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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1961

Page

5

Monroney Says Press Censorship Hard to Apply

Senator A S Monroney of Oklahoma told Sigma Delta Chi that voluntary press censorship is impractical and that the Kennedy administration opposes it. He argued leaks come from within the military and urged more information to inform the public about the Cold War.

Washington A. S Mike Monroney D-Okla Kennedy Sigma Delta Chi National Journalism Fraternity Monroney Bureau of Advertising American Newspaper Publishers Association Oklahoma Department of Defense

Newsom Services Slated Today In Crowville Church

Funeral services for L. N. Newsom 69 of West Monroe are set for 3 p.m. Thursday at Crowville Methodist Church with Rev Lee Smith officiating. Newsom died Tuesday night in a Shreveport hospital after a brief illness. Burial will be in the Masonic cemetery at Crowville. Survivors include his widow Carrie Newsom of West Monroe a brother H C Newsom of West Monroe and a sister Mrs Ida Guyton of Crowville.

L. N. Newsom West Monroe Crowville Methodist Church Lee Smith Newsom Shreveport Masonic Cemetery Crowville Carrie Newsom H. C. Newsom Ida Guyton

It Could Be You Faces TV Critics After Debut

TV critic Fred Danzig attacks NBCs It Could Be You for cynical and degrading content aired after The Price Is Right. Emcee Bill Leyden and Wendell Niles mingle with the audience as prizes include a bike trip camping gear and a new TV set.

Bill Leyden Wendell Niles Leyden Niles

Two Injured In Separate Auto Wrecks In Monroe

Two people suffered minor injuries in separate crashes in Monroe on Wednesday. In the first incident on Highway 80 near the traffic bridge three vehicles collided when Gladys Thompson rear ended a car driven by John Nelms, with Mary Evelyn Smith a passenger. both Thompson and Nelms faced reckless driving citations. In the second crash on Renwick Street Willie Ventson, driving under the influence, struck a parked car, pushing it into another. Ventson was charged with operating while intoxicated and reckless driving.

Monroe Mary Evelyn Smith Lake Charles Melvin O. Smith Gladys Thompson Calhoun John W. Nelms McGuire Avenue Nelms Smith Renwick Street W.H. Bedgood Carlton Street Willie L. Ventson Negro Booth Street Ventson

G T Armstrong Rites Set Today

Funeral services for George Terry Armstrong age 70 of Winnsboro were scheduled for 3 p m at Wayside Pentecostal Church with Rev W T Hemphill officiating Interment at Wayside Cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home of Monroe He is survived by his widow Claudie Lee Armstrong two daughters and two sons plus a stepdaughter and stepson and eleven grandchildren

George Terry Armstrong Winnsboro G. T. Armstrong Monroe Wayside Pentecostal Church W. T. Hemphill Mulhearn Funeral Home Armstrong Claudie Lee Armstrong Allen Armstrong Silsbee Tex C. W. Bozeman Bennie O. Polk Pensacola Fla Bessie Johnson Pasadena Texas J. B. Johnson

Variety Night Mix of Prizes and Perry Como

The piece describes Bill Cullen handing out a long list of prizes on The Price Is Right and contrasts It Could Be You with Price, praising the former for pure spectacle. It also covers Perry Como’s NBC farewell hour with dancers and novelty acts, noting it was fun though not as spontaneous as last year.

Santa Claus Bill Cullen Cullen Perry Como Music Hall Como Perry

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