Davis Embraces Elector Plan Amid Desegregation Debates
Governor Davis backs a free elector approach as desegregation starts in September and public schools could close if federal orders require integration. He avoids confirming a pledge to close New Orleans schools, while Louisiana officials push for a southern conference on the plan and central committee action around September 1. The talk centers on unpledged electors, party emblem rights, and potential shifts in Louisiana’s presidential ballot alignment.
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Davis
New Orleans
Emile Wagner
Orleans Parish
Louisiana Municipal Assn
State Central Committee
LMA
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
South
Kennedy
Louisiana
Los Angeles
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
GOP
Eisenhower
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Truman-Barkley
Demos Plan Conferences In Key Cities
Farm editors polled on reader presidential choice favor Kennedy while Robert F. Kennedy returned to Washington after conferences intended to unite New York Democrats. New Jersey leader Robert J. Burkhardt was set to join Kennedy's campaign forces.
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Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Robert J. Burkhardt
New Orleans School Desegregation Ruling Sparks Clash
U S order authorizes study of integrated and segregated systems while Judge Wright mandates desegregation plan for all New Orleans public schools. Board faces injunction questions as A P Tureaud seeks to restrain Gremillion from blocking Wright’s desegregation order. Hearing set for Aug. 10.
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Gremillion
Wright
New Orleans
Carriere
United States
Orleans Parish
United States District Court
Rault
Emile Wagern
A. P. Tureaud
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Tureaud
South Koreans Sink Communist Ship In Battle
South Korea reports sinking a North Korean vessel after an intrusion aimed at disrupting peace. Navy says morale is high and prepared to meet any attack. Prior incidents include a 1958 encounter, a UN ship attack, and a May incident delaying Red agent landings.
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South Korea
Kojin
Seoul
U.N. Command
U.S. Army
U.N
Inchon
Office Robbery Probed in Bernhardt Building
Monroe police investigate a Thursday night office robbery in the Bernhardt Building. Troy Conrad reports $30 to $35 stolen from a locked desk drawer that appeared pried open. Two desks were ransacked, and entry method remains unknown.
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Monroe
Troy Conrad
Conrad
Jury To Act As Board Of Review In Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will act as a Board of Review for tax complaints at its next meeting on August 10. President M W Montgomery says jurors will also open bids on two 10 yard gravel trailer trucks and two pickup trucks. Other routine business is slated.
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Ouachita Parish
Board of Review
M. W. Montgomery
Bryant College awards Derthick honorary education degree
Lawrence G. Derthick received an honorary Doctor of Education degree at Bryant College in Providence during the institution's 97th commencement ceremony.
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Providence
R.I
UPD
U. S. Education
Lawrence G. Derthick
Bryant College
Louisiana Board delays architect decision and raises budgets
The Louisiana Board of Education approved nine state college budgets totaling about 26.9 million dollars and 27 trade schools budgets plus special schools. It set pay raises for college presidents to 15 thousand dollars and raised deans and superintendents salaries. The panel directed McNeese State College and Southeastern Louisiana College to plan graduate programs and postponed a decision on an architect for Northeast State College's science building.
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Northeast State College
Monroe
Madison
H. H. Land and Associates
Joe Schirer
Shreveport
Davis
Schirer
Robert Curry
Nash Roberts
New Orleans
Joseph Davies
Arabi
Roberts
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
McNeese State College
Francis T. Nicholls State College
Northwestern State College
Southeast Louisiana College
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Southern University
Southern Branch
Grambling
Jimmie Davis
Shelby M. Jackson
Storm Hits East Coast Gains Fury
Storm battered eastern North Carolina with six inches of rain and high winds damaging the tobacco crop. One third of the harvest remained in fields when the storm struck, with seas rough and tides above normal along the Carolina coasts. Local flooding occurred in Charleston areas as the system moved offshore toward the Atlantic.
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North Carolina
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
New York
Miami
Walter Davis
North Florida
South Georgia
Atlantic
Carolinas
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Carolina
Sullivan’s Island
Charleston
S.C
Charleston Weather Bureau
Florida
Gulf Coast
Treasure Island
Tampa
Ramblin Highlights Education Push and National Guard Moves
Ramblin discusses creating a state supported school in Monroe or West Monroe to help those unable to lead a normal life. Major General Hufft notes two weeks of National Guard training at Fort Polk with an estimated 6,500 troops, plus 4,500 Arkansas guardsmen joining. A West Monroe resident brings feeding instructions for Candle Trees and is praised as a Good Scout. Convicts in Massachusetts support a Hong Kong girl Chan Pui Chun with clothing, supplies and monthly cash despite her father’s labor camp exile.
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Monroe
West Monroe
National Guard
Fort Polk
Raymond F. Hufft
Arkansas National Guard
Jes
Ramblin
Northeast State College
Jack Bagwell
Bagwell Gardens
Jess Ramblin
Walpole
Mass
Chan Pui Chun
Hong Kong
Detention Home Furnishings Bought By Ouachita Parish Jury
The Ouachita Parish police jury bought all furniture from the Green Oaks detention home for 1000 dollars after negotiations with Welfare Director Mary Evelyn Parker. The home cost 125000 to build in 1957 and was financed by the state, then handed to the parish in 1959. Items include freezer units, dishwasher, washing machine, air conditioning, beds, linens, and other equipment. Next committee meeting will be set by Montgomery.
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Ouachita Parish
Green Oaks
State Welfare Department
M. W. Montgomery
Mary Evelyn Parker
Detention Home Committee
Svete Montgomery
Ate
Ike Arranges Off Base Living For Airman Steed
Betty Steed travels with her husband as Ike intervenes to allow Basic Airman Steed to live off Lowry Air Force Base. Col. Eskridge Col. Kemble and Col. McCants discuss the arrangements with the couple while White House press secretary Hagerty confirms the stay off base for the duration of Steed's training. Steed had applied two days earlier for permission and it is expected to be approved in due course.
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Betty
Ladson Eskridge
William H. Kemble
Lelands McCants
Steed
White House
James C. Hagerty
Lowry
Draper
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