Kennedy names brother Robert to attorney general post
President-elect John F Kennedy announced his brother Robert Kennedy as attorney general and tapped Douglas Dillon for treasury. Byron White will be assistant attorney general. Harry Anslinger remains narcotics chief. A postmaster general pick, J Edward Day, was reported. Robert Kennedy stood beside him as Kennedy said he sought the best man for every cabinet post.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Robert
Douglas Dillion
Treasury
Kennedy
Byron R
Whizzer) White
Denver
Harry Anslinger
Justice Department
J. Edward Day
Prudential Insurance Company
Robert Kennedy
New Cardinals Named By Pope Include American
Vatican City AP Pope John XXIII named four new cardinals among them Archbishop Joseph E Ritter of St Louis Missouri Two South Americans and an Italian were elevated Giuseppe Ferretto of the Vatican Curia Luis Concha Cordoba Archbishop of Umberto Quintero Archbishop of Caracas were named in pectore two other cardinals designated in heart in 1960 Three more U S cardinals Spellman Meyer McIntyre Cushing Muench and OHara death last August Elevation brings total cardinalate to 86 and confirms US representation remains strong
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Joseph E. Ritter
St. Louis
Msgr
Giuseppe Ferretto
Vatican Curia
Luis Concha Cordoba
Umberto Quintero
Caracas
Vatican
Sacred College
Ritter
U.S
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer
Chicago
James Francis L. Cardinal
McIntyre
Los Angeles
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Aloisius Cardinal Muench
Fargo
N.D
Bentz & Elmore Wins Plum Street Underpass Contract
Bentz & Elmore of Monroe won the Plum Street underpass project with a low bid of 98934.73 dollars. The city and Missouri Pacific Railroad share costs. work starts after utilities are cleared and the railroad crew finishes its part. The council sent bids to engineers for review and noted the city pays its share from general funds. In New Orleans, the school board funds dispute looms as banks refuse to honor checks under a frozen-state law while a new governor’s appointment powers face a federal challenge.
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Bentz & Elmore
Monroe
Plum Street
W. D. H. Rodriguez
W. L
Jack) Howard
Rodriguez
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Howard
Allen Brothers, Inc
Barnet Brezner
Pohlman & Wilbanks
W. C. Salley
Roland Construction Co
Howard and Rodriguez
H. W. McSherry
Louisiana heart group backs Northeast students medical tour
Five pre med students from Northeast Louisiana State College visited medical schools in New Orleans. The trip sponsored by the Louisiana Heart Association included Clyde Elliott Arthur Kibble David Sprague all from Monroe and James McCor.
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Northeast
Louisiana State College
New Orleans
The
Louisiana Heart Association
Clyde Elliott
Arthur Kibble
David Sprague
Monroe
James McCor
Three State Chase Ends With Three Men In Jail
Three men who escaped a Texas jail after robbing a parkway motor company were captured in Parkdale Arkansas after a three state pursuit. Tilman Spurlock Billy Anderson and Boyce Harris were rounded up by Ashley County and Morehouse Parish officers with help from Texas and Louisiana authorities. Spurlock faced charges for the Etheridge Motor Co. robbery and used stolen funds to buy a used car, while Anderson the federal parole violator and the trio are jailed in Crossett Hamburg and Bastrop respectively as the case unfolds.
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Hamburg
Ark
Longview
Tex
Parkdale
Ashley County
Morehouse Parish
Tilman B. Spurlock
Etheridge Motor Co
North Crossett
Billy George Anderson
Texas
el Dorado
Louisiana
Jones
Boyce Harris
Arkansas
Harris
Anderson
Spurlock
Tucker
Parkdale Baptist
North Little Rock
Hobbs
N.M
Crossett
Bastrop
B. A. Courson
Four new racial bills await Davis signature
Baton Rouge AP Four segregation bills cleared the Louisiana Legislature and await Gov. Jimmie Davis’s approval. The package includes a plan to name a five member New Orleans school board with fiscal powers under legislative authority. A prior bid to appoint five new school board members faced federal restraint. The Senate approved the measure 27-6, with the House concurring after changes. A federal hearing on replacing the New Orleans board was set in New Orleans. The Legislature began a third special anti integration session called by Davis, as lawmakers eyed a possible sales tax move and met after a one day break. The new session is slated to begin Saturday and continue next week.
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Rosenberg
Gov. Davis
New Orleans
Gremillion
Davis
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
Risley Tribe
Senate
Orleans Parish
House
Would-Be Human Bomb Seized in Kennedy Plot
Richard Paul Pavlick, 73, a Belmont New Hampshire former postal worker, faced a $100000 bond in West Palm Beach on charges he planned to become a human bomb to assassinate President-elect John F. Kennedy. Police found dynamite, blasting caps and wiring in his car and motel room after his Palm Beach arrest.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Richard Paul Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
U.S
George L. Pink
Pink
Pavlick
Palm Beach
U.S. Dist
Robert Rust
Miami
John Marshall
Secret Service
Blessed Art Thou Mary
Associated Press religion writer George Cornell previews a five part Nativity series starting December 19. The piece tells the warm love story of Mary and Joseph from espousal through travail to the birth of Jesus.
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Luke
Jesus
Associated Press
Long Would Halt Oil Purchases
UPI reports Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana urging that the United States halt buying Canadian oil while Canada trades with Cuba. He argues Cuba gains replacement parts and other goods from Canada, and Canada would pressure Washington if oil purchases stop. He also proposes a joint federal Louisiana committee on tide lands and a 27.5 percent Louisiana revenue share from offshore oil.
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Louisiana
Today's Chuckle Attic line about belongings and disposal
A light note explaining that an attic stores items you may never want and later throw away, framing a humorous view of clutter.
Rebels claim overthrow of Haile Selassie regime
London AP reports Addis Ababa rebel government overthrown per a Nairobi broadcast attributed to Maj. Gen. Merid Mengesha. News from Addis Ababa was unclear as loyalist forces and Mengesha media claimed control, while sources in Djibouti and Paris relayed conflicting signals about the emperor’s status.
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London
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Nairobi
Kenya
Merid Mengesha
Voice of Ethiopia
Mengesha
Lion of Judah
Ethiopia
Somaliland
Voice of
Lon
New Traffic Regulations Set on Lou isville Avenue and DeSiard Road
Monroe police announce new traffic rules along Louisville Avenue and DeSiard Road from the Sterlington intersection to the east city limits. Signs show speed limits and enforcement will be strict. The Oua chita River bridge to North 18th Street carries 30 mph, North 18th to AL and M crossing 40 mph, and Sterlington Road to city limits 30 mph.
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Louisville Avenue
DeSiard Road
Sterlington
Monroe Police Department
James C. Kelly, Jr
Ouachita River Bridge
North 18Th Street
AL & M
Goodfellows Drive Donations Climb Yet Need Remains
Donations to Goodfellows rise but still fall short of the $2,100 goal to aid area families. News-Star offices receive pleas as volunteers verify needs, with all funds sent to help the needy. A Ruston woman appeals for her sister and another caller seeks help for a bedridden neighbor needing food and bed clothes.
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Goodfellows
The
News-Star
News - Star —World
Monroe
Ruston
Goodfellows Donors List Tally $2888.35
Donor list records contributions totaling $2888.35 for Goodfellows. Entries include in memory gifts for Estelle Reed J D Willett and Walter Stuart, with several anonymous donations and acknowledgments to family members. Names such as Vivian Murry Martha Wood and Paul McEl- Delta Airlines employee are noted amid the list.
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Goodfellows
Tally
Estelle Reed
Vivian
Joe Murry
J. D
Red) Willett
Walter Stuart
David Kaplan
Martha Wood
A. J. Tippit Sr
Paul
Julia Fink
Max Fink
Fair Cold Area Weather Outlook Through Saturday
Weathermen forecast fair and cold conditions for the area through Saturday with a high near 48 today and a low around 25. Saturday's expected high is about 55, while Thursday's high was 46 and the low 38 with only 0.01 inch of rain at Selman Field.
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Selman Field
Opposed by Sen Adcock on LSU investigation resolution
Sen Jamar Adcock of Monroe called Rep Mike John s plan to probe LSU far afield from the session s original purpose and voted against it in the Senate where it passed 22 9 The House passed with John and Rep Lawrence Gibbs support Adcock said he will continue the segregation fight while opposing actions that stray from the stated goals of the session The measure sought a $25 million capital outlay withholding for LSU following an English professor s letter criticizing the Legislature
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Sen
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Rep
Mike John
LSU
Adcock
Senate
John
Lawrence Gibbs
House
Rep. John
Joint Legislative Committee
Jackson
Ouachita Parishes
Baton Rouge
Davis
Wendell Harris
Big Airliners Crash in New York City
Two large passenger jets collided in a snowstorm and plummeted into Brooklyn and Staten Island. At least 125 aboard these jets and many on the ground were affected, with a survivor and several bodies recovered as fires consumed structures.
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New York City
New York
Trans World Airlines Constellation
Miller Field
Staten Island
Harbor
Brooklyn
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Plane crash shatters Park Slope in Brooklyn
In Park Slope Brooklyn a United Air Lines plane plunged into a city block after a midair collision with a TWA craft. Residents pulled shades and stared as bricks and plaster lay in smoking rubble. Witnesses recall a terrified teenager fleeing the scene with blood on his face.
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United Air Lines
Brooklyn
America
New York
Park Slope
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Staten Island
Ann Carretta
Constance Ciazzo
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Dillon
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Braintree
Mass
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Pope
Samuel I. Rosenberg
Jack Gremillion
Twin City
Selassie Fees
Goodfellows Drive
John Resolution
Walker
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