Adams urged to resign after ethics rebuke
The six member committee found fault with late Sen. McCarthy era conduct and urged resignation following Adams actions to aid his friend Goldfine. Watkins called Adams behavior imprudent and a breach of high ethics. Knowland Brownson and other Republicans echoed calls for resignation while a White House defense cited routine transcript sharing.
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Justice Department
John Bell Williams
Dmiss
GOP
William F. Knowland
California
Boston
Charles B. Brownson
R-Ind
Civil Rights Suit Shift Is Asked Here
Monroe Negro attorney James Sharp moved to relocate his civil rights case from Ouachita Parish Courthouse to the Monroe federal courtroom and asked to drop a $25 000 damages claim. He seeks equity relief and a permanent injunction against registrar Mae Luckey for alleged race discrimination.
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Monroe
Mae Luckey
Reddix
Sharp
Equity
Locke
Shreveport
Alton Curtis
Quachita Parish
Deaths Robert C. Turner Ruston
Robert C. Turner 81 retired farmer died after a short illness in a local hospital. Funeral at Cooktown Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with Rev. J. T. Davis officiating. Burial in Wilder cemetery directed by Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Survived by two daughters, four sons, three sisters, one brother, 17 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren.
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William J. Marlette
Ferriday
William Jeff Marlette
Natchez, Miss
Comer Funeral Home
Shirley Briggs
Pentecostal
Jena
Marlette
Maxine Marlette
Jack Colclasure
Alton
Arthur
Henry
Nancy Lancaster
Borger
Tex
Mary Colton
Will Griffin
Robert C. Turner
Ruston
Cooktown Baptist Church
J. T. Davis
Wilder Cemetery
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Turner
M. F. Berry
el Dorado
Ark
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Truck And Auto In Collision Here
A wreck in West Monroe caused estimated damage under 100 dollars when a concrete mixer truck rear ended a stopped car. William A. Ham, 49, of 910 Cypress, West Monroe, drove the auto. Calvin Gullette Jr., 30, of 306 Powell Ave., the truck driver. No charges were filed.
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West Monroe
William A. Ham
Cypress
Calvin Gullette Jr
Powell Ave
Four Year Old Laura Found Starved and Blind in Coffeyville House
Sheriff deputies found Laura a four year old girl in a locked room with no outside windows and a strong stench. Doctors said she was malnourished and blind since birth while her mother planned no statement until a lawyer spoke. Deputies noted other children with the Murphy family appeared well cared for and the family kept hound dogs nearby.
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Arthur Johnson
Laura
Johnson
Murphy
Coffeyville
Kan
Kellen
Irons
Enid
Crown Peach Show Queen Crowned in Lincoln Parish Ceremony
Eighteen young ladies vied for the queen title and fifteen for princess at a Ruston luncheon and parade. Miss Locke will represent Lincoln Parish at Louisiana festivals and serve as a delegate to the Washington D C Mardi Gras celebration next spring. The pageant ran June 16 to 19 for ages eight and under for princess candidates.
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Lincoln Parish
Louisiana
Washington, D. C
Ruston Qanta Club
Shrine Band
Auto Wreck Injures Man Near Oak Grove
An auto with three occupants rolled over three times on La Highway 2 about 15 miles west of Oak Grove injuring one man named George Raymond Finkles of Hiland California. Police said two other occupants were Negro and uninjured. Fingles treated at an Oak Grove clinic for a back injury not believed serious.
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Hiland
Calif
Finglea
Dryden umpire coaches double college baseball tilt
Jonn Zigmund, Dryden Central school coach and former student of Wilkes and Ithaca Colleges, umpired a baseball game between Ithaca College and Wilkes College in Dryden New York.
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Dryden
N.Y
Jonn Zigmund
Ithaca College
Wilkes College
Zigmund
Dryden Central School
Wilkes
Ithaca
Two Released on Oath to Keep the Peace in State Court
State Court freed Charley Carter and another man on their oaths to keep the peace after peace warrant charges tied to threats against Chester Johnson and Lula Mae Mickel. Judge Harper also dismissed Charlene Wilson and C. J. Allard cases. two other cases were nolle pressed.
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Nolle
W. M. Harper
Charley Carter
Adams St
Chester Johnson
McHenry’s Alley
Holley
Olive St
Lula Mae Mickel
Charlene Wilson
William Gibson
Rogers St
C. J
Charlie) Allard
Plum Street
Forest crop cultivation aids small farmers says state forester
James E. Mixon notes strong public response as pine seedlings were ordered to plant 50 000 acres of cutover land last year. A field day for Negroes is set for June 27 at the North Louisiana Experiment Station Calhoun with L J Washington from the Farm Service Agency attending to showcase farm life and land care improvements. A picnic lunch will be served at 11 30 a.m.
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James E. Mixon
E. H. Hill
North Louisiana Experiment Station
Calhoun
R. J. Courtney
Farmers’ Home Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
L. J. Washington
South
Suspect Arrested On Theft Charge In West Monroe
West Monroe police arrested 20 year old John Steve Loyd of 802 Coleman Ave on a theft charge. Loyd was jailed on a complaint by Jessie Cox who said he stole her watch valued under $20.
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West Monroe
John Steve Loyd
Coleman Ave
Loyd
Jessie Cox
Ark Towns Set Pollution Hearings On Creek Pollution
The Arkansas Commission announces public hearings on pollution from industrial municipal and oil-well wastes in the Smackover Creek drainage basin. Oral testimony will be taken but written statements are urged in duplicate. Hearings in Camden and El Dorado target specific ranges as the commission studies impact on Smackover Creek and the Ouachita River.
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G. T. Kellogg
The
Arkansas Commission
Commission
Little Rock
Kellogg
Smackover Creek
Ouachita River
Camden
el Dorado
Lamkin Condition Remains About The Same After Gunshot
Lamkin FE. T. Lamkin a Monroe resident who suffered a gunshot wound to the head Tuesday was reported about the same last night by attending physicians. He was found at his home and taken to the hospital where a bullet fragment was removed from his brain. A police report on the incident is expected this morning.
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FE. T. Lamkin
Monroe
Lamkin
Oil stocks drop to lowest since March 1957
The Bureau of Mines reports total crude stocks at 260,465,000 barrels on June 14, down 2,595,000 from the prior week. Domestic crude fell 3,018,000, foreign crude rose 423,000, with daily production at 6,335,000 barrels and runs to stills at 7,659,000. Regional changes show declines across most Gulf Coast and Gulf Texas areas, and Rhode Island notes 85 percent of forested land under private owners of under 500 acres.
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The
Bureau of Mines
Arkansas
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
East Texas
Inc
Gulf Texas
Rhode Island
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Nowata
Okla
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Ramblin
Silver Waters Girl Scout Council
St. Paul's Methodist Church Recreation Hall
Lexington Avenue
Guy Alford
Columbia
Ralph Caldwell
Dixie Ware
Alford
Peach Ridge Farm
Arkansas Road
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Daly's
Grammont
Continental Bus Station
Mine Bureau
Zenith TV
Zenith
Sunshine
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