Kennedy Aid Bill Faces Senate Vote Defeat of Annual Approval Sought
Senator Humphrey says administration has votes to block Byrd plan for annual congressional approval of long-range foreign aid loans. Senate debates a $4.3265 billion foreign aid authorization while House prepares to vote on adding 95 million for Hanford plutonium plant funding. Byrd warns the outcome may be close as Kennedy proposes five-year loan authority and Treasury borrowing.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kennedy
Senate
Humphrey
Lawrence J. O'Connor Jr
Houston
Federal Power Commission
House
T. Hanford
Wash
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Treasury
Byrd
U S Plans Broad Latin America Alliance for Progress
The United States proposes a ten year crash program to aid Latin America against poverty and illiteracy. Secretary Dillon will outline Kennedy era Alliance for Progress with a first year one billion dollar push and invites Europe to join. Leaders including Uruguay's Haedo urged Kennedy to attend for momentum.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Latin America
Secretary of the Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Dillon
Western Alliance
Europe
Eduardo Victor Haedo
World Affairs
Weather forecast calls for thundershowers and warm temps
The Monroe area may see more thundershowers today and tomorrow after weekend rain. The Weather Bureau predicts considerable cloudiness and warm conditions with scattered storms. Highs reach about 86 degrees, lows near 68 to 74.
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Monroe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Moon Landing Seen As Next Red Goal
A two-part report covers the American Bar Association opening its 84th convention in St. Louis amid antisegregation rulings and a debate on the Supreme Court school decision. Alfred J. Schweppe criticizes the ruling as unconstitutional, while policy action urges Southern states to end color-line policies. The piece notes 10,000 attendees and inquiries about Kennedy's attendance. Also included is a London dispatch noting Soviet moon ambitions and Titov’s flight, with Western reactions and cautious optimism about future lunar missions.
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ST. Louis, Mo
U.S. Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Bill of Rights Committee
Alfred J. Schweppe
Seattle
Wash
Supreme Court
St. Louis
ABA
Kennedy
Lafayette Woman Drowns At Alexandra Falls
Marian Hetley-Wolf of Lafayette Louisiana drowned after being swept over Alexandra Falls on the Hay River Northwest Territories. She leaned to scoop water from the river about 40 feet above the 106 foot falls and died. Her body was recovered below the falls and a coroner ruled no inquest is needed. The remains will be sent to Lafayette for burial.
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Hay River
Northwest Territory
Marian Hetley-Wolf
Lafayette
Alexandra Falls
Tunisia Shifts Toward East as West Support Falters
Tunisia drifts from the Western orbit toward the Soviet bloc amid bitterness over France and the Bizerte crisis. The Soviet Union pledges aid including credits of about 29 million dollars for technical assistance. The Tunisian press highlights Khrushchev’s backing and new pro Communist rhetoric grows.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Bizerte
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kennedy
le Petit Matin
Neo- Destour
Communist Party
United States
Washington Reacts Calmly to Soviet Space Advance
Official Washington welcomed the second manned Soviet space flight with a calm, steady push for its own program. Senators Derksen and Russell offered cautious views on potential military implications, while Ambassador Stevenson praised Soviet scientific achievement and urged recovery of the cosmonaut.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Senate
Everett M. Eirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Sen
West Monroe Man Drowns Near Ouachita River
The body of 37 year old Andrew Jackson Higdon of West Monroe was found early today by Ouachita Parish sheriff deputies on the river bank north of Tupaw Bay. Higdon and three companions rode a boat Saturday then Higdon and Cicero Washington Winborne swam to the west bank. Higdon’s body was taken to Mulhearn Funeral Home with services expected Tuesday. Interment will be in Hasley cemetery. Higdon is survived by his father A J Higdon Sr mother Mrs Clara Taunton sister Mrs Susanne Broussard and a son A J Higdon III.
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West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Tupaw Bayou
Ouachita River
Monroe Boat Docks
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Monroe
Sheriff Department
Higdon
Joyce Battaglia
John
Cicero Washington Winborne
Hinton Street
West Bank
Winborne
A. J. Higdon, Sr
Clara Taunton
Linville
Susanne Broussard
Sulphur
A. J. Higdon
Kennedy space control needs cited by Stevenson
President Kennedy, returning from Cape Cod, discussed UN space strategy with Adlai Stevenson and noted Soviet Titov’s orbital flight. Stevenson urged international control of outer space and cooperative satellite regulation as Kennedy moves toward shared space governance proposals.
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Kennedy
Washington
Cape Cod
United Nations
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Hyannis Port
Mass
Gherman Titov
Stevenson
Outer Space
Russia
Harlan Cleveland
See
Man Given Life Sentence For 50-Cent Tree Delivery Murder
Ed ward Vogt, 18, received life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the December 23 killing of 14 year old Robert Giuttari, a Christmas tree delivery boy. The judge chose life imprisonment over the death penalty despite the mercy recommendation. Giuttari’s father condemned the ruling calling for the chair.
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New York
Edward Vogt
General Sessions Court
Joseph A. Sarafite
Vogt
Robert Giuttari
Anthony Giuttari
Manhattan
Phony Doctor Arrested in Hannover Telegraph Calls
A 26 year old clerk arrested in Hannover for posing as municipal physician Dr Hartung and making obscene telephone checkups. He confessed to calling women to undress under the guise of tracing tuberculosis and then subjected them to obscene remarks.
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Hannover
Germany
Hartung
Ministers Leave Next Move To Reds On Berlin
Western Big Four foreign ministers vow to negotiate Berlin settlement but defer action to the Soviet Union They demand talks on a plane of mutual respect and say Moscow has not shown a reasonable basis for negotiation They will wait for Khrushchev's night speech and other developments before initiating an East West conference
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Reds
Berlin
Paris
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Britain
France
West Germany
Moscow
Kennedy
Very Poor At Roping Swans
New York police failed to rope a swan that wandered into Manhattan’s core near 57th Street and 6th Avenue. Officers Waldorfer and Rehberg pursued the bird from a radio car and on foot toward Central Park, where the swan settled into a pond and sailed.
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New York
Manhattan
57Th
6Th Ave
Fred Waldorfer
Albert Rehberg
Rehberg
Central Park
Titov Promoted to Full Communist Party Member in Moscow
Soviet Premier Khrushchev elevates spaceman Gherman Titov to full party member and vows a celebratory Moscow welcome after Titov’s 24 hour Earth orbit. Tass cites an emotional phone call as Titov reports a successful mission and his wife Tamara’s initial concerns. NASA pushes ahead with unmanned Mercury orbit plans aiming for late 1961 or early 1962.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Communist Party
Tass
Titov
Tamara
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Union
NASA
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom
George M. Low
U.S
Grissom
Low
United States
Louisiana Bar Wins First Prize in ABA Merit Awards
The Louisiana State Bar Association won first prize in the American Bar Association merit competition for its program Victory Through Education Americanism vs. Communism. The award was among 10 first places and honorable mentions given to state and local bars. Louisiana led associations with more than 2,000 members at the ABA’s 84th annual meeting in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Louisiana State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Louisiana
Freedom Riders Plan Desegregation Attempt in New Orleans
In Jackson Mississippi two riders Norma Wagner and Earl Bohannon Jr left by train to New Orleans to probe desegregation at the Union Passenger Terminal. They plan to sit in the terminal’s white and Negro areas until arrested, facing likely transport to jail.
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Bohannon Jr
Chicago
Jackson
Titov Lands After 17 Orbits in Vostok II
Soviet spaceman Gherman Titov landed safely after 17 circuits of Earth in the Vostok II. He traveled about 435000 miles, spent 25 hours 18 minutes in space, and reported feeling very well. Khrushchev promised a grand Moscow welcome and promoted Titov to full member of the Communist Party.
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Moscow
Gherman Titov
Khrushchev
Major
Moon
Kremlin
Titov
Funeral Rites Held for Roy Q. Cole Sr. in Monroe
Roy Q. Cole Sr., 68, Monroe civic and business leader, died at his home Saturday after months of illness. Funeral services were held at Mulhearn Funeral Home, with interment in Memorial Park cemetery. He moved to Monroe in 1922 and led in insurance, politics, and veteran and civic groups. He is survived by his widow Thelma French Cole, a son, a sister, two grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were named from local clubs and church groups.
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Roy Q. Cole
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
J. T. Horton
Bayptist
Coushatta
Cole
Cole and Leigh
L. B. Faulk
American Legion
Graham Spurgnor Lodge
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Mississippi Legislature
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New York City
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West Orange
N.J
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
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D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
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