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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
5
The southern Plains and southern Rockies plus the Florida peninsula will be warmest while the northern and central Plains and upper to middle Mississippi valley experience cooler conditions. The AP wirephoto map accompanies the report.
Oklahoma City AP report notes the 23rd week of the 27th session nears end as lawmakers push through reforms. Debates over liquor taxes and ads, public drinking limits, and a controversial county-commissioner bill dominate. Gov Edmondson, 33, drives reform chatter and youth critique.
In Bonn Ludwig Erhard told Parliament that his June 1 trip to the United States was based on Adenauer’s promise to run for president, directly contradicting the chancellor’s claim he would remain in office. The quarrel centers on whether Adenauer warned Erhard in advance.
Legislators clashed as supporters of a state merit system faced vocal opposition. One side shouted while opponents staged a dramatic scene, digging a quick symbolic grave for the proposed personnel reforms.
Readings from Monroe reveal teen conformity driven by gang influence and dating pressures. Parking, entertainment gaps, and underage drinking emerge as key issues, while officials praise crackdowns and call for stronger teacher and parent intervention.
Riley Mangum reported the first cotton bloom of the 1959 crop in East Carroll Parish roughly 10 miles southwest of Lake Providence. He notes the 160 acre farm yields about one and a half to two bales per acre and that seed from 1958 was used in the Coker 124 variety.
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