Cotton Seen as Chief Louisiana Revenue Source at Forum
Gov. John J. McKeithen, speaker at the Fourth Annual Louisiana Cotton Forum, called cotton a major revenue pillar with last year's crop valued at 125 million dollars and consumer cotton product expenditure around 708 million. He noted industrial growth helps agriculture and cited regional economic gains from mechanized farming, extension work, and local processing benefits, with forum proceedings running from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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McKeithen Sees Goldwater Lead in Louisiana
Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithen says Barry Goldwater leads in the state while declining to endorse either candidate. He notes his absence from the Democratic convention and plans to announce his presidential stance soon. McKeithen criticizes some convention statements and cites local delegates’ loyalties.
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Jack) Howard
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Monroe
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Sen. Goldwater
Forecasters See Early End To Cleo
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Hurricane Cleo moves north along the Florida coast toward Georgia with winds easing to gentle 40 mph. Forecasters expect land friction to finish the storm inland near Brunswick and Savannah as warnings stay up. An eye was near St Augustine at 11 am EST with hurricane winds still aloft.
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Twin City Chit Chat Capt and Mrs Taylor in Monroe
Capt and Mrs John Earl Taylor visited Monroe on Thursday and planned to travel to Sidell to see Mrs Taylor’s family. Taylor, a Northeast Louisiana State College graduate and former News-Star-World staffer, is stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma. Knights of Columbus host a hootenanny dance and breakfast Saturday at 9 p.m. in the K of C Hall on Oliver Road with live entertainment and breakfast to follow.
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Slidell
Knights of Columbus
Oliver Road
Decline in U S Orphans From 1900 to 1960
The United States saw a drop in orphan rates from 16.3 percent of children in 1900 to 4.5 percent in 1960, according to the U S Statistical Abstract.
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Texan Denies Killings Hopes To Escape Mexican Firing Squad
Texan Dykes Askew Simmons, 36, sentenced to die in Mexico, proclaims innocence and vows vindication. He is the only American on death row in Nuevo Leon State Penitentiary after the 1959 slayings of Hilda, 19, Martha, 21, and Juan Manuel Villagomez, 44, in Monterrey. Simmons, once a Fort Worth mechanic, married in death cell and awaits appeal in Mexico City. He says no proof links him to the crimes and notes lack of clear motive or robbery. He entered Mexico through Laredo and was immediately detained.
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Bomb Hits Northside Reporter Office in Jackson
Police and FBI probe a bombing of the Northside Reporter offices in Jackson. Hazel Brannon Smith, Pulitzer winner and editor, says the blast appears homemade and may reflect hostility to her pro desegregation stance. Damage to the building is estimated at 1500 dollars. no injuries reported.
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Dry And Warm Weather In Area Delights Delta Readers
Dry and warm weather prevailed in the Louisiana Delta with low 90s and Monroe at 91. Minimums near 70 and a reported 68 in Monroe. A northwest cold front will not pass but draw moist air from the Gulf. Scattered showers remain through the weekend as the five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures and 0.5 to 1 inch total precipitation.
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Johnson presses for unified Democratic push in New Jersey
President Johnson outlines plan to convert wavering Democrats and peel off Republican moderates. He cites polls showing 10 to 15 percent Democratic defection and 30 percent Republican loss of moderates. Johnson and Humphrey plan weekend strategy at the LBJ Ranch before returning to Texas.
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Goldwater Calls Johnson Speech Isolationist in Statement
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater labeled President Johnsons speech accepting the Democratic nomination isolationist and a withdrawal from leadership in international affairs. Goldwater spoke by telephone from a yacht cruise near Santa Cruz Island, noting the speech did not mention direct challenges of communism or brush fire conflicts worldwide.
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Car Crash Kills Center Tex Man near Mansfield La
A Center Texas man C W Adams was killed when his car swerved off Louisiana 174 near Mansfield. Police say the vehicle rolled after twice leaving the road and overturned killing Adams instantly while his wife drove. The crash occurred Thursday evening on the highway.
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World Boxing Association blocks Clay Lis ton return bout
The World Boxing Association voted today not to sanction a comeback heavyweight championship match between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston, halting plans for the high profile bout in Norfolk Virginia.
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Birmingham man elected national commander of VFW
John A Buck Jenkins of Birmingham Alabama was elevated to national commander as the Veteran of Foreign Wars closed its 65th annual convention in Cleveland AP reported the leadership change at the national gathering
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Posse Shoots Down Men In Cottonfield
In Clarksdale Mississippi a pursuing posse killed two fleeing convicts in a cotton field gunfight near the city. Edwin Berryman 31 of Columbus Georgia and John Armstrong 35 of Noxubee County Mississippi died. Two others Albert Lepard of Kosciusko and Edward Walker of Ocala Florida were being sought after fleeing with weapons and a car after overpowering a guard.
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Noxubee County
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Sunflower County
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Parchman
Albert Lepard
Kosciusko
Edward Walker
Ocala
Fla
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Nimbus Satellite Orbits On Storm Hunting Mission
Nimbus satellite launched from Vandenberg on a Thor Agena booster to photograph cloud patterns for storm tracking. The 830 pound craft reached an elliptical polar orbit from 262 to 578 miles, with night imaging enabled by infrared gear, though designed to avoid Soviet airspace.
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Aycock backs Goldwater in Louisiana endorsement
Lt. Gov. C. C. Aycock, a Democrat, becomes the first Louisiana official to endorse Republican Barry Goldwater. He says he feels the party has left him. Claude Duval, who Aycock defeated in the Democratic primary runoff, also backs Goldwater.
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