Opelousas Editor Urges Impeachment Of Gov Davis
JFK cancels reservist crackdown as Opelousas Daily World editor John Thistlethwaite calls for impeachment of Governor Jimmie H. Davis. He slams leadership and fiscal honesty amid a Louisiana deficit projected near 75 million dollars. He cites PAR, Tugwell, and a Baton Rouge source alleging gloom about state finances and poor governance. WWL-TV also harshly critiques Davis.
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Opelousas
John Thistlethwaite
Thistlethwaite
Davis
Louisiana
Tugwell
Public Affairs Research Council
PAR
Wwl-Tv
New Orleans
U S outlines sweeping three stage disarmament plan
UPI reports the United States submitted to the 17 nation disarmament conference a three stage treaty aiming to cut world military forces by two thirds in six years and replace national armies with a UN peace force within about nine years The plan mirrors Kennedy proposals and details staged arms reductions and the creation of an international inspection system leading to a global peace force by Stage Three
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Geneva
UPI
United States
United Nations
Arthur H. Dean
Kennedy
U. S
Russia
U. N
Warrants Issued For Two Traitors
Britain issued arrest warrants for former Foreign Office officials Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean who fled to the Soviet Union. Scotland Yard cited breaches of the Official Secrets Act as they may have left the USSR and could be arrested on transit or other territory. The disclosures followed their May 1951 defections and included notes on their possible movements and past roles.
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London
UPI
Britain
Guy Burgess
Donald Maclean
Russia
Soviet Union
Burgess
Maclean
Foreign Office
U.ss.r
Scotland Yard
British Foreign Service
U.S
Dean Acheson
Five Inmates Foil Jail Escape Attempt in Ouachita Parish
Five white inmates at Ouachita Parish Jail attempted to break from the jail onto the roof of the parish courthouse, using bricks and a removed steel plate. Sheriff Bailey Grant named Charles McClain, Ellis Breland, Bobby Williams, Donald Cobb, and Charles Smith, ages 18 to 22, as participants who were moved to a maximum security cell after the failed plan. McClain awaits transfer to Angola for burglary. Breland and Williams pleaded guilty to simple burglary of a Monroe tavern. Cobb faces an auto theft trial. Smith is held for federal charges under the Dyer Act.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish Court House
Sheriff Department
Bailey Grant
Charles McClain
Ellis Charles
Buddy) Breland
Bobby Lee Williams
Donald W. Cobb
Charles Roger Smith
Grant
Breland
McClain
State Penitentiary
Angola
Williams
Golden Pheasant Tavern
Walnut Street
Monroe
State Retailers Open Convention Here Next Week
Louisiana's unemployment insurance program will be the focus of the second day of the Louisiana Retailers Association convention in Monroe at the Frances Hotel April 24 and 25. Dudley A. Buyas says the Wednesday session will feature Employment Security technicians to explain unemployment insurance and employment service operations with questions and answers for manufacturers wholesalers and all employers. There is no registration fee.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Retailers’ Association
Dudley A. Buyas
Frances Hotel
Monroe
Louisiana Division of Employment Security
Buyas
Margaret Kennedy
E. E. McAllister
J. S. Goodman
George W. May, Jr
U. S
May
Son of Stalin Reported Dead in Kazan
In Moscow informed sources report Vas sily Stalin, son of the late leader, died a few days ago in Kazan the capital of Tatar autonomous republic. He was about 40 and died of heart disease a heavy drinker as described by sources. Details on his activities in Kazan were not available.
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Moscow
Vassily Stalin
Kazan
Monroe Little Theatre Announces Come Blow Your Horn Tryouts
Twin City chitchat notes final Monroe Little Theatre production Come Blow Your Horn will have tryouts tonight and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Strauss Playhouse on Lamy Lane. The Broadway-running comedy promises wit and flair for local cast.
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Monroe Little Theatre
Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1809 to meet Thursday at 7:30
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1809 will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the post hall on Sixth Street. M. E. Dupont handles publicity as noted on CHIT-CHAT page 2A.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1809
Post Hall
Sixth Street
M. E. Dupont
Ministers Back Sunday Closing In West Monroe
The West Monroe Ministerial Alliance joined the Monroe group in opposing Sunday openings for businesses. After a Tuesday night meeting they adopted a resolution echoing the Monroe stance. The ministers cited the nation’s foundation on reverence for God and the Sabbath and urged avoiding Sunday purchases that could wait.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Pearl River Rises To Near Crest As Residents Flee
The Pearl River climbed toward a 34 foot crest as 300 residents fled their homes for the third time in a year. The U S weather bureau in Jackson reported the river at 33.4 feet at 1 7 am and still rising.
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Jackson, Miss
Government said villain Arkansas farmer loses farm investment
In Lake Village Arkansas James Weir lost his 994 acre farm interest at a government auction after refusing federal rice acreage allotments. About 125 farmers attended and questioned the government’s right to deed. Lawyer Do Wyly bought the property for 60000 dollars for Lake Providence Louisiana and pledged to aid Weir as the dispute over overplanting fines of 16972 dollars continues.
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Weir
Do. J. Wyly
Lake Providence
L. J. Warren
Arkansan
Harvard Club Picks McCormack for Senate Nomination
The Young Democratic Club of Harvard University and Radcliffe endorsed Edward J. McCormack Jr over Edward M. Kennedy in the Democratic primary for U.S. senator. McCormack, 36, is nephew of House Speaker John W. McCormack and a Boston University Law School graduate. Kennedy, brother of the President, is a Harvard and University of Virginia Law School graduate.
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Cambridge, Mass
Young Democratic Club
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
Atty
Edward J. McCormack Jr
Harvard
Edward M. Kennedy
U.S
McCormack
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Boston University Law School
Kennedy
University of Virginia Law School
Bryant James Trial Underway
The trial of N. Bryant James, Farmerville businessman and former Republican national committeeman, opens in U. S. District Court with Judge Ben C. Dawkins Jr. presiding. A 12 member jury and an alternate are selected as testimony begins. he faces embezzlement charges over bank furniture and fixtures allegedly taken from a West Monroe bankruptcy firm and used personally.
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N. Bryant James
Farmerville
Republican Party
U. S&s. District Court
Post Office
Ben C. Dawkins, Jr
James
Farmerville Bank
West Monroe
Assistant Area Planner Named By City Council
Charles Desormeaux a 33 year old University of Georgia graduate was named assistant planning director of the Monroe Ouachita Regional Planning Commission effective Monday. A native of Crowley he comes after a year with Arch R Winter firm in Mobile Alabama working on master plans for Bastrop Bossier City and Natchez. Desormeaux who has a landscape architecture degree will serve under Director George Parsons and he and his wife reside at 213 Garden drive.
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Monroe
City Hall
Jessie C. Armstrong
Speeds Avenue
F. E. Bruck
South First
Morris Avenue
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Rodriguez
John A.salisberry
Jasmine Street
North 12Th Street
Georgia Street
J. E. Gates
Georgia
W. W. McMullen
Charles Desormeaux
University of Georgia
Monroe - Ouachita
Mild Weather Flows Across Region With Narrow Forecasts
The region saw temperatures fluctuating by as little as two degrees with overnight low around 56 and yesterday's high near 58. Today's mild spell features 68 to 72 degrees and tonight's low near 50 to 54, followed by a Thursday high of 70 to 75.
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Chamber of Commerce
UPI
Louisiana
Today s Chuckle Exclamation Point Punchline Nugget
A lighthearted quip playfully defines an exclamation point as a period that has exploded in enthusiasm. The joke leans on a punny visual of punctuation reacting with energy, typical of a daily humor column brief.
Dishonorable Discharge as Spy Sentences 20 Years
In Wiesbaden Germany Air Force Captain Joseph P Kauffman was sentenced by a court martial to 20 years hard labor and dismissal for betraying U S defense secrets to East German intelligence. The 43 year old veteran faced a four hour deliberation before conviction with forfeiture of pay and allowances and automatic review. He was led away to the Air Force stockade after brief discussions with his civilian attorney.
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U.S. Air Force
Joseph P. Kauffman
Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S
Kauffman
Air Force
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Greenland
Kennedy frees Chidester and Owen from court-martial charges
President Kennedy announced during a live national briefing that charges against Pfc. Larry D. Chidester and Pfc. Bernis Owen were dropped. Chidester of Salt Lake City and Owen of Seadrift Texas faced uniform code violations and related disciplinary actions tied to anti call-up letters and reservations about wartime deployments.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of the Army
Pfc
Larry D. Chidester
Salt Lake City
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Bernis Owen
Seadrift
Tex
Ft. Polk
Owen
Chidester
Navy restricts 55 sailors after Beale Street march
Memphis UPI report shows 55 sailors and Marines rounded up after a racial march on Beale Street. They are confined to their base for two weeks with potential harsher penalties for more serious offenders. An investigation continues as police say the group, mostly teens and twenty-somethings, marched into the Negro section to seek revenge for a prior incident.
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Memphis
Sharp Pickup In Building From Census Data
Washington reports a sharp rise in homebuilding with March housing starts at an annual rate of 1.4 million, up 23 percent from February. Experts forecast 1.4 to 1.5 million starts through midsummer as 1961 peak levels are regained. Personal income also rose to a March record of 435.3 billion.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
Now You Know Iowa Word Meaning Sleep Verb
A Sioux origin explanation notes Iowa as a Native term said to mean one who puts to sleep. The claim frames Iowa’s name as a cultural reference and etymology.
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Iowa
Kennedy says no punitive action against steel industry
President Kennedy announced the administration harbors no ill will toward the steel industry over the price increase and will take no punitive action. He urged free enterprise and cooperation among industry and labor while stressing minimal government role to protect public interests and investment needs for modernization.
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Washington
Kennedy
Davis Leaders Seek Solution To Financial Woes
Gov Jimmie H Davis fiscal chiefs pursue options as critics press for action. Shelby Jackson requests 203 million for public schools amid a 75 million deficit feared by state Treasurer Tugwell. Committee reviews all agency demands while awaiting pathways from Reily and Russell.
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Jackson
Louisiana
A. P. Tugwell
Davis
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