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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1959
Page
3
Mayor W. L. Jack Howard and City Attorney Haynes Harkey Jr. travel to Ft Worth Texas for official city business. They will confer with officials from the Federal Housing Administration. Howard provided few details about the visit.
The Northeast Louisiana State College registrar announced spring honor roll details with 17 perfect A students and 83 total on the list. Key names include Melba Ruth Allen and Cleo Miles Wroten among others, with many entries showing high B plus averages and several at exactly 2.50.
This week s results list winners at Lida Benton and Lexington schools for white children and at Clark s school playground for Negroes. White winners include Rachael Simmons Janis Harrison Joe Southwell Eddie Cullen George Triwell Georgia Tucker Steve White Ruth Watson George Breese. Negro winners include Matthew Williams Henry Keal Annette Addison Linda Caldwell Ruth Ann Edwards Mildred Webster Len Johnson and others from Bernstein Carter Housing. A zetball tournament and baby show are planned at the playgrounds this week. all children are invited.
Milwaukee police arrested 43 year old Frank Revella Monday for selling watermelons at a dollar each outside a supermarket. Officers said he had stolen his stock inside the store.
W A Breedlove says 18 parish employees slated for age retirement have asked to stay on. The Police Jury Association board will review in July. requests come with support from employing councils. Three residents will receive first retirement checks tomorrow: Ocie Towery, Ernest Lee Eldridge, and Marion Jefferson Dison.
The Monroe power plant generated a record 33 700 KW as temperatures rose to 90 degrees in the Twin Cities. Manager French L. Smith cited early high usage due to air conditioning and noted a gas turbine expanded capacity to 44 500 KW. The Monroe Utilities Commission will meet Wednesday at 4 p.m. with routine business on the agenda.
Segregationist John Kasper plans to surrender to federal authorities in Montgomery to serve a second and final one year term for criminal contempt of court tied to disorders at Clinton Tennessee after a 1957 school integration. The Supreme Court declined to review his second conviction. Kasper, 28, leads the Washington Citizens Council and accuses federal courts of dictatorship while defending free speech. He has already served nine months of the sentence.
Monroe police report a 34 year old woman Bernice McGee of 313 Ninth Street charged with aggravated battery and illegal use of a weapon after cutting Oscar Carter also of 313 Ninth Street. Carter treated at Charity Hospital. Police issued 146 tickets mainly for parking violations plus two for reckless driving and one for no driver's license. Four accidents with three minor injuries were investigated.
Seven Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp workers at the West Monroe paper mill have retired or plan to retire before summer’s end. All residents of West Monroe names listed total 206 years of combined service, led by E B All britton and J V Hassion among others.
Mississippi River stations from St Louis to New Orleans show varied 24 hour stage changes with several rises and falls. New Orleans reports modest rise while Red River and Ouachita areas trend downward with noted falls in Natchez and Shreveport.
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