Lumumba Escapes as Car Flees With Armed Allies in Congo
Katanga government reports deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba and two aides escaped a farmhouse west of Elisabethville after overpowering guards. They fled in a black Ford with rifles and gas, heading toward Angola or Stanleyville. Lu mumba, Okito, and Mpolo are named. Katanga blocks roads and seeks U.N. reconnaissance flights amid skepticism elsewhere.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Katanga
Premeir Patrice Lumumba
Elisabethville
Godefroid Munongo
Lumumba
Portuguese Angola
Stanleyville
Congo
Oriental
Jadotville
Thysville
Leopoldville
Mutshatsha
Kasaji
Angola
Munongo
U. N
Luumba
Col
Joseph Okito
Maurice Mpolo
Mpolo
Okito
Senate
Brussels
New York
Goldberg Urges Bipartisanship To Curb Recession
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg urged bipartisan support for Kennedy's plan to fight a full fledged recession and restore production and employment. He spoke in Chicago to Mayor Daley and about 50 business and labor leaders stressing cooperation across politics and the domestic economy as key to foreign policy success.
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Chicago
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Goldberg
Washington
Richard J. Daley
Pleads Guilty To Misuse Of Funds
Mrs. William E. Waugh former housing project manager in White Plains pleaded guilty in Westchester County Court to conspiracy and misappropriation involving 45000 with no personal profit. Assistant district attorney said she falsified records to hide rent arrearages and tenant payments while juggling funds to cover shortfalls and raise rents.
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White Plains, N.Y
William E. Waugh
White Plains Housing Authority
Waugh
Westchester County Court
Asst. Dist. Atty
Leonard Rubenfeld
Klan Drive Seen Underway in Shreveport Area
Shreveport area in northwest Louisiana reports a Ku Klux Klan membership drive with robed meetings and plans for larger gatherings. R E Davis of Dallas said 1 1 Klansmen live in the area and three new charters are expected next week. A women’s unit on the White Kamellia is planned and local officials caution against unlawful measures.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Shreveport Times
R. E. Davis
Dallas
Tex
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Davis
Klan
White Kamellia
Lions campaign visit broadcast for Bobby Wilson governor bid
West Monroe Lions members spoke in Homer to support Bobby Wilson of West Monroe for governor of District 8 L. A Baton Rouge convention in May will decide the vote. The Pershing Rifles at Northeast Louisiana State College will be examined on page 2 A.
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West Monroe
Lions’ Club
Homer
Louisiana State College
Underpass Contract Set To Be Let May 1 In Monroe
City of Monroe with Missouri Pacific and the state highway department will fund an S 2nd Street underpass. A $500 000 city share is provided by a capital improvements bond issue. Bids will be sought soon and construction could start this summer to ease south side traffic snarls caused by trains.
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S. 2Nd Street
W. L
Jack) Howard
Ray Burgess
Baton Rouge
Howard
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Burgess
Monroe
News- Star
Department of Highways
Rodriguez
Highway Department
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Missouri Pacific
S. 2Nd
Plum Street
Illinois Central
Westinghouse Stock Drops In Market Opening
Westinghouse Electric stock slid during delayed market opening trading. Shares fell to 40.62 amid antitrust case pressures. The decline followed a week of legal penalties for the sector and a flood of sell orders at the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric Co. Com
Westinghouse
New York Stock Exchange
General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Former Senator Tydings Dies Of Pneumonia
Millard E. Tydings a 24 year Senate veteran and Democratic spokesman dies at 70 from pneumonia on his Harford County farm near Havre de Grace. Funeral planned Sunday. Tydings clashed with Presidents Roosevelt and Truman and vis a vis McCarthy over State Department loyalty charges.
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Havre DE Grace
Millard E. Tydings
U.S. Senate
Tydings
Oakington
Here
Harford County
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
State Department
Maryland
John Marshall Butler
Butler
Earl Browder
American Communist Party
Tax return figures on interest and dividends explained
Tax rules cover all earned interest and dividends above fifty dollars. Interest is taxable even if not cashed or repaid on loans. Dividends have a 50 dollar tax exemption and a four percent credit on amounts over 50 dollars, with examples illustrating reporting and tax treatment.
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Edward Cowan
United Press International Washington
UPI
Figure In RFC Scandal Hit Again
The U.S. Tax Court ruled that E. Merl Young owes $6,108 more in taxes for 1949, upholding the IRS claim. The dispute centered on whether payments from Commercial Insurance Agency Inc. in Washington, D.C. were loans or salary, with Young arguing they were loans and untaxable as income.
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Washington
U.S
Tax Court
E. Merl Young
RFC
Internal Revenue Service
Young
Commercial Insurance Agency Inc
Washington, D.C
Little Summit shapes European links in Paris gathering
In Paris a mini summit of the six European Common Market nations began with French President Charles de Gaulle presiding. Dutch Premier Jan de Quay Belgian Premier Gaston Eyskens Luxembourg Premier Pierre Werner Italian Premier Amintore Fanfani and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer attended as foreign ministers joined discussions on possible closer cooperation beyond economics.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Jan de Quay
Gaston Eyskens
Luxembourg
Pierre Werner
Amintore Fanfani
Konrad Adenauer
Hostage Killed In Car Crash During Motel Gunfight
A hostage died in an auto crash after a fleeing gunman was challenged by police at a motel cabin. The suspect Thomas Sargent and his wife Brenda were captured. a second couple escaped during the chaos along U S Highway 70.
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Memphis
Claude Armour
Thomas W. Sargent
Wheeling
Brenda Ann Sargent
Sidney T. Farr
Furr
C. F. Hill
Sargent
Brenda Ann
Ill
Prominent Crossett Man Leo Scriber Dies at 49
Leo E. Scriber of Crossett died of a heart attack at the Crossett Health Center. Born in Monroe, he owned the Scriber Motor Co and was active in the Jefferson Motor Co, the local chamber, Rotary Club, and First Methodist Church. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church with burial at Pinewood Memorial Park. He leaves his mother Florence Scriber, widow Mary Ladd Scriber, two sons Jerry and Ladd, a brother James, and two sisters Agnes Singletary and Clara Mae Brennan.
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Crossett
Leo E. Scriber
Monroe
Scriber Motor Co
Jefferson Motor Co
Pine Bluff
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
First Methodist Church
Board of Stewards
Prairie Country Club
National Automobile Dealers Assn
C. M. Atchley
Pinewood Memorial Park
Jones Funeral Home
Florence Scriber
Mary Ladd Scriber
Jerry
University of Arkansas
Ladd
James
Joliet, Ill
Agnes Singletary
Ocean Springs
Clara Mae Brennon
Nine Teens and Adults Sentenced in Louisiana Court
Judge David I. Garrett sentenced nine defendants to state penitentiary terms in Angola. Burglary carried five year terms for Herbert Lee James of Black Bayou and January 31 theft at Minor's Boat Dock. Five teens received three years each for auto theft valued at $2,000, with several named residents of Monroe and West Monroe. Wheat’s probation was revoked.
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David I. Garrett
Angola
Fourth District
Black Bayou
Herbert Lee James
James
Oliver Plantation
Monroe
William Carl Crawford
Oak Street
Walter Donald McClain
Mill Street
West Monroe
Hollie Watkins
Louis Locke
James Elbert Miller
Telemaque Street
Meshach Laverne Wheat
Trenton Street
Musicians Held On Drug Count In Las Vegas
Four Duke Ellington band members were arrested on heroin use charges in Las Vegas. Deputies found small amounts of heroin in their apartment. Arrested: John Willie Cook 36 Pittsburgh Andrew Wilcox 36 Willis Raymond Nance 47 trumpet players and Paul Gonsalves 40 New York saxophonist. Wilcox and Nance provided local addresses.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Duke Ellington
John Willie Cook
Pittsburgh
Andrew Wilcox
Willis Raymond Nance
Paul Gonsalves
New York
Wilcox
Nance
Continued Mild Weekend Forecast From Northeast Louisiana
The forecast calls for a mild, partly cloudy weekend with no rain expected and little temperature change from Thursday. Highs Friday 58 to 62, Saturday 60 to 64, with tonight's low around 36.
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Louisiana
Jaycees Open 3 Day Session Here Tonight
The State Junior Chamber of Commerce convention launches with a dance at the Frances Hotel drawing about 500 Jaycees and spouses to the city through Sunday. Barbara Cothern of Baton Rouge miss Louisiana 1961 would attend but illness prevents it. The event includes a developing seminar and the Outstanding Young Man of Louisiana for 1960 selection at the banquet. Dallas Wales of Shreveport will address the Sunday session. Notables at the seminar include William Singleton, W L Howard, Bill Ferguson, Jesse Morgan Jr, Harry McLemore and Tom Ruffin of Shreveport.
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Frances Hotel
Louisiana
Dallas Wales
Shreveport
West Monroe
William Singleton
Baton Rouge
W. L. Howard
Monroe
Bill Ferguson
Jesse Morgan Jr
Harry McLemore
Tom Ruffin
Louisiana Gov Jimmie Davis calls fifth special session
Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis summons a fifth straight special session of the legislature beginning noon Wednesday. The session will address local option for public or private schools and a broad clause about augmenting funds for lawful projects. A spokesman said tax raises are not guaranteed, while Sen. Laurence Eustis Jr. warned the clause could signal new tax bills. Davis is ill with influenza.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Laurence Eustis Jr
Eustis
Today’s Chuckle Heard At Party
A light quip about neuroticism as the only normal trait: “I’m glad I’m neurotic. It’s the only normal thing about me.” The line plays on self deprecation and comic self awareness.
Murder Suspects Hunt Couple In French Quarter
Police and FBI search a teenage Texas girl Leslie Ashley and her boyfriend Carolyn Lima in connection with the torch murder of Fred A. Tones in New Orleans. A gas can found near the body links Lima to the case as investigators near capturing them amid Mardi Gras crowds.
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New Orleans
UPI
FBI
Texas
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Bourbon Street
Carolyn Ann Lima
Fred A. Tones
Houston
Tex
Ralph Mizzell
Tones
Miss Lima
Orleans
Ashley
Violent clashes mark lettuce labor dispute flare up
In Imperial Valley violence erupts at a Mexican field hands camp near Brawley as union organizers clash with authorities. Forty men are arrested and four injured. Deputies raid El Centro Labor Temple arresting six leaders. Mexican workers are moved to another camp.
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EL Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Herbert Hughes
Hughes
Washington
Eugenio Anzorena
U.S. Labor Department
Labor Department
Anzorena
Clive Knowles
International Represent
For Sale: Twin Mattresses and Bedroom Set Ad
Want ads offer two slightly used beauty twin mattresses with springs maple beds vanity dresser knee desk and more for 150. Also sale of desk bedroom suite two metal beds springs rollaway cedar robes chest of drawers oak table 12 ft deep freeze chifforobe and odds ends. Call FA 2 8958 or visit 1908 Jackson Street.
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Jackson Street
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Twin City
Lions
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HST
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