Passman Faces House Battle Over Foreign Aid Role
Evans asserts Chairman Passman has cut 4.8 billion from a 26.4 billion foreign aid request, with repeated House committee reversals rare. The piece describes Passman’s conservative, anti foreign aid stance, district demographics in Louisiana, and rivalries with the President, labeling him “Crazy Otto” for his relentless air program focus.
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Evan
House
Passman
Evans
Appropriations Committee
Meet the Press
Fifth Congressional District
Fifth District
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Lincoln
Union
Jackson
Washington
Treasury
Congress
Vows On Voter Tests Stir Louisiana Debate
The state defends English language and educational qualification requirements as constitutional and non discriminatory while a federal suit challenges Louisiana tests as discriminatory. Gov Davis and Attorney General Gremillion support the policy, noting New York’s ruling upholds language testing. The suit argues the test aimed to disenfranchise Black voters and was not applied uniformly across Louisiana’s 64 parishes. The state board moved to test all applicants beginning January 1.
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Gremillion
U. S
Gov
Davis
New York
Louisiana
State Board of Registration
Kennedy
Presidential Commission On Equal Job Opportunity
Lyndon B. Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Circuit Court
U.S
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi
South
Edith Bolling Gyrll Wilson’s Ancestry Recalled at Ceremony
At a Washington ceremony Francis B. Sayre Jr. unveiled the dedication plaque as President Kennedy praised Edith Bolling Wilson on the anniversary of her birth. The piece recounts her role during Wilsons illness and details her early life in Wytheville Virginia including a claimed Pocahontas lineage.
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Washington
Francis B. Sayre Jr
Wilson
Kennedy
Goodson Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for Charles P. Goodson Jr. 69 will be held at 2 p m Saturday in Mulhearn Funeral chapel West Monroe with Rev Vester Headrick officiating. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery. He was a WWI veteran, member of Fairbanks Baptist Church and American Legion. Survived by wife Eula, daughter Kathryn Reeves, three sons Charles Ray Ralph Claude Ronald, one sister Clara Cale and two nephews.
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Mulhearn
Charles P. Goodson, Jr
Jackson ‘Street
West Monroe
Vester Headrick
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mulhearn’s
Ouachita Parish
Goodson
Fairbanks Baptist Church
American Legion
Eula Goodson
Kathryn Reeves
Charles Ray
United States Air Force
Ralph Claude
Ronald Goodson
Clara Cale
Monroe
New Year's Eve Customs And Price Range In Major Cities
The piece notes New Year's Eve celebrations at homes, clubs and hotels with one year old German custom in Cherryville North Carolina. It cites AdAmAn climb in Colorado Springs and Times Square Latin Quarter seating with price tags up to 35 and 25 dollars. It mentions crowds at Times Square shrinking from about one million to 350000 last year.
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Cherryville
N.C
Gasiton County
Colorado Springs
Colo
AdAmAn Club
Pike's Peak
Times Square
New York
Norris Seeks City Leadership Amid Broad Candidate Interest
The article outlines ongoing speculation about candidates for West Monroe mayor, noting Bell’s lineage and past terms. It recounts Bell’s 1947 start after Mayor Golson’s death, his 1950 re election, resignation in 1952 over alderman appointments, Norris’ ascent to fill the vacancy, and subsequent re elections in 1954 and 1958. It also lists current aldermen Burkett, Ponder, Jolissaint, Heard, and Farmer as likely to run again.
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Ben
Bell
C. C. Bell Sr
West Monroe
D. C. Golson
Robert Kennon
Norris
Board of Aldermen
Alton Burkett
C. F E. Ponder
R. C. Jolissaint
Loy K. Heard
Ben Farmer
Bear nips finger tip at Audubon Park Zoo
In New Orleans a Himalayan bear bit the tip of a 16 year old girl's right index finger at Audubon Park Zoo. Rose Marie Coppersmith was treated and released. other fingers were lacerated. The girl said she climbed over a three foot fence to feed the bear with popcorn.
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New Orleans
Audubon Park Zoo
Rose Marie Coppersmith
Attorney Dies in Shreveport Courtroom at 86
John M. Madison 86 vice president of the Caddo Parish School Board collapsed with a heart attack while representing Bodeau Oil Co. in a federal contract dispute. A Shreveport lawyer and civic leader, he died en route to Highland Hospital. Funeral set for Friday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with burial in Forest Park Cemetery.
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Shreveport
John M. Madison
Caddo Parish
Madison
Bodeau Oil Company
Hunt Oil Company
Ohio Oil Company
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Forest Park Cemetery
Lawrence Plumley
St. Mark's
William Benfield
First Presbyterian Church
Osborn Funeral Home
McIntyre Leary
C. Huffman Lewis
Judge Dawkins
George Naff
Edwin Moore
W. Scott Wilkinson
Clarence Yancey
W. B. Willingham
N. H. Wireless Jr
St. Mark’s
Bastrop
James P. Madison
Nellie Meek Madison
Morehouse Parish
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
Boy Tommy in Need of Oklahoma Hospital Care
The family of five year old Tommy and his sister Kay face severe financial hardship. Father, a West Monroe machine operator, says Tommy has required repeated doctor visits for asthma and growth issues, with nurses and doctors recommending treatment in Oklahoma. The family lives at 1621 Stella Street, and mounting debt has led to cut phone service and halted visits to a local specialist.
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Agusts
Kay
Oklahoma
Okla
Black
West Monroe
Stel‘la St
Tommy
Kennedy Aides Review Farm Program and Economic Report
President Kennedy and Walter Heller discussed the farm program and the economic report in Palm Beach. The President will deliver a review of foreign and domestic conditions after Congress reconvenes, with timing still undecided.
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Kennedy
Council of Economic Advisers
Walter W. Heller
Heller
Palm Beach
Theodore Sorensen
Freeman
Washington
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Signs Invite Passing Of Slow Police Cars In Winter Park
Police in Winter Park, Florida placed signs in cruisers reading Slow-moving patrol car Please pass to encourage motorists to safely pass slow police vehicles. Chief Carl Buchanan said the initiative aims to reduce traffic delays and improve road safety. The Defense Department said it has proposed designs for bomb radiation shelters and that future submarine missions would be limited to manufacturers and contractors.
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Winter Park
Fla
Carl Buchanan
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
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Bear
Louisiana State University Law School
Wilkinson, Lewis, Madison and Woods
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United Fund
Selective Service Board No. 10
LSU Foundation
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Southwestern Electric Power Company
Shreveport Country Club
Shreveport Club
Hunter Company, Inc
National Development Corporation
Shreveport Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Association
Louisiana Law Institute
American Bar Association
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Ruth Robinson
John Jr
Washington and Lee University
James and
Stewart
James Madison
Edwin F. Madison
Roland Bouanchaud
New Roads
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Coats
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Wonderful Savings
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Honey Fitz
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