Senate crime probe questions race track figures over death threats
Senate investigators questioned race track figures from six states in Washington about a plot to silence two witnesses. Harry Gorman of Indianapolis testified he was threatened with death for providing information, while Frank Lyons of Chicago said he attempted suicide amid threats. The panel has not identified the authors and hinted at possible obstruction charges.
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Washington
Senate
Harry Gorman
Indianapolis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Frank W. Lyons
Chicago
FBI
Lyons
Gorman
Six hundred GI face East German troops in Berlin standoff
In Berlin the 600 American soldiers hold a front along about 16 miles of the concrete barrier to West Berlin. They rotate units, live from vehicle tailgates, and face the Communist People's Police across the barricade while guarding the border and awaiting orders. The men report little fear, more fatigue and monotony in the prolonged standstill.
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Berlin
East
West Berlin
Communist People’s Police
Freedom Riders Withdraw Appeal in Jackson
Two more Freedom Riders Doris Castle and Jerome M. Smith withdrew their Hinds County Court appeals and paid breach of peace fines before trial. Both New Orleans residents were arrested at Trailways bus station on May 24. Fines, reduced by $3 per day of jail time, will be deducted from their $500 cash bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Hinds County
Doris Castle
Jerome M. Smith
New Orleans
Trailways
Annes
Teacher Kills Psychiatrist's Wife in Fifth Avenue Shooting
A school teacher charged with killing Paule A. LaVerne at a Fifth Avenue apartment lobby. The suspect Ann Kiernan, a former high school teacher and former patient of Dr. Albert A. LaVerne, confessed after delivering the fatal shot. The victim died at Mount Sinai Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paule A. LaVerne
Fifth Avenue
Ann
Mitzi) Kiernan
Kiernan
Mountain Lakes
N.J
Albert A. LaVerne
Fordham University
ICC Approves Rail Subsidy Plan For New Haven Line
The ICC urges direct federal subsidies for the New York New Haven Hartford and other railroads to preserve essential passenger service. It estimates New Haven needs about 7.3 million dollars annually and total national costs could reach 52 million dollars per year.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Commission
New Haven
ICC
New England
Congress
U. S
Charges Against Floridan Dropped
The government dropped charges against Richard A. Jack of Florida, a former FCC member, in the Channel 10 Miami award case. Judge Alexander Holtzoff granted the motion to dismiss the three year-old indictment, ending a probe that began with a 1958 Congressional inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard A. Jack
Florida
Federal Communications Commission
Channel 10
Miami
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
FCC
Registration and Theatre Tryouts In Monroe This Week
Ouachita Parish School opens registration for grades one through eight at 525 South Grand Street Monroe. First grade parents must bring a birth certificate. Monroe Little Theatre auditions Thursday and Friday at 7 30 p m in Strauss Playhouse Lamy Lane for Teahouse of the August Moon directed by Richard Clark. Bobby Wilson Lions District Governor returns home Tuesday.
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Ouachita Parish School
South Grand Street
Monroe
Monroe Little Theatre
Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Richard Clark
Bobby Wilson
West Monroe
Lions International
Pretty Stowaway Lands In Holland
Marion Swaab nineteen from New York secretly boards the Holland America Line Rotterdam and sails to Europe after telling her mother to keep supper warm. This is her second such voyage after a 1960 trip aboard the Liberte to Le Havre. Her father Henry Swaab, an importer, aided the earlier trip. The family plans to learn a lesson this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Meisels
New York
Marion Swaab
Marion
Holland
Rotterdam
Europe
le Havre
France
Henry Swaab
Renee
Steamship Company
81 Sightseers Rescued From Cable Cars
Rescuers ended a tense operation after 81 sightseers were evacuated from stalled Mont Blanc cable cars in Chamonix France. A broken traction cable killed four and two others on board, leaving 87 aboard and prompting praise for safety measures from Raymond Jacquet the Haute Savoie prefect.
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Chamonix
France
Mont Blanc
Aiguille du Midi
Raymond Jacquet
Haute Savoie
Soviets Halt Demobilization of Service Men
Moscow reports demobilization is stopped pending a peace treaty with Germany. The Communist Set and Cabinet warn aggressors will be wiped out if war breaks out. Khrushchev cites Western stance on Berlin and Berlin crisis as reason to suspend a 1.2 million man cutback. The move keeps troops longer as East Germany’s treaty aims affect access routes to West Berlin.
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Moscow
United States
Communist Party Central Committee
Rodion Malinovsky
Germany
Khrushchev
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Reinforcements Sent To Congo Prompt Tense Standoff
The United Nations rushed 350 Ethiopian reinforcements to Stanleyville as U.N. and Congolese troops clashed. U.N. chief of staff Ingram England faced arrest threats during talks with Antoine Gizenga, a gunman aimed at him and an escort deterred the incident. Seventeen families of U.N. officials were evacuated to Leopoldville. U.S. Consul Thomas Cassilly returned after being expelled from Stanleyville.
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Leopoldville
Congo
United Nations
Stanleyville
U.N
Ingram England
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
England
U.S
Thomas Cassilly
Cracks Appear In Brazilian Power Struggle
Brazil faced a presidential crisis as the three military chiefs vetoed efforts to install Joao Goulart as a powerless head of a parliamentary system. Congress debated the plan while lower ranks showed divisions and decrees stripped several commanders of duty.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Paris
New York
Chamber of Deputies
Rainieri Mazzilli
Congressional
Odylio Denys
Denys
Brasilia
Labor Party
Doutel de Andrade
Congress
Jose Machado Lopes
Machado Lopes
Newsman's Child Killed On Porch In Omaha
A gunman in a car shot and killed 9 year old Beverly Peterson on her Omaha porch. The suspect, Richard Lee Lawler, 26, was injured when his car overturned and burned nearby. Police report no motive and say neighbors knew none of the family. Beverly died at a hospital. sisters Connie 16 and Charlotte 14 were present.
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Omaha
Neb
UPI
Richard Lee Lawler
Beverly Peterson
Arnold Peterson
WOW
Connie
Charolette
Warm Weather Continues In Monroe Area
Weather forecast says continued warm conditions in the Monroe area today and tomorrow. Highs yesterday ranged from 81 at Lafayette to 90 at Monroe, with morning lows from 68 at Alexandria to 78 at Burrwood. Tonight’s lows expected 68 to 74 and tomorrow’s highs 86 to 92.
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Monroe
Lafayette
Alexandria
Burrwood
Eight Parish Junior Livestock Show Set for West Monroe
An eight parish junior livestock show opens October 9 in West Monroe with about 360 entries across breeding and fat hogs sheep beef cattle horses and dairy animals. The event runs with the Ouachita Valley Fair October 9 14 and features a junior livestock auction October 12 at 1 30 p m for unshown animals. grand and reserve champions may be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
John Birdsong
Ouachita
Caldwell
Franklin
Jackson
Morehouse
Richland
Union
West Carroll
Birdsong
Ouachita Valley Fair Association
GOP opposition grows to JFK foreign aid loans
Republican leaders coalesce against Treasury borrowing to fund foreign aid development loans. Nixon signals support for a long-range program financed by annual Congress appropriations as Rockefeller and Goldwater join the stance. Eisenhower reportedly leans against borrowing. Senate House committee backs a $7.2 billion five year plan financed by annual appropriations, Kennedy had sought $8.8 billion.
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Washington
Treasury
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Congress
Nixon
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Senate House Conference
Sailor seeks sales talk samp at recruiting office
A sailor walks into a recruiting office asking for sales talk samples, voicing frustration at the recruitment pitch. The brief humor centers on the sailor’s impatience and the bureaucratic exchange.
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Sailor
No Servant She Obtains Divorce in San Jose
Alyce Hardman 35 wins divorce from police sergeant Stanley Hardman after alleging constant bell ringing for coffee. Judge W W Jacka grants family house and alimony of 50 dollars monthly for three children while awarding the husband a frying pan, saucepan and coffee pot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Stanley Hardman
Alyce Hardman
W. W. Jacka
Sgt. Hardman
Non-Violent Negro Protest Grows In Pike County Mississippi
In McComb a mass meeting drew over 200 Negro residents amid reports of a beating of a New York Negro by a white man. The movement, tied to the SNCC, protests the arrest of two sitters-in at the McComb Woolworths. Robert Parrish Moses, 26, identified a white assailant as Billy Jack Jones of Amite County. local sheriff disputed the name. Rev. James Bevel cited tremendous gains in one day, noting earlier small meetings.
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McComb
Miss
Pike County
New York
McComb Woolworth
Robert Parrish Moses
Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee
Amite County
Moses
Billy Jack Jones
E. L. Caston
Caston
James Bevel
Itta Bena
Nine Negroes Attend Atlanta High Schools Under Tight Police Guard
Nine Black students entered four Atlanta high schools today under strong police protection. Officers in plain clothes monitored each site to prevent disruption as the city begins its desegregation of schools. Police confiscated boycott signs at Murphy High and ordered a yard sign removed. The peaceful opening follows a broad coalition of civic and religious leaders urging calm as downtown merchants desegregate lunch counters per prior agreement.
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Atlanta
Murphy High School
Refugee crosses border canal amid gunfire in Berlin
An East German refugee swam the 60 yard Teltow Canal to the West under bullets from Communist border guards and reached the west bank unharmed. Berlin police noted others were shot or tear gas grenades used at Kreuzberg and Treptowerstrasse as tensions rise with West Berlin officials visiting Marienfelde and border barriers.
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Berlin
Teltow Canal
Kreuzberg
Treptowerstrasse
Heinrich Luebke
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Luebke
Marienfelde
Reds
ADN
West Berlin
Bonn
Soviet Union
Want Ad Time: Fast Sales for Household Items
Classified notice promotes selling items via News-Star World Want Ad. It lists a baby stroller FA 33380 and baby bed swing with price 25 dollars, encouraging quick, low-cost ads and a seven day rate with cancellation options.
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