Sleeping Sickness Hits Florida West Coast
An outbreak of sleeping sickness or encephalitis hits the Florida West Coast resort area with 108 suspected cases and up to eight deaths. Officials report hotel cancellations along Gulf beaches as Labor Day nears.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Florida West Coast
Pinellas County
Gulf Coast
South Carolina
G. S. T. Peeples
West Coast
Florida
Harry C. Card
Card
Health Department
W.C. Ballard
Flyer Springs
Petersburg
Agriculture Agency Ripe For Overhaul
Washington AP Senators probing Billie Sol Estes farm aid deals say the Agriculture Department needs a structural overhaul. The subcommittee questioned Undersecretary Charles Murphy for a third day and plans to question two Estes lawyers before recess. Senators Mundt and Jackson urged reforms, citing disarray and lack of centralized leadership within the department.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Agriculture Department
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Charles 5. Murphy
Estes
John Dennison
Richard D. Naylor
Pecos
Tex
Murphy
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Department
Mundt
Kennedy
Jackson
Congress
Bernice Woman Fatally Hurt In Auto Wreck
Mrs. Kitty Hightower Marsh, 45, of Bernice, died after a head on collision on U S Hwy 79 six miles south of Homer. Driver Eugene Ray Dickinson of Houston faced negligent homicide charges as his truck was on the wrong side of the road. Funeral services set for Bernice Methodist Church with burial in Bernice Cemetery.
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Homer
Kitty Hightower Marsh
Bernice
Marsh
Eugene Ray Dickinson
Houston
Dickinson
Min
Here
U. S. Hwy
Court Refuses To Free Soblen
London AP report: The British Court of Appeal upholds an order to deport fugitive spy Robert A. Soblen to the United States and dismisses his habeas corpus appeal. The ruling marks a fourth adverse decision Soblen has faced in British courts as he faces possible deportation to serve a life sentence for disclosing wartime secrets to the Soviet Union.
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London
British Court of Appeal
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
Soviet Union
Priest Cancels Classes At Burns School In Buras Louisiana
In Buras Plaquemines Parish the Our Lady of Good Harbor Catholic School canceled classes before the third day of desegregation. About 100 people gathered as five Negro students attended the first day. 25 white pupils showed up Thursday. Reverend Christopher Schneider cited threats of violence and police protection concerns. Leander Perez Sr. planned to address demonstrators.
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Father Schneider
Leander H. Perez Sr
Perez
Roman Catholic Church
Joseph Francis Rummel
Archdiocese of
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Buras
Plaquemines Parish
Bus ticket sales for Monroe students expanded to four sites
The Monroe city bus tickets for school students are now on sale at four locations, excluding city hall offices. Commissioner H W Mc Sherry named Good Shepherd Catholic School Forsythe Curb Market in the 1900 block Forsythe bus department head s 31 Lee Avenue and the college for college students only.
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Monroe
H. W. McSherry
Good Shepherd Catholic School
Forsythe Curb
Forsythe
Lee Avenue
The
College
West Monroe Masonic Lodge to host mortgage burning ceremony
West Monroe Masonic Lodge No. 419 will hold a special mortgage burning ceremony tonight at 7 p.m. at the West. (See CHIT-CHAT page 5A).
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West Monroe
Delayed Bang Costs Jones $50 Fine
In South San Francisco California the trial of Dewey Jones 25 a machinist for illegal possession of fire crackers features a staged bang. Deputy district attorney Gerald Regan asserts the items are explosives while defense attorney Tom Thorner resists. The judge William Christensen orders one cracker to be fired, it detonates with a bang and Jones is fined 50 dollars.
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San Francisco
Calif
Dewey Jones
Gerald Regan
Tom Thorner
William Christensen
Regan
Jones
Louisiana shows July rise in general business activity
A Louisiana LSU division of research report shows overall business activity up 5.3 percent from the prior year with July up 7 percent from June. Department stores lead gains at 8.8 percent, crude petroleum production up 12.8 percent, and freight carloadings up 0.7 percent while petroleum manufacturing sales fall 10.8 percent and employment slips 0.1 percent. Seasonal adjustments reveal broader July gains in three of six index items.
Goodbye to Ravello Jackie and Caroline Leave for Home
Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline departed Ravello Italy after 23 days on the Amalfi coast. A police launch ferried them to Sale su Russes as their Amalfi journey ended. The family then flew on a World Airways jet to New York, marking the end of their Amalfi stay.
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Ravella
Italy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline
Beac
Ponte Tiful Amalfi
Feste Gognees
Kennedy
World Airways
Pox Flareup Likely Chickenpox At Idlewild Airport
New York AP reports two suspected smallpox cases leading to the quarantine of twenty at Idlewild Airport. Officials later diagnosed the two arrivals as most likely chickenpox, while a Philadelphia woman and her three children were hospitalized.
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New York
Idlewild
Philadelphia
Poe
Kennedy Signs Controversial Space Bill
President Kennedy signed the communications satellite bill establishing a framework for a privately owned corporation to manage a global network for messages and pictures. He touted benefits, safeguards, and broad public and industry involvement, noting vast capacity and aims to boost world trade travel education and discourse.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Superior Louisiana Crabs Won't Run In Derby
Crisfield Maryland hosts the Governor's Cup crab race as part of the Hard Crab Derby festival. Louisiana Gov Davis jokes their crabs are fast and smart while Alabama cites superior stock as a reason not to enter. The track is a 16 foot inclined plywood ramp and Virginia Creeper III is favored.
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Crisfield
Chesapeake Bay
Jirmie H. Davis
Louisiana
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Davis
Alabama
William C. Younger
Virginia Creeper
Virginia
Outlook Warm With Thunderstorms Through Saturday
Partly cloudy skies give way to widely scattered afternoon and early evening thundershowers as continued warm weather dominates the outlook through Saturday. Rainfall varied with 1.88 inches in Columbia and 1.52 inches in Calhoun on Thursday, Monroe reporting a trace. Highs were forecast in the 9 to 95 range for today and Saturday. Thursday’s high in Monroe was not specified.
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Windy Whiffandbiff
Columbia
Calhoun
Monroe
Strangled Teen Neighbor Held For Queens Slaying
The partly nude body of 14 year old Suzanne Grskovic was found in Queens after she disappeared from a junior high dance. Walter Tjunin, 17, was arrested on homicide and rape charges after reportedly confessing he strangled her with her clothes and with strips from her dress. Detectives found a blue stone good luck charm inscribed Sue and Walter near the body.
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Walter Tjunin
New York
Suzanne Grskovic
Whitestone
Queens
Tjunin
Suzanne
Edwin
Grskovic
Flushing
Grskovics
Kissane
Sue and
Walter
Today s Chuckle The United Nations Needs United Nations
A lighthearted quip notes that unity is the key asset for the United Nations and plays on a pun to suggest stronger global cohesion. The joke treads lightly on a broad international theme without naming people or places.
Rebels Urge Civilians to Block Roads to Algiers
Guerrilla leaders in Wilaya No 4 called on unarmed civilians to form barricades along western routes to Algiers and oppose troop movements supporting Ahmed Ben Bella. News crews found roadblocks near Affreville and Chan garnier as villages mobilized with barbed wire and slogans.
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Algiers
Algeria
Wilaya No. 4
Ahmed Ben Bella
Affreville
Changarnier
The
National Liberation Front
FLN
Homeless Subjects Linked to Bachelors in APA Talk
In a paper to be presented, Professor Boris M. Levinson argues that the homeless man lacks drive and purpose, equating him with the carefree bachelor and the retiree who hops between jobs. He notes homeless men across income levels avoid close bonds, drift between cities, and prefer existing with minimal effort.
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ST. Louis
Boris M. Levinson
American Psychological Association
Levinson
Senators Push Contempt for Steel Executives Refusal
Senate Antitrust subcommittee moved to hold Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel National Steel and Armco in contempt for defying subpoenas seeking unit production cost data. Kefauver said the refusal is willful and premeditated and urged contempt citations, with potential penalties and referral to the Justice Department. Contempt action would require approval by the subcommittee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the full Senate.
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Washington
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Congress
Bethlehem
Republic
National
Armco
Kefauver
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Justice Department
Kennedy
Rodeo Parade Captures Western Flavor in Twin Cities
A colorful parade slated for 2 P.M. kicks off the four day West Monroe rodeo. About 500 horses and riders in Western attire join Shriner brass bands and sponsors Northeast Louisiana Shrine Club. Spectators will see West Monroe High School marching band El Karabah from Shreveport and Shrine officials.
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Shriners
Twin Cities
West Monroe
Northeast Louisiana Shrine Club
Riding Club
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
5. G. Nolan
Shrine
West Monroe High School
el Karabah Brass Band
Shreveport
Northeast
Shrine Club
el Karabahr
al M. Phillips
Wayne Gray
Monroe
North America
Eureka Grocery
Trenton Street
U. S. Highway 80
New Bridge
Riverside
Pine
Conto Walnut
North Grand
DeSiard
Five Points
Sixth Street
Pine Street
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Twin City
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Jackie
York
Goldstein
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Bella
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