20 Nov 1959
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1959
Page
1
In a photo caption a father who fixes typewriters stands with his holding triplets Sister St. Irma on the left and nurse Catherine Finnesseyrn. The AP wirephoto accompanies the casually staged family moment.
Pittsburgh AP reports hopes for a settlement in the nationwide steel dispute dimmer as the United Steelworkers spurned the latest proposal from the basic steel industry. R Conrad Cooper, chief indus
The article outlines FDA tolerance rules for food crop sprays like Aminatriazole after a cranberry residue crisis. It notes lengthy testings, manufacturer responsibility, and farmer adherence. It also covers USW wage talks, with a new offer rejected by the union as “same old” industry packaging and a 30 cent hourly impact over three years.
Ronald Gorsky, 16, was preparing to go hunting when his 12 gauge shotgun discharged by accident. Mabel Gorsky, 45, died moments later from a full charge to the neck in Cedar Grove West Virginia, police reported.
Sheriff Bailey Grant leads Youth Committee honors Don Gill A C Adams Jr and Gene Ridings. Seventeen cub scouts and their den mothers toured the parish courthouse with Frank Kirby guiding the group through the criminal division.
Sallie Fowler 87 of Route 2 West Monroe died at home after a long illness. Funeral 3 p m Sunday at Pleasant Hill Congregational Church with Rev. Paul Durdin and Rev. Leon Sims officiating. Interment Walnut Grove Cemetery Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. She survived by three sons James Russell Fowler of San Fernando Calif A H and Talton Fowler of Chicago two daughters Mrs James H Young and Mrs Edna Griggs both of West Monroe one brother H H George West Monroe two half brothers J J George West Monroe Ernest George Chicago and a half sister Mrs C D McDaniels Baton Rouge.
The National Maritime Union representing about 35 000 seamen on the East and Gulf coasts demanded a 10 percent across the board wage increase. The union presented the demand to representatives of the American Merchant Marine Institute, which bargains for 36 passenger and cargo companies. Shipowners said they expected only a 3 percent rise.
The Hataburdas and agent Di Renzo dispute publicizing a cache of alleged Renaissance masterpieces authenticated by Amadore Porcella. Professors and art authorities caution on proof, while owners weigh exhibit versus sale and vow vault protection without joint consent.
Air Force jet from Grand Forks Base made an emergency landing on a gravel road near Forest River. Pilot Duane Oswald was unhurt. driver William Krause sustained a cut from shattered glass after the jet struck his car. Krause steered into a ditch as the plane passed.
Heavy rain spared the crop rich Everglades south of Miami, averting a total disaster in Dade County, the nation’s 12th largest vegetable producer. Individual losses will be sizable for 18 000 to 20 000 acres of winter beans tomatoes squash and other crops now in the ground due to moisture filled northeast winds and a stalled cold front.
Four NAACP leaders from north Louisiana filed depositions for federal court actions involving the Louisiana NAACP. The testimonies were given in a closed Circuit Court of Appeals session with state and local NAACP officials represented by A P Tureaud and Jesse N Stone Jr. The suits challenge a 1956 action by former Attorney General Fred LeBlanc and the state’s membership‑list law used to bar a Shreveport convention. Judgement hinges on trials starting next Friday in New Orleans.
The report says a distributor admitted payments to disc jockeys while denying involvement of Dick Clark. An aide from a House subcommittee stated Clark was questioned about payola after investigators also probed him on other issues. The inquiry followed ABC requiring Clark to divest music interests beyond his teen programs.
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