Suspect Arrested In Babysitter Murder Case
Police arrested a 40 year old man in the bludgeon slaying of 18 year old Anne Brownell of Little Compton Rhode Island. The babysitter for Senator Maxwell C Huntoons grandchildren was found dead near the senator’s home. She was a senior at Mount St Mary’s Academy and had been accepted to the University of Rhode Island.
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Little Compton
R.I
Anne Brownell
Maxwell C. Huntoon
Herbert C. Brownell
Brownell
Huntoons
Mount St. Mary’s Academy
Fall River
Mass
University of Rhode Island
Walter B. Brownell
Edward F. Lane
Providence
Peter Brownell
Northboro
Ideological Boss Urges Red Unity Against Imperialists
Moscow reports Pyotr Demichev, 46, newly named ideological chief, called for unity with China against imperialism at Lenin anniversary talks. He praised improving ties with Beijing on a Marxist Leninist basis while criticizing Beijing for no concrete unity proposals. Meanwhile, U S and South Vietnamese raids hit air, land targets across Laos, the Congo, and Viet Nam, with U S carriers Midway and Hancock involved and Marine patrols engaging Viet Cong near Da Nang.
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Saigon
da Nang Air Base
Viet Nam
William van Kac
East Paterson
N.J
Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Peking
America
Laos
Congo
Demichev
Midway
Hancock
Vinh
Mat Duc
Bai Duc Thon
9Th Marine Brigade
Senators Press Strong Voting Rights Law in Senate Debate
Twelve members of the Senate Judiciary Committee urged passage of a strong voting rights bill. They called to suspend literacy tests and allow federal voter registration in the South, arguing current laws fail to curb racial discrimination and protect the 15th Amendment rights amid anticipated Senate debate. Southern foes planned amendments rather than a filibuster, while noting past laws proved ineffective due to local resistance and delays.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
South
Senate
Congress
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Department of Justice
Whopping College Crush Hits Campus This Fall
Washington AP reports a surge in freshman applications to 67 state and land grant colleges, up 34 percent from last year, continuing a postwar boom. Directors say competition will be tougher for the new high school graduate class as prestige private colleges also see more applications. The surge is driven by the postwar baby boom.
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Washington
Office of Institutional Research
Alan Ostar
King Faces Door Slams in Boston on Civil Rights Stop
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr arriving in Boston was rebuffed when a public school door was slammed shut during a Boardman School visit as he urged integrated education. He announced a march to the Boston Common and planned to address the Legislature amid threats, with seven calls to assassinate him reported to police.
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Boston
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Logan Airport
Statehouse
John A. Volpe
Roxbury
William Boardman
Boardman
Boston Common
Massachusetts
South
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Lowell Dyett
Dyett
Samuel Abaney
Flying High Mrs. Hayward Leaves for England
Mrs. E. F. Hayward of Monroe departs Selman Field at noon for New York and a jet to London to visit relatives. She will be hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Webb and family as Webb works in London on a university project. The piece notes a pun about square meals.
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E. F. Hayward Sr
5Th St
Monroe
England
Selman Field
New York
London
Bernard Webb
Eiffel Tower Opens at Paris World Fair in 1889
The 984.25-foot Eiffel Tower officially opened at the Paris World Fair running from May 6 to November 6, 1889, per the World Almanac.
Spring Frustration Linked to Family Slayings, Scientist Says
New York based sociologist Dr. Alfred McClung Lee argues spring heightens frustration and life reawakening fuels violence. He notes tensions may end in violence or family breakup, amid recent deadly attacks in New London New Hampshire and Coquitlam British Columbia. John Sargent 32 faces first degree murder charges after slaying his wife Janet 30 and their four children. Police also report a Vancouver police officer Leonard Hogue his wife and six children found dead in Coquitlam.
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New York
Alfred McClung Lee
Lee
Brooklyn College
Thoreau
New London
N.H
John Sargent
Janet
Vancouver
British Columbia
Leonard Hogue
Coquitlam
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Murder Charge In Caldwell Parish Killing
In Caldwell Parish Sheriff Floyd Hodges reports two men and a woman charged with the murder of Earl A. Usrey of Sikes after his pickup was forced off Route 127. The suspects Shel by Robinson Melvin Robinson and Albert Robinson, all of Winnfield, face murder and prior negligent homicide counts and await grand jury action. Last rites for Usrey set at Sikes Baptist Church.
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Columbia
Caldwell Parish
Floyd Hodges
Earl A. Usrey
Sikes
Usrey
Olla
Hodges
Shelby Robinson
Melvin Lee Robinson
Robinson
Albert Marvin Robinson
Winnfield
Mr. Usrey
Arkansaw
Mother of 3, Soldier Killed in Louisiana Crash
A mother of three and a Vietnam veteran were killed in a single car crash on Louisiana Highway 8 near Leesville. Victims Betty Jo Page, 30, and William B. Killien, 22, both of Leesville, were pronounced dead at the scene. Killien had returned from Vietnam about three weeks earlier.
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Leesville, la
UPI
Here
Betty Jo Page
William B. Killien
Leesville
Killien
Viet Nam
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy to clear skies are expected in Northeast Louisiana through Friday with highs of 80 to 86 and tonight’s low 56 to 62. Saturday remains similar with mostly sunny skies. No rain is expected through Friday and Monroe’s Wednesday high reached 50 overnight low. St Louis reached 92 and Tulsa 94 on Wednesday.
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Louisiana
Monroe
St. Louis
Tulsa
State Police mobilize 300 troopers in tense Bogalusa
In Bogalusa Louisiana 300 state troopers were ordered into the town amid racial tensions ahead of an expected Dick Gregory appearance. Civil rights leaders cautioned about timing. leaders urged calm as demonstrations by the Bogalusa Civic and Voters League and CORE continued. James Farmer of CORE was set to address the rally.
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Bogalusa
Dick Gregory
Ben Ragusa
Gregory
All Negro Bogalusa Civic and Voters League
Congress of Racial Equality
Community Affairs Committee
James Farmer
CORE
Washington Secretaries Learn Judo Self-Defense
Marine Corps captain William L. Maughan instructs Congressional Secretaries Club members in judo in the House caucus room. He demonstrates wrist and neck escapes and explains how to deliver a decisive blow. His wife Hope assists, while stressing vigor as key to defense amid city purse snatchings and muggings.
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Washington
Marine Corps
William L. Maughan
House
Congressional Secretaries Club
Maughan
Hope
Capt. Maughan
Vigor
Building Grant Set For NLSC
Northeast State College will receive a 500000 federal grant for a classroom building approved by the Louisiana Commission in Higher Education. W E Whetstone and Thomas W Leigh, both on the commission, announced the action. The same panel approved 500000 for Nicholls State College and 36901 for LSU NC. the State Bond and Building Commission will match the federal grants for a total of 1.0 million for Northeast.
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Northeast State College
W. E Whetstone
State Board of Education
Louisiana Commission In Higher Education
Whetstone
Thomas W Leigh
Monroe
Nicholls State College
Lsu-Nc
State Bond & Building Commission
Northeast
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