Louisiana Governor Race Tops State News for 1963
The 1963 Louisiana governor race tops editors lists as the state's top news story. Candidates Morrison and McKeithen advanced to a runoff after a dramatic Democratic primary followed by Kennedy assassination. Other major items included Plaquemine protests, civil rights tensions, and the independent electors movement shaping 1964 forecasts.
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Louisiana
deLesseps S. Morrison
John J. McKeithen
Jan.ahi
Charlton Lyons Sr
Plaquemine
Independent Electors Movement
Baton Rouge
Burns
Harvey Oswald
New Orleans
St. Francisville
Jim Garrison
Cindy
Louisiana Gulf Coast
New Orleans City Hall
Sen
Russell Long
U. S
Rep
Gillis Long
Russell
Morrison
Robert F. Kennon
Shelby Jackson
Claude Kirkpatrick
Louis Michot
Brothers Plan Jump From Old Into New Year
Adler and Ben Seal of Baton Rouge plan a New Year jump from 12 500 feet at Hammond Airport to mark the opening of their sport parachuting center in March 1964. They aim to free fall 60 seconds then open chutes at midnight, targeting a large illuminated X, with red and green navigation lights to avoid collision. Their stunt is tied to Seal Sky Service and their Louisiana National Guard para unit. a midair timing precision and wind factors are noted.
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Hammond, la
UPI
Adler B. Seal
Ben C. Seal Jr
Baton Rouge
Hammond Municipal Airport
Adler Seal
Seal Sky Service, Inc
Ben
Southeastern Louisiana College
Bean Scandal Rocks Oil Trade Across Banks and Exchanges
Anthony DeAngelis faces a federal charge for moving 40 million dollars in forged warehouse receipts for soybean oil. The Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp collapse triggers probes by the FBI and Congress, with major banks and the New York Stock Exchange involved. investigators seek to determine if as much as one billion pounds of oil disappeared from storage tanks near Bayonne New Jersey.
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New York
Anthony
Tino) DeAngelis
Newark
N.J
DeAngelis
New York Stock Exchange
FBI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Chicago
Wall Street
Ira Haupt & Co
Exchange
Adolf Gobel
Allied
Haupt
J. R. Williston & Beane, Inc
Williston
Bayonne
Bunge
Washington
John J. Williams
R-Del
de Angelis
Williams
American Express Warehousing, Ltd
American Express
Harbor Tank Storage Co
American Express Warehousing
U.S. District Court
Agriculture Department
Donald MacDonald
New York Produce Exchange
Bell Sues To Overturn Public Service Order
Southern Bell Telephone Co. filed suit in Baton Rouge to annul an October order by the Louisiana Public Service Commission regarding its service to Echo in Rapides Parish.
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Bell
Public Service
Hope Returns from 22nd Christmas Tour With Troops
Bob Hope concluded a nine day 16 000 mile Mediterranean tour entertaining some 50 000 servicemen and dependents. He missed Christmas with his family for the 22nd time and returned with gifts including a Turkish rug a camel saddle and a scimitar. His wife Delores and three children greeted him at the airport noting his improved health during the trip.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Mediterranean
Hope
Delores
Linda
Nora
Kelly
Tony
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Libya
Tuesday Weld
Peter Leeds
Phil
Best 11 TV shows of the year end roundup list
Hollywood notes compile the best 11 regularly scheduled network series in prime time or near it. CBS Report Espionage East Side West Side Chronicle Richard Boone Anthology Hootenanny Jack Benny Show The Twentieth Century profiles Harold Arlen on Feb 9 with Gershwins and legends. Channel Swim covers Kennedy era figures on ABC News Reports.
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Rick DU Brow
Hollywood
UPI
CBS Report
Danny Kaye
Europe
East Side
West Side
George C. Scott
Jack Paar
Richard Boone
Jack Benny
Channel
Swim
President Kennedy
ABC News
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Theodore H. White
Harold Arlen
George and Ira Gershwin
Lena Horne
Judy Garland
al Jolson
Irving Berlin
Bert Lahr
Jack Haley
Eddie Cantor
Judge Studies Negro's Request For Dorm Room
Federal judge weighed whether Harold A. Franklin a Negro graduate student at Auburn University is entitled to campus housing. Auburn officials argued a dorm rule limits graduate housing while Franklin argued his court order guarantees housing.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Harold A. Franklin
Auburn University
Franklin
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Johnson
G. Harold Flannery
Justice Department
Auburn
Flannery
Fred Gray
Gray
James J. Carter
Thomas D. Sanford
University
Magnolia
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Grand Central Terminal
Nationa Association For Mental Health
Governor's Race
Top State News
McKeithen
Kennedy
Davis
Mississippi River
Adler
Brother Ben
U. S. Weather Bureau
U. S. Army
Enterprise
Seal
Louisiana National Guard
20Th Special Forces
Southern
Echo
Alexandria
Marksville
Avoyelles Parish
Philip J. Keuper
AP Business News
Anthony Deangelis
Monroe, la
Eastgate
Safeway Stores Incorporated
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Torrejon
Madrid
Naples
Christmas Club
Ayachita National Bank
Monroe
West Monroe, LA
Member
Federal Deposit Imbubamce Coepoes Tie
Humphries
T. W. Humphries
MR. “Moe
I E
National Inventory Sheets
Columnar
Monroe Office
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