Spaceflight victory parallels Lindbergh flight in history
The Monroe News Star honors Air Force Major Gordon Cooper for Faith 7 completing 22 earth orbits totaling about 600 000 miles in 34 hours 20 minutes and notes NASA's praise as a step toward moon missions. The piece recalls Lindbergh’s 1927 transatlantic flight and contrasts orbital costs with early aircraft safety milestones.
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Free World
Air Force
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Pacific
Earth
D. Brainard Holmes
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Moon
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Atlantic
New York
Paris
Byrnes Suggests Butter Barter Plan For Debt
Wisconsin Representative Byrnes proposes a novel debt view by counting Treasury cash as offset to reduce the national debt from 303.5 billion to 299.4 billion, arguing a debt ceiling breach persists due to past spending while noting the plan relies on nonpayment of funds and butter or grain payoffs. He warns against misleadingly masking debt and urges spending restraint to align with revenue.
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Byrnes
Job Supply And Demand Data Highlight April Highs
Labor Department data show April employment and industrial output at new highs while unemployment remains steady. Unemployment fell 400000 to 4.1 million, but seasonally adjusted joblessness rose to 5.7 percent due to more job seekers. The piece cites broader causes including automation, training mismatches, and shifting industries. It quotes Edward T. Chase on youth unemployment and vocational training, noting local Louisiana trends and national debate on growth versus actual job openings and skills.
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Labor Department
Louisiana
Chase
Question of Precedent Arises In Latest Troop Alerts
Editorial questions whether federal troop mobilization around Birmingham signals a new precedent allowing the president to use military force to coerce state and local governments. It cites Kennedy remarks on Section 333 and argues no statutes were broken, challenging constitutional limits and federalism.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States
Kennedy
Alabama
Little Rock
Ark
Oxford
Miss
Congress
25 Years Ago Top News From May 20 1938 News Star
The issue recalls West Monroe mayor Harry M. Williams Jr. winning 1426 to 852, Monroe budget cuts of 48000, and Robert Wunsch becoming president of Blackwell College. It also covers federal intervention in Birmingham and President Kennedy's orders for 3000 troops amid riot unrest.
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The
News-Star
West Monroe
Harry M. Williams Jr
B. A. Gentry
Monroe
Robert Wunsch
Blackoo College
North Carolna
Republican Trend Continues Across Nation In May
A wave of GOP victories from January to May signals a broad Republican surge. Baltimore ousted Democrat mayor Philip Goodman for Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin amid a national pattern with wins in Connecticut towns and Mississippi and Georgia state seats.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
McKeldin
Philip Goodman
Goodman
Hyman Pressman
High Point
N. C
Luther Hodges
Secretary of Commerce
Connecticut
Granby
Bethany
Groton
Avon
Simsbury
Trumbull
Farmington
Naugatuck
Enfield
Don Clausen
Congress
California
Clem Miller
GOP
Georgia
Senate
Mississippi
Meridian
Mack” MacAllister
House of Representatives
Rubell Phillips
Parkinsons disease overview and treatment prospects
Vigorous research brings new hope for parkinson ism victims with three forms described. Describes post encephalitis, vascular degeneration, and idiopathic onset in ages 50 to 60. Notes tremor relief from targeted brain area destruction, possible toxin roles, heredity, and importance of early care, diet, therapy, and drugs.
Eisenhower Memoir Sparks Critique of Trusted Writer
A columnist argues Emmet Hughes’s portrayal of Eisenhower in The Ordeal of Power is biased by false friendship. He criticizes Hughes for moralizing Ike’s presidency and suggests Ike’s gentleness and trust enabled such criticism.
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Eisenhower
Lillian Rogers Parks
White House
Ike
Emmet John Hughes
Robert Welch
Dixon
Herblock
The
United States
Emmet Hughes
Dulles
Khrushchev
Fdr
Jfk
East Europe
East Berlin
Hughes
Nixon
Causes and challenges of hot sweaty hands
A reader 24 reports constant hot sweaty hands even at rest. Medical note cites circulatory disturbances like erythromelalgia as related causes and notes four major conditions are hard to treat, with many sufferers learning to live with the discomfort.
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L. S
Condi
Uncle’s 30 Mile Ride Ends in Sudden Death
A healthy 24 year old bicyclist rode 30 miles against a wind. Two days later he died suddenly. Doctors suspect a heart attack or a ruptured brain vessel as possible causes of death.
Chromosome variant discussed in baby cases
Mrs F M asks about a baby born with an extra chromosome and is told there is no need for concern if the child is otherwise normal. G P explains that emotionally disturbed is not a polite term for insane and that distress can arise under adverse situations.
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F. M
G. P
Todays Health Hint Tourniquet Use Caution
A health tip warns that a tourniquet used incorrectly can be dangerous. The note emphasizes proper technique to avoid injury and potential complications.
Bible Digest Reflections on Faith and Healing
A compact devotional note cites Jesus healing a nobleman’s son from John 4 50 51 and asserts there are no hard cases with Christ. It emphasizes belief in divine possibilities and concludes with a faith-filled affirmation.
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Jesus
Christ
Monroe News-Star Publisher and Staff List Fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows Monroe News-Star staff roles and affiliations including publisher editor and AP notes. It lists individuals such as John Wing and Richard Hale, plus board chairs and executives, with references to Associated Press usage and local office details.
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John ‘Beeatee
Pobleker Tone
Jonn Wing
aDdlis Wilson Ewing
Richard Hale
Monroe
Mews-Star—World Publishing Corporation
Olive and
Northourth St
Robert Ewine
William H. ‘Onson
Jack&. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
T . Ker
Jack Gates
Walter B. Hatten
Associa‘ Press
He Associated Press
Ion
Crad
Branhem
Branha Company
National 84 Vertising
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
Balin
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By David Lawrence
Union
Oral
New York Herald Tribune Inc
Marshall
U.S. Department of Justice
Albania
Wasuine
Capitol Hill
Chicago Tribune
Fulton Lewis, JR
Welch
By Holmes Alexander
China
Korea
Berlin
Truman
Cuba
Taft
Dewey
McCarthy
Warren
Bible Digest
H. B. Dean
Monroe News-Star
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