Monroe City to seek 1.7 million bond for school upgrades
The Monroe City School Board asks City Council to place a 1.7 million dollar bond issue on May 16 to fund 12 capital projects including three new elementary schools and ground improvements at four campuses. The plan adds 25 thousand dollars for ditch work and site improvements at Lexington Neville Sherrouse and Plum Street schools, with bond taxes not increasing beyond existing levels.
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Monroe City
van D Odom
W. L. Howard
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Lexington School
Neville High School
Sherrouse School
Plum Street
Parkview Subdivision
Breard
Westminister Avenue
Elm Street
Selman Field
Lincoln School
Juror says lovers convicted themselves in Finch case
A woman juror in the Finch murder trial said the jury convicted Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff because the doctors and their mistress told the story, portraying the victim similarly to the jurors and re-enacting the shooting. The pair face life imprisonment after the July 18, 1959, killing of Barbara Jean Finch.
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Los Angeles
Finch
Carole
Mildred R. Brown
Los Angeles Examiner
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Brown
Marcello Puts Lawyers On Spot Following Charges
Carlos Marcello, alleged New Orleans underworld figure, hampers his lawyers as they seek his return from Guatemala. He appeared in Guatemala City claiming Guatemalan birth while U.S. officials say he is being deported. Lawyers accuse officials of contempt and question Marcello's claimed nationality.
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Marcello
Washington
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
Guatemala
Guatemala City
U.S
Central American Republic
Interior Ministry
David Carliner
Jack Wasserman
Federal District Court
Robert F. Kennedy
J. M. Swing
Tunis
North Africa
Carliner
Immigration Service
Westinghouse Stockholders Dismiss Officials Bid
A proposal to oust Westinghouse Electric Corp top executives failed at the annual meeting. Stockholder C A Olsen sought removal of President Mark Cresap Jr board chair Gwilym Price and executive VP John Hodnette. The motionlost 27,510,498 to 65,976 representing about 80 percent of common shares.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
C.A. Olsen
Cleveland
Ohio
Mark W. Cresap Jr
Gwilym A. Price
John K. Hodnette
Westinghouse
Red Experts Leave Cuba Over Castroite Inefficiency Dispute
Communist technicians from Czechoslovakia and Russia reportedly quit Cuban projects, citing disorganization under Fidel Castro. Seven Czech aviation instructors headed home, others followed, while a Russian crew left a cement plant project near Matanzas. A fire at Hershey sugar mill caused heavy losses, destroying refineries and warehouse storage.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Red Czechoslovakia
San Julian
Cuba
Hershey
West Monroe Senior Play The People vs Maxine Lowe
West Monroe High School opens its senior production The People vs. Maxine Lowe tonight at 8 p m in the school auditorium. A second and final performance is scheduled for Friday night.
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West Monroe High School
The
People
Maxine Lowe
West Monroe Chamber panel to meet Friday at 8 30 a m
The steering committee of the retail merchant division will convene Friday at 8 30 a.m. P E Massey serves as chairman and will outline plans for the upcoming period.
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West Monroe
Baton Rouge Ordered To Mix City Buses
UPI reports Federal Judge Christenberry ruled Baton Rouge ordinance requiring racial seating on city buses unconstitutional and enjoined city officials and the Baton Rouge Bus Co from enforcing it. City attorney Gordon Kean said he would appeal and argued the plan reserved only back seats for Negroes and front seats for whites.
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New Orleans
UPI
U. S
Herbert W. Christenberry
Baton Rouge
Christenberry
The
Capital City
City Parish
Gordon Kean
Kean
Ouachita Grand Jury to release spring term findings today
The Ouachita parish grand jury, a 12 member panel, is set to report its spring term findings today after finishing deliberations Wednesday. Foreman Tom H. Scott leads the group which will inspect parish buildings including the courthouse jail Green Oaks Juvenile Detention Home Louisiana Training Institute and Conway Memorial Hospital.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish
Green Oaks
Louisiana Training Institute
Conway Memorial Hospital
Fourth District
Tom H. Scott
Monroe
Paul Stephens
John Bishop Johnston, Jr
C. K. Dickard
N. A. Jardine
J. A. Rutledge
G. Hudson, Sr
P. G. Boyd
A. Lee Hodges
O. C. Roddey
G. H. Owens
Wiley E Roach
George Wylie
Great Solar Wind Blasts From Sun Revealed
Cambridge reports a space probe launched from Cape Canaveral last week detected a powerful solar wind streaming outward from the sun at millions of miles per hour.
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Cambridge, Mass
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Missionary speaker addresses WMU in West Monroe
About 1,100 delegates at the Louisiana Woman's Missionary Union meeting in West Monroe heard Miss Mercy Jeyaraja Rao of India speak on stewardship and love. Her story of a priest’s son who hides caste bias but embraces Christianity highlighted themes of equality and faith as the conference proceeded with hymns and committee reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Woman's Missionary Union
West Monroe
First Baptist Church
Miss Mercy Jeyaraja Rao
India
Miss Rao
Georgians Freed From Tallulah Jail
James R. Venable of Atlanta and Earl Wright of Marietta were freed after bond postings in Madison parish. Venable was cleared in an auto case tied to a Georgia car ownership proof. Wright posted 150 and 50 dollar bonds for weapons and speeding charges and faces arraignment April 17.
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Tallulah
James R. Venable
Atlanta
Earl Wright
Marietta
Madison Parish
Wright
Venable
Georgia
Texans Face Battle Over Shark Loan Regulations
Texas House members resume fighting over loan shark rules as the Senate delays final action on the House approved plan to erase a 32.6 million deficit with a new gift tax and higher franchise and excise levies. The Senate committee postponed the tax hearing to Monday while debating city annexation controls, as the House remains stalled on regulating small loan firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas House
Senate
House
Senate State Affairs Committee
Texas
Dag Hammarskjold Offers to Resign in UN Assembly
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold presented a resignation offer to the United Nations General Assembly during the Congo debate. He refused to resign unless the assembly requests him, urging members to decide his fate while most delegates appeared to prefer his remaining in office.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Congo
Khrushchev
Jury convicts Finch and mistress in third murder trial
In a dramatic verdict at West Covina, Dr. R Bernard Finch and his mistress Carole Tregoff receive life imprisonment after three trials for the murder of Finch’s socialite wife Barbara Jean Finch. Parole possible after seven years under California law.
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Finch
California
Barbara Jean Finch
West Covina
Robert Cobb Critical After Auto Smashup
A 17 year old West Monroe youth Robert Bobby Cobb was in critical condition at St. Francis Hospital after his car went out of control on Jonesboro Road. The vehicle struck a concrete culvert and flipped before resting against a dirt embankment. Police report rain slick pavement contributed to the crash. Cobb was transported by Kilpatrick's Funeral Home ambulance.
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West Monroe
Robert
Bobby) Cobb
St. Francis Hospital
Jonesboro
Cobb
Floyd
Grayson Street
Troop F
Louisiana State Police
Young Cobb
Kilpatrick
Paris Policeman Killed In Mosque Attack
A group of Algerian terrorists stormed a Paris hospital in Montfermeil killing a police sergeant and wounding four patients a hospital attendant and visitors. In the week of violence five died in Paris region police stations attacked by Moslems according to reports. A stock exchange bomb left fourteen injured.
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Paris
UPI
Montfermeil
Predict Showers and Cool Readings Forecast Northeast Louisiana
Scattered showers and cool temperatures are on tap for northeast Louisiana through Friday. Highs near 58 Thursday and Friday, with tonight’s low around 58. Skies to stay cloudy through tomorrow. Wednesday's high reached 79, dipping to 49 with a trace of rain.
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Louisiana
Fatal Accident Near Home Claims Life of Russell Stewart
Calcasieu parish deputies reported Russell G. Stewart, 50, accidentally shot himself to death near his Lake Charles residence. The incident occurred Wednesday and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Lake Charles, la
UPI
Calcasieu Parish
Russell G. Stewart
Navy aims to build satellite destroying missile in 18 months
AP reports a Navy specialist says the service could develop within 18 months a missile to destroy an orbiting satellite. Cincinnati dispatch notes the Sixth Circuit orders a Memphis judge to grant a preliminary injunction to halt eviction of hundreds of Negro-sharecroppers from Haywood County land Tennessee. Washington RP summary says Republican leaders warn against a coalition government for Laos amid Democratic protests accusing them of political guerrilla warfare against crisis resolution.
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Washington
Navy
Cincinnati
Ohio
U. S. Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit
Marion 8. Boyd
Memphis
Haywood County
Tennessee
Laos
France Blames Algerians as Peace Talks Falter
Paris reports the French government blaming Algerian nationalists for the collapse of attempts to start peace talks while reiterating willingness to negotiate.
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Paris
Kenney to Comment on Fast Deportation of New Orleans Figure
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was due to share views today on the expedited removal of a rackets figure from New Orleans, as officials seek swift action in a major crime network case.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
New Orleans
UN spokesman decries Katanga boycott as dangerous
The United Nations says Katanga is creating a serious and dangerous situation by boycotting UN personnel. The remark comes as tensions rise over action against international staff.
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Elisaethville
the Congo
United Nations
Katanga
U. N
Leaders Discuss Laos Settlement
Washington report says British and American officials examined prospects for a lasting Laos political settlement as indications grew that Moscow would accept a formal cease fire. Secretary Rusk and Lord Home met at the State Department amid talks linked to Kennedy Macmillan conferences and a scheduled session aboard the Honey Fitz on the Potomac River.
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Washington
UPS
Laos
Mussia
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
State Department
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Honey Fitz
Potomac River
Donations Pour In For Sgt. York To Wipe Out Tax Debt
Thousands respond to fund for World War I hero Alvin York with gifts totaling $25,000. Congress members praise public support as letters continue arriving. donors include a Tennessee congressman and Speaker Rayburn leading the drive.
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Gordon Brown
Washington
Sgt
Alvin York
Capitol Hill
Joe L. Evins
D-Tenn
York Tax Fund
Sam Rayburn
D-Ten
Denver
York Fund
Bobby Lamie
Kankakee
York
Tension Between White House Aides and NAACP Emerges
Chattanooga Times reports a lively clash looming between White House aides Harris Wofford and Andrew Hatcher and NAACP leaders. The Washington chapter faced a blunt challenge from Hatcher urging moderation in tactics as the Kennedy era accelerates civil rights aims.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga Times
White House
NAACP
Washington
Charles Bartlett
Times
Harris Wofford
Andrew Hatcher
Hatcher
Kennedy
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WMU
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George Slavent
Miller
Kenneth David
Slavent
Georgia Tieise
Joseph LaSuzza
Park Ave
Ben Bradford
Robert Cobb
Bulletins
Bob
Sgt. York
News-Star—World
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