Budget Move For Colleges Is Postponed
The State Board of Education delayed action on revised college budgets until July as the Legislature handles a 192 million dollar appropriations bill. President Davies urged postponement, citing little value without legislative action. Colleague concerns rose over eight million dollars cut from education funds and potential salary impacts. The board set July 15 for budgets, with a July 29 meeting after the legislative session ends.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Education
Joseph Davies
Senate Finance Committee
Jimmie H. Davis
Colege
Office of State
Shelby Jackson
Davies
George T. Walker
Northeast State
Byron Benton
Education
John S. Kyser
Northwestern State College
Education Board
State
Senate
LSU
Davis
Parish
Guitar Player Named By FBI As Murderer
FBI naming Melvin Davis as kidnap slayer of Carroll Verron Jackson family in Virginia. Davis, former University of Maryland student, tied to Maryland lover slaying and DC park cases. Hoover announces formal charges in Baltimore for kidnapping and killing Mrs Jackson and Susan Ann. Bodies found in a dump in Anne Arundel County on March 21, 1959.
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Memphis
Upid
FBI
Carroll Verron Jackson
Virginia
University of Maryland
Melvin Davis
Dave Rees
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Park
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Baltimore
Rees
Jackson
Susan Ann
Anne Arundel County
Apple Grove
Man Loses Arm In Freak Highway Mishap
In Roberta Georgia Jimmy Stembridge drove to a friend's home after his left arm was torn off in a freak highway crash. His car sideswiped a large auto carrier truck on U S 341 near Roberta. He was taken to a Macon hospital in critical condition. The truck driver John Barber of Jacksonville Florida stopped later and found Stembridge’s arm hanging from the carrier.
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Roberta
John Barber
Jacksonville
Fla
Stembridge
Four Injured in Incident Including One Severely
Four others are injured in the incident, with one severely hurt. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the cause and exact circumstances. Local responders transported the victims to area hospitals for treatment.
Fatal crash in Colbert County Alabama claims six lives
A collision near Tuscumbia involving a dump truck a sports car and another car killed six people and injured four more seven Negroes were in the Illinois car at the time including Robert Reed and Maggie Reed and their three year old daughter Sandra from North Chicago Illinois. Names on the fatal list include Harry Morris and his wife from Florence and Wilodene Jackson from Sheffield. The driver James Christmas of Town Creek escaped serious injury.
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Tuscumbia, Ala
James Christmas
Town Creek
Ala
Morris
Sandra
Miss Jackson
Reed
Beatrice Jackson
Blair Jackson
Sheffield
Reeds
Wilodene
Beverly Reed
Christmas
Highway Patrol
U.S. 43
Louisiana bill targets LSU board term lengths
As legislature returns in Baton Rouge the push to cut LSU board terms faces close scrutiny at 7 p.m. within the eighth week of the 60 day session. Backers plan Senate amendments to appease Senate action and education concerns while Gov. Davis rejects moves that would let the governor influence board control.
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Bill
LSU
House
Senate
LSU Board
Gov. Davis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Davis
Jesse McLain
St. Tammany
Parish Rainfall Aid To Farmers In Ouachita Parish
Rainfall in Ouachita Parish boosts crops with Selman Field at 1.25 inches in Monroe and Calhoun reporting about one inch. Officials say scattered showers help but drought remains statewide. crops like corn may yield less without more rain. Peaches, watermelons, and corn stand to gain from recent rains despite ongoing dry spell. Continuous drought notes from county agents Aycock and Joyce Jr. indicate southern Ouachita fared better but overall crop losses loom without further rain.
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Ouachita Parish
Selman
Monroe
Calhoun
W. B. Aycock Jr
J. J. Joyce Jr
Aycock
Joyce
Groundbreaking set for Ward Five Hospital in West Monroe
A new Ward Five hospital in West Monroe will start construction with groundbreaking ceremonies. Jesse F. Heard of West Monroe won the bid for the nearly two million dollar structure. The feature also notes a Louisiana Tech educational tour, a 5,000 mile trip through 16 western states leaving August 7 with lectures by Dr. G W McGinty and Dr. Robert C. Trout, promising credits upon completion and visits to Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone.
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Ward Five
West Monroe
Jesse F. Heard
Louisiana Tech
Tech
G. W. McGinty
Robert C. Trout
Mount Rushmore
Yellowstone National Park
Christmas in June Procrastinators Celebrate Yuletide
Merchantsville N J AP reports a July like Christmas party by the Procrastinators Club of America in a steamy New Jersey venue across the Delaware River. About 200 members attended a tardy 7:30 dinner as Santa failed to arrive. The essay prize went to a housewife who quipped I will write it tomorrow, and Jack Benney received the top procrastinator award for never getting around to 40.
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Procrastinators Club of America
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Santa Claus
Jack Benney
Talks May End Revolt In Algeria
In Paris two Algerian nationalists Ahmed Boumendje and Mohammed Ben Yahia flew from Tunis for secret talks with French officials. They met for two and a half hours with Roger Moris and Gen. Hubert Mace de Gastines in Melun to discuss conditions for a potential visit by Ferhat Abbas and a truce. De Gaulle’s position focuses on ending the fighting, weapon disposition, and the fate of combatants, signaling possible hurdles.
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Paris
Ahmed Boumendje
Mohammed Ben Yahia
Fehrat Abbas
Tunis
Melun
Boumendje
Yahia
Roger Moris
Hubert Mace de Gastines
Moris
Michel Debre
Paul Ely
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Boumendjel
Ferhat Abbas
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Abbas
de Gaulle
Kefauver and Opponent Tie Praise at Tennessee Rally
U S Sen Estes Kefauver and opponent Andrew Tip Taylor briefly joined on stage at a Sullivan County Democratic rally in Warriors Path State Park Kingsport Tennessee. They praised other candidates while keeping to their own campaigns as music and free water competed for attention from about 1000 spectators amid threatening skies.
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Kingsport Tenn
UPD
U.S
Estes Kefauver
Andrew Tip Taylor
Sullivan County
Warriors’ Path State Park
Sanford Leads NC Democratic Fight for Governor Nomination
North Carolina Democrats nominated Terry Sanford for governor, rejecting a push to abandon moderate integration policies. Sanford led I Beverly Lake in early returns with about 289,379 votes to 227,494 as precincts counted, winning rural eastern counties and appealing for an expansive program on schools, highways, farms, and development. Lake, a segregationist-leaning candidate, declined immediate comment. Lake carried Wayne County but failed to dent Sanford’s Piedmont margin.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Sanford
I. Beverly
Lake
Durham
New Hanover
Iredell
Wayne County
Piedmont
John Larkins
Lee County
Malcolm Seawell
Larkins
Teen Age Gang Fights Injure in Chicago
In Chicago on the last day of school a group of 15 to 20 teenagers assaulted Harrison High School students and others. Three youths were hospitalized and 11 detained by juvenile authorities. Victims included Dennis Blaha 14 Dennis Duggan 16 and Gerald Comstock 16 all hospitalized with suspected skull fractures or injuries. The assailants were all described as Negroes, with police noting no discernible pattern beyond isolated incidents.
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Chicago
Harrison High School
Dennis Blaha
Blaha
Dennis Duggan
Gerald Comstock
Burglar Nets $30,000 In Gems At Cartier Fifth Ave
A dawn smash-and-grab at Cartier on Fifth Avenue yielded $30,000 in gems after a quick theft through a shattered display and a headlong dive into a waiting car driven by an accomplice. The swift getaway points to a coordinated heist by two or more suspects.
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New York
Cartier
Fifth Avenue
NAACP Approves Boycott of South African Goods
The NAACP adopted a plan for a nationwide boycott of South African imports as part of its civil rights push for the coming year. Delegates condemned apartheid policies and urged U.S. government and private lenders to demand reform before further aid or trade. The convention also selected Atlanta, Georgia, for its 1962 gathering, opting against Portland, Oregon.
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ST. Paul, Minn
South Africa
National Assn
Union of South Africa
United States
America
Portland
Ore
Atlanta
Confederacy
Historic Trial On Voting Case Slated To Start
In Albany Georgia a federal civil rights case seeks a voting referee for the South. The Justice Department accuses Terrell County registrars of denying Negroes, including four Negro teachers, registration based on illiteracy. The suit aims to end a pattern of racial discrimination in registration. Judge W W Bootle will preside after prior dismissal and Supreme Court reinstatement.
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Albany Ga
UPI
South
Justice Department
Terrell County
Natoral
U. S
T. Hoyt Davis
Terrell
Supreme Court
W. W. Bootle
Chuckle: Theater Critic Bites the Ham That Feeds Him
A witty quip frames a theater critic as someone who bites the ham that feeds him, poking at self serving bias in the arts scene. The line echoes satirical tone about critic culture and industry dependence.
FBI captures man believed to be Red Light Bandit
Severio Terranova, 38, living as Michael C. Russo, was arrested in El Paso on a California fugitive warrant for unlawful flight to escape prosecution in a burglary case. The arrest followed a citizen tip after his name surfaced amid links to the Red Light Bandit case tied to Cary Chessman. Terranova faced a $20,000 bond when arraigned before U.S. Commissioner Henry C. Clifton.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
FBI
Severio Terranova
Cary Chessman
Chessman
San Quentin Prison
Terranova
Michael C. Russo
Azusa
Calif
U.S
Jack E. Smith
el Paseo
Henry C. Clifton
Louisiana to Congress if tidelands ruling denied
Attorney General Jack Gremillion said Louisiana will seek congressional remedy if the U S Supreme Court denies a rehearing in the tidelands case. He noted the May 31 decision granted Texas and Florida title to tidelands while denying Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama. The dispute covers oil rights and about 320 million dollars in revenues held in escrow.
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Houma
Jack Gremilli
Louisiana
Tidelands
U. S S. Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Congress
Texas
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana Tidelands
Gremillion
Houma-Terrebonne
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Gary
Capt
Frank Sabatowski
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New Bedford
Mass
Jes’ of
Ramblin
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Burma
Ketfauver
N.C. Demos
Young
Kurt Langher
NAACP
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