Louisiana politicians clash over race and rhetoric at LPA
U S Clamps Freeze On Cuban Assets story notes Roswell Thompson, Louisiana governor candidate, claims he was snubbed at the Louisiana Press Association meeting over his segregation stance. Five Democratic rivals addressed the crowd including Claude Kirkpatrick and de Lesseps Morrison. Louis Michot predicted a political revolt, backed blue ribbon boards, and support for Goldwater. John T. McKeithen denounced ties to big donors and denied campaign control from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Thompson
Louisiana
Louisiana Press Association
Michot
Barry Goldwater
D-Ariz
McKeithen
Jimmie H. Davis
Washington
NAACP To Unshackle Negro Youths in Civil Rights Fight
New York AP Roy Wilkins executive secretary of the NAACP says youth groups are unshackled and will play a stronger role in civil rights. About 40,000 youth corps will be directed by national headquarters and plan demonstrations under existing rules. Wilkins spoke by phone from Charleston after addressing an integration meeting following James Meredith criticism at the Chicago convention. He defends youth leadership and criticizes Meredith’s remarks as misinformed and out of step with the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Wilkins
Charleston
S.C
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Chicago
AACP
Say- Rove
Burr
Kennedy Wirtz Confer On Fiery Railroad Dispute
President Kennedy met for an hour with Labor Secretary Wirtz on the volatile railway labor dispute as a Thursday strike threat looms. Negotiators will enforce new work rules by 12:01 a.m. Thursday, risking thousands of job losses and possible compulsory arbitration or government seizure if bargaining fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Congress
Congressional Labor and
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committees
Partly Cloudy Askies Forecast
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for today and tonight with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. A high of 92 to 98 is expected with a low of 70 to 75. Sunday record showed a high of 100 and an overnight low of 75 with 0.26 inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Beckwith Enters Innocent Plea In Evers Death
Byron De La Beckwith pleaded innocent to murder charges in the Medgar Evers death in Jackson Mississippi. The 42 year old fertilizer salesman answered not guilty when questioned by Hinds County Circuit Judge Leon Hendrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
UPI
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Hinds County
Leon Hendrick
Indictment Names Reading Mayor in Extortion Case
The Reading Pennsylvania mayor John C. Kubacki and Abraham Minker, a prisoner serving a gambling tax evasion term, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Philadelphia on five counts. They allegedly extorted at least 10500 from parking meter suppliers Koontz Equipment Corp. and Karpark Corp. and face charges under the Hobbs Act and related statutes. Kubacki, mayor since 1960, faced this year’s second indictment of a Reading official. Police Chief Charles S. Wade was charged with perjury last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reading
Justice Department
Philadelphia
John C. Kubacki
Abraham Minker
Kubacki
Charles S. Wade
Minker
Koontz Equipment Corp
Pittsburgh
Karpark Corp
Starkville
Mass
Chuckle June hints at brides and wedding season
A playful note for June as the month when girls favor the bride side of life. The line hints at wedding season and bridal sentiment without naming people or events.
Two Mothers Travel to Louisville for Granddaughter Wedding
Mrs J W Standley of Mil Haven Road and Mrs J Blanks Parker of Monroe travel to Louisville Kentucky for their granddaughter’s wedding scheduled Tuesday. They say visiting relatives is a fine reason to travel for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Standley
Milhaven Road
J. Blanks Parker
Monroe
Louisville
Kentucky
Civil Defense Meeting Set At West Monroe Plant
A Area 4 Civil Defense meeting will be held at the Louisiana Power and Light Company plant on Cypress street in West Monroe Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Area director A. B. Clarkson said the briefing covers new government materials methods and other disaster information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Cypress Street
West Monroe
A. B. Clarkson
Eugene Smith Leads West Monroe Chamber Visit to Baton Rouge
Eugene Smith, manager of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce, traveled to Baton Rouge today on official business representing the chamber and seeking regional economic contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Smith
West Monroe
Solon Charges Red Agents Enter U S As Clergy
Washington senator Thomas J. Dodd charged that secret policemen are entering the United States among visiting church delegations from Communist nations. He asked the Senate Internal Security subcommittee to investigate the growing visits and warned some cloaked clerics may be Communist secret police agents. He said the aim is to extend control of mother churches over Orthodox communities in the United States and that the campaign has Communist support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Senate Subcommittee On Internal Security
Europe
United States
Postal Controversy Over Negro Promotions In Dallas
A Dallas post office promotion of three educated Black workers sparked a national dispute over merit versus race. Critics cried discrimination while supporters said the move corrected an inequity. Officials asserted the promotions followed civil service rules amid broader civil rights tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dallas
Tex
Bruce Alger
R-Tex
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Lee C. White
Kennedy
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Richard J. Murphy
British Ship Sinks in Strait of Gibraltar Collision
A 3,604-ton British freighter Patrician sank after a collision with the 7,250-ton American freighter Santa Emilia in the Strait of Gibraltar. The Patrician's captain, chief officer and radioman are missing. Santa Emilia rescued 34 crew members and docked at Gibraltar. The Santa Emilia is owned by Liberty Navigation and Frading Co. of Wilmington.
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Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar
Patrician
Liberty Navigation and Frading Co
Wilmington
State Holiday Death Toll Climbs To 15
Louisiana’s Independence Day holiday death toll rose to 15 as the long weekend ended. The tally includes nine traffic deaths, four drownings, one fire death, and one industrial accident, with victims from New Orleans to Abita Springs.
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Louisiana
State Department of Public Safety
Raymond Chandler
New Orleans
U.S. 11
John Malpie
Slidell
Malpie
Chandler
Robert Louis Bailey Jr
Arcadia
Hurricane
Herman Turner
Slaughter
Baton Rouge
John Clifford Williams
Thibodaux
Labadieville
Donna Lutes
Kennet
Shreveport
Seton
George Dempsey Ranney
New Iberia
Ville Platte
Walter Downs
Melville
Daniel Young
Eunice
U. S. 190
Elton
Walter B. Stanley
de. Quincy
Jerry Kramer
Violet
Phoenix
Plaquemines Parish
Jerry Compton
West Monroe
Ouachita River
Monroe
Joseph E. Wesley
Mississippi River
Barbara Galloway
Theresa Ann Galloway
Isabel
James B. Rogers
Abita Springs
Bogue Chitto River
Bogalusa
Ike Day marks golf course dedication at Air Force Academy
The six day visit by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife at the Air Force Academy, Colo, featured the dedication of the academy's new golf course named in his honor as the highlight of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Force Academy
Colo
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Colorado
Khrushchev Holds Kiev Talks With Spaak on East-West Tensions
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev met in Kiev with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak to ease East West tensions. Tass described a sincere atmosphere and a useful exchange of views on urgent international questions, as Podgorny and Zorin attended the talks. Meanwhile in Moscow, Chinese and Soviet delegates held a separate session at a villa near the city edge.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kiev
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tass
Germany
West Berlin
Spaak
Presidium
Nikolai Podgorny
Valerian Zorin
White Youth Wounded In Bronx Disorder
In New York a white youth was shot and wounded slightly outside a Bronx diner where racial disorders erupted. Thousands of whites jeered and attacked pickets from the Congress of Racial Equality as eggs tomatoes and rocks were thrown. Police arrested two whites for defying orders as about 60 officers dispersed the crowd and a second unruly gathering drew 50 more policemen including tactical patrol officers.
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New York
Bronx
Congress of Racial Equality
West Monroe Deficit Estimated at About $33000
City Clerk Harold Hill said West Monroe faces a roughly $33,000 shortfall as the new fiscal year begins July 1, with the budget not due to be adopted until October per the city charter. Mayor J Allan Norris noted the council would not consider the budget Tuesday night and expects finances to be clearer after closeout the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe
Harold Hill
J. Allan Norris
Hill
Norris
Australian wins Wimbledon women’s title in straight sets
Margaret Smith became the first Australian to win the Wimbledon women's singles title by defeating Billie Jean Moffitt of Long Beach, California, 6-3 6-4 in the final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimbledon
England
Margaret Smith
Billie Jean Moffitt
Long Beach
Calif
UN Chief Orders Congo Troop Withdrawal by Year End
Geneva sources report United Nations Secretary General Thant has ordered the complete withdrawal of U N troops from the Congo by year end. The decision follows mounting pressure over the Congo mission and signals a major shift in international force deployment.
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Geneva
UPI
United Nations
Thant
U. N
Congo
Texas Farmers Lead In Record 14.856 Million Acre Allocation
Washington UPI reports that Texas farmers again headed the nation in land use, totaling nearly half of the 14.856 million acres. The Agriculture Department released the figures today, highlighting Texas dominance in agricultural acreage.
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Washington
UPI
Texas
Agriculture Department
Souvanna Phouma Takes Over Former Base in Laos
In Vientiane neutralist Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma announced his government formally takes control of the former French military base at Seno amid Pathet Lao protests. Five people face marijuana possession charges after a two month Iberia Parish and state police narcotics probe in New Iberia, Louisiana.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Seno
New Iberia, la
Iberia Parish
Senator Hugh Scott criticizes Kennedy rights plan delay
Washington AP reports Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania chiding the Kennedy administration for not sending its broad civil rights program to Congress earlier, urging prompt action on the reform package.
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Washington
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Kennedy
Congress
United States freezes Cuban assets and bans Cuba trade
The United States imposes a midnight effective freeze on Cuban assets held in the U S and bans unlicensed transfers or other unlicensed transactions with Cuba or Cuban nationals. Refugees are unblocked unless acting for the Castro government. The move aligns with an OAS resolution urging countersubversion in the Western Hemisphere.
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Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
China
North Korea
Treasury
Dean Rusk
State Department
Organization of American States
Western Hemisphere
U.S
Free World
OAS Council
Inter-American Security Committee
Air Passengers In And Out Total Five Thousand Three Hundred June
Monroe air travel for June shows 5352 passengers using Delta Southern and Trans Texas at Selman. Delta carried 2309 with 1169 boardings and 1140 deplanings. Southern moved 2432 with 1167 boardings and 1265 deplanings. Trans Texas accounted for 611 total with 292 boardings and 319 deplanings.
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Delta, Southern
Trans Texas
Selman
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LPA
THE
Associated Press
John Profumo
Dymchurch
Kent
Valerie Hobson
National Society
Askies
Beckwith
Evers
John Kubacki
Greenwood, Miss
William Walker
Hendrick
Waller
Jackson
Hugh Cunningham
Gov. Ross Barnett
Twin City
Civil Defense
Solon
Clarence Mitchell
United Press International
Khrush
Peking
Red Isle
Castro
Delta
Southern
News-Star-World
Volkswagen
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