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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
3
The News-Star reports Ouachita Parish hosts an active juvenile delinquency curtailment program with a lower youth crime rate than the nation. High school seniors share candid views on teachers and parents, with some strong critiques. An article tomorrow will detail what students consider a delinquent and his causes.
The UAR and Lebanon sign an economic agreement cutting customs duties and halving movement fees for people, aiming to build an Arab common market. Finance Minister Abdel Mineim Kaysouni said the pact advances Arab economic unity.
New York AP The American Cancer Society announces a six year, nationwide study enrolling one million Americans to identify daily life factors linked to cancer. Researchers will survey lifestyle habits from diet to smoking and household exposures, aiming to reveal environmental contributors and preventable risks.
Western Carolina College opens a six week summer program for about 100 gifted students with IQs from 146 to 190. The project expands last year’s effort and offers courses for fifth and sixth graders, high school juniors, and a fourth grade class studying France.
A Wolverhampton matrimonial bureau that opened five months ago shut its doors admitting defeat. An official said all male applicants were young and choosy while all female clients were widows in their 40s and 50s.
West Berlin officials ban visitors from feeding the monkeys at the zoo after guests fed them so much that the apes skipped regular meals and began snubbing zookeepers.
Reliable sources state ten Turks including one woman were arrested by United Arab Republic forces in Kamishli district, northeastern Syria. They were committed for trial on charges of illegal infiltration into the UAR Syrian region.
Biloxi Mississippi AP Industrial Committee hears forecast from R E Bisha of the Southern Association of Science and Industry predicting about 3000 major manufacturing plants will be built in the South within the next decade. He notes 3 percent annual growth and a 200 million national population by 1975. The South is expected to absorb 14 million of that growth and stresses conserving raw materials.
The sunflower seed becomes the Soviet Union's leading oil bearing crop, overtaking others in production importance. Growing prominence highlights shifts in agricultural priorities and industrial supply within the USSR.
In Cincinnati Hamilton County opens today a murder trial of Edythe Klumpp 41 accused of killing Louise Bergen 32 last Oct 30. Legal battles include where the slaying occurred and a coroner’s report while a jury panel begins.
The court ruled a proposed 6 mile Deer Island development illegal while acknowledging public interest. The plan aimed to spend 31 million dollars financed by bonds to create a Biloxi tourist site connected by a causeway, with potential eight million annual tourist trade.
In New Orleans two men in their 30s robbed Claude J. Fremin of 3000 as he closed a restaurant office. Fremin described being attacked from behind while about to bank the money and place it in the safe. Royal Ray, a porter, heard threats of tying and gagging as the holdup occurred.
Monroe Louisiana residents were urged to write their congressmen to promote all bogged down legislation. The appeal came from the National Association of Postal Supervisors' second vice president in a UPI report.
The column notes the start of a new year with new officers for the chapter. A letter to Twin City Chit Chat questions why a large bobcat appeared at the Ward 5 hospital site on McMillan Road in West Monroe and explains the animal was killed with a garden hoe after being trapped, about 60 miles away near Delhi. A. J. Gates of 504 Wheelis Street, West Monroe, is reported improving in St. Francis Hospital, room 761, after two weeks. The Ouachita Parish sheriff department reports a new "stool pigeon" pair nesting near chief investigator E. L. Walker's desk, with a photo distributed and questions whether both eggs hatched.
American evangelist Billy Graham in London denounces overemphasis on sex as a Western danger. He cites Hyde Park Green Park and St James Park as examples where parks resemble bedrooms with people lounging, saying walking became embarrassing and he left with his wife. He warns that idolizing sex risks divine judgment on cities following such paths.
A 66 car train hit an open switch at 8 23 p m causing a derailment in McRae. Five crew members escaped unharmed while a policeman suffered a heart attack. Chlorine gas tank cars overturned into a railside warehouse as three flatcars piled on top. A state of emergency was proclaimed and gas masks issued to police and Army Reserve units. Spectators were kept 500 feet from the scene.
Soviet assessment cautions Iraqi Communists against overt power grabs as Moscow favors a patient path to influence. Baghdad’s leaders resist rash steps, while Western ties and regional volatility shape the contest as Kassem remains a focal point.
Joseph C. Crane of Portland seeks two uncles and a aunt missing since 1917. They were living with their father in Monroe and are named Henry Crane Jr age 44 Price Crane age 42 and Viola Crane age 40. He requests information to assist their elderly grandmother. Write to 3735 North Vancouver Avenue Portland Oregon.
Frank Peniman an altar boy with good reputation accidentally shot Wild West showgirl Mrs Peniman and her companions say the youth believed the pistol was imitation. Mary Alice Peniman and the Monaco family recall the tragedy at the exposition coroner's office as grief-stricken parents weep.
Sixty laborers aboard a converted truck were en route when the fuel line burst causing a blaze. Survivors described scrambling from a single rear exit as flames swept the bed of the bus. Witnesses recalled the sudden explosion waking residents and seeing workers sprawled in a field and ditch.
President Eisenhower tells Congress the public debt must be managed to safeguard credit and support growth. He argues removing the interest ceiling on government bonds is needed due to rising borrowing demands from corporations individuals and local governments that reduce funds for direct federal securities.
In 1824 the United Provinces of Central America formed and soon dissolved over religious disputes. The union’s split reshaped politics across the region as tensions with church authorities influenced its fate.
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