Fighting? Frontline Moves Near Katanga Capital Amid Air Attacks
Reported clashes near Elisabethville and strategic posts as Gurkha troops emerge from U N headquarters to secure a golf course. Swedish jets strike Katangese bases again while Katanga claims heavy civilian losses and accuses the U N of a terror barrage. Tshombe seeks neutral ground talks with Adoula.
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Central Post Office
Hotel Leopold II
U.N
Kenia
Elisabethville
Eisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
U. N
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
George Ivan Smith
United Nations
West Monroe to Build Nursing Home for Aged Population
Construction begins on a $100000 convalescent home in West Monroe near Glenwood Hospital. Hibbard Construction Co. will own and operate the facility, which may serve up to 44 residents with nursing care. Project faced weather delays and has no set completion date.
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West Monroe
New Glenwood Hospital
Jerry S. Hubbard
Hibbard Construction Co
Hibbard & Caldwell
Jeff W. Caldwell Jr
Hibbard
E. Frost
Ridgecrest
Louisiana State Hospital Board
Glenwood Hospital
Caldwell
Oglethorpe Rites Today
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday for Alson Hardie Oglethorpe 77 of Clarks who died Wednesday at his residence. The Riser and Son Funeral Home chapel in Columbia will officiate with burial in Old Bethel cemetery near Clarks. He was father of F. P. Oglethorpe of Monroe and survived by two other sons Alson of Fair Oaks California and C F Oglethorpe of Arcata California, 14 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Alson Hardie Oglethorpe
Clarks
Riser and Son Funeral Home
Columbia
K. D. Mills
G. E. Chance
Old Bethel
Mr. Oglethorpe
F. P. Oglethorpe
Monroe
Alson Oglethorpe
Fair Oak
Calif
C. F. Oglethorpe
Arcite
Sewer Cave-Ins Reported By H. W. McSherry
Finance commissioner H. W. McSherry said nine sewer cave-ins occurred in Monroe in recent hours. The deepest reached eight and a half feet but are not major. repairs started this morning in the college area and southside using a new joint pipe to reduce future breaks.
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H. W. McSherry
Monroe
McSherry
College
Vaughan Dies at 40. Rites Set at College Place Church
George Bryan Vaughan 40 of Monroe died in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was lifelong resident and chairman of the College Place Baptist Church deacons. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at College Place Baptist Church with Rev. Earl T. Ogg. interment Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survivors: wife Catherine, daughter Janet, mother Lucile Sutton Vaughan of Arcadia. Pallbearers named. Carol Russell signs for Confessions of an Opium Eater. her film debut followed The George Raft Story role.
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George Bryan Vaughan
Vaughan
Monroe
College Place Baptist Church
Earl T. Ogg
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Catherine Vaughan
Janet Vaughan
Lucile Sutton Vaughan
Arcadia
C. C. Kernman
E. L. Magnon
Dod Brooks
R. R. Bushnell
M. L Causey
L. G. Adams
Hollywood
UPI
Carol Russell
Helen Gould
Albert Zugsmith
Miss Russell
George Raft
Protesting students arrested as Baton Rouge tensions rise
CORE organizers plan a noon protest after 22 students were jailed for anti-picketing violations at Southern University. Police armed and prepared, tear gas and dogs on standby, while 550 people met on campus to urge demonstrations against what they call unlawful arrests.
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Capitol
Core
East Baton Rouge Parish
B. E. Cox
High Point
N.C
Ronnie Moore
Baton Rouge Core
Southern University
Moore
University For Negroes
Bus and Train Collision Near Crossing in Colorado
A school bus traveling in 10 degree weather collided with a diesel locomotive at a Colorado crossing. Driver Harms says he stopped. witnesses dispute this as passengers and officials recount the impact. The bus carried about two thirds of its load with students from Delta Elementary Meeker Junior High and Greeley high schools aboard.
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Lays
Chicago
Denver
Herbert F. Sommers
Union Pacific
Sommers
Harms
Melvin C. Swanson
Jerry Hembry
Colorado
Governor Davis Eyes Budget Plan and Hoover Commission
The article reports Louisiana leaders discussing a wait and see approach to the economy and a possible deficit in the near term. Governor Davis orders department heads to practice economy while citing the Little Hoover Commission and tidelands talks as potential cost reducers. In various towns officials express hopes that a balanced budget and cash management plan can avert further shortfalls. A separate note from Mobile, Alabama, mentions a church sign misread as immorality versus achievement.
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Conese Prem
Daiis
Louisiana
Ace Research Council
Jena
Spee O. Long
Davis
James Lely
A. P. Tugwell
Roy Theriot
Monroe
Jamar Adcock
Adcock
Little Hoover Commission
Sicily Island
W. S. Peck Jr
Tidelands
Farmerville
Fields
Labor
Industry
Sen. Long
Tallulah
Lancaster
Eichmann Appeals Clemency After Harsh Israeli Verdict
The report notes Eichmann seeking clemency from the Israeli president as authorities study possible Israeli jurisdiction for judgment. Judge Landau sentences Eichmann with the maximum penalty, citing crimes aimed at wiping out the Jewish people and his direct involvement in mass murder. Servatius argues Eichmann was a cog in a system, but the court rejects miti gation, stating Eichmann identified with orders and pursued the extermination.
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Eichmann
Ishek
Israel
Landau
Auschwitz
Servatius
Bandits Plagued By Hard Luck At Every Turn
In Leandro California two robbers faced a string of mishaps as a store customer Betty Peters wife of an Oakland police sergeant watched, noted the license, and informed authorities. Sgt George Rothcher pursued the getaway car and police recovered 269 dollars from William L Brown 37 Oakland. He and Cecil D Moore of Oakland were booked on robbery charges.
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Betty Peters
Oakland
George Rothcher
William L. Brown
Cecil D. Moore
Grand Jury Accesses Wiretap Records in Baton Rouge Case
A federal grand jury in New Orleans obtained access to wiretap recordings after Judge Herbert Christenberry overruled objections by East Baton Rouge District Attorney Sargent Pitcher. Pitcher had refused to testify and to surrender the tapes.
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New Orleans
UPI
Ater
East Baton Rouge
Herbert Christenberry
Dist. Atty
Sargent Pitcher
Pitcher
Goodfellows Appeal Seeks Christmas Help for Families
A wartime style plea notes that Goodfellows aim to aid a widowed mother and children for Christmas. The appeal requests contributions to the Good Fellow Fund care of News Star World in Monroe, with an eight year old child’s letter referenced.
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Goodfellows
Goodfellow Fund
Monroe
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