Judges urged to favor state in St Helena school case
Louisiana AG Jack Gremillion urged three federal judges to back the state as St Helena Parish voters chose to close public schools rather than desegregate. The case, heard by Judge John Minor Wisdom and District Judges Herbert Christenberry and J. Shelley Wright, pauses for briefs.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
John Minor Wisdom
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Herbert Christenberry
J. Shelley Wright
St. Helena Parish
Wright
St. Helena
A. P. Tureaud Sr
New Oreans
Jack Greenberg
NAACP
New York
U.S
Italian crews fire Jupiter missile for NATO test at Cape Canaveral
Italian personnel with NATO involvement launched a 59 foot Jupiter intermediate range missile from Cape Canaveral. The air force said the shot was successful as the missile traveled about 1500 miles into the Atlantic with a bright flaming tail visible for minutes. Earlier the Mace engine test with an inertial guidance system marked another operational demonstration.
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Cape Canaveral
U. S. Air Force
NATO
Air Force
Atlantic
United States
Jupiter
Aerobrigade
Armed Agents Raid Estate Seize Marine Deserter Leader
In Louisville a force of more than 106 police and FBI agents with an armored car raided the estate of John R. Harrell. They seized Harrell, 16 followers, and a Marine deserter he sheltered. No shots were fired during the pre dawn operation. Dion Davis, 16, was identified as the deserter.
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Louisville
FBI
John R. Harrell
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Harrell
Marine Corps
Dion Davis
Senate votes record peacetime defense budget expansion
The Senate approved a $46.5 billion peacetime defense budget by an 85 to 0 vote, about $4 billion above the House total and $1 billion more than Kennedy requested. The package funds additional bombers including a $525 million push for B52 production and adds $228 million for B70 bomber development, with increases for National Guard and reserve expansion.
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House
Kennedy
West Berlin
Senate
U. S
Robert 5. McNamara
Ramblin Jes’ M8 Attends Camp Chaffee Review
Milton William Hardy of Tulsa and his parents plan to attend a luncheon and troops review at Camp Chaffee Ft Smith Arkansas with the base commander and Governor Faubus. The first two weeks of summer camp are named in honor of Col Rex Boland M D, grandfather of Mr William Hardy.
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Milton William Hardy
Milton Welch Hardy
Tulsa
Okla
Arkansas
Orville Faubus
Camp Chaffee
Ft. Smith
Ark
Rex Boland
William Hardy
Red Cross Safety Awards Honor Local Young Swimmers
Five hundred Ouachita parish youngsters earned beginners swimming certificates through the American Red Cross water safety program. Malcolm Harper, water safety chairman, led the program at the Swayze Natatorium with volunteers Roy Aston Judy Schalle Penny Dean Robert Lewis and Barry Johnson assisting.
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Ouachita Parish
American Red Cross
Malcolm Harper
Swayze Natatorium
Roy Aston
Judy Schalle
Penny Dean
Robert Lewis
Barry Johnson
Hijacking Suspect Father Son Face Court Action In El Paso
Federal prosecutors moved to bring Leon Bearden 38 and his son Cody 16 into court on hijacking charges tied to a Los Angeles to Houston flight en route to Cuba The FBI said Bearden who reportedly refused to be American wanted to take his family to Cuba A special grand jury was ordered to consider indictments as authorities described the case and the weapon seizure at the scene
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EL Paso
Tex
Continental Airlines
Cuba
U.S
R. E. Thomason
Leon Bearden
Cody
Bearden
Coolidge
Ariz
Freedom Riders Arrested in Shreveport at Bus Depot
Six African Americans were arrested at a Shreveport bus depot after attempting to use a white waiting room. The four would-be travelers and two drivers were charged with disturbing the peace and scheduled for arraignment in Caddo Parish district court.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Jackson
Miss
Caddo Parish
Freedom Forum Hosts Films On Communist Plots
Hundreds of West Monrovians attended the citys first Freedom Forum on Friday night. Three films were shown including Operation Abolition about the May 1960 San Francisco student riots and Communist Encirclement detailing Moscow plans. Howard Bennett of Harding College spoke on the films significance.
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Ception
Berlins
Germany
Howard Bennett
National Education
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Moscow
Lour
Ben
Hope Mounts for Peaceful Berlin Negotiations
U S officials noted a milder Soviet note on Berlin and a shift toward negotiation. Washington kept trade with the Soviet bloc open for now, saying economic retaliation would not help world peace, while warning of possible reconsideration if the Soviet stance hardens. The 15 page Moscow missive, discussed in Washington and Paris, reiterates Khrushchev’s aim for a separate East German peace and claims to end Western occupation rights in West Berlin.
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Washington
U. S
Berlin
Moscow
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
Paris
Dean Rusk
Khrushchev
Eest Germany
West Berlin
Rusk
LaSalle banker T S Butler dies at 67 in Jena
Thamas Sim Butler 67 longtime LaSalle State Bank president died at his Jena home after weeks of illness. Funeral services set for Saturday at Nolley Memorial Church with Rev. Taylor and Rev. Sewell officiating. Burial Nolley Memorial Cemetery under Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home. Butler was a civic leader, bank president since 1940, former LaSalle Telephone vice president, Nolley Methodist Official Board member, Mason and WWI veteran.
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Thamas Sim Butler
LaSalle State Bank of
Jena
Tullos
West Monroe
Nolley Memorial Methodst
A. G. Taylor
John Sewell
Nolley Memorial Cemetery
Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home
Butler
Summerville
LaSalle Parish
LaSalle State Bank
LaSalle Telephone Company
Nolley Methodist Church
Space Agency Seeks Improved Heat Shield Materials
Dr Leonard Roberts of the Langley Research Center says the U S space agency plans better materials for heat shields using charcoal like action to protect crew during re entry. He notes Mercury capsules use a fiberglass shield that chars to reflect heat, with an impregnated resinous nylon like binder for insulation.
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Blacksburg
Space Agency
Leonard Roberts
Langley ‘Va
Roverts
United States
Senator Sooner Says on Names and Society
The column riffs on renaming Third Avenue to Avenue of the Promenades if approved, notes a shortage of baseball players for major league teams, questions beauty pageants longevity, laments atom age control, mentions a House vote over a Congressmen auto flag, and jokes about billboard criticism and a shaving cream company ending roadside jingles.
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Enouzth
Kennedy seeks life prison for airline hijacking in new law push
Washington reports the Kennedy administration asks Congress to make hijacking punishable by life in prison, equal to piracy, with FAA director Halaby outlining federal agency cooperation. The move follows a recent El Paso hijacking and aims to empower the President, FBI, Border Patrol, and other agencies.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Najeeb J. Halaby
Federal Aviation Agency
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
FBI
Border Patrol
FAA
Fl Paso
Tex
Halaby
Leon Bearden
Cody
el Paso
John
Weather Outlook for Twin Cities Partly Cloudy and Warm
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with scattered thundershowers. Highs near 86 to 92 degrees and overnight lows in the upper 70s. Yesterday peaked at 92 with a 73 low.
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Twin Cities
Boy Survives Coral Snake Bite After Quick Actions
Paul David Spurlock of Downsville, 14, was bitten on the left hand by a coral snake while butterbean picking. He killed the snake with a stick, was taken to Farmerville then Monroe hospital, and later smiled and felt fine with no headache. Authorities note the snake is highly venomous.
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Paul David Spurlock
Downsville
James P. Spurlock
Spurlock
Paul
Seven Million Bond Plan Proposed for Ouachita Schools
Ouachita Parish School Board may consider a $7 million bond issue at its next meeting. President Charles G. Wall Jr says the plan is a committee recommendation after surveys and a Department of Education check. Proposed projects include new elementary and junior high on Nutland Road, renovations, new schools in the Riser Subdivision West Monroe, expanded West Monroe and Ouachita Parish High Schools, and enlargement of Drew and Claiborne Schools plus a track.
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Sam Hanna
Ouachita Parish
Charles G. Wall Jr
Wall
Nutland Road
Riser
West Monroe
Quachita Parish
Drew School
Arkansas Road
Claiborne School
Two-Year-Old Dies In Winnsboro Weed Harvester Mishap
In Winnsboro, two year old Jimmy Gwin died instantly when he fell under the blade of a bush hog pulled by a tractor that had been started earlier by playmates. The incident happened at the Lone Cedar Road home of his grandparents as grandchildren played nearby.
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Winnsboro
Jimmy Gwin
Chester Gwin
Jimmy
John D. Gwin Sr
Lone Cedar Road
Gwin
Carolyn
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Grambling
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Congress On Racial Equality
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Southern Christian Leadership Council
Dennis
Freedom Forum
International Red Conspiracy
LaSalle Banker
Senator Sooner
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Avenue of the Promenades
Wall Street
Martin Gilbert
Alstyne, Noel & Co
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