Army Okays Resignation Of General
The Army accepted Maj Gen Edwin A Walker's resignation on Nov 4 after his formal resignation was filed amid charges of muzzling military dissent. Walker forfeited more than 12000 yearly retirement pay and benefits, and will testify at hearings on alleged anti communism suppression. He plans to serve his country through other means in this time of need.
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Army
Walker
Department of the Army
Edwin A. Walker
Subcommittee
Slo
Tesst
San Antonio
Army Headquarters
Pacific
Katanga
Congo
Leopondville
U.N
Sture Linner
Sweden
Zorin
UU Thant
Security Council
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskyold
U N Session Is Asked On Congo Strife
Monroe Morning World reports a U N session is requested on Congo unrest. The piece notes continued debate and calls for international involvement. A separate item covers a Pace One luncheon by the Monroe Sunior Chamber of Commerce at the Frances Hotel to discuss a proposed school expansion bond issue with attendance invited.
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Monroe
Congo
Monroe Sunior Chamber of Commerce
Frances Hotel
Ken Wagley
Wings Awarded To Son Of Mrs O D Stewart
Mrs O Dessa Lo Stewart of West Monroe begins proud notification after her year old son earns paratrooper wings at Fort Benning following three weeks of intensified ground and aerial training. Sid Davis D Stewart of Ashland Kentucky completed five parachute jumps from about 1250 feet to receive the wings. He serves with the 1st Group's 1eth Spectral Forces in the Army National Guard based near Huntington West Virginia.
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O'Dessa Lo Stewart
Game St
West Monroe
Army Infantry School
Fort Benning
Army National Guard
Sid Davis D. Stewart
Jane
Winchester Ave
Ashland
1St Group
Huntington
Woova
Nasser Plans Broad Changes In Government
Nasser outlined broad government changes including elected local councils and a national congress to rewrite the constitution. He urged a preparatory committee to meet in a month to lay groundwork for an elected national congress and a constitutional framework amid Arab socialism criticism and regional unrest.
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Nasser
AIRO
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
National Congress
Jost Ats
United Arab Republic
National Congress of Pop
Wlar
Army Reservist Dies In Crash Near Leesville
A 21 year old Marshall Texas Army Reservist Daniel L Allen died in a two car crash near Leesville Louisiana while returning from Ft Polk with his wife and child and two other passengers uninjured. Allen belonged to the Texas 49th Infantry Division recently called to active duty and the accident occurred as his car swerved across the highway colliding head on with another vehicle driven by Mrs Shirley Brown of Dallas.
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Leesville
Marshall
Tex
Spist
Daniel L. Allen
Pete Allen
Texas 49Th Infantry Division
Ft Polk
Allen
Hurricanes devastate Belize and Honduras forcing evacuations
troops battle looters in Honduras and Belize shelters crowded at Pine Ridge and Stann's Creek. 15000 homeless in Belize moved inland while 4000 from Stann's Creek evacuated by boat. international airlift brings food and purification chemicals. repatriation of Americans and Britons accelerates as planes arrive. nuns shelter 200 homeless as parish and school buildings are damaged.
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Belize
Pine Ridge
Stann's Creek
British Honduras
Stann’s Creek
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Jamaica
Wayne Swift
San Diego
Calif
Inami
Fla
Special Election On School Bond Issue In Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish School Board explains a proposed 4 million bond issue to fund critical needs and new schools. If approved on Tuesday November 7, millage would rise about 5 mills initially, then trend downward as old bonds retire. The board cites overcrowded Negro and white schools and vows prudent spending and public education advocacy.
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Fter Tuhe Copeiderahian
Judy
Efoto
Ouachita Parish
Calhoun
South i Grand Street
West Monroe High School
Ouachita Parish High School
Sterlington High School
PTA
Dstrict No 17
French Join In Checking Berlin Cars at Checkpoint
French gendarmes joined American troops and West Berlin police at Checkpoint Charlie to help inspect cars with foreign or diplomatic plates from East Berlin. Civilians, especially from Soviet satellites, face identity checks. Soviet and U.S. troops remain near the border after tense standoffs and tank deployments.
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U.S
Miss Blanche Hair Dies Rites Today
Funeral rites are held for Miss Blanchetta Hair who died Friday after a weeklong illness. A Monroe native, she lived most of her life there and resided at 314 Columbia Street. She was a member of Louise I McGuire Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and Woodmen Circle. She graduated from Ouachita Parish High School. Burial is in Hailes Cemetery West Monroe under Mulhearn Funeral Homes. Survived by her mother Mrs Curtis Bo Hair Monroe sister Mrs James A Wishart New York and brother Charles Curtis Hair Monroe pallbearers listed.
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Blanchetta Hair
Miss Haar
Jashin
Monroe
Columbia St
Louise I. McGuire
Order of the Fiastern Star
Woodmen Circle
Miss Hair
Ouachita Parish
Mulhearn
Hailes
West Monroe
Curtis Bo Hair
James A. Wishart
New York
N.Y
Charles Curtis Hair
Lo. Reeves
JT Leggett
John Conville
Boyd White
Thad Tucker
Merlin Wilkins
Northeast Alumni Select J W Beaver As New President
Alumni meeting drew the largest Northeast turnout for the annual business session. Joe, current president, presided during homecoming activities ending with a Gundy Dining Hall dance after the Northeast Delta State game at Brown Stadium.
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Joe
Northeast
George T. Walker
Gundy
Delta State
Brown Stadium
Milk Trucks Defy Union In New York
Milk truck drivers walkout amid union dispute in New York as police monitor routes to Bronx plant. Company offers a two year package with pay raises totaling $9.10 while Teamsters demand $7 weekly across the board. trucks operated with limited security as milk supplies shift to stores and dairy regions.
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Union
New York
Sinco Toopaltat
Eas
New Chersen
Dante Dias Boas
Est
Bronx
Warner
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