French Arrest Members Of Secret Army
Paris security officers announce the arrest of seven Secret Army Organization members suspected of plotting to overthrow the government. The operation targeted the group at its Paris HQ as Algeria unrest continues and De Gaulle prepared to address the nation. Police found a kill list among seized documents.
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Secret Army Organization
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Secret Army
France
Lille
de Gaulle
Gernoble
Alps
Bus Crash in Tallulah Injures 18 Sends City into Darkness
An express bus and a transport truck collided in Tallulah at 12 15 am injuring 18 people and snapping a power pole, causing about an hour of citywide outage. Bus driver Jimmy Kelly of Shreveport and truck driver Billy Teague of Kansas City Kan were among the more seriously hurt. All injured taken to Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg.
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Tallulah
Jimmy Kelly
Shreveport
Billy Teague
Kansas City
Kan
Mercy Hospital
Vicksburg
Miss
City Hall
Kelly
West Monroe Council race widens to thirteen candidates
Charles Anding, labor agent and Ouachita Parish School Board member, joined the West Monroe alderman race adding to the field as mayoral hopeful G. B. Folds weighs a run before tomorrow’s 5 p.m. deadline. Mayor J. Allan Norris seeks reelection. former mayor C. C. Bell Jr. also runs. Incumbents Burkett, Farmer, Jouissaint, Heard, and Ponder seek re election alongside others George Wylie DeLoach and Earl Duncan. The first Democratic primary is set for April 7.
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Charles Anding
Ouachita Parish
Board of Aldermen
West Monroe
G. B. Folds
Folds
J. Allan Norris
C. C. Bell Jr
Anding
Jimmie H. Davis
Norman Dodd
Ferrell (Curly) Ketchell
Joyce Smith
Pat Tubbs
A. P. Burkett
Ben Farmer
Dick Jouissaint
Lou Heard
Co. E. Ponder
George Wylie
A. L. DeLoach
Earl Duncan
Library Donated To Congregation
Miami Florida AP reports Harry Simons 83 a Shenandoah Iowa theater operator who spent decades collecting books for children donated a library to the Beth David congregation. Simons presented the library keys to Philip Schiff president of the congregation and received a laminated scroll naming the library for him.
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Miami, Fla
Shenandoah
Ouachita Morehouse get third judgeship proposed
The Fourth Judicial District Bar Association voted February 1 to back creating a third judge in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes due to a severely congested docket. They urged Ouachita and Morehouse police juries, legislative delegations, and other authorities to support legislation. sponsors will be sought from local delegations.
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Fourth Judicial District Bar Association
Ouachita and Morehouse
Ouachité Morehouse
Fourth Judicial District Court
Ouachita Parish
Police Sergeant Fatally Beaten Near Quarry in Burlington
Sergeant Anthony Eilers, 39, was found in his squad car near a water filled quarry after a brutal beating with his flashlight. The incident marks the fourth Wisconsin officer killed on duty in seven months, with the gun missing and the car found engine running against a fence.
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Burlington
Wis
Wisconsin
Bernard Evenson
Anthony Eilers
Eight District Mayors Named For State Honor
Eight mayors from northeast Louisiana including J Allan Norris of West Monroe are nominated for the mayor of the year award by the Louisiana Municipal Review. Nominations span districts with leaders such as Norris Rabin Lawson Tait Wilds Snider Cloninger Jones and Jones. The award, chosen by a six member committee, will be announced at the Louisiana Municipal Association convention in New Orleans May 8 to 10.
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Louisiana
J. Allan Norris
West Monroe
Louisiana Municipal Review
Norris
G. D. Rabin
Jonesville
Lawson Tait
Jonesboro
O. N. Wilds
St. Joseph
W. P. Sevier
Tallulah
Roy Snider
Delhi
Lou Cloninger
Rayville
Ed C. Jones
Epps
Louisiana Municipal Association
New Orleans
Adias Saunier
Sulphur
Philip Cusimano
Franklin
CC. A. Rhodes
Colfax
Shelly O'Neal
Denham Springs
J. Rayburn Bertrand
Lafayette
Tom Donelson
Harahan
Henry G. Smith
Baker
Ray Scott
Natchitoches
Charles J. Cassidy
Bogalusa
John L. Conner
Jennings
A. A. Maraisi
St. Martinville
Percy Ledoux
Opelousas
Bill Scott
South Dakota highway facilities discussed at Twin City meeting
A color slide show and informal talk on highway facilities in South Dakota will be shown tonight in the Virginia Hotel ballroom. Arthur Thornton public relations coordinator for the South Dakota Department of Highways and Mrs. Thornton host the event. The Thorntons are touring the South and Southwest for the state.
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South Dakota
Virginia Hotel
Arthur Thornton
Northeast Louisiana Camellia Society Meets Tonight
The Northeast Louisiana Camellia Society holds its regular monthly meeting tonight at Covenant Presbyterian Church 1901 Milton Street Monroe. The event starts at 7 30 p m.
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Northeast Louisiana
Moon Rocket Boost Aimed At Inspector Satellite Study
U S space program explores using a moon rocket influence to develop a satellite inspector. NASA's Ranger features could guide the inspector vehicle to rendezvous with a suspicious satellite and relay observations via TV transmission. The effort ties to Kennedy's space policy and Defense Department coordination.
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Elton C. Fay Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Defense Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Ranger
Hargiss to Speak at West Monroe Awards Banquet
West Monroe hosts a Distinguished Service Award banquet at Walt’s Restaurant with Bill Hargiss as the featured speaker. The event names the Outstanding Young Man of the Year and the DSA recipient remains secret until presentation. Ed West urges reservations for the 7 p.m. gathering.
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West Monroe
Walt
Louisiana Jaycees
Ed West
West Monroe Jaycees
Young Added To Most Wanted
Watson Young Jr. an inmate of seven mental institutions was added to the FBI ten most wanted list for a double murder and rape. He allegedly shot to death an Indianapolis couple who befriended him on December 14 and allegedly raped a housewife and terrorized her two year old daughter shortly after. He is described as light complexioned about 5 9 and 185 to 200 pounds with a heavy build black hair and brown eyes.
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Washington
UPI
Watson Young Jr
FBI
Young
Indianpolis
Steel Workers Open 1962 Contract Strategy Talks
AP reports top United Steel Workers leaders began early strategy conferences in Pittsburgh to plan for 1962 negotiations with the U S basic steel industry. The sessions aim to map bargaining goals and tactics against the industry entities.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Cardinal Cicognani, Vatican Rite Prefect, Dies at 80
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani, age 80, prefect of the Congregation of Rites, died today in Vatican City. The longtime church official served in high ranks of the Holy See and contributed to liturgical reforms.
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Vatican City
UPI
Gaetano Cardinal Cicognani
Congregation of Rites
U S Embassy Attacked by Indonesians
A student mob in Jakarta stoned the U S Embassy and tore down the American flag injuring one employee. Protesters- believed pro Communist- opposed Dutch troop flights allowed to refuel on U S soil. Diplomatic tension followed, with arrests and official regrets reported.
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Indonesia
U.S
West New Guinea
United States
Anchorage
Alaska
Honolulu
Wake Island
the Hague
Jan de Quay
Netherlands
Pia
Subandrio
Suspi
Fair And Cold Weather Outlook
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and cold temperatures with a high of 62 to 66 today and a low of 24 to 28 tonight. Winds shift to northerly 20 to 25 mph. Tomorrow’s high 40 to 44 with possible showers and thunder showers today. Sunset 5 44 p m and sunrise 7 00 a m.
Kennedy postpones congress message on satellite policy
President Kennedy postponed his message to Congress on the government's communications satellite policy and rescheduled it for Wednesday. The White House offered no explanation. The statement indicates a push for collaboration with several firms to develop a worldwide communications system.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
White House
Television Hero Parking Miracles Stoke Chuckle
A light humor item notes a TV hero always finds a parking space in front of the bank, grocery, and post office, poking fun at predictable parking luck.
Adlai Criticizes Cuba’s Move at United Nations
United Nations steered a clash over Cuba with Adlai E. Stevenson accusing Havana of trying to wreck the Alliance for Progress. Cuban delegate Garcia-Inchaustegui urged UN action while Stevenson denied the charges and blamed Cuba for interference with American republics.
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N.Y
USS
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
Stevenson
General Assembly
Fidel Castro
United States
Mario Garcia-Inchaustegui
Organization of American States
Garcia
Oas
U.N
U.S
Free Institut
Officials warn Alexandria private clubs after raid threat
Dist Atty Jean Pharis said Sheriff Grady L Kelley Jr challenged him to raid three private venues in Alexandria on a Sunday night. Pharis and Kelley visited the American Legion and VFW homes and the Alexandria Golf and Country Club, labeling the sites saloons and ordering them closed for the night. No arrests were made as the clubs protested the confrontations and planned further talks this week.
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Alexandria
Jean Pharis
Grady L. Kelley Jr
Pharis
Kelley
American Legion
VFW
Country Club
Ruston Woman Dies In Wreck Near Winnfield
A Ruston woman, Mrs. Audie P. Edmonson, was fatally injured in a wreck north of Winnfield early Monday. She died later in a local hospital. Details of the accident were not available at noon today.
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Winnfield
Ruston
Audie P. Edmonson
Edmonson
Two Scientists and Wives Die in Peruvian Plane Crash
AP report details the deaths of two U.S. scientists and their wives in a Faucett Airlines DC3 crash in central Peru near Tingo Maria. All 18 aboard were killed as heavy rain forced the plane down after takeoff from Tingo Maria on the Huallaga River.
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Lima, Peru
U.S
Peru
Faucett Airlines
Tingo Maria
Lima
Huallaga ‘River
Congo Premier Adoula Arrives in Washington as Kennedy Guests
Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula arrived in Washington for a first visit greeted by a 19 gun salute and a White House luncheon in his honor. Undersecretary Ball praised Adoula’s peace efforts and pledged continued U.S. support for UN efforts in the Congo. Adoula thanked the U.S. for aid and expressed hope for ongoing assistance and peace.
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Cyrille Adoula
Kennedy
Adoula
U.S
United Congo
White ‘House
Blair House
George W. Ball
Congo
New York
US Air Force
Ball
United States
Free World
United Nations
State Department
Indonesians Trained in Vladivostok for Soviet Cruiser Plan
The Sunday Telegraph reports 600 Indonesian naval officers and sailors are in Vladivostok for training. The program is linked to Russia's 280 million dollar aid to Indonesia and aims to prepare them to take over a Soviet cruiser.
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London
UPI
Vladivostok
Sunday Telegraph
Russia
Indonesia
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