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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1959

Page

3

Louisiana nurses awarded fellowships for summer study

Sister Brigida Corcoran, medical surgical nursing supervisor at St Francis Hospital, is among ten Louisiana nurses awarded summer study fellowships by the Louisiana Heart Association. She will attend a cardiovascular disease nursing workshop at Colorado University in Denver. Bar examinations for Louisiana State Bar admission set for New Orleans July 13 to 15. applications due by June 12.

Brigida Corcoran St. Francis Hospital Louisiana Louisiana Heart Association Corcoran Colorado University Denver Louisiana State Bar New Orleans

Timing Perfect In Cotton Valley Bank Robbery

Mrs. Hazel Coyle acting bank manager said a gunman at closing time produced a pistol from a brief case marked Fort Worth Texas and an erased name. He forced a customer R N Riddle and two women tellers into a restroom and then filled a bag with cash. The bandit corralled them into the vault but the door failed to lock. they escaped and alerted police. He remained calm and did not threaten to kill. The suspect was described as about six feet tall, 40 to 45, 150 pounds, red faced, wearing sunglasses, a big straw hat and khaki pants.

Hazel Coyle R. N. Riddle Fort Worth Tex Coyle

Seniors See Delinquency Not Widespread Among Youth

A group of graduating seniors argue that misbehavior is often misread as delinquency and urge careful interpretation. They contend youth crime varies with peer groups and that parental guidance should be supportive, not dictatorial. The piece previews further analysis of teen life and family dynamics.

Soviet Plan Ties West Berlin Status to Peace Treaty

Gromyko outlined conditions for recognizing West Berlin under a one year limit. Powers would reduce forces, halt hostile propaganda, liquidate espionage groups, and avoid atomic deployments. If accepted, West Berlin would be demilitarized and supervised by a four power commission until German reunification. If rejected, the USSR warned it would press for a treaty with East Germany.

GDR GFR Gromyko Berding Soviet Union West Berlin German Democratic Republic U.S.S.R East Germany West Berlin United Nations Germany Supervisory Commission West Germany

Probers Find Mistakes On Their Cards

Lawmakers debate voter registration for illiterates with Rainach arguing the process rests on intelligence not literacy. Registrars may assist illiterate applicants by reading constitutional sections and requiring simple language interpretations. The law permits filling forms in the applicant’s mother tongue.

Sion Rainach

Courtroom Tensions as Coed Assault Case Draws Crowd

Report describes a crowded courthouse scene as crowd disperses during a coed assault case with William P. Joyce attempting to manage fearful bystanders. Deputies enforce order while a detainee resists identifying his father.

Court Arms To Enforce Hoffa Cleanup

Appellate judges support easing supervision of the Teamsters Union but say the district court should not shift control until union conditions ensure fair elections under the union constitution. The fight centers on Hoffa’s 1957 presidential victory and proposed spring elections halted by court orders. Monitors Owen Brennan and Ray Cohen are named, with possible union trial for Hoffa.

Teamsters Hoffa District Court Judge Letts

Key mixup ends with car theft arrest in Dallas

A Dallas man, Charles Dean Slott, 23, tried to start a car with the wrong key and failed to notice the owner returning. Police Capt. Chris Kockos arrested him for attempted theft.

Dallas, Tex UPI Charles Dean Slott Chris Kockos

Jury Picked In Klumpp Trial

Jurors were selected for the Klumpp trial and the body was kept until taken to Lake Cowan in Clinton County and burned. Police found bloodstains and other evidence in the car. Mrs. Klumpp, in a pale lavender dress, remained composed and smiled at times despite earlier tensions.

Lake Cowan Clinton County

Funeral Held for Monroe City School Board Member

The obituary notes a Monroe City School Board member and World War I veteran died. Survived by widow Mamie Theus Davis son Ronald Lee Jr and grandson Ronald Lee III all of Monroe. Pallbearers include J W Roberson Harvey McDonald Dr Joe Brown Jack Rogers and others.

Monroe Mamie Theus Davis Ronald Lee, Jr Ronald Lee, III J. W. Roberson Harvey McDonald Joe Brown Jack Rogers Herbert Land, Sr Clarence D. Oakley C. McVay Oliver Brewer Godfrey J. Seymour Dewitt Milam

Say it with Flowers Reminder for Sympathy Arrangements

Fresh flowers ease sorrow with options priced at five and seven fifty dollars. Cora included payment details, delivery available, satisfaction guaranteed. Call FA 3 3494 for wire service via F T D.

Cora F.T.D

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