Voters Decide On Wide Range Of Local And State Races
Voters in Ouachita Parish face a broad ballot including U S Senate Fifth District Congress, Public Service Commissioner, and multiple parish ward races. statewide contests feature Morrison Rarick Willis LeBlanc Boggs Hebert and Waggoner as pivotal congressional battles unfold amid education and judge elections across districts.
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Ouachita Parish
U. S
State Board of Education
Troyce Guice
Ferriday
J. B. DeBlieux
Baton Rouge
Allen J. Ellender
Houma
Otto E. Passman
Monroe
Louis L. LaDart
West Feliciana
St. Helena Parishes
Supreme Court
North
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Jimmy Davis
John J. MccKeithen
McKeithen
John S. Hunt II
Earl
Huey Long
PSC
Hunt
John B. McKinley
MecKeithen
John S. Garrett
Haynesville
Pavey Branton
Shongaloo
Meiiborn Jack
Shreveport
Pollock
Perry
Buster) Coleman
William L. Crowe
Hewitt Johnson
George Fink
Billye L. Adams
Crowe
W. M. Harper
Quachita Parish
Mary Burt Coverdale
Odis Russell
W. A. Randall
West Monroe
Richland
Catahoula Parishes
Pete O. Holcomb
Charles W. Tower
Holcomb
Roy C. Brooks
Morris C. Griggs
J. D. Purvis
Fred Riser Sr
Jerry Lee Ford
Chester Holloway
Joe B. Zuber
Purvis
W. C. Oglesbee
G. D
Don) Glasscock
Hickman L. Bamburg
M. H. Head
Dwight Owens
Parish
B. A. Tarver Sr
Orville Renfrow
Leon Shamlin
James H. Morrison
John R. Rarick
Morrison
KKK
John Jumonville
Plaquemine
James Edwards
Mounts Hermon
Leslie Matheson
Port Allen
Edwin F. Willis
Willis
House Committee On UN
Speedy O. Long
LaSalle Parish
Larry Parker
Pineville
F. Edward Hebert
Alec L. Norris
New Orleans
Hale Boggs
House
Joe D. Waggoner Jr
Plain Dealing
Waggoner
Boggs
Robert H. Curry
L. O. Aulds
C. K. Carter Jr
Harvey Peltier
Thibodaux
John McKeithen
Shreiff Eddie J. Ste. Marie
Charles A. Badeaux
Gordon E. Causey
Hammond
Frederick S. Ellis
Covington
Robert Ellis
1St Circuit Court of Appeals
Mack E. Barham
Hillyer S. Parker
Jesse S. Heard
Atty
Albin Lassiter
John McCormack
Ward 8
J. A. Rutledge
Enoch T. Nix
Third Public Service Commission
Ruby Appeals New Trial Over Kennedy Slaying Conviction
Jack Ruby’s counsel urged the Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, saying Ruby has not had the remotest semblance of a fair trial in the Kennedy assassination case.
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Washington
Jack Ruby
Supreme Court
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Ruby
Three London police shot dead in Chicago style fray
Three London policemen were fatally shot in an unarmed patrol ambush in West London near a residential area. Witnesses described gunmen in another car opening fire as the detectives tried to question suspects. The massacre sparked a major police manhunt and reignited debates over armed policing in Britain.
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London
Chicago
Sidney Street
East End
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Monroe-Ouachita RPC to review Downtown Plan at 7:30 pm
The Monroe-Ouachita Regional Planning Commission meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Planning Commission Office. Arch Winter will present a Downtown Plan status report. Nearby, Joe Cook celebrates his 12th birthday with a Boy Scout themed cake at 2814 Pardgood Blvd. he belongs to Scout Troop 32 and attends Lee Junior High School.
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Monroe-Ouachita
Joe Cook
M. J
Mel) Cook
Pargood Blvd
Young Cook
Joe
Scout Troop 32
Lee Junior High School
Jes
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World at a Glance and Global Standoff Trends
The briefing notes report a Senate omnibus housing bill for riot-torn areas, CIA inquiry over home searches, Nigeria’s fragile unity, a socialite’s daughter challenging historical romance claims, conservative groups pushing influence, North Korea seeking independence from China’s line, federal judges protecting observer access, West Monroe Dixie Youth reaching state finals, and Billy Casper shooting 68 to lead the Thunderbird Classic.
Showers Bring Cool Weather Over Twin Cities
Frigid showers linger as the Twin Cities record a high of 86 and a low of 72. Selman Field reports .09 inches of rain this month totaling .83 inches. A forecast calls for cloudy skies with widely scattered showers and thundershowers today and Sunday, southerly winds 8 to 16 mph, and highs of 88 to 92 with lows of 72 to 78.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Indonesians To Join Malaysians In Fight Against Communism
Indonesia says it is ready to join Malaysia in fighting Communism and to support readmission to the United Nations. Malik announced the soon resumption of diplomatic relations as the two nations celebrate a peace pact ending the Confrontation and pledging a bright future.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Adam Malik
United Nations
Security Council
Malik
Sukarno
Moscow
Peking
Communist Party
Suharto
Jakarta
Abdul Razak
Abdul Rahman
Federation of Malaya
Borneo
Singapore
Razak
Indonesia-Malaysia
Acid Attack in Chicago Civil Rights March Sparks Injuries
In Chicago's Southwest Side a crowd of whites burned and hurled acid at a Black driver named Eugene Worden during tense demonstrations for open occupancy housing. Worden suffered burns to the upper chest arms and ankle and was hospitalized at St George's Hospital.
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Chicago
API
Bogan
79Th Street
Pulaski Road
Eugene Worden
St. George’s Hospital
Tornado Sweeps South Caddo Parish Causing Wide Damage
A Friday afternoon tornado swept across south Caddo Parish hitting homes trees and power lines with four dips. No injuries were reported. The storm touched down near Wallace Lake Mayo Road Lucien Airfield Forbing and the Norton estate at Ellerbe and Flournoy Lucas Roads. A mile wide swath of shattered trees followed as Jim Stanford and his daughter Debra watched the tunnel to the southwest about 3 15 p m before seeking shelter.
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Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Wallace Lake
Mayo Road
Lucien Airfield
Forbing
Ellerbe Road
Richard Norton
Ellerbe
Flournoy Lucas
Norton
Flournoy Lucas Road
Terrace
Jim Standford
Debra
South Broadmoor
Stanford
Standford
Three Die In Head-On Crash In Catahoula Parish
Three men were killed in a head-on collision on La. Hwy. 124 about three miles north of Jonesville. The deceased are Thomas N. Drewett 45 of Jena Jerry Mc Laurin 28 of Jonesville and Harry McLaurin 20 of Collins Mississippi. Funeral plans are announced for Jerry Mc Laurin with services at Station Creek Baptist Church near Collins and burial at the church cemetery.
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Jonesville
Here
Catahoula
Thomas N. Drewett
Jena
Jerry Thomas McLaurin
Harry McLaurin
Collins
Miss
Drewett
Jerry McLaurin
Station Creek Baptist Church
Church
Young
Kathryn Wilford
Hattiesburg
Ann Wheat
Juanese Lisenbee
Crestview
Fla
Thomas Drewett
Kinner - Stevens
Prison Riot Breaks Out at Walpole Prison
Between 50 and 100 prisoners rioted Friday night at the Massachusetts State Prison in Walpole taking over the prison hospital area. Six guards were stabbed but escaped and were hospitalized with no serious injuries. State police riot squad arrived and the riot was reported under control an hour after it began. The Walpole facility opened in 1953 southwest of Boston en route to Providence.
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Walpole
Mass
Massachusetts
Boston
Providence
R.I
House Panel OKs Back To Work Bill On Struck Airlines
The House Commerce Committee approved a back to work measure by a 17 to 13 vote to force 35 400 striking aircraft mechanics to return to work on five airlines for up to 180 days. The bill mirrors a Senate plan and could reach the House floor by Thursday. The administration avoids endorsing or condemning the plan.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Harley 0. Staggers
D-W.va
Staggers
Johnson
Senate
House
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Scotland Yard
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Jes’ Ramblin
Hans V. Tofte
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Nigeria
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Communist Bloc
West Monroe Dixie
St. Bernard
Billy Casper
Page Jia
U.N
Catahoula Parish
McLaurin
Struck Airlines
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