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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
1
AP dispatches report that Kennedy calls for taxing foreign bonds amid global finance talks. The bulletin notes accompanying notices from the U S Embassy about a crashed transport plane near Laos border killing six aboard. Names withheld pending kin notification.
Martie Ozers a 19 year old from Illinois and daughter of a Latvian refugee wins Miss U S A and advances to Miss Universe judging with fifteen finalists to be named for the 1963 pageant. She earns 2500 prize and 5000 personal appearance contract and plans to help her father Maksis Ozers.
Four Baton Rouge area men Clifton King Charles Fisher Isaac Jackson and Arthur Ferguson bound over to an Adams County grand jury on charges of grave desecration at Laurel Hill Plantation 12 miles south of Natchez. They allegedly drank wine before attempting to rob four lead coffins said to contain ancestors of Dr. Pierce Butler former president of Sophie Newcomb College. The men faced $1000 bond each and claimed they sought gold and jewels buried over 200 years ago.
Baton Rouge, LA—The Louisiana mineral board received bids on 98,503 acres of state lands in the first oil and gas leasing of the new fiscal year. The 43 tracts include 25 offshore, 14 ep and four state agency parcels. Officials budget $15 million for mineral lease sales this year. last year projections rose from 13 million to 30 million.
In Be irut AP reports Syria's Baathist government says it crushed a civilian led uprising and discharged officers. Maj Gen Amin Hafez spokesman claimed the revolt ended and order restored after Damascus radio went silent for two hours. Tanks and arms were used in Damascus as plotters tried to seize the army HQ and radio. Iraq pledged military aid, and Iraqi President Abdel Salam Aref congratulated Syria. The border was closed, communications cut, and a curfew ordered by the national revolutionary command. Lt Gen Louay Atassi traveled to Egypt amid the crackdown.
Jackson MS AP Circuit Judge Leon Hendrick ordered Byron de La Beckwith a 42 year old Greenwood man charged with Medgar Evers murder to undergo a mental examination. Judge Hendrick said the state Supreme Court's broad view on sanity requires expert opinions when raised. Dr W L Jaquith of Whitfield State Mental Hospital to perform exam as soon as possible.
Washington says no American official responsible for the disappearance of 24 million bushels of grain sent to Austria under a barter deal. The State Department stated no U.S. official is to blame, amid ongoing inquiries into the loss.
Warren Klam son of Dr and Mrs N Klam sails for Europe as part of 528 US scouts at the 11th World Scout Jamboree in Athens area, with plans to visit Rome Lucerne Zurich London and Venice during the trip.
The annual Northeast picnic and pops concert is set for this afternoon from 5:30 to 6:30 in the president’s garden. The Northeast band and choir will perform. See CHIT-CHAT page 7-A for details.
Senate and House Republicans charged today that the Kennedy administration farm program is a dismal failure and has left the farmer the forgotten man.
Circuit Judge Tom P. Brady a segregationist linked to the Citizens Councils was named associate justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court by Gov. Ross Barnett. He authored Black Monday and has long opposed school integration while playing a key role in local segregation efforts.
A crowd of 2,560 foreign students rushed the White House lawn as President Kennedy returned to his office. A girl grabbed his handkerchief, a boy took his tie clasp, and a Secret Service agent lost a shoe. Police restrained the mob amid heat as Kennedy urged peace and a fair chance for all.
Weather forecast shows little change in temperature over the next two days with partly cloudy skies and isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers. Daytime highs reach 92 to 97 with tonight’s low 72 to 77, and light southwest winds.
Commander Percy A. Lemoine of the American Legion said the group is disturbed by the Cuban situation and supports a Cuba blockade. The 45th annual Louisiana Legion convention opens in Monroe with about 2000 delegates, featuring National Commander James E. Powers and LSU President Dr. John Hunter.
In Charleston S C two mass meetings were set as Negroes prepared to renew street demonstrations despite state troops sent by Gov Donald Russell. Charleston leaders vowed to pursue a 10 point desegregation program with nonviolent action and denied NAACP sponsorship of Tuesday nights unrest in which six policemen and a fireman were injured.
A light quip notes truth being rarer than fiction, hinting humorously that real events surprise less often than imagined stories. The line underscores the oddity of real life versus narrative fantasy in everyday wit.
The Guinness Book of Records lists Sinhalese as the language with the most letters at 54, while Hawaiian has the fewest at 12.
In Saigon police breached barbed wire to raid a pagoda crowded with about 400 monks nuns and followers, seizing three Buddhists as demonstrations erupted. American security officers condemned the brutality, while President Kennedy urged a peaceful settlement of the Buddhist government dispute with Diem.
President Kennedy urged Congress to tax purchases of foreign stocks and bonds to curb outflow of gold and dollars, proposing rates from 15 to 22 percent on securities from 22 industrialized nations. The plan would take effect Friday and run to December 31, 1965, as part of a broader effort to stabilize the U.S. balance of payments. The message also announced U.S. entry into IMF currency drawings, with up to 500 million dollars available from Monday.
London AP reports the biggest horse racing scandal in Britain may unfold as newspapers hint Belko the Derby winner was doped. The Jockey Club offers a 5600 reward and amnesty for informants while routine tests point to doping among several horses amid concerns over leaks and a new testing system.
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