Siberian peasants seize U N Embassy protest in Moscow
A group of 32 Siberian Christians forced entry into the U S Embassy in Moscow demanding refuge. They were promised hotel shelter and no harm and were later put on a Soviet bus. Officials said they seek help to leave the Soviet Union, not asylum in the United States. The group claimed persecution by local officials and said they traveled from Chernogorsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
Muslim Habeas Motion Tossed Out in Monroe Case
Judge Ben C Dawkins Jr dismissed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for Lurentha A Cade and L L Lawson, two Monroe Black defendants, citing failure to exhaust state court remedies. The ruling places the matter back in state district court after outlining procedural requirements and prior related city court convictions.
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Ben C. Dawkins
D Jr
Dawkins
Fourth District Court
Monroe
State Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
High Court
Labor Peace Contracts Favor Industry in N Louisiana
About 800 union ironworkers and construction workers in northeast Louisiana signed three year contracts with wage increases below national scale to attract industry. Terms include gradual hourly raises 25c for Local 710 and 15c for Local 831 plus 10c insurance, plus a five cent advancement fund supporting scholarships and apprenticeship programs. Arbitration by Federal mediators is provided to prevent strikes. Contracts run through December 31 1965 and affect AGC Monroe chapter, Local 710, Local 831, and related unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anne Corpin
Louisiana
Associated General Contractors
Monroe
National Joint Board For
AGC
Louisiana Council of Carpenters
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union
Northeast State College
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Don A Baxter
Jesse H. Heard
Bill Hogue
Ralph Miley
Charles Anding
Firemen Clinging To Life After Gas Blast In San Francisco
In San Francisco two firemen remained critically injured and five others hospitalized after a gas explosion leveled a two story house and crushed firefighters. Battalion Chief Frank Lamey died after suffering a heart attack during the firefight. Lt Clarence McGrath and Anthony Marelich suffered serious burns as the blast drove a broom handle through a wall and collapsed part of the home. Residents were evacuated as crews cut off the ruptured gas main and assessed the scene.
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San Francisco
UPI
Disaster Corps
Frank Lamey
Clarence McGrath
Anthony Marelich
William Murray
Airman Louis Stone returns to duty in Florida
Airman Third Class Louis Stone reports back to McDade Air Force Base Florida after a ten day leave at his parents home 702 Olive street West Monroe Louisiana He entered service in May and is a St Matthews High School and Northeast Louisiana State College alumnus Boy Scout leaders plan regional and district meetings in Memphis Ferriday and Ruston with sessions Friday and Saturday at Memphis 7 30 p m Ferriday Cornett's Cafe and Ruston High School recreation center 7 p m next Tuesday
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Louis Stone
U. S. Air Force
B. M. Stone
Olive Street
West Monroe
Stone
McDade Air Force Base
Florida
Alabama
St. Matthews High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Memphis
Ferriday
Ruston
Jack FE. Pankey
Ouachita Valley Council
Cornett’s
Ruston High School
Bids Opened For Sallie Humble School Addition
Monroe City School Board scheduled to open bids at 3 p m for a new addition to the Sallie Humble School. The meeting is a regular board session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Humble
Monroe City School Board
Worst in 100 Years New Blizzard Slams Britain
A severe blizzard sweeps southern England marking the worst snow event in a century. Snowfall continues with forecasts of no relief next week as deaths rise to at least 17 and livestock perish amid scarce vegetables and blocked roads from the Isle of Wight to London.
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London
England
Britain
Isle of Wight
Belgium
Brussels
Italian Alps
Blast at Test Center Levels Building in Virginia
An explosion at Pine Ridge test center of Atlantic Research Corp near Gainesville Virginia leveled a concrete and steel building and shattered windows within a half mile. State police report one minor injury and limited access by guards. Weather forecast calls for mild days and frosty nights with rising clouds and a chance of rain by Sunday.
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Gainesville
UPI
Pine Ridge
Atlantic Research Corp
Bandits Rob Orleans Motel Heist in New Orleans
Bandits wearing black raincoats and carrying revolvers robbed the motel manager and night auditor of 1600 dollars in cash and traveler's checks in New Orleans. motel officials Joseph T. Miceli and Martin Ahrens said they had just counted the night receipts when the robbers entered the office.
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New Orleans
Joseph T. Miceli
Martin Ahrens
City to Begin Procurement Of Properties For Civic Center
Monroe mayor says after January 20 the City Council will pursue purchase of about 30 acres in Wood Street area for the 11.25 million capital program. Work includes surveys abstracts and appraisals as the city plans a civic center and new City Hall with completion targeted in early 1967.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Wood Street
Civic Center
New City Hall
Howard
Monroe
2.62 Per Cent Hike In State Spending Told
A final financial report shows last fiscal year spending rose 6.51 percent to 801,472,187 while total revenues grew 2.62 percent to 785,319,524. The deficit, calculated as 44,347,259 in the general fund and 22,095,210 in the public school fund, totaled 66 million after transfers. Key increases arose in Education, Welfare, Highways, and debt service with other areas modestly up.
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Baton Rouge
Roy Theriot
James S. Reily
Jimmie H. Davis
Homer Russell
Reily-Russell
State
You Know Kennedy Family of Ayrshire Origin
A famous Scottish family named Kennedy settled in Ayrshire during the Middle Ages. The surname is believed to derive from the given name Kenneth, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Kennedy
Scotland
Ayrshire
Kenneth
RITES FRIDAY Cancer Claims Powell Carson
Hollywood mourns as Dick Powell dies of cancer at 58 with June Allyson by his side. Jack Carson dies five hours earlier after a long battle with the disease. Powell’s death follows Laughton and Thomas Mitchell who also died of cancer in rapid succession.
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Hollywood
Dick Powell
Ruby Keeler
June Allyson
Jack Carson
Powell
Charles Laughton
Thomas Mitchell
Carson
Sandra
Robert
Frank Stempel
Jack
Miss Allyson
Pamela
Norman
Ellen
Joan Bondell
Howard, Wilmette, Lll
Illinois Central Railroad
Luther
Rev W F Hunt Dies At San Antonio
Leesville special report states Chaplain W F Hunt assigned to Fort Polk died in San Antonio Texas after brief illness. He previously served as assistant pastor of First Baptist Church of West Monroe in 1958 59. Burial planned in Minden with survivors wife Christine two daughters Judy and Caroline father and a sister in Lake Charles all of Leesville.
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Leesville
W. F
Bill) Hunt
Fort Polk
San Antonio
Tex
First Baptist Church of
West Monroe
Minden
Christine Hunt
Judy
Caroline
Lake Charles
Crews Find More Victims At Terre Haute Plant Disaster
Rescue crews removed two additional bodies from the Home Packing Co plant ruins in Terre Haute Indiana raising the death toll to 15. Fifty five workers were injured and authorities searched for one more missing person as investigators weighed a gas explosion as a possible cause. The two story brick plant once housed more than 200 workers and was a Civil Defense fallout shelter designated site.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Home Packing Co
Gerald Fagg
West Terre Haute
Henry Akers
West
Norman Fesler
Civil Defense
Today’s Chuckle Mirrors and Parking Jest
A light, dated quip notes that a woman only avoids a mirror when she is backing out of a parking space. The joke relies on a playful stereotype for humor and applies a simple visual gag about mirrors and maneuvering a car.
Lord Hampden Will Not Change His Life After Earldom
Southend England UPI reports Frederick Cecil Hobart Hampden the ninth Earl of Buckinghamshire, 61, will keep his life as a $38-a-week laborer. He will shovel streets and clip greens, living with his sister-in-law, unmarried, claiming no seat in the House of Lords and saying he is last in line.
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Southend
England
UPI
Frederick Cecil Hobart-Hampden
Buckinghamshire
Hobart-Hampden
House of Lords
Hobart Hampden
U.N. forces seize Jadotville as Katanga push nears Kolwezi
U.N. troops captured Jadotville, a key mining town between Kolwezi and Elisabethville, advancing toward Kolwezi and Tshombe's headquarters. Katanga forces had mined and blown bridges, cutting electricity as Elisabethville faced fears of sabotage and ore refiners moving equipment.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Katanga
Jadotville
Moise Tshombe
Kolwezi
Elisabethville
Lufira
Kolwe
Union Miniere
Kennedy warns Banner over Hoffa juror story
In a published transcript the U S attorney general Robert F Kennedy told Nashville Banner publisher James G Stahlman he feared publishing questions asked of prospective jurors could cause a mistrial in the Hoffa Teamsters conspiracy trial. Stahlman said the paper would not jeopardize the case and defended its coverage while noting an offer of 5000 dollars for the arrest of a false Banner reporter.
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Nashville
Stahlman
Kennedy
Banner
Hoffa
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Project City
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Hunt
Lord Hampden
Peerage
Tshombe
Bobby
Talk
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