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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
4
The Louisiana editorial calls Governor Earl K. Long’s unofficial budget a bid to raise taxes to fund political aims while omitting teacher pay. It argues PAR shows sufficient revenue to fund salaries without new taxes and urges teachers to favor lawmakers protecting public funds over political powers.
The Progressive Farmer reports the South topped all regions in retail sales gains for 1955 to 1957, with a three year total of 10.314 million dollars, about 34 percent of U S gains. The article argues the slump is not evident and notes high newspaper classified ad volume.
A critical essay attacks Federal Grand Juries and federal judges as revered yet flawed, arguing secrecy and bias taint juror selection. It cites Costello v. United States to illustrate improper juror scrutiny and warns that obsession with “above suspicion” myths harms justice. It laments the worship of English legal tradition by public and press alike.
Dr. Van Dellen advocates self help for tension and anxiety stressing normal stress, self understanding, and flexible coping with life. Readers respond with questions on cervical ribs salt craving and gas. A Canadian commission warns about Soviet study groups designed to erode loyalty and recruit espionage.
Washington reports Khrushchev’s 1956 claims reshaped global communism. The premier argued socialism could develop at different speeds, loosening Moscow’s grip and prompting upheaval in Poland and Hungary. Tito resisted Soviet wooing, while Bulgaria and Yugoslavia faced renewed Soviet criticism.
The Census Bureau reports April wheat flour production averaged 882000 sacks per working day, up from 861000 in April 1957 but down from 975000 in March. Mills operated at 80.6 percent capacity versus 89.1 percent in March.
Scattered notes from a political era discuss Harold Macmillan and a potential Khrushchev golf interest. The piece contrasts US and UK attitudes toward presidential and prime ministerial recreation, noting Eisenhower and Macmillan as golf practicing leaders and the broader politics around leisure.
Washington debates the anti-Nixon riots in Latin America as questions rise about communist influence on university students. The piece argues the unrest stems from a Kremlin technique aimed at shaping adolescent minds, condemning spitting, rock throwing, and obscene epithets as part of a broader strategy.
A Senate subcommittee report warns American universities are a prime target for Communist infiltration. Shigeto Tsuru describes a quiet takeover via Science and Society, a quarterly magazine with campus study groups led by Marxist scholars.
A transcription lists the Monroe News-Star staff and details including publisher John Owing and Wilson Ewing, editors Robert Ewing Jr and William H Bronson, and board roles. It notes publication history, office location at Olive and North Fourth, and Associated Press affiliation.
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