Kennedy Names Harriman to Moscow Talks for Nuclear Pact
President Kennedy authorizes W Averell Harriman to listen and discuss issues beyond a nuclear test ban during talks in Moscow starting July 15. Harriman will meet British representatives and may touch on Laos. Spaak's Kiev meeting and Khrushchev's North Atlantic Warsaw pact ideas are also noted as context.
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Washington
Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Moscow
London
Khrushchev
North Atlantic
Warsaw
Laos
National Security Council
Oscow
Paul-Henri Spaak
Kiev
Spaak
East Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Judge To Confer With Lawyers On Mix Plan
In New Orleans AP dispatch Judge Gordon West will meet Monday with opposing lawyers in Baton Rouge to discuss the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board desegregation plan. The NAACP protested the September target date for desegregation, arguing it violates court requirements for all deliberate speed.
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New Orleans
Gordon West
East Baton Rouge Parish
Baton Rouge
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
McKeithen adds Speedy Long to ticket for insurance post
Senator Speedy O. Long of Jena leaves the governor race to join John J. McKeithen as commissioner of insurance nominee. McKeithen denies any Reggie lieutenant governor talk and cites Kennedy administration funding as motive for Long’s decision. Both say they will push for the average citizen and praise Long's experience and character.
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Jena
John J. McKeithen
Long
New Orleans
News-Star
McKeithen
Washington
Edmund Reggie
Crowley
Reggie
Gillis Long
Kennedy
Congressman Long
U.S
Russell B. Long
Speedy Long
Louisiana Senate
LSU
Rusk testifies on civil rights in race issue debate
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Congress that the present racial crisis divides the nation at home and abroad and urged bipartisanship in pursuing civil rights legislation. He warned that failure to pass laws banning discrimination could fuel hostile propaganda and weaken US standing.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Group
Celler
Rusk
United States
Local syrup slated for display at national police jury convention
Ouachita Parish Police Jury delegates plan to take several cases of home produced syrup to the national police jury convention opening July 28 in Denver. The group voted to pass jars of the syrup to other delegations at the meeting.
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Ouachita Parish
Denver
Colo
Reading theory session led by Dr Kingston at UL College
Dr Albert James Kingston of the University of Georgia will head a reading trends session at the North East Louisiana State College Special Education Center starting at 2 30 p m today.
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Albert James Kingston
University of Georgia
Reading Institute
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Khrushchev Welcomes Kadar Amid Hungary Soviet Talks
Premier Khrushchev greeted Janos Kadar in Moscow as Chinese Soviet talks stalled with little progress toward improving relations. Khrushchev gave a ceremonial Kiev arrival with patriotic pageantry while Pravda reiterated Soviet opposition to Beijing’s stance.
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Khrushchev
Janos Kadar
Peking
Kiev
Kievsky
Kadar
Pravda
Communist Party
Polish officer seeks asylum in West Berlin with two children
A Polish officer accompanied by two children flew a single engine aircraft to West Berlin and requested political asylum, a U S spokesman said. The State Department reported that 15 to 20 people described as potential subversive agents flew from Cuba to Caribbean countries in recent weeks.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
Caribbean
ICC allows extra routes if trains halt at midnight
The Interstate Commerce Commission said it would authorize truckers bus companies and domestic water carriers to take on additional routes and cargos if the nations trains stop at midnight tonight.
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Washington
Doctors Gather in Oxford to Review National Health Service
Five hundred British doctors met in Oxford to scrutinize the state of the national health service on its 15th anniversary. The gathering drew representatives from Britain’s 50,000 general practitioners and hospital consultants amid mounting discontent over pay and prospects.
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Oxford
England
Britain
Stores Picketed in Plaquemine By Civil Rights Activists
PLAQUEMINE AP field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality said two stores would be picketed here today because attempts to negotiate equal job opportunities for Negroes have failed.
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Plaquemine
APA
Congress of Racial Equality
New York Sit-Ins Demand Jobs for Minorities
Demonstrators staged sit ins at the offices of Governor Nelson A Rockefeller and Mayor Robert F Wagner in New York to press for more construction jobs for Negroes and Puerto Ricans. The actions highlight civil rights efforts to expand employment opportunities in urban government and public works.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert F. Wagner
Week's Search For Missing Vessel Abandoned
A week long search for the fishing vessel Sno Boy and its 40 Jamaican passengers was abandoned as no survivors were expected in shark infested waters. The Sno Boy, 63 feet, sailed from Kingston July 1 toward Pedro Banks, captained by Lewis Tole. A dining room table plank floated near the site and a body sighting on Saturday could not be recovered due to sharks.
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Miami
Fla
Navy
Lewis Tole
Kingston
Jamaica
Pedro Banks
Fire Claims Four Family Members in Ventnor NJ
Four members of a family died when a two story frame house in Ventnor New Jersey burned. One survivor was restrained from reentering. Victims were Abe N Schreibman 63 Fannie Schreibman 63 Irene Dudnick 41 and Howard Dudnick 10. Jer ry Schreibman 35 escaped in shock. Police and firefighters faced flames with injuries including a deep hand gash and smoke inhalation.
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Ventnor
N.J
Atlantic City
Abe N. Schreibman
Fannie
Irene Dudnick
Chuckle on debts and growing up
A humorous line notes that as a boy nears understanding of his debt to parents, a girl often arrives and takes most of the interest, turning parental lessons into a punchline.
Young Negro Talks Defiance In Savannah
AG BUILDING ADDITION By United Press International reports a Savannah event where a young Black man voices defiance amid local tensions. The dispatch notes community reaction and ongoing responses from officials and residents.
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Savannah
Low Bid Reported At July Meeting
The Savannah crowd heard civil rights demands as Benjamin Van Clarke, 19, led a march to City Hall from a black casket. Nationally, integration tensions rose with varied forms of response from courts to negotiations. In Ouachita Parish bids for an agriculture building addition ranged around $44,000 to $50,000, with eight bids submitted. The Police Jury delayed action to study bids, finances, and rent plans, while bickering over committee appointments and ward representation surfaced during a quiet session. A biracial committee was to meet later to talk through racial differences.
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City Hall
Portsmouth
N.H
Charles C. Sprague
Savannah
Winston-Szlem
N.C
Ouachita Parish
L. B
Harry Carpenter
W. G
J. G. Haynes
C. O. Boyd
Russell & Hazel
C. C. Sander
Ward T
F. G. Studdard
Pettit
Studdard
Ward 5
Leslie Hamm
G. H. Cooley Hospital
Hamm
Montgomery
First national strike in the United States 1877
The article notes the first labor strike of national significance in U S history occurred in 1877 against the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads to protest wage cuts per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Britannica
Oklahomans Held For Passing Bogus Bills
Two Tulsa men Frank Andrews and Paul Rester were arrested in Bossier City Louisiana after a bar patron detected a fake $20 bill. Police found nearly $10,000 in counterfeit notes in their hotel room and learned they planned to pass the bills. Andrews claimed to own an advertising agency. Rester said he was a draftsman. They admitted copying a genuine bill using a plate and high quality stationery and described using clothes-line and pins to alter the money.
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Bossier City
Tulsa
Okla
Frank Andrews
Paul Rester
Andrews
Rester
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast For Several Days
Partly cloudy skies expected today tonight and Thursday with little temperature change highs near 88 to 92 and lows 68 to 72. Variable winds five to 15 mph and a few showers likely today and Thursday with precipitation averaging a half to one inch in the afternoon and evening. Tuesday’s Monroe high was 90 and low 66.
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Monroe
Committee Studies Case Expel Meredith at Ole Miss
A four member Mississippi State College Board committee meets to decide whether to seek federal court permission to expel James H. Meredith from the University of Mississippi for his recent statements. Governor Barnett disclosed the plan amid board pressure from segregationists and alumni.
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Oxford
Miss
A _ fourman
Mississippi State College Board
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
Meredith
Jackson
Ross Barnett
Barnett
Ole Miss Law School
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Tom Tubb
West Point
State College Board
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Nationwide Strike Looms At Midnight
Washington AP report on a looming nationwide railroad strike as unions reject arbitration, Kennedy faces limited options. Carriers push new work rules threatening 40 000 firemen and 25 000 others. unions vow to strike if rules take effect at midnight. White House talks with Congress produce no clear plan.
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Washington
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Arthur J Goldberg
White House
Pierre Salinger
Jurors Revoke Mill Cafe Beer License After Fracas
West Monroe jurors revoke the Mill Cafe beer license following a fatal stabbing of Byron Calhoun on June 24. Property owner Robert Rhone cited ongoing disturbances and concerns for neighborhood children. The Police Jury, advised by Dist. Atty. Lassiter, voted unanimously to revoke. operator may file suit.
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Quachita Parish
West Monroe
Ward 5
Leslie Hamm
Ruth Pickering
Robert Rhone
Sheriffh Department
Hamm
Byron Calhoun
Mill Cafe
Calhoun
Rhone
Albin P. Lassiter
Refrigerator and aquarium ads offer at low price
Classified item listing shows a Crosley 121 refrigerator for $60 and a one and a quarter gallon aquarium with stand in excellent condition, contact FA at 2-8353.
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Crosley
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