Barry Opens Fire On New Rights Edict
Democrats denounce Defense directive designating off limits areas near bases for discriminatory practices. Barry Goldwater warns of possible military coup while Javits praises the move. Russell questions use of defense funds for social reform or a gestapo style surveillance. Mississippi and Georgia figures urge Hoover testimony on Communist involvement in civil rights protests. Page 6-A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Secretary of Defense
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
McNamara
Russell
Georgia
Senate Military Appropriations
Armed Services Committee
Washinon
Senate Commerce Committee
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
William Loeb
Manchester
N.H
John C. McLaurin
Mississippi
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
McLaurin
Port Of Lake Providence Port Expected To Open In 1964
Harvey P. Grant Jr. told the Lake Providence Rotary Club the Port of Lake Providence could be ready for business in spring 1964 after land clearing by August 1963 and dredging by the U. S. Corps of Engineersin Hagaman Chute. The port will link the town to the Mississippi River, with silt used for port-side fill, promising economic benefits for East Carroll Parish and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Providence
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Hagaman Chute
Grant
East Carroll Parish
Louisiana
Arkansas
Dr Ward Near Death in Iron Lung After Poison Scandal
London AP reports Dr Stephen Ward, the os teopath convicted on vice charges from Britain's sex and security scandal, placed in an iron lung with bronchial pneumonia and near death. He remains in a deep coma following a drug overdose on the trial's final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stephen Ward
Britain
Society Osteopath
D E Gaar Dies Veteran With Paper at 53
Funeral services planned for D F E Gaar 53 district circulation supervisor for Monroe News Star and Morning World who died after a seven month illness in St Francis Hospital He began with the papers in 1936 and was a member of Memorial Methodist Church Survivors include widow Loyce daughter Linda Burns five brothers a sister an aunt and two grandchildren The pneumonia followed throat surgery and he was on mechanically assisted breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F E. Gaar
Monroe News-Star
Morning World
Edmonds’ Funeral Home
Jonesboro
Mr. Gaar
St. Francis Hospital
Winn Parish
Monroe
News- Star—World
Memorial Methodist Church
Loyce Gaar
Linda Burns
Natchez
Miss
Guy C. Gaar
Paese
Maggie Sanders
Rusten
Lodge Confers Page Rank At Knights of Pythias Meeting
Marshall McDonald chancellor commander of Stonewall Lodge No. 8 announces the conferring of the rank of page on two candidates tonight at the Knights of Pythias lodge meeting. Further details appear on CHIT-CHAT Page 6-A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall McDonald
Stonewall Lodge No. 8
Knights of Pythias
Dakota Soldier Killed In Caddo
A North Dakota Pvt Gerald J Thomas 22 was killed when struck by a car near Shreveport Louisiana Wednesday night. He was walking along U S 80 near the Nike missile base where he was stationed. The driver Richard W McCranie 27 of Bossier City said oncoming lights blinded him and he did not see Thomas until too late. No charges were placed according to Assistant Coroner A G Carrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
North Dakota
Gerald J. Thomas
Here
Thomas
Karlsruhe
U.S. 80
Nike Missile Base
Richard W. McCranie
Bossier City
South Side Mix Dispute Turns Violent in Chicago
Chicago police fought to quell racial disturbances as about 100 officers faced a crowd of roughly 500 in the South Side district near 56th and Morgan. Thirty three people were arrested including seven juveniles. one officer, Louis Pote, 36, was treated for a possible skull fracture. A Negro, Edward Sperry, 35, was identified as the assailant. Several police were injured by bricks and stones during clashes. arrests focus on disorderly conduct with Sperry charged with aggravated assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
56Th
Morgan
Louis Pote
Pete
Edward Sperry
Apeesy
Sperry
Louisville lawyer links militant Black leaders to unrest
Washington AP report notes lawyer Jack M. Lowery Jr. told the House Civil Rights subcommittee that militant Black leaders in Louisville have hamstrung racial progress alongside prejudice and misunderstanding, affecting tavern and restaurant industry clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Louisville
Jack M. Lowery Jr
House
Senate panel backs one-year extension of Mexican labor program
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill to extend the Mexican farm labor program for one year in a swift 11 to 5 vote. Chairman Allen J. Ellender, Democrat of Louisiana, was the leading proposer and strategist in today’s action as the measure moves to the floor next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
East German Soldier Fled to West Berlin Night Flight
West Berlin police report three East German servicemen escaped to West Berlin during the night. Two wore border guard uniforms and abandoned their weapons, while the third wore civilian clothes.
Underground H Bomb Test Hindered By Production Difficulties
Washington reported that an underground nuclear experiment planned for the year faces delays due to difficulties in producing the small hydrogen bomb device required for the test. UPI notes the issue affects the program and timing remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Meany Warns Congress on Rail Strike Rights
AFL CIO President George Meany says denying rail workers the right to strike could push Congress to nationalize the railroads. He notes the political stakes as labor and transportation policy loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL Cio
George Meany
Congress
Pravda labels Red China leaders bellicose imperialists
Moscow report says Pravda the Communist party paper compared the leaders of Red China to bellicose imperialists in a heightened spin on current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Red China
Driver Killed In El Dorado Crash Probe On Oil Truck
An oilfield service truck collided with a pickup near El Dorado Arkansas killing the pickup driver Billy Joe Carter 32. Six others were injured including Carter’s daughter Connie 9 in critical condition and his wife Betty Sue 30 plus two other children in satisfactory condition. The oil truck driver Grover A. Jones 30 of Haynesville Louisiana was hospitalized for observation. No charges were filed pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado, Ark
UPI
el Dorado
Billy Joe Carter
Connie
Little Rock
Carter
Betty Sue
el Dorado Hospital
John Raley
Grover A. Jones
Haynesville
August Pieroni
Arkansas
Jones
Halliburton Oil
Pieroni
Partly Cloudy Skies With Scattered Showers Expected
Partly cloudy skies through Friday may bring scattered thunder showers mainly in the evenings. Temperatures near 95 expected today and Friday with lows around 70 to 74. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Monroe high Wednesday was 93 and overnight low 71. year ago high 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Chuckle Man Chafes at Mislaid Shirt in Laundry
A humorous note portrays a peculiar character who frets when his shirt is mishandled by the laundry yet remains unfazed by misplacing it at the race ell. The piece highlights his comic inconsistency and obsession with clothing.
No Arrests Yet In Cuba Bomb Find
FBI continues inquiry after a cache of explosives seized near Mandeville Louisiana. By late Wednesday no arrests were reported. An informed source said the explosives were destined for Cuba and the cache totaled more than a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Chua
Lab seizure nets dynamite and bomb parts in Lacombe Park
FBI agents recovered 50 pound dynamite in a two wheel trailer and 20 bomb casings stored in a locked screened porch at a Lacombe Park cottage. Paraphernalia for arming warheads and 50 pounds of inodex were seized. The operation linked to a reported military activity, with the house owned jointly by two New Orleans men. Mandeville sits across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Glen
Lacombe Park
Mandeville
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Washington
FBI
York Named to Ouachita Parish School Board Seat
Jerald R. York, 39, of Fairbanks, was appointed by Gov. Jimmie H. Davis to fill the Ouachita Parish School Board Ward 1 vacancy left by Charles G. Drennan. York, a seed seller and father of five, has four children in parish schools and is a Ouachita native, Mason, Shriner, and St. Andrews Methodist member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerald R. York
Fairbanks
Ouachita Parish
Jimmie H. Davis
York
Charles G. Drennan
Sterington
West Monroe
Drennan
Sterlington
Ouachita
St. Andrews
Ten Die in Ohio Drive-In Crash Involving Migrant Families
In Ohio a head-on crash on Route 51 near Elmore killed ten people, including eight children, from the Camilo Chico and Felix Campos families who had just arrived at farm work with Emil Webert. Migrant workers Joseph Campos Rosa Campos Teresa Campos Guadaloupe Chico Raoue Chico James Chico Maria Chico and others perished or died in hospital. Charles Strong of Swanton sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, Ohio
UPI
Felix Campos
Florida City
Fla
Catherina
Joseph
Rosa
David
Teresa
Guadaloupe
Emil Webert
Elmore
Clayton Magsig
Webert
Ohio 51
Here
Charles Strong
Swanton
Ohio
Campos
Maris
St. Charles Hospital
Guadaloupe Chico
Teresa Campos
Juanita Collins Funeral Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services were held for 24 year old Juanita Collins of Houma formerly of West Monroe who died in a Houma canal bridge auto truck crash. Officiating was Rev A T Mitchell at Kilpatrick's Funeral Home West Monroe with burial in Hassey cemetery. Survivors include two sons Michael and David Collins, parents Mr and Mrs Herbie F Hinton, six siblings and four sisters. Pallbearers named Howard Coy Bill Smith Paul Flint Conway Austin Mose Bayles Frank Burkett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Collins
Houma
West Monroe
Kilpatrick
A. T. Mitchell
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Hassey
Collins
Texas
Betty Autrey
Houston
Janice Hinton
Fair Park Baptist Church
Howard Coy
Bill Smith
Paul Flint
Conley Austin
Mose Bayles
Frank Burkett
Exemption Of 2 Shops Pools Okayed
Washington AP Attorney General Kennedy signaled willingness to modify civil rights legislation. He would accept removing beauty shops barber shops and swimming pools from public accommodations coverage under certain conditions and would support limited jury trials and revised attorney fees provisions. Senator Ervin proposed amendments and pressed for broader coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Congress
Ervin
Ervin Promptl
Senate Com Committee
Constanly
Davis dedicates Bayou D Arbonne bridge in Farmerville
Louisiana Governor Jimmie H. Davis dedicates the $646,732 Bayou D Arbonne bridge and approaches on state highway 33 near Farmerville as several hundred attendees, including State Highway Director Ray W. Burgess and Mayor J. Clyde Williams, look on The 1 515 bridge links to the growing D Arbonne Lake project and recreation areas Davis jokes about being unemployed soon and praises past administrations for contributing to the lake’s creation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anne Corpin
Farmerville
Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
Bayou D’arbonne
Davis
Ray W. Burgess
J. Clyde Williams
D'Arbonne Lake
Sen. Patton
B. R. Patton
Eggs Seized After Four Men Arrested At Brooklyn Picket
NEW YORK AP Police seized four dozen eggs intended as missiles and arrested four men during a picket outside Dow State Medical Center under construction in Brooklyn. Demonstrators protested public funding for jobs for Negroes and Puerto Ricans in a housing project. One man was charged with felonious assault after scuffles with a police officer. About 100 pickets shouted as Rev Milton Galamison urged restraint. Dozens more pickets were arrested for blocking truck access to the site. A large woman refused to board a patrol wagon. Six policewomen assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poli
Dow State Medical Center
Cnstruction
Brooklyn
Milton Galamison
Presbyterian Negro
Eisenhower plans nostalgic voyage to Normandy beaches
President Eisenhower announced a one week European trip with his wife Mamie aboard the Queen Elizabeth. He described the voyage as an adventure into nostalgia and said he plans to walk the Normandy beaches and Portsmouth as part of the trip, a decision tied to the Allied invasion planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Europe
Mamie
Normandy
Portsmouth
England
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paestesi
Daureiias
RFK
Ge .E Roshto
Leflore County
Jo Anne Shirley
Sunflower County
Vicks
Barry
News-Star ‘World
Dr. Ward
D. E. Gaar
D.E. Gaar
Ward
Old Bailey Court
W. Mayne Butcher
Profumo
John D. Profumo
House of Commons
Old Bailey
Christine
Marilyn
Mandy Rice-Davies
Twin City
Caddo
McCranie
G. Carrington
Bulletins
H. G. Maynor
Jerald R. York Will
Charles Drennan
the Chicos
Mrs
Camilo Chico
Strong
Ervin Presses
D’arbonne Lake Bridge
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenho
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!