Kennedy urges quick House vote on education aid bill
President Kennedy pressed Congress to act on his education aid program calling it the most important bill he has requested. He urged sponsors in the House to use every procedure to bring the measure to a vote as the House Rules Committee voted to table the bills for the year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congressional
House
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Congress
Space Official Hopes Salaries Can Be Increased
NASA official J. S. Brown in New Orleans urged higher agency pay to attract top scientists for Project Apollo. He cited private industry offers and noted Michoud Ordnance Plant in Louisiana as a rumored moonshot site candidate, with Rep. Hebert commenting on the possibility.
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New Orleans
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Kennedy
J. S. Brown
America
Brown
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Ohio
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Thousands Killed in Congo Report Sparks Alarm
Elisabethville reports allege that thousands of women and children in the Kanioka area were shot by South Kasai forces under Albert Kalonji. UN experts reportedly warned of mass murder while tribesmen fled. New clashes erupt in Katanga as gendarmes engage UN troops near Nyemba.
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Elisabethville
Congo
UPL
Kanioka Ibal
South
Kasai
Albert Kalonji
United Nations
Katanga
U.N
Tragic Deaths Of Two Cave Explorers In Indiana
Two Indiana University graduate students Ralph Moreland Jr. and Tom Arnold, both 25, were found drowned side by side in an uncharted dead end of a limestone cave eight miles west of Orleans Indiana. A flash flood trapped them after they entered at 5 p.m. Sunday and two cloudbursts swamped the passage. Rescue teams worked for hours to recover the bodies as floodwaters receded.
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Orleans
Ind
IL Oumuayy
Ralph S. Moreland Jr
Knox
Tom Arnold
Peru
Indiana University
Robert Armstrong
Indianapolis
Armstrong
Indiana
Ohio River
Moreland
Arnold
Karen
Tunisia Moves to Halt French Forces at Bizerte
Tunisian armed forces ordered to open fire on foreign planes over Tunisia without permission. Televised announcement said to aim at stopping France from reinforcing the Bizerte base as paratroops were sent toward the area. A separate march reports volunteers heading toward Marker 233 near the Edjele oil field.
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Bizerte
Tunisia
France
Habib Bourguiba
Paris
Bone
Algeria
Sahara
Edjele
King Midas of the Golden Touch to open at Strauss Playhouse
The Little Theatre and Northeast Louisiana State College present King Midas of the Golden Touch at the Strauss Playhouse on Lamy Lane. Opening Friday, with evening shows Friday and Saturday and Monday, plus matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 30 p.m. George Brian directs.
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King Midas of
Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Little Theatre
Northeast Louisiana State College
George Brian
Junta to Outline Plans for Return to Civilian Rule
South Korea's ruling junta said it would announce by August 15 plans for restoring civilian government. Maj. Gen. Pak Chung hi told reporters the junta would outline the future form of government and the transfer timing but refused to give specifics. This marked the first indication of plans to return control to civilians.
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Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Pak Chung-hi
Rules Group Sinks Kennedy School Aid Push
The House Rules Committee, expanded to protect the Kennedy administration, shelved a major school aid bill and related funding measures in a 5 to 7 vote. The move undermines the president's top five proposals and complicates his efforts to broaden committee control.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Kennedy
Capitol Hill
Eichmann Defies Israel Prosecution In Court Clash
Adolf Eichmann accused the Israeli prosecution of trying to force him to answer questions about his 1957 interview with a Dutch journalist. Judge Landau rebuked him as Atty Gen Hausner pressed for acknowledgment that the Argentina interview was accurate. Eichmann claimed handwritten corrections were not final and refused further questions about the manuscript.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Fry
Gestapo
Moshe Landau
Gideon Hausner
Efichmann
Argentina
Wilhelm Sassen
Eichmann
Europe
Hawusner
Lassen
New York Crash Kills Three Socialites and Pilot
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in a Queens residential area killing three socialites Mrs An gier Biddle Duke Mrs Arthur Altschul and Mrs Stanley Warren Metcalf and the pilot Paul Dur duke. No ground casualties were reported. The victims included Mrs Duke a diplomat’s wife and former Spain born socialite.
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New York
Angier Biddle Duke
State Department
Queens
LaGuardia Field
Arthur Altschul
Wall Street
Stanley Warren Metcalf
Auburn
N.Y
Paul Durbuke
Marine Corps
Duke
Spain
Kennedy
Idlewild
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Washington
T. Markee Robertson
Queens General Hospital
Fear 60 Killed In Latin Crash
An Argentine DC6 crashed near Azul in Buenos Aires province killing 60 aboard. The four engine airliner on a Buenos Aires to Comodoro Rivadavia run burst into flames after attempting an emergency landing at Chacari, a farming center 30 miles from Azul. Officials feared many victims were Americans connected with oil interests.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Azul
Patagonian
Comodoro Tuvadiva
U.S
Chachari
Memphis Officials Back Meeting on Southern Municipal Alliance
Mayor Henry Loeb and two Memphis commissioners approved a plan to form a southern municipal alliance during a gathering with a Louisiana delegation. Armour urged coordinating with state leagues while Moore showed cautious support as discussions continued.
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Memphis
Tenn
Henry Loeb
Howard
Sidney Gray
Louisiana Municipal Association
West Tennessee Municipal League
Union City
Rodriguez
Monroe
Armour
Louisiana
Southwide Municipal Association
Tennessee Municipal League
Moore
Eccanee Killed In 60-Foot Fall From River Span
Houston D. Phillips, 37, died after falling sixty feet from a Mississippi River bridge near Vicksburg. He escaped a jail roof by tying blankets into a rope, then fell to the ground. The body was found by a renter near Madison Parish. death ruled accidental.
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Tallulah
Coroner's Office
Houston D. Phillips
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Phillips
Madison Parish
Otis Edgerton
Edgerton
Warm weather to persist with scattered thundershowers
Partly cloudy and warm weather continues in the Monroe area through Thursday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs reach 90 to 94, with overnight lows around 70 to 75. Yesterday's high was 93 and the low 74.
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Monroe
Grissom Launch Delayed by 3 Day Weather Wait
Clouds over Cape Canaveral forced cancellation of the Mercury Redstone launch attempt for astronaut Virgil I. Grissom. The countdown neared 10 minutes 30 seconds when a solid overcast and 15 000 foot cloud deck halted the mission with plans to retry in about three days. Grissom had been in the capsule 3 hours 26 minutes before the postponement.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
This Space Center
Project Mercury
Grissom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Barnett Hosts Governors Meeting in Jackson
Four governors and reps from three other states meet in Jackson to discuss cooperative economic development for the South. The session excludes states rights and segregation from the official agenda but is expected to draw attention to them.
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Jackson, Miss
South
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Honolulu
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
John Patterson
Alabama
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Price Daniel
Texas
Southern Governors Conference
Head of Ship Line Succumbs
John M. Duffy 52 secretary of Mississippi Shipping Co. died Tuesday night of a heart attack in New Orleans. A New Orleans native, he served the steamship line for more than 39 years. Survivors include his widow a daughter and a son.
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New Orleans
John M. Duffy
Mississippi Shipping Co
Duffy
Steamship Line
Western notes firm on Berlin as Moscow blasts plan
Western powers urged unity against Khrushchev on Berlin with a firm Western stance. Moscow radio accused the Allies of aiding forces seeking another war while warning that peace talks must cover all Germany. The broadcast denounced a separate peace and warned of intensified arms race amid the crisis.
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Moscow Radio
United States
Khrushchev
Germany
West Berlin
East Germany
Moscow
Kennedy to Decide on Berlin Crisis Measures Today
President Kennedy said final decisions on U S military steps to counter the Soviet Berlin challenge will be announced after a National Security Council meeting this afternoon. He plans a national speech next Tuesday and a report to Congress Wednesday after consulting Britain, France, and NATO allies. He urged the Soviet Union to reconsider its course to avoid war.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S
Berlin
Congress
Britain
France
NATO
National Security Council
Germany
Winnfield Wildcat Drill Reaches 2000 Feet Abandoned
The first wildcat oil well within Winnfield city limits reached 2,000 feet and was found dry. Test on the I H Hatten property occurred as oil prospecting expands across Winn Parish with a future 3,400 to 4,000 foot test planned at Coochie Brake salt dome near Atlanta.
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Winnfield
Joe Trudell
Bisso Petroleum Corp
New Orleans
I. H. Hatten
Wren Acres
Winn Parish
Midway
Coochie
Atlanta
Trudell
Wren
Hatten
Leo B. Bisso Jr
W.W. L. Rambo
Georgetown
Coochie Brake
Sinco Corp
Collier-Simmons
Edenborn
Opportunity Knocks Daily in the Want Ads
Local Want Ads tout fast buy and sell options including used home appliances and furniture. Listings feature Hotpoint ice box, Chambers range, Duncan Phyfe tables and chairs, dining pieces, air conditioning units, and Marquette electrical gear with prices listed. Readers are urged to use the Want Ad number and inquire about a seven day rate with cancellation privileges.
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Chambers
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Jackson
European Press
London
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