Worker Killed In 20 Ft Fall Near Winnfield
A 59 year old Georgetown man, John Dewit Quinn, died after falling 20 feet from a roof at Tremont Lumber Co. in a construction accident near Winnfield. He suffered a broken neck and head injuries. Funeral services are set for Georgetown Baptist Church with burial in Zion Cemetery. Surviving are a wife, son Robert in Texas, mother, two daughters, eight grandchildren, and several brothers and sisters.
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Winnfield
Georgetown
Tremont Lumber Co
Here
J. T. Lashley
John Dewit Quinn
Quinn
Georgetown Baptist Church
Oscar Bradford
Zion Cemetery
Hixson Funeral Home
Robert Quinn
Freeport
Tex
W. F. Quinn
Ball
L. M. Melton
Dan Lincecum
Carl
West Berlin reports curb on refugee flow by police
Berlin western official says Communist police controls reduced the number of refugees entering West Berlin though other sources doubt the impact. He notes arrivals remain above normal during vacation peak with 505 registered at the Mariendorf camp last night and trains from East Berlin remain hard to screen.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Marienfelde
East Germany
East Berlin
Gagarin Arrives for Cuban Fete in Havana
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin arrived in Havana to join Fidel Castro in marking the 26th of July movement anniversary. He received a hero’s welcome at Jose Marti International Airport, exchanged greetings with Castro and Dorticos, and rode in an open limousine through the capital as Cuban and Soviet bands played.
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Havana
Yuri Gagarin
Fidel Castro
Gagarin
Jose Marti International
Castro
Osvaldo Corticos
Dorticos
Fulgencio Batista
Santiago
Cost of Living Rises Two Tenths in June
The Labor Department reports the cost of living climbed two tenths of a percent in June reaching a new high. Major factors were higher prices for used cars gasoline and household textiles with nonfood commodities driving the increase. Factory workers’ net spendable earnings rose, boosting buying power to record levels last seen in 1959.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Clague
Beating Death Report Denied In Mississippi Case
Jerry Jefferson a 17 year old Negro was said to be beaten to death on the Charles Hicks plantation near Batesville but Panola County Sheriff says no killing occurred and Jefferson is alive in jail charged with assault and battery with intent to kill FBI investigates possible federal violations NAACP had reported a fatal beating.
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Batesville
Miss
Jerry Jefferson
Panola County
Ross Darby
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jefferson
Charles Hicks
Darby
NAACP
Medgar Evers
Jackson
Associated Press
Minnie Armstrong
Chicago
Evers
FBI
Proud West Monroe couple welcome daughter Amy Jo Jones
Mr and Mrs Glen Jones of West Monroe announce the birth of their daughter Amy Jo at St Francis Hospital last night. The baby weighed six pounds ten ounces and is described by Mrs Jones as the prettiest she has ever seen. Mrs Jones formerly Reca Bamberg, longtime News Star editorial staff member.
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Glen Jones
West Monroe
Amy Jo
St. Francis Hospital
Jones
Gassville Wins Federal Support for Water System Upgrade
Gassville Arkansas receives a $31 000 federal loan and a $129 000 grant under the Area Redevelopment Act to fund a new water system for Mar Bax Shirt Co. plant as the town of 233 prepares to add 1 000 jobs and boost the sagging local economy.
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Gassville
Ark
U.S. Commerce Department
Ozark Mountain
Mar-Bax Shirt Co
Dog lover leaves 300000 pound trust for stray dogs
Scunthorpe England dog lover Jeremiah Green sets up a 300000 pound trust to build and maintain a luxury home for stray dogs. He calls dogs his greatest friends and says skeptics will call him a crank for funding the fund.
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Scunthorpe
England
Jeremiah Green
Green
Hereford cow Grady dies after long silo ordeal
Grady a 1200 pound Hereford cow who jumped into a silo in 1949 and spent four days inside, died at 18 from old age near the silo on Bill Mach’s Yukon ranch. Reporter John Randolph covered the event as Grady drew national attention from 45 states and foreign countries.
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Yukon
Okla
Grady
Bill Mach
Mach
Washington
John Randolph
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Randolph
Mack
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Air Force
Army
Young Hoodlums Captured After Beating Up Bum
Three 17 year olds from St Louis suburbs admit targeting a bum for fun in skid row. Patrolman Pepmiller fired five shots as they fled in a 1961 car. Patrick Leonard of Clayton seriously wounded. Dorsey and Olsen booked on assault to dobod y harm. Errett treated for bruises.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis
Skid Row
Edward Pepmiller
John Errett
Patrick Leonard
Clayton
Freemont Dorsey
Robert Olsen II
Richmond Heights
Robert Olsen Jr
Leonard
Dorsey
Olsen
Errett
Veteran oil fire fighters arrive to douse blaze
Red Adair and his Houston crew arrived in Abbeville to tackle a searing gas well fire. Delta Drilling Co. reported no injuries and noted the blaze destroyed the well’s 137 foot derrick and associated equipment valued at about a half million dollars.
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Abbeville
VPI
Red Adair
Houston
Tex
Delta Drilling Co
Kennedy to unveil Berlin defense plan in national address
President Kennedy plans a broad step up in defense against the Berlin threat and global communism in a 9 p.m. EST broadcast. He meets with congressional leaders beforehand to brief them on his speech and a congressional message due Wednesday. Khrushchev has announced a major arms build up and a hoped for East Germany peace treaty by year end.
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Washington
Kennedy
Berlin
White House
Congress
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Khrushchev
East Germany
Kremlin
East Germans Begin Evictions Over West Berlin Work
East Berliners who work in West Berlin face eviction as the Neue Zeit reports two border crossers already removed for refusing West Berlin jobs. The paper says all 53,000 East Berlin workers in the West will be confronted and offered factory work in East Berlin.
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West Berlin
Governor Dedication Planned for New Russell Sage Game Area
Gov Jimmie H Davis is to dedicate 15000 acres in Lafourche Swamp as Russell Sage Game Management Area with a 230 PM ceremony at the Virginia Hotel and a ribbon cutting after his speech The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission will hold its regular meeting starting at 10 AM with Chairman E R McDonald Sr and other commissioners present Local officials and sportsmen leaders discussed the Catahoula Lake issue amid concerns over a Corps of Engineers lock and dam project threatening the lake's fate.
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Jimmie H. Davis
Lafourche
Davis
Virginia
Russell Sage Fund
Russell Sage Game Management
Louisiana Wild Life & Fishleries Commission
E. R. McDonald Sr
Newellton
Commission
L. D. Young
Catahoula Lake
Louisiana
Corps of Engineers
Jonesville
Knippers
McDonald
Ray Whatley
Vicechairman
Alexandria
William Denton
Houma
James Frey
Lafayette
Richard Fleming
Shreveport
John Cutrone
Morgan City
John Paul Crane
Grand Cheniere
Plot to hijack five planes to Havana alarms New York
New York police said the FBI alerted them that supporters of Fidel Castro planned to hijack five commercial planes in the area and fly them to Havana. The plan called for two gunmen aboard each plane on Eastern National and Northeast airlines. An Eastern Airlines hijacking occurred Monday with 38 aboard. Police said the FBI notified the Port Authority and the Civil Aeronautics Administration and moved to thwart the pilots.
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New York
Fidel Castro
Havana
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cuba
Eastern
National
Northeast
Eastern Airlines
FBI
Casa Cuba
Tampa
Fla
Port of New York Authority
Civil Aeronautics Administration
London wedding held as reception due to tight schedule
A wedding reception for John Morgan and Fiona O Neill was held Monday night before their marriage because many guests faced a difficult schedule. Fiona's brother Lord O Neill commented the event was more fun than a regular reception.
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London
UPI
John Morgan
Fiona O'Neill
Fiona
Lord O'Neill
Three Bandits Rob Opelousas Motel Of $600
Three armed bandits tied up the Inn Motel night manager Freeman Henks and a porter and took $600. The offenders used a sawed-off shotgun and a pistol and fled. Police noted similarities to a July 1 Town House Motel holdup in Lafayette with a tall blonde suspect and a shorter man with crossed eyes.
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Opelousas
UPI
Freeman Henks
Henks
Town House
Lafayette
Tunisian leader accuses France of ceasefire violations
President Habib Bourguiba charged France with violating the U.N. Security Council ceasefire by not withdrawing to prebattle positions and by maintaining a hold on Tunisian territory at Bizerte. He warned fighting could resume and called for U.N. action. Dag Hammarskjold met Tunisian officials to seek a solution.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
France Today
U.N. Security Council
Bizerte
Bourguiba
Tunisia
Security Council
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
France
More Rain Seen For Monroe Area Weather Forecast Update
The Monroe area may see more rainfall with thundershowers continuing in northeast Louisiana. Temperatures rise from yesterday's 64 toward 88 to 92 today with overnight lows around 70 to 75.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Sleeping Beauty case ends with children sent home on trial
In Cleveland Judge Albert Waldman ordered the Sleeping Beauty sisters Bernadette and Venita Fratantonio returned to their mother Lillian Fratantonio on a trial basis after nearly a year in a children's home. Custody remains with the Catholic Charities Bureau as the mother remains under sentence on her December conviction for mistreatment with drugs.
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Larry Friedman Cleveland
Lillian Fratantonio
Vincent Fratantonio
Fratantonio
Albert A. Waldman
Fratanonio
Catholic Charities Bureau
Parmaale
Waldman
Mayors Parking Plan Sparks Violent Philadelphia Protest
In Philadelphia a 2000 strong crowd attacked Mayor Richardson Dilworth over a $40 a year parking fee plan. Councilman Gaeetano P. Giordano was injured by a rock or glass. Police reinforced, Dilworth escorted home with guards overnight.
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Philadelphia
Richardson Dilworth
Gaetano P. Giordano
Giordano
Dilworth
Philaladelphia
Edward Lain
WRCV
Society Hill
WCAU
Congress Here to Back Kennedy Defense Request
Congress appears ready to support Kennedy’s plan for a defense boost of about 3 billion dollars or more. Debate centers on whether to fund the rise with immediate tax increases as Khrushchev presses the Berlin crisis. Humphrey urges taxes while Kennedy aims for an orderly buildup in Marine and Army forces and broader National Guard and reserve training.
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Congress
Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
West J
Berlin
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Spread the News TT Coffee and Tea Silver Service
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