Supreme Court Rules Civil Rights Act Public Accommodations Valid
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds the Civil Rights Act public accommodations provisions backing Congress power under interstate commerce. The ruling also allows dismissal of sit-in protest charges from before the act’s passage, in a 5 4 decision with a sharp dissent by Justice Black.
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Supreme Court
Wats
Tom C. Clark
Hugo L. Black
Congress
Barry Goldwater
Atlanta
Birmingham
Clark
Heart of
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Archibald Cox
Cox
Moreton Rolleston Jr
Ollie McClung Sr
McClung
Heart of Atlanta Motel
District Court
Rolleston
Picture Windows Replace Iron Curtain in Communism Joke
A humorous quip notes that proponents of communism would remove the iron curtain and install picture windows, contrasting rigid ideology with openness. The line plays on the era’s political imagery for comic effect.
Fire destroys top floor of old West Monroe city hall
A five hour blaze gutted the top floor of the Old West Monroe city hall at Trenton and Pine streets and heavily damaged three neighboring businesses Ed's Cafe F Varino Co McGinn Finance. Firefighters from West Monroe and Monroe battled the flames from 10:30 p.m. to about 3 a.m. with water lines kept on the municipal building. city records were recovered and offices moved to the old fire station on Claiborne Street as repairs are planned.
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West Monroe City Hall
Trenton
Pine Streets
West Monroe
Monroe
Ed's Cafe
Trenton St
F. Varino Company
Cotton St
Ansley
McGinn Finance Company, Inc
Old City Hall
City Hall
J. Allan Norris
Claiborne Street
Norris
Four Americans Wounded In Sudden Viet Nam Raid
Communist commandos infiltrated the Vietnamese 5th Division headquarters at 3 a.m. and set off a bomb wounding four American officers on their doorstep. The raid added to U S casualties in Vietnam with one killed one missing in action and two wounded. Three officers were treated at a Saigon Navy Hospital, all listed in good condition.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Rapacki urges European security conference at UN
Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki urged a conference of all European states with the United States and the Soviet Union to address security. He warned that a U S backed multilateral nuclear force could derail East West disarmament talks and pressed for a denuclearized central Europe. He also urged steps to curb nuclear arms spread and suggested initial talks by Warsaw Pact and NATO representatives. He blamed U S actions for aggravating tensions over divided Germany and warned the nuclear fleet would widen bloc divisions.
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United Nations, N. Y
Adam Rapacki
United States
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
Rapacki
Europe
Germany
Navy K class airship launched December 8 1938
The first of the Navy's K class Goodyear airships known as blimps in World War II was launched on December 8, 1938, according to Jane's All The World's Aircraft.
Orleans Mother Shot To Death By Off-Duty Policeman
In New Orleans a 23 year old mother Thyra Mary Russo Tyner was shot to death Sunday night while in bed with her two infants. Off duty harbor patrolman James E. Jones 23 was booked for murder after firing two revolvers during a prank. One gun fired a blank and the service revolver killedTyner as a babysitter reported the events from the apartment below.
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New Orleans
Harbor
Jones
Yule Decorations Lighting Contest Deadline Today
The Christmas Home Lighting Contest accepts Monroe residents and nearby areas. Entries must be postmarked by 5 p.m. today. completed by 5 p.m. Friday. Three prize classes offer 550 total cash, with judges from garden clubs and civic groups touring after dark to select winners.
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City of
News-Star- World Publishing Corporation
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Morning World
New Star
Ners
Morning World
News-Star Daily
News-Star— World Publishing Corporation
Olive
North Fourth Streets
Leity
Nativity Scene at Saint Pauls Methodist Church Tonight
Nativity living scene presented by St Pauls Methodist Church on Orell Street runs tonight and tomorrow from 6 to 7 pm with high school students portraying the birth of Christ. Kenneth L Weldin of Monroe recuperates at home after a heart attack and expects visitors while confined for several weeks.
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St Paul's Methodist Church
Orell Street
Christ
Kenneth L. Weldin
Pargoud
Monroe
Ile
De Gaulle And Rusk Confer Overtime
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk began courtesy meetings with France leaders in Paris ahead of NATO ministerial talks. He met Foreign Minister Couve de Murville and Prime Minister Pompidou, with a planned meeting with President de Gaulle. France remains opposed to the proposed multilateral nuclear fleet.
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U.S
Dean Rusk
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rusk
Maurie Couve de Murville
Georges Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
Couve de Murville
Pompidou
United States
NATO Defense Alliance
Electors Cast Official Vote Across Nation
Vermont pledged to Johnson marking the first time in state history its electors vote Democratic. Georgia switched to Republican electors for the first time, while nationwide electors formalized Lyndon B. Johnson as president and Hubert H. Humphrey as vice president.
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Washington
Vermont
Georgia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert N. Humphrey
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Weather outlook: cold with clear to partly cloudy skies
The forecast calls for continued cold weather with clear to partly cloudy skies today through Tuesday. Variable winds 5 to 18 mph, daytime highs 34 to 58, overnight lows around 23 to 29, no significant rainfall expected until possible weekend showers.
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Monroe
Christmas Drive Lags for Goodfellows in Ouachita Parish
With under two weeks left the Goodfellows seek 6000 to fund Christmas gifts for needy families in Monroe Ouachita Parish. Chairman Jack Hesketh urges food clothing or toy donations and a vacant building near downtown for packing.
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Goodfellows
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Jack Hesketh
Monroe Recreation Department
Monroe
News-Star—World
Justice Agency Drops Charges Against Barnette
The Justice Department dropped a conspiracy charge against Lorace Doyle Barnette in the case of three Mississippi civil rights workers slain. A federal grand jury may indict Barnette and 20 others. charges against the other 20 were dismissed after a Mississippi hearing panel ruled Barnette’s confession hearsay.
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Justice Department
Lorace Doyle Barnette
FBI
Mississippi
Barnette
U.S
Meridian
Miss
Esther Carter
Barnett
Cullen
Monroe Chief Sees Parish Fire District as Impractical
Monroe fire chief L Hales says the department has fought fires on both sides of the Ouachita River alone for 37 years and questions the need for a parish wide district. West Monroe Mayor Norris and City Manager Howard oppose shared funding and propose Monroe cover the west side with parish support, citing financial infeasibility and current service.
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1. L. Hales
Monroe Fire Department
Ouachita River
Ouachita
Hales
J. Allan Norris
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Monroe
Norris
Retaliation Ousts Soviet Embassy Attaches
The United States ordered the departure of three Soviet Embassy military attaches after Moscow imposed restrictions on American staff. Gen. Vasiliy V. Zadvinski and Col. Vladimir P. Grechanin plus Col. Aleksandr V. Udalov were labeled personally unacceptable. Replacement attaches were named to assume duties free of the previous restrictions.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
State Department
Vasiliy V. Zadvinski
Vladimir P. Grechanin
Aleksandr V. Udalov
U.S
Khabarovsk
Soviet Far East
Hong Kong
India
State Highway Engineer Dies
W. E. Thomas veteran Highway Department engineer died here Sunday night. Funeral arrangements are at Thomas funeral home in Hammond. Native of Roseland, he attended Hammond public schools and LSU. He served as Hammond city engineer and with Caddo Parish Highway Department before being promoted to assistant interstate engineer in October after roles as head interstate designer and proposal engineer.
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W. E. Thomas
Highway Department
Thomas
Hammond
Roseland
Louisiana State University
Hammond City
Caddo Parish
Rail unions pledge no strike before New Year
Chicago bulletin reports three shop craft unions promise not to strike against the nation’s railroads until after the New Year holiday, easing early 1925 labor tension and commute disruption across affected lines.
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Chicago
UPI
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