Russell Long Casts Only Holdout Vote
Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the limited nuclear test ban treaty 16 to 1 with no formal reservations. Russell Long, D-La., was the sole dissenting member, saying he would vote against on the floor to allow more study and possible testimony from experts. The panel sent the pact to the Senate floor for debate starting Sept. 9 with standard reservations noted for later floor action.
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Washington
Upi
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
United States
Edward Teller
U. S
Rail Arbiters Named By Management
Washington officials announced the rail arbitration board members: J.E. Wolfe of Chicago and Guy W. Knight of Philadelphia. The two unions will name their two picks by Friday, then four more will be named to represent the public, with Kennedy to decide if needed. The board must be complete in 10 days under the new law, as Kennedy signed the measure averting a nationwide strike set to begin at midnight. The episode kept trains moving but warned of future tensions despite binding arbitration this time.
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Washington
Railroad Management
J.E. Wolfe
Chicago
National Railway Labor Conference
Guy W. Knight
Philadelphia
Eastern Carriers
Kennedy
House
Senate
Kennon Sees Kennedy Backlash in Johnson Vote
Former Louisiana Governor Kennon predicts a trend against Kennedy backers after Lt. Governor Johnson's Mississippi win. He cites J. P. Coleman’s loss yet says his campaign will focus on responsible state government and opposition to the Civil Rights program and Kennedy. Kennon notes ties to Strom Thurmond and recalls 1952 convention views.
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Paul Johnson
Mississippi
Kennedy
Louisiana
Robert F. Kennon
Kennon
Twin Cities
J. P. Coleman
Johnson
Strom Thurmond
U S Weighs Uniform Rules for Bloc Diplomats
The administration considers reviewing U S rules on movement by Communist diplomats from Eastern European bloc nations to create uniformity across Hungary Poland and Bulgaria. Yugoslavia and Albania are excluded. Soviet diplomats remain governed separately.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
Poland
Bulgaria
Albania
Yugoslavia
Entered Apprentice Degree Conferral at Western Star Lodge No. 24
Western Star Lodge No. 24 will confer the Entered Apprentice Degree today at 7 30 p m and all Entered Apprentices and Master Masons are invited to attend. Kenneth R Kirkham, son of Mr and Mrs Otis L Kirkham, 206 Pershing Ave in Monroe, has been employed by the United States Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center and is enrolled in the Cartographer Training Program in St Louis.
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Western Star Lodge No. 24
Kenneth R. Kirkham
Otis L. Kirkham
Pershing Avenue
Monroe
United States Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center
ACIC
St. Louis
Missouri
Ken
West Monroe Pilot Wins Wings of Gold in Marine Corps
First Lt. Charles L. Wilder, son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Wilder of West Monroe, completed 18 months of Marine Corps Flight Training at Kingsville Texas and received his wings of gold. He is assigned to Aircraft Group 13 at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii as a jet fighter pilot. Wilder is a 1954 Ouachita Parish High School graduate.
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Charles L. Wilder
Charles R. Wilder
New Natchitoches Road
West Monroe
Marine Corps
Kingsville
Tex
Aircraft Group 13
Marine Corps Air
Mining official blames Fellin for entombment
In Sheppton Pennsylvania state mining official Gordon Smith argued that David Fellin caused his own 15 day entombment by poor decisions. With Louis Bova still trapped 300 feet below, rescuers debated methods and Fellin contended he should have been rescued by day five.
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Sheppton
David Fellin
Gordon Smith
Fellin
Smith
Louis Bova
Bova
Henry Throne
Gunman Surrenders in Slayings of Two New Jersey Officers
New York AP report: parolee Thomas Trantino, 27, surrendered after detectives killed fellow suspect Frank Falco, as police sought two Lodi officers gunned down in a nightclub. Trantino refused extradition to New Jersey. bail denied for next month’s hearing.
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Thomas Trantino
Center
Manhattan
Lodi
N. J
Frank Falco
New York
Trantino
Joseph Bly
James Hartnett
New Jersey
Tom Trantino
Associated Press
Guy Calissi
N.J
Enid Gerling
Tony Alborelli
Ray Howard
Alborelli
Falco
Miss Gerling
Peter Voto
Gary Tedesco
Times Square
Rain and Cooler Weather Forecast for the Area
A weak cold front in northwest Arkansas brings showers to north Mississippi with cooler air. Showers possible today and tonight as the front moves southward. Highs 95 to 100 today, 86 to 90 Friday. overnight lows 70 to 75. winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Monroe
Chuckle Moonlighter Drives Between Jobs for Better Car
A man juggling day and night jobs commutes between tasks to upgrade his vehicle. He works to improve his income and afford a nicer car, reflecting diligence and practical ambition.
CORE leader and 16 others plead innocent in Plquemen protest
National CORE Director James Farmer and 16 others pleaded innocent in Plaquemine Louisiana on charges stemming from demonstrations there last week. In Yugoslavia Khrushchev arrived for a private visit that became a friendly parade with President Tito. In New York seven anti bias demonstrators convicted for blocking Gov Rockefeller’s office entrance. In Atlanta a federal judge stayed execution of a 3.06 million libel judgment against Wally Butts pending motions.
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Plaquemine, la
UPI
James Farmer
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Kopar
Yugoslavia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Adriatic
Tito
NEW York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Atlanta
Wally Butts
Curtis Publishing Co
State workers get four day weekend on Huey Long birthday
Baton Rouge AP reports state employees begin a four day weekend this Friday to observe Huey P. Long's birthday, a regular state holiday, with Labor Day following on Monday. In Charleston, Catholic schools were formally integrated, but only 15 of 202 eligible Black students volunteered for mixed classes. A fire in Rockport, Texas destroyed 13 luxury yachts and a large boat house on Wednesday night.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Long
Charleston
S.C
Rockport
Texs AP
Texas Gulf of Mexico
New Pool Opens For Negroes At City Recreation Center
A $100,000 swimming pool for Negroes will open Friday at the Windham Johnson Recreation Center on Berg Jones Lane. It will operate 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily for the season, with Labor Day night as the closing time. The pool, built with city funds by W. C. Salley and designed by Rivers and Heuer, holds 250 000 gallons and mirrors two other new pools in Monroe. This marks the second new pool for Negroes in recent months as part of the city recreation program that now has four centers.
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Windham - Johnson Recreation Center
Berg Jones
H. W. McSherry
McSherry
Windham-Johnson Center
W. C. Salley
General Fund
Rivers & Heuer
Monroe
Renwick Street
Headquarters
Parkview Subdivision
Unhappy burglar leaves note at Grace Building Materials
A burglary at Grace Building Materials Co. in Baton Rouge on Wednesday ended with the intruder leaving the message It was too hot Next time have money and taking nothing. Fred J. Grace reported the incident and said the thief rifled desks and files but fled empty handed.
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Baton Rouge
Grace Building Materials Co
Fred J. Grace
Lincoln Proclamation Freeing Slaves in 1863
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1 1863 freeing enslaved people in ten Confederate states, as cited by the World Almanac.
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Abraham Lincoln
Debris Found in Atlantic Search for Missing Jet Crew
Debris and red life jackets were recovered in a major search for 11 crew members aboard two Stratotanker jets missing on a refueling mission over the Atlantic. Captain Julius C. Womack of Pioneer, Louisiana, is among the missing. Searches focused 560 to 780 miles northeast of Miami toward Bermuda as the Azalea City retrieved debris and the Coast Guard Cutter Owasco headed toward the scene.
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Atlantic Ocean
Daytona Beach
Fla
Bermuda
Miami
Atlantic
Cap
Julius C. Womack
Pioneer
Coast Guard
Azalea City
Owasco
New London
Conn
Homestead Air Force Base
Womack
J. C. Womack
Air Force Base
Orlando Air Force Base
55Th Air Rescue Squadron
Air Force
Rescuers Pump Oxygen Toward Mine Victims
In Utah Moab area a potash mine explosion trapped 15 workers. Rescue teams pumped oxygen to drive out carbon monoxide and reach the men about 3,000 feet underground. Two men were saved. eight bodies recovered. five others reported alive earlier.
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Moab
Utah
UPI
Badlands
Steve Hatsis
Hatsis
Dig for Little Joe Apollo team probes White Sands failure
Engineers and scientists began excavating a Little Joe II rocket and its dummy Apollo capsule at White Sands to determine why the destruction mechanism failed 32.5 seconds after launch. The test aimed to aid NASA Apollo moon mission prep with a nine mile impact and an hours-long teardown.
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White Sands, N.M
UPS
White Sands Missile Range
New Mexico
el Paso
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
State Business In July Takes Jump Over 62
Louisiana business in July rose 8.7 percent from a year earlier and 26 percent from June, with the general business index at 121.6 the highest on record. For the first seven months of 1963 through July, 26 of 33 lines posted gains, including crude petroleum production up 17.4 percent and department store sales up 9.5 percent year over year. compared with June, July department store sales rose 7.3 percent and freight carloadings 4.7 percent.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University Division of Research
College of Business Administration
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