Salvation Army faces manpower crunch in Arkansas Louisiana
Col Harry Ward of New Orleans says higher wages and shorter hours pull away young volunteers, with teens needing more attention. He notes nationwide shortages limit Salvation Army work, urges a large youth camp in Northeast Louisiana and local financial support to acquire land for it.
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Army
Arkansas
Louisiana
Harry Ward
New Orleans
Col. Ward
The
News-Star
Funeral Set Saturday For Oxford Author
Mildred Spurrier Topp, about 66, an Oxford Mississippi author with a regional storytelling style, died Thursday in Jackson. A former English professor at the University of Mississippi, she also served Leflore County in the state legislature 1932 to 1936. Born in Mason Illinois, she moved to Greenwood as a child, and wrote Smile Please and In the Pink reflecting Delta life. She held degrees from Mississippi State College for Women and Ole Miss, did graduate work at Colorado. A creative writing teacher, she mentored students and leaves a son in the Canal Zone and a daughter in Fort Worth Texas.
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Topp
Greenwood
Mississippi State College For Women
University of Mississippi
University of Colorado
Ole Miss
Robert Topp
Canal Zone
W. V. Barnes
Fort Worth
Tex
Wallace To Wage New Attack On Kennedy
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace travels to the Southern governors conference in West Virginia to press a resolution to withdraw federal support for Kennedy civil rights efforts. He plans measures opposing the civil rights program, criticizing McNamara's order on segregated facilities, and opposing federal troop enforcement of school integration.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Wallace
United States
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Soviets accuse U S and China of war mongering
Moscow says the United States and Red China seek to worsen global tensions. Pravda and Red Star attack U S nuclear policy and accuse Beijing of opposing Kremlin Washington détente. They condemn underground tests as provocation and question China’s stance on normalizing relations.
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China
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Red China
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Star
America
London
Washington
Kremlin
Peking
U.S.S.R
Rustin Denies Communist Ties in Civil Rights March
Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the planned August 28 Washington civil rights march, says he was briefly in the Young Communist League over 20 years ago but has never been a member of the Communist party. Thurmond alleges a 1953 sex offense conviction and later vagrancy charges linked to Rustin, who calls the charges false and notes he was a Quaker conscientious objector during World War II.
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New York
Bayard Rustin
Washington
Young Communist League
Thurmond
Rustin
Sen. Thurmond
Communist Party
League
City College of New York
Dormitory Bond Bids Opened For Northeast State College
Louisiana State Board of Education planned to open bids at 11 30 a m in Baton Rouge for bonds to fund a new 1 million plus Northeast State College men's dormitory as bids on construction were reviewed from Breck Construction Co Inc Ronnie Terral Jesse Heard and Sons Inc West Monroe W C Salley Monroe and Don A Baxter and Son Sicily Island with amounts ranging from 1 126 161 to 1 166 142
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Louisiana State Board of Education
Northeast State College
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Breck Construction Co., Inc
Ronnie Terral
Farmerville
Jesse
Heard and Sons Inec
West Monroe
W. C. Salley
Don A. Baxter
Five Hooded Figures Charged In British Train Robbery
London AP reports five hooded suspects appeared in a small county court to face charges linked to Britains great mail train robbery of 7.2 million dollars. Arraigned were three men and two women including William Boal and his wife Rene Pilgrim.
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London
Britain
William Boal
Boal
Linslade
Cheddington
Glasgow
Surrey
Rene
Mary
Alfred Pilgrim
East Molesey
Roger John Cordrey
Bournemouth
Cordrey
Boals
Scotland Yard
France
Roger John Cowdery
Alfred
Mary Pilgrim
Emily Clark
Cowdery
State To Get $4.3 Million From Bonuses
Oil and gas firms will pay Louisiana $4,340,553 in bonuses for leases of 25,727 state lands and water bottoms. The Mineral Board accepted bids averaging $168 per acre, with 83,378 acres offered and over $8.8 million in bids, though many were rejected as insufficient. Tenneco Oil led with $758,786 for 1,610 acres in Plaquemines Parish Bayou Cook. Pan American Petroleum made the largest bid at $760,930 for 2,440 acres in Rockefeller Refuge, Cameron Parish, though an alternate Pan American bid of $727,180 for 1,765 acres was accepted.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Mineral Board
Rockefeller Wild Life Refuge
Gulf of Mexico
Tenneco Oil Co
Bayou Cook
Plagemines Parish
C. J. Bonnecarrere
Mineral Board
Pan American Petroleum Co
Rockefeller Refuge
Cameron Parish
Pan American
Glfshore
Representative John Opposes Retirement Bill in Fiscal Session
Monroe legislator Rep. Mike John Jr states he voted against Senate Bill 27, the legislators retirement act, and says he does not belong to or participate in the retirement system. A Public Affairs Research Council analysis notes some lawmakers could retire for more than $7,000 annually given the part time nature of the job.
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Mike John Jr
Monroe
John
Public Affairs Research Council
Fifth Ritual Death Triggers Martial Law in Hue and Nhatrang
In Saigon, President Ngo Dinh Diem imposes martial law on Hue and Nhatrang after another Buddhist self immolation. A monk Thich Tien Dieu, 71, burned himself in Hue, the fifth such act in two months. Police and troops quell protests in Nhatrang as Buddhist crowds protest the nun Dien Hien’s suicide and demand civil rights.
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Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hue
Nhatrang
U.S
Thich Tien Dieu
Diem
Tu Dampagoda
Tien Dieu
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Dien Hien
Valachi Overlords Frantic Over Testimony From Senate
Washington AP reports organized crime rulers fear the pending Senate testimony of gangster Joseph Valachi. They worry the Justice Department has not revealed all of Valachi’s disclosures on Cosa Nostra. Valachi, labeled by Genovese as the underworld lord, faces a $100,000 bounty and has been moved to Ft. Monmouth for safety while he continues talks with federal agents. No date is set for his Capitol Hill appearance.
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Senate
Joseph Valachi
Justice Department
Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Valachi Y
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Capitol Hill
FBI
Dutch Army Private Falls From Barracks Window
Amersfoort Netherlands Army private Piet van de Berg misread his floor, stepping from a second story window during roll call. He sustained two broken ribs and a broken right leg in the fall.
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Amersfoort
the Netherlands
UPI
Piet van de Berg
Army and Navy Submit Plans to Carry Out Racial Order
The Army and Navy filed recommendations with the Defense Department on implementing Secretary McNamara's July directive on racial equality both on and off bases. The Air Force asked for more time. The directive urges equal opportunity leadership, off-base anti discrimination, and monitoring systems, with plans due by Aug. 15.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
McNamara
Kennedy
Norman
Paul
Presidential Committee On Equal Opportunity In Armed Forces
Presidential Committee
United States
Dies At 100 In HAM England At Birthday Party
Miss Alice Marian Perry dies at age 100 in Ham England just before a telegram from Queen Elizabeth arrives at her hundredth birthday party.
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Ham
England
UPI
Alice Marian Perry
Queen Elizabeth
Traffic Cases Fill Monroe City Court Session
Judge W M Harper presided over Monroe City Court on Wednesday handling 33 cases mainly traffic violations. Edwin C Hayes Jr of Alexandria was fined 425 dollars for driving while intoxicated. Robert C Dozier Jr’s DWI case was continued to August 28. Three Reckless driving fines were issued to William H Thomas Katie L Robinson and Grady W Wheat. Ernest Long had a nol pros. Several speeding cases resulted in fines or bond forfeitures for Joseph Washington James Taylor Jr Joseph F Tremble Elton Manning Seibert Medley and Herman Brown.
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W.M. Harper
Monroe
Edwin C. Hayes, Jr
13Th Street
Alexandria
DWI
Robert C. Dozier, Jr
Kentucky Street
Delhi
Harper
Nolle Pressed
William H. Thomas
Sterlington
Katie L. Robinson
Powell's Alley
Grady W. Wheat
Route 3
West Monroe
Joseph Washington
Thomas Street
James Taylor, Jr
Grammont Street
Joseph F. Tremble
Erwin Street
Elton M. Manning
Seibert R. Medley
Powell Street
Herman Brown
State Street
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