Attorney General ruling blocks Ouachita Parish office plan
State Attorney General ruled the Ouachita Parish School Board office site purchase and West Monroe construction illegal. The ruling cites violation of state statutes and questions legislative approval for welfare related funding. A 10-7 board vote earlier authorized buying 9.75 acres from T A Sanders for 31,500 to build the new office.
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Ouachita Parish School Board
West Monroe
Baton Rouge
Mary Evelyn
Albin P. Las Parker
Welfare Board
Board of Liquidation of
State Dept
Lassiter
Chase
West
Monroe
Carroll Buck
Wall Jr
Ward Five
Stock market ends hectic week higher as gains lift Dow
The market closed up 7.45 at 604.58 as defense shares led a late rally after jitters over Soviet Cuba missiles. The Associated Press index rose 2.20 to 222.5 with gains across industrials rails and utilities. Trading: 5.47 million shares. 799 advances, 269 declines. Notable movers included US Steel Chrysler General Electric IBM while American Telephone eased.
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New York
Soviet Union
Cuba
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poors
US Steel
Chrysler
General Electric
International Business
American Telephone
Want Ads Reach Monroe West Monroe Region
Today News Star World promotes its want ads to a large Monroe West Monroe audience in North Louisiana offering low seven day rates with cancellation privileges.
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News-Star—World
Monroe - West Monroe
North Louisiane
Ramblin' Mrs Posey Heads to San Francisco Visit
Ramblin Mrs Esther Posey leaves by plane today for San Francisco to visit her daughter Mrs Charles Thomisee and meet her first grandchild Lisa. Grandmother Mrs Ruth Orr of Monroe will send Lisa a kiss through Mrs Posey. At West Monroe Chamber of Commerce reception desk Friday stood Mrs Brenda Bennett wife of state policeman Bobby Bennett.
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Esther Posey
San Francisco
Charles Thomisee
Lisa
Ruth Orr
Monroe
Posey
Brownette
West Monroe
Louisiana Board of Education Threatens Budget Fight
Louisiana Board of Education threatens legal action to block Budget Committee from influencing school affairs. Attorney General opinion had said the budget group lacks power to regulate monthly state education spending. Dr Boyd Woodard says constitutional board protects Louisiana children while Budget Committee meets Nov 9 for session.
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Atty
Jack Gremillion
Budget Group
Boyd Woodard
Lake Charles
Constitutional Board
Louisiana
W J. Cleveland
Crowley
Jimmie H Davis
Woodard
JFK Sees Progress as Cuban Missile Bases Are Dismantled
President Kennedy announced from Washington that Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled and missiles crated. He said fixed installations are being destroyed and progress toward Caribbean peace is being made, with aerial surveillance and international verification to follow.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Caribbean
United States
House To Probe US Controls On Information
House subcommittee chair John F. Moss criticizes new information policies by the Defense and State departments as extremely disturbing. He vows an investigation into charges they seek to control news and information amid reports of mandated briefings with newsmen and comments tying release timing to national crisis management.
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John FE. Moss
D-Calif
House
Government Information
Defense
State Departments
Moss
State Department
Defense Department
Arthur Sylvester
Kennedy
New Duke President Named From Lawrence College
Dr Douglas Maitland Knight, 41, a Cambridge native and Yale alumnus, was chosen as Duke University’s president. He has led Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin for nine years and will become the fifth and youngest Duke president, expected to assume office in the 1964 65 school year after interim leader Dr Deryl Hart. Knight once worked as a waiter at a prep school to help pay expenses and has a long academic record including a Yale BA, MA, and PhD, plus eight years teaching at Yale.
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Durham
Douglas Maitland Knight
Duke University
Knight
Cambridge
Mass
Yale
Duke
Lawrence College
Appleton. Wis
Lawrence
Deryl Hart
Hollis Fdens
Phillips Exeter Academy
James ‘Buchanan
Duke, Tobacco and Util 4 Tycoon
Senator Soaper and labels in politics
The text portrays political caution about labeling opponents and the need for honesty in public offices. It references Senator Soaper, Congressman Shludgepump, and a future agriculture secretary, highlighting scrutiny over criticism of pesticide use and the politics of appointment versus fingered selection.
Chilean President May Break Off Cuba Ties
SANTIAGO Chile AP sources report President Jorge Alessandri plans to sever diplomatic relations with Cuba amid coalition pressure from Radicals Liberals and Conservatives. Chile remains among few Latin nations maintaining ties despite resistance from a pro Castro faction at home.
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Chile
Cuba
Santiago
Jorge Alessandri
Alessandri
Twin Cities Weather Outlook With Mild Temps
Partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures prevail today and into Sunday in the Twin Cities. Highs will reach 64 to 68 degrees with overnight lows of 42 to 46. Friday recorded a high of 67 and a low of 43, with a trace of rain at Selman Field reported by Federal Aviation.
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Twin Cities
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Exile Claims Cuba Hides Missiles in Mountain Caves
Fidel Castro is hiding mobile medium range Soviet missiles in Cuban mountain caves and excavations, an exile government official told AP on Friday. Rafael Garcia-Navarro, Cuban UN delegate, said Castro dismantles intermediate bases while concealing smaller missiles inland, with associates in Miami relaying coded updates about missile locations and transport.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Fidel Castro
Castro
Rafael Garcia-Navarre
United Nations
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuba
Garcia Navarro
Russia
US Soviet Near Accord On Red Cross Cuba Inspection
United States and Soviet Union near agreement on letting the International Red Cross inspect Cuba bound Soviet ships. Red Cross to send a representative to New York for talks with U Thant as Kennedy signals lifting the naval quarantine if accepted. Inspectors would be aboard ships chartered by Red Cross or the UN, with Thant briefing diplomats.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Soviet Union
International Red Cross
Red Cross
New York
U Thant
Cuba
Kennedy
Thant
Anna Satellite Flashes Lights For First Time
The Defense Department reports the Firefly geodetic satellite Anna is functioning well and will flash two lights five times over the Atlantic on Sunday at 4 03 am EST as it passes Howard County Maryland. The lights will be invisible to the eye, and radio tracking and positioning gear is operating normally.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Defense Department
Anna
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Howard County
Traffic Twist on Seattle Streets Polices Safety Test
Seattle motorists negotiated obstacle courses set by police as a safety campaign to curb drunken driving and faulty equipment. The freeform twist ran on seven arterials with 100 foot zigzas and detour signs. One driver faced charges after hitting cones. others offered varied reactions to the unusual test.
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Seattle, Wash
Seattle
Robert Rohwedder
J. D. Porter
New Focus In Cuban Crisis Reported By Kennedy Speech
The Associated Press outlines Friday’s key Cuban crisis developments. President Kennedy announced the Soviet bases in Cuba are being dismantled and missiles removed, with hope and firmness on restoring Caribbean peace and international verification. A plan allowing Red Cross inspection of Cuba-bound cargoes aims to enable the naval quarantine’s lift, as Mikoyan travels to Havana backing Castro’s settlement terms.
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Baydany
Yemen
Sana Radio
Horn Frontier
Red Sea
Hodeida
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Mohammad Al-Badr
Abdulla al Sallal
Associated Press
Kennedy
Cuba
Caribbean
United States
Soviet Union
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Nations
Red Cross
Anastas I. Mikoyan
New York
Havana
Castro
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Leesville
Bert Adams
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Ramblin
JFK
Organization of American States
Khrushchev
UPL
NEW Duke President
Soaper
Shludgepump
International Committee of the International Red Cross
Henry Coursier
International Committee
Geneva
Henrik Beer
League of Red Cross Societies
United Givers
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