Plot To Kill De Gaulle Is Broken Up
Paris authorities say they broke up a plan to shoot President Charles de Gaulle using a high powered rifle with a telescope sight. At least five people were detained or questioned, including navy captain Robert Poinard and his wife, army Capt. Jacquot, with two other officers. The plot involved the assault near the historic Ecole Militaire as de Gaulle visited the site in an armored car.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
L'Ecole Mistaire
Napoleon
Interior Ministry
Robert Poinard
Navy
Army
Jacquot
Maulbon d’Arbaumont
Rousselot de Lisiac
Ministry
Poinard
Europe
Probe Planned By Committee On Subversion
A House subcommittee will begin a Monday inquiry into Communist subversion in Latin America. U S officials and OAS secretary general Jose A Mora backed Kennedy’s push on Red efforts to overturn regimes. Hearings will hear from two key U S officials and a Cuban exile leader.
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House
Latin America
United States
U.S
The
Organization of American States
Jose A. Mora
Kennedy
Red
National Security Council
Europe
Rep
Armistead Selden
D-Ata
House Inter- American Affairs
Cuba Detains Nine Skin Divers as Exit Permits Halted
In Havana nine shipwrecked American divers were held as suspected U.S. spies. Cuba suspended exit permits for Cuban-Americans and dependents with American citizenship. Some 500 had already left recently. The move followed the seizure of the shipwrecked Americans on Cuba s Camaguey coast.
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UPI
Cuba
U.S
Camaguey
Epidemic Flu Deaths Reported Across East and Midwest
Federal health officials reported a sharp rise in influenza and pneumonia deaths reaching epidemic levels in cities such as Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville. The CDC said deaths were 29 percent above expectations across 108 cities with 705 total deaths and outbreaks in 13 states plus the District of Columbia.
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Midwest
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Michigan
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New York
Ohio
Massachusetts
Valentines brighten West Monroe Boys Club event
The West Monroe Boys Club enjoyed a Valentine Day with the Twin City Study Club and president Mrs. R P McKay delivering cookies and valentine cards to all. Club Director Kenneth Taylor reportedly praised the treats and gesture.
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West Monroe
Monroe Kiwanis visitors foster good relations with West Monroe club
Monroe Kiwanis members James Murphy C R Simpson W L Dean James Brooks and E N Thompson visited the West Monroe club to strengthen ties. Jess Ramblin notes two former Monroe residents now in the service have completed Air Force technical training. WAF Airman Third Class Kathryn Sievers, daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Sievers.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Jess Ramblin
U.S. Air Force Technical Training Cours
WAF
Kathryn Sievers
W. L. Sievers
Chuckle Wives as Umpires: Out Is Not Safe
A playful quip notes Chuckle Wives resemble umpires, declaring you aren’t safe when out, in a light humorous aside about judgment and timing.
Northeast Louisiana Jazz Group Praised on European Tour
The Northeast Louisiana State College Jazz Ensemble on a U S O tour in Europe is praised in a Sacom Scene article for Germany. Dean Harry M Lemert says the group has 11 engagements before Feb 10 plus radio service to army hospitals.
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U.S.O
Europe
Germany
Sacom Scene
Munchner Buchgewerbehaus
Department of the Army
Jazz Unlimited
Sacom
Harry M. Lemnert
Division of Fine Arts
del Sawyer
Munich
James R. Parrish
Reau
Northeast
Dean Lemert
Augsburg
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Garnisch - Partenkirchen
Zugspitz
U S Navy Scours Caribbean for Missing Venezuelan Freighter Anzoategui
In a wide search involving ships and planes, the U S Navy hunted the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui across the Caribbean. Authorities said the vessel has not reached Cuban waters and the direction of travel remains uncertain. About 750000 square miles had been searched by radar and visual sighting since the hunt began.
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U.S. Navy
Caribbean
Anzoategui
Pentagon
Navy
Defense Department
Cuba
United States
Caribbean Sea
Greater Antilles
South America
Lesser Antilles
Venezuela
Santo Domingo
Northeast Slams With Subzero Cold and Snowfall
A frigid cold wave grips the Northeast and extends into the South with heavy snow in New York and Michigan. Watertown New York reports 58 inches on the ground, Syracuse 2 inches fresh, Holland Michigan six inches, South Bend Indiana nine inches total, and travel disrupted as wind gusts reach thirty miles per hour. International Falls Minnesota sinks to 23 below zero as the Weather Bureau predicts below normal temperatures nationwide except the Pacific Coast and Florida.
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United Press International
Dixie
New York
Michigan
Indiana
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Syracuse
Holland
Mich
South Bend
Ind
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General Electric Co
Clyde
Massena
International Falls
Minn
Carolinas
Gulf States
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Florida
South
Midwest
Parishes Begin Installment Homestead Refund Plan
Baton Rouge, AP. State Treasurer A P Tugwell says 19 parishes will receive their homestead exemption refunds in monthly installments, with plans to place all parishes on the schedule next fiscal year. About $37 million is earmarked this year, with officials noting payments now occur over roughly 12 months.
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Baton Rouge
A. P. Tugwell
Tugwell
Cloudy skies fade as Gulf air moves in today
A high pressure system shifts east allowing moist Gulf Coast air to enter the Twin Cities. A few showers may develop late afternoon or night in southern portions. Daytime highs reach 45 to 50 degrees with a 34 to 38 degree low tonight. NE to E winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunday outlook shows partly cloudy, cool skies.
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Twin Cities
Gulf Coast
Senator Soaper Sees Language Gap in Smog Claim
A visitor from Russia notes no word for smog in his tongue while recalling a past era when spies wielded daggers and poisons. The piece mocks modern politics and recalls a February orator who longs for Washington or Lincoln to appear, implying the era’s ideal figures are missing.
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Russia
Washington
Lincoln
Fitness Kick Angers Voters In Administration Push
The administration pushes a bold fitness initiative risking political backlash by targeting the fat and lazy vote. Critics warn it may polarize supporters and mobilize opponents ahead of upcoming elections.
Polio tale spurs Ouachita vaccine push
The Mims family of 3518 Lee St led by Mrs. Mims urged vaccination after eight members, including Gregory now nearly three, received the Sabin oral polio vaccine. Gregory, stricken at 21 months, walks with braces but remains unprotected by a prior Salk dose. Make up clinics will run at eight sites as medical authorities emphasize vaccination for all.
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Gory
Murrill Mims
Lee Sr
Ben Bradford
Ouachita Parish
Mims
Gregory
Not immune Polio vaccine urged at eight clinics
Not immune Polio victims should take the oral Sabin vaccine. Anyone over three months old who missed the first feeding last Sunday should join neighbors for a makeup this Sunday at eight clinics: White Neville High West Monroe High Sherrouse Elementary Jefferson Junior High Colored Boley High Carroll High Swayze Elementary Clark Elementary.
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West Monroe
Sherrouse
Jefferson Junior
Boley
Carroll High
Swayze
Clark
Syncom 2 Satellite Vanishes After Launch
The 150 pound Syncom satellite launched Thursday has vanished five hours after liftoff. Global tracking stations scan the sky for signs of the broken beacon as experts doubt a quick recovery.
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Cape Canaveral
Syncom
America
Earth
Globe
Soviet rejection of parts of Kennedy plan for war prevention
At Geneva the Soviet Union rejected key elements of Kennedy’s plan to prevent accidental war while leaving open a possible direct White House to Kremlin hot line. Kuznetsov demanded limits on on-site inspections and argued for Moscow’s terms on a test ban, urging U.S. pullback of Polaris submarines. The West favors eight to ten inspections per year and a broader treaty scope.
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UPI
Russia
Kennedy
Moscow
White House
Kremlin
Soviet Union
West
Vassily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
United States
Mediterranean
Britain
Jury Convicts Rights Lawyer In Mississippi
A white jury in Jackson Mississippi convicts civil rights lawyer William Higgs of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Higgs was tried in absentia and sentenced by County Judge Russel Moore to six months in jail and a $500 fine. Prosecution witness Dagwall testified Higgs kept him as a runaway and engaged in unnatural acts in Higgs home.
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William Higgs
Higgs
Russel Moore
New York
Mississippi
Jackson
Moore
William McKinley Dagwall III
Collegeville
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