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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1956
Page
6
In Newark New Jersey an Army sergeant and two East Orange businessmen pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the theft of a secret government document. The defendants acknowledged their roles in acquiring and transferring the sensitive material, ending hopes of an undercover operation.
Federal charges allege four East Orange and Linden men including Sydney Stern Seymour Hindman and Harold Brill conspired in a stolen intelligence directory case. Bail set at 5000 for Stern Hindman, 590 for Brill. Schreib er awaits plea. The group reportedly planned loans and used a stolen document with worldwide Air Force base listings.
Albert Edward Wiggam notes a young couple eloped after a swank wedding to a Justice of the Peace. The bride worried over the ceremony and the groom faced stage fright not about marriage, but public appearances as a new husband.
An advice column advises that true value lies in godliness and contentment, not material gifts. It urges teaching children joy in the Lord, love, and moral worth over possessions, citing Bible verses. The piece discusses popularity, self-worth, and mental health, offering contact for a pamphlet and booklets through a syndicate.
Moscow reports the Soviet government will return to Romania relics and works of art that found refuge in Moscow during two world wars. Some objects date back to the 6th century BC.
Winnsboro officials led by Mayor Mulhearn and Don Mayer petition Public Service Commissioner John J. McKeithen to halt alleged removal of Missouri Pacific buses on the Monroe Vidalia route. McKeithen said no formal filing exists and promised to block any unilateral schedule cuts without a hearing.
Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks announced $51,863,177 in federal aid for 368 airport projects across the United States Alaska and Puerto Rico for the next fiscal year. Civil Aeronautics Administrator Charles J. Lowen called this installment part of a four year $252 million program. He urged communities to develop long range master plans and fund projects as local money becomes available.
The 10th annual open air Masonic Communication will be held at Fort Beauregard in Harrisonburg on June 24 at 1:15 p.m. The Lake Charles Masonic Degree team under Joe Irvin will confer Master Mason degrees with guests D Allen Long and Victor L Walters among dignitaries. The 1955 attendance reached 1,423 Master Masons.
A two-truck crash near Bogalusa left Bill Dearman of Purvis Mississippi and Sidney McGowan of Lumberton Mississippi dead. A driver identified as Fred Lott was held today in connection with the wreck. also noting Wisconsin taxed gasoline surpassing one billion gallons in 1955.
James Marlow reports that the American Communist party held a secret March meeting to adopt a tactic of occasionally differing from Moscow while not breaking with it. Eugene Dennis and John Gates faced internal questions over Gates editorials criticizing Khrushchev as party leaders seek broader U S appeal.
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