Katanga Leader Mobilizes Then Halts Airport Uprising
In Elisabethville, Moise Tshombe ordered Katanga followers to seize the airport from U.N. forces, with crowds besieging Swedish troops and tearing down the U.N. flag. Police lined streets as clashes unfolded. a later halt was announced after talks with U.N. officials.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Katanga
Anders Kjellgren
South
Defenses Recast to Survive Major ICBM Attack
Secretary McNamara outlined a revised $43.79 billion military budget and a reshaped defense posture to endure a massive ICBM onslaught. He said the aim is to reduce dependence on vulnerable deterrent forces and shift toward survivable, less launch-prone defenses amid the nuclear era.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
McNamara
Megnamara
Want Ad for RCA Phonograph and Records
Classified notice offers an RCA Orthophonic phonograph with 43 LPs and cabinet for sale. Includes contact details FA 24133 and FA 2516. Highlights good condition and sacrifice pricing with short ad deadline.
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RCA
R.C.A
Texas Senate Race Sparks Lone Star Balloting Today
Texans vote today to fill the Senate seat left by Lyndon B. Johnson as 71 candidates compete. Leading contenders include William A. Blakley, John G Tower, Will Wilson, Jim Wright, Maury Maverick Jr., and Henry B. Gonzales with a runoff set for June 3. An estimated 1.25 million voters participate.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Aurora
Ill
Wisconsin
Texas
Johnson
William A. Blakley
D-Tex
Dallas
Price Daniel
John G Tower
Will Wilson
Jim Wright
Maury Maverick Jr
Henry B. Gonzales
Predictable Showers Tied to Northeast Louisiana Forecast
Partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers late Tuesday night or tomorrow. Mild temperatures persist with lows around 48 and highs near 68 today and Wednesday. Monday saw a 73 degree high and 52 degree low with only a trace of rain at Selman Field.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
United Nations Split Over World Wide Break With South Africa
Asian and African members of the United Nations debated sanctions against South Africa over its apartheid policy. African allies backed Ghana's call for severing diplomatic ties and closing ports while India and others pressed for flexible action allowing individual or collective steps. The 99 member committee resumed discussions amid U S tensions on timing of harsher measures.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
South Africa
Special
Ghana
India
Ceylon
Malaya
United Arab Republic
U.S
Death verdicts for Finch and Tregott in LA murder case
In Los Angeles a jury convicts Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregott of murdering Finch's wife Barbara Jean and convicts them of conspiracy to murder. They face separate possible sentences of death in the gas chamber or life imprisonment with five years to life for Tregott on the conspiracy count. Judge Coleman keeps jurors overnight as deliberations continue.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregott
Finch
Barbara Jean
Miss Tregoff
Superior Court
David Coleman
The
Los Angeles Examiner
Carole
Castro ready to claim Cuban waters violation in Western Union incident
Fidel Castro's regime is expected to charge that the American cable repair ship Western Union, intercepted by a Cuban gunboat about five miles off Baracoa, invaded Cuban waters. The ship and 13 crew were held for six hours before release as U.S. forces responded.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
U.S. State Department
U.S. Navy
Western Union
Baracoa
U.S
Washington
Key West
Fla
R. T. Steadman
Guantanamo Bay
Lassiter Indicates Interest In Garrett Judge Bid
Ouachita Parish District Attorney Albin P. Lassiter said he is interested in running for the vacant judge post after the death of Judge David I. Garrett Sr. Lassiter emphasized his duty to the DA office and noted grand jury and trial schedules in Morehouse and Ouachita parishes. Garrett had served as judge since 1933 and died of a heart attack, with Governor required to call an election within 60 days.
Serviceman Found Dead Near Alexandria
T Sgt Manley G Adams 29 an England Air Force Base enlisted man missing since March 29 was found dead Monday in his station wagon about 11 miles west of Alexandria. Coroner Dr Lew Ryder ruled it an apparent self inflicted death and expected a verdict Tuesday after investigation. Adams’ wife and children live in Pineville. A base friend said Adams asked to borrow a pistol on March 29 and planned to kill himself, but the friend kept the weapon.
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Alexandria
England Air Force Base
Manley G. Adams
Rapides
Lew Ryder
Adams
Pineville
Billy Graham Speech Hit By Mass Student Departures
In Fort Lauderdale evangelist Billy Graham was to address vacationing college students, but his audience shrank to about 5,000 as the spring spree ends. Mayor Edward Johns invited him to speak at Las Olas and Atlantic Boulevards, the beachfront intersection scene of last week's disturbances.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Billy Graham
Graham
Edward Johns
Las Olas
Atlantic Boulevards
Woman Journalist Jailed In Denver
Vi Murphy a 35 year old newspaperwoman with the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph received a 30 day jail sentence for contempt after refusing to disclose a source for an advance petition filed with the Colorado Supreme Court. She reported to Denver County jail and described the first day as lasting two weeks. she is among 27 women prisoners and will be allowed cosmetics a toothbrush and photos of her children during confinement.
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Denver
Colo
Vi Murphy
Colorado Supreme Court
Murphy
Adam comments as wife falls from fig tree in joke
In a lighthearted item the husband Adam remarks on the moment his wife drops from a fig tree. The brief cartoonish exchange plays on everyday misfortune for humor.
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Adam
Estranged Wife Of Bandleader Fatally Beaten
Tehachapi Calif AP authorities say Ella Mae Cooley 37 wife of bandleader Spade Cooley was beaten to death at their ranch home. Cooley 50 admitted slapping her but denied punching her. He was to be booked for murder investigation as deputies questioned him.
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Tehachapi
Calif
Spade Cooley
Sheriff's Office
Cooley
Leroy Galven
John Howard
Howard
Ella Mae Cooley
Stanley Newman
Vincent Troy
Ella Mae
Mojave
Folk banjoist Seeger jailed for contempt counts
Pete Seeger, 42, was sentenced in New York to one year in prison for contempt of Congress after refusing to answer questions about Communist affiliations before the House Un American Activities Committee in 1955. He appeared with a banjo as spectators cheered.
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New York
Pete Seeger
Congress
Seeger
U.S
Murphy
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Beacon
N. Y
U.S. Atty
Irving Younger
Dead Man Brock Released After Drug Charge Dropped
Frank lin Brock a man who faked his death to avoid marrying due to religious differences was freed in New Orleans after District Attorney Richard A. Dowling said he would not file amphetamine possession charges. Dowling cited doubt whether pills were barbiturates or central nervous stimulants.
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New Orleans
UPI
Franklin Brock
San Francisco
Brock
Richard A. Dowling
Criminal District Court
Dowling
Mother slashes man and children in Arkansas tragedy
Mrs. Howard Reeves 30 and her daughters Mary Lynn 5 and Rebecca Ann were treated after a Saturday attack in Crossett. Reeves, a Crossett Paper Mills employee, allegedly stabbed the children with an ice pick and slashed her own throat and wrists, then was taken to hospital with her family. Local physicians reported the victims in satisfactory condition. Detective details describe a sudden act by Reeves husband, 31, a Louisiana Tech graduate, who fled with the family after the attack.
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Crossett, Ark
Crossett Paper Mills
el Dorado
Howard Reeves
Mary Lynn
Rebecca Ann
Warner Brown
Florado
Reeves
Gay Gyson
Cameron
Bogalusa
Louisiana Tech
el Dorado Hospital
Fire destroys Jones Funeral Home in Crossett Ark
Fire from a floor furnace destroyed the Jones Funeral Home in Crossett early Tuesday, with the west wing and attic ablaze. Loss estimated around 50000 dollars. The building also housed Jones Flower Shop Ashley Life Insurance and the Ashley Credit Bureau all directing operations from 204 West Third Ave. The garage with ambulances and a hearse remained undamaged.
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Crossett
Ark
Jones Funeral Home
West Wing
Jimmy Armatrong
Richard Jones
Jones Flower Shop
Ashley Life Insurance Co
Ashley Credit Bureau
West Third Ave
Extend Regimen To 7 Year Olds In Schools
Government announces expansion of youth regimen to seven year olds with a Union of Rebel Pioneers to be formed in all primary schools. Membership open to pupils aged seven to thirteen who show outstanding scholarship and deportment.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Last Letter From North Louisiana Youth on Sharpsburg
The News Star prints the final in a series of letters from a north Louisiana youth covering May 11, 1861 to September 16, 1862, detailing Harper's Ferry, Lee's maneuvers, and the Battle of Sharpsburg. It notes Lee split McClellan, the capture of Harper's Ferry, and the discovery of Lee's orders changing the war's course.
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News Star
North Louisiana
Sharpsburg
Harper's Ferry
Robert E. Lee
Lee
McClellan
Crampton’s Gap
Boonsboro
Longstreet
Hagerstown
Pennsylvania
Stonewall"’ Jackson
Harper’s Ferry
Antietam Creek
Judge Harper sentences Muslim group leaders in Monroe case
Eight members of the Muslim organization are convicted in Monroe municipal court with three counts for six defendants including leader Troy B. Cade and three counts for two others. Sentencing set for April 18 after appeals pled by defense. Incident stemmed from March 5 assault on Monroe police officers at 1243 DeSiard Street.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
Troy B. Cade
Robert Douglas
Reacy Gaines
Robert Mennyweather
Willie Vantley
Nathan White
T. L. Lawson
Loretha A. Cade
Harper
James C. Kelly Jr
DeSiard Street
James R. Vanable
Atlanta
Bomb Blast At Paris Stock Exchange Injures 12
A plastic bomb exploded at the Paris Stock Exchange injuring twelve people, two gravely. The blast damaged a washroom and blew through a brick wall into a trading room as glass rained down and smoke filled the building.
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Paris Exchange
Paris
Paris Stock Exchange
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Wreckage Found After Chilean Airliner Crash
In the Andes near Molina the wreckage of a Chilean National Airlines plane carrying 24 aboard was spotted. Aboard were members of Santiago soccer team Green Cross en route from Castro. no survivors reported. The pilot had requested permission for an emergency landing after forming on wings and propellers. last contact near Talao.
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Santiago
Chile
Andes
Chilean National Airlines
Green Cross
Castro
Molina
Hce
Talao
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