Rayburn Pushes Urgent Action on Unemployment Crisis
House Speaker Sam Rayburn after a White House meeting with President Kennedy and Cabinet members said the unemployment crisis rivals the 1930s in urgency. Labor Secretary Goldberg warned the situation is worse than expected and Kennedy plans a public address at his Wednesday news conference.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Kennedy
Rayburn
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
White House
Capitol
Catholic Leaders Fear Anti Church Violence To Grow
In Havana Catholic leaders warn of growing organized mob violence against religious institutions amid Castro anti church campaigns. A Mass at La Salle Academy commemorating the Cuban Catholic Youth Organization drew a 5,000 person mob that besieged the building for six hours, and a militia woman warned worshipers leaving could face danger. No casualties were reported.
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Havana
UPIC
Fidel Castro
la Salle Academy
Cuba
Castro
Evelio Diaz
Fake Etruscan Sculptures Grounded as Forgeries at Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art admits three major Etruscan terra cotta warrior figures, on display since 1933, are forgeries likely created in the 20th century. Director James J. Rorimer says the pieces were dyed with manganese dioxide and deliberately broken to appear authentic. They remain on view with notices of their forged status while details of cost and provenance are not disclosed.
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New York
UPI
Metropolitan Museum of Art
James J. Rorimer
Joseph V. Noble
Italy
Lumumbans Strive to Avert Reprisals in Congo
In Stanleyville Lumumba supporters move to curb potential violence against Europeans after the dethroned premier's assassination. A U N spokesman says Gen Victor Lunula dispersed a street group threatening Europeans while leaders vow to press for Congo control amid tensions in Oriental and Kivu provinces. President Manzikala pleads restraint.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
U.N
Victor Lunula
Lumumba
Oriental
Kivu
Congo
Jean Manzikala
Oriental Province
Adcock Says He Will Stay Home From Legislature
Monroe Senator Jamar Adcock announced he will not attend the legislature opening, saying he has seen nothing constructive. He pledged to donate his per diem to charity, including the Oklahoma Cancer Crusade.
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Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Adcock
Jimmie 4 Davis
The
Ouachita Cancer Crusade
Church Leader Denies Charges
NEW YORK AP A NCC spokesman says Phoenix clergyman Charles Poling made false conclusions and cited false specifications in his attack on the council. Fletcher Coates, NCC official, said a study conference did not speak for the council and rejected Poling’s charge on Red China in the United Nations.
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New York
National Council of Churches
Phoenix
Ariz
Council
Fletcher Coates
Office of Information
Charles §. Poling
First Presbyterian Church
Poling
China
United Nations
Coates
Ouachita Parish to hear rehab center final report
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury meets tonight at 7 in a special session to receive the final rehabilitation center report from the building committee.
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Ouachita Parish
Kennedy Sends Letter and Book to Ikeda in Tokyo
President Kennedy handed Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda a personal letter and an autographed copy of Profiles in Courage. The gifts were delivered by Professor Gunji Hosono, attendee at Kennedy's inauguration as a guest in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Kennedy
Gunji Hosono
Boots Banned in New York Apartment Stirring Tenant Fight
In Edgebrook Garden Apartments White Plains nine member board removes soggy boots from hallways after notifying residents to bring in footwear. Hundreds of boots and overshoes gathered and tossed into a basement pile despite protests from tenants. Chair Joseph Marolis warns if rubbers stay then sleds skis and bikes may follow.
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White Plains
N.Y
Edgebrook Garden Apartments
Irving Monk
Joseph Marolis
Mob Rocks Belgian Embassy in Moscow Protest Over Lumumba Killing
In Moscow a mob led by foreign students smashed the Belgian Embassy windows and damaged the ambassador’s car in a three hour protest against Patrice Lumumba’s killing. The crowd grew from 500 to about 6,000 with Soviet workers joining, and authorities stopped further surging after police intervened.
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Moscow
Hippolyte Cools
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Ambassade de Belgique
Katanga
Lumumba
Ouachita Parish Labor Force Rises From Last Year
Louisiana State Employment Service reports Ouachita parish total labor force at 41,250 in January, up 1,400 from a year earlier. Unemployment stands at 3,400, 850 more than December but 550 higher than January last year, with seasonal fluctuation and weather cited as main factors.
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Louisiana State Employment Service
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Fulgham Sentenced to Death in Family Slaying
In Shreveport Louisiana Roy W. Fulghum 29 was sentenced to death for the June 16 slaying of his wife her parents and their son all killed outside the Fulghum home. The jury found him guilty on four counts of murder and a grand jury had indicted him. Defense lawyers said they would appeal.
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Shreveport
Robert O'Neal
Caddo Dist
Roy W. Fulgham
William Massey Jr
Fulghum
William Massey Sr
William
Tragedy and Parades Mark Opening of Mardi Gras in New Orleans
A fogbound Mississippi arrival for King Zulu preceded tragedy as a boat overturned leaving two men missing while one survivor was rescued. Police launched drag operations as New Orleans residents embraced gala parades and a restrained Mardi Gras start amid racial tensions and official security.
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New Orleans
Zulu
Mississippi
108 Santa Marians Arrive In Lisbon
The Vera Curz brought 108 Portuguese passengers from the seized Santa Maria to Lisbon. Police found firearms in some baggage on the Vera Curz. Five passengers and two Santa Maria stewardesses remained under police supervision at sea while others went ashore or were sent to other ports.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Recife
Brazil
Henrique Galvao
UT Students Postpone Integration Demonstrations
A UT Austin student group postponed stand-in protests at local movie theaters to gauge possible sympathy actions by theaters in Dallas San Antonio Houston Boston New York and Chicago reacting to the Austin sitins that began December 3.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
University of Texas
Austin
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Boston
New York
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Monroe Grocery Burglaries Sighted Sunday Night Break-in at Economy Food Store
The Economy Food Store at 808 Calypso Street was burglarized Sunday night or Monday morning. Several other neighborhood grocery outlets were also hit during the weekend, with police seeking a man identified as Poole. A small amount of food and drinks were stolen after burglars cut a rear screen and broke a plate glass door.
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Monroe
News- Star
Calypso Street
Ola M. Passman
Paroled Bank Robber Held For Battery
Palmer Johnson, parolee for a 1956 Choudrant Bank robbery, is jailed in Ouachita Parish on a charge of aggravated battery after allegedly stabbing John Henry Johnson at Club Mack Richwood Addition. Sheriff Bailey Grant says Johnson was captured on a warrant. Original bank crime netted $1,671. Johnson later pleaded guilty in federal court to nine years.
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Choudrant Bank
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Palmer Hardy Johnson
Jackson Street
John Henry Johnson
Mack
Richwood Addition
Palmer Johnson
Bank of Chaudrant
Calhoun
Highway 13
W. G. Kelly
Johnson
Burg Jones Lane
Monroe
Mild Weather Persists in Northeast Louisiana Forecast
A low of 43 degrees is expected in northeast Louisiana Tuesday night as mild weather continues in the area forecast for today and tomorrow. Highs near 73 are expected this afternoon and tomorrow with partly cloudy skies and no rain. Monday’s high was 77 and the low 60 with no precipitation.
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Louisiana
Mercury
Brooks warns on Soviet Venus satellite and space risks
Washington Congressman Overton Brooks says the Soviet Venus satellite test shows terrifying possibilities as a rocket from a space station orbits Earth. He calls for a full hearing and fears progress toward a manned moon mission, echoed by Rep. James Fulton who calls it a big step.
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Washington
UPI
Overton Brooks
D-La
House Space Committee
Russia
Venus
Brooks
Earth
Space
Soviet Union
Moon
James G. Fulton
R-Pa
Recognition Of Dag Is Withdrawn
The Soviet Union withdrew recognition of Dag Hammarskjold as UN Secretary General and demanded all foreign troops depart the Congo within a month. Tass urged censure of Belgium over Lumumba’s death and called for the arrest and trial of Tshombe and Mobutu. The note said Hammarskjold should be dismissed and USSR would not recognize him as a UN official. It also urged immediate disarmament of Belgian and Congolese forces and the withdrawal of foreign troops to let Congo solve its affairs.
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London
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
Soviet Union
United Nations
Belgium
Patrice Lumumba
Tass
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Lumumba
Republic of the Congo
Hammarskjold
Tshombe
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Trygve Lie
South Korea
Lie
Hoffa Unions Win Scope Limit On Government Subpoenas
U S District Judge Fred W Kaess ruled that Teamster Local 299 in Detroit and Local 614 in Pontiac Mich need not comply with government subpoenas for 1959 books and records. The judge said the Labor Department failed to show basis for the investigation and that the subpoenas were broad seizures unrelated to any recorded inquiry.
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Detroit
U.S
Fred W. Kaess
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Detrot
Pontiac
Mich
US Secretary of Labor
Landrum- Griffin
Congress
Local 299
Hoffa
Local 614
Kaess
Department of Labor
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