Soviets Slow In Pulling Out Of Cuba
Washington AP reports Soviet troops withdraw from Cuba at a very slow rate. Secretary of State Rusk says the U S will press for faster withdrawals if not sped up soon. Estimates place 9,000 to 15,000 Soviet personnel on the island. Rusk warns any Soviet military presence in Cuba is unacceptable in the hemisphere. He notes the power is modest but well armed and reviews sites or missiles as possible purposes. Rusk speaks before Paris NATO gathering and defends Britain as a major power in the Atlantic alliance.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Russia
Dean Rusk
Caribbean
Rusk
Snowbound 150 People Stranded on New York Thruway
A major blizzard left more than 150 travelers and 20 children stranded as cars and trucks abandoned on the Thruway stretch near Buffalo. Snow plows and state police escorted convoys, with up to 20 inches of new snow on a 10-inch base, and many roads near Watertown blocked.
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Buffalo
N.Y
New York State Thruway
Here
Lake Erie
Watertown
Lake Ontario
Angola
New York
New York City
Albany
Lackawanna
Lake Brig
Florida Crops Threatened by Bitter Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports a two day east coast cold snap blanketed the region with snow and freezing temperatures. Florida saw record lows around 15 degrees below normal with citrus and vegetable crops at risk as farmers used water to dampen soil and protect fields. Key West registered 55 degrees below normal while Tallahassee and Gainesville hit 26, with Miami at 40.
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Associated Press
Florida
Great Lakes Region
New York State
Southland
Keys
Tallahassee
Gainesville
Miami
Key West
Lackawanna
Buffalo
Pensylvania Line
Twin City Chit Chat Retired Teachers Meet
The Fifth District Retired Teachers Association will hold its regular meeting Thursday at 9:45 am in the home of Mrs. Lewis Slater at 605 Wood Street Monroe. The Lincoln parish unit is in charge of the program.
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Retired Teachers Association
Lewis Slater
Wood Street
Monroe
Lincoln Parish
West Monroe Senior Kills Two Bucks on Davis Island
Butch Bell, a West Monroe High School senior, killed two bucks last weekend while hunting on Davis Island. A gun enthusiast since youth, Bell trained under his father, C. Dutchie Bell.
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Butch Bell
West Monroe High School
Davis Island
Butch
Dutchie
Bell
Canada Hangs 2 Murderers in Double Execution
AP reports two convicts were hanged in Toronto amid silent protest by 50 pickets outside the jail. Arthur Lucas, 54, condemned for narcotics related murders, and Ronnd Turpin, 29, executed for a police officer’s death in a gun battle after a minor robbery. It is Canada’s first double hanging in a decade and the 14th death-penalty carry-out since 1957.
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Toronto
Arthur Lucas
Detroit
Ronnd Turpin
Canada
Joan Diefenbaker
Aid program to Ghana tops sub-Saharan Africa
U.S. aid to Ghana, the largest in sub-Saharan Africa and third largest in Africa, totals 175 million dollars in grants and loans, according to U.S. Ambassador William P. Mahone on Monday.
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Accra
Ghana
UPI
U.S
sub-Sahara
William P. Mahone
British Troops Reclaim Seria. 400 Europeans Safe
British forces recaptured Seria in northern Borneo from Brunei nationalist rebels. A Shell spokesman in Singapore said 40 hostages, mostly Europeans, were freed and that reports of a European death were incorrect. Fresh troops arrived to bolster the assault on Seria and Andaki airport as Brunei town curfew was partially lifted.
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Robert E. Vadick
Singapore
UPI
Seria
Brunei
Shell Oil Co
Shell
Borneo
Andaki
Land Purchase Set for Northeast State College Expansion
Sen. Jamar Adcock announced the State Bond and Building Commission will complete the 60 acre land purchase for Northeast State College by January 1 1963. The $351000 initial acquisition covers parcels owned by 12 residents across Bayou Desiard and funds future expansion including a larger football stadium and gymnasium. The Brown tract at 47.65 acres is the largest, with remaining parcels nearby being residential.
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Jamar Adcock
State Bond and Building Commission
Northeast State College
Janu
Adcock
Northeast
Bayou
Sam E. Wilder Sr
0. N. McNeil
Josephs. Guirlando
Livenia L
Ervin Miller
N. L. Huckabee
Charlene Hays Brown
Brown
Plane Missing After Crew Bails Dead in NY Fire
A large Air Force refueling plane caught fire over central New York as its 10 crew members bailed out. One sergeant was killed. four survivors had minor injuries. The 11 hour fuel supply would have run out around 1 a.m. if the craft hadn’t burned. The wreckage possibly landed about 30 miles north of Rome, near the Adirondack foothills, with authorities citing Canada as a possible landing area. The deceased was Sgt Huston Childress, 31, of Plattsburgh, whose family resided in Virginia. Crew names and origins are listed in the report but some details remain uncertain due to OCR.
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Watkins Glen
N.Y
New York
Vermont
National Civil Defense Network
Canada
Plattsburgh Afb
Rome
Adirondack
Huston Childress
Plattsburgh
Margret E. Childress
Caneton
Ae C. Godfrey
Nash
Oklo
E Wagner
Cambridge
Ohio
James R. Luce
Canaseraga
N. Y
Lewis E. James
Piggott
Gerald R. ‘Morrison
Maryville
Ornan Iing
Chicago
Robles
State Board To Meet Here This Friday
The State Board of Education will hold committee meetings here Friday then meet in regular session at Bastrop Saturday. Col George T Madison, retiring board member, will be honored. News comes from Chairman William J Dodd of Baton Rouge.
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State Board of Education
Bastrop
George T. Madison
William J. Dodd
Baton Rouge
Madison Hall
Northeast State College
Shelby M. Jackson
George T Walker
Dodd
International House
Col .Madison Madison
W. E. Whetstone
Monroe
Passman scoffs at Kennedy aid review
Washington UPI reports Rep Otto E Passman D La leading critic of foreign aid dismisses President Kennedy s newly ordered review as a yearly ritual that fails to curb rising costs He says past studies by Truman Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations did not stop the cost climb and notes the new committee aims to bolster the administration s case for funds The panel headed by Gen Lucius Clay includes Robt Lovett George Meany Edward Mason Herman Phleger and Clifford Harden among others
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Otto E. Passman
D-La
House
Congress
Passman
Truman
Fisenshower
United States
Lucius Clay
West Berlin
John Sherman Cooper
Rey
U.S
India
Cooper
Clay
Robert A. Lovett
Defense
George Meany
Ouachita Parish School Board Adds Three New Members
Three new members and three incumbents were sworn in Monday afternoon on the Ouachita Parish School Board. New members include Roy C. Cash and M. L. Owens Jr. from Ward 5 and Dr. F. Henry Hammonds from Ward 3. Incumbents returning are Charles G. Drennan Ward 1 W. E. Palmer Ward 2 and Fred S. McVay Ward 3.
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Ouachita Parish
Roy C. Cash
M. L. Owens Jr
F. Henry Hammonds
Charles G. Drennan
W. E. Palmer
Fred S. McVay
Air service origins traced to James Allen in 1861
James Allen of the 1st Rhode Island State Militia helped introduce air service to the Army by making a balloon ascent in Washington, D.C. on June 9, 1861, as cited by the Air Force Blue Book.
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James Allen
Rhode Island State Militia
Washington, D.C
Air Force
Hard Freeze Warned for Northeast Louisiana Tonight
Weather officials warned Northeast Louisiana to brace for a hard freeze with temperatures dropping to the mid 20s and possibly to 15 to 20 degrees in some areas. The Arctic front from Canada will bring icy north winds and possible light snow flurries in extreme north and northeast Mississippi.
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Louisiana
Stoneville
Miss
New Orleans
Canada
Midwest
Mississippi
Louisiana Delta
Weather Bureau
Monroe
Appeals Pour In To Help Goodfellows Christmas Drive
Goodfellows Drive Chairman Jack Hesketh said contributions lag as the drive totals $1758 toward a $6000 goal. He noted $5700 was spent last year and urged more giving to meet the target, estimating more than $2000 weekly is needed until Christmas.
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Goodfellows Drive
Jack Hesketh
Christmas Drive Pleads for Food and Clothing Aid in Ouachita
Charitable letters reveal many families in Ouachita parish face hunger and cold this Christmas. Girl Scout Troop 106 donated clothing and food yesterday as Drive appeals for more help to supply six needy children and their ailing parents. Donations to Goodfellows Drive, care of News-Star-World, Monroe, Louisiana, total follows with memorial gifts and anonymous contributions listed.
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Ouachita Parish
Girl Scout Troop Number 106
Goodfellows
Goodfellows Drive
News-Star—World
Monroe
Louisiana
Engagement Ring as Dawn Payment on a Wife Assurance Policy
A humorous note suggests an engagement ring serves as a dawn payment on a wife assurance policy. The quip frames marriage risk and financial backing in tongue in cheek terms.
Bundy Named In Article Feud
New York AP reports Bundy supplied two Saturday Evening Post writers with information for last week’s magazine feature. The Life report claims Kennedy cleared access for Bartlett and Alsop to Cuban crisis deliberations. White House says Life’s claim is unfounded.
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Bundy
Saturday Evening Post
Kennedy
Charles Bartlett
Stewart Alsop
Communist Party Goes On Trial For Refusal To Register
Washington AP reports the Communist party of the United States faces a trial for refusing to register as a Soviet Union agent under the 1950 Internal Security Act. Supporters warn the case challenges American democracy, while Hall and Davis face separate indictments as party officers. American officials stress the act does not outlaw the party but labels it a Communist action organization linked to the Soviet Union. The Supreme Court upheld the act in 1961.
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Washington
Communist Party of the
Robert F. Kennedy
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Supreme Court
Court fight yields ideas for 1964 legislation
Senator W J Cleveland said the court fight over state fiscal affairs is already providing ideas for recommendations to the 1964 Legislature. The dispute involves spending supervision by Commissioner James S Reily and the Legislative Budget Committee, and defense plans to seek a suspensive appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
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Legis
James S. Reily
Louisiana Supreme Court
Cleveland Committee
Reily
A. P. Tugwell
Rey Thea
Theriot
Davis
Ministralion
Hy Soy BO
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