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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1958
Page
1
Brize Norton England reports a journalist recalls narrowly avoiding death when a planned strato-tanker flight switched at the last minute. He describes the calm takeoff and sudden loss of colleagues on the fatal crash, noting the lack of visible signs until disaster.
Baton Rouge lawmakers withdrew a bill by Rep. Gibbs and Rep. Faulk to buy Cheniere Lake for 200000 as the closing day session saw several special appropriation measures killed. Other money bills were dropped or reduced, including park, carnival, hatchery, fair, and development funds, amid state budget constraints.
John Fox testified that Bernard Goldfine told him he bought a house in Washington for Sherman Adams. Adams denied the claim and said Goldfine had talked big but not facts. Fox also said Goldfine offered a vicuna coat to Joseph McCarthy and sent cash to help Adams' family, while Adams acknowledged a coat but denied helping Goldfine with federal trouble.
Brize Norton England base greets two U S Air Force KC135 tankers after a record fast New York to London run. The first tanker logged 5 hours 22 minutes 29.68 seconds over 3337 miles, beating the 1955 RAF Canberra record. A third tanker crashed at Westover Massachusetts, killing 15. Pentagon data cites New York and London timing.
Baton Rouge man McArthur Brouillette admitted he robbed banks in New Orleans and Baton Rouge saying he did it for his family and never had a chance to take his wife anywhere. He was questioned by investigators as authorities pursued charges.
Miss Alice Fitch and Leslie W Read have been named to the dean's list at Southwestern at Memphis. They will be seniors in September, with Dean's List ranking requiring students to be in the upper ten percent of enrollment.
The Semi Automatic Ground Environment called SAGE formally began operation at McGuire AFB New Jersey with Gen Curtis LeMay stating it marks the largest step in air defense in a decade. The first center protects the heavily populated New York Philadelphia corridor including New Jersey and parts of Connecticut Rhode Island and Delaware.
White House press secretary James Hagerty rejects Fox testimony to the House committee. He accuses Fox of false claims about Sherman Adams and property transfers, urging verification at the Washington deeds office. Eisenhower is said to know of the falsehoods in general.
A. Rogers 68 was sent to a state hospital for a sanity test after he shot State Sen. Paul A. on the night of a South Carolina Democratic primary. Rogers opened fire from Marlboro County office, wounding the senator in multiple locations.
The House Appropriations Committee cut 757 million from the 3.95 billion requested for foreign aid for the coming year. The action, ahead of a separate authorization bill, lowers President Eisenhower’s request by 274.5 million, leaving 3.193 billion in new money for fiscal 1959. Passman praised the approved amount while criticizing waste.
E T Lamkin 64 prominent Monroe attorney died at St Francis Hospital after long illness. Funeral at Grace Episcopal Church with burial in Old City Cemetery. He led the firm McHenry Lamkin Snellings Breard and held military service in World War I. He was a Vanderbilt and LSU Law School graduate and member of Grace Episcopal Phi Delta Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Hutto 56 was released at 8 15 am from Huntsville prison after Gov Price Daniel granted a full pardon leaving him free to return to New Orleans where he spent over 32 years as a furlough fugitive. He carried a knapsack of clothes and hundreds of letters from supporters and said he was happy and blessed by the outcome.
Westover Air Force Base report of a KC135 Jet Tanker crash seconds after takeoff during a transatlantic speed attempt. Fifteen aboard perished including Brig Gen Donald W Saunders and six newsmen. Wreckage scattered, one plane canceled after explosion.
A persistent cool spell remains through tomorrow with cloudy skies. Overnight lows should be 62 to 64 degrees, with tomorrow's highs projected at 86 to 90 degrees. A weather report from Selman Field notes 27 inches of rainfall yesterday.
The Agriculture Department reported farmers received nine percent more money for agricultural products in the first five months of this year, totaling 11.3 billion dollars. Prices averaged eight percent higher than last year with a larger volume of marketings, lifting farm prices to 86 percent of parity.
Sheriff O B Carter reflects on Cameron Parish recovering from Hurricane Audrey. Most survivors, about 98 percent, returned home after initially vowing not to. He notes major rebuilding, with nine of ten structures gutted, and the community finding renewed support from neighbors and aid from across the country.
A car hit a concrete bridge railing on U S Highway 79 near Pine Bluff Arkansas killing Charles A Featherngill 37 his wife Jeanette Featherngill and their 12 year old daughter Bennie Jean. Their 9 year old daughter Linda Lee was seriously injured and 6 year old Samuel Harris escaped unharmed. The family was en route to visit grandparents in Franklin. A passing truck driver picked up Samuel as volunteers searched the wreckage. The injured Linda Lee was taken to a Stuttgart hospital in serious condition.
Ten American engineers were kidnapped by Cuban rebels in Oriente province. Rebels led by Raoul Castro seized the men while they worked on a nickel cobalt mine for Freeport Sulphur Co. The U S State Department and ambassador pressed Cuba to secure release. Freeport Sulphur later said 11 captives included two Canadians.
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