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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
14
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Secretary of Defense Wilson departs Washington for a Canadian fishing trip following three days of closed door sessions with about 160 top defense officials at Quantico Virginia. He stated the force is the strongest yet and addressed hydrogen weapon limits versus missile development.
A Winona Mississippi man Gene Russell, 35, was charged in Rock Rapids Iowa with leaving the scene of a three car crash that killed John H. Gross 54 of Detroit Michigan and injured three others. Police say Gross tried to pass in a no passing zone at an overpass approach when his car was struck by another vehicle and was then rear ended by Russell’s train crew bunk car.
In Salem New Hampshire Bob Blodgett 14 or 15 years old assembled a home made car with 63 speeds 56 forward and 7 reverse. He bought $10 worth of parts and spent eight months on the project which can hit about 50 mph on highways and also works as a tractor on his father’s farm.
Red Cross Ouachita Parish chapter issues summer boating safety list. Do stay with a capsized boat and equip each person with life jacket or cushion. Do limit weight and avoid sharp turns. Do head for shore in storms and keep weight centered. Don't overload, don't smoke during refueling, and don't stand up in a boat.
Nine Twin Cities members of FBLA join delegates from West Monroe Ouachita Parish and Columbia high schools at a four day national convention in Dallas. Attendees include John Eaves Garland Webb Walter Bondurant and Michelle Pettigrew Mrs Irma Vance sponsor Myrtis Sterling Joyce McLaughlin Sandra Brown and Buck Wooten. Mrs Vance will discuss supervision and administration of business education. Ruby Baxter will discuss guidance and counseling in business education.
Dorothy M. Richardson, English novelist, died today in Beckenham after a lingering illness. She was 64. Richardson published her first novel The Quaker's Past and Present in 1914.
Established 1897 in Monroe Louisiana the American School advertises a home study high school diploma for ages 16 and over. It claims graduates have entered over 500 colleges and universities and offers a free 44 page booklet by mail to request with name address city and age.
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