Berlin Berlin Crisis Deepens Kennedy Faces Berlin Threat
U S policy makers view the Berlin crisis as the most pressing Cold War test rivaling Cuba and Laos. Khrushchev’s Moscow hard line signals a push to oust the West from Berlin, raising the risk of a larger conflict given Western and Soviet arms access.
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Latin America
Laos
America
U.S
West Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Kennedy
Vienna
Khrushchev
Kremlin
East Germany
Dixie Conference of Mayors Gains Southern Support
Mayor W L Howard reported growing backing for a Monroe City Council plan to form a Southern conference of mayors and municipal officials. Meridian Mississippi joined the supportive list as Baton Rouge’s municipal association considers the plan.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Meridian
Miss
Monroe
Dixie
Howard
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Municipal Association
Allen Thompson
Jackson
W. D. S. Rodriguez
Finance
Angola Convict Nabbed by FBI in Hot Springs
James Albert Weeks, 39, an escaped Louisiana convict who fled in 1948, was arrested by the FBI in Hot Springs Arkansas, living there for two years as James Watson. He had been sentenced to seven years for simple burglary in Catahoula Parish in 1948 and fled that year. A federal warrant charged him with unlawful flight to avoid confinement.
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Baton Rouge
James Albert Weeks
Louisiana
Hot Springs
Ark
James Watson
Weeks
State Penitentiary
Catahoula Parish
Nixon Says U S Must Risk War to Avert Communism
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon urged at a Minneapolis news conference that the United States must risk war to avoid war with Communism. He contended Khrushchev has grown aggressive over U S actions in Laos and Cuba and warned the Kennedy Administration must act decisively in Berlin and other areas.
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Minneapolis
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Laos
Cuba
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
Laos Plan Said Okd By Phouma
Cambodian mediators said Saturday that neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma accepted their majority-rule blueprint for a three nation truce commission in Laos. Souphanouvong and Boun Oum remain cool to the plan, complicating approval in Zurich.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Souphanouvong
Boun Oum
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Fried to graduate nurse at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City
Ramblin Jeanette Fried daughter of Mr G E Fried Monroe will graduate as a nurse from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Oklahoma City July 2. Exercises held in Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. She is a grad.
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Jeanette Fried
G. E. Fried
Monroe
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Oklahoma City
Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Miners Trapped as Cumberland Mine Shaft Collapses
Rescue workers pulled Charlie Kennedy 28 from a Tennessee mine shaft collapse that trapped two others, Charles Seiver 23 and Herley Carroll 18, behind tons of rock. Carroll appealed for help before communications were lost. Five miners escaped. injuries included amputated arm and fractured pelvis. Continued on page Sia-Ad.
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Tenn
Charlie Kennedy
Gentry D. Hunt
Kennedy
Hunt
Herley Carroll
Charles Seiver
Federal Mine
Steve Bukovitz
Sia-Ad
Fear and unity in Congo as Gizenga arrives in Leopoldville
U N forces surround the airport as three ministers from the Gizenga rebel regime arrive by plane. Gizenga promised Parliament will be sent a request, while Tshombe returns to Elisabethville and Kasavubu orders Parliament for Sunday, amid student protests at Lovanium University and security buildups across Leopoldville.
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Leopoldville. the Congo
Stanleyville
Leopoldville
Antoine Gizenga
U.N
Gizenga
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Elisabethville
Joseph Kasavubu
Lovanium University
Lovanium
Joseph Lleo
Passman Seeks State Of War Declaration In Resolution
Congressman Otto E. Passman introduces H J Res asserting a state of war exists between the United States and 98 Communist parties forming an international conspiracy. The joint resolution was referred to the House Foreign Affairs Committee for consideration.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Otto E. Passman
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Passman
Senator Soaper Comments On Education Via Media History
The note reflects on past times when being informed meant knowing about rulers and foreign affairs. It critiques television as education while mentioning blackmailers and Castro. It references motherhood, devaluation, and rapid travel as social changes tied to media.
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Jeles
Engand
Castro POWs Arrive in Key West for Prisoner Talks
A 16 member Cuban prisoner committee arrived in Key West aboard the Costa Rican freighter Arenal to explain Fidel Castro’s stance on the tractors for prisoners affair. Immigration officials say the group will be paroled in the United States for an indefinite period. The prisoners waved to about 200 onlookers as Coast Guard vessels escorted the ship to dock.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Havana
Fidel Castro
Arenal
Immigration Service
United States
Coast Guard
Castro
Tractors For Freeddom Committee
Richland Man Victim Of Hit And Run
A 39 year old Delhi man James H Smith Sr was found dead beside a highway one mile south of Dunn in a suspected hit and run. Richland Parish deputies said he was knocked dragged 100 to 150 feet with broken glass nearby. He leaves three sons Simon Glen and James Smith Jr and two daughters Patsy and Willie Jean all of Monroe.
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Delhi
Dunn
James H. Smith Sr
Everett Smith
Monroe
Richland Parish
J. C. Ellington
Rayville
Smith
Baton Rouge
Simon
Glen
James Smith Jr
Patsy
Willie Jean Smith
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Northeast Professor Succumbs at Northeast Louisiana
L LeMar Stephan 49 associate professor of geography at Northeast Louisiana State College died after weeks of illness. His body was sent to Cape Girardeau Missouri for graveside services Monday with Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe directing. A memorial service was set for 5 30 p.m. today at Memorial Methodist Church with Rev Spencer Wren presiding. He came to Northeast in 1959 from Troy State College Alabama and authored several professional pamphlets and a 30000 word manuscript on world regional geography for a junior high text used in Pakistan. He co authored Georgia Its Geography and Resources and wrote works on the Everglades Florida and Peanut Production. Continued on Page Six A.
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L. LeMar Stephan
Northeast Louisiana State College
Cape Girardeau
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
West Monroe
Memorial Methodist Church
Spencer Wren
Stephan
Northeast
Troy State College
Troy
Ala
Pakistan
Georgia
Everglades
Florida
United States
Weather outlook unchanged with showers and warm highs
The forecast remains the same with partly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon thundershowers. Today's high expected in the 80s. yesterday at Leman Field saw a high of 62 and a low of 69.
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Leman Field
Game Of Words To Be Feature Of Paper Here
The paper announces a new national craze the jumble word game. It invites readers to join millions enjoying a puzzle that appeals to both young and old and promises humor and mental challenge.
Worthless bonds yield surprise dividend for collector
Chicago based coin collector Leonard Stark paid $1 for 285 bonds printed in orange and green. Issued by the 1868 Rockford Rock Island & St Louis Railroad, the bonds were bankrupt in 1876 and later funds were seized by a court to pay uncashed bonds. After a 1925 transfer to the U.S. Treasury and a 2025 distribution, Stark received $5,528 while the government with a $500 bond obtained $9.85 in a divided payoff.
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Stark
Rockford, Rock Island
U. S. Treasury
NAACP Attacks Newburgh Welfare Regulations
Newburgh officials clash with local and state NAACP leaders over the city’s new welfare rules set to take effect July 15. The plan aims to cut relief for unwed mothers with subsequent births and sparks an emergency NAACP meeting as city leaders defend the policy as preserving resident dignity. Ellsworth Potter denounces racial framing while New York State NAACP mobilizes in opposition.
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Newburgh
N. Y
NAACP
Newburh
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ellsworth Potter
Joseph Mitchell
New York State
Mitchell
Debt joke about comforts and contentment
A humorous quip asks why not be in debt when one enjoys three meals a day a roof over head two cars a boat a power mower and a contented wife. The speaker uses irony to deflate material abundance as a justification for debt.
Khrushchev Endorses Horse Meat and Hybrid Corn Use
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged expanding horse meat and American style hybrid corn to ease shortages. He said he ate horse meat, praised its fat and calories, and spoke from Alma Ata during a Kazakhstani anniversary event. He pledged swift economic plans and sign a future peace treaty with East Germany.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Alma Ata
Kazakhstan
Virgin Lands
United States
Kennedy asks agencies to decide on Taft Hartley act
President Kennedy directed a government wide study to determine if invoking the Taft Hartley act is justified to end the 75,000 seamen strike. Agencies including the Pentagon and Commerce will review legal options as mediation continues. The walkout strains health and safety and could worsen shortages in essential goods and trade balances.
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Arthur Goldberg
Kennedy
Goldberg
News Conefernce
Washington
API
New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pentagon
Commerce, Labor and Interior Departments
U. S
Ouachita Delegates Attend National Education Association Meeting
Ouachita Parish delegates join about 6000 NEA officials in Atlantic City New Jersey to discuss federal aid to education raise professional standards and share new teaching practices. Louis George opposes federal aid while Mrs F S Fisher represents the parish and others from Ouachita attend the Philadelphia Teps Conference and anticipate awards for interpretive reporting in education.
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Ouachita Parish
National Education Association
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Louis George
Ouachita Teachers Association
F. S. Fisher
Classroom Teachers Association
Irene Smith
Mary Lou Humphries
Philadelphia
NEA
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FBI
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Ramblin
Soaper
U. S. Coast Guard
Peteree
Richland
Chicago
Leonard Stark
Alma Atar
JFK
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