05 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1959
Page
1
The article discusses space exploration with quotes on humanity’s natural habitat being the cosmos and the idea of building one’s own environment. It references NASA’s immediate man in space program and mentions the project name as well as Mercury agency activities.
The article covers a courtroom scene with Miss Churchill testifying after a claim of harassment and a tense moment over payment of a fine. It then shifts to NASA's selection of 110 air students, narrowing to 12 pilots for the first American space mission, with Dryden outlining training and testing and noting potential Soviet advances.
Khrushchev told a Leipzig trade fair crowd that a separate peace with East Germany is possible if the Western Allies and West Germany reject a joint conference. He toured the fair with East Zone leader Walter Ulbricht and Premier Otto Grotewohl and criticized Western plans in Berlin.
Twin City CHIT CHAT gn Alpha, a national honorary medical fraternity, lists Del mas Jackson Jr of Monroe. Also named from North Louisiana are Kathleen Rives Mansfield and Stanton E Shuler Shreveport, per Dr Maxwell E Lapham Tulane dean. Navy man J A LaCara of Monroe won a foreign sports car while aboard the USS Princeton. he and wife Patsy Ann Boone plan to drive the car home.
The report recalls survivors who were dazed after an electrical storm struck at sea, with Faubis noting he had been told of the perilous weather at the time.
The Broad Section notes roaring noise from wind through trees near a Bayou DeSiard house. A 140 year old oak trunk split, one half leaning toward the bayou, another toward the house. Delhi fire kills four children amid high winds. Thunderstorms forecast for Monroe area with cooler weather tonight and tomorrow. Rain measured at .74 inches. Reports of tornado-like winds in East Texas and north Louisiana continue.
A joint session with the state Board of Education examined months of study on the lunch program. Rep. D Elmore Bene l questioned the committees' purpose. Myrick said parish West Carroll faced a deficit, boosted prices from 10 to 15 cents, and saw a 22 percent drop in participation.
State police list two fatal crashes on U S 80 and U S 165 near Columbia and Calhoun. John Ke Wright Jr 42 of Jackson Miss driving a 1958 Cadillac rear ended a pickup injuring occupants. Verde Finley 44 of Columbia killed when his car hit a truck on Route 4. Viola Butler 36 of Rayville burned in a house fire. Funeral notices for Finley and Thompson noted.
Police inspector and his wife were killed on their doorstep in Constantine. The victims were identified as Mr. and Mrs. Camille Cayol. A rebel gunman carried out the shooting on Wednesday night, according to UPD reports.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a blaze at an eastern city hotel killed four people. Clarence Krapf 63 room clerk said the fire began at the bottom of the elevator shaft and mushroomed through the building as the elevator plunged into the pit. The fifth floor wall collapsed onto the street during the blaze. Firemen and bystanders escaped injury. Hotel owner Samuel Mednitsky ran a residence hotel for the elderly. The dead were Miss Mary Mooney about 60 and Mrs. Howard Deitch in her 40s both permanent residents. Deitch’s husband and another guest John Dougherty were in critical condition.
The Pioneer Army craft traveled about a third of the way to the moon before failing and returning. Earlier Ameri can space traveler reports indicated favorable signs for future manned ventures outside Earth's bounds. Explorer satellites found no major radiation belt above the two. The 13 pound cone passed the moon 37 000 miles to the side at 5 24 p m Wednesday, moving at 4525 mph. Goldstone then received signals after Jodrell Bank tracked from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. The multiple tracking provided.
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