MONTH LONG IN SOUTH Showers Herald End To Drought
Scattered thundershowers across the nation bring hope of relief to a drought parching the South. Georgia saw emergency areas and big storms near Warner Robins while Sapelo Island helped curb a forest fire. Florida rains varied by city and aided Everglades fires. Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee reported improving or easing conditions with varying rainfall totals. Tennessee farmers harvested alfalfa without rain damage for the first May in years, though pasture recovery remains slow.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Rocky Mountains
South
Georgia
Warner Robins
Maconith
Sapelo Island
Florida
Miami
Tampa
West Palm Beach
Everglades
Arkansas
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Lafayette
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
McComb
Tennessee
State Trooper Martin Seriously Hurt In Crash
State Trooper Cpl. James C. Martin was listed in serious but not critical condition at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg after a rain slick crash four miles west of Tallulah. He suffered four fractured ribs and severe lacerations, received emergency care, and faces X rays to assess injuries. The incident followed a separate school bus collision near Tendal in Madison Parish involving five mildly injured children.
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Tallulah
James C. Martin
Mercy Hospital
Vicksburg
Miss
Rainslick
Martin
Tallulah Clinic
Lake One
Tendal
Madison Parish
Helen Cook
Henry and
Joe
Special Astronaut Tune at Glenn Capsule Exhibit
In Accra Ghana an AP report notes a specially written tune titled Every thing Is Go featured at the exhibition honoring American astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and his space capsule achievement.
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Accra
Ghana
John H. Glenn Jr
Troops Pursue Reds Holding Missionaries
South Vietnamese forces pursued Communist guerrillas who raided a leper colony and abducted three American missionaries including a woman doctor. Army units near Ban Me Thuot, about 200 miles north of Saigon, searched rugged jungle country with potential support from Green Berets aiding local troops. No word on the missionaries’ condition was available.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Ban Me Thuot
U.S. Army
Second Bloodless Day Draws To Close In Algiers
In Algiers Europeans and Moslems mingle as a second bloodless morning ends. The European Secret Army Organization maintains a truce to press for talks with Moslem nationalists over Algeria’s future. Moslems deny any direct contact, while the city sees normal markets and street life returning.
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Algiers
Secret Army
National Liberation Front
Algeria
Little Sympathy Wasted On Nazi After Execution
London and across Europe reaction to Israel’s midnight execution of Adolf Eichmann mixed approval and dismay. People praised the sentence as fitting, while some urged mercy or questioned its effectiveness, and Paris and Montreal saw protests and commentary on the act.
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London
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Europe
Robert Muench
Eichmann
Josef Wendel
West
Berlin
Gestapo
Hitler
Paris
Emma O'Leary
George Snell
Sidney Baines
George Clark
Bonn
West Germany
Montreal
CKGM
Herb Manning
Thunderbolt Division Reunion Set
The 83rd Infantry Division known as the Thunderbolt Division will hold its 16th annual reunion August 16 to 18 in Atlantic City New Jersey. 3rd vice president Victor E. Landis announces an extensive search for 30 000 former members not contacted since World War II and asks former members to contact national secretary Larry Redmond at 132 Rockwood Dr Havertown PA.
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83Rd Infantry
Atlantic City
Victor E. Landis
Dayton, C
Larry Redmond
Rockwood Dr
Havertown
Summer Class Registration At Northeast Louisiana State College
Summer registration begins Tuesday at Northeast Louisiana State College with classes starting at 7 am on Wednesday. Special institutes and workshops run June 5 through August 8 including science and biology institutes, a remedial reading institute, a summer theater workshop, and PTA leadership sessions. Registration times cover a broad schedule and late registration is 3 to 4 pm.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
U, V
Y. Z
National Science Foundation
Estes Deposit Box Found By Investigators
Federal investigators seeking names cash or records have located a Billie Sol Estes safety deposit box in a Texas bank. They plan to inspect contents only with a court order while pursuing more boxes and evidence for a potential examination of his financial files and records. Checks made out to cash or to Estes up to 40000 dollars lack supporting entries, hindering trace of use.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Estes
Five Car Crash on Louisville Injures Two
Two people were slightly injured in a five car crash on Louisville Avenue late Thursday. Thomas P. Davis, 811 New Natchitoches Road, West Monroe, was booked by Monroe police for following too closely. Victims were Robert I. Avant, 19, 1601 South Sixth Street, Monroe, and Connie Smith, 15, Splane Drive, West Monroe. Davis rammed Jo Marie Miletello, whose car struck Avant after the collision. Other drivers were Francis D. Hammond and John R. Tettleton. neither was injured.
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Louisville Avenue
Monroe
Thomas P. Davis
New Natchitoches Road
West Monroe
Robert I. Avant
South Sixth Street
Connie Smith
Splane Drive
Davis
Jo Marie Miletello
Medorah Drive
Miletello
Francis D. Hammond
Pargoud Blvd
John R. Tettleton
Farmerville
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Jud Varnao
Susan DeMasterson
Teresa Langley
John I. Foglemann
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Nashville
Ingrid
Orion
Viverstein
Thunderbolt Division
PTA
Biedenharn Hall
Freezer
Gibsons Major Appliance Dept., Inc
Louisville, Monroe
Louisville
Monroe, LA
Royal York
Big Bond’s
Bond’s
DeSiard
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