NEA Membership Declared Illegal For Louisiana Teachers
Louisiana Attorney General rules NEA membership violates segregation laws and allows firing. Monroe City Supt. Van Dodom says he will pursue action against NEA members. Ouachita Parish records may show how many teachers belong. Ward awaits guidance.
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Supt
van Dodom
Attorney General
Louisiana
National Education Association
Odom
NEA
Monroe City
Ward
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish High School
Baton Rouge
Negro Porter Charged With Doctor's Murder
Theodore Roosevelt Stovall, 28, a department store porter, was charged with first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of Dr Paul Behrendt and wounding of Dr Frances Behrendt at their Garden City home. Behrendt died. Frances Behrendt is in fair condition at Nassau Hospital. Stovall was arrested near the scene after hours of questioning and denies the crime.
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Garden City
N.Y
Long Island
Theodore Roosevelt Stovall
Paul Behrendt
Frances Behrendt
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
Stovall
Behrendt
New York City
Terrebonne Parish Opens New Gas Field Near Sweet Bay Lake
Terrebonne Parish gains a new gas field three miles south of the Sweet Bay Lake area in the Big Hore bayou region. Cyprus Oil Co. and partners report Continental Land and Fur Co. No. 2 completed at 12,991 feet with an initial flow of 2,500,000 cubic feet per day through an eighth-inch choke.
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New Orleans
Terrebonne Parish
Sweet Bay Lake
Big Hore Bayou
Cyprus Oil Co
Continental Land and Fur Co
Kennedy orders Polk reactivated as Louisiana training base
President Kennedy told Sen. Russell Long Ft Polk in central Louisiana will be reactivated for a 14 000 man training division to move there in September with full operation in October A permanent cadre of 4400 military personnel and 400 civilians will be based there Polk was a major World War II training base for tank troops and some infantry
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Wee
Kennedy
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
Ft. Polk
Louisiana
Long
Polk
America
Texan Swims 22 Hours Off Texas Coast
Jim Seals of Port Aransas swam and floated for 22 hours in the Gulf of Mexico after his skiff overturned 35 miles offshore. He was rescued by fishing-boat crewmen and credited the fish with helping him survive as he drifted without a life jacket. His brothers Rickie and Buddy Hatters, ages 16 and 14, were rescued after about 6 hours 45 minutes. Seals recovered in hospital, while the companions remained missing until salvage.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Jimmy Seals
Gulf of Mexico
Seals
Texas
Rickie
Buddy Hatters
Port Aransas
Two local graduates win Jones S. Davis Pharmacy Scholarships
Elaine La Case of Cullen and Richard White of Ringgold were named recipients of the Jones S. Davis Pharmacy Scholarships at Northeast Louisiana State College. The college dean selects the scholars with notification released by J. O. Lancaster, director of scholarships and placement.
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Jones S. Davis
Northeast Louisiana State College
J. O. Lancaster
Elaine LaCase
Cullen
Richard White
Ringgold
Ol Phar
Crack Down On Slum Landlords In Chicago and Cook County
City and Cook County authorities act to withhold rents from relief tenants and sue operators of substandard buildings. The program targets “money-in slum landlords” accused of charging exorbitant rents for vermin infested, unsafe housing.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Raymond M. Hilliard
Progam
Public Aid Department
Illiard
Conor
Evertment
Thurnhull
U.S. Defends West Berlin Flight Rights Amid Soviet Threat
The United States said civilian airliners would continue flying to West Berlin despite a Kremlin note. President Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk approved a tough White House statement rejecting Soviet charges and warning against interference with West Berlin air corridors.
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Washington
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Berlin
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
U.S
Kremlin
White House
Moscow
Germany
East Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
United States
One Down 191 To Go In Rider Trial Marathon
In Jackson Mississippi a jury convicts Henry Thomas, the first of 192 freedom riders, for breach of peace after a three day wait. Julia Aaron of New Orleans goes on trial next as county court jury trials begin to handle the appeals.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Freedom Riders
Henry Thomas
Julia Aaron
New Orleans
Jack Travis
Carl Rachlin
Congress of Racial Equality
Thomas
Davis To Ride In Parade Here
Gov Jimmie H Davis will lead a parade on Friday afternoon riding Sunshine the palomino through downtown West Monroe. S G Nolan says the invitation was accepted for the annual West Monroe rodeo parade which precedes four nightly rodeo performances at 8 pm except Sunday when there is a mid afternoon show.
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Jimmie H. Davis
Sunshine
S. G. Nolan
West Monroe
Northeast Louisiana Shrine Club
Moon Base To Uproot Crops and Homes
NASA will buy 80 000 acres north and west of Cape Canaveral to build launch pads for the Nova rocket. The $60 million land purchase may erase citrus groves beaches and unincorporated towns, forcing about 500 residents to relocate. Brevard County braces for a space boom after Cape Canaveral is chosen as a moon mission site.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Brevard County
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape
Moon
NASA
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Bulky Witnesses Tied to Gambling Probe In Miami
Two Miami men Elam Caudell and Sergei Kirpatowski refused to reveal their occupations to Senate investigators. They were linked to illicit racing information sneaking from Florida tracks via electronic devices used with wire services. Arthur Gilbert of the FCC cited a 1958 raid where one device was found smashed.
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Washington
Miami
Fla
Florida
Senate
Elam
Bill) Caudell
Sergei Kirpatowski
Arthur Gilbert
Federal Communications Commission
Gilbert
Caudell
Six Die in Dakota Head-On Crash Near Devils Lake
Six people perished and a seventh was critically injured in a head-on crash east of Devils Lake when a car rammed a pickup turning off U.S. 2 around 1:30 a.m. The car occupants were Ralph Geller 27 Robert Ronning 27 Randall Jacobson 31 Larry Bjerke 23. In the truck were Burton Wood 48 Bruno Holtz 55 and Frank Holtz 26 who survived in hospital in critical condition.
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Devils Lake
N.D
North Dakota Highway Patrol
U.S. 2
Ralph Geller
Robert D Ronning
Randall Jacobson
Larry Bjerke
Burton Wood
Bruno Holtz
Frank Holtz
Ulbricht Demands Air Route Control for Berlin
East German leader Walter Ulbricht called for full transit control over land sea and air to isolated Berlin at a mass East Berlin rally. He urged early talks on a peace treaty and warned of limiting negotiations to purge Western agents if the West balks. Titov to visit East Berlin on Sept 1 drew enthusiastic applause.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
East Berlin
East
Bonn
West Berlin
German Democratic Republic
GDR
Ulbricht
Soviet Union
Lothar Bolz
V. A. Zorin
West Germany
Gherman Titov
Passman Hopes Polk Action Based on Need
Congressman Otto E. Passman, home from Washington, welcomed Ft. Polk’s reopening and said the decision should be based on need, not political expediency. He called the closure a grave injustice and noted Leesville residents financed the camp’s origin. Passman returned to the Fifth District for a brief visit.
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Passman
Polk
Otto E. Passman
Washington
Mae
Ft. Polk
Louisiana
Leesville
Fifth District
Mild Weekend Weather Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
The forecast calls for a partly cloudy mild weekend with thundershowers in northeast Louisiana and the state. Tonight lows are expected 64 to 74 with tomorrow high 85 to 90. Sunday outlook similar. highs ranged from 82 at Monroe to 88 at Lafayette and Kenner.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Lafayette
Kenner
U S Agents Raid Gambling Den in New Kensington Blitz
Federal agents from Internal Revenue and a deputy marshal burst into two doors in New Kensington, arresting 21 people and seizing 4000 to 5000 dollars plus business assets. The raid, echoing a Newport Kentucky operation, disrupted local gambling activity near Pittsburgh and spillovers to West Virginia and Ohio.
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Nal Revenue
U.S
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Ohio
Numbers
Newport
Grounds For Dismissal Of Teachers In Louisiana
Louisiana Attorney General rules NEA membership illegal and grounds for removal by local boards. Opinion states NEA violates segregation laws and that teachers should resign while boards stop dues. ALA ruling cites 1961 NEA Court resolution linked to desegregation. Vermilion Parish superintendent requested guidance.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
National Education Association
Asst. Atty
Seallan Walsh
NEA
G. J. Ledet
Vermillion Parish
Walsh
Fast Baton Rouge Parish
Parish
July Living Costs Hit Biggest High In Nine Months
The Labor Department shows the consumer price index rising from 127.6 to 128.1 in July, a 0.4 percent advance. Higher food costs plus gasoline and apparel pushed living costs to a new high, with year over year costs 12 percent higher. The increase may trigger cost of living raises for factory workers and auto workers if a wage agreement includes an escalator clause.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Labor Statistics
Myers
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James Painter
Sharon Lynne
Walter Painter
Negro Porter
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Twin City
W. Berlin
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Moon Base
Howard Benedict
Dakota
Ency
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