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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1959

Page

8

Hagerty Foresees World Telecast by Satellite

White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty forecast within 20 years a world wide instantaneous telecast using Earth satellites. He spoke at Allegheny College where his son Bruce Hagerty is graduating and quoted a 40 percent chance of such a broadcast before President Eisenhower leaves office.

Meadville UPI White House James C. Hagerty Hagerty Allegheny College Bruce Hagerty Eisenhower Earth

Knoll Is New FFA President in Louisiana

Eddie Knoll of Simmesport was elected president of the Louisiana Future Farmers of America at the state convention. Other officers named include vice presidents Billy Quinn Greensburg Robert Ammons Many Marcus Strong Delhi Davis Jones Mansfield Kenneth McComb Cloutierville secretary Charles LaHaye Vidrine treasurer Donald Taylor Pleasant Hill parliamentarian Carl Langley Fenton.

Baton Rouge Eddie Knoll Simmesport Louisiana Future Armers of America FFA Billy Quinn Greensburg Robert Ammons Many Marcus Strong Delhi Davis Jones Mansfield Kenneth McComb Cloutierville Charles LaHaye Vidrine Donald Taylor Pleasant Hill Carl Langley Fenton

Mississippi Southern College Awards 639 Degrees in Ceremony

Mississippi Southern College in Hattiesburg disbursed 639 diplomas in a Sunday graduation, the largest class yet. Sixty-two earned master's degrees, 577 bachelor’s degrees included seven with highest honors and 32 with honors. Dr. Richard A. McLemore spoke on national survival through frontier conquest.

Hattiesburg Miss UPI Mississippi Southern College Richard A. McLemore Mississippi College Mississippi Southern

Elder couple found dead in St. Louis apartment

Joseph M. Palmisano and wife Sabina were discovered dead in their second floor flat. No violence seen. bottles of medicine examined. Sabina Palmisano left a note lamenting inability to afford elder care and urging help for the sick and aged.

St. Louis Joseph M. Palmisano Sabina Joe

Woman Dies After Midget Car Ride

In Hamilton Missouri Gwen ith Stetina age 25 had enjoyed a ride in a midget race car on a dirt track. After exiting she told observers it was exciting and then fainted from a tailgate and died later at a doctor's office.

Hamilton, Mo Gwenith Stetina

Farmer kills two neighbors then ends own life

In Macon Missouri AP report, 70 year old Mike Kordash lured three neighbors with a fake cow search into timber Sunday. He killed two men, 68 year old Claude Inman and 55 year old Charles Herms, as a third neighbor fled while a bullet narrowly missed. Despondent after his wife’s death two weeks earlier, Kordash then shot himself.

Macon Claude Bloomberg Mike Kordash Kordash Claude Inman Charles Herms Inman Sickle Forrest Vansickle Chuter Vansickle

Local Doctor Highlights Rise of Contact Lenses

Dr Heinberg reports a Chicago course on current contact lens techniques and science. He notes increasing demand due to advanced manufacturing and fitting methods as more than two million Americans wear lenses.

Chicago

Man Shot During Farm Dispute Near Macon

Sheriff Bloomberg reports a fatal shooting after a dispute over a missing cow near Macon. Kardash visited Denver Orbin, asked for help, then argued with Forrest Vansickle and others. Kardash fired a .32 revolver, wounding Vansickle, then shot Hermis and killed himself.

Ilot Macon Bloomberg Kardash Denver Orbin Inman Kordash Hermis Tne

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