Jackson Wreck Injures 36 in Pre-dawn Bus Crash
A Trailways bus bound from Los Angeles to Miami swerved to avoid an oncoming car in rainy Jackson Mississippi and plunged down a 30 foot embankment. The crash injured 36, with 11 hospitalized, as motorists aided victims and ambulances moved them to Baptist and University hospitals. Bus driver D W Arnold and passenger Campos were among the seriously hurt.
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Jackson
Miss
Trailways
D. W. Arnold
Shreveport
Campos
Oklahoma
Ity
Baptist
University
John Rowland
Mumford
Los Angeles-to-Miami
Fla
Jaycee Model Plane Meet Slated Sunday
Jaycee model plane meet at Selman Field on Sunday features speed stunt combat and scale contests organized by West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce. AMA affiliated Twin City Aero Modelers with 23 members led by Mike Windham participate. Local winners may gain prizes and scholarships with national level contests tied to AMA and Navy sponsorship.
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Selman Field
West Monroe
Twin City Aero Modelers
AMA
Mike Windham
U. S. Navy
The
Jaycees
Giger Funeral in Monroe Saturday at Mount Vernon Baptist
Funeral services for T. C. Giger of 107 North Pryce will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Peek officiating. Burial in the church cemetery under Peters Funeral Home direction. Giger, 56, resident of Monroe 18 years, survived by wife Helen Giger and son Charles, with brother Arthur and a grandchild. Pallbearers listed.
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Funer
T. C. Giger
North Pryce
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Church
Robert Peek
Peters Funeral Home
Giger
Monroe
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Helen Giger
Charles Giger
West Monroe
Arthur Giger
Miss
C. E. Bamburg
Ezra Walters
John D. Canville
George Bonner
L. Gardner
Raymond Boult
Eisenhower views on summit trip and rivals
President Eisenhower outlined his beliefs on Red China and the Soviet Union as split in strategy but united in blocking his overseas visits. He cited Tokyo riots as Communist agitation and noted differing approaches to the West, while praising personal diplomacy and warm Manila receptions amid cancelled Tokyo plans.
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Eisenhower
API
Red China
Soviet Union
Tokyo
Peiping
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Formosa
Manila
Fine Arts Festival Opens at Northeast LSU Campus
The fifth annual Fine Arts Festival for high school students begins Monday at Northeast Louisiana State College. A jazz program led by John F. Sawyer features a student jazz ensemble using original music by a New York arranger, plus lectures on jazz history. The two week event includes band orchestra and chorus classes, private instruction, jewelry making and drama. Leroy Anspach will give a recital Monday night.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
John F. Sawyer
New York
Division of Fine Arts
Northeast
Leroy Anspach
Dismissal of Vagrancy and Lewd Conduct Charges
Beverly Hills AP reports TV actor William Talman and seven others arrested in a March raid had misdemeanor vagrancy and lewd conduct charges dismissed by Municipal Judge Adolph Alexander. The judge ruled the prosecution failed to prove a violation of the penal code and acted in the interests of justice. Talman, 45, who was fired from Perry Mason after the arrest, expressed joy at the dismissal.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Adolph Alexander Friday
William Talman
West Hollywood
Talman
Red Cross Names 1961 Louisiana Fund Campaign Vice Chair
ARC vice chairman Harry H. Hudson, formerly Monroe district manager at Southern Bell, is reappointed national vice chairman of the Red Cross Fund Campaign in Louisiana. Chairman E. Roland Harriman announced the move at the National Red Cross Convention in Kansas City Missouri.
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National American Red Cross
Harry H. Hudson
Monroe
Southern Bell Telephone Comme Pany
Red Cross Fund
Louisiana
E. Roland Harriman
National Red Cross
Kansas City
Missouri
Princess Margaret and Jones Near Home From Honeymoon
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones are close to returning to Britain aboard the royal yacht Britannia after a six week Caribbean honeymoon. The ship is due to dock at Portsmouth at 8 40 a m Eastern Daylight Time Saturday. A Trinidad doctor floated the idea of a Caribbean duke and duchess title, but observers doubt its possibility.
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Norman Runnion
London
UPI
Margaret
Britannia
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Portsmouth
Trinidad
A.J. Waterman
British Medical Association
Torquay
Caribbean
Former Ouachita Man Wins Essay On Dentistry
Dr. O K Bailey Jr formerly of Sterlington and Loyola Dental School graduate receives university plaque for top dental student essay. He earns Omicron Kappa Upsilon membership and C Victor Vignes Society honors plus Pedonative Award for devotion to young patient care. Bailey active in athletics and student activities. son of C K and Mrs Bailey of Sterlington. Now living in Shreveport and practicing at Braswell Clinic.
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0. K. Bailey Jr
Sterlington
Loyola Dental School
C. K. Bailey
Bailey
Shreveport
Braswell Clinic
Missile Strike Reaches Accord In 11 Day Walkout
In San Diego the 11 day strike that halted Atlas missile facility work ended with a new agreement between Convair Division of General Dynamics and the International Association of Machinists. Talks ran late into the night and terms were not disclosed. Approval by IAM members is pending over the next ten days.
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San Diego
Calif
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
International Assn. of
Machinists
IAM
New Editors Named For School Paper
A sophomore journalism major from West Monroe, Merilyn Burson, has been named editor of the student newspaper at Northeast Louisiana State College for the summer. William Street, a sophomore from Crowville, is news editor for the Pow Wow, which will appear every other Friday this summer. Other newly named summer staff members are Mike Parkerson, a freshman from Monroe, associate news editor and circulation manager, and Ted McDaniel, a senior from Pineville, advertising manager. Burson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Burson, has been a reporter for the Pow Wow for the past two semesters. She is a member of the Northeast chorus and was a contestant in the Miss Northeast beauty pageant. Street is majoring in accounting and is a member of the Northeast Student Council. Parkerson is majoring in speech and minoring in journalism, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Parkerson. McDaniel is majoring in agriculture and is president of Sigma Tau Gamma and Circle K, member of Omicron Delta Kappa, and secretary of Demster agriculture society.
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William Street
Crowville
Mike Parkerson
Monroe
Ted McDaniel
Pineville
Miss Burson
A. L. Burson
Harrell Road
West Monroe
Northeast Chorus
Street
E. Street
Northeast Student Council
Parkerson
James W. Parkerson
Myrtle
McDaniel
Maggie McDaniel
Military Hwy
Sigma Tau Gamma
Circle K
Northeast
Omicron Delta Kappa
Demster Agriculture Society
Village Relives Calm After Brownsboro Shooting Melee
Brownsboro Texas police and state troopers held vigil after a Thursday night meeting of school trustees erupted into a gunfight and fist fight. Thurman Jackson, 42, lumber firm manager, died from bullet wounds. District Attorney Jack Hardee charged Dr. Charles Rahm with murder and accused him and two others of assault with intent to murder, while seven men faced assault and battery counts. Eyewitnesses tied the clash to disputes over firing of 14 Negro teachers and trustee reviews.
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Brownsboro
Tex
Texas Rangers
Texas
John Saunders
Thurman Jackson
Jackson
Jack Hardee
Charles Rahm
Rahm
Navy Air Force clash over missing research balloon in California
The Navy and Air Force disputed whether the radar contact off the California coast was the football field sized research balloon. Air Force pilots reported sighting the 40 story sphere while Navy officials remained uncertain, with USS Coral Sea deployed 180 miles offshore as search headquarters. The balloon, launched days earlier from Brunswick, was expected to drift toward Houston for recovery.
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Point Arguello
Calif
Oxnard
Air Force Base
Navy
Faa
Moffett Field
San Diego
Coral Sea
Houston
Tex
Brunswick
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Pine
Haddad Corner
Richard Nixon
Capitol Hill
James R. Burris
Burris
Indianapolis
Ind
Milk Industry Foundation
Terry
Debra Thompson
Harold Carter
BIG
Melemore’s
Sawyer
University of Mississippi
George Peabody College
William Vaccchiano
Nashville
Mantovani and Ballet Theater
Radio City Music Hall
Robert Shaw Chorale
Sadlers Wells Ballet
Stan Kenton
Hal McIntyre
ARC Vice
Princess
Jones
Ouachita
Merilyn Burson
Air Force
Nate
Dad
P.J
Pop
Wayne H. Woods
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