Congo regimes sign pact to form united front against rebels
In Elisabethville the central Congo government and Katanga and Kasai provinces sign a military pact to combat leftist rebels. Premier Ileo, President Kalonji, and Tshombe sign as delegates. Pact avoids de facto recognition and aims to counter Antoine Gizenga’s Lumumba lineage.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Joseph Ileo
Joseph Kasavubu
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Leopoldville
Albert Kalonji
Kasai
Katanga
Monroe Plans Civic Center Land Purchase With Federal Funds
Monroe city officials moved to seek federal assistance from HHFA to buy land for a proposed civic center housing City Hall a jail and a municipal auditorium. Mayor W L Howard estimated funding could exceed 1 million dollars and the city hopes for a year end commitment.
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Monroe
Peldua Tuutiau Apl
Curly Bias
W. L
Jack) Howard
Arch R. Winter
Johns & Neel
Congress
Housing & Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Haynes Harkey
Howard
Monroe Expands Boundary for Edgewater Gardens Inclusion
The City of Monroe extended its limits to add a mile-long strip of Edgewater Gardens along Bon Aire Drive near DeSiard Road, involving about 44 lots. The move, the second such annexation in recent months, followed a petition by roughly 53 percent of local property owners and was approved at a city council meeting.
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Monroe
Edgewater Gardens
Bayou de Siard
W. L
Jack) Howard
DeSiard Road
Bon Aire Drive
UN Secretary Warns Kasavubu on Congo Cooperation
Dag Hammarskjold warned President Joseph Kasavubu that the United Nations will not allow its Congo peace efforts to be blocked. He urged full cooperation to avert civil war and stated the UN can proceed without it if necessary while seeking ceasefires and halted operations.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Joseph Kasavubu
United Nations
Kasavubu
Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
Security Council
U.N
Congo
Soviet Union
Land Auction Held in Wee Hours
At Rensselaer County Courthouse an apparent 2 am land auction drew attention after a public notice in local papers misprinted 2 o clock in the forenoon. Attorney Leslie F. Couch of Albany admitted the error and said the sale involved 67 acres.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Leslie F. Couch
Albany
Coed Loses Hand After Plane Propeller Accident
Madeline Leston a 19 year old Cornell student was struck by a spinning propeller while approaching a small plane for a pleasure ride in Ithaca New York. The right hand and hip injuries led to an emergency hospital amputation. Police said she stepped into the propeller’s path as she returned to collect her glasses forgotten in her car.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Madeline Leston
New York City
Highway research project reviewed by Monroe district group
The Monroe district of the Louisiana Department of Highways discussed completing a two year nationwide 27 million highway research program sponsored by the American Association of State Highway Officials. A slide presentation by Clifton Boyd and Butler Avery explained studying pavement performance and short span bridges under controlled truck traffic.
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Monroe
Louisiana Department of Highways
American Association of State Highway Officials
Rules Group OKs Extension Of Jobless Pay
Washington AP The House Rules Committee unanimously approved immediate consideration of Kennedy’s unemployment compensation extension. McCormack predicted passage by afternoon as the panel bars amendments, leaving the House to accept the Ways and Means bill or reject it.
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Oks
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Kennedy
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
Dole
James B. Utt
California
Bruce Alger
Texas
Utt
Alger
Former gamblers testify on payoffs to Sheriff in Louisiana case
In a New Orleans federal court trial three Lake Charles area ex gamblers testified they paid Sheriff Henry A Reid Jr to operate legal and illegal gambling ventures. Sam Smith described a $12000 payoff for one night and said monthly payoffs of $300 continued until 1951. An associate testified that he was asked to take part in payments and another witness said the sheriff was once offered $25000 to kill him.
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New Orleans
Lake Charles
Henry A. Reid Jr
Calcasieu Parish
Marion James
Buster) Johnson
Johnson
Lake Charles-Orange
Tex
Reid
Sam Smith
Las Vegas
Nev
Houston
Smith
Francis Weller
U.S
Buster
Lee Pruitt
Lawyer Wagnon Heads to Washington for Legion Board
Farmerville attorney John C. Wagnon departs for Washington to join the National Rehabilitation Insurance Advisory Board of the American Legion. He will be accompanied by Oak Grove attorney O N Hamilton Jr state Legion commander. The 20 member board action is noted on page 2 A.
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Farmerville
John C. Wagnon
Washington, D.C
National Rehabilitation Insurance Advisory Board
The
American Legion
O. N. Hamilton Jr
Oak Grove
Legion
Acs
Today's Chuckle Gag Declares Do It Now Not Later
A light humorous note urges readers to act promptly predicting a playful take on procrastination with a pun centered on lowering tasks rather than delaying them.
Kennedy urges federal or state controls on highway billboards
President Kennedy urged Congress to regulate highway billboards or impose a special billboard tax. He proposed doubling the incentive for states to curb signs along interstates and extending the deadline to June 30, 1965, saying current ads benefit a few advertisers and detract from road beauty and safety.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Maryland
Retired Admiral Aaron Merrill Dies at 72
NATCHEZ Special Retired Rear Admiral Aaron Stanton Merrill 72 president of Jefferson Military College in Washington near Natchez died this morning after a long illness. He formerly commanded the Eighth Naval District in New Orleans and led a World War Two Pacific task force. Merrill was a World War One veteran and a former ROTC instructor at Tulane University.
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Natchez
Aaron Stanton Merrill
Jefferson Military College
Washington
Eighth Naval District 1
New Orleans
Pacific
Tulane University
Living Costs Decline in January for First Time in a Year
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.1 percent drop in the consumer price index for January driven by lower prices for clothing used cars eggs milk and fruits. The index eased to 127.4 from 127.5 in December while remaining 1.6 percent above January of the previous year. Wage adjustments follow the index with selective rises and cuts affecting Caterpillar workers Chicago transit staff and truckers in the Virginia Carolinas. Weather contributed to the dip, with some impact on clothing sales.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Virginia
Carolinas
Chicago
Bureau
Robert J. Myers
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Myers
Student Dies After Brain Hemorrhage in Baton Rouge
Linda Louise Hidalgo, 11, of Port Allen elementary school, died of a brain hemorrhage after a illness hospital stay following a minor playground accident Monday. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hidalgo Sr.
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Baton Rouge
Linda Louise Hidalgo
Port Allen
Everett Hidalgo Sr
Police capture man in Edith Kiccorious killing case
New Jersey State Police said they arrested a man using the name Fred Thompson at a chicken farm near Lakehurst while seeking a job. He reportedly confessed to killing 4 year old Edith Kiccorious in a shabby New York tenement last Wednesday.
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Tom River
New Jersey
Edith Kiccorius
Fred Thompson
Lakehurst
Klling
New York
Arkansas Man Victim AWOL Soldier Charged in Murder
Oscar A. Kernohan 38, an AWOL soldier from Ft. Knox, charged in San Antonio with murder in the death of Norman Cox 21 of Benton Arkansas whose partially decomposed body was found near Pecos Texas. Authorities pursue husband missing wife and stepson from December 20. Parker county officials identify Cox after head and hands were sent to Austin for verification.
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Pecos
Tex
Norman Cox
Arkansas
Gary Ingram
Oscar A. Kernohan
Kernohan
Ft. Knox
San Antonio
Cox
Benton, Ark
Davis Mountains
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Ingram
Chase Chosen for New Louisiana Highway District HQ
The Louisiana Board of Highways selected Chase in Franklin Parish as the headquarters site for a newly created highway district serving Franklin Caldwell Tensas Catahoula Concorva Winn Grant and LaSalle parishes. State Highway Director Ray Burgess said construction of the office will start once administrative details are complete.
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Chase
Baton Rouge
Special
Winnsboro
Franklin Parish
Louisiana Board of Highways
State Department of Highways
Franklin, Caldwell, Tensas, Catahoula, Concorva Winn, Grant and
LaSalle Parishes
Sicilly Island
Jonesville
Columbia
Jena
Ray W.burgess
Department
Clearer Skies Bring Cooler Monroe Forecast
Partly cloudy conditions will clear this afternoon and bring a significant temperature drop tonight. Lows 34 to 38, highs 60 to 64 tomorrow, with yesterday’s high 71 and low 46 in Monroe. Rainfall at Selman Field measured .64 inches yesterday.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Layton Castle a Monroe Showplace and its Swiss ties
A historic house on South Grand Street in Monroe built by Judge Henry Bry about 1810 and formerly known as Mulberry Grove remains a showplace after a 1910 remodeling. Bry, born in Geneva on January 9 1781, moved to New Orleans then Monroe, married Nancy Tennille, and his descendants include Robert Layton Sr. and Jr. The home features a round tower and was remodeled by Eugenie Stubbs Layton.
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Henry Bry
South Grand Street
Mulberry Grove
Layton Castle
Louisiana
Bry
Geneva
Switzerland
Layton Sr
Robert Layton Jr
Robert Layton Sr
Robert Layton II
Eugenie Stubbs
Kennedy proposes heavier truck taxes to fund highways
President Kennedy outlines a pay as you go plan to finish 41 000 miles of express highways by 1972 with no new gasoline tax but urges Congress to block a scheduled gas tax cut and consider higher levies on heavy trucks diesel fuel tires and retread rubber He argues motorists would benefit from reduced congestion and time saved while calling for stronger billboard regulation to improve safety and aesthetics.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Milk Distributor Claims State Pressuring Price Hikes
Shreveport, La. milk distributor Charles M. Hamel contends the state agriculture department uses the Orderly Milk Marketing Act to force higher prices. He says the department ordered him to appear in Baton Rouge on March 14 to answer alleged violations and notes he already raised prices to 80 cents a gallon.
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Shreveport
Charles M.hamel
Hamel
State Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Baton Rouge
Selling News-Star-World Want Ads Claim Speed and Low Cost
Found via want ad showcasing quick, affordable classified placements in the News-Star-World. Highlights how readers can place ads to reach wide audiences with minimal expense.
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News-Star—World
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Harold Bidder
Revere
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Miss Hassett
U.S. Treasury
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W. D. H. Rodriguez
Nord
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St. John
Hall
Depot
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Clifton Boyd
Butler Avery
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Morgee
By Lynn Garrett
Nancy Tennille
Catahoula Parish
Melinda Bry
Robert Layton
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