30 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
1
Congo forces under Tshombe launched attacks on villages near Kongolo as the United Nations contemplates actions. Tshombe pledged to use two Congo battalions and two commando companies in operations against rebels, signaling a tense security situation in the Katanga region.
Frost and cold continue across Florida and the Southeast with warnings of a nippy New Year weekend for Orange Bowl events. In the Congo, Katanga’s leaders face U.N. troop integration and Kitona pact implications as Tshombe bids for home rule while Adoula seeks central unity. The U.N. and U.S. officials push for a peaceful settlement and Congo constitution changes.
In Albany New York the Third Department unanimously sustained a $1 584 Workmen's Compensation Board award to Margot McDonough who contracted mumps in 1986 while teaching first grade at Whitney Point Central School District Broome County She developed encephalitis and was out nine months The court called the case novel and precedent free stating the epidemic created an accidental injury through exposure to an unusual amount of germs during a defined period.
The Tennessee Walking horse White Star from Garmer Stables near Bastrop died Thursday at age 20 after a 24 hour illness. Dr Lenard, the veterinarian, cited volvulus as the cause. White Star, born in Prescott Arkansas, won the 1954 Worlds Grand Champion Walking Horse in Shelbyville Tennessee and was the first mare owned west of the Mississippi to earn the title.
Four nation alert sent Friday to people in contact with Ismet Khan a 24 year old smallpox patient Khan traveled from Karachi to London via Paris on Christmas Day He was at Dartford isolation center very ill and under observation Vaccination urged for Tehran Rome and Paris route contacts including airport staff and passengers Police traced 26 of about 30 contacts in London with three still sought Also Sukarno sends Kennedy speedy recovery wishes to President Kennedy's father Joseph P Kennedy II
Thousands of Europeans in Oran and Algiers clash after De Gaulle's year end speech. Gunfire and grenades erupt as protesters reject plans for independence while the French army begins lifting forces from Algeria. Nationalists in Tunis welcome the shift as a possible peaceful settlement.
Former General warns that U S policy has weakened sovereignty and urges public officials and armed services to reevaluate the oath to the Constitution over U N internationalism. He cites censorship, the Peace Corps, and a looming Iron Curtain near the Rio Grande, urging reliance on religion and constitutional rights.
In a landmark decision, Judge Jones freezes reparative action, ruling the NAACP operated illegally in Alabama without proper registration and fomented public harm. The order cites overwhelming testimony and halts ongoing activities while noting prior temporary restraints since 1956.
The winner will go to Dallas for a Cotton Bowl presentation and then to New York for wardrobe fittings ahead of a six month international tour. Finalists included Ann Adams of Marks Mississippi Sandra Scarbrough of Meadville Mississippi Susan Kathryn Gould of Baton Rouge Louisiana and Betty Lou Mc Haffie. Maplewood Louisiana firearms. Walker noted that in every nation seized by communists personal firearms were first registered then confiscated by the government.
Former Adams County Sheriff Robert M. Roberts, 40, was sentenced to two concurrent five to six year terms in state prison for burglary and conspiracy. The case ties to a larger Denver police burglary investigation that led to suspensions and charges against 42 officers. Roberts allegedly led a gang of burglars targeting supermarkets north of Denver while sheriff. His wife Mickey wept as the sentences were read. Six related indictments remain on file.
In Ward 10 E Montgomery noted water backed up into houses. Huckaby urged $2000 for drainage in Ward 10 and a plan to shore up Lakeshore underpass and drainage structures. Ward 7 criticizes homes on slabs. proposal for subsurface drainage and Bayou DeSiard discharge discussed.
Acting Secretary-General U Thant named eight U N undersecretaries to form a principal advisory group guiding executive operations. The board includes three new appointees and five current undersecretaries from eight regions, reflecting a troika idea for balanced influence among blocs.
Relatives in the boat with a Monterey youth swam to shore but found no trace of the boy. They walked to another camp as police described 15 feet deep water and a 200 yard wide area where the drowning occurred. Police received the alarm around 5 30 a m and dispatched a rescue unit. The body was recovered about 9 a m Friday.
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