Bonn Meeting Sees No Joint Proposals On Major Issues
At Bonn Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer ended two days of talks without agreed steps on Britain relations with the Common Market or grain price alignment. French and West German officials said decisions await foreign minister talks in Brussels. A new Franco German youth exchange pact was formalized and signaled long term cooperation under the treaty in effect.
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Bonn
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
Karl Guenther von Hase
Adenauer
Bussels
von Hase
France
Claude Lebel
de Gaulle
Lebel
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
West Germany
Gerhard Schroeder
Maurice Couve de Murville
Emergency Called As Fumes Fill Homes in Woburn
Fumes from a faulty regulator raised gas pressure across Woburn Massachusetts causing a city wide emergency. Police reported thousands of calls as fire crews checked homes while gas company workers from eastern Massachusetts assisted. One resident was treated for gas exposure and Mayor Gilgun declared a state of emergency urging residents to shut off gas stoves and oil burners.
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Woburn
Mass
UPI
Fauby
John F. Gilgun
Massachusetts
Mystic Gas Co
Malden
Boston
Gilgun
John Paul Jones Ranked Rear Admiral in Russia
United Press International reports Britannica notes Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones never held above captain in the US Navy yet was later credited as an active rear admiral in the Russian navy according to the encyclopedia.
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United Press International
John Paul Jones
U.S
Robbery thwarted by salesman ends in Dallas man's death
Texarkana Ark AP report says an attempted robbery was thwarted accidentally by an encyclopedia salesman, resulting in the death of James Henry Wallace, 30, of Dallas Texas.
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Texarkana, Ark
James Henry Wallace
Dallas
Tex
Compton Rites Will Be Held Saturday
Wallace was shot once in the head and died en route to a Shreveport hospital. Texarkana police issued a four state alert for two unidentified Negroes in the slaying. Police Chief Tackett said several persons had been questioned after the incident at an Texarkana intersection following a pursuit of the suspects in an automobile from the home of Henry Hooks, Wallace's father in law. Byron Salsman, 24, of Tulsa, Okla., encyclopedia salesman, was with Wallace during the chase.
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Wallace
Shreveport
Texarkana
Max Tackett
Byron Salsman
Tulsa
Okla
Tackett
Henry Hooks
Funeral Rites Set For Jerry Compton West Monroe Youth
Funeral services for Jerry Ray Compton a 16 year old West Monroe High football player will be held at 4 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church West Monroe. Rev Clifton Tennison will officiate with assistance from Rev Earl Wiggins and Rev Filer Seals. Burial will follow at Memorial Park cemetery Kilpatrick s Funeral Home West Monroe in charge. The youth drowned in the Ouachita river about seven miles north of the city during a river outing with three companions. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Mose Compton Jr of 1000 Parkwood Drive West Monroe. The tragedy occurred about 5 30 p m after cramp while swimming across river. Rescue by Monroe fire department personnel using Legion emergency truck located body in about 25 feet of water. The others involved were Benny Hulsey and Kathy Fate. Hulsey attempted to dive for him and carried him some distance before Compton sank again. Details describe a busy river recreation spot near Long John Beach.
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Jerry Ray Compton
West Monroe
Ouachita
Monroe
First Baptist Church of
Clifton Tennison
Earl Wiggins
Filer Seals
Kilpatrick
Memorial Park
Mose Compton
Parkwood Drive
Legion
Compton
Benny Hulsey
Hulsey
Kathy Fate
Dover
Long John Beach
Kil
Chuckle Gold Digger Pokes at a Gal Who Chooses One
A humorous item notes a gal who ignores Tom Dick or Harry and only acknowledges a single caller, in lighthearted tone. This playful shorthand contrasts attention given to different suitors with a wink at modern manners.
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Tom
Harry
McKinley Wins Wimbledon Title in Straight Sets
Chuck McKinley of St. Louis defeated Australia’s Fred Stolle 9-7 6-1 6-4 at Wimbledon to become the first American man in eight years to win the singles championship.
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Wimbledon
England
Chuck McKinley
St. Louis
Australia
Fred Stolle
Kennedy and Khrushchev exchange Fourth of July hopes
In Boston, President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev exchanged Fourth of July messages urging just and lasting world peace and a settlement of long standing issues. In Saigon, a Communist guerrilla attack near the Cambodian border backfired, killing 20 guerrillas. Labor Secretary Wirtz urged a Sunday deadline to settle railroad work rules. A hurricane hunter plane was sent to check a Caribbean disturbance southeast of Miami. A federal judge in Biloxi dismissed a desegregation suit filed by parents of 25 Negro children.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Washington (Ap
W. Willard Wirtz
Miami
UPI
Caribbean Sea
Weather Bureau
Biloxi, Miss
US payroll tops seventy million as teen job hunt climbs
The Labor Department reported employment in the United States surpassed 70 million in June for the first time. Simultaneously a seasonal teen job search raised unemployment by 800000 to 4.8 million, reflecting a broad monthly labor market uptick.
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Washington
United States
Labor Department
West Monroe Lodge to confer Master Mason degree Saturday
West Monroe Lodge No 419 F AM will confer the Master Mason degree Saturday at 7 30 p m in the West Monroe Masonic Temple. All Master Masons are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served. Mollie Clark recuperating after a fall that broke her hip in Francis hospital room 374. She hopes to return to St Joseph's Home soon. James L Ewing III now in Atlanta works for Delta Air Lines handling promotion for the New York World Fair. Delta expects large turnout to use its facilities for the fair.
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West Monroe
F & AM
West Monroe Masonic Temple
Mollie Clark
Francis Hospital
St. Joseph's
James L. Ewing
Monroe
Atlanta
Delta Air Lines
Delta
New York
Ewing
Civil Defense Full Time Operation In 12 Parishes
Civil Defense moves to full time in Area Four covering 12 parishes. A state conference led by Gen. Francis A. Woofley and Col. Frank G. Speiss is planned at the Louisiana Power and Light Auditorium in West Monroe. About 50-60 officials and CD officers are expected. Area Four has a $15,000 budget for the year affecting over 313,000 residents. Capt. James B. Scruggs Jr. is rehired as state CD representative. office at 400 Stone Ave. Monroe. The program will aid Northeast Louisiana State College plans, with future CD sessions statewide.
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Area Four CD
Louisiana CD
Northeast
Louisiana State College
A. B. Clarkson
Francis A. Woofley
Frank G. Speiss
New Orleans
Louisiana Power and Light
West Monroe
Clarkson
Area Four
Capt
James B. Scruggs Jr
CD Agency
Stone Ave
Monroe
Trace Violent Path Of Kill Crazy Convict
A Georgia patrolman ended a killing spree by a convict with a 200 yard rifle shot from behind a hedgerow. The 23 year old Melvin Allen Weaver killed three, wounded one, and held four hostages including 14 year old Richard Hale who fired at Weaver as he tried to dig a foxhole. The rampage began in Marianna Florida and ended in a pecan grove near Americus Georgia. Patrolman Robert Benson, 28, credited luck and his expert marksmanship for stopping Weaver who died holding a gun and a digging stick. Richard, an orphan, had lived with his grandmother.
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Charles Richard Hale
Smithville
Ricky
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
W. D. Cochran
Americus
Richard Hale
Melvin Allen Weaver
Franklin
Ohio
Marianna
Florida Panhandle
Georgia
Robert Benson
Benson
Weaver
Richard
Trace
Goldwater rally draws 7 000 to 9 000 in Washington
Independence Day gathering in the National Guard Armory drew an estimated 7 000 to 9 000 supporters for Barry Goldwater. Speakers praised his grassroots backing as the Arizona senator, amid parade-like pageantry, considered a possible presidential bid.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
National Guard
Hot Weather to Continue in Northeast Louisiana
After a sizzling Fourth of July with thundershower relief in spots, Northeast Louisiana faces more hot weather. Temperatures hit 101 in Monroe and near 100 in Winnsboro and Jonesville, while several towns saw scattered rain. The outlook calls for partly cloudy skies, hot highs in the 94 to 98 range, and lows 68 to 72, with only about 20 percent rainfall and temperatures four to six degrees above normal over the next five days.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Winnsboro
Jonesville
Calhoun
Columbia
St. Jo
Highway Death Toll Rises During Independence Day Weekend
The National Safety Council reports a rising toll from the long weekend with 200 traffic deaths by noon and 23 boating fatalities totaling 67 drownings. Crashes involved multiple passengers as roads near beaches saw heavy traffic. The four day period may reach 550 to 650 traffic deaths, lagging behind the 1961 record of 509.
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National Safety Council
Delegation Arrives In Kremlin Today
MOSCOW AP report of Soviet and Chinese delegations arriving for a secret Kremlin meeting to decide leadership of world communism. Teng Hsiao ping leads China, Suslov heads Russia delegation. Talks, framed by cordial public gestures, aim to resolve who interprets Leninist rules and whether peaceful coexistence remains policy.
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Moscow
World Communist Movement
Peking
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Stalin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Mikhail Suslov
Central Committee
Teng Hsiaoping
Pan Tzu-li
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Vladimir I. Lenin
Suslov
Hundreds Held In Racial Protests In Cambridge Maryland
Massachusetts and Maryland troops remained on duty in Cambridge as about 400 National Guardsmen were kept under martial law to curb racial violence. Cambridge officials asked Gov. Tawes to extend guard presence through the weekend while civil rights leaders urged immediate resumption of protests after departure. Nationwide demonstrations spread from New York to California with 283 arrests in Baltimore and Hampton? arrests in Hempstead as riders sought access to segregated venues.
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United Press International
Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Adj
Milton A. Reckord
Maryland National Guard
Tawes
New York
California
Baltimore
Chapel Hill
N.C
Philadelphia
Eugene Carson Blake
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Judge Throws Out Indictment Of Chester Green
Dist. Judge John Rarick overruled defense motions to quash six indictments including public contract fraud against Chester Green chairman of the State Board of Institutions. A delay until Sept. 30 was granted for appeal to the state Supreme Court, postponing arraignment amid the fall court start Oct. 1. Green’s attorney sought a bill of particulars on four public contract fraud counts a conspiracy count and a ban on officials doing business with Angola penitentiary.
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Dist
John Rarick
Chester Green
State Board of Institutions
Franklinton
State Supreme Court
Robert Kleinpeter
Baton Rouge
Green
Jimmie H. Davis
Angola
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