Government cuts SBA loan rates to four percent for hardhit areas
The government reduced Small Business Administration loan rates to 4 percent in 285 high unemployment areas, down from about 5 percent. SBA Director John I. Horne said the move aims to expand operations, modernize facilities, and purchase new equipment, boosting jobs and income.
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Washington
Small Business Administration
SBA
Pentagon
John I. Horne
Labor Department
Horne
Treasury
Unity talks opened as Laos crisis eyed by GOP strategists
Republican leaders frame Laos turmoil as Kennedy inherited crisis from Eisenhower and warn against neutralist coalitions. Dirksen and others press Rusk briefing as Macmillan meets Kennedy to discuss Laos cease-fire amid broader Cold War agenda.
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Laos
GOP
Washington
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
W. Averell Harriman
Souvanna Phouma
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
White House
Rose Gardens
Presidential Office
Soviet Union
State Department
Clifford Retained By GE To Handle Antitrust Claims
Clark Clifford, former White House aide, is retained by General Electric to manage antitrust claims tied to the Philadelphia conviction involving 29 companies. He cites potential utility claims, stockholder suits, and government actions as GE seeks to settle and navigate ongoing legal challenges.
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Clifford
Washington
Clark Clifford
White House
General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Clifford— Miller
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Three Orleans youths die in Plaquemines crash
A car carrying three New Orleans youths crashed into a tree in Plaquemines parish at about 2 a.m. Killed were Alvin Wichterich aged 14 the driver and Norman A Laweri 18. Richard Sass Jr. 13 survived with a compound leg fracture and multiple facial injuries after being treated at Baptist Hospital.
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New Orleans
UPI
Plaquemines Parish
Alvin ©. Wichterich
Norman A. Laweri
Richard Sass Jr
Baptist Hospital
Floyd Martin Chaney marches in Cherry Blossom Parade
Floyd Martin Chaney son of Mr and Mrs T E Chaney 911 South Sixth Street Monroe and grandson of Mr and Mrs A C Martin 601 Richardson Monroe joined the Black Knights precision marching group from Northwestern State College in the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington D C
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Floyd Martin Chaney
T. E. Chaney
South Sixth St
Monroe
A. C. Martin
Richardson
Washington, D. C
Black Knights
Northwestern State College
Monroe City Plans Lion Cub Swap with CHIT CHAT Reference
The City of Monroe announces a planned exchange involving a lion cub, referencing a note on page 2-A. Details remain unclear and await further clarification from officials.
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Monroe
Bandits Rob Illinois Bank For $22,000 in Manito
Two men robbed Peoples State Bank in Manito Illinois tying up three bank employees two federal bank examiners and two customers after entering at opening time. They moved the cashier and teller to a rear room and forced all five into bondage while seizing money from the vault. The theft netted about 22000 dollars.
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Manito
Ill
API
Peoples State Bank
Peoria
Ilinois
Heinhorst
Iis
W. S. Malone
Maloney
Baptist Women's Convention Opens Registration in West Monroe
The Louisiana Woman's Missionary Union opens registration for its three day state convention in West Monroe with about 1100 delegates expected. Highlights include speakers Mrs. Claude Kirkpatrick and Dr. Eugene Nida with Mercy Jeyaraja Rao as main Thursday speaker.
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West Monroe
Louisiana Woman's Missionary Union
Eugene Nida
New York City
Nida
Ble Society
The
Missionary Union
India
Mercy Jeyaraja Rao
Abbie Louise Green
Birmingham
Ala
Sunbeam
Southern Baptist Woman's Missionary Union
Helen Falls
New Orleans
Viet Nam clash toll tops 530 in eight days of fighting
Bullets and bombs mark the pre election violence as Communist terrorists suffer more than 530 casualties in eight days of clashes with South Vietnamese government troops. Belgium pledges U N withdrawal compliance. Laotian paratroopers enter the Muong Kassy area to quell pro Communist threats northwest of Vientiane.
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Saigon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vientiane
Laos
Muong Kassey
Weather Talk Tops Washington Agencies’ Weather Realities
Washington agencies confirm the public’s refrain find little relief from the weather and instead focus on discussion and adaptation as storms and forecasts shape daily life.
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Washington
Darrington College Enforces Ban on Fraternization
In Barrington Rhode Island the coeducational Darrington College with 400 students moved to enforce a ban on fraternization between the sexes despite some grumbling from students and staff.
Soviet Union Withdraws Complaint on Spy Plane Flights
The Soviet Union today formally withdrew its controversial complaint against U.S. spy plane flights over Soviet territory in a move reported from United Nations headquarters in New York.
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United Nations. N
Irish Troops Take Control Of Airport In Elisabethville
Irish U.N. troops seized Elisabethville airport in Katanga with an advance guard flown in to secure the facility until Indian Gurkhas arrive. U.N. military chief Gen. Sean McKeown warned Tshombe of further action and scrapped threats of interference.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Sean McKeown
Ireland
Tshombe
McKown
Cubans In New Attack Charge
Cuban Foreign Minister Carlos Olivares accused a U S cruiser of firing antiaircraft guns at a Cuban plane near Imias in eastern Cuba two weeks earlier. He noted the U S protest over Cuba's seizure of the cable schooner Western Union and called the cruiser action grave provocative criminal activity by U S forces in Cuban waters.
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Havana
UPI
Carlos Olvares
U. S
Imias
Cuba
Walter Bossi
Olivares
U.S
Western Union
GOP Aspirant Leads Texas Senate Race
Republican John G. Tower led a field of 70 in the Texas special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Lyndon B. Johnson. With runoff questions unresolved, Tower faced a likely Democrat challenger as results showed Blakley and Wright vie for second. In St Louis, Mayor Raymond R. Tucker won a third term, defeating Ben H. Lindenbusch.
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John G. Tower
Texas
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Election Bureau
Tower
William A. Blakley
Jim Wright
Blakley
Wright
St. Louis
Raymond R. Tucker
Ben H. Lindenbusch
Tucker
Lindenbusch
Dallas
John Tower
Wichita Falls
Lyndon Johnson
Westinghouse Denies Knowledge of Trust Violations
Mark W. Cresap Jr., president of Westinghouse Electric, told about 2,500 stockholders at the 75th annual meeting that the firm did not condone antitrust actions by executives. He said top management knew nothing of violations and cited penalties against 11 Westinghouse officials and a $382,000 fine.
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Pittsburgh
Mark W. Cresap, Jr
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Cresap
Westinghouse Top Management
Philadelphia
J. H. Chiles
Eight Men Seized In River Bend Club Gambling Raid
Baton Rouge AP Eight men were arrested in a gambling raid at the River Bend Club on old River Road in St. Charles Parish about 25 miles west of New Orleans. Police seized two dice tables two roulette tables one blackjack table and assorted cards chips and dice. The group was taken to Hahnville jail with district attorney charges filed. Names include Horace Trepagnier Frank L. Tridico Henry Marquize Anthony Picone Shaverio J. Tedeseg Arden J. Montecino Clayton A. Miller and Martin Fernandez.
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Baton Rouge
River Bend Club
St. Charles Parish
Murphy J. Roden
Old River Road
New Orleans
Hahnville
Horace Trepagnier
Frank L. Tridico
Henry Marquize
Anthony Picone
Shaverio J. Tedeseg
Arden J. Montecino
Clayton A. Miller
Martin Fernandez
Golf and Taxes Joke Gains a Laughing Hole
A lighthearted quip compares golf to taxes noting the effort to reach the green ends in a humorous final sink.
Four Million Dollar I-20 Approaches Bids Set
Louisiana highway officials announce bids totaling about four million for I-20 approaches to the Ouachita river bridge and a larger twenty million package for 19 projects statewide. The I-20 work includes run off ramps on Jackson Street Monroe and South Fifth Street West Monroe with overhead connections.
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Ouachita River
Datam Daan
Db Jolt Pvuure
Ray W. Burgess
State of
Louisiana
Department of Highways
Bienville Parish
Gibsland
Arcadia
Aracadia
Ada
MelIntyre
West Monroe
Ellis Ross
State Department of Highways
Jackson Street
Monroe
South Fifth Street
Light Rain Likely in NE Louisiana Through Thursday
Weather forecast shows light rain in northeast Louisiana through Thursday with partly cloudy skies Wednesday afternoon and night, turning mostly cloudy Thursday. Temperatures drop tonight and tomorrow with a low near 40 and highs around 70s. No rain record noted at Selman Field by FAA weathermen.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Man Blalock Charged in Pineville Woman Slaying
In Pineville a 50 year old former mental patient, Herbert Blalock, shot and killed Mytle Abel, 38, as she drove home. He fled to Alexandria, then shot himself as police closed in. Abel died at St. Francis Cabrini hospital after the 38 caliber pistol shots.
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Pineville
Rapides Parish
W. L. Ryder
Herbert Blalock
Myrtle Abel
Blalock
Red River
Alexandria
Ryder
Abel
Salley and Heard Win Monroe Recreation Center Contracts
W C Salley and Jesse F Heard and Son won bids totaling nearly 900000 for three Monroe recreation centers. Heard secures the southside Parkview Center at 398 56 thousand, Salley builds two centers in Bryant Add Berg Jones and College Community on Lamy Lane for 482 502 thousand. A fourth center on Renwick Street and two pools remain to be decided after bids are studied.
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W. C. Salley
Jesse F. Heard & Son
Monroe
Councl
West Monroe
Bryant
Berg Jones Lane
Lamy Lane
Heard
Parkview Subdivision
Recreation
Saliey
W. L. Howard
Howard
Renwick Street
Carroll High School
Trooper Says He Did Not Know Speeders
In Tallulah a Georgia trooper described arresting James R. Venable of Atlanta and Earl Wright of Marietta after they were stopped for speeding seven miles west of Tallulah. Venable faces auto theft and no car registration charges while Wright is held for speeding, no registration, and weapon possession. Bond discussions were under way with court officials.
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Venable
Monroe
Wright
Tallulah
C. E. Hester
Frank Voelker Sr
Hester
Bruce Edwards
Atlanta
Marcello Evades Guatemalan Immigration Officials
Carlos Marcello, the New Orleans underworld chief, arrived in Guatemala aboard a U S border patrol plane and vanished with Col Antonio Batres. Immigration officials vowed to arrest or deport him if found, while questioning why the plane landed at a Guatemalan air force base.
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Guatemala
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
United States
Marcello
Border Patrol
Col
Antonio Batres
Air Force
Ramon Alvarado
Immigration Office
Air Force Base
Alvarado Marcello
Louisiana
Jefferson Parish
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