Anti-Nuclear Outbursts Are Staged at Holy Loch
More than 1,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators gathered at Holy Loch on Saturday to block supplies to the Polaris depot ship Proteus. Police, reinforced by Royal Navy support, arrested 94 after a breach of the peace warning. organizers from Scotland’s Committee of 100 led protests, with some water-based action near the pier and a few participants later taken to jail cells.
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Holy Loch
Scotland
Exmouth
Ardnadam
London
Aberdeen
Committee of 100
United States
Soviet Union
British Railways
Glasgow
McDuffie Named Heart Council Head For 1963
Monroe is set to have Jim McDuffie as 1963 chairman of the Ouachita Parish Heart Council. The change was announced at year end at the Paragon Supper Club with Dr. August Danti noting a nursing institute is tentatively scheduled for late September. Certificates of appreciation for the 1961 62 Heart Fund campaign went to Rainbow Girls, Peggy Southerland, Ken Wagley, J. R. Parrish, Winona McCormick, Joseph Maggio Jr., and John Birdsong Jr., with several officials and members in attendance.
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Jim McDuffie
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Index for Monroe shows small CPI gains to March 1962
Price advances in food and medical care pushed Monroe’s CPI up 0.2 per cent from September 1961 to March 1962, with a 0.5 per cent rise from March 1961 to March 1962. Used cars, railroad fares, and medical services led the year’s increases, while gas rates and some drugs fell.
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Division of Research
LSU College of Business Administration
Mower accidents cited by safety council estimates
Chicago report notes the National Safety Council estimates power lawn mower accidents cause 75 000 injuries annually with seven of ten incidents from direct contact with the motorized mowers.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
Spain Cracks Down After Underground Frays
Madrid reports a wave of arrests amid renewed underground activity against Franco rule. The cabinet suspended free movement for Spaniards for two years and faced talk of ministerial shakeups. Detentions targeted suspects linked to two Madrid bombings and figures tied to opposition groups.
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Madrid
Spain
Franco
Munich
Germany
Francisco Franco
Jose Solis Ruiz
Falange
Solis
Opus Dei
Dallas Choir to Perform at Alabama Presbyterian Church
The Westminster Youth Choir of Dallas Texas will sing Friday at 8 p.m. at the Alabama Presbyterian Church north of Choudrant. The 115 member group, ages 14 to 17, is on its fifth annual tour stopping in Memphis Montreal Atlanta and Florida with 75 singers at the Louisiana show. Director William Everitt and 19 year old Ellan Smith accompany. The program covers from Beethoven to spirituals with pieces such as Hallelujah Grant Unto Me The Last Words of David and Lord Bring Dat Sinner Home.
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Westminster Youth Choir
Dallas
Tex
Alabama Presbyterian Church
Choudrant
Memphis
Tenn
Montreal
N.C
Atlanta
Florida
Louisiana
Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church
William Everitt
Oak Cliff Church
Ellan Smith
Senate
Washington
Legislative
Manitoba
Canada
Don McNeill
Breakfast Club
Chicago
Disneyland
California
Everitt
Beethoven
Mt of Olives
Brahms
Randal Thompson
David
World’s largest pipe organ at Convention Hall
The Convention Hall pipe organ in Atlantic City is claimed as the world’s largest, boasting 32,913 pipes with seven manuals in the main console and five in a movable console.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Convention Hall
West Monroe Fire Hospitalizes Woman Overcome by Smoke
A West Monroe woman was hospitalized after smoke over came her in a home fire reported at 5 34 p m in a front bedroom. Firefighters controlled the blaze with minor damage including a bed chair and part of the ceiling. Police and sheriffs urged parents to supervise children during summer to reduce injuries as more accidents were reported.
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West Monroe
W. E. Wright
Kellers St
Mulhearn
Pete Cutrer
Billie Cutrer
Walter Wilhite
Monroe
Jimmy Monroe
J. C. Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
James C. Kelly
Jeff Caldwell
Grant
Negro Driver Killed After Police Chase In New Orleans
John L. Butler, 32, a Black driver, died early Saturday when his car plunged into a neutral ground drainage canal after a pursuit by police reaching speeds around 70 mph. Butler died in the vehicle before an ambulance arrived.
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New Orleans
John L. Butler
Butler
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