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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
1
A student from the north east region faced a bottling incident during a summer event. Officials reported a juvenile involvement with potential charges and corrective actions being considered. Community leaders urged calm while investigators review evidence.
President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth will inspect a 100-man honor guard, sail the St Lawrence Seaway aboard the Britannia, and attend a 21 gun salute. Canadian PM John Diefenbaker joins ceremonies as a 30 acre crowd gathers near the seaway, with radar watches and weather checks in place. Eisenhower later returns to Washington after five hours aboard the yacht.
Forces indicate most ardent Batista opponents are confined within Cuba while external opposition builds in Ciudad Trujillo in the Dominican Republic and in Miami. Batista is said to fund activities as Castro loyalists face purges and unrest in Oriente. Church leaders urge caution on agrarian reform.
A truck hauling grain struck the Anderson home and then the Widell house sending grain across yards and into the Hayes garage. Mrs Widell was found buried in grain while Mr and Mrs Hayes were at home. Coroner Dr Cyril Smith notes an oil trail before a rear collision with Dick's car. Redlin was reportedly delivering grain to Duluth for Great Lakes shipment.
At Eglin Air Force Base two 47 foot Bomarc missiles intercepted high speed drone aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico within seconds of each other. The interceptions occurred about 100 miles from the Santa Rosa Island launch site as part of the SAGE system tests at Gunter AFB and Montgomery sector operations.
John A. McCone, chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, told a Senate subcommittee that underground nuclear tests are essential for the United States and would proceed even if the Soviet Union rejects a blast detection system. He said tests are needed to improve American methods for detecting nuclear explosions.
In a 13 hour schedule the Queen, with Prince Philip, attends nine functions in Montreal and prepares to open the St. Lawrence Seaway with President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Diefenbaker. Britannia docks amid ships and Soviet freighters as Royal Navy officers manage repairs.
Commissioner H W McSherry said the Swayze Natatorium closes every Monday for draining and cleaning. The free pool opens daily at 7 a m and closes at 9 p m, started May 29 and runs until after Labor Day, with public cooperation urged.
The Boston Concert Ensemble will perform mid morning Tuesday at 10 in Grambling College Auditorium. Members include Nan cy Cirillo violinist John Horner baritone William Stevens pianist and Colette Rushford harpist. Cirillo winner of Naumberg awards has appeared at Carnegie Hall Town Hall Jordan Hall.
Monroe police report about 50 dollars in property damage at Clark Elementary when four juveniles aged 7, 8, 10 and 13 broke windows yesterday. Willie Staten Jr reports theft of a bedspread small table dishes and groceries from his home. Police log includes another hubcap theft at a local bowling alley targeting Justin Fogleman.
Jace Street in a new Lake Charles subdivision is named for J. D. Parker a longtime Monroe fireman. Parker credits his daughter Jacine Parker secretary of Lake Charles engineering with suggesting the honor during planning.
A three car collision at Cypress and Crosley Streets in West Monroe yesterday afternoon caused extensive vehicle damage. James M. Morehead and Dora Z Walton drove, with Walton’s car striking a parked Oldsmobile. Damage estimated well over $100 with no injuries reported.
The House, on Rep. Jamie L. Whitten's motion, refused underground shelter funds and, on Rep. John J. Rhodes's motion, restored money for the Pasadena laboratory. The omnibus appropriations bill totals $632,568,845 for miscellaneous federal agencies, $256,362,572 below the President's request, with NASA funded at $475,800,000 and salaries and expenses at $91,400,000 plus $65,725,000 for construction. NASA would require committee approval for projects over $250,000.
Nehru stated the central government does not plan to remove the Communist regime in Kerala and will avoid the Reds versus opposition clash. He spoke after a three day trip examining the campaign to force resignation and called the movement essentially a people's upsurge. Twelve people were killed by police during two weeks of protests sparked by a state education law.
Washington reports NASA is dropping scale model space capsules from high altitudes at Wallops Island off the Virginia coast as part of preparations for the return of the first men in space. Congress was briefed on the tests and the program’s progress.
Gov Long asserts sanity as he fights hospital confinement in Mandeville. Court hearings in the 19th District focus on whether the certified copy of proceedings is legitimate while witnesses from multiple parishes and state agencies testify on Long’s detention and the custody question.
Rep Wright Patman accuses the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia of not being careful as old currency is burned in a furnace A bank official notes only one old dollar bill escaped the furnace Patman cites auditing reports showing bills regularly stuck in the mechanism and not retrieved
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