Space Peace Hurdles as Nations Eye Orbit
President Kennedy warns of a knotty issue as space exploration faces a mix of military and peaceful aims. He cites Khrushchev’s idea of joint space work but stresses avoiding war as nations advance toward crewed flights and potential space stations. A U S system to inspect suspicious satellites already emerges.
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Washington
Kennedy
Yuri A. Gagarin
Gherman S. Titov
U.S
John H. Glenn Jr
United States
Seek To Strip Sheriffs Of Tax Duties
In Jackson Mississippi supporters push for Senate approval of a constitutional amendment to strip sheriffs of tax collecting duties and let officers succeed themselves. An agreement among supporters aims to win the necessary two thirds and backers debate whether tax duties should go to the county tax assessor or become a separate office.
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Jackson, Miss
Senate
W. B. Alexander Jr
Cleveland
Mississippi Sheriff's Association
Alexander
R. D. Everitt
Ruleville
Constitution Committee
W. B. Lucas
Macon
Stanford Morse
Gulfport
Morse
Discrimination Suit Filed Against Jackson Parish Registrar
The U S Department of Justice filed suit in Shreveport challenging Jackson Parish registrar Estelle Wilder and Louisiana authorities for alleged racially discriminatory voting practices. Negro registrations dropped from 1122 in 1956 to 471 in 1960 while white voters rose from 5450 to 5550, with council actions against Negro registrations beginning in 1956. The suit seeks an injunction stopping Mrs Wilder from stricter treatment of Negro voters.
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Jonesboro
U.S. Department of Justice
Louisiana
Shreveport
Jackson Parish
Justice Department
Estelle Wilder
Chatham
State of Louisiana
Father Of 5 Children Killed In Bridge Crash
NORCO Louisiana AP Garling G Beard 41 of Kenner was killed when he lost control of his car and crashed into a bridge on Airline Highway south of NORCO Beard, father of five, apparently fell asleep at the wheel while returning home from a bowling outing with friends in St John the Baptist Parish.
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Norco
Garling G. Beard
Kenner
Here
Beard
St. John the Baptist Parish
Whitlow elected third vice president of Louisiana Municipal Officers
George W. Whitlow of the Monroe police department has been chosen as third vice president of the Municipal Officers Association of Louisiana. The vote occurred at the union’s 17th annual convention final session in New Orleans on Wednesday.
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George W. Whitlow
Monroe
Municipal Officers Association of Louisiana
New Orleans
Cape Welcomes Space Hero John Glenn Amid Mixed Hopes
Cape Canaveral prepares a festive welcome for Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr as Cocoa Beach hails him as Spacetown USA. Officials note Kennedy’s bypass but join locals in pride while Glenn undergoes postflight medical checks in the Bahamas.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Chamber of Commerce
John
Cocoa Beach
Spacetown
USA
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
Kennedy
Glenn
Cape
Palm Beach
Jerry A. Singer
Singer
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Washington
TODAY S CHUCKLE An ideal exercise is rolling in money
Comic quip notes a humorous twist on fitness and wealth. A light line plays on the idea that prosperity can feel like a workout, turning money into motivation and a cheeky take on daily effort.
Bargain Binge Honors George Washington Birthday Sales
Thousands of shoppers hunted the choicest buys as merchants marked Washingtons 230th birthday with super sales. Typewriters and TV sets sold cheaply while early birds queued in cold rain. Government workers had the day off as parades and Mount Vernon ceremonies framed the birthday observance.
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Washington (Ap
George Washington
Rappahannock
Washington
Evening Star
The
Post
Georgetown
Fryderyk Chopin
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Monroe seeks 150000 state aid for street projects
Highway Director Ray Burgess shows cautious optimism as Monroe submits a 150000 request to the state for street improvements. Rodriguez outlines four local projects including Selman Field overlays, Forsythe Extension, N 18th Street, and park drives with engineers estimating 175000 in costs and the city planning a 25000 city share. Burgess also met in Baton Rouge with Gov Davis to discuss road conditions in general.
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Ray Burgess
Bue
Saru Wueay
Rodriguez
Selman Field
Milhaven Road
U. S. 80
Eastwest
Elm Street
Forsythe
U. S. 165
St. Joseph's
18Th Street
DeSiard
Forsythe Park
Bernstein Park
Wilson Street
Thomas
Standifer
Dist
Ellis Ross
Burgess
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Jury Still Out On Loyal Zeigler Murder Trial
A 12 man jury in Monroe continues deliberations in the murder case of Loyal Zeigler 55 charged with killing in 1956. After four hours of talks last night the panel recessed until 9 30 a m. today as deliberations began late Wednesday following three days of jury se gations.
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Loyal Zeigler
Monroe
Fourth District Court
Jesse
Zeigler
Loyal Zeigler Convicted of Murder Without Capital Punishment
Loyal Zeigler was found guilty of murder by a 12 man jury in Fourth District Court. The verdict carries a life sentence for the 55-year-old to serve at the Angola state penitentiary.
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Loyal Zeigler
Fourth District
Angola
Ouachita Parish Trial Over Slaying of Monroe Barmaid
The Fourth District Court hears the case of Zeigler indicted for the September 13 1956 pistol slaying of Myrtie Mae Mills in Monroe. The state seeks a guilty verdict with possible death sentence while the defense contends insanity at the time. Zeigler pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. Jury includes Mahr Boner Aulds McGuire Pankey Craven Bayles English Moore Kilpatrick Green McCleary with Hattaway as alternate.
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Fourth District
Zeigler
Ouachita Parish
Myrtie Mae Mills
Monroe
McKinley Street
T. C.mahr, Jr
F. F. Boner
8. E. Aulds
James L. McGuire
H. L. Pankey
P. P. Craven
Albert Bayles
8. O. English
Richard P. Moore, Jr
Tex R. Kilpatrick
J. D. Green
G. D. McCleary
Ij. L. Hattaway
Terrorists Try To Wreck Cease-Fire In Algiers Attacks
A wave of attacks in Algiers by the Secret Army Organization targeted Europeans and Moslems between 7 am and noon killing at least 11 and wounding 15. Four postmen died and three were wounded as police grappled with the violence on the eve of a France backed cease-fire.
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Algiers
National Council
Tripoli
France
Algeria
Mother Denies Actress Will Head Up Bank
Gloria McGehee, Hollywood actress and heir to Dan R. McGehee, faces opposition as Bank of Franklin directors meet to choose a new president. McGehee’s widow says Gloria will not be the next leader, backing a board member instead.
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Meadville, Miss
Bank of Franklin
Gloria McGehee
Dan R. McGehee
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Gloria
McGehee
Elizabeth Thring Taken For Lie Test In Congo Interrogation
Elizabeth Thring, 22, an American friend of a slain U.S. assistant military attache, underwent a lie detector test in Leopoldville as investigations to date tend to exclude her direct involvement in the killing of Lt. Col. Helen D. Stogner last Wednesday. She had been released from court custody.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Elizabeth Thring
U.S
Miss Thring
Helen D. Stogner
Washington
Weather Outlook: Cloudy with Patchy Fog and Thunder Showers
Forecast shows continued cloudy conditions with coastal fog and mild readings inland. Yesterday’s high reached 76 with a 54 low at Selman Field. this afternoon’s highs expected 75 to 80 and similar for tomorrow. tonight's lows 60 to 65.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Youth Killed In Memphis Plane Crash Near Naval Base
A light private plane crashed in a swampy area near Memphis early today killing 18 year old Walter Louis Burwell and seriously injuring 18 year old Charles Rex Fite. Both were Navy aviation students at the Memphis Naval Base. The crash occurred around 12 30 a m in the Loosa hatchie River bottoms, with eyewitness Earl Collier describing the burning craft and the survivor being transported to the naval air station hospital.
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Memphis
Here
Navy
Memphis Naval Base
Walter Louis Burwell
H. W. Burwell Jr
Atlanta
Charles Rex Fite
Marie Jane Fite
Seattle
Wash
River Bottoms
Earl Collier
Air Force quietly launches secret satellite from Vandenberg
The Air Force reports a new satellite in orbit launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Wednesday. Officials described it as an Agena B rocket boosted by an Atlas missile, with success claimed. Analysts suspect it tests Samos and Midas surveillance satellites amid Soviet protests.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Soviet Union
Dirksen Proposes Alternative to Slump Plan
Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois urged an advance public works program as a Republican alternative to Kennedy's recession safeguards. He questioned standby tax cuts and a $2 billion works program, suggesting Congress could preapprove meritorious projects to start if the economy sours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Kennedy
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Congress
Dirksen
Bobby Arrives In West Berlin
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy and his party arrived in West Berlin amid a snowstorm to a cheering crowd. Mayor Willy Brandt urged strong American support as Kennedy pledged renewed U S commitment to the isolated city.
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Bobby
West Berlin
U.S. Air Force
Kennedy
Ethel
City Hall
Willy Brandt
United States
Louisiana Senators Oppose President Urban Affairs Plan
Senators Russell B. Long and Allen J. Ellender voted against bringing the President's urban affairs bill to the floor. Long's aide quoted him as opposing the creation of a cabinet level Department of Urban Affairs and warning it would aid large cities most while duplicating existing federal aid through the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
Allen J. Ellender
Long
News- Star Today
Bob Hunter
Department of Urban Affairs
House
Senate
Ellender
Hunter
Congress
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Tragedy Strikes Monroe In Fire And Drowning Incidents
An early morning southside house fire in Monroe killed Alvin Crenshaw 45 from asphyxiation and burns after the blaze started in the living room. Separately, Huey P. Gregory 35 drowned in Bayou DeSiard near Loop Road while checking cattle.
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Alvin Crenshaw
Monroe
Ouachita Avenue
Columbia
Huey P. Gregory
Bayou DeSiard
Loop Road
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Gregory
Kenny Cagle
Northeast State College
Cagle
Offi
Hamburg Man Dies in Auto Plunge Near Crossett
A Hamburg man, Donald Graves aged 32, died after a car carrying him sank into water at a 20 foot fill along Highway 82 east of Crossett. Passenger Laydell Dickerson, 34, was injured but not seriously. The incident marked the fourth crash of the fill in three weeks.
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Crossett, Ark
Hamburg
Ark
Donald Graves
Ouachita River Bridge
Highway 82
Crossett
Laydell Dickerson
Northwest Crossett
Barrow
Graves
James Lee
Dickerson
Wilma Jean Barnett
Near
Coach Arrested In Bond Theft Linked To Diana Barrymore
MIAMI UPI A professional tennis coach and former husband of actress Diana Barrymore was charged with stealing and cashing U S savings bonds. John Robert Howard 37 was accused by postal inspectors of stealing 150000 in bonds sent from Washington to New York including 3000 and 50 bonds stolen in New York Oct 26. He was arrested by Dania police while attempting to cash four bonds and had earlier cashed five at a Hallandale bank.
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Miami
UPI
U.S
Diana Barrymore
John Robert Howard
Miss Barrymore
Washington
New York
New York City
Secret Service
Howard
University of Miami
Dania
Fla
Hallandale
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Don Slayton
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