Road Work Starts In Chatham Area
Road work begins on the Oka loosa Chatham Highway in Ouachita and Jackson Parishes under a 301 755 contract awarded to Louisiana Paving Company of Ruston The two segment project covers 2 9 miles in Ouachita to the Jackson Parish line and 6 5 miles in Jackson to Chatham with roadbed work drainage and asphalt paving plus traffic control during a seven month period.
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Okaloosa - Chatham Highway
Ouachita and
Jackson Parishes
Mid Way
A. L. Stewart
Louisiana Paving Company
Ine of
Ruston
Ouachita Parish
Okaloosa
Jackson Parish
Eros
Chatham
V. D. Shell of
Leaders Of Labor Doubt 14B Repeal Fight
Labor leaders in San Francisco question White House backing for repealing section 4B of the Taft Hartley Act. They fear lukewarm administration support and possible Senate delay, risking defeat as Congress opens next month. The AFL CIO council meets to set convention agenda amid calls for government accountability.
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San Francisco
Johnson
Organized Labor
Congress
Afl-Cio
Aflcionsecutive Council
Thursda
Executive Council
Senate
Everett M .Pirksen
Mike Mansfield
Labor
Spanish Plane Crash Kills 32
A Spanish airliner with 32 aboard crashed into a hillside near Los Rodeos Airport on Grand Canary Island after taking off in a rainstorm. Most victims were vacationers from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. four crew members were Spanish. The twin engine DCS, owned by Spantax Airlines, disappeared into the hill six miles from the airport. One witness said the craft disintegrated midair and exploded before hitting a farmhouse and hillside. Two farmers were slightly injured.
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Santa Cruz DE Tener
IFE
Canary Islands
UPI
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Spantax Airlines
Los Rodeos
Las Palmas
Grand Canary Island
Juan Miranda
Candidate Drops Husband's Name Priests in California race
Ivy Baker Priest Stevens, former U S treasurer, petitions to drop her husband’s surname to run for California state treasurer as a Republican. She wed Sidney Stevens in 1961 after Roy Priest’s 1959 death. A judge will rule on the petition with objections from three Republicans noted.
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Los Angeles
Ivy Baker Priest Stevens
Committee Sets Tourism Meet Here In January
The Louisiana Joint Legislative Committee on Tourism chaired by Rep. Robert Munson will hold a two day session in Monroe in early January. A planned Monroe meeting for Dec 16 17 was postponed as too near Christmas. Rep. Lawrence Gibbs also said the next meeting will be in Monroe. The committee includes one member from each district the speakers and the lieutenant governor. The Louisiana Tourist Commission chaired by Wade O Martin Jr met in Shreveport.
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Lousiana
Joint Legislative Committee
Monroe
Rapides
Robert Munson
Munson
House Appropriations Committee
John McKeithen
Louisiana Tourist Commission
Wade O. Martin Jr
Shreveport
Lawrence Gibbs
House
Senate
Louisiana
C. Aveock
Nobel Prizes Start Distribution on Nobel Death Anniv
In 1901 the first Nobel prizes began distribution aligning with the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel. The announcement highlighted the creation of the awards to honor achievements in science literature and peace and marked a historic start for the prize system.
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Alfred Nobel
ITT ABC Board Approve Merger in $1.8 Billion Deal
American Broadcasting Companies and International Telephone & Telegraph confirm a merger valued at about $1.8 billion. The boards approved the plan subject to shareholder and regulatory clearances plus a favorable tax ruling. The deal keeps ABC as a separate subsidiary of ITT.
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NEW York
American Broadcasting Companies Inc
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Harold S. Geneen
L.t.&t
Leonard H. Goldenson
ABC
Federal Communications Commission
1.7
Europe
Latin America
Far East
I.t&t
Galdenson
Driver Killed In Flaming Truck Wreck Near Welsh La
Two large tank trucks collided near Welsh Louisiana early today and burst into flames. One driver, O Neil Simon of New Iberia, died in the wreck. The other driver, Lee Gary, 21, of Jennings, escaped injury. Simon drove for Robertson Tank Line. the other truck belonged to Scurlock Oil Co and carried crude oil.
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Welsh, la
UPI
O'Neil Simon
New Iberia
Lee Gary
Jennings
Simon
Robertson Tank Line
Police Report Light Activity
A 38 year old Monroe man was released on bond after being arrested on a fugitive warrant from Arkansas. Walter Glenn of 5600 DeSiard St. Monroe refused extradition. West Monroe police booked Jesse Windham at 12:30 a.m. for DUI and reckless driving after pickup on Cypress Street. Monroe police noted relative quiet with only minor violations.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Arkansas
Walter Glenn
DeSiard St
West Monroe
Jesse E. Windham
6Th St
Cypress Street
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Colorado Springs
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Vo Dat
Saigon
178Rd Airborne Brigade
Chatham Area
ITT
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Ters
Midwest Farm Publishing Organ
Scurlock Oil Company
Washateria
BIG Dryers
North 7Th
West
Consumers Credit Corp
St. Grand
E A
Gene! Simmons
MGR
N. 7Th St
Westgate Shopping Center
RSA
Royal Princess
AMT
Sara Rss SR
RT SR
Sil
Spee
Sara
SEL
REA
ROSA
Tae
Louisville Ave
Jackson St
London
Krauss
Cahn
Desiard
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