Boggs Casts Doubt on Passage of Tax Reform Bills
Washington reports Congressman Hale Boggs doubts any substantial tax reforms will be adopted this session even as President Kennedy pushes both tax cuts and reforms. Kennedy aims to recoup 3.4 billion in lost revenue by curbing unwarranted privileges and capping certain deductions, while targeting the oil and gas depletion allowance. The home building industry opposes curbs on deductions, fearing reduced incentives for ownership and economic growth.
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Washington
Boggs
Kennedy
Congress
Monroe to Get ABCD Four Hour Mail Delivery Soon
Monroe will join 17 other U S cities in starting the post office department ABCD program. Downtown business area mail by 3 p m for mail deposited by 11 a m in 18 designated boxes. Area bounded by Illinois Central tracks Hall Street Wood Street and Grand Street accounts for about 20 percent of Monroe postal receipts. Details on box locations to be announced later. Congressman Passman praised the plan as a needed mail service breakthrough.
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Monroe
Post Office Department
Otto E. Passman
Washington
Illinois Central Railroad
Hall Street
Wood Street
Grand Street
Congressman Passman
Tl Am
December Living Costs Dip On Food Prices
Washington AP reports a 0.2 percent drop in December in the government CPI reflecting lower food costs. Officials warn January data may erase the decline due to early winter crop freezes lifting food prices. The CPI sits at 105.8 relative to the 1957-59 base, 0.3 below last September and 1.2 above December 1961.
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Washington
Department of Labor
De Gaulle slur irks Kennedy over U S defense pledge
President Kennedy, irked by Charles de Gaulle’s claim that France must build its own nuclear force, defends a united Western alliance. He announced a high powered task force led by Ambassador Livingstone Merchant to propose a NATO nuclear shield and consult allied governments. Gerard C. Smith and Rear Admiral John M. Lee are named as chief assistants.
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Washington
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Western Europe
Western Alliance
de Gaulle
U.S
Europe
Khrushchev
Paris
White House
Livingstone Merchant
Merchant
Eisenhower
Gerard C. Smith
John M.lee
Defense Department
Smith
Lee
NATO
Man Forges Check At Wrong Place
DE RIDDER, La. A Beauregard Parish man Earles Ray Roberts was wanted for forgery after paying for antifreeze with a check at a Reeves service station. The attendant reported the forged name matched his father’s, and Roberts eluded capture.
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DE Ridder
Beauregard Parish
Earles Ray Roberts
Reeves
Roberts
Smudge Pots Kept Handy As Cold Bases
ATLANTA AP cold weather from the arctic pushed into Florida but spared citrus and vegetables from damage. Meteorologist Warren C. Johnson said a miscalculation kept forecast lows higher. Temperatures fell to 16 at Milton and 17 at Crestview, with Gainesville around 23 and Orlando district in the high 20s. In Everglades farming areas it was 40 to 44. Growers watched the citrus belt with little pot firing as the historic freeze threat eased.
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Atlanta, Ga
Florida
Warren C. Johnson
Frost Warning Service
Lakeland
Gainesville
Orlando
Everglades
Johnson
Citrus
Glenda Joyner Finds New Life in Houston Bible College
Former News-Star copy girl Miss Glenda Joyner enjoys life in Houston Texas while attending Gulf Coast Bible College. She says college life is just great and adds no weather notes.
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Glenda Joyner
the News-Star
Houston
Texas
Gulf Coast Bible College
Glenda
Town Home Hints Hidden in Local CHIT CHAT Page
A fragment notes that a hometown clue appears on CHIT CHAT page 3A. The line suggests readers may overlook local color or stray references that point to community roots or people connected to the city.
King Cobra at Monroe Zoo Seeks Food Aid
Bern stein Park zoo in Monroe appeals for black snakes to feed its nine foot king cobra three per week. Director Kit Beecher says the costly, nonpoisonous diet must meet exact size and length requirements to keep the reptile healthy and growing.
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Mary Anne Corpin
Monroe's
City Zoo
Kit Beecher
Beecher
Bernstein Park Zoo
Louisiana
Survivors Rescued After B52 Crash on Elephant Mountain
GREENVILLE Maine AP two survivors were rescued from a crashed B52 Stratofortress from Westover AFB Mass. on Elephant Mountain about 10 miles east of Greenville. The jet disintegrated in snow and rock, with two crewmen flown to Dow AFB Bangor. Weather heavy cold hindered immediate full recovery.
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Greenville
Maine
Elephant Mountain
Here
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Budd Holt
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
William Fendell
8Th Air Force
Maine Fish and Game Department
Dow
Holt
Horseshoe Pond
Beaver Creek
Air Force
Katahdin
Kennedy Clears Up Air Cover Controversy
President Kennedy says there was no United States air cover planned for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. He notes the term air cover caused confusion, as Cuban invasion planes were not U.S. aircraft. He describes his decision not to provide air support to avoid conflicting with UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson. Reports from Florida editors and publishers are discussed.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Jack W. Gore
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Gore
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
Martin Anderson
Orlando Sentinel-Star
John M. Perry Jr
The
Palm Beach Post Times
R L Moore 92 Dies After Long Illness
R L Moore Sr longtime Ouachita Parish resident dies aged 92 after a long illness. Funeral at 3 p m Saturday at College Place Baptist Church with Rev T Earl Ogg and Rev Ray Paul Reddin officiating. Burial in Riverview Cemetery Monroe under Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survivors include five sons and two daughters. Memorials to Retired Pastors Fund or Louisiana Baptist Children's Home.
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R. L. Moore
Quachita Parish
College Place Baptist Church
T. Earl Ogg
Ray Paul Reddin
Riverview Cemetery
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Mr. Moore
Old DeSiard
Sterlington
Union County
Ark
Quachita
Ouachita Parish
Farm Bureau
Western Star Masonic Lodge
College Place
Masonic Lodge
Bell Memorial Sunday School
Pastors’ Fund
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Warming Trend Brings Rain Forecast This Weekend
A warming trend starts today with expected rain by late Saturday. Above freezing temps return from Saturday into Sunday, then colder air moves back in by Sunday afternoon. Today’s high around 35 to 38, 40 to 44 by Saturday, overnight low 38 to 22, with a prior night low of 13 after a high of 23 on Thursday.
Frank Noonan Receives Honor From Louisiana Soil Group
Farm editor Frank Noonan of the Monroe News-Star and Monroe Morning World was honored with a meritorious service award by the Louisiana Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors at its 25th anniversary meeting in Alexandria. The plaque cited his writings on soil and water conservation in the northeast district, published in the farm pages.
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Monroe News-Star
Monroe Morning World
Frank Noonan
Louisiana Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Alexandria
Soil Conservation Districts of America
Noonan
News-Star
Morning World
of Coline
Governors New Mansion Opened For Press Tour
Gov. Jimmie H. Davis and Mrs. Davis spent their first night in Louisiana’s new million dollar executive mansion in Baton Rouge. Newsmen, cameramen, and architect William C. Gilmer toured the Greek revival residence as Davis joked about a coonskin rug and flashlights while officials noted 11 family baths for 12 bedrooms and other staff facilities. The house replaces the Huey P. Long era mansion on North Boulevard, a landmark since 1857.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Kennedy
Alvern
Louisiana
North Boulevard
Old State Capitol
Huey P. Long
Today’s Chuckle Reflects on Marriage Ambition
Today’s chuckle notes that the modern girl’s aim echoes her mother’s goal to make some man a good husband. The lighthearted quip plays on generational views of courtship and partnership in a dated social tone.
Three Negroes Register At Tulane University
In New Orleans three Negro students Percell Church Elmore de Grange and Mrs Pearlie Elllie registered at Tulane University the first of their race to enter the previously all white school The event occurred without incident while legal actions of Mrs Elllie and Barbara Marie Guillory helped push the admission of qualified Negro students Tulane had announced it would admit Negroes if legally permissible following a federal court ruling.
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New Orleans
UPI
Tulane University
Percell Church
Elmore de Grange
Pearlie Elidie
Elloie
Barbara Marie Guillory
Tulane Board of Administrations
U. S. Dist
Frank Ellis
Tulane
Walkie Talkie Trained Police K Nine Dog Mucho
Alexandria police describe Mucho a German Shepherd learning to respond to commands via a walkie talkie on his harness. Patrol officer Eugene Yoakum explains the dog reacts to radio calls from K-9-1 and performs precise retrieval and returns with enthusiasm. Mucho trained since last summer for the Police K-9 Corps now approaching four years old.
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Alexandria
Mucho
Pvt
Eugene Yoakum
Yoakum
Sal
K-9
Cecil Kesler
K-9-1
Reunion With Kin Tinged With Sadness
About 1,170 Cuban refugees arrived in the United States aboard the freighter Shirley Sykes and were greeted by 5,000 well wishers at Miami Stadium. The evacuees fled Castro’s regime, leaving behind possessions, and joined relatives in a ceremony tinged with joy and sorrow.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Miami Stadium
Fidel Castro
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Shirley Sykes
Havana
Castro
Bay of Pigs
Florida
Kennedy
Pan American World Airways
Shirley Lykes
Cuba
Contractors oppose fund for advancement dispute grows
Monroe contractors W. C. Salley and Lamar Moore challenge the legality of Industry Advancement fund contributions tied to contracts negotiated between four major unions and the Associated General Contractors. Laborers Local 831 strikes at two Ouachita parish school sites over the provision, while the pair seek NLRB ruling on non member contributions.
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Monroe
W. C. Salley
Lamar Moore
Associated General Contractors
AGC
Laborers Local 831
Salley
Moore
Ouachita Parish
National Labor Relations Board
Industry
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