May flee Algiers as military junta seizes control
In Algiers a guerrilla colonels' junta ousted Ahmed Ben Bella's Political Bureau, forcing plans to flee the capital. Reports tied Ben Bella and followers to Oran or Tlemcen, while Zone 4 troops blocked broadcasts and accused the bureau of anarchy. Ben Khedda remained distant in the upheaval.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Wilaya (Zone) No. 4
Ben Khedda
Mohammed Boudiaf
Zone 4
Senate Approves Nearly 6 Billion for Farm Programs
The Senate voted to spend about 6 billion dollars on the nation’s farm programs for the new fiscal year. The bill backs a 25 million research push to cut surpluses via new uses and markets for farm goods, including cotton textiles and preserved foods. Differences with the House will go to conference.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
House
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Russell
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Harrelson Youth Dies Of Burns After Fuel Accident
A 1 year old West Monroe boy, Vance Sherman Harrelson Jr., died after burns from flaming kerosene fumes swept over him while pumping fuel into tanks at Luffey's Grocery on DeSiard Street. He lived with his parents Vance S. Harrelson Sr and Mrs Harrelson, and leaves a brother Glen. Funeral services were at First Baptist Church West Monroe with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Monroe. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named from the family and local football team.
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Vance Sherman Harrelson Jr
West Monroe
Luffey's
DeSiarda
North Louisiana OA and Gas Company
First Baptist Church
Columbia
Don Harrell
Buck Fox
Cedric Ward
Jimmy Vanzile
Ricky Fields
Woodbert Cannon
West Monroe High
Absentee Ballots Cast Reported in Ouachita Parish
Deputy clerk Harold L. Gill reported 61 absentee ballots cast Saturday morning before the noon deadline, bringing Ouachita Parish absentee totals to 99 when offices closed Friday afternoon. The first penny total stood at 27 percent.
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Ouachita Parish
Prt
Harold L. Gill
Persema
Going away gathering for Mrs. Fred Page at Boyd home
Friends gathered at 108 Wilmuth St to bid Mrs. Fred Page farewell with coffee and tea. The Page couple have lived at 606 Victoria St for two years while Fred worked for a local real estate firm. Seventeen friends stopped by between 3 and 5 pm to offer sympathy and good wishes. Continued on Page Three A.
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Fred Page
Victoria St
Harry Boyd
Richard Tyler
Boyd
Wilmuth St
Page
Charlotte
Massive Polio Campaign Set For Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish Medical Society and Monroe Jaycees launch a county wide drive to vaccinate about 300000 people with Sabin oral polio vaccine. Clinics will run noon to 6 pm Sunday September 30 in area public schools for the first of three doses. Dr Roy A Kelly heads the drive with Joseph A Maggio Jr as Jaycee coordinator.
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Ouachita Parish
John P. Burton
The
Medical Society
Ed Routt
Monroe Jaycee
Adminster
Roy A. Kelly
Joseph A. Maggio Jr
Maggio
Kelly
Red Soldier Breaks Through Berlin Wall To Freedom
East German soldier bolts the Berlin wall at Kiefholz Street in Neukoelln and escapes through barbed wire as comrades fire. It is the first successful crossing since August 14, amid earlier river and border clashes. police report 41 known deaths across the wall since 1961, a figure believed understated.
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Berlin
UPI
Berlin Wall
Kiefholz ‘Street
Neukoelln
West Berlin
Peter Fechter
The
Spree
East Berlin
One Dead and Three Injured in Twin City Crashes
A fatal crash on U.S. Highway 80 near the Ouachita Morehouse line claimed R. W. Ensminger Jr. aged 35 of Monroe. Separate rain related crashes in West Monroe injured James White 16 and Tommy White 14, both of Monroe, and Mrs. George T. McLeland of West Monroe. James White faced charges of reckless driving and property damage after losing control and hitting a utility pole. the younger James suffered serious chest injuries. Mrs. McLeland was shaken and taken to St. Francis Hospital. the other driver was C H Nolan of El Dorado.
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Twin Cities
U.S. Highway 80
Ouachita-Morehouse Parish
R. W. Ensminger Jr
Spencer
Monroe
Rainslick
West Monroe
James White
Auburn St
Tommy White
George T. McLeland
Route 1
North Seventh Street
McLeland
White
MacLeland
St. Francis Hospital
Thomas Road
Cypress Street
C H. Nolan
el Dorado
Byrd Leads Crowd In Banned Prayer In Virginia
Senatorship figure Harry F Byrd faced a controversial moment as he mounted a flat bed truck in an apple orchard rally in Berryville Virginia. He urged attendees to repeat a prayer and warned of actions against his supporters. The incident marked a charged scene amid political tension and questions about church state boundaries.
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Berryville, Va
UPI
Harry F Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Rains End Dry Spell In Texas
A drought-breaking cold front moved across the midcontinent with Torrential rains in Austin Texas ending a 55 day moisture absence. One to two inches fell in northern Michigan and showers spread from lower Michigan to the Texas coast while other regions saw cooler weather with 60s to 80s and pockets of 90s and 100s in the Southwest and California.
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Austin
Tex
Lower
Michigan
Texas
Midwest
Dakotas
Gulf
California
Senator Soaper Sees Mix of Styles in Truman Chairs
A decorator declares it is perfectly fine to blend styles in early Truman chairs. The brand new refrigerator fills quickly while the new wallet lags. The Weather Bureau reportedly errs on comfort measurements amid unclear regional data.
Soviet Union detonates two nuclear blasts in Arctic and Siberia
AEC reports two Soviet atmospheric tests on Saturday. One Arctic blast in Novaya Zemlya had several megatons of TNT, while the central Siberia test at Sermipalatinsk yielded a low output under 20,000 tons. Both detonations marked the sixth and seventh in the current series, with Uppsala estimating a 16 megaton event.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
Novaya Zemlya
Arctic
Sermipalatinsk
Siberia
AEC
Uppsala University Seismological Institution
Sweden
Uppsala
Rain forecast and cool day with a front moving south
A cool day is ahead with a possible rain chance if the forecast holds. Highs and lows are not specified, while a small amount of rain was recorded earlier. Heavy rain was reported Saturday at Winnfield and Winnsboro as a cold front moved south, with additional rainfall in Mississippi.
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Montoyens
Mercury
Winnfield
Winnsboro
Ers
Mississippi
U.S. Probes Havana Shelling by Cuban Exile Group
U S authorities blamed a Cuban exile student group for a night shelling of Havana and ordered seizure of two private boats after more than 60 shots hit Miramar. Justice and State Departments opened probes under the Neutrality Act while denying U S involvement. Fidel Castro blamed U S and mercenary agents. exiles say Russians are on Cuban soil.
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Cuba
Havana
Miramar
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
Washington
United States
Lie Allan
State Department
Coast Guard
Justice Department
Florida
Robert J. McCloskey
Miami
Youth Vanishes As Cruise Ship Spans Channel
A 15 year old boy disappeared after the SS Catalina crossed the Catalina Channel from Avalon to San Pedro. The Coast Guard, a cutter, a plane and a helicopter searched Los Angeles Harbor while small boats combed the water. His parents say he is a strong swimmer and last carried a box with his swimsuit. his body has not been found. He is 5 foot 9, 165 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.
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Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Los Angeles Harbor
Donald Vincent Heller
Catalina
Avalon
San Pedro
Coast Guard
Charles Heller
Downey
Donald
Chuckle: Quiet People Speak Less But Quiet Moments Speak More
A light column notes that silent individuals may listen more and observe keenly, while the piece hints that quiet moments reveal truth beyond words, offering a playful reminder to value stillness in daily life.
Comet Involved Accident Near Solar System Revealed
Pasadena observers report a major solar system event as photographs show a newly found comet near the sun being lashed by solar wind. Dr Jesse L Greenstein notes radiation effects observable at this distance. The Humason comet, 24 million miles from the sun, will approach Earth at 134 million miles on August 2 and reach its sun closest point around 200 million miles on December 16. The orbit is egg shaped, last near 2,900 years ago, with a nine million mile tail spanning 20 times the full moon, visible only with binoculars. Comets are loose dust and frozen gas, not solid bodies.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jesse L. Greenstein
Mt. Wilson
Palomar
Mib ‘Ton L. Humason
Mars
Jupiter
Launch Pushed 1 Day For Mariner 2 Venus Flyby
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP technical problems forced a 24 hour postponement of the Sunday launch attempt of the Mariner 2 spacecraft toward Venus The NASA spokesman said the issue was not serious and would require a few hours to correct The countdown had a brief window after midnight for the launch while earlier officials had said if all went well Mariner 2 would pass within 10 000 miles of Venus and then enter an orbit around the sun The mission aims to use instruments to study Venus through high frequency radio signals transmitted back to earth
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mariner 2
Earth
Proxmire Triggers Tax Fight Over Investment Credit
Senator William Proxmire launches a sharp floor attack on President Kennedy's tax revision bill, labeling the $1 billion investment credit a tax gimmick and subsidy. The dispute signals a prolonged debate as Byrd to offer an amendment to strike the provision, with Mansfield expecting at least a week of discussion on the bill's key feature.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wid
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Provision Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
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Weather Bureau
Miles
Morro Castle
Capitol
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