06 Mar 1962
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1962
Page
1
Fragmented listing seeks assistance for living close by and assistance needs with contact at FA 0184. The ad hints at successful life prospects and sales, with partial references to capable help and assistance.
Storm causes congestion on key routes as drivers face penalties for nonessential trips and street blockages. Train and bus service suffers with Long Island Rail Road delays, ferries halted, and a tree blocking Pennsylvania lines. Buses run hours late from Washington to Pittsburgh and all Washington to Richmond services canceled.
President Kennedy will host a news conference at 3 30 p m EST Wednesday. The White House said no network had requested live television coverage yet.
Editors introduce the second in a series of eight great decisions by the Foreign Policy Association to spark public debate on world problems. The topic is Red China, third greatest power, by Charles R. Smith, Tokyo UPI. Red China rift with Soviet Russia and
President Kennedy states the United States will back its Geneva representatives and seeks real progress toward disarmament. He rejects engaging in propaganda with Khrushchev and urges close personal support for ongoing discussions led by Rusk, Gromyko, Home, and other ministers.
A mystery murder case unfolds as details surface about a teacher Kreitmeyer found dead with a .22 bullet, amid personal ties to Marilyn Fair and Miss Hite. The article also surveys Sino Soviet split impacts on Red China, its leaders, and plans, plus weather and fruit crop outlooks in Louisiana parishes.
Chief Tusquahoma Chapter DAR of West Monroe announces a regular monthly meeting at Ouachita Parish Library on Thursday at 7 30 p m with Mrs J B Landreauux state librarian and Mrs Herman M McGuire chapter regent among attendees. A Summer Theatre Workshop will run June to August at Northeast Louisiana State College featuring member produced plays including Anniversary Waltz The Clown and His Circus and Inherit the Wind.
The report covers John Glenn's Pacific mission landing with retro rockets and bright reentry glare. NASA cut the film to 32 minutes to save weight and showed it without a soundtrack to Congress staff and lawmakers. Glenn remains calm throughout, and the film ends with him departing in a helicopter at sunset. In Mount Vernon a theft of a lawnmower is noted after a light snow.
NASA officials say the next group of astronauts will likely resemble the current seven, possibly adding civilian test pilots and a scientist, though there is no indication of coeducation and male qualifications remain emphasized for lunar astronauts. Administrator James E Webb expects a recruiting announcement in about three weeks.
A B38 jet bomber crashed and exploded during a night training flight at Carswell AFB Fort Worth. three crewmen Capt Robert Eugene Harter 34 Capt D W Jones 29 and Lt James T McKenzie 28 were killed. The incident followed cheers for earlier cross country speed records by another B3s of the 43rd Bomb Wing. The aircraft struck after veering on takeoff, no weapons aboard. Witness Leonard Sanders described a bright flash and smoke plume.
The airlines challenge the claim that over-capacity and jet purchases caused current troubles. They cite slower traffic growth from 1957 to 1960, zero growth in 1961, and need to buy jets years ahead, with some executives noting higher operating costs and interest on new planes.
President Kennedy may spend the weekend in the Miami area to attend a fund raising dinner for Florida Democrats at Miami Beach Saturday night. The event honors Sen. George A. Smathers and others as aviation industry costs and jet age growth are discussed.
The Viet Cong assault on a South Vietnamese post Sunday night involved about 1,000 attackers. 79 guards held overnight. 15 killed and 10 missing next day as the post was burned. Air force dropped 540 paratroops. 86 Viet Cong killed, many wounded or captured. US helicopters aided pursuit. no decisive victory yet. military observers see this contact as favorable to the government.
West Monroe's Glenwood Hospital board of commissioners will meet at 5 p.m. today in city hall to review bids on group two equipment. Special consultant Jesse Blankston of Baton Rouge will submit his report. Group three equipment will be bid next, with contracts not expected to be awarded until days after the meeting.
Finance Commissioner H W McSherry announced a nine hole golf course for Negroes at Selman Field will be ready by June 1. The city builds on 10 acres along Milhaven Road with sodding complete by then. Fees and a future pro shop are being considered, location described as ideal.
Powers told investigators he could have reached destruct switches that could have detonated an explosive in the plane but could not eject at the moment of the doomed flight. He testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee at 2 p.m., the first public appearance since his exchange and return. The CIA concluded scientific analysis supports his account of the high altitude explosion and descent.
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