Key Proposals Headed for Ballot in State Legislation
A list of proposed acts covers voter qualification changes, parish government reforms, tax exemptions, new judicial districts, and regional infrastructure. Notable items include adding House seats, creating port and waterway authorities, city courts, and tax measures for parishes like St Bernard, Jefferson, and Orleans.
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Lafourche
Terrebonne
St. Tammany
Washington
Supreme Court
Parish of Orleans
Golden Meadow
Ascension
St. Charles
St. James
St. John the Baptist
Francis T. Nicholls State College
Board of Commissioners of
Morgan City Harbor and Terminal
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Pontchartrain Beach
Moisant International
Aflcio
Board of Commissioners
Industrial Canal Bridge and Tunnel Authority
Southern University
State Board of Education
Civil Service
Greater
Krotz Springs
Soviets Call For Removal Of Belgians In Congo Crisis
The Soviet union demands evacuation of Belgian troops from Katanga Province and calls for effective measures to end occupation in the Congo. It asserts UN troops must ensure withdrawal and requests contribution of other nations to implement the decision.
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Katanga
Republic of the Congo
Congo
Security Council
Louisiana Politicians Split on Kennedy Campaign
Louisiana lawmakers and local officials react to the Kennedy for President Committee letter campaign. Passman denounces the Democratic platform, warns of socialism and debt, while others pledge neutrality or reluctant support.
Seeing Stars at UT Austin Observatory
Students on the University of Texas campus see stars through the campus observatory atop the physics building. The air-open observatory holds weekly sessions for classes and research uses the nine-and-one half-inch refractory lens for experiments.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
University of Texas
Southern Elector Actions Signal Possible Session Call
Florida electors are now appointed by the governor with party committee advice and must vote for the nationwide winner. South Carolina Governor Hollings proposes an independent slate for Columbia as the Democratic convention nears, with one set uncommitted and one pledged to the ticket. Alabama Governor Patterson aides foresee no court bid though some Democratic electors threaten revolt. Patterson still hopes multiple states align with Kennedy Johnson and predicts a Democratic landslide.
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Florida
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
Columbia
Hollings
Ment
Alabama
John Patterson
James IE. Folsom
Harry S. Truman
National Party
Patterson
Eastgate Shopping Center Under Construction in Twin Cities
Monroe and Irvin M. Shhlenker of Houston announce Eastgate shopping center project with tenants including Auto-Lec Bond's Butler's and S. H. Kress among others. Ouachita Bank and Esso Service will join the complex as existing structures. A new post office branch rises nearby. some call Eastgate the area's largest project since the West Monroe paper mill of the early 1920s.
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Shainberg Department Store
Wallgreen Drug Store
College
Ouachita National Bank
Esso
Eastgate
Twin City
West Monroe
Nixon Pledges Civil Rights Initiative Role
Former Vice President Richard Nixon promised an active role in civil rights and said sit-in discrimination could take years. He warned the upcoming congressional session could become a donnybrook unless parties act responsibly and urged bipartisan cooperation. He also advised against new Soviet summit talks without solid assurances of benefit and praised his Hawaii visit for uniting the state GOP.
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Nixon
United States
Free Nations
Soviet Union
Hawaii
U.N. Congo Crisis: Security Council Urgently Meet
United Nations officials reported efforts to prevent bloodshed as Jean Bunche advised on Katanga resistance to U.N. troops. Matthias Hammarskjold faced a blockade threat at Elisabethville with airfield defenses and armed opposition. U.N. halted troop deployment pending Security Council action.
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Hammarskjold
U.N. Congo
Katanga
U.N
Elisabethville
Bunche
Security Council
Public Welfare Cuts Target Dependent Children Spending
The state will save about $800 000 this fiscal year by trimming welfare programs. About 90 percent of the 22 650 children removed from parish welfare rolls as of Aug 1 are Negro. Other cuts include denying aid to dependent children 18 or older for high school completion, limiting supplementary payments, tightening initial payments by month, capping foster care caseloads at 3 887 for July, and counting relatives income for dependent children.
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Ters
Barton W. Freeland Sr
Crowley
Nesre
City adopts pay as you overpark plan in Huntlyville
Fine schedule changes for unpaid traffic violations. Violators pay a quarter by mail within 48 hours to police headquarters and the fine drops to one dollar for one week. If still unpaid, warrants are issued and a fourteen dollar combined fine and court costs levy applies.
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Huntylille, Tex
UPD
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House of Representatives
East Baton Rouge
Jefferson
St. Bernard Navigable Waterway
St. Bernard
Plaquemines
Webster
Bossier
Aron
Kennedy
Lasley Downes
Rayville
Edgar Lancaster
Tallulah
Speedy O. Long
Jena
South
Mike John Jr
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Passman
Louisiana
Kennedy For President Committee
Lawrence Gibbs
Bussey Brake
L. D. Napper
Ruston
Robert Lowe
Winnsboro
Bailey Grant
B. S. McRaney
Bert Coverdale
Ilverstein
Leona Covacevish
Leona Gage
Los Angeles
David Ennis
Mary's Flower Shop
Valiant
Olcott Motors, Inc
North 2Nd St
Hatten Motors, Inc
North 2Nd & Pine
Leopoldville
Council
New York
U.N. Force
U.N. Transport
Patrice Lumumba
Axinet
Teswei
Desiard
A Gumeral
Jackson St
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