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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1961

Page

4

Stevenson Urges Friends in Latin America Amid Tour

Editorial warns Adlai Stevenson’s Latin America tour risks drifting into liberal slogans. It notes his Brazil visit labeled Cuba a Communist state and criticizes reliance on broad rhetoric. The piece urges counting real allies to stem communism south of the border.

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Individual rights and local votes in Ouachita Parish

Voter turnout for the Democratic primary district judgeship was about 9 000 of 24 000 registered in Ouachita Parish. The piece urges residents to exercise local election responsibility to sustain influence in state and national politics, warning against staying home in future elections.

Ouachita Parish News Star

Summit Meet Happenings Prompt Debate Over Kennedy Khrushchev Talks

Washington observers question Kennedy’s Vienna summit conduct and timing. Critics argue that lone oral talks without written records risk misinterpretation and possible war, contrasting with Eisenhower era caution and prepared diplomacy.

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GOP Chairman Miller Pushes New Candidate Tactics

GOP National Chairman Bill Miller urges party leaders to nominate young, energetic candidates in 1962 and 1964. He backs fresh faces at state and local levels, with Nixon Goldwater and Rockefeller backing the shift. Several rising politicians such as Morse Dominick Bruce Scranton are highlighted as potential senators or governors.

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Freedom Riders Interviewed in Jackson Jail Scene

A Mississippi correspondent reports three jailed freedom riders fined 200 dollars and four months for civil rights protests. He interviewees two men Charles Myers and David Fankhauser and a woman Catherine Burks, detailing jail conditions, attitudes, and a critique of Bobby Kennedy and Joseph Patterson regarding state and national law on disorderly conduct. Catherine from Birmingham, 22, discusses future plans and views on Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt.

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Women face heart attack risk after age fifty

A medical review of 13 485 autopsies from Barnes St Louis and Massachusetts General and Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford shows coronary thrombosis causes death in 12.5 percent of men and 12.3 percent of women over fifty. The study suggests equal risk after fifty and urges more ECG use in women with chest distress.

Barnes Hospital St. Louis Massachusetts General Hospital Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford

Earnings and Social Security earnings limits questions

Reader questions on earnings limits for Social Security in 1961. Details cover retirement age earnings, monthly versus annual limits, recalculation options, deducting work expenses, and death benefits for a spouse. Specific cases include Mrs. P at 62, Mr. M with partial-year earnings, Mr. W P with travel and tool deductions, and Mr. H S regarding a survivor lump sum.

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Sponges in Knee Operation Questioned by Reader

H E S asks about a knee operation using plastic sponges to ease walking. He fears unknown outcomes and asks what becomes of the sponges after months and whether they could cause infection.

Celery Carrot and Beet Juice Do Not Remove Joint Calcium

J R states there is no evidence that celery carrot or beet juice absorbs or eliminates calcium. Even if such an effect existed it would not improve arthritis.

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Diets and diseases in daily life health hints

A reader asks if a 900 calorie reducing diet is safe for diabetics and a dietitian may tailor it for mild cases. Another asks about TB exposure at home and risk if disease is arrested with X‑rays. Fungal infections can be contagious but resistance varies. Health hint advises reducing nerves and stress.

Bible Verse Reflection on John 3 16 Belief and Eternal Life

A sermon or devotional note highlights John 3 16 stressing belief in Jesus as the path to eternal life. It frames faith as the sinners hope and final home based on the verse as fact and truth.

John

Monroe News-Star history and editorial stance notes

The Monroe News-Star details its founding in 1891 with publishers and staff through 1930s, including editors and managerial roles. It notes publication schedule, office location, advertising representatives, and its declared independent, nonpartisan stance while printing news impartially.

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