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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
2
An eight-jet B52 bomber on an experimental low level SAC flight crashed in flames near Burns Oregon. The plane, 35 miles east of Burns, caught fire and all five crew members aboard were killed.
Trichologist J. J. Stalters of Harlow Hair Experts will host a Thursday clinic at the Frances Hotel in Monroe from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. to examine hair concerns, offer home treatment guidance, and discuss results and costs with interested men and women.
Winnfield Louisiana funeral announced for Alfred McClung 72 who died Tuesday after hospital admission. Services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Dry Prong Primitive Baptist Church with Rev. Swanner of Jonesboro. interment at Dry Prong. Survived by widow Florence. three daughters Lois Septel and Miss Lois McClung. Hope Aughenbaugh. two sons Minor and J P McClung. sister Gusta Kilgore.
Rainach plans a formal announcement at Homer Courthouse Square to mark 20 years in public service. The event includes a free barbecue, speakers to be announced, and honors Rainach ahead of a potential gubernatorial bid.
Mrs. Roy Carl Young of Shreveport was reported among 25 vacationers dead or missing in the Stalheim Hotel fire in Norway. Mrs. Huffman said Mrs. Young joined a London visit before the Norway trip and was widow of Covington physician Dr. Young.
Nunn discussed Moreland an Army pilot shot down in October 1952 and said he lost a leg in the crash and had the other leg amputated in a prison camp later. He cited Communist claims of escape and noted a March 28 1951 radio message to mothers including Mrs Virgil M Walker. Some missing may survive. two years earlier, bodies of two American soldiers were returned and 337 South Koreans were found alive by the Red Cross in North Korea.
The article notes that the hospital may release the Long family matter at its discretion and discusses representation by Attorney General Jack Gremillion. It mentions a hearing and state law requiring a return to writs on behalf of the State.
Earl Long asserts full competence to resume governorship while his attorney Joseph Arthur Sims claims he should be freed. The hearing at Covington Junior High, amid a makeshift court in a school gym, marks a dramatic moment as Long faces questions of insanity after hospitalization.
The Police Jury to appoint a Lake Authority after votes show 242 against and 606,631 against totals. Proposition 1 approved a four tenths mill tax to fund the authority and Proposition 2 a one tenth mill tax for maintenance.
The American foreign affairs chief spoke to the nation about six weeks of deadlock at the Geneva foreign ministers conference on Germany. He urged the Soviets to abandon efforts to add more than two million West Berliners to Eastern Europe's captive peoples and said a settlement on Berlin must honor all nations. The East–West split began with Soviet demands to end Allied occupation of West Berlin, which Britain France and the U United States refused without a freedom arrangement, while the Soviets rejected Western offers.
Frondizi faces a cabinet mass resignation as the military demands sweeping regime changes. Alvaro Alsogaray, 46, offered the economics post and accepts with conditions, seeking control of the economy and potential prime ministerial powers amid doubts from observers. Rojas and Rial emerge as top opposing figures in the unrest.
Rep. Sam Cashio joined Long's legal team for a habeas corpus hearing as officials and attorneys from Iberville Parish Orleans Parish Baton Rouge Donaldsonville Crowley and Shreveport gather for the proceeding. The Department of Hospitals will publicize the return when filed and no further comment is offered.
Slaughter notes the National Council of Teachers of English requires at least 24 semester hours in English for high school teachers. He criticizes many with only 15 hours or less, but credits some universities like Stanford Goucher College Ohio State University and Wisconsin for good teaching efforts.
Woodrow Wilson Melton, 43, of Monroe, walked into State Police headquarters and telephoned the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department saying he understood they wanted him. After a check found no warrants, he was jailed for disturbing the peace.
Northeast State announces a summer program mixing entertainment with academics for students. Activities run from the present through July 24 at no cost, with religious meetings Wednesdays and films Thursdays, plus dances, picnics, and recreation nights. Highlights include Bingo June 30, Sadie Hawkins July 10, South Sea Islands July 17, and a July 24 dance, with no stags allowed.
State wildlife leaders with Olin-Mathieson plan 405000 acres between West Monroe and Winnfield for public hunting fishing boating and picnicking this fall. A private land open access program named FAIR aims to inventory recreation areas on Olin lands and encourage owners to open property to the public.
The Senate advanced several funding measures including allocations for the American Battle Monuments Commission Foreign Claims Settlement Commission and Subversive Activities Control Board. Additional bills propose 6.56 million for independent offices and 645.7 million for State and Justice and related agencies. Conferees will resolve differences while Labor and Welfare funding tops 4.056 billion.
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