Tax Proposal Advances Toward Key House Vote
In Washington the tax proposal to cut most Americans income taxes by about 1.52 percent neared a crucial House Ways and Means vote. Treasury crafted a bill the committee has advanced this year with Kennedy urging swift enactment. The revised plan aims for a net individual and corporate rate reduction of about 10.645 billion dollars by 1965, after committee changes. The rejection of a 5 percent floor on itemized deductions remains a key point in shaping the final measure.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Senate
Kennedy
The
Dillon
Third Buddhist Monk Dies In Death By Own Action Blaze
In Hue area a 17 year old monk Thich Thanh Tuc burned himself to protest the Diem government. The incident marks the third Buddhist suicide by fire in two months.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dien Diem
Thich Thanh Tuc
Hue
Hatten Resigns Editorship At News-Star
W. B. Bert Hatten veteran newsman and civic figure resigns as managing editor of the Monroe News Star effective August 24 to devote time to his insurance business and serve as statewide publicity director for gubernatorial candidate Robert F. Kennon. Roster changes name Dallas Roper to replace Hatten at the News Star.
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W. B
Bert) Hatten
Monroe News-Star
Hatten
Robert F. Kennon
News-Star—World Publishing Company
News-Star Post
Monroe Morning World
West Monroe
The
News-Star
Dallas Roper
Chuckle Work Harder Taxing But Less Hard
A light clothing joke hints that modern chuckle work is more mentally taxing despite reduced physical effort. The piece contrasts past harder tasks with current demands, noting increased mental strain and time investment in humor-based endeavors.
Scotland Yard Finds Hideout Of Robbery Gang
Scotland Yard announced police found the hideout used by the world's greatest mail train robbery gang. Leatherslade Farm at Oakley 53 miles northwest of London housed a truck and two army type vehicles. police say the robbers left about three days earlier, leaving mail bags but no trace of the 20 million pound loot.
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London
Scotland Yard
Leatherslade Farm
Oakley
Glasgow
Probe Into Large Fish Kill In Irrigation Canal
The Department of Fish and Game investigates a fish kill of 3,000 plus in an irrigation canal near Sacramento. A spokesman said infection will take a couple of days to determine the cause amid several large Northern California kills this year linked to improper pesticide use.
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Sacramento
Calif
Department of Fish and Game
California
Soldier to visit family before Fort Sill duty
Private First Class Johnny H. Fuller, stationed in Korea for a year, will spend 30 days with his mother Mrs. Mary D. Fuller of West Monroe and sister Mrs. M. D. Gammill of Lake Village Arkansas before reporting to Fort Sill Oklahoma for further duty. Fuller is a 1958 Ouachita Parish High School graduate.
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Johnny H. Fuller
Korea
Fort Sill
Okla
Pfc. Fuller
Mary D. Fuller
Eby Street
West Monroe
M. D. Gammill
Lake Village
Ark
Ouachita Parish High School
Cosmetic Board Expenses Show High Salaries and Allowances
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate reports $71 766 of $97 080 last year by the state board of control of cosmetic therapy went to salaries and expense allowances. Ten board members averaged $300 a month in salaries plus about $300 more monthly in expenses as they inspect beauty shops. Expense vouchers for December 1962 show six members within $10 of the $300 monthly allowance.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate
State Board of Control of Cosmetic Therapy
Oak Grove Bible salesman admits burglary and theft
Albert D. Crosby, 34, Route 1 Pioneer, held in Ouachita parish jail for burglarizing the Pioneer Post Office Building and stealing an automobile from Sterlington woman Burtis D. Turnage. Crosby admitted taking the car during questioning and said he planned to hit a Monroe safe, with tools found during a Bastrop arrest.
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Oak Grove
Florida
Ouachita Parish
Pioneer Post Office
Sterlington
Albert D. Crosby
Pioneer
South Grand Street
Monroe
Bailey Grant
Burtis D. Turnage
Bastrop
Pickets Climb Poles to Halt Portable Classrooms
AP dispatch reports pickets reaching tops of utility poles to block construction of portable classrooms in a Chicago Negro neighborhood. Also AP notes Civil Service Chairman urged Congress to grant a pay raise to federal workers to match private industry. In Chicago a 50 year old heir to the Horlick fortune died of an apparent sleeping pills overdose. Louisiana conservation chief said daily oil production cap of 1,291,867 barrels will be cut two percent for September and October.
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Chicago
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Congress
William Horlick Sidley
Horlick
Butts Libel Trial Nears End in Secret Notes Claim
Atlanta insurance man testified that a note he kept during Wallace Butts football secrets testimony may have been misinterpreted as a transcript of away secrets. The high profile libel suit arising from the alleged notes in Atlanta proceeded with witnesses challenging the reliability of the documents.
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Atlanta
UPI
Wallace Butts
Butts
Glenn casts doubt on Soviet space failures claims
Washington AP reports astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. voiced doubt that Soviet officials are truthful about their space program. He suggested Russia may have experienced spacecraft failures despite denials.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
City Hears Revision Of West Monroe Speed Limits
West Monroe City Council plans an ordinance to revise state route speed limits. City Attorney prepares the measure for a 7 p.m. meeting in the city hall courtroom. The Highway Department proposed 25 mph downtown 35 mph on Natchitoches Cypress and North Seventh with 45 mph on Cypress to the city limits, a level the city finds too fast. Mayor Norris says the change targets enforcing posted speeds as current practice allows about 10 mph over the limit before tickets.
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West Monroe
Charles Traylor
Louisiana Highway Department
J. Allan Norris
Jeff Caldwell
Highway Department
Caldwell
Natchitoches
Cypress Streets
North Seventh Street
Cypress
Norris
Claim Mass Demonstration Called Off
In New Orleans an integration leader announced that a large civil rights demonstration scheduled for today was postponed after city officials agreed to concessions. The Rev A L Davis Jr cited moves to remove racial signs from City Hall and hire Negroes for sanitation by Aug 20 and firefighters by Aug 30, along with other measures and continued consultation. The overflow crowd pack St Johns Church and nearby grounds praised the concessions and pledged unity in the drive to end segregation.
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New Orleans
UPI
A. L. Davis Jr
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
Davis
Avery Alexander
The
Consumers League
Victor Schiro
Mexico
St. Johns Institutional Baptist Church
Selman Field fire station bid approved by city council
Monroe officials wrapped a busy bid session approving a Selman Field fire station contract for Lamar Moore at 77 100 and adding 1500 for a fallout shelter while rejecting the 577 610 bid on the Standifer Avenue pump station as too high. The council also rejected bids on a Jackson and Egan streets fire station and set new bids for September 10. A separate 61 million revenue bond sale for the Utilities Commission was scheduled for September 24.
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Monroe
Selman Field
City Hall
Utilities Commission
Standifer Avenue
Farmerville
Ronnie Terral
W. L
Jack’ Howard
Riverview Cemetery
Jackson and
Egan Streets
A. L. Rowan
Howard
Breard
Lamar Moore
Moore
Harry E. Carpenter
J. A. Coleman
E. O. Cooley Construction Co., Inc
W. G
J. G. Haynes
Young Mother Struck Fatally in Louisiana
Iowa La AP reports Mrs. Jean Shexneider, 19, mother of an eight month old boy, died after being struck by a car on U S Highway 90 east of Iowa La. She was en route from Sulphur to Lafayette where she worked when the car she rode in stopped for motor trouble. She reportedly stepped from the vehicle onto the highway into the path of a car driven by Clifton B Carr 66 of Sulphur.
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Iowa
Jean Shexneider
Here
Shexneider
Lafayette
Clifton B. Carr
Great Lakes Largest Fresh Water System
The Great Lakes and their connecting waterways form the world’s largest inland water transportation system, as noted by the World Almanac. This recognition underscores the lakes’ scale and their crucial role in regional commerce and travel.
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Great Lakes
Thundershowers Expected Today in Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies persist through Wednesday in northeast Louisiana with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Highs in the mid 90s easing to near 90 by Wednesday and lows around 72 to 76. Winds vary 5 to 15 mph, briefly higher near the storms.
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Louisiana
Berliners Mark Wall Anniversary Amid Heightened Security
Berlin marked the wall anniversary as security forces on both sides tightened. An explosion and a 30 foot flame were reported near East Berlin, while West Berlin urged calm and warned against rioting. British, American, and French troops strengthened border patrols and cross-over points, with East Germany increasing border guards.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
Heinrich Albertz
Tripartite
U.S
East
Wall
East Germany
Mutiny at Miss Italy Leads Beauty Pageant Showdown
In Long Beach an Italian beauty, Anna Luisa Rispoli, led a protest against posing flat on the floor by 16 contestants at the International Beauty Congress. Several jurors and peers, including Miss Japan Shizuko Shimazu and Miss California Lori Lechner, resisted the floor pose. officials offered gown cleaning but the group stood apart while others followed the photo plan, creating a sunburst floor layout as cameras rolled.
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Long Beach
Calif
Italy
Anna Luisa Rispoli
Long Beach Arena
Miss Rispoli
Japan
Shizuko Shimazu
Tokyo
Lori Lechner
California
Judi Cahill
New York
Anna Luisa
Mins Luxembourg
Catherine Palus
McNamara says U S nuclear lead over USSR wide
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told Senate hearings the United States holds a substantial nuclear advantage over the Soviet Union, with warheads in the tens of thousands, and that the limited test ban treaty would not shift the balance. He asserted U S superiority overall and in low and intermediate range weapons, while acknowledging Soviet tech gains in high-yield weapons.
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Secretary OF Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
United States
Russia
Harold Brown
Defense Research and Engineering
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Soviet Union
McNamara
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations, Armed Services and
Atomic Energy Committees
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Rrowa
Hickenlooper
John O. Pastore
Reuben O Neal Dies Funeral Rites Tomorrow
Reuben M. O Neal former superintendent of Forsythe Park Monroe died today in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park cemetery. He lived at 1412 Georgia street Monroe and served the city for 30 years as Commissioner of Finance and Utilities. Survivors include his widow Letha O Neal a son Emmett O Neal of Alexandria a daughter Mrs Fay Coston also of Alexandria a step daughter Mrs W F Latham of Monroe a step son Granville Davidson of Barboursville West Virginia three sisters Mrs J W Webster Mrs Frank DeStephano and Mrs A L Cloyd all of Monroe and several grandchildren.
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Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Memorial Park
Georgia Street
Monroe
Finance and Utilities
H. W. McSherry
O’neal
Letha O'Neal
Emmett O'Neal
Alexandria
Fay Coston
W. F. Latham
Granville Davidson
Barboursville
West Virginia
J. W. Webster
Frank DeStephano
A. L. Cloyd
Used piano and bath fixtures sale quick sale
A want ad offers a used upright piano priced for quick sale. Contact FA 2-7946. Also listed are used bathroom fixtures in good condition priced at $15, contact FA 3-0569.
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Diem
Vietnam
Mai Tuyet An
Buckinghamshire
Twin City
Cosmetic Board
Bill Hardin
Bulletins
Red
Selman Station
U. S
Reuben O’neal
Reuben M. O'Neal
Forsythe Park
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