Doctor Held In Wife Murder Case
In Las Vegas detectives arrested prominent West Covina California doctor Bernard Finch 48 on suspicion of murdering his estranged wife Barbara 33 near their $30 000 home. Witnesses give conflicting stories about the gunshot. Finch denies wrongdoing and says he arrived Friday and stayed since.
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Liam Vegas
Nev
West Coving
Calif
Caifornia
Bernard Finch
West Covina
Los Angeles
Finch
Carol Pippas Tregoff
Idiss Tregoff
Miss Tregoff
Hifnch
Barbara Jean Finch
Las Vegas
Murder Charges Filed Against John Cuump in Slaying
A first degree murder charge was filed in Potosi Missouri against 19 year old John Cuump of Huzzah for the shotgun killing of Leonard Barr 47 during a beer gathering. A coroner jury previously ruled the shooting felonious homicide.
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Quak-Ar, Mo
John Cuump
Huzzah
Potosi
Washington
Barr tragedy tied to teen killers in Washington County
Crump and a 14-year-old companion killed 17 year old Bobbie Lou Shipp and wounded Wallie Barr 52 and Elliotta Barr 16 after targeting Barr and his wife over car keys. Prosecutors planned to charge the 14-year-old's accomplice with delinquency by reason of first degree murder.
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Quaker
St. Louis
Crump
Barr
Bare
Washington County
Robert Carr
John Edward Davis
Huzzah
Thomas B. Allen
Allen
Barris
Wallie
Elliotto
Bobbie Lou Shipp
Belgrade
I Fc
Bobbie Lou
Bonnie Terre
Steel mediator resumes talks to restart steel negotiations
In New York AP reports the nation s chief mediator and three aides began a private morning session with basic steel contract negotiators to restart talks. A United Steelworkers union team was set for an afternoon meeting as part of ongoing mediation efforts.
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NEW York
Josef
P. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
United Steelworkers Union
Governor seeks arsonists in Columbus art burning
Governor Ernest Vandiver labeled vandals burning three Columbus art collections a demented cat and offered a 1500 dollar reward for the capture. In Washington, Defense Secretary McElroy and military chiefs fly west for strategy conferences.
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Columbus, Ga
Ernest Vandiver
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Uniformed Chiefs of
Army, Navy
Air Force
Far West
West proposes lasting German peace talks with Russia
Geneva report says the West urged Russia to back a continuing conference of foreign ministers with East and West German advisers to negotiate a German peace settlement ending the Berlin crisis.
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Geneva
Berlin
Russia
Real friends of Gov Earl Long focus on health
W J Cleveland Crowley president pro tem and acting governor said his real friends prefer Earl Long to recover rather than a special legislative session.
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Baton, Rouge
UPI
Earl K. Long
W. J. Cleveland
Crowley
Senate
Hunt Intensified For Man and Two Boys In Hopedale Trip
The Coast Guard broadened its search for Harold Landry 27 and two 17 year old youths E J Schroeder and Richard Young after they failed to return from a fishing trip near Hopedale. Meanwhile rescue crews called off the search for two men missing after a skiff overturned five miles below Algiers on the Mississippi River.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Hopedale
Mississippi
Algiers
Harold Landry
E. J. Schroeder
Richard Young
Chuckle Wife Pokes Fun At Husband In Repartee
A lighthearted exchange has Chuckle Wife teasing her husband with a quip about his courage. The banter plays on a cartoonish animal comparison as she urges him to speak up.
Long Leaves El Paso for Denver Amid Turbulent Texas Tour
Governor Earl K. Long of Louisiana set out for Denver with his physician and the Louisiana Racing Commission head after a busy Texas trip. He attended a Baptist sermon, visited Juarez, watched a chorus at La Cucaracha, and lingered into the early hours before resuming travel. Long has a history of mental health issues and recent hospital stays, drawing critical editorials from the El Paso Herald-Post.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Istate Horse Racing Commission
Denver
Colo
Long
Juarez
Mexico
Pete Menefee
Louisiana Racing Commission
M. O. Miller
Russell Willie
Louisiana State Police
Willie
Monterrey
Texas
New Mexico
E. M. Pooley
el Paso Herald-Post
Northwestern State College hosts Practical Music Aids workshop
The American Music Conference workshop, sponsored by the music department, will run July 27 and 28 in the university fine arts building. Registration is July 26 morning in the music department with no enrollment charge. The theme targets classroom teachers and aligns with AMC’s national mission to enrich music education programs.
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Music Department
Northwestern State College
AMC
Seven Ouachita Parish Students Seek Degrees at Northwestern Start
Otis R. Crew registrar says seven Ouachita Parish students are candidates for degrees at the Northwestern State College summer commencement on August 6. Continued on page 2-A.
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Ouachita Parish
Northwestern State College
Otis R. Crew
Louisiana weekend accidents kill sixteen people
A brutal weekend in Louisiana saw sixteen deaths from road and boating incidents. Five on roads near Gonzales, Gramercy and Slidell, including Thomas R. Hunt, 29, killed in a rollover. Two fishermen missing and presumed drowned in the Mississippi near Algiers. Police and Coast Guard searches failed to recover the missing men.
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Louisiana
Thomas R. Hunt
Denham Springs
Gonzales
H. M. Wayuespack
Hunt
Admiral Leahy Dies at 84 Former WWII Chief of Staff
Admiral William Daniel Leahy longtime wartime chief of staff to President Roosevelt died at the Navy Center in Bethesda Maryland aged 84 from a cerebral vascular accident. Leahy served from 1897 in four wars and held posts including Chief of Naval Operations governor of Puerto Rico ambassador to France and CIA precursor organizer. He was senior five star officer and a key Joint Chiefs of Staff member during World War II and helped shape U S war strategy.
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Washington
William Daniel Leahy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Navy
Navy Center
Bethesda
Leahy
Hampton
Iowa
Naval Academy
China
Naval Operations
Puerto Rico
France
Commander In Chief
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Combined Chiefs
United States
Bodies Identified in Utah Plane Crash Victims
Investigators tentatively identify four people found in a light plane wreck in the Uinta mountains of northeastern Utah. The victims include James B Davis Jr and his son Victor along with Mr and Mrs James B Davis Sr of Rockville Maryland.
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Hanna
Utah
Maryland
Harlan Bement
Rockville Construction Co
Rockville
James B. Davis Jr
Victor
James B. Davis Sr
Bement
L. F. Jones
Davis
Mississippi
Greenwood
Miss
Reno
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Uinta Mountains
Cotton subsidy costs $15 to $20 per bale
A Monroe meeting heard that a federal cotton purchase program costs taxpayers money, with the government buying from producers at about 36 cents per pound and selling below cost to buyers. F B Biggs explained procedures as bankers host and sponsors noted crippled market conditions.
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Monroe
F. B. Biggs
Commodity Stabilization Service
New Orleans
Biggs
Virginia Hotel
Central Savings Bank
Ouachita National Bank of
Gwen l LeBlance
Communists Surge in Iraq With Kirkuk Battles and Death Toll
UPI reports from Cairo say a Communist uprising in Iraq near Kirkuk against Premier Abdel Karim Kassem continues with many executions. The death toll is estimated at 50 to 100 as fighting spreads to Anah and surrounding areas amidst conflicting London briefings.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Cairo
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kirkuk
Iself
Voice of Free Iraq
Anah
London
Baghdad
Faisal
Middle East
Farm Bureau delegates work on policy at Louisiana convention
Louisiana Farm Bureau delegates gather for policy shaping at the 37th convention. About 2,300 members attend a four day event with a 70 unit parade at West Monroe City Hall featuring parish queens aboard floats. Senator Ellender and LSU star Billy Cannon headline tonight’s banquet program at the Virginia Hotel.
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Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention
Farm Bureau
Cameo
Virginia
Louisiana
West Monroe
Queens
Allen J. Ellender
Billy Cannon
LSU
Partly Cloudy Skies Over Twin City With Afternoon Thunderstorms
Twin City residents can expect partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thundershowers through tomorrow. Monroe’s high yesterday reached 88 while the state topped out at 94. rainfall was light with Alexandria reporting 0.52 inches. Today’s forecast calls for a high near 92 and a low around 70.
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Twin City
Monroe
Alexandria
Atomic hound dogs may live 15 years in radium study
AEC researchers track about 400 dogs in a 15 year radiation exposure study. Dr. C L Dunham says one beagle or foxhound may live to 15. two groups are at Utah and Davis. Diet is normal with occasional radium or related elements.
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Thelma C. Daigrepont
Roland Fournier
Police Juvenile Department
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Nature
C. L. Dunham
AEC Division of Biology and Medicine
Dr. Dunham
Dunham
House Appropriations Committee
AEC
Washington Parish Fund Questionable Transactions Probed
A state audit calls for an investigation into unfavorable conditions and questionable transfers in the Washington Parish school board fund. It focuses on the Varnado school building account where expenditures appear controlled by a single board member Curtis J Fornea. The report notes $2681.81 in four checks to S S Rouse for drilling a well, with invoices disputed and endorsements suggesting personal handling by Fornea.
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Baton Rouge
Washington Parish
J. B. Lancaster
Varnado
R. W. Magee
Shelby Jackson
Jack Gremillion
James T. Burns
22Nd Judicial District
Curtis J. Fornea
Vornado
S. S. Rouse
Rouse
Fornea
Mr. Rouse
Personal income hits record high in June
U S personal income rose to a record 382.9 billion a year in June driven by higher hiring and longer factory hours. Wages and salaries reached 261.1 billion, up 1.3 billion from May with a near 12 percent annual rate gain since January. Government transfer payments also increased amid recession effects.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Homemakers Seek Bargains in July Want Ads
July homemakers search the News-Star-World Want Ads for bargains listing mahogany dining room set, twin beds, studio couch, and washing machine with prices. Multiple sellers provide contact numbers and advertise early sale days and low seven day rates with cancellation privileges.
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News-Star—World
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