Davis Denies Y Prejudice In School Fight
Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis defended segregation policies in a statewide broadcast. He asserted spending on Negro education has grown far more than for whites, and argued the Constitution allows the state to address internal problems while preserving open schools. The remarks came as a federal court challenged segregation laws, with Davis promising alternatives if needed. Continued on Page Eleven-A.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana
Davis
Embassies in Ecuador Stoned Over Border Dispute
UPI reports student mobs stoned the U S and Peruvian embassies in Quito as army troops were deployed to guard the sites. The protests supported Ecuador in a boundary dispute after Ecuador’s unilateral abrogation of a 1952 pact Peru, and four guarantor nations including Argentina Brazil and Chile ruled Ecuador acted legally. President Velasco Ibarra urged police to restore order and safeguard diplomacy amid clashes.
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Quito
Ecuador
UPI
United States
Peruvian
Peru
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Polienet Ee
Cuban workers march on palace to protest communists
About a thousand Cuban electrical workers, shouting anti government slogans, marched to the presidential palace in Havana seeking a word with President Dorticos. Another thousand stood guard at union headquarters to deter government seizure as anti government leaders faced purge efforts. The protest ended peacefully with talks planned as dissidents attend a Castro controlled federation meeting.
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Havana
UPI
Russia
Fidel Castro
Osvaldo Dorticos
Dorticos
Workers’ Confederation
Confederation
Castro
Rented Rooms Forgery Case Ties to Downtown Hotel
Monroe police report mounting bad check charges against Leonard Carey alias Paul Knoll a 42 year old man who rented 10 rooms for a supposed crew at a downtown hotel and kept cash from a fraudulent check. Police say Carey forged checks on Foley Construction and two banks. Officials worry bad check activity will rise with holidays and urge strict identification of check cashers. A woman named Frances Young was returned to face theft by check charges.
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Monroe
James C. Kelly Jr
Leonard Paul Carey
Paul Knoll
Austin
Minnesota
Frank Kirby
Sheriff's Department
Frances Young
Ramblin Flower Group Plans Fall Camellia Meeting
Camellia Society president Robert W. Cretney announces a fall board meeting next Saturday at 8 p.m. in which a state society symposium will expand local interest. Northeast Louisiana flower lovers are invited to attend an open meeting to build an active club, with Ramblin mentioning a model car show.
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Robert W. Cretney
Camellia Society
Northeast
Louisiana
Cretney
Hoffa Ordered to Appear in Florida Court on Fraud Charges
Chicago based UPI reports Teamsters President James R. Hoffa was ordered to appear in Orlando federal court on December 16 to answer a 12 count indictment charging him and two associates with diverting more than $500,000 in union funds to promote Sun Valley a weed grown tract near Cape Canaveral. Hoffa posted $10,000 bond and left for Washington after waiving a removal hearing.
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Chicago
UPI
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Florida
Hoffa
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Federal District Court of
Orlando
Fla
Washington
Teamsters Union
Sun Valley
Cape Canaveral Missile Test Center
Dag Orders Congo Fight On Reprisals
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold ordered Ethiopian units of the U N Congo force to resist any violence by pro Lumumba followers in Stanleyville where thousands fled to a confiscated schoolhouse. The U N warned Lumumba supporters that attempts to seize protection would trigger a response while Security Council deliberations stressed Lumumba’s removal under constitutional procedures and the risks to state security.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Dag Hammarskpold
U.N. Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
U.N
Oriental
Lumumba
Joseph D. Mobutu
Security Council
U.S
James J. Wadsworth
Hammarskjold
Lumum
Clearing Skies Bring Relief to Area Highways
Partial clear weather eased accident fears in northeast Louisiana after a rainy two days that yielded seven highway crashes including one fatality and eight injuries. The Ouachita River rose toward flood stage, forecast to crest at 28 to 30 feet by Monday, with Monroe expected to rise only three to four feet locally. Today will be cloudy and cool with a 52 high and 40 low.
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Louisiana
Ouachita
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Monroe
Ellis May Get Kennedy Post In Kennedy Administration Rumor
New Orleans attorney Ellis B. Ellis, who led Kennedy's Louisiana campaign, said Friday night that associates close to the president elect indicate he may take a top post. Ellis added no decision has been made and he plans to confer with Kennedy in Washington next week.
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New Orleans
Frank B. Ellis
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Ellis
Louisiana
Presia Elect
Washington
White boycotters shrink attendances at New Orleans schools
Eight white children and one Negro girl attended William Frantz School under deputy marshal protection as boycott pressure reduces white enrollment. At McDonogh No. 19 the day started quiet, while pickets shift to persuasion. Mary Sand of Save Our Schools notes intensified threats to senders, with two more fathers warned to quit sending children to school. Marion McKinley, a student at a Baptist seminary, remains amid the tension.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
U.S
Mary Sand
Sand
Save Our Schools
McDonogh No. 19
Mercury
Marion McKinley
The
Baptist Seminary
Thompson Dies Of Heart Attack In Cody Wyoming
Sen elect Keith Thomson of Wyoming died of a heart attack at age 41 in Cody. The U S House member had just won the November 8 election to succeed retiring Sen Joseph O Mahoney and was completing his third term in the House when he collapsed at a friend’s home after reporting illness at his ranch.
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Cody
Wyo
UPI
Keith Thomson
Thomson
House of Representatives
Wyoming
Raymond B. Whitaker
Joseph O'Mahoney
Christmas Goodfellows Drive Seeks Help For Needy Families
A Monroe family appeals for aid as Goodfellows Fight the Christmas shortage. With two unemployed parents and two weeks to go, organizers estimate $285 daily for 14 days to hit a $5,000 goal. Donations of food clothing or toys can be dropped at the Monroe Community Center or Salvation Army. money should go to the News-Star-World for publication.
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Goodfellows
Santa Claus
Ouachita Parish
Hesketh
Monroe Community Center
Catalpa St
Salvation Army
News-Star—World
Texas Leads In Fatalities With Seven
A statewide blizzard caused at least seven deaths in Texas and heavy damage across the Southwest. Snow isolated El Paso and other towns, with 12 total deaths across Texas New Mexico and Indiana attributed to the storm. The weather disrupted travel crops power and communications while a Canadian freighter Starbelle sought Coast Guard escort near Sault Ste. Marie amid six to ten foot waves.
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Sun City
el Paso Tex
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Southwest
Middle West
Indiana
Lake Superior
Starbelle
Coast Guard
Safe Habor
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Los Angeles
New York City
California
New York
Laramie
Wyo
Humorous Take on Women’s Equal Rights Sparked by Spouse
A husband vented after a domestic dispute declaring that if women gain equal rights, it would be a comedown for them. The remark adds a sharp, tongue in cheek note about gender equality in a public humor column.
GAO Halts Funds Over Secrecy in Foreign Aid
The GAO cut off funds for a State Department unit after the department refused to provide Congress with information alleging malfeasance by foreign aid personnel in South America. Reports on aid programs in Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia were blocked as executive privilege.
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Washington
White House
Hardy
Subcommittee
Virginia
Department
Inspector General
GAO
Congress
Executive Branch
Laos Premier and ministers flee to Cambodia
Neutralist Laos Premier Souvanna Phouma and his family with six ministers fled Vientiane at night aboard Air Laos planes as Pathet Lao and right wing forces gathered to attack the capital. Refugees expected as clashes loomed near a city bridge.
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Pnom Penh
Cambodia
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Souvanna
Air Laos
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