Freedom Riders avoid trouble in Shreveport visit
Four Freedom Riders two Black and two white arrived at a Shreveport bus station under heavy police presence then left for friends homes without testing segregation. They planned to continue to New Orleans later with no violence reported.
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Freedom Riders
Shreveport
New Orleans
John Raines
Setauket
N.Y
Bliss Ann Malone
St. Louis
Janet Beinett
New York
B. Elton Cox
High Point
N.C
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
City Public Safety
J. Iarl Downs
Harley Teasley
Little Rock
Quinn Glover
Construction on New 1-20 Bridge Delayed by High Water
District engineer J Ellis Ross said construction of the new 1-20 bridge over the Ouachita River is behind schedule due to high water. He noted the December completion target is unlikely to be met with Peter Keiwitz Sons of Omaha as the contractors.
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Ouachita River
J. Ellis Ross
Twin Cities
Ross
Peter Keiwitz
Omaha
Expressway Bridge Progress Near West Monroe
Ross reports six of seven piers in the water as work advances on the 1 20 project financed mainly with federal funds under the State Department of Highways. The bridge will be six lanes and connect Natchitoches Street in West Monroe to Monroe across the Ouachita River with the approaches and two or three houses remaining to be removed.
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Quachita River
Ross
State Department of Highways
West Monroe
Natchitoches Street
Monroe
Texas Avenue
Water Pollution Bill Sent To JFK
Senate passage sent to President Kennedy a $570 million water pollution control bill with new federal powers to assure a pure water supply. The measure would raise state pollution grants from $50 million to $100 million by 1964, with a federal share cap of 30 percent or $600,000 per project. It may fund sewage and other antipollution work.
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Washington
W AP
Senate
Kennedy
House
Sorensen provokes Nebraskans at Butterfield dinner
Theodore Sorensen, 33, praised Senator Norris at a McCook dinner and used the stage to attack Nebraska’s schools and state policy. He urged better funding and organization of public schools and criticized the state for exodus of youth. Reaction split along party lines.
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Theodore Chaikin Sorensen
Nebraska
Sorensen
Kennedy
McCook, Neb
George W. Norris
Lincoln
Neb
Norris
Cornhuskers
University of Nebraska
White Paper planned to dramatize Berlin crisis
The Kennedy administration prepares a white paper to dramatize Western efforts for a German peace settlement with the Soviet Union. Khrushchev calls for withdrawal of 11,000 Western troops from West Berlin or a free city status, threatening a separate peace with East Germany by year end. The U S plans to send a note to Moscow by mid next week rejecting Khrushchev's demand.
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Washington
Berlin
Soviet Union
U.S
West Berlin
East Germany
United States
Britain
West Germany
France
Moscow
Khrushchev
TV classroom demo at Northeast Louisiana State College
A demonstration of closed circuit television as a teaching aid was to be held today at the east temporary building of Northeast Louisiana State College. The public event aims to show techniques used to develop reading skills.
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Northeast
Louisiana State College
Picnic Supper Planned by Students and Faculty
Students faculty and friends and their families have been invited to attend the picnic supper on the bank of the Bayou DeSiard Thursday July 20 from 5 to 6 p.m.
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Bayou DeSiard
South Africa Rebuffs Williams African Visit Plan
The United States proposed Assistant Secretary of State G Mennen Williams visit South Africa next month during an African tour. Pretoria indicated that a later date would be more convenient citing apartheid policy and criticism in the United States. Williams will proceed to Nigeria and other African states in August, including Ivory Coast celebrations at Abidjan on August 6 and 7.
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Washington
United States
South Africa
G. Mennen Williams
State Department
Republic of South Africa
Williams
Lagos
Nigeria
U.S
Angola
Basutoland
Bechuanaland
Swaziland
Mozambique
Malagasy Republic
Federation of Rhodesia
Myasaland
Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Farmer’s Subsidy Protest Sparks Mail Backlash in New York
In Big Flats, New York, farmer William T. Smith protests a federal feed grain subsidy by driving a Cadillac bought with subsidy funds to Washington. He claims subsidies inflate yields through fertilizer use while supporters criticize the act as ridiculing lawmakers.
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Big Flats
N.Y
William T. Smith
Moorhead
Minn
Smith
Washington
Uncle Sam
Port Allen locks dedication marks inland waterway link
Governor Jimmie Davis dedicated the $19 million Port Allen locks on the Mississippi River. The ceremony, highlighted by his wife breaking a champagne bottle, celebrated a new inland waterway between Baton Rouge and Morgan City reducing travel by 165 miles. Davis praised cooperative action and noted the project began in 1946 with support from the Baton Rouge Port Development Commission and the Corps of Engineers.
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Port Allen
Jimmie H. Davis
Mississippi River
Greater Baton Rouge
Morgan City
Davis
Congress
Baton Rouge
Crime Spree by Cowboy-Hatted Teens Ends at Bridge
Gun toting teens wearing cowboy hats robbed two men at a drive-in and a Gretna bar in New Orleans area before a sheriff’s patrol halted them at a Mississippi River bridge. David Crow and Jim Pickering, 18 and 17, were captured after police spotted the hats in their car.
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New Orleans
Gretna
David Edward Crow
Metairie
Jim Pickering
Collins
Miss
Mississippi River
Sahl Impressed By Commons Visit
American comedian Mort Sahl toured the House of Commons and said he was impressed noting it resembled Congress with few members present and many asleep. The visit was arranged by Punch magazine.
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London
Mort Sahl
House of Commons
Congress
House
Punch
Fishermen feared drowned after Atlantic storm
Sixty four sailors are believed lost as a sudden gale damages fleets off Atlantic and Cantabrian ports. UPI reports the tragedy as ships battle high seas and crews struggle to reach safety.
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Madrid
UPI
Atlantic
Cantabrian
Morrison Named U S Ambassador to OAS
The Senate confirmed five of President Kennedy's diplomatic nominees including New Orleans Mayor deLesseps S Morrison as U S Ambassador to the Organization of American States.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Kennedy
New Orleans
deLesseps S. Morrison
U. S
Organization of American States
Goldfine Accuses Government of Unreasonable Acts
Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine, jailed for tax evasion, alleges the government stalls on his case and bars his attorney from visiting. He offers to securitize 1.6 million dollars plus 100 thousand annually while facing penalties that threaten 1,500 workers in New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts.
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Goldfine
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
U.S
Washington
Federal Correctional Institution At
Danbury, Conn
Burton L. Williams
Williams
Frank Kenton
Federal Prisons
James V. Bennett
Kenton
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Weekend Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies bring warmer weekend in the northeast Louisiana area. Scattered afternoon thundershowers possible with lows 70 to 76 tonight and highs 86 to 92 on Saturday. Yesterday’s high reached 91 and low 70.
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Louisiana
Todays Chuckle Short Shorts Suit Humor
A light item notes humor about fit and form in clothing with a playful quip that shorter styles suit better than formal wear. The joke relies on a quick, witty line emphasizing practicality over pomp in everyday attire.
Sharon Brown Crowned Miss U S A in Miami Beach
Sharon Brown 18 from Minden Louisiana won Miss U S A title, saying her father Roy Brown might faint upon news. She planned to phone home, calling collect, as the pageant awarded the right to compete for Miss Universe among 47 foreign entrants. The final two days of competition aired nationwide with last night including the crowning.
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Roy Brown
Sharon
Collect
Minden
Miss USA Crown Goes To Shar non Rene Brown
Roy L. Brown of Minden Louisiana says his 16 year old daughter Shar non Rene Brown won the Miss USA title in Miami Beach. He notes she will compete in the Miss Universe Pageant with their family possibly joining her for the next events.
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Minden
Roy L. Brown
Sharnon Rene Brown
Miami Beach
Brown
Miami
Cancer-Doomed Spy Convicted in Death-Row Trial
New York AP report about Dr. Robert A. Soblen a dying leukemia patient convicted of spying for the Soviet Union during World War II era. The 61 year old psychiatrist faced potential death penalty while facing institutional care ordered by Federal Judge William B. Herlands medical experts to recommend placement. Soblen sobbed and slumped on a reclining chair during the four week trial with testimony from doctors and his brother Jack Soble contributing to the case.
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New York
Robert A. Soblen
William B. Herlands
Soblen
Soviet Union
Jack Soble
Newburgh Welfare Crackdown Targets Chiselers
Newburgh New York prepares a Saturday crackdown to reduce welfare rolls amid rising costs and home rule debates. City manager Joseph Mitchell faces expanding relief use with racial shifts in aid recipients and a growing budget burden.
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Newburgh
N.Y
Hudson River
Joseph Mitchell
Liston Suspended Indefinitely By Pennsylvania Boxing Board
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission suspended heavyweight challenger Charles Sonny Liston indefinitely for actions detrimental to boxing and the public. Liston, 28, faced two recent Philadelphia arrests and a prior felony record, with a chance for reinstatement only after rehabilitation and proof of respect for the law. The ruling may be recognized nationwide via the National Boxing Association despite past appeals.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission
Charles
Sonny) Liston
Listen
State Athletic Commission
Liston
Missouri
Pennsylvania
National Boxing Association
NBA
Massachusetts
New York
Commission
Rusk Denounces Khrushchev Attacks on United Nations
Secretary of State Dean Rusk denounces Khrushchev’s UN attacks and warns of a possible U.S. veto. He says Khrushchev’s proposals would undermine equal rights and opportunities among nations, as Kennedy approves the stance. Rusk says the United States will block troika formulations seen as preventing compromise by the majority of UN members.
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Rusk
Khrush
United Nations
Washington
Dean Rusk
Khrushchev
U.S
U.N
Kennedy
World League
State Department
Harlan Cleveland
Lincoln White
Cleveland
United States
Troika
Formualigs
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Sahl
Commons
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House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
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General Motors
Louis G. Seaton
United Auto Workers
Atlanta
Ernest Vandiver
Jackson
Duke
German Shepard
Jimmy Dolan
Spokane
U.S.A
Miami Beach, Fla
Sharon Brown
Sharon Pawe
Pug
Alfred Klein
Atty
Morton Wilkins
Klein
Esults
Nuney
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