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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
8
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Admiral Ernest J. King, 77, died at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Washington National Cathedral with burial at Annapolis. His wake will be in state at the cathedral after air transport from Portsmouth. President Eisenhower praised his WWII leadership and duty. Marines gave a 17 gun salute as King’s body was moved to a Portsmouth funeral home. King’s son, Lt Cmdr Ernest J. King Jr., was present.
In the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, and two weeks later, he served as chief of naval operations and in the rank of admiral, becoming the first to hold both titles concurrently three months after the attack.
The United States and Great Britain formalized a 5 000 mile Atlantic test range extension permitting broader trials of the Snark and Navaho missiles. Flights from Patrick AFB previously covered about 1 200 miles and reached near 2 000 miles on longer tests. A truck driver named Winston Churchill received a speeding overweight ticket in Brenham Texas.
Mrs Romelle Roosevelt asks for a final decree of divorce in Pasadena. she accuses James Roosevelt of infidelity with twelve women during twelve years of marriage. A Los Angeles filing by his attorney is expected. a prior interlocutory decree was issued in 1955.
Horace Greeley High School seniors agreed to a nonalcoholic rock and roll graduation party after commencement. Seventy graduates kept a bar gain with parents to avoid liquor at after ceremony festivities. The plan faced opposition from the Rev. Kenneth E. Nye who said controlled drinking cannot be accepted.
In St Louis Franklin West, 17, was ordered to write I will never use a Hollywood muffler again 3 000 times after an illegal muffler incident. Magistrate Raymond I Harris first imposed 1 000 writings, then tripled the penalty after discovering inconsistent handwriting on 20 sheets. West said two girls helped initially because they felt sorry for him. Father’s Day origins noted as founded in Spokane in 1910 by Mrs John Bruce Dodd.
Police patrolled Pine Ridge Golf Club grounds after a student gathering described as nonalcoholic ended quietly. Ten officers reported the event concluded without incident.
A captioned scene shows Jane preparing for summer camp with a suitcase, extra clothes, overflow bag, portable radio, and a kerchief. The text describes camp skills like building a fire, cooking, swimming, and games, plus step by step folding and handling of the bag and ticket. Karen Dixon wins $10 for submitting the idea.
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