Long Announces Primary Ticket and Mental Health Push
Gov Earl K Long unveiled the top half of his Democratic primary ticket with Guidry for lieutenant governor and Siegelin for secretary of state. He also announced a planned August 1 special session and vowed broad reforms to mental hospitals and health laws while recounting alleged abuse during his involuntary commitment.
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Covington
UPI
Earl K. Long
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Nana
Auugealu Ustar Wuiury
State Highway Commission
Curt Siegelin
Guidry
Siegelin
Long
Mandeville
John Nick Brown
Baton Rouge
Legislature Opposed to Special Session Call
A News-Star spot check finds lawmakers from Ferriday Bas trop Tallulah and Ruston oppose calling a special session on August 1 despite Gov. Earl K. Long’s stated plan. Critics cite health concerns and the need to protect the state, with several Long supporters offering cautious or noncommittal replies.
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Earl K. Long
Ferriday
Bastrop
Tallulah
Ruston
Long
Covington
Monroe
Gilbert Faulk
Rousos resigns as Mandeville hospital psychiatrist
Dr. Anthony P. Rousos quits as assistant superintendent at Southeast Louisiana hospital after a 30 minute ultimatum to Dr. Jesse McClendon. Rousos resigns effective at 2:30 p.m. unless McClendon resigns. McClendon refuses to quit and will stay as long as Governor Long wants him. The move leaves the hospital with only one full time psychiatrist, Dr. Elizabeth Faust, who may also resign. Governor Long appointed McClendon after dismissing his predecessor Dr. Charles Belcher amid tensions at the facility.
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Charles Belcher
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Rouses
Rouso
Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers marked the afternoon and tomorrow in northeast Louisiana. Little temperature change expected. a brief shower near West Monroe yesterday dropped about a quarter inch. Highs reached 84 degrees with a 71 degree low last night.
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Weathrran
Roe - West Monroe
Sterday
Fedal Aviation
Selman Field
West Monroe Rotary Club Installs 1959 Leaders
Joe Harris, West Monroe businessman and church leader, installed as president of the West Monroe Rotary Club for 1959 60 at the annual installation banquet Tuesday night. Carl Slakter named vice president and C Solon King titled secretary treasurer. Monroe Recreation Department to sponsor Fourth of July dance for Twin Cities teenagers.
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Joe Harris
West Monroe
Rotary Club
Carl Slakter
C. Solon King
Monroe Recreation Department
Twin Cities
Lawyer Urges Acquittal Of Mrs Klumpp
Defense attorney William F Hopkins urged acquittal in Edythe Klumpp's first degree murder trial. He argued moral guilt without legal guilt while jurors were admonished to keep an open mind. The case stems from the fatal shooting and disposal of Louise Bergen, with Klumpp admitting the shooting as accidental during a struggle over a pistol.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
William F. Hopkins
Edythe Klumpp
Hopkins
Virginia Blakemore
Castro Regime Seeks Arrest of AF Commander
Havana AP: Fidel Castro's government seeks the arrest of Maj. Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz after he resigned as Cuban air force commander amid claims of Communist infiltration. Diaz vanished amid rumors of fleeing Cuba. Maj. Jo Almeida succeeds him and orders Diaz's arrest on charges including desertion and treason.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz
Diaz
Cuba
Manuel Urrutia
Jo Almeina
Almeida
Treaon
Fulgen‘es Batista
Maj
Raul Castro
Air Force cites 92 million for air defense upgrade
AP reports Washington defense briefed Congress on a 92 million plus dollar request to improve air defense. UPI notes in Miami a hooded rapist suspect wounded and arrested after attacking three women in Northwest homes. authorities thank victims. In Ara Illinois Mayor Paul Egan, previously accused of street lane reform and inciting a protest, backs Gov Earl Long.
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Air Force
Congress
Miami
UPI
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Ill
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Ana
Earl Long
Gas Storage Tank Ignites Injuring Two Workers
Two General Gas Corporation employees received minor burns when butane caught fire as they filled a 1700 gallon delivery truck at the Nutland Road bulk plant south of Monroe. Firefighters warned of a dangerous buildup from two 30,000 gallon tanks and detours redirected traffic on the Milhaven road to Louisiana 15 south. Both injured men were taken to St. Francis Hospital for treatment.
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General Gas Corporation
Milhaven Road
Louisiana 15 South
St. Francis Hospital
Royce Leachman
North 12Th Street
West Monroe
S. L. Taylor
The
General Corporation
Luebke Elected President of West Germany
Heinrich Luebke, 64, agriculture minister, elected president of West Germany by the Electoral College on the second ballot. He defeated Carlo Schmid and Max Becker, securing 526 votes of 1,038, six more than needed, as Chancellor Adenauer’s party backed the winner.
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Heinrich Luebke
West Germany
Luebke
Ronald Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Carlo Schmid
Becker
Max Becker
Liberal Free Democratic Party
Konrad Adenauer
Free Democratic Party
Louisiana business activity up 6.5 percent in May
Louisiana state university research shows the Louisi ana State University's college of commerce index reports general business activity rose 6.5 percent in May from a year earlier. The index fell 2.9 percent from April.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University
College of Commerce
Chuckle Power Brakes Cost to Repair
A humorous note about power brakes that can stop a car quickly but typically costs around 100 dollars to fix the rear end.
Eisenhower calls inflation a major 1960 campaign issue
President Eisenhower said inflation will be a principal issue in the 1960 race and expects a start on paying off the national debt. He noted a new debt ceiling and a temporary limit, with the deficits continuing near 13 billion dollars. He marked his 43rd wedding anniversary and forecast no secret choice of a presidential candidate, while stressing prep for a summit and foreign talks.
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Eisenhower
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Fisenhower
Geneva
Republican Party
Richard
Juvenile Court Cases Decline in Monroe Half-Year Report
Monroe saw a 48 percent drop in juvenile court cases for January through June, 143 youths brought before the court versus 27 last year. Judge W. M. Harper credited the decline to the Juvenile Court Advisory Council the Good Friend Organization and police diligence.
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Juvenile Court
Monroe
W. M. Harper
Beck Fails To Appear as Judge Orders Arrest In Case
Former Teamsters leader Dave Beck did not show for a plea on charges of accepting 200000 from two truck firm executives. A federal judge immediately issued an arrest warrant as Beck and his Seattle attorney were absent. The case was delayed from last week at the request of Beck's lawyer.
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New York
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Gregory F. Noonan
Asst
U.S
Alty
Donald Shawhen
Seattle
Shaw
Eisenhower Kozlov Meet Over Berlin Peace Talks
Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov met President Eisenhower for 70 minutes in the White House to discuss Berlin and East West tensions. Kozlov praised the meeting as wonderful and urged a strong secure peace for all nations. He left with reporters in the lobby and declined to detail Berlin discussions.
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Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Frol R. Kozlov
Berlin
Kozlov
White House
White ‘House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mikhail Menshikov
Anne Wheaton
Wheaton
Long accuses wife of hiring killer to attack him
Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long says his wife Blanche offered $5,000 to a man to kill him or drive him from office. He claims she sought the plan as she pursued power, and he describes theft from his belongings during their split. He cites a Galveston episode and a court battle over mansion control.
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Covington
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Long
Low
Galveston, Tex
Galveston Hospital
Blanche
Galveston
Baton Rouge
Petticoat
Wildlifers Bypass Gov Long Name Easterly Permanent Director
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission rejected Gov Earl Long’s plan for a Covington meeting to appoint Rep E C Fremaux as permanent director. In a hurried New Orleans session, Rudolph P Easterly, already acting director since June 9, was unanimously chosen after praising him and seeking members’ opinions.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Earl Long
Covington
E.C. Fremaux
Rayne
Rudolph P. Easterly
Easterly
State Penitentiary
E. R. McDonald Sr
Rep
Fremaux
McDonald
John Cutrone
Mor City
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