Boy survives 275-foot drop into irrigation pipe
Seven year old Harry Stage fell 275 feet into a 16 inch pipe at a ranch near Phoenix. He survived thanks to an air pocket and his father Ed, with help from rescuers, pulling him up by rope and securing a shoulder loop before he was taken to Memorial Hospital for multiple fractures and possible internal injuries.
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Harry Stage
Phoenix, Ariz
Mrs
Edsel Stage
Res
Memorial Hospital
Harry
Phoenix
Webb Faubion
Faubion
Interno
Arizona
Theatre tryouts start tonight for three days at Selman Field
The Theatre announces three evenings of auditions in the Selman Field playhouse with 7 30 pm calls. Ten speaking roles for men and six for women are available along with a chorus of ten men and ten women. Richard Clark directs with no prior experience required.
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Selman Field Playhouse
Richard Clark
Woman killer mystery shrouds Memphis market incident
The report describes a violent scene after Sharon, a visitor from Memphis, enters a local supermarket restroom. A Negro officer later finds Green asleep in a rival’s car behind a home. Luby Strong Jr. recalls Green seeking shelter around midnight, appearing frightened and claiming serious trouble.
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Green
Police Probing Highland School Burglary in West Monroe
West Monroe police investigate a weekend burglary at Highland School on Wellerman Road the second incident in a month. No items are yet confirmed stolen and investigators say the case is active with the earlier break linked.
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West Monroe
Highland School
Wellerman Road
Congo crisis sparks UN anger over new killings
Delegates Muzungu Elengesa and Yangara condemned the Congo violence while urging urgent action. Omar Loutfi and Valerian Zorin blamed Kasavubu Mobutu Tshombe’s regime and Hammarskjold for UN powerlessness as riots draw crowds and a new peace plan faces debate.
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Omar Loutfi
United Arab Republic
Kasavubu
Loutfi
Valerian A. Zo‘rin
Hammarskjold
Security Council
Zorin
Kasavubu-Mobutu-Tshombe
Louisiana lawmakers push emergency school bills through Senate and House
In a 33 to 0 Senate vote and 73 to 1 House approval of amendments, Louisiana advances a suite of emergency education measures. Key items authorize school closings after voter approval, curb bribery involving students, permit private education contracts, define school operation intimidation, civil service for New Orleans traffic court staff, expand East Baton Rouge Parish school board, fund legislature expenses, create an additional assistant district attorney for 19th Judicial District, and redirect funds from sales tax to education.
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New Orleans
Senate
House
Civil Service
East Baton Rouge Parish
19Th Judicial District
Dirksen Submits Four Year Billion Dollar Education Plan
JFK aide Dirksen proposes a four year one billion dollar education measure with federal aid limited to classroom construction and state matching. Rayburn opposes federal support for teacher salaries while Kennedy plans to seek amendments to expand the National Defense Education Act and review vocational education programs. The plan excludes impacted areas pending administration bill due midweek.
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M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy
Dirksen
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
New Super Water On Weight Loss Program
A persuasive health product claims to curb appetite and promote weight gain by balancing calories with vitamins minerals and elements. It asserts fast weight results under doctor supervision and markets to help thin individuals improve apparent body flesh and fight wasting diseases.
Hearing Set Thursday in Renninger Murder Case
A motion to quash in the case of Henry Renninger a 32 year old Monroe man charged with the Christmas Day death of his wife Mickey Renninger will be argued in Fourth District Court Thursday Judge Jesse Heard set the hearing Renninger is held in Ouachita Parish jail on a murder charge The couple argued December 24 at a Layton Street tavern and Renninger allegedly threw his wife out of the bar She later died after transport to a hospital initial statements differed then he admitted the facts and was booked for manslaughter
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Henry Renninger
Monroe
Fourth District
Jesse Heard
Renninger
Ouachita Parish
Mickey Renninger
Layton Street
Shreveport Hospital
West Monroe group weighs creating Boys Club chapter
A 15 member committee will study forming a Boys Club of America in West Monroe. Felix Gibson of Dallas regional director for Boys Clubs of America will attend. Attendees include leaders from Lions Club Kiwanis Civitan Rotary Optimists and local schools with church and juvenile authorities represented.
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Boys’ Club of America
West Monroe
Gibson
Boys’ Clubs of America
K. D. Norris
West Monroe Lions Club
Cliff Roberts
West Monroe Kiwanis
Homer Lane
West Monroe Civitans
Dewey Seale
Rotary
Louis George
Optimists
P. B. Mangham
West Monroe High School
James Walters
Ransom School
Donald Mack
Lenwis School
Gene Hardin
Marvin Smith
Ralph Caldwell
Olin Mathieson
Henry Colbert
Little Boys
James White
Trinity Baptist Church
Buster Crowley
Parish
Jack Phillips
Car Explosion Injures Four on Spirit of St Louis
A fire in the dining car of the Spirit of St Louis passenger train near Brazil Indiana triggered an explosion injuring four aboard. Otto Butler 51 from St Louis and Roland Wright 54 of Chicago sustained minor injuries while Joel Loveridge 43 of Kirkwood Missouri and Coe Glade 58 of New York were hospitalized in apparently satisfactory condition.
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Brazil
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of
Roland Wright
Chicago
Joel F. Loveridge
Kirkwood
Stagg to Speak at Monroe Kiwanis Meeting
Edward W. Stagg information director of the Public Affairs Research Council in Baton Rouge will be the principal speaker at the Monroe Kiwanis Club on Wednesday. Stagg has served as PAR information director since 1953.
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West Monroe
Coleman Avenue
South Fifth and
Austin Streets
Public Affairs Research Council
Baton Rouge
Edward W. Stagg
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Stagg
PAR
Links Sought Between Night Club Fire and Blaney Murder
Atlantic County prosecutor Augus tine Repetto probes a possible tie between Sunday’s undetermined origin fire at the Black Orchid club in Atlantic City and the Philadelphia man Blaney’s murder. He notes Mrs Reis stayed above the club last summer and had ties to a 1969 burglary of John B. Rich’s European vacation home.
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Blaney
Augustine Repetto
Atlantic County
N. J
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Repetto
Reis
John B. Rich
Europe
Optimists praise Monroe police at breakfast meeting
At a West Monroe Optimists breakfast Monroe officials lauded the police department for enforcing the law. Kidd praised the department's record as among the finest in the country, with Assistant Chief George Wood in attendance and Chief Wood as a guest of Lou Scarborough.
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Mate
Ack
Monroe
Monroe Cuschits
Kidd
George Wood
West Monroo
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