Red China blames U S for U2 spy flight downing
Taipei reports Red China claims the U2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane was shot down over East China by the PLA. Nationalists say one of two U2s bought from the United States in 1960 disappeared on a routine mission over the mainland. Washington says U2 purchases were approved but operations are Nationalist.
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Sakhalin Island
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Rev. W. R. Lawrence Jr. Dies at 41 in Jonesboro
The Rev. W. R. Lawrence Jr. pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro died after a yearlong illness. Funeral set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Jonesboro church with Dr. Troy Wheeler and Dr. R. H. Whittington officiating. Burial in Forest Lawn Park Cemetery, Alexandria. Survivors include his widow Jeanette, son David FE Lawrence, daughters Jean Elaine and Shirley Ann, his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lawrence Sr., and two sisters Mrs. Wade Mercer and Mrs. Lee Mathews. The body lies in state at Southern Funeral Home.
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R. H. Whittington
Louisiana College
Fort Polk
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Forest Lawn Park Cemetery
Southern Funeral Home
Jeanette C. Lawrence
David FE. Lawrence
Today’s Chuckle Economy Puzzle Wordplay
A playful note on the word economy revealing a paradox between large soap flakes and small autos. The witty quip highlights the quirks of language and humor.
Blue Dye Rain Leaves Britain Countryside Stunned
A blue rain shower covered an area near London affecting towns including Egham Staines Chertsey Virginia Water Wentworth and Thrope. Police logged dozens of complaints as jets at Farnborough air show released blue dye in vapor trails. Authorities said the dye came from planes and directed claims to organizers.
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America magazine denies anti Semitism in Sept editorial debate
New York AP The Jesuit weekly America rejects charges it condones anti Semitic sentiments The Sept 1 editorial was misread as warning Jews over public school religion The Sept 15 piece says militant secularists actions could backfire on Jewish people and insists Jewish agencies do not speak for all American Jews
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Clay Offers Cheap Way To Purify Water
Government scientist reports common clays can purify water contaminated by radioactive fallout and aid in disposing nuclear industry wastes. William J. Lacy cites Oak Ridge research testing six clays for removing strontium 90 and cesium 137 from liquid wastes, noting four clays remove strontium well and all remove cesium effectively. An ounce of clay can remove most strontium 90 from a gallon of water.
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Fifth District Retired Teachers Meet at Monroe Home
The Fifth District Retired Teachers Association will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday morning at 9 45 in the home of Mrs. Lewis Slater, 605 Wood Street, Monroe. Miss Myrtle Rodgers, president, said an informative program is planned.
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Myrtle Rodgers
Homecoming of Cadeville Lodge 229 Planned Saturday
The annual homecoming of Cadeville Lodge No 229 is scheduled for Saturday with details noted on CHIT-CHAT page 7-A. The event brings together lodge members and their families for reunion activities and community fellowship.
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Cadeville Lodge No. 229
Algeria’s Ben Bella Boumedi enne take power after Algiers entry
Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella and Col Houari Boumedienne rule Algeria as Boumedienne’s 5000 man army enters Algiers ending seven weeks of guerrilla control in the capital. The move breaks a demilitarized agreement and signals a push for a legislature dominated by Boumedienne allies.
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Hearings Set Today On Reserve Call
The Senate Armed Services Committee opens hearings on President Kennedy’s request for stand by authority to order 150,000 reservists back to active duty if needed. McNamara to testify. action expected within a week as Berlin tensions and Cuba threats drive precautionary moves.
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Ex-Red Agent Calls New York Ideal Spy Ground
Former Soviet defector Col Pawel Monat says New York City offers easy cover for foreign agents, citing UN crowds and diverse crowds. He says Pentagon access is lax and even a child could enter, as he discusses his espionage life in a memoir due this week.
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Reapportionment Group Meets Amid Suit Threats
The Louisiana Legislative Committee on Reapportionment meets in Baton Rouge amid federal suit threats to redraw legislative districts. Sen. B R Patton predicts draft recommendations for the next legislature while ex Senator J D De Blieux plans to stay involved and file his suit as soon as ready.
Skeleton May Be Remains Of Poye Youth
Skeleton found 300 yards downstream from a bridge near Skeleton community in Georgia is believed to be Pvt. Joseph J. Poye of Winnsboro Louisiana who vanished from Ft. Gordon on April 9. Army pathologists will confirm identity. fellow soldier Willye Joe King is implicated in the disappearance and later detentions.
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Ouachita River Valley Board Meets Afloat
Ouachita River Valley Association board members set sail for a meeting aboard G L Morgan's boat on the Ouachita River. President Grayson Guthrie Jr of Monroe said river projects, including a 9 foot channel and the Jonesville lock and dam, would be discussed before returning to Monroe this afternoon. Attendees from Northeast Louisiana and South Arkansas included H K Thatcher, executive vice president.
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Weather outlook for Warf Northeast Louisiana
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts cloudiness and scattered showers through Tuesday with cooler temperatures. Highs reach 88 to 92, lows 68 to 72. North winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunset 6 20 p m. sunrise 5 49 a m.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Frost Returns From Russia With Remarks On Peace
Poet Robert Frost returned from a 10 day visit to the Soviet Union and said Khrushchev believed the United States would not fight. He hinted at a secret message for President Kennedy and noted Russians seem more open to democracy though distrust remains.
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Protests Rise as Britain Pushes to Join European Market
London AP Macmillan opens Commonwealth summit in Marlborough House as 16 nations discussBritain’s bid to join the European Common Market. Demonstrations erupt with anti market placards while Kashmir delegates petition for independence and African groups press to bar Sir Roy Welensky from the talks.
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Crater Lake Depth and Water Balance Highlighted
The Crater Lake in Oregon sits up to 1983 feet deep and has no inlet or outlet. A rainfall and melting snow maintains its level, notes the Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World.
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Harris Studies Back Democrat Drive In Seven States
Political analyst Louis Harris, paid by the Democratic National Committee and AFL-CIO, conducts surveys in at least seven states to weaken Republican incumbents. A confidential Harris report targets Rep. William Ayres in Ohio, suggesting messaging on Medicare.
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Bob Wilson
Soblen in coma after barbiturate overdose
Robert A. Soblen, serving a life sentence as a wartime spy, remains unconscious in Brixton Prison Hospital after a barbiturate overdose. Doctors report severe brain damage from lack of oxygen, with convulsions ongoing and attempts to deport him to New York facing delays.
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Robert A. Soblen
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Daily Mirror
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Sunday Pictorial
Cyril G. Barnes
Desegregation Faces Small Pickets in New Orleans
In New Orleans the second week of expanded desegregation saw few pickets and little trouble. About 300 Black children are in roughly 50 schools including St. Raphael Catholic School where white parents protested a Black girl’s enrollment. Police patrolled the area as the crowd jeered a Black mother leaving with her child. At Burns in St Bernard Parish, Our Lady of Good Harbor School reported about six Black children present while the school had been empty Friday.
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