Herter on Spy Incident Weakens Khrushchev’s Position
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter says the American U-2 spy plane flight and Paris summit collapse may have seriously undermined Nikita Khrushchev. He defended the timing as a sound decision and noted weather later could have blocked high altitude photography.
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Washington
UPI
Christian A. Herter
Nikita 5S
Khrushchev
Russia
Herter
Eisenhower
Paris
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Defense
Thomas 5. Gates Jr
Sovet
Charles FE
Chip) Bohlen
Kremlin
State Department
Dancer Candy Kane Leaves New York Tour With Earl Long
New York AP report says stripper Candy Kane a.k.a. Marcia Katz left for Baltimore after five days in the city with ex Governor Earl Long. The visit featured a theft report of 240 dollars from Kane’s room a confrontation between Long’s bodyguard Dick Davis and six police officers and a grand jury probe into Davis’s alleged charges.
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New York
Candy Kane
Baltimore
Earl Long
Louisiana
Miss Kane
Long
Dick Davis
Davis
Marcia Katz
Memorial Day Holiday Travel Threat Posts Fatalities Warned
Americans hit the road for a three day Memorial Day weekend starting the summer vacation season. The National Safety Council estimates nearly all 73 million cars could be on the road from Friday evening to Monday night and as many as 475 people may die in traffic incidents during the period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Training Exercise In Asia Involving U S Fighter Planes
U S fighter planes are slated for a training exercise in Asia as part of ongoing military posture. The United Nations Security Council approved a small nation backed resolution urging renewed summit talks. Russia abstained after failing to add indirect censure of espionage flights.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
United Nations Security Council
Fiiday
Russia
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Eisenhower
Ceylon
Ecuador
Tunisia
Poland
Reinforced Plastic Plant Planned for Monroe
Plans laid for a 100000 square foot reinforced plastic factory on 25 acres in the Monroe Industrial Park at Selman Field employing about 500. Cardinal Manufacturing of Shreveport to lease the site on a 99 year term. Local officials and Cardinal executives outlined next steps, with meetings planned to finalize building plans and automation details.
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Monroe
Selman Field
City of
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Area Industrial Development Committee
Cardinal Manufacturing Corporation of
Shreveport
Corporation
Cardinal Company
United States
Harry Porter
Cardinal
Monroe Chamber
Russell Gross
Mexico
Porter
Gross
Jack Gremillion
Joseph Kavanaugh
John Liberto
W. L. Howard
Benton Wakefield
John Rudisell
David C. Silverstein
James S. Williams
Bobby Joe Oden
Senators to Fight House School Construction Amendment
Southern senators vow to strike the anti segregation amendment from the 1.3 billion school construction bill after House approval. Leaders plan a House Senate conference to resolve differences with the 1.833 billion Senate version, avoiding a floor fight but risking a possible delay. The House measure authorizes 325 million dollars annually for four years in grants to states for public school construction.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Thomas H. Kuchell
Calif
House Rules Committee
House
Neville High School Class of 1980 Graduation Exercises
Neville High School held the class of 1980 graduation with an enthusiastic crowd. Mary J. Strausser delivered the salutatory, Nancy Wilcox Snellings gave the valedictory, and awards were presented by George S. Buckner and Mrs. Wesley Shaito. American Legion awards were presented by Bert C. Root Jr. Sigma Sigma graduates were recognized by Principal Sidney A. Seegers. Continued on Page Two-A.
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Neville High School
Kathryn Doughiere
Charles Brown
Mary J. Strausser
Nancy Wilcox Snellings
E. L. Neville
George S. Buckner
D.A.R
Wesley Shaito
American Legion
Bert C. Root Jr
Sigma Sigma
Sidney A. Seegers
Gravel Still Holds Post As Louisiana Demo Leader
Washington AP: Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler said Camille Gravel remains national committeewoman from Louisiana and will serve through the 1960 Democratic National Convention. The Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee fired Gravel and named Harry Booth, while Mrs. Earl K. Long resigned as committeewoman and Mrs. Jimmie Davis was chosen as her successor. Butler noted past attempts to oust Gravel failed and clarified Davis could join the national committee if certified.
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Washington (Ap
Paul M Butler
Camille F. Gravel
Louisiana
Butler
Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee
Gravel
Hamed
Harry V Booth
Shreveport
Earl K. Long
Jimmie Davis
Democratic National Committee
Long
Davis
Riddle
Booth
Jimmie H. Davis
Los Angeles
Re-Election Qualifiers Headed To July Primary
In Baton Rouge Louisiana Democrats ousted national committeeman Camille Gravel Friday and named Shreveport attorney Harold Booth to replace Gravel while Mrs Alverne Davis selected national committeewoman. The convention legality of Gravel or Booth as Louisiana's official representative remains undecided. U S Sen Allen Ellender and five Louisiana congressmen qualified for reelection. former Gov Earl K Long did not. First primary set for July 23.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Camille Gravel
Shreveport
Harold Booth
State Central Democratic Committee
Gravel
Alverne Davis
Seovernor
Charles A. Riddle Jr
Marksville
Booth
U. S
Allen J. Ellender
Earl K. Long
Congressional District
Democratic State Central Committee
National Anthems Show Big Variety From Nepal To Denmark
A new book Nation al Anthems of the World by Martin Shaw and Henry Coleman surveys how small nations yield bold or stark national songs. It notes Nepal’s anthem includes Sri Pansh Maharajadhiraja and contrasts Jordan Bahrain and Qatar with lyric or note counts. Denmark remains a cliffhanger as the article continues.
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London
Nepal
Sri Pansh Maharajadhiraja
Martin Shaw
Henry Coleman
Jordan
Tolo
Qatar
Denmark
Power Plant Contract Awarded by Monroe Utilities Commission
The Monroe Utilities Commission awarded a $203,983 power plant contract to W. C. Salley for a new 9 000 KW turbine generator. Bid had been reviewed by Ford Bacon Davis in New York. work to start June 1 and finish January 31, 1961, as part of a $285,000 improvement plan including upgrades to electrical facilities and a new substation on the Southside.
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Monroe Utilities Commission
French Smith
W. C. Salley
Commission
Ford - Bacon - Davis
New York
Salley
Salley Now
Park Avenue
Utilities Department
South Grand Street
Freight Train Derails North of Henderson North Carolina
About 30 cars of a Seaboard Airline freight train derailed 23 miles north of Henderson triggering a fire in a car carrying chemically treated telephone poles. No injuries reported but passenger traffic rerouting was required as fire crews from nearby towns battled the blaze.
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Paschal
N.C
UPI
Seaboard
Henderson
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast for Monroe Area Today
Weather forecast predicts clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s expected tonight and today with coastal winds 5 to 15 mph. Statewide, skies vary from clear in the north to cloudy in the south with yesterday’s readings around 79 degrees and a 59 degree low.
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Monroe
Machine Feeds Translate Russian Text Inpidgin English Style
Scientists at IBM are teaching a machine to read and translate Russian. A Soviet Pravda article was converted to tape and fed to the device. The output shows a primitive pidgin English rendering like Matter high lift own little children to see comrade Khrushchev.
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Yorktown Heights
N.Y
Khrushcheva
Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Air Force to send 120 fighters for mobility exercise
Gen Thomas D White announced that 120 supersonic fighters and support aircraft will depart California on June 1 for Clark Air Base Philippines. The composite air strike force will train in the Philippines Thailand and Formosa for 15 days as part of a mobility exercise amid rising Southeast Asia tensions and post summit expectations. Maj Gen Henry Viccellio will lead the movement, having led a similar force in the 1958 Lebanon crisis.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Southeast Asia
White
Orient
California
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Thailand
Formosa
Defense Department
Henry Viccellio
Tactical Air Command
19Th Air Force
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
N.C
Viccellio
Lebanon
McKeithen Seeks Second Term On Public Service Commission
Baton Rouge Staff Special Attorney John J. McKeithen of Columbia announced Friday he will seek reelection to a second six year term on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He currently chairs the commission and announced from a Caldwell Parish background that he will run on his record. Candidates may qualify until 5 p.m. June 3.
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Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
Columbia
Louisiana Public Service Commission
McKeithen
State Central Democratic Committee
Fifth District
Public Service Commission
MccKeithen
House
Commission
Caldwell Parish
North
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