Bosses Order False Highway Reports Taint 1950s Louisiana Work
Washington AP report details two Shreveport men, James E. Smith and Billy Ray Bryant, testifying before a House Highway Investigating Committee that they wrote fake material test reports on orders from supervisors in the late 1950s. They described making up samples, taking tests until they met specs, and even drafting load tickets at home to keep pace with contractors. They cited Alfred Simpson as the supervisor directing fraud and noted reforms since then to curb such practices. The men recounted failed samples on the Hunter Logansport project and an instance where Bryant’s industry decisions were overridden, contributing to later culvert damage after heavy rains.
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Bryant
Smith
Alfred Simpson
Highway Department
Land
Simpson
Louisiana Highway Department
Hunter- Logansport
Logansport
Mass Trial Underway At Berkeley
In Berkeley California during the mass trial more than 800 sit in at Sproul Hall began as 155 demonstrators faced charges of failure to disperse resisting arrest and trespassing. Mario Savio led the Free Speech Movement as hearings were set to continue over six weeks with most defendants waiving jury trials.
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Berkeley
Calif
Sproul Hall
University of California
Mario Savio
Veterans Auditorium
Rupert Crittenden
Alameda County
Dist. Atty
Frank Coakley
California
Coakley
Savio
New York
Robert
Mario
Robert Treuhart
Berkeley Court
Jack Wein
Businessman Hunted In 3 Family Killings
A 13 state alert went out for Byron L. Halter a 47 year old Dun cannon Pennsylvania businessman sought in the fatal shootings of his wife Betty Jane Holly Lynn and Elizabeth Catherine Swank his mother in law Halter who operates several small retail stores is charged with their murders and fled after a letter found at the scene outlined the killings
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Duncannon, Pa
Byron L. Halter
Duncannon
Halter
Betty Jane
Holly Lynn
Elizabeth Catherine Swank
Police Jury Secures $500 Surplus Fire Truck
Ouachita Parish Police Jury will buy a surplus fire truck valued at 36000 for 500 with help from Sen. Jamar Adcock Rep. George Wood Rep. Lawrence Gibbs and assistance from Sheriff Bailey Grant and Ward 10 juror John Ensminger. Truck will support parish fire fighting and Civil Defense programs and pickup is set in Baton Rouge within days.
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Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Jamar Adcock
George Wood
Lawrence Gibbs
Bailey Grant
Ward 10
John Ensminger
Baton Rouge
Unanimous vote funds college capital outlay in Louisiana
The State Bond and Building Commission approved 14.84 million for higher education projects under a 35 million bond program. LSU receives 9.91 million across several campuses. Northwestern State, USL Lafayette, Nicholls, Nicholls Thibodaux, McNeese, Northeast, and others share the remainder. One non-educational item earmarks 150 thousand for the penitentiary sugar mill. all but this awaits legislative approval.
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Baton Rouge
State Bond and Building Commission
John McKeithen
Louisiana State University
University of Southwestern Louisiana At
Lafayette
Northwestern State College
Natchitoches
Francis T. Nicholls State College
Thibodaux
McNeese State College
Lake
A. P. Tugwell
LSU Junior College
Shreveport
LSU
Eunice
LSUNO
LSU At
Alexandria
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Teenage girl puzzled by changing affections for Charlie
A teen reflects on her shift from infatuation to irritation with Charlie, noting how men are unpredictable and emotions swing quickly. The remark adds a humorous peek into how quickly feelings change.
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Charlie
Pvt Thomas L McHenry Completes Signal School Training
Pvt Thomas L McHenry 18 son of Mr and Mrs Patrick P McHenry of 1600 N McGuire Monroe completed training at the Army Southeastern Signal School Ft Gordon Ga He is trained to construct and maintain open wire lead covered cables and field communications wires Ouachita Parish High School graduate entered the Army last October.
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Thomas L. McHenry
Army Southeastern Signal School
Ft. Gordon
Pvt
McHenry
Patrick P. McHenry
N. McGuire
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Army
Bossier Youth and Ex-Con Die in Flaming Wreck
In Shreveport Louisiana a 17 year old Bossier Parish youth and Texas ex convict were killed in a fiery two car crash on U S Highway 80 near Red Schute at 10 p m Thursday The teen Lynn Allan George son of Mr and Mrs Bill George died in his vehicle Also killed was Lynn Knickerbocker 37 of Odessa Texas the sole occupant of his car Knickerbocker a former prisoner with a lengthy police record recently released from Huntsville Texas state penitentiary for forgery was not wanted by Odessa authorities at present.
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Shreveport
Bossier Parish
Texas
U.S Highway 80
Red Schute
C. H. McCuller
Lynn Allan George
Bill George
George W. Knickerbocker
Odessa
Knickerbocker
Texas State
Huntsville
Something Dramatic Needed Viet Nam Peace Dialogue Begun
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan describes a potential breakthrough in Viet Nam peace efforts as nonaligned nations push for negotiations without strings. He analyzes Moscow and Peking influence, Ho Chi Minh’s loyalties, and the possible UN role, noting Hanoi’s stance on cease fire terms while the Kremlin signals willingness to move toward peace despite Chinese attacks.
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Moscow
Southeast Asia
North
Viet Nam
Red China
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Comintern
Moscow-Peking
U.S
Peking
Kremlin
Vigilante Groups Rise in Brooklyn and Staten Island
Two new civilian patrols formed in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn and Midland Beach Staten Island pledge to guard streets at night with radios dogs and on foot to deter crime. They will notify police and monitor suspects but stress they carry no arms as officials urge restraint and proper authority.
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New York
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Walter Arm
Midland Beach
Weather outlook for Northeast Louisiana regional forecast
Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures are forecast for Northeast Louisiana with fog tonight. Highs reach 78 to 84 today and Saturday, lows 60 to 64, winds southeast at 8 to 15 mph. Chance of showers Saturday. Sunday looks mild. Monroe records show Thursday high 77 and overnight 77.
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Louisiana
Monroe
City School Expansion Bond Cost To Property Owners
The Monroe City School Board seeks a $6 million expansion funded by bonds due to 25 years at a maximum of six mills. Odom says rate could be lower. absentee voting runs to April 6 with polls open April 13. The plan includes Southside High School, classrooms, two elementary schools, stadium and air projects, air conditioning, and legal costs. Property owners pay $6 per $1,000 above $2,000 assessed value.
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City School Board
Monroe
Supt
van Dodom
Odom
Southside High School
Federal Bureau of the Census
State Department of Education
Neville High Schools
Indicted exec alleged in $20,000 industrial spying plot
Eugene Andrew Mayfield 26 of Evanston Ill former Procter & Gamble junior executive was indicted in Brooklyn on charges of using a phone to aid a dishonest scheme and delivering stolen goods to Colgate-Palmolive in New York. The case centers on a lobby-room exchange of $20,000 in marked bills and the theft of the buyer’s trousers to aid the getaway. FBI arrested him as he stepped out and he faces up to 10 years in prison.
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New York
Kennedy Airport
FBI
Brooklyn
Eugene Andrew Mayfield
Evanston, Ill
Proctor & Gamble
Ble
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Soffer
Proctor &Gamble
Colgate-Palmolive
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mayfield
Six Others Wounded In Raging Battle
SAIGON Viet Nam AP Four US Army men were killed and six others wounded in an assault on a Viet Cong stronghold 20 miles west of Saigon Heavy casualties were reported in battles across South Viet Nam Two American dead and some wounded were helicopter crewmen Two U S Army helicopters were shot down in the fighting in Hau Nghia Province US jet fighters blasted Viet Cong concentrations including a 17 aircraft raid in Quang Tri Province Officials said government forces and Viet Cong suffered heavy losses in a major Qung Tin Province battle near Tam Ky 32 killed 104 wounded 20 missing among government forces an airborne battalion and two marine battalions fought the firing through a sugar cane field
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hau Nghia
Quang Tri Province
Qung Tin
da Nang
Viet An
Tam Ky
Sale Of Building To Minden Men Told By Anding
Charles Anding said C&F Realty formed by him Fred Petty and Ben Marshall sold its Minden building to Harry E. McInnis Sr. and John L. McInnis of Minden effective April 1. The building will be leased July 1 to the Division of Employment Security for 6303 dollars annually with federal funding for leases and no state funds involved.
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Charles Anding
C.&f. Realty Co
Fred Petty
Tensas Levee Board
Minden
Anding
Harry E. McInnis Sr
John L. McInnis
C&f Realty
John J. McKeithen
Petty
Bureau of Employment, Security
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Grace OF God
Harrisburg Patriot- News
Holly
Christ
All
St. Carlos Spaht
Commission
List Funds
Twin City
Bossier
William L. Ryan
Soviet Communist Party
Washington
United Nations
City School
Sam Hanna
Indict
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