cissell was last to jump and suffered a broken ankle. Mrs Robert Funk and Mrs Charles Miller were treated for lacerations.
NEW ORLEANS, UPI. Charity hospital officials deny wrongdoing in deducting collection expenses from patient fees. A state audit on the 1957 books shows a $99,994.32 deficit, with $130,052.46 would be loss without deductions. Issues cited include unrec reconciled bonds and coupons and incomplete inventory verification.
Moscow dispatch notes Soviet outlets delaying comment on Charles de Gaulle's power return while publishing Western and French reactions. It emphasizes De Gaulle's ties to the North Atlantic Alliance and quotes U S officials reacting with cautious hope and fear.
Paris AP By forcefully asserting authority De Gaulle secured six month emergency powers and called in Gen Raoul Salan from Algiers to discuss Algeria and the army. Senate approved the emergency measures. National Assembly adjourned for five months to Oct 7 as De Gaulle governs pending the return of the regular session.
A 58 year old white woman says a Black man broke into her home late last night at about 10 30 p m. She says he tied her hands with his tie and assaulted her for about an hour. Police, deputies with bloodhounds and armed citizens searched the area east of LSU campus after a second such incident.
Omaha report describes Sharon Swoboda, a 16 year old part time model, altering her father E T Swoboda’s peppermint striped shirt into a sack form with a back bow. Swoboda, a bus driver standing 6 feet 2 inches and 200 pounds, attracted attention and inquiry, with no sneers reported as he oout with Sharon.
The Louisiana Senate approved a plan to revamp the appellate system adding a fourth circuit and 19 new judges to ease Supreme Court workload. The measure, passed 34 to 0, moves to the House with amendments shaping circuit seats at Shreveport Lake Charles Crowley and debated domicile changes among Crowley Opelousas and Lake Charles.
A Jefferson Parish House committee backed a bill raising the sheriff's share of tax revenue from 7 to 8 percent, authorizing about 113000 dollars more yearly. Sheriff William S. Coci argued for the funds to hire 24 traffic patrols, five more detectives, expand narcotics staff, add school guards, and create two river crash units with 12 men each plus an additional emergency boat for Lake Pontchartrain.
A Aeronaves de Mexico Constellation with 45 aboard including 14 Americans crashed atop San Augustin Mountain 12 miles from Guadalajara. All passengers and crew are presumed dead. Among the Americans were Scripps Institution scientists Townsend Cromwell and William Shinada. Rescue teams reach the 8,000 foot summit after the heavy rainstorm and the flight originated from Tijuana to Mexico City via Guadalajara.
Pluto the black and tan coon hound known as Foots runs in circles in court as Frank Arrington of Rock Island and Walter Watkins of Milan fight over ownership. The jurors watch as the dog is led in and out and witnesses link him to both men. The dog may be worth 150 dollars at most after years of legal wrangling and travel in several states.
The U S Army charged Pfc Carel E Simpson of Clarksdale Mississippi with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Korean soldier who hitched a ride on a U S mail car The charge also includes assault with intent to do bodily harm for injuries to another Korean private The incident occurred May 24 on a Seoul to Pusan train where the Koreans allegedly boarded the mail car rear platform illegally The Army will continue its investigation to decide on a court martial timing
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