Legislature Week Opens With Budget Push In Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana lawmakers return to the capitol for the third week of the 30 day fiscal session as the Senate moves to advance Gov Jimmie H Davis 546 million general appropriations bill while the House stalls until Monday. The 933 million fiscal 1963 64 budget tops major items with a presidential electors bill expected to prompt a party fight amid labor opposition. Local bills seek pay raises for West Monroe officials and election of a vice president by the Police Jury, with clerical corrections also on the table. The Senate pursues a 13 parish industrial development fund contribution plan and a minor 2.6 million Northeast State College budget tweak plus a 3.1 million Northeast request. Rep Lasley Downes pushes a 100 per month raise for assistant district attorneys. Adock supports a legislative scholarship measure. Continued on page four A.
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Louisiana
Senate
Jimmie H. Davis
House
Bult
Monroe
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Mike John Jr
Lawrence Gibbs
Jamar Adcock
Northeast State College
Senate Appropriations Committee
W. J. Cleveland
Crowley
Northeast
Lasley Downes
Rayville
Downes
Rep. W
Final Polio Vaccination Drive Concludes Today
The Victory Over Polio campaign ends today with final Type III Sabin vaccine clinics in Twin Cities and surrounding parishes. At least 20 000 people are expected to attend as authorities urge 70 percent turnout to curb polio risk. Clinics run at West Monroe High Neville High Sherrouse Jefferson for whites and Boley Clark Swayze Marble Recreation Center for colored.
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Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish Medical Society
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Marie Finbarr
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Finbarr
South
Louisiana
West Monroe High School
Neville High School
Sherrouse
Jefferson Junior High
Boley High
Clark
Swayze
Marble Recreation Center
Carroll High
Renwick Street
West Monroe resident to receive masters at Colorado College
Ramblin residents and 24 others will earn Master of Arts in Teaching degrees at Colorado College commencement in Colorado Springs on Monday. Annie Adeline Clay of Monroe expects to graduate from LSU in June with a 2.51 GPA in psychology and plans to pursue a PhD. Clay, from Columbia High School, was top student in a class of 31 and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Psi Chi. Sandra Kay Guyton of Monroe is a sophomore at LSU.
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Twin Cities
Walter L. Slater
Haynes St
West Monroe
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Louisiana State University, College of Arts and Sciences
Annie Adeline Clay
Monroe
Miss Clay
Columbia High School
Phi Kappa Phi
Psi Chi
Sugar's sweet history ties to explorers and empires
The piece traces sugar from Arabs introducing it to Europe through Columbus bringing cane to the West Indies, Napoleon backing beet cultivation, and early cultivation in New Orleans. It notes rising per capita consumption from 12 pounds in 1828 to about 100 pounds, with AMA caution on excessive candy among children and a distillery spokesman hinting at whiskey uses as prices rise.
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Chicago
API
Congress
Napoleon
Christopher Columbus
Europe
Columbus
West Indies
France
New Orleans
Britain
James Cook
Hawaii
American Medical Association
AMA
US Pledges To Watch Top Targets In Europe
NATO sources report the United States aims to assume responsibility for major strategic targets left by Britain as V bombers withdraw. Gen Lyman Lemnitzer holds talks with British Minister Thorneycroft in Ottawa and negotiates deployment of Polaris submarines. Final agreement anticipated by early July amid cautions over bomber withdrawals.
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Ottawa
United States
Europe
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Saceur
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
NATO Council of Ministers
Lemnitzer
Peter Thorneycroft
NATO
Britain
Northeast State College section highlights regional growth
Northeast Louisiana State College is profiled with new honors and progressive changes. The Monroe Morning World features a special section inside The World devoted to the college, its rising status, and its impact on the area with stories and pictures.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Monroe
Northeast
Iraq Coup Plot Foiled as Government Says It Uncovered Plan
Damascus Syria AP reports Iraq's revolutionary government announced it uncovered and foiled a coup attempt by opportunist elements. Radio Baghdad said the plot would have drowned the country in a sea of blood if carried out.
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Damascus
Syria
Iraq
Radio
Baghdad
Sugar price triggers third congressional probe
Soaring sugar prices prompted a third inquiry led by the Senate Small Business Committee chaired by John Sparkman. He said the committee will examine why prices rose and impact on small, independent businesses like bottlers and bakers. Senate and House panels planned hearings as Undersecretary Murphy predicted plentiful U.S. supplies despite earlier global tightness.
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Washington
Senate Small Business Committee
John Sparkman
Dela
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Month
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Leonor K. Sullivan
D-Mo
House Banking
Pesca
Charles S. Murphy
U.S
Murphy
Slight Chance Of Rain Today In Twin Cities
The weatherman predicts isolated afternoon showers today and Sunday. May in the Twin Cities has been dry with only 0.1 inch since May 5 and 20 straight rainless days. Highs 88 to 94, tonight 65 to 72, with southerly winds 5 to 10 mph by day and 10 to 18 mph at night.
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Twin Cities
Predawn blasts rock LSU and Capitol in Baton Rouge
Two pre dawn explosions shattered windows near Huey Long’s Capitol and LSU dormitory in Baton Rouge. No injuries were reported as police pursued unclear motives and sparse clues including car parts and a speeding vehicle sighting.
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Baton Rouge
Huey Long
Louisiana State University
Stadium
LSU
James C. Dunigan
Africa Nations Adopt Charter to Form Organization of Africa Unity
At Addis Ababa thirty free African nations unanimously approve a charter to create the Organization of African Unity. The heads of state plan to sign at a special meeting with Addis Ababa named as temporary headquarters, aiming to unify states and shift from rival blocs.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
APL
Free African Nations
Organization of African Unity
Africa
Canadian armored car driver withholds hiding place in $325000 theft
Douglas John Brown 35, accused of stealing 325000 from Loomis Armored Car Service in Vancouver, refused to disclose where the money is hidden. He was captured in Brazil and extradited to Canada via Idlewild Airport New York. Interpol accompanied him. Vancouver police planned extradition proceedings.
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Toronto
Ont
Vancouver
Douglas John Brown
Idlewild
New York
Canada
Brazil
Brown
Rio de Janeiro
Loomis Armored Car Service
Interpol
International Police Agency
William Portenous
Train Hits Car Killing Infant and Injuring Two Women
A seven month old, Allyson Brakefield, died at St Francis hospital after a Missouri Pacific freight train rammed a stalled car near Riverton. Her mother Joyce Turpin Brakefield and Melise Mapp Russell were listed in critical condition, with Russell due to deliver soon. State police noted the car stalled on tracks and was demolished, with occupants thrown clear. The crash occurred about 3 45 p.m. Saturday nine miles north of Columbia.
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Tommy Brakefield
Monroe
Brakefield
Riverton
U.S. 165
Malise Mapp Russell
Sammy Franklin
Allyson Brakefield
St. Francis Hospital
Joyce Turpin Brakefield
Roselawn Ave
Melise Mapp Russell
Rapides St
St. Francis
Riser and Son Ambulance
Columbia
Missouri Pacific
Jacob Abrams Dies Services Are Set Today
Jacob B. Abrams aged 67 of 503 Rochelle Ave died Saturday in a Monroe hospital after a nine month illness. He had lived in Monroe 36 years and ran Tick-Tock Jewelry Shop on DeSiard Street. Born in Shreveport he spent 42 years in the jewelry trade. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. at Hixson Brothers Chapel with Rabbi Martin Silverman officiating. Burial in Jewish Cemetery. Survived by wife J B Abrams two daughters Mrs Nathan Waldmen Kilgore Tex and Mrs Irving Leibowitz Monroe and four grandchildren. Pallbearers named Bodan Zipkes Brueck Marshall Reddick Parker Gilreath Masur.
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Jacob B. Abrams
Rochelle Ave
Monroe
Abrams
DeSiard Street
Shreveport
Hixson Brothers
Martin Silverman
J. B. Abrams
Nathan Waldmen
Kilgore
Tex
Irving Leibowitz
Josh Bodan
Leo Zipkes
Arthur Brueck
Ellmer Marshall
Vernon Reddick
Otto Parker
Clyde Gilreath
Louis Masur
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Monty Gilmore
Morris Gilmore
Farmerville
Nora Lane
Marie
Wynn Jefferson
LABOR
Ramblin
Sandra Kay Guyton
Wingate White
Howard Kidder
Capitol
Dustrial
Sarah Little
Jacob Abrams
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