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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1961

Page

5

Recession boom authority tax cut report to Kennedy

A 20 member private commission calls for presidential standby power to cut taxes in a recession and raise them in a boom. The 282 page study, funded by $1.3 million from the Ford Foundation, urges major reforms to the financial system and automatic tax-rate adjustments.

Washington U.S White House Commission On Money and Credit Ford Foundation Commission Congress Federal Reserve System

Pilate’s Name Found Carved On Israeli Stone

Italian archaeologist says Pontius Pilate’s name is carved on a coastal stone near Caesarea ten miles south of Haifa. Scholars say this is the first archaeological evidence linking the Roman procurator to the crucifixion narrative.

Pilate Jerusalem Pontius Pilate Mediterranean Israel Judea Christ Josephus Flavius Antonio Frova Antiquities Department Italy University of Milan Caesarea Haifa Palestine

Disarmament Talks Resume In Geneva

Washington reports U S and Soviet negotiators meet to restart general disarmament talks after a year long break. John J McCloy expects Zorin to push beyond procedure and discuss broader disarmament issues. The U S rejected Khrushchev’s bid to merge Geneva talks with general disarmament.

Geneva Washington U.S John J. McCloy

Seven Charter Filings Listed By Wade Martin

Seven charter filings affecting businesses in northeast Louisiana were received by Wade O. Martin Jr. secretary of state between June 7 and June 13. Three were domestic charters and four domestic amendments, naming Bernice Warehouse Company Inc., Star Enterprises Inc., and Tri-State Inc. as charters, with details on locations and capital. Amendments included name changes for C. A. Heine Jr Realty Company, K & G Insurance Agency, and Monroetown House to First Investment Corporation.

Louisiana Wade O. Martin, Jr Bernice Warehouse Company, Inc Bernice Star Enterprises, Inc Booth Street Monroe Tri-State, Inc Cypress Street West Monroe Mercantile C. A Kilpatrick Ford, Inc Monroe Town House, Inc First Investment Corporation

GOP compares Vienna to Tehran in foreign policy critique

The Republican National Committee accuses President Kennedy of secret diplomacy dangers citing Vienna talks with Khrushchev and old Roosevelt papers from Cairo and Tehran. It warns of a drive to control Berlin and a possible communist takeover in Laos amid ongoing Geneva negotiations. Sen Keating echoed concerns about administration coordination.

Washington Republican National Committee Cairo Tehran Vienna Kennedy Khrushchev Stalin Berlin Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt Soviet Union India Churchill Nehru Indochina Geneva Laos Kenneth B. Keating Rn.y Keating New York

Turner Rites Set in Ruston for Local Oil Worker

Funeral services for Oscar D. Turner, a Ruston oil field worker, are set for 10 30 a m Monday at Kilpatrick Funeral Chapel with Rev H E Henderson officiating. Turner died Saturday after a short illness in a Shreveport hospital. Interment will follow in Wilder Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Thomas Dulaney and Bertha Turner both of Ruston. one son Bobby Turner. two sisters Mrs M D Berry of El Dorado and Mrs Carol Caraway of Tyler. three brothers L L Turner Howard Turner and S E Turner, all of Ruston. and one grandchild.

Ruston Oscar D. Turner Kilpatrick H. E. Henderson Southside Baptist Church Turner Shreveport Wilder Cemetery Kilpatrick’s Thomas Dulaney Memphis Tenn Bertha Turner

Hammons Rites Scheduled Today

Funeral services for Jack K. Hammons 77 were set for 3 p.m. at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. A T Mitchell and Rev. Ray Redden officiating. Interment followed at Hasley cemetery under Peters Funeral Home of Monroe. He lived at 213 Morris Street West Monroe and left a widow Mattie Ann Hammons three daughters three sons and several siblings and grandchildren.

Ridge Avenue Baptist Church Jack K. Hammons Peters Funeral Home Monroe Hasley Cemetery A. T. Mitchell Ray Redden Mr. Hammons Morris Street West Monroe Merages Lincoln Parish Mattie Ann Hammons C. D. Brooks J. P. Holtzclaw C. F. Edmiston Sterlington L. CC. Hammons Choudrant D. T. Hammons Atlanta Atlanta, Ga., and D. T. Hammons Lawson Okla Kate Roberson Downsville Lena Bullock Willie Brester J. C. Alexander Raymond Alexander Marvin Brewster Gray Roberson Morris Bullock Oren Hammons

Fourteen Charged With Driving While Intoxicated

Fourteen persons were charged with operating motor vehicles while intoxicated. Nine arrests were by Troop F Louisiana State Police and five by Monroe police.

Troop F Louisiana State Police Monroe Rome L Colvin Box Sterlington Jimmie Davenport Breard James Edward McBride Roselawn Avenue Herbert Hoover Lee Standifer Avenue John M. Pollock Robbins Robert Milburn Natchitoches Street West Monroe Mary C. Graham Woodrow Street James R. Cutright Alexandria Jerry L. Williamson Magnolia Vincy W. Tidwell Box 107 Billy E. Crowell Hickory Street Wilbur Lewis Pine Street Stephen A. Smith Henry Huey Smith Jonesboro

Sweeping U.N. Job Plan Would Reallocate Posts

An eight nation expert committee drafts a plan to base U.N. employment shares on population. It aims to widen geographic recruitment and address alleged bias against populous nations like India while keeping the current funding-linked formula intact.

United Nations, N.Y U.N Soviet Union India United States

Egg-Throwing Child Disrupts Outdoor Sioux City Concert

Siou x City conductor Leo Kucinski suffered a bruised forehead after a projectile, likely a hard boiled egg, struck him during a Sunday night outdoor band concert. He continued the number, then warned parents to control their children or cancel the season. Egg shells were found near the podium. no serious injury reported.

Stoux City Kucinski

Jail Bond Sale Set for July 1 in St Joseph

Bids will be opened here July 1 on 125000 dollars in parish jail bonds. The issue matures over a 20 year period.

ST. Joseph

Germans Slain In Italian Province

In Bolzano Italy two German speaking residents were shot by soldiers guarding power plants after failing to stop during a curfew. Giuseppe Locher 21 and Ebert Sprengler 25 were killed near a plant at Sarentino and a housing project at Malles amid ongoing Nord Tyrol tensions and Austrian autonomy claims.

Bolzano Italy South Tyrol Giuseppe Locher Valdurnower Sarentino Ebert Sprengler Malles Austria

Lewman Rites Scheduled Today

Private services for Mrs Bettie W Lewman 76 of Monroe were planned at Mulhearn Funeral Home with burial in Riverside cemetery. She died Sunday after a short illness at her home. She was a Charlestown Illinois native who had lived in Monroe 20 years and is survived by two daughters a sister a brother and two grandchildren. Pallbearers include W L Vanderford W T Simpson G R Cassidy G Richardson Williams C B Braun and Neal Adams.

Bettie W. Lewman Monroe Mulhearn Funeral Home Riverview Charlestown John A. Peters Ben W. McMillan Mamie Coombs Jess McNutt Ill Roy West Louisville W. L. Vanderford W. T. Simpson G. R. Cassidy

Khrushchev Fires Three More Soviet Officials

Moscow reports three additional local Communist party officials dismissed in Khrushchev’s campaign to remove inefficient and dishonest bureaucrats.

Moscow UPI Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev

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