Uruguay weighs expelling Cuban envoy amid Soviet crackdown
President Benito Nardone disclosed Uruguay is considering expelling Cuban Ambassador Mario Garcia Inchatzuesu and possibly severing ties with Cuba. He announced plans to curb Soviet subversive activity and said the government is unhappy with Garcia Inchatzesu for meddling in Uruguayan affairs and promoting pro Castro propaganda. The nine member council, led by Nardone, is studying the matter with Foreign Minister Homero Martinez Montero.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Benito Nardone
Dor
Cuba
Nardone
Mario Garcia Inichausteruis
Garcia Inchaustezui
Homero Martinez Montero
Garcia Inchattesu
Franco Cites Soviet Goal In Africa
Madrid AP report on Franco annual address. he says Soviet union aims to penetrate Africa with communism. He cites Russian war material in North Africa and Soviet aid threatening peace and independence. He calls communism engaged in a revolutionary war and frames Western blocs as resisting Soviet expansion.
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Franco
Africa
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Soviet Union
North
Russia
Woman Held For Questioning In Ohio Fire Tragedy
In Cleveland Ohio Aretha Hawkins was arrested and held for investigation after five of her children died in an East Side apartment fire. Hawkins said she awoke to smoke a cigarette and could not remember extinguishing it. Victims: Gary 4 Drenalie 8 Steve 2 Caroline 1 Melody 4 months.
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Cleveland
Ohio
CAP
Aretha Hawkins
Steve
Caroline
Melody
Couple Observes 50th Anniversary at Open House
Mr and Mrs Robert Henry Smith of West Monroe recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at 604 Montgomery St. About 120 friends attended, with hosts and guests including Mrs Sabre Lott Mrs Bessie Fisher Mrs Sadie Bratton Miss Betty Barnes Miss Kay Barnes Mrs Christine Thompson and Mrs Jackie McBroom helping.
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Mro
Robert Henry Smith
West
Monroe
Montgomery St
Sabre Lott
Bessie Fisher
Sadie Bratton
Betty Barnes
Kay Barnes
Christine Thompson
Jackie McBroom
Freak Projectile From Power Tool Wounds Clerk
In New York City a bank clerk Ralph Rubens was wounded while at his desk on the 11th floor of a Manhattan bank. A bullet-like object pierced his arm and chest, suggesting an outside shoot. Police found a hole in a window shield and traced the projectile to a construction site across the street where a window frame installation device was in use.
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New York
Ralph Rubens
Bank
Manhattan
Rubens
Somesone
New Soviet Agriculture Minister Named After Poor Year
Premier Khrushchev replaced Vladimir Vo Matskevich with Mikhail Olshansky, vice president of the Academy of Agricultural Science, amid crop failures and criticism. Matskevich, tied to the virgin lands project in Kazakhstan, moves to head a new agricultural district in northern Central Asia.
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Khrushchev
Vladimir Vo Matskevich
Mikhail Olshansky
The
Academy of Agricultural Science
Matskevich
Kazakhstan
Central Asian Soviet Republic
Miss Lackey Wins Spot in Cotton Queen Contest
Maid contestant Miss Lackey faced a tense moment but kept poise as she spoke. She will fly to New York for a seven month tour promoting cotton in the United States Canada and Europe. The Mississippi high school and intercollegiate contests boosted her chances after a brief talk titled Dear Diary.
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Miss Lackey
New York
Canada
Europe
Mississippi
Iowa Resident Dies While On Visit To Monroe
Alfred John Anderson a 69 year old Fort Dodge Iowa resident died unexpectedly Thursday in Monroe while visiting his daughter Mrs C W Rosseau He was employed by a Fort Dodge packing company The body was taken to Kilpatrick s and then sent overland to Iowa rites will be conducted He is survived by his widow Mrs Mary Anderson Fort Dodge and a son John Anderson Holdridge Nebraska
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Alfred John Anderson
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Monroe
C. W. Rosseau
Anderson
Fort Dodge Packing Company
Kilpatrick’s
Mr. Anderson
Mary Anderson
John Anderson
Holdridge
Gospel Controversy Sparks Reconsideration of Early Church
A Clement letter fragment, likely 17th or 18th century, written on 1646 Dutch book leaves, prompts scholars to rethink gospel origins and early Christian teachings. Dr. Smith suggests it was likely penned by a scholarly monk.
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Clement
Smith
Appeals court to hear sharecropper case in February
The appellate panel will likely hear the case in February on Judge Boyd's injunction ruling that preserves the status quo for sharecroppers whose farming contracts expire after Saturday. Sheriff Hunter defended the contracts as one sided while insisting most evictions are not tied to voter registration.
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Sion
Boyd
Brownsville
Haywood
S. T. Hunter
Hunter
Lester Cecil
Paul Weick
Clifford O'Sullivan
Haywood County
Tennessee
Former Monroe Resident J. M. Larkan Dies in Arkansas
J M Larkan 74 a retired railroad employee and former Monroe resident died Friday in a Little Rock hospital after a three month illness. He lived in McGehee Ark at death and was a First Baptist Church member and a 32nd degree Mason. Final rites likely in McGehee or Dyar Funeral Home. Survived by a daughter Mrs O C Pyle of North Little Rock two sons James Larkan Jr of Monroe and Robert Larkan of Houston two sisters Miss Margaret Roach Bald Knob and Mrs R C Clark North Little Rock and six grandchildren.
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Little Rock
Ark
J. M. Larkan
Monroe
Two Year Term Given Monroe Man In Court
Judge Jesse Heard sentenced Clarence A. Clay a 21-year-old Monroe man to two years in the Angola state penitentiary for theft of 160 from Rose Oil Company on December 17. Other actions included fines for drunken driving and related offenses with several defendants arraigned or awaiting trial.
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Jesse Heard
Monroe
Clarence A. Clay
Angola
Fourth District
Clay
Louis Locke
Rose Oil Company
Heard
Phil Hollis
Burg Jones Lane
William Mack
General Delivery
Hamburg
Ark
Hollis
Charlie W. Wallace
Route 4
West Monroe
Charles W. Cobb
Shreveport
Ambrose Daley
Emeal Hicks
New Officials In West Monroe To Take Oaths
John F. McCormick will be sworn in as West Monroe City Judge and Pete O. Holcomb will renew his oath as city marshal in a 10 a.m. Tuesday ceremony in the West Monroe courtroom. Massey named city attorney replacing McCormick. Charle Traylor as assistant city attorney.
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John F. McCormick
West Monroe
Pete O. Holcomb
McCormick
Jasper E. Jones
Jones
Holcomb
B. S. McRaney
Ouachita Parish
John S. C. Massey
Charle Traylor
Four Die In Marksville Plane Crash
A light plane carrying the Hixson family went missing near Marksville prompting a multi day search. Relatives in Baton Rouge alerted authorities Wednesday about the overdue flight and rescuers scoured Alexandria area sky and ground routes with a lone helicopter recon under marginal weather. The wreckage was found in a remote hunting and fishing region, with few roads nearby.
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Hixson Brothers
Marksville
Baton Rouge
Woodward
Shreveport
Alexandria
FAA
Bridge plans for Treasure Island subdivision bridge near Lamkin
Andrews letters to Smith detail Ouachita Parish Police Jury approval for a creosote timber pile bridge over Bayou DeSiard. The plan called for a 20 foot bridge with a 60 inch pipe to handle low water. pipe and abutment walls incomplete due to high water. With bayou now low, extending abutment walls four feet lower could provide adequate flow without installing the pipe.
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Treasure Island
Bayou DeSiard
Andrews
Smith
Lamkin
Ouachita Parish
Defense plans grand jury indictment of Roddey on colonial charges
Roddey, a former Pentagon employee, faces two counts of theft of government property and three counts of fraud after FBI says he took a top secret tape recorder and about 200 documents. He was arraigned in Alexandria with a $15,000 bond and plans to reconvene the federal grand jury within 10 days. Roddey said he knew of the investigation since September and defended his actions as belonging to a larger issue. He is to be removed to Virginia for further proceedings.
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Roddey
U. S
Henry W. Kirkland
Virginia
Kirkland
Pentagon
Rings Missing From Home Of West Monroe
West Monroe police detectives probe theft after Mrs. Faye Stufart notices a wedding band and solitaire diamond rings missing from a jewelry box at 1203 Hinkle Drive. The rings may have been taken in the past four to five months. value not disclosed.
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West Monroe
Faye Stufart
Hinkle Dr
Stuart
Village Lad Angry Over Fire Deaths
In Noyan Quebec a small community mourns and vents over a fatal house fire that killed Mrs Abel Vosburgh and 11 of her 15 children. The Rev William Sellwood says the town of about 500 is tightly knit with many relatives among the victims. Vosburgh, 43, survived as the sole member of the family to escape the blaze that destroyed the wood shack built by the father for a large brood.
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Noyan
Quebec
Abel Vosburgh
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Mnegroes
Paul Hewitt
Louisville
M. Kaplan & Son. Inc
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