U N Push For Katanga Victory In Congo Crisis
United Nations troops push to quell Katanga as government forces clash with Katangans. A US State Department spokesman says President Kennedy told Tshombe the United States is exploring a Tshombe Adoula meeting and will communicate further soon. President Kennedy replies to Tshombe’s message about negotiating various aspects.
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US State Department
Kennedy
Tshombe
United States
Saya
Congo
Adoula
United Nations
Katanga
U.S State Department
Washington
Tshomhe
Mir Tshomhe
Elisabethville
Fightudt
Kivu
Leopoldville
Edmund A Gullion
U.S
U.N
Thant
Beig
Tshombe Kennedy
United Nations Wi
Bus Driver Charged In Fatal Crash
The report details a fatal bus crash involving a Union Pacific Streamliner near Denver. It describes passenger fatalities, survivor accounts, weathered bus windows, and reaction from officials and the public. It also includes unrelated international notes about Congo tensions and UN actions.
Third Parish Joins Bus Case Over Segregation Signs
A state court injunction on November 13 halted segregated sign designations for intrastate bus passengers and led to the signs being removed. The panel includes Fifth Circuit Judges John R. Brown, John Minor Wisdom, and Ben C. Dawkins Jr. The hearing is set for January 3 at 9:30 a.m. in the federal courtroom at Alexandria.
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Fifth Circuit
John R. Brown
Houston
John Minor Wisdom
New Orleans
Dister
Ben C. Dawkins Jr
Shreveport
Alexandria
Family Seeks Aid for Food Clothes and Shelter
A West Monroe mother and others write for help citing low income alimony wages, welfare checks, and scarce funds. Requests include groceries coats clothing and general shelter for a family with eight-year-old twins and a blind disabled husband, plus heart trouble and hospital stay notes.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Two Virginians Indicted for Conspiracy to Misuse Navy Data
A federal grand jury indicted two Virginia men on charges of conspiring to misuse national defense information from the Navy Department. The scheme aimed to help one man assist firms in bidding on procurement contracts.
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Washington
UPI
Virginia
National Defense
Navy Department
Legislative Audit Group Proposed in State Budget Talks
Monroe reports Sen. Jae mar Adcock welcomes Davis plan to have James S. Reily keep books with Tugwell and Theriot, hoping the governor pursues economy. Rep. Lancaster and Sen. Long express cautious optimism about state finances and tax policy while Rep. Peck calls for commission ideas in the next session.
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Monroe
Jaemar Adcock
Davis
James S. Reily
A. P. Tugwell
Roy Theriot
W. S. Peck Jr
Sicily Island
Little Hoover Commission
Communists Defeated In Vote 48 to 36
United States and Soviet Union clashed over seating Chinese Communists at the assembly. The two thirds voting rule passed as a precaution, though neither side achieved a simple majority this year, ensuring the Chinese Communists remain unseated for now.
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United States
Soviet Union
Water deaths claim two area men in separate incidents
In Alexandria area, two men died in water. One man, 24, of Delhi drowned in the Mississippi River near Vidalia after stepping from a barge. he wore a life jacket but currents swept him under. Funeral arrangements are by Gay's Funeral Home Delhi with burial in Delhi Masonic Cemetery. Survivors include his parents and siblings.
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Seapenter
Calvin
Harvey B. Gorum
Depe Cemetery
Pve
Domesne Edward Carpenter
Louis Daleees
Nell’ Carpenter
Polly Anne Carpenter
Canoe Brothers
Alan Carpenter
Leon Carpenter
Bob Carpenter
W. E . Calop Carpenter
Clifford Carpenter
Ruth Lowe
Ruby Carter
Earline Martin
Helen Reed
Castle
Delhi
Mississi
Missisippi
Vidalia
Natchez Island
Louisiana
Island Trading Co
Concordia Sheriff's Department
Personel
Sheriff's Department
Comer Funeral Home
Gay's Funeral Home
Jack Barnes
Delhi Masonic Cemetery
Gays Funeral Home of
J. E. Hobby
Monroe
Louise Rushing
Ronald Whitehead
West Monroe
Johnny Castle
J. H. Lynch
Charles McKnight
James Foster
Herschel Henson
Floyd Hendrix
Jack Haynon
Red Netherland
Earl Henson
Albert Russell
Christmas card tips and school vacation notice
Hathorn urges use of air mail for Christmas cards and to include return addresses. Ouachita Parish students begin Christmas vacation at noon Thursday December 21, with classes resuming Tuesday January 2 per Superintendent W W Ward.
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Hathorn
Ouachita Parish
W.W. Ward
Sewer cave-ins reported in Monroe repairs underway
Nine sewer cave-ins occurred in Monroe on Friday per Finance Commissioner H. W. McSherry. He said the cave-ins are not major with the deepest at eight and a half feet. City crews are repairing damages using a new joint pipe to reduce future break downs.
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Monroe
H. W. McSherry
McSherry
Damage Still Not Known In DeSiard Blaze
Firefighters battled a Thursday night blaze at Discount Hardware Store 504 De Siard. The second floor hall endured smoke and water damage while an upstairs area used for storage suffered fire. Building owner listed as Bynum Estate. occupant Julius Haddad said upstairs stored goods. Fire units 1 and 110, truck 1 assisted by Monroe firemen.
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Discount Hardware Store
DeSiard
Monroe
Julius Haddad
Bynum
Accident victim recovering here in hospital
Max Hamilton of El Cajon California, 51, remains in serious condition at St. Francis Hospital after a three car crash on Highway 8 shore. Doctors say he is recovering from severe facial lacerations and loss of blood and is out of danger though hospitalization duration is unclear. Ina Hamilton, 50, his wife, was shaken but unharmed and is with Louisiana state police following the incident.
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Max Hamilton
el Cajon Calif
St. Francis Hospital
Highway 8
Hamilton
Ina Hamilton
Louisiana
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