08 Sep 1960
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1960
Page
1
The hurricane Donna continues on a westerly path toward the Florida straits between Cuba and Key West. Early advance winds push the storm toward the region as meteorologists monitor its course.
The article criticizes U.N. operations in the Kasai conflict in Congo, citing a massacre of over 60 civilians by government troops and alleged U.N. inaction. It argues for a broader mandate granting police powers and notes the death toll around 300 with hundreds wounded. The piece also discusses hurricane Donna affecting Cuba and the Bahamas with extensive rain and wind but limited injuries.
Robert Kennedy says his brother will answer religion issues on a televised panel in Tennessee on September 21 during a campaign swing in the South. Kennedy criticizes civil rights clash as not defining the election while Georgia Governor Vandiver attends as a guest and endorses the Democratic nominees.
Pope John XXIII greeted several thousand attendees at Castel Gandolfo in a general audience. Among the crowd were numerous Olympic athletes and the heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson, who had been competing at the Games.
President Eisenhower condemned Soviet involvement in the Congo as aggravating bloodshed and urged collective UN action. Officials say Soviet personnel may pilot planes to Lumumba's regime, though no solid evidence exists. The U.S. will pursue UN-led solutions and has not plans to deploy American troops. The Congo struggle between Lumumba and Kasavubu shapes future policy.
James Devall Nelson of Rodessa Louisiana father of Mrs. A C Warner of Monroe died early Thursday after a long illness in a local sanitarium He was 74 Funeral services will be at Hamner Funeral Home Vivian Methodist Church with Rev Henry Pickett officiating Interment in Vivian cemetery He was a native of Point Coupee Parish and retired from Magnolia Pipe Line Company He is survived by his widow Mrs Mary Biles Nelson a son James D Jr of Andrews Texas a daughter Mrs Warner of Monroe and two sisters Mrs Homer Wright of Auburn Alabama and Mrs Jess Johnson of Baton Rouge
Lumumba accuses Bomboko and Kasavubu of collaborating with Belgium as the Congo faces a political showdown with the United Nations. He denounces U.N. neutrality and vows to push a new African type constitution while claiming the army and police refuse Kasavubu’s orders.
Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Thursday for Guyton Palmer Huey 26 son of Mr and Mrs E Huey 1910 Island Drive He died Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Park Cemetery burial followed in Memorial Park Cemetery Survivors include his parents two brothers and his grandmother Pallbearers listed Huey served three years in the Army as a paratrooper and attended Webb School Sewanee and Northeast Louisiana State College
The Long service at the First Baptist Church followed his death at 8 30 p m and drew many state leaders including Sen B B Rayburn Rep Ashton Collier Sen B R Patton Rep Paul Foshee Rep Alvin Dyson Rep W K Brown former Rep Willard Rambo and other officials. More than 22 000 Louisianians and visitors viewed the casket at the Capitol Memorial Hall.
In Hollywood the Beatnik Cafe violence left two men dead and several patrons traumatized. Owner Robert E. Terrell, 28, was booked on suspicion of murder after a gunfight erupted when three men wrestled for a pistol. Police say Terrell acted after previous trouble with the cafe’s rival patron.
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