Morehouse Parish quarantined over anthrax outbreak
Morehouse Parish imposes full quarantine on all livestock movements after an anthrax epidemic spreads from Perryville. Louisiana officials and parish agents report over 200 animals burned or buried, urge cattle owners to report suspected cases, and plan spraying to control insects carrying the disease.
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Morehouse Parish
Raymond McDuff
Morehouse
F. B. Wheeler
Louisiana Livestock Sanitation Board
Perryville
McDuff
Ouachita Parish
W. B. Aycock
Monroe
Quachita Parish
Aycock
Bastrop 411
Three-Day Texan Airman Surrenders After Flight Standoff
Dallas reports that 19 year old airman Donald Kee ton ended a three day manhunt by returning to his mother’s home and then embracing his girlfriend Lynn. At Hensley Field he said he chose flight because he felt unable to reach Lynn by car and indicated a deliberate scare motive. He was taken into custody by air police after city officers arrested him.
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Dallas
Donald Keeton
Mississippi
Lynn
Hensley Field
Three West Monroe boys escape submerged car in Bayou D Arbonne
Jeff Walker, 16, driver, suffered a broken arm and cut leg after a car plunged into Bayou D Arbonne near West Monroe. He and two companions Jewell McBroom and Billy Doerner swam to shore, then were rescued by a passing motorist. Doerner describes breaking the back window and Walker escaping through the front window.
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West Monroe
Bayou D’arbonne
Jeff Walker
Jewell McBroom
Plum St
Billy Doerner
Eighth St
Jeff
Doerner
White's Ferry Road
D'Arbonne Bridge
Bayou
Jewell
Joe Baughtman
Farmerville
Skelly
Two Die as Five Sailors Trapped in Compartment
Five sailors were trapped in a destroyer compartment amid carbon dioxide fumes Friday night. Two died while the others, including Richard Bishop and Samuel Van Horn, survived after treatment at the Navy Hospital. The five men were playing cards in the emergency generator room when a door was chained closed from the outside.
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San Diego
Calif
Cogswell
Richard G. Bishop
Morristown
N.J
Edith Bishop
Samuel van Horn
Winston-Salem
N.C
Elsie M. Harris
Navy Hospital
Patrick C. Grinnell
Fenno
First Hurricane Reported In Mex
The Weather Bureau said the year’s first hurricane struck land between Tampico and Isla de Lobos shortly after noon. There was no word yet on damage or casualties. Isla de Lobo lies about 65 miles southeast of Tampico and the coast has a few isolated villages. Heavy rains and high winds battered the area.
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Tampico
Mex
Weather Bureau
Here
Isla de Lobo
Ramblin Meeting Red Cross to Hold Dinner Meeting
The annual Red Cross meeting will be a dinner at the Hotel Virginia ballroom Thursday June 19 at 7 p.m. Speaker will be Benjamin Goodman Memphis attorney and National Red Cross board member. Ralph Caldwell chairs. committee includes George Hemphill Mrs A L Dickerson and W E Whetstone.
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Red Cross
Hotel Virginia
Benjamin Goodman
Memphis
National Red Cross Board
Ralph Caldwell
George Hemphill
A. L. Dickerson
W. E. Whetstone
Adams Faces Scrutiny Over Gifts Tied to Bernard Goldfine
White House aide Sherman Adams faces Republican calls over gifts from Bernard Goldfine. Senators Goldwater and Potter warn Adams could become a liability if favors are proved. Democratic rivals compare the situation to Teapot Dome, while Adams denies wrongdoing.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Sherman Adams
Adams
New England
Bernard Goldfine
Hagerty
New York Herald Tribune
Justice Department
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Potter
Harry Vaughn
Truman
Goldwater
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Senate
Yarborough
Indiana Flood Tapering Off
Rain swollen rivers and streams grip north central Indiana as the White River nears a 45 year high at Anderson. Sunshine and fair skies bring a brief reprieve for flood workers though more showers were forecast for Sunday and Monday.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana
White River
Anderson
Ind
Abominable Snowman Tale Stopped in Nepal Hunt
In Nepal's Mustang region a bear faced humanoid creature was slain by Raja of Mustang riflemen after a three month pursuit. The beast stood about 42 feet tall, carried a yak, and bore human feet with a bear like head. Skull and hide to Katmandu for scientists.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mustang
Tibet
State Solons Resume Grind This Evening
Louisiana lawmakers return to work amid stalled teacher funding and a segregation inquiry at LSU. A proposed $3 million wine tax is set as a special order, with $20 million from the gas tax earmarked for teachers but still short of current pay. Gov. Earl K. Long opposes a sales tax, leaving a funding gap unresolved.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
LSU
Earl K. Long
Savage day long battle shakes Beirut Lebanon
Government forces and rebels fought a day long battle in Beirut with heavy casualties and artillery and tanks involved. Rebels attacked the presidential palace and government house in a bid to topple Prime Minister Camille Chamoun, with reports of prison seizure and clashes in Zarif district and Basta Mosque fortress.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Tripoli
US. Information Agency
Ramel
Capiital
Zarif
Basta
Louisiana Police Jury Officials Convicted in Kickback Case
St Bernard parish police jury president Celestine Melerine and vice president James Licciardi were found guilty of malfeasance in office for accepting oyster shell kickbacks from contractor John B Lopez. A third defendant faces trial next week while sentencing has not yet been set.
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Chalmette
UPI
St. Bernard Parish
Celestine Melerine
James Licciardi
J. Bernard Cocke
Melerine
Licciardi
John B. Lopez
John P. Dowling
F. Irvin Dymond
Leander Perez
George Humble
Perez
Humble
Lopez
Shell
Hot Humid Day Forecast With Thunder Showers
Monroe weather outlook calls a furnace day with humid heat and a few thundershowers later. Skies be party cloudy and temperatures near 90 to 98 degrees. Arkansas shares the trend with scattered thundershowers in the north, little temperature change.
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Monroe
Arkansas
Dulles Says Lebanon Situation Serious but Not Alarming
Secretary of State Dulles stated the Lebanon crisis is serious but not alarming after a Beirut dispatch of fighting between government forces and rebels. He returned to Washington from a Princeton reunion, chaired discussions with Herter and Rountree, and noted no immediate danger to about 3,000 Americans in Lebanon with no injuries reported.
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Washington
Dulles
U. S
Beirut
Lebanon
Princeton University
Christian Herter
William Rountree
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Middle Eastern
State Department
Princess Margaret to Wed Captain Townsend
The Momento Sera reports Princess Margaret plans marriage to Group Captain Peter Townsend with an official November announcement. Royal sources in London dispute the report and unnamed friends are cited by the paper.
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Rome
Momento Sera
Margaret
Peter Townsend
London
Man considers kidnapping Bing Crosby wife in Hollywood
Ex convict Wilburn Davison admitted in Los Angeles County jail news conference that he and a partner talked of kidnapping Bing Crosby’s wife, 24, to obtain $100000. He said the plot never progressed beyond talk and aimed to fund a legitimate business. Davison cited Crosby’s wealth and age gap as motive.
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Crosby
Wilburn FE
Davidson
W. H. Salyers
Kathy Crosby
Hollywood
UPI
Wilburn Davison
Bing Crosby
Davison
Los Angeles
Raphael Trujillo Jr
Dominican Republic
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kim Novak
Oklahoma
Seminole County
Bill Nicholson
Wewoka
Oklo
Nicholson
Knowland bid on secret union votes fails in Senate
The Senate rejected Knowland’s amendment allowing 20 percent of a union to demand a secret vote on removing officers or changing bylaws. The 52 to 31 vote drew opposition from Kennedy and Ives, who argued it would harm union stability and target organized labor.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Rcalif
Knowland
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Irving M. Ives
R-Ny
Kennedy
John C. Pastore
D-Ai
Eisenhower
Labor Mitchell
Sen. H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Shreveport Family Of 5 Dies In Louisiana Crashes
Two late Friday and Saturday crashes killed eight people within 20 hours. A Shreveport family of five perished in a head on collision near Greenwood, and three others died in a separate two car crash near Choudrant. Police identified the Slade family victims and noted others including Fullilove and Jordan among the dead.
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North Louisiana
Shreveport
Greenwood
Choudrant
U. S. Highway 80
Howell D. Slade
Coy Slade
Lewanna
Randy
Slade
Carrie Slade
Highway 80
Ronnie Webb Fullilove
Benford Caldwell
Henderson Jordan
Arcadia
Bienville Parish
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
D. L. Fullilove
Ruston Hospital
Dorothy Jean Fullilove
Reds Refuse To Negotiate Over Nine Airmen Hostages
In Berlin, East Germany refused U.S. talks on the release of nine missing American airmen after Washington sent an emissary. The Reds demanded formal State Department authorization, signaling hostage leverage as the push for recognition continues. The move marks a break with a decade of precedent and follows Soviet refusals to act.
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Berlin
UPI
United States
East Germany
State Department
U.S
Iron Curtain
John Foster Dulles
U.S. State Department
M.K. Hodes
Europe
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Kathy Grant
Nicky Snow
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