Communist Unity Suffers New Blow
Soviet satellite leaders returned home from a Khrushchev meeting amid signs of strain in the world Communist movement. Hungary’s Janos Kadar and Poland’s Wladyslaw Gomulka flew back while Romania and Albania were notably absent. Peking accused Moscow of worsening Sino Soviet splits and sabotage at the Chinese Embassy.
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Berlin
Khrushchev
China
Janos Kadar
Hungary
Budapest
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Warsaw
Romania
Red
Georghe Gheorghiu-Dej
East Berlin
Communist Movement
Albania
Chinese Communist Party
Soviet Union
International Communist Movement
Peking
Moscow
Law Enforcement Agencies Prepare For Long Weekend
Local law enforcement agencies finalize plans for the Fourth of July long weekend with a 6 p.m. start Wednesday through Sunday. Troop F of the Louisiana state police will be on holiday footing from Tuesday evening, with all officers on duty and both marked and unmarked vehicles on highways. One state police aircraft will monitor northeast Louisiana to spot reckless driving and speeders as speed devices are set up on major roads. Emphasis remains on driving under the influence, reckless driving, and speeding. Cooperation from the public is urged.
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Louisiana State Police
M. E. Kidd
Louisiana
Kidd
Want Ad Inquiry on Low 7 Day Rate
The notice promotes a low seven day rate for want ads with cancellation privileges. It invites readers to inquire for details and pricing, highlighting flexibility for short term advertising.
Confederate Flag Flown in London on Gettsyburg Anniversary
Marcus Hinton, self styled major general and leader of Britain's Confederate High Command, flew the Confederate flag in London to mark the 100th anniversary of Gettysburg. He claims a 100 strong English group supports the Confederacy, meeting monthly to discuss battles, sing songs, and listen to Southern music.
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London
Gettysburg
Marcus Hinton
Hinton
Britain
Confederate High Command
Drennan Still Board Member Plans To Vote
Ouachita Parish School Board member Charles G. Drennan, now in Ward 5, will attend Tuesday night’s meeting to vote on a new superintendent after Supt W. W. Ward resigned effective July 6. Gov Davis has not accepted Drennan’s resignation. lawmakers discuss referendum or special election as options.
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Charles G. Drennan
Ouachita Parish
Drennan
Ward 5
W. W. Ward
Sterlington
West Monroe
Jimmie H. Davis
Lawrence Gibbs
Davis
Mike John Jr
Jamar Adcock
Ward
Reapportion Injunction Bid Denied
State District Judge Elmo Lear denied a preliminary injunction sought by seven St. Landry Parish taxpayers to block the secretary of state from publishing a new House reapportionment law signed by Gov. Jimmie Davis. The ruling says the legislature could reapportion without a constitutional amendment and notes no evidence the new law is unconstitutional. The temporary restraining order was dissolved. the larger suit remains, with possible Supreme Court appeal.
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Secretary of State
St. Landry
S. H. DeJean Jr
Steven Ledet Jr
Supreme Court
Lear
DeJean
Mrs. Perez returns as West Monroe secretary today
Mrs. Sandra Perez resumes duties as secretary to Mayor J. Allan Norris after a three week vacation that included travel to the southwest and California. West Monroe Royal Arch Masons chapter 93 will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Masonic Temple. all members urged to attend per A. P. Knight.
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Sandra Perez
West Monroe
J. Allan Norris
Southwest
California
Royal Arch Masons
A. P. Knight
West Monroe Masonic Temple
Miss Sandra Peters Crowned Miss Congeniality in Pageant
Miss Sandra Kay Peters daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Peters of West Monroe won Miss Congeniality at the Miss Louisiana Pageant held in New Orleans last Thursday night. She is a sophomore at West Monroe High School.
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Sandra Kay Peters
Tom Peters
West Monroe
New Orleans
Miss Peters
Four Crown State Accidents Kill 10 Persons
United Press International reports ten people died in Louisiana weekend incidents from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Killed were Henry Naquin 88 near Houma. Luke Richard 68 near Opelousas in a two car crash. Gail Strickland 14 in a Shreveport crash. Grant Ward 42 in Lake Pontchartrain. Mitchell Ray Bertrand 7 in Calcasieu River. Chester A Howard ? drowned during Cameron Tarpon Rodeo. Troy Leiring 33 boat accident near Winnfield. Louis Edward Seay 12 drowned in a Mer Rouge pond. and two other drownings plus four misc accidents including a railroad death in Jefferson Parish.
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Louisiana
United Press International
Henry Naquin
Grant Ward
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Mitchell Ray Bertrand
Moss Bluff
Calcasieu River
Lake Charles
Chester A. Howard
Beaumont
Tex
Cameron
Troy Leiring
Hoover
Ohio
Saline Lake
Winnfield
Russell C. Wilson
Jefferson Parish
Britain and Soviet Efforts to Laos Peace Collapse
AP dispatches report Britain and the Soviet Union failed to restore peace in Laos blaming the other side. In Rome the United States protests alleged mistreatment of Kennedy officials and White House aides by Italian police and military. In Buenos Aires Argentina, army and air force were placed on alert during the final campaign week for the presidential election.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Rome
United States
Kennedy
White House
State Department
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Hinds County Jury Opens Closed Deliberations
In Jackson Mississippi the Hinds County grand jury began closed door deliberations to decide indictments in several cases including a murder charge against Byron de La Beckwith.
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Jackson, Miss
Hinds County
Byron de la Beckwith
FDA Plans 18 Month Study of Local Food Law Enforcement
The Food and Drug Administration announced an eighteen month study to examine state and local food and drug laws and how they are enforced. The project aims to assess regulatory effectiveness and identify gaps in local oversight.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
U S AID Announces $80 Million India Nuclear Loan
Washington reports the U S Agency for International Development announced an eighty million dollar loan to assist India in building a 320000 kilowatt nuclear power station.
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Washington
U.S
Third Man In British Spy Case Believed In Soviet
London AP A government minister revealed former British diplomat Harold Philby was the third man in the Maclean Burgess affair. Heath told the House of Commons Philby spied for the Soviet Union while in the Foreign Office and warned Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, who fled to Russia in 1951. Philby quit in 1955, became a newspaper man, and vanished in Beirut while working for the London Observer. He admitted to security officials that he worked for the Russians before 1946 in the Foreign Office.
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London
Harold Philby
Maclean-Burgess
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Edward Heath
House of Commons
Philby
Donald Maclean
Guy Burgess
Russia
Foreign Service
Beirut
Lebanon
London Observer
Heath
Thundershowers Forecast for Several Days Ahead
Widely scattered thundershowers are expected this afternoon and evening with the next several days bringing similar activity. Highs will reach the low 90s, with total rainfall from a quarter to half an inch, heavier in localized areas. Heavy dew forms nightly and dries by midmorning. today and Tuesday highs 89 to 93. Sunday’s high was 92 and the overnight low 71.
Chuckle: Boy Finds Humorous Library Mix-Up
A high school student borrowed a book titled How to Hug from the library, only to discover it was volume seven of an encyclopedia. The incident plays as a lighthearted mix-up showcasing a misread cover and the humor of mistaken identity.
New ZIP Code Now Effective In Local Mail
Local mailers are instructed to include a new ZIP code after their town in the return address as the ZIP system rolls out nationwide. Postmasters explain that while West Monroe with a single outlet won’t speed local delivery, the change will speed mail from other points to Monroe and organize routing by substation. Citizens will receive cards listing their codes. Louisiana is in ZIP section 7 with three digit sub areas, excluding Alexandria.
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U.S. Post Office Department
Wayne Strother
Local 792
United
U. S. Post Office Department
West Monroe
Homer Roark
Monroe
ZIP
W. Weathorn
Hathorn
Ouachita
Louisville
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Alexandria
Divers Search For Body Near Cameron Oil Rig
Five volunteer divers began a hunt for the body of Chester A. Howard a 38 year old Beaumont Texas man who drowned in the Gulf of Mexico off Cameron Louisiana. Howard and W A Roane of Lake Charles were SCUBA diving beneath an oil rig in 38 feet of water about 20 miles southwest of Cameron when they failed to surface.
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Cameron, la
UPI
Chester A. Howard
Beaumont
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Howard
W. A. Roane
Lake Charles
Here
Macee
First US-born president in White House history
Martin Van Buren, eighth president, was the first chief executive born in the United States. All seven predecessors were born before the country became independent, as noted by the World Almanac.
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Martin van Buren
United States
Kennedy greeted by throng in Rome during visit
In 90 degree heat a large crowd surrounded President Kennedy as security formed a wedge to rescue him from admirers. Thousands cheered near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and City Hall where he met officials, shaking hands and delivering a message of goodwill amid plans for a meeting with Pope Paul VI.
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Rome
UPI
Kennedy
U.S
Paul VI
City Hall
Glauco Della Porta
U.S. Orders Soviet Envoy to Leave Over Security Case
Washington reports that a Soviet diplomat at the U.S. embassy was declared persona non grata on security related charges linked to the CIA. Georgi Korniyenko, acting head of the Soviet mission, was summoned to the State Department as details were to be released later. The unnamed diplomat was given time to depart the United States.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Central Intelligence Agency
Georgi M. Kornienko
State Department
Richard H. Davis
Scranton Delivers Welcome Speech at Gettysburg Anniversary
Governor William W. Scranton urged Americans to drive prejudice from the heart during Gettysburg’s 100th anniversary ceremonies at the Eternal Flame memorial. He argued both Civil War sides shared core principles and stressed freedom as a vital economic system and ongoing national task.
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Gettysburg Battlefield
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Kennedy testifies public accommodations bill needed
Atty Gen Robert F Kennedy told Senate Commerce that passage of the administrations public accommodations bill is imperative to remove a daily insult to Negroes. He warned without this part of civil rights program there would be more difficulties in the United States. He noted the bill would not apply to very small establishments with social relations such as a rooming house with a few boarders. He indicated coverage would depend on substantial interstate travel, naming hotel bars, barber shops in terminals, beauty shops, but excluding most professional services and laundries except under unusual circumstances. Kennedy declined to call the measure the keystone of all civil rights items, saying voting and education are also very important.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
United States
Senate Commerce Committee
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Cotton
Congress
Vicksburg Siege Centennial Observance Schedule
Vicksburg marks the 100th anniversary with a multi day event lineup from Sunday to Thursday. The program includes seminars led by Edwin Bearss and James Robertson, field trips to Grand Gulf Raymond and Champion Hill, a Confederate ball, a parade, speeches by John Bell Williams and others, a reenactment on the Mississippi Riverfront, and a performance of Gold in The Hills.
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Vicksburg
Edwin C. Bearss
Vicksburg Na— Park
Grand Gulf
Port Gibson
Clement Eaton
University of Kentucky
Gold In the Hills
Sprague
Raymond
Champion Hill
Big Black
Leroy H. Fisher
Oklahoma State University
Hills
Vicksburg National Military Park
Chickasaw Bayou
John Bell Williams
Gen
VA. S. Grant III
John C. Pemberton III
James I. Robertson, Jr
U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission
Bearss
Municipal Auditorium
Soel
Barnett
Senator Eastland
Mississippi River
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Woodrow Hathorn
John Fogleman
Antonio Segni
Giovanni Leone
Florence
Milans
Venices
Romes
Italy
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Oosts
Scranton
Robert
Seige
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