Almond backs Perrow plan on Virginia schools
Gov. J Lindsay Almond Jr. endorsed the Perrow commission proposal to the General Assembly as a pragmatic path to school integration. The plan lets localities choose between racially mixed classrooms or closing public schools, aiming to minimize disruption and avoid a full collapse of education in Virginia.
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J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Perrow
General Assembly
Virginia
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Arlington
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Alexandria
Connie Nicholas Suffered Saturday Night Paralysis In Trial
Neuro surgeon Dr. John Hetherington testified Connie Nicholas suffered paralysis of her right arm after 19 hours unconscious from an overdose. He said the condition, called Saturday night paralysis, results from prolonged unconscious positioning, not injuries from a struggle.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Connie Nicholas
John Hetherington
Eli Lilly & Co
Forrest Teel
Francis Thomason
Hetherington
Connie
Thomason
Duel Fatal to Officer in Los Angeles Market Shootout
Officer Charles Bogardus, 40, killed in a Los Angeles supermarket gun battle with two bandits identified as Napoleon Banks and Jones Calvin. A passerby alerted police after seeing the men threaten market employees. the bandits were slain.
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Los Angeles
Charles Bogardus
Olice
Napoleon Banks
Jones Calvin
Property Owners Vote Tomorrow In Bond Election Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish property owners vote on five bond propositions tomorrow with polling from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Proposals cover roads drainage health unit building and detention home maintenance and improvements. Ballot counting follows poll closure with three absentee ballots recorded by Saturday’s deadline.
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Ouachita Parish
Quachita Parish
Green Oaks
Olin Evans Nominated By District Rotary
Olin Evans has been nominated by the district Rotary for a leadership post. The announcement appears on page 5A with details about Evans background and the nomination process.
Olin Evans Nominated for District Rotary Governor
District Rotarians nominated Olin Evans for district governor at the meeting closing tonight. Evans, a Monroe club member for 32 years since 1927, has led Rotary efforts in Bastrop and West Monroe and serves as Northern Division Manager for Louisiana Power and Light Co. He will be formally introduced at tonight's banquet as the 1959-60 nominee, with plenary sessions and a large attendance marking the event.
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Monroe Club
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West Monroe
Louisiana Power and Light Co
Urge Continual Attack On Hoodlum Syndicates
Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover urged federal prosecutors to maintain pressure on underworld barons in cooperation with local police. Speaking at the U.S. Attorneys conference, Rogers praised a year of successful prosecutions from the ongoing long term push started in 1958 and said the effort must continue.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Rogers
Future Homemakers of America Week Proclaimed in West Monroe
Mayor J. Allen Norris declared April 5 through 11 as Future Homemakers of America Week in West Monroe. FHA members at West Monroe High School sponsor the observance and outline plans to introduce the public to FHA activities.
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J. Allen Norris
Future Homemakers of America
West Monroe
FHA
West Monroe High School
Benefit games for Women of St Patrick's Church
Benefit bridge and canasta parties are scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday at the United Gas Building on Louisville Avenue. Coffee and cake will be served and the public is invited from 7 30 to 11 p m both nights.
Police seek masked gunman in Pak-A-Sak robbery
In Shreveport Louisiana police hunt a Black man wearing blue jeans who robbed the Pak A Sak store cashier last night and escaped with several hundred dollars.
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Shreveport
College to Host Area Legislators on Campus Tour
Northeast State College invites North Louisiana lawmakers to visit on Friday April 17 with a campus tour and boat ride. Dr. George Walker says plans are preliminary as chambers of commerce assist. Earlier discussions included requests for operating capital and capital outlay funding.
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North Louisiana
Northeast State College
George Walker
Walker
Northeast
West Monroe
Reds Charge U S Violated Air Regulations
Moscow accuses the United States of deliberately breaching altitude rules in the West Berlin air corridor to disrupt the East West talks. Washington says no such intent existed when a C130 flew at 20 000 feet, while the Soviets allege overflight violations and threaten to complicate Geneva ministerial negotiations.
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Soviet Union
United States
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Whitfield Heads Ouachita Grand Jury Session
W A Whitfield of Ward 4 was chosen foreman of the Ouachita parish grand jury for the spring term in Fourth District Court with Judge David I Garrett presiding. The panel includes Marvin Ramsey Marshall D Case M B Adams H T Poulan W F Sherman F W Bayles A L Vatter Gaston E Rutledge and F V Tilson Drew Anderson R R Gatlin Sherman was the lone Black member. The jury began reviewing 25 cases with actions kept secret until the mid term report.
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Ouachita Parish
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Marvin Ramsey
Marshall D. Case
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H. T. Poulan
W. F. Sherman
F. W. Bayles
A. L. Vatter
Ward
Gaston E. Rutledge
F. V
I'l
Drew Anderson
R. R. Gatlin
Sherman
General McAuliffe Calls West to Stand Up to Russia
Gen Anthony C McAuliffe recalls Bastogne and warns Berlin must not be ceded to the Russians. He says any inch given at Berlin will lead to further demands and urges the West to hold firm now and always.
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Chicago
UPI
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Bastogne
Berlin
United States
Russia
Massive Hunt for Milwaukee Child Killer Stuns City
Milwaukee detectives pursue a bushy haired killer after a 5 year old boy was lured into a car and stabbed. Ben Wagner’s body was found in a ditch near Port Washington with multiple wounds. A separate assault on another boy prompted alerts across the Midwest.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Little Ben Wagner
Lake Michigan
Port Washington
Midwest
Ben
Report Expected On Building Probe In East Baton Rouge
The East Baton Rouge parish grand jury is set to report its recommendations after a four week probe into alleged irregularities in the parish school building program. It heard from architects contractors and school board members led by George A Smalling and John Sheppard.
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John Sheppard
Grand Jury
Sheppard
Accidents Claim Five In Louisiana Weekend
Over the weekend five people died in Louisiana due to accidents. Two men died near Lake Charles when their car collided with a Southern Pacific train traveling about 70 mph. Identified were John Lee Carroll and Morris Goodwin. One teen died in a single car crash north of Eunice.
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Southern Pacific
John Lee Carroll
Westlake
Morris Goodwin
Highway 90
Herbert Fontenot
Eunice
John Farrell Fruge
Federal grants offered to city and parish schools
Federal aid offers to city and parish schools will be reviewed by local boards in meetings tomorrow. Monroe City School Board discusses a 12000 dollar grant for science math and foreign languages at 3 p.m. Ouachita Parish School Board weighs a 9072.58 dollar grant at 7 p.m. Local funds would match if accepted.
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Monroe City
van Dodom
Ouachita Parish
W. W. Ward
Louisiana
Carver
Parish
Ward
Mild Weather Forecast for Monroe Area
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures are in store for residents of the Monroe area during the next 24 hours. No rain is forecast. Alexandria was the coolest spot in the state last night at 56. The mercury fell to 60 at Monroe. Low tonight 58 to 62 with a high tomorrow of 80 to 84.
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Alexandria
Mercury
Real Cool Mass Stirs Debate in Norwalk Church
In Norwalk Connecticut a Sunday Communion Mass at St. Pauls Church featured a 20th Century Folk Mass fused with ragtime and blues by a jazz ensemble. The performance, drawing about 500 attendees, mixed liturgy and improvised rhythms, prompting discussion on mixing Bible and blues in church worship.
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Norwalk
Mass prison break yields 14 prisoners captured in Maryland
State police National Guardsmen county police and Marines captured 14 of 34 inmates who overpowered guards at the Patuxent Institution. Two possible Patuxent escapees were also picked up reducing the number at large to 12. Planes helped locate four hidden in trees as searches continued and guards quelled a potential riot after four inmates refused to return to cells.
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Jessups
Patuxent Institution
Patuxent
Maryland
Calvert County
W. W. Corbin
Corbin
James W. Curran
Baltimore
Harold M. Boslow
Academy Awards Tonight Features Star Studded Lineup
Hollywood awaits a 10:30 p.m. telecast on NBC with over 100 stars including Ingrid Bergman and Millie Perkins. Debbie Reynolds will not attend amid the Hollywood triangle saga, while Elizabeth Taylor was slated to present an Oscar.
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Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth
Nbc-Tv
Millie Perkins
Ingrid Bergman
Miss Reynolds
Jerry Wald
Debbie
Liz
Fisher
Miss Taylor
Las Vegas
Sell Your Household Items in News-Star World Want Ad
Reuse and resale promoted with a want ad offering a blonde bedroom suite for 35 dollars a oak dinette for 5 dollars a Moh library table for 15 dollars. Claims low 7 day vetes with cancellation privileges and asks readers to call FA 3.2387 for details.
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News-Star World
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