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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1960
Page
2
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The Senate approved a bill to raise expense funds to 230 dollars a month by a 21 to 18 vote and sent it back to the House. Senators debated independence and economy as supporters cited need while opponents urged restraint and framed the raise as a test of public trust.
The Ouachita Parish sheriff's department returned Elgin Claude Morgan of Minden to Monroe to face a forgery charge. Morgan was arrested by Minden authorities for Monroe and charged with forging a $52 check on the Sterlington Oil Company. His bond is set at $750.
Dewey Washington 21 of 725 Coleman West Monroe has been charged with theft of a radio by West Monroe police. Richard J. Redmond 37 of Highway 80 west West Monroe was arrested last night for driving while under the influence and resisting arrest.
Rockefeller pressed the conference by presenting a bill of particulars aimed at the administration’s defense program during today’s adjournment of the annual meeting. He asserted the plan needed action and sparked controversy with his remarks as the session continued.
Storms lash Boone Iowa with hail up to three inches and winds to 80 mph. In Quincy Illinois, falling trees and power outages affect a city of 42 000 as rains flood streets and a landslide closes Highway 96 near Nauvoo. Edna Gouse dies when her Quincy apartment building collapses.
Recess, supported by Lyndon B. Johnson and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, would pause Congress until August 8 after the Democratic conventions. Johnson plans a Senate resolution urging a Friday or Saturday recess and return after the conventions. Both parties expect the move to spark pre election political debate despite some Democrats backing the plan.
Bastrop resident Charles Edward Bostick, 23, died from electrocution yesterday while polishing his car in the backyard. He was found on wet ground with an extension cord connected to a buffer. Assistant Coroner J A Michaud ruled accidental electrocution. He is survived by his wife. funeral arrangements by Blackwell Golden Funeral Home Bastrop.
An ASC official notes rain has helped corn while cotton suffers little damage and is late, pasture and hay crops hurt by dry weather especially in Florida parishes. No major cattle starvation reported though some supplemental feeding needed after a harsh winter and spring drought.
Chicago based Trane Co announces a 120040 square foot addition to its Clarksville Tennessee plant to be completed by February 1961 at a cost of 1.2 million dollars. The plant manufactures small air conditioners.
Amid tension in northeast Louisiana, senators split on a transfer vote as several members switched late. Davis for Wildlife Headquarters in New Orleans backed the amendment while several Monroe area lawmakers shifted positions. fields urged a seven member oversight panel, Triche and Lebreton opposed. Three northeast representatives did not vote and delay prospects of House support lingered.
Congressional negotiations trim a broad defense package including the B70 jet system and Bomarc missile. House cuts total funding by over a billion, Senate restores some, yielding a net near one half reduction from the administration ask as lawmakers await detailed filing. Major items scale back include carrier funding and Bomarc bases while preserving some modernization and tank program money.
Bennie Washington, a 28 year old resident of Monroe, was turned back toward Baton Rouge today to face a theft by check charge. Sheriff Bailey Grant said the man was taken into custody late last night by the Ouachita parish sheriff department for East Baton Rouge parish. Washington is charged with theft of $125. Deputies from East Baton Rouge parish were en route to Monroe early today to pick up Washington.
Timothy Wheat of Monroe, aged about 41, was sentenced by Judge Jesse Heard to four concurrent one year terms for issuing worthless checks totaling $25. He had pleaded guilty to the four counts. Separate terms of six months in Quachita parish jail were imposed on two theft counts to run concurrently with the felony terms. Other defendants faced fines for DUI, unlicensed operation, no license, and disturbing the peace.
The government in Katmandu reports about 15 Nepalese patrolmen were killed by Chinese Communist forces near Mustang valley on the Nepal Tibet border. Twelve Nepalese were reportedly captured and taken into Communist controlled Tibet, with Beijing’s firing described as unprovoked. Home Minister Upadhyayaya filed a protest in Parliament as Prime Minister Koirala seeks to avoid broader China India dispute.
Douglas Ambridge, president of Abitibi Power and Paper Co in Toronto, told Kiwanis International members in Miami Beach that teaching children good manners will do more than anything else to keep North America quiet peaceful and friendly.
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