Soviets lash at Chinese over Moscow letter amid talks
The Soviet Communist Party accused Chinese Communists of slander and meddling as talks in Moscow approach. Moscow expelled three Chinese diplomats and two civilians after Beijing circulated a June 14 letter attacking Premier Khrushnev and proposing discussion points. Talks begin Friday with Moscow seeking a favorable atmosphere.
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Cattle Deaths Reported From Mosquito Attack
New Orleans reports 30 cattle dead in Lafourche Parish and about 10 in St Bernard Parish due to exhausting swarms of salt marsh mosquitoes. Officials say pastures unusable, cattle fed hay while spraying plans face debate from local leaders and health officials.
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St. Bernard Parish
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Louisiana Mosquito Control Association
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Schiro
Mosquito Advisory Group
Old Fashioned Fourth Lights Twin Cities Celebrations
A quiet Fourth in Northeast Louisiana with picnics, bells, and band music marked the day. State Police monitored traffic as stores closed and residents enjoyed barbecues, ice cream, and lake fishing while planned speeches and a Neville Stadium program highlighted Monroe celebrations. Twelve Louisianians were expected to die in the holiday period ending Sunday midnight, with caution urged on crowded highways. In Winnfield a memorial statue unveiling was scheduled, and communities planned banquets amid fireworks.
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W. Cleon Skousen
Neville Stadium
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Freedom Bells Echo Theme In U S Celebrations
The United States marks its 187th Independence Day with fireworks parades and family outings. The bell ringing movement led by President Kennedy aims to toll bells nationwide at 1 pm for four minutes to honor freedom and equal rights for Negroes, as the Liberty Bell stays mute yet participants may touch its crack.
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Counterfeit Ring Cracked on West Coast in Oakland
Oakland detectives and Secret Service agents arrested Guy J. Smith, 39, owner of an Oakland bar, as he headed from an Italian restaurant near Jack London Square with a bag of bogus bills. More than $1 million in counterfeit $20 and $50 notes were seized, part of $1.4 million printed at an undisclosed HQ.
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Today’s Chuckle Fire sparks from old flame joke
A wry line notes that many domestic explosions spring from old flames, using concise humor to poke at quarrels and rekindled passions. The quip folds into a light reflection on how past romances can flare up unexpectedly in households.
Romania seeks Western trade to boost heavy industry ties
Vienna reports Foreign Minister Kreisky says Romania aims to expand economic links with the West, challenging Comecon norms. He notes Bucharest plans to exploit trade with West Germany France Italy Britain and Austria, while Romania maintains a stance of ideological neutrality and resists Soviet plans to reallocate its heavy industries.
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France
Italy
Britain
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De Gaulle Begins Bonn Visit Aimed at West German Policy
President Charles de Gaulle arrives in Bonn for a two day visit to discuss German alignment with the United States and West European third force aims. Chancellor Adenauer and Vice Chancellor Erhard greet him as Kennedy’s recent trip underscores pressures for closer Atlantic unity.
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Britain
Kennedy May Act To Prevent Railway Strike
Secretary of Labor Wirtz reports to Kennedy that emergency action by Congress and the President may be needed to avert a nationwide railroad strike. With five unions threatening a walkout over new work rules, the July 11 deadline looms after a July 10 bargaining cutoff. Wirtz says settlement chances are slim and government intervention is likely.
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Kennedy
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J. E. Wolfe
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White House
Wife surprised at baby’s birth in Florida hospital
Fort Lauderdale woman Mrs. John Connor, 30, says she was pregnant for nine months and unaware until hospital emergency room visit revealed the birth. Her husband of seven years noted no prior weight gain and surprise at the arrival.
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Family Wiped Out In Early Holiday Crash
The Independence Day holiday saw a high risk of a record traffic toll with 21 deaths by 6 p.m. Wednesday including six members of a Butler Pennsylvania family in a head on crash on Route 38. Additional fatalities occurred across New York Georgia Indiana Missouri and others as millions traveled to resorts and beaches. If the final toll matches safety council estimates it would top the 1961 four day record of 509 and surpass non holiday periods. five months of 1966 averaged 100 daily deaths.
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Warm Fourth Of July Weather Forecast
The weatherman predicts typical Fourth of July weather today with partly clear skies and warm conditions. Expect a high of 94 to 98 degrees and a low around 70 to 74 as variable winds 5 to 15 mph rise near thunder showers. The high Wednesday reached 99 with an overnight low of 71.
Mask sales show Kennedy and Khrushchev faces at 1.57
A novelty firm in London is selling masks of President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev for 1.57 pounds, double the price of Frankenstein's monster mask. A girl explains the masks drew dates.
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UPI
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Miss Louisiana Pageant Opens At Lake Providence
At Lake Providence the 14th annual Miss Louisiana Scholarship Beauty Pageant opens with 33 contestants from across Louisiana. Over three nights talent, evening dress and swim suit compete with winners announced Friday and Saturday culminating in ten finalists, five finalists and a coronation ball with music by Allen Green and the Jumping Jacks. Several entrants perform varied talents from piano and dramatic readings to interpretive dance and baton twirling, with numerous named contestants and regional titles featured in the show.
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Livingston Parish
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Minden
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North Caddo
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Northeast
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Sulphur
Juanita Reppond
Union Parish
Donna Rose Kelly
West Carroll Parish
Jan Heald
Greater New Orleans
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Baton Rouge
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Bienville Parish
Patsy Lowderback
Holiday-in- Dixie
Janelle Cutter
Bossier Parish
Diana Haddad
Horma
Ann Sowers
Louisiana Tech
Rebecca Ann Simpson
Lake Charles
Judith Cathey
Kennedy to spend weekend at Cape Cod home
President Kennedy plans a late day flight to Cape Cod to reunite with his wife and children Caroline and John Jr. The family will stay at a summer home on Squaw Island near Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with Kennedy expected to return to Washington Monday morning.
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John Jr
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Hyannis Port
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Louisiana gubernatorial race opens with Independence Day events
Louisiana marks Independence Day with statewide bell ringing and campaign kickoffs as the governor's race begins. Governor Davis calls a four day holiday and urges bells to ring at noon while candidates including Avcock Kennon Morrow Long McKeithen Kirkpatrick Voelker race toward the Dec 7 primary. The celebrations coincide with civic activities in Winnfield and a focus on political rallies across the state.
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Winnfield
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DeLesseps
Morrow
U.S
Desperate inmate killed three in escape across states
AMERICUS GA AP A prisoner from Florida hospital escape killed three people during a dash toward Georgia. Melvin Allen Weaver 23 seized an 8 year old hostage and shot at troopers before being killed by officers in Georgia. One trooper wounded. boy unharmed. Weaver earlier killed two sheriff deputies and a bystander in Marianna before releasing a couple and daughter and seizing a GBI car. Deputy Creel died after Weaver overpowered him in a hospital bathroom.
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East West Test Ban Hinged On Pact Says Mikoyan
First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan said Khrushchev linked a partial nuclear test ban to a NATO Warsaw Pact nonaggression treaty at a Fourth of July reception. He stated the two proposals were connected and that any agreement depends on the West. He avoided commenting on Soviet willingness to join Kennedy’s unilateral halt.
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Fire destroys Winnfield Nazarene Church in Louisiana
A blaze wiped out the Winnfield Nazarene Church in Winnfield La. and scorched a nearby telephone cable disabling several hundred lines. Fire Chief Byron Tullos could not determine the cause. The church stood near a park with a bronze statue to Gov Earl K Long awaiting unveiling. Telephone service expected to be restored by dusk.
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