West Texas Hit by Tornadoes Hail Destroys Windows and Roofs
Severe weather swept West Texas on Tuesday night with high winds and baseball to grapefruit sized hail. Monahans reported nine tornadoes seen but not touching ground while Winkler County deputies noted widespread damage and disrupted telephone service. Bonham and Greenville faced record rainfall causing street flooding and water in homes.
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Dallas
Tex
West Texas
Bonham
Texas
Jim Morris
Monahans
Wink
Earl Hill
Winkler County
Greenville
Final Passage Of Gas Tax In Senate Today
The Louisiana Senate moves toward final approval of the administration’s 55 million gas severance tax renewal bill. Unanimous House and Senate support, plus Davis backing and a $55 million educational revenue forecast, push passage before today’s session. A new joint committee investigates voting machine irregularities with film reviews planned for a hearing.
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Senate
Baton Rouge
UPI
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Joint Legislative Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Davis
James Reily
State Sovereignty Commission
Willie Rainach
Rainach
Davis Sovereignty Commission
Waif Finds Home Contentment In Chicago Basement
In Chicago a horse named Tommy, living in a basement under his stable, refuses to leave his home. The Anti Cruelty Society plans to rescue him, cutting through concrete to bring the animal up via ramp or winch. Julius Pekovsky, a fruit peddler, alerted officials to the situation.
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Waif
Chicago
Tommy
J. J. Shaffer
Shafffer
Julius Pekovsky
Pekovsky
Shaffer
Louisiana business activity climbs in April
Louisiana business activity for April rose 3.2 percent from a year earlier and 3 percent from March. The LSU administration cited gains in department stores up 26.6 percent led by Easter, crude petroleum production up 11 percent, and employment up 14 percent due to census work. Losses appeared in freight carloadings down 8.6 percent and industrial power usage down 1.4 percent.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
LSU College of Business Administration
World leaders seek broader ties beyond exclusive clubs
Eisenhower urged that understanding among nations be spread so the Western alliance ceases to be an exclusive club. Postmaster General Summerfield dropped a request for higher rates on religious and nonprofit publications and for small county newspapers. Former Gov. Earl K. Long underwent surgery and was in good condition after a hour in the operating room. More than 300 legislators loyal to ousted ex-Premier Adnan Menderes were arrested to curb a whispering campaign against Gen. Comal Gursel's government. Eugene Dennis, chairman of the Communist party of the United States, underwent lung cancer surgery. Joe Louis said he would end his public relations firm partnership if it continues doing business with Fidel Castro's government.
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Washington (Ap
Arthur E. Summerfield
Summerfield
New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Adnan Menderes
Democratic Party
Comal Gursel
New York
Joe Louis
Fidel Castro
Brooks Sees Military Clash Between U S and Russia
Rep. Overton Brooks of Louisiana warned during a Louisiana Legislature visit that the United States and Russia are on course for a missile war within four to five years. He chairs the House Space and Astronautics Committee and cautioned relations could reach a critical point in two years if Cold War tensions persist.
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Brooks
Twin City Chit-Chat Leslie Read Receives Dual Degrees
Leslie Webster Read former West Monroe youth will receive two university degrees this week. Read earns a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Bachelor of Arts from Southeastern in Memphis. He is the son of Mrs. Arthur Read of West Monroe and the late A D Read.
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Leslie Webster Read
West Monroe
Read
Georgia Tech
Southestern
Memphis
Tenn
Arthur Read
A. D. Read
U. S. Forester
Monroe Chamber Elects Jim Scalia to Board Seat
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce elected Jim Scalia to the sole open post on the 12-member board yesterday. Scalia and Don Klein had tied for the position in the prior week’s election and the outcome was finalized.
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Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jim Scalia
Scalia
Don Klein
Supreme Court limits gulf oil land claims in 3 leagues rule
The court fixed seaward mineral rights, setting Texas and Florida at three marine leagues from low tide, and Louisiana Mississippi Alabama at three geographic miles. Litigation will continue as measurement methods and potential legislation are debated.
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Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
Supreme Court
Congress
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Gulf
House Group Cracks Whip On Expenses
A House committee ordered a crackdown on congressmen expense accounts after reports claimed some members used public funds for nightlife and vacations. Chairman Omar Burleson stated the committee would reiterate strict limits on official travel charges both domestic and abroad. Burleson was named in Knight and Life publications amid related dispatches.
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Washington
UPI
House
Omar Burleson
Dtex
Burleson
Knight Newspapers
Life Magazine
Scripps-Howard backs Johnson for Democratic nomination
The New York World-Telegram and Sun reports Scripps-Howard newspapers will support Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination. Editors call Johnson the ablest Democrat and note his leadership on civil rights and space efforts, while opposing an early Republican bid.
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NEW York
Scripps- Howard
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York World-Telegram & Sun
Sen. Johnson
Times
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Delhi Mayor Roy Snider suffers heart attack in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge staff report Roy Snider, president of the Louisiana Municipal Association, suffered a heart attack in the capital today and was hospitalized after emergency treatment at KLSE-TV Monroe. He received oxygen at Our Lady of The Lake Hospital. his condition was not known at noon. Snider represents LMA on municipal legislation during the legislature.
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Baton Rouge
Delhi
Roy Snider
Capitol
Snider
Louisiana Municipal Association
Klse-Tv
Monroe
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
LMA
Gourmet avoids unfashionable restaurants to dodge weight gain
A light humorous note about a gourmet skipping trendy eateries to prevent gaining weight in undesired places.
Jackson Asks 88000 For KSSE TV Here
Baton Rouge funds dispute over KSSE TV in Monroe with Rep Lawrence Gibbs and Mike John Jr. backing an $88000 operating grant plus a $75000 land purchase proposal. Jackson seeks $163000 overall as admin Reiley rejects KLSE funds. station has operated from education department fund since 1956. A prior audit is incomplete and Executive Jackson notes insufficient funds to run the station.
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Baton Rouge
Shelby M. Jackson
Ksse-Tv
Monroe
James
Reiley
Jackson
Lawrence Gibbs
Mike John Jr
Klse-Tv
General
Laborites Fight to Keep Saturday Election Day
Labor advocates defend Saturday voting as AFL-CIO spokesman Gordon Flory argues it accommodates workers, especially construction crews away from home. Secretary Wade O. Martin Jr. backs Tuesday as the election day, citing fraud risks with Sunday night machine leaves. Senate leaders signal possible floor opposition.
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Robert Ainsworth Jr
Senate
Weather forecast predicts warm, rainy pattern with scattered showers
The weatherman forecasts a warm, rainy trend with scattered thundershowers. The Twin City area logged 0.30 inch of rain last night and highs near 90 with lows around 69. Tomorrow includes partly cloudy skies with isolated storms and temperatures in the mid 80s to 90s.
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Twin City
Monroe-West Monro Area
Selman Field
Arkansas
Socialist plan to force Kishi out over U S Japan pact
In Tokyo the Socialist party moves to resign members from the House and stage street protests to pressure Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. They seek dissolution of the lower house or resignation to defeat the pact, while some Socialists question the tactic amid rising political tension.
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Tokyo
Socialist Party
House of Representatives
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Inejiro Asanuma
Yomiuri
Liberal Democratic Party
Four Proposals To Abolish Louisiana Blue Ribbon Boards
The House Judiciary Committee plans to hear four constitutional proposals to end the state's four blue ribbon boards. Gov Jimmie H Davis seeks to replace them with four advisory boards funded at $40 per diem for most members. The wildlife and fisheries board would be renamed and chaired by its own members, with the department director earning $14 500 annually. Fields noted appointments would come from the governor with terms aligned to the governor’s tenure.
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Baton Rouge
House
Judiciary Committee
Jimmie H. Davis
Highways
Wildlife and Fisheries Boards
Fields
Davis
Highways and Wildlife and Fisheries Board
Welfare Board
Wildlife and Fisheries Board
Commission
Four Bills Signed by Gov Davis Creates New Judges and Units
Baton Rouge Louisiana Gov Jimmie H. Davis signed four bills into law creating an extra judge for the 25th district of Plaquemines and St Bernard parishes, establishing the Louisiana Children's House in Lincoln parish as a unit of the state hospitals department, providing for city judge elections in Baton Rouge by divisions, and creating an additional judge for the 10th district covering Natchitoches and Red River parishes.
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Baton Rouge
UPD
Jimmie H. Davis
Plaquemines
St. Bernard Parish
Louisiana Children’s House
Lincoln Parish
State Department of Hospitals
Natchitoches
Red River Parishes
Alabama Democrats split on electoral votes in runoff fight
Loyalist Democrats claimed five of Alabama's 11 electoral votes while six remained in dispute as uncounted returns from Tuesday's runoff kept the final tally in doubt. States rights voters threatened to withhold votes if the national nominee opposed Southern racial policies. Bruce Henderson of Prairie was nominated without a runoff for the 11th seat.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
North
College
Bruce Henderson
Prairie
National Party
South
NASA says U2 weather flights not spying activity
A NASA official testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that over 200 weather flights have covered about 264000 miles since 1956. He said planes flown by Pan American and TWA operate globally with instruments installed for research, not espionage.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Europe
Turkey
Japan
Hugh L. Dryden
NASA
Dryden
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pan American
TWA
Senate Group
Tarver Riser Enter Ouachita School Board Races
Ouachita parish residents queued for July 23 primaries with Tarver and Riser challenging incumbents in wards 3 and 5. Tarver faces C. E. Buckley in Ward 3 Monroe area. Fred Riser opposes Walter Bennett in Ward 5 West Monroe. Other incumbents plan re election with no opposition yet noted.
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Ouachita Parish
Democratic Committee
B. A. Tarver
C. E. Buckley
South Monroe
West Monroe
Fred Riser
Walter Bennett
M. H. Head
Harry Wheelis
James H. Trousdale, Jr
George Rorex
Otto E. Passman
U. S
Fifth
Monroe
Albin P. Lassiter
Frank V. Reitzell
Pete O. Holcomb
David I. Garrett, Sr
Jesse Heard
W. M
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