Who's Governor of Louisiana in a Power Struggle
Baton Rouge officials tangled over succession as Gov Earl Long faced court-ordered treatment in a mental hospital. Lt. Gov Lether Frazar sought legal advice to act, while Secretary of State Wade Martin Jr. insisted Long remains governor. Legal wrangling and hospital confinement fueled a volatile fight over who could assume authority. Budget and policy implications loomed as authorities debated certification of Long's incapacity and reported psychiatric evaluations.
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Louisiana
Earl Long
Lether Frazar
Wade Martin Jr
Long
Frazar
Martin
Mandeville
Huey P. Long
Lotg
New Orleans
Texas
Galveston
Frazer
McNeese State College
Ear K. Long
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
Chuckle Prejudice Teaches Quick Opinion Forming
A note argues that prejudice helps save time by forming opinions without needing facts, presenting a provocative view on judgment shortcuts.
Debt Ceiling Up For Sixth Time In Ike's Regime
Washington AP reports the House passed a debt ceiling increase for the sixth time since 1953, setting a temporary peacetime ceiling of 295 billion dollars. The vote was 255 to 117 as lawmakers warned Treasury borrowing must rise to meet obligations, with both parties criticizing spending amid a red budget.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Treasury
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Automobile Tragedy Ends Wedding Plans
SPARTA N J AP lawlea Nash 19 lawlen Nash 20 dies in head on crash on Rt 15 while returning from wedding shopping. Her mother Rita Nash injured after car driven by Pierce B Ryan 38 Wharton veered across double line. both cars collide. Lawlea dies, Rita severely injured, Ryan lightly hurt. Nationwide police report details.
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Newton Memorial Hospital
Awlea
Queen Elizabeth II Tour Grinds On In Canada Visit
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip continue a six week Canadian tour, working long hours as they inspect logging and paper making operations in Labrador and visit an iron mine. Crowds line the routes, flags fly, and loggers gather for a glimpse of the royal car amid a rugged frontier landscape.
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Elizabeth II
Canada
Prince Philip
Labrador
Gander
Bowater
Elizabeth
Newfoundland
Balancing Balding Head Helps FBI Catch Wanted Man
A reader identified a balding head in a newspaper photo leading to the arrest of Walter Bernard O'Donnell, 57, once posing as a U S postal inspector. He surrendered in a Norfolk hotel corridor after four days on the run, facing multiple charges across several states and the District of Columbia.
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FBI
Walter Bernard O'Donnell
O'Donnell
U.S
Alcoholics Anonymous
Pennsylvania
Michigan
California
Ohio
Florida
Ilinois
New York
District of Columbia
Motorcyclist Killed Near Daytona City Limits
A head on collision between a motorcycle and a car just north of Dayton city limits Friday night killed the rider Charles Dale Weaver 22 of near suburban Clayton. The accident occurred when the motorcycle collided with the car on a rural road near Dayton. Investigators described the crash as fatal with Weaver pronounced dead at the scene.
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Ohio
Daytona
Charles Dale Weaver
iClayton
Frondizi Survives Big Crisis in Argentina
Argentine President Arturo Frondizi remains in office after a crisis triggered by military plotters. Army leaders expressed confidence in his war ministry, while two alleged plot leaders Rear Adm. Arturo Rial and retired Lt. Gen. Arturo Ossorio Arana agreed to detention on sedition charges. Security efforts continue to locate them as tensions linger over Peronist influence and labor unrest.
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Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
Frondizi
Adm
Arturo Rial
Juan Peron
Arturo Ossorio Arana
Rial
Ossorio Arana
Peron
Peronistas
Ike's Trick Knee Fails To End Golf
President Eisenhower plays a seventh round of golf in 11 days at Gettysburg Country Club despite a troublesome trick knee and windy conditions. His partners were George Allen and Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Nevins as they planned another 18 holes the next morning.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Gettysburg Country Club
West Point
Lis
George Allen
Arthur S. Nevins
Actress Ethel Barrymore To Rest Beside Brothers
HOLLYWOOD AP The body of Ethel Barrymore will lie in a crypt beside her actor brothers John and Lionel in Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum Los Angeles. She died of a heart ailment Thursday at age nearly 80 and a Rosary service is planned for Sunday evening with a Requiem Mass set for Monday morning at the Church of the Good Shepherd Beverly Hills.
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Ethel Barrymore
John
Lionel
Calvary Cemetery
Los Angeles
Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly, Hills
Commerce Department Faces Cuts After Strauss Vote
The 49-46 Senate rejection of Strauss as secretary of commerce set the stage for personnel cuts. About 51 of 300 workers were warned their jobs could be abolished by June 30 after House action trimmed 440000 dollars from Eisenhower's request. Johnson's pivotal role in the vote sparked debate over political leverage and spending priorities.
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Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
Commerce Department
Strauss
Eisenhower
Lutherans Oppose Women Church Suffrage at Synod
At the Missouri Synod 44th convention in San Francisco a doctrinal committee urged that women should not vote in church matters. The report cites 1 Corinthians and Timothy to support keeping male voters in control and calls for congregations to revert to male voting and restore traditional roles for women in church leadership.
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Missouri Synod
Synod
St. Paul, Minn
Walter W. Stuenkel
Milwaukee
Corinthians and
Timothy
Big Four Parley Goes Into Recess At Geneva
Geneva AP Western ministers recessed the Big Four talks until July 13 amid deadlock over Berlin. Khrushchev's push for a summit and Soviet concessions were seen as tactics to force concessions. Eisenhower and Macmillan split over whether to push for a summit, while Herter Lloyd and Couve de Murville held firm on not yielding Berlin. A three week recess was agreed after a brief morning session.
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Christian Herter
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
Livingston Merchant
Center
Llewellyn Thompson
Russia
Berlin
Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gromyko
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
Kennedy Refutes Goldwater Pressure on Labor Probe
Washington AP Kennedy rejects Goldwater’s charge that he would use staff diversions to block a Senate labor and business influence inquiry. Kennedy says staff cannot start before Goldwater and Church report next week and stresses agreed procedures. The four Republican and four Democratic panel members may face future friction as the probe nears.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Len Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldwater
Kennedy
Senate Labor Management Committee
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Abductor Escapes On Foot in Atlanta Case
Mrs. R E Carroll of Hapeville chased down a would be kidnapper, ramming her car into his to rescue her 7 year old daughter Sally. The 17 year old Raymond A McMahon of Chicago fled on foot. he was identified by papers in his wallet and was pursued by bloodhounds but not found. Sally required 17 stitches for a forehead cut.
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Hapeville
R. E. Carroll
Sally
Raymond A. McMahon
Chicago
Georgia State Patrol
Susie
Heifetz Appointed Professor at UCLA in California
Jascha Heifetz has been named professor of music and artist in residence at UCLA. Regents of the University of California announced the appointment on Friday. He will conduct a master violin class for eight to ten carefully selected students.
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Lake Arrowhead
Calif
Jascha Heifetz
UCLA
Regents of the
University of California
Friday
Bergen Says He Planned To Return To Wife
CINCINNATI AP William Bergen testified he intended to go back to his estranged wife Louise if she would have him though he lived with Edythe Klumpp as a couple. The state accuses Klumpp of murdering Louise Bergen after a disputed divorce. Bergen's cross examination covered his claim that he offered a wedding ring and that they posed as married. The defense contends the wife was killed accidentally during a struggle over a pistol.
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William
Bergen
Edythe Klumpp
Kettering Laboratory
Hopkins
Mrs. Bergen
Mrs. Klumpp
Parkinson
Klumpp
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