Administration Forces Regroup For Gas Bill
Governor Earl K Long and top aides worked in hotel lobbies to marshal votes for the gas gathering tax. Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar House leaders and lawmakers met in a downtown hotel for two hours as Holt’s tax faced a renewed push.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Lether Frazar
Long
Frazar
Sam Cashie
Robert Angelle
Ben F. Holt
Holt
T. T. Fields
Farmerville
LTA
U.S. weighs wide scale trade invite from Khrushchev
Washington considers a direct Khrushchev bid for broad U.S. Soviet trade as Heuss von Brentano and Eisenhower plan talks with Macmillan looming. The letter seeks equipment to boost Soviet plastics and synthetic materials capacity, raising debate over military implications and export controls.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Theodor Heuss
West Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Dulles
Harold Macmillan
State Department
Russia
Final Rites For Mrs McDonald Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Mrs Har vey A McDonald of 700 South Second St West Monroe were held at 3 30 p m at Memorial Presbyterian Church with Rev Dr Hugh Bradshaw officiating Burial followed in Hasleys Cemetery Mulhearn Funeral Home directed the widow Harvey A McDonald is bank board chairman in West Monroe Survivors include two daughters Mrs E D Massey of McComb and Mrs Stuart Scott of Monroe a sister Mrs W S Kendall of West Monroe and five grandchildren Pallbearers named Readress Mrs McDonald taught at Memorial Presbyterian Church and led the Women of the Church She served as district PT A president YWCA board member and held honorary YWCA life membership She also led Altrusian Book Club civic and religious work in the Twin Cities
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Harvey A. McDonald
South Second St
West Monroe
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Hugh Bradshaw
Hasley’s
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Women of the Church
District
Parent - Teachers’ Association
YWCA
Altrusian Book Club
Twin Cities
Room for Rent in Nice Furnished 3 Room Apt
Classified ad notes a neatly furnished three room apartment for rent at 2921 Lee Ave with private entrance and utilities paid. Couple sought. Listing appears in the News Star-World Wanted section.
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Lee Ave
Slater Leaves Northeast Louisiana State College Presidency
Board members refused to retain Lewis C. Slater in any capacity after June 30. Dr. George Walker of Northwestern is named successor effective July 1. Slater denied knowledge of a bill to place the college under LSU jurisdiction and said he will remain only until June 30.
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Board
Slater
Lewis C. Slater
Northeast Louisiana State College
State Board of Education
College
George Walker
Northwestern
Walker
Baton Rouge
Ben F. Holt
Louisiana State University
Holt
Milton Eisenhower To Visit Central America
U S diplomats report Milton Eisenhower will receive a friendly reception on a two week goodwill and fact finding trip to Central America. Central American nations will take steps to avoid anti American demonstrations like those faced by Nixon in South America. Eisenhower is president of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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Washington
UPD
U.S
Central America
Milton Eisenhower
United States
Richard M. Nixon
South America
John Hopkins University
Baltimore
Local grads from Monroe earn Tulane degrees at commencement
Three Tulane University students from Monroe received degrees during the annual commencement. J Norman Coon Jr. Alfred D Tisdale. Robert Cudd were awarded bachelor of laws doctor of medicine and bachelor of arts respectively.
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Tulane University
Monroe
J. Norman Coon, Jr
Jackson
Alfred D. Tisdale
Gordon
Robert C. Cudd
Forsythe Avenue
Catholic Women Monroe Chapter to Meet at St Paschal’s Cafeteria
The Monroe chapter of the National Committee of Catholic Women Diocese of Alexandria will meet Sunday in the cafeteria of St. Paschal's School. The Monroe unit includes Catholic women from Bastrop Ruston Rayville Hodge Columbia West Monroe and Monroe.
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Monroe
National Committee of Catholic Women
Diocese of
Jaycee Speaker Herschel Gentry Addresses Speak Up Jaycee
West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce heard Herschel Gentry Dale Carnegie in structor and local businessman discuss the Speak Up Jaycee contest. Tommy Wilson gave the closing remarks as the session ended.
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Herschel Gentry
West Monroe
Gentry
Dale Carnegie
Tommy Wilson
Portable Rocket Man Aims For Super Speed In War
Development described in Denville New Jersey by Reaction Motors notes tests on a man strapped unit. It provides thrust to reduce gravity, giving weightlessness feel and enhanced mobility for troops. An ex GI conceived the device, now an engineer for Reaction Motors.
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Denville
Reaction Motors
Alexander H. Bohr
Robert Mayer
Mayer
Giant Stack Of Tax Bills Await Action In Louisiana House
In Baton Rouge the House Ways and Means Committee holds a giant stack of tax bills awaiting action as Chairman Jesse McLain delays scheduling hearings. Rep. Marvin Roberts pushes a wine tax increase while Rep. Alton Deaux seeks to repeal the two thirds vote in tax raises. A public vote would be required next November, too late for this year. Tax measures totaling 215 million dollars were introduced, with more revenue bills filed Sunday night.
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Baton Rouge
House
Ways and Means
Jesse McLain
St. Tammany Parish
Marvin Roberts
DeSoto
Willard Rambo
Grant
Alton Deaux
Avoyelles
White woman's assault spurs Baton Rouge manhunt and rewards
The city tightens after reports of a Black man attacking white women in Baton Rouge. An 18 year old says a Black man grabbed her and ripped her blouse, while a 58 year old woman was beaten after a break in. Authorities offer 5000 dollars for tips and plan to seek further rewards. Police flood the south part of town as deputies patrol.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Bryan Clemmons
Jack Christian
Hickory Leaves Not Effective
A 75-year-old man in Tazewell, Tennessee, who ate only hickory leaves for 10 days was found alive under a tree. He appeared weak and wet from rain but was reported doing all right at a Middlesboro Kentucky hospital.
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Tazewell
Tenn
UPI
John Logan Minton
Middlesboro
202 Children Poisoned At School Lunch
At Eugene Cross Elementary in Marion North Carolina two hundred two children and teachers were stricken by suspected food poisoning during a year end lunch. Marion General Hospital activated a disaster plan admitting 202 patients and using nurses quarters as wards with community aid and nearby rescue squads.
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Marion
N.C
Marion General Hospital
Eugene Cross
W.F.E. Lostin
Monroe Seaways Key To Brisbane From Monroe Louisiana
The Lord Mayor of Brisbane receives a key to Monroe from Monroe Louisiana, carried by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCorkle en route to Australia to present on behalf of Mayor W. L. Howard. The tribute invites Brisbane and its citizens to visit Monroe.
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Brisbane
Monroe
Australia
J. A. McCorkle
Louisiana
Brown Edges Knowland In California Primary
In California primaries Pat Brown leads Knowland in two party totals as cross filing tests general support. Brown 774,023 to Knowland 496,689 with Brown receiving strong Alameda County backing and Democrats outnumbering Republicans 7-5 in registrations. Knight defeats Christopher for Republican Senate nod. Engle wins Democratic nomination. Patterson secures Democratic AG nod.
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California
Edmund G
Pat” Brown
Sen
William F. Knowland
Senate
Alameda
Brown
Knowland
Goodwin Knight
George Christopher
San Francisco
Knight
Christopher
Clair Engle
Engle
John Patterson
Murder suspect waved at witness after wife’s death
A witness testified in Globe Arizona that Wilmer Walter Evans smiled and waved at his truck as his wife Frances plunged to her death in a San Carlos reservoir. Evans, 36, is on trial for first degree murder to collect a $100,000 insurance payout.
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Mounce
Evans
Baton Rouge
Frances
Warm Weather Persists in Monroe Area
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a few scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures stayed high with 91 degrees reported in Monroe and vicinity by Civil Aeronautics Selman Field. The low last night was 7z and the day opened with a high of 84 by mid morning.
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Monroe
Civil Aeronautics
Selman Field
Dulles Diary Details Quiet Duck Island Vacation
The New York Herald Tribune excerpted diary reveals John Foster Dulles relaxing at Duck Island Lake Ontario. It describes lemon juice for his wife, breakfast routines, dish washing, wood hauling, and daily fires with walks for deer in spring and fall.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of State
Duck Island
Lake Ontario
Janet and
Foster Dulles
New York Herald Tribune
Dulles
Dulleses
De Gaulle Arrives in Algiers To Assert Authority
Premier Charles de Gaulle lands in Algiers in full general’s uniform to dissolve the revolutionary Committees of Public Safety and squash rebellion. He arrives with a large staff including Gen. Paul Ely Adm. Henry Nomy Vice Adm. Georges Cabanier and ministers Louis Jacquinot and Max LeJeune.
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Algiers
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Paris
Revolutionary ‘Committees of Public Safety
Pierre Pflimlin
de Gaulle
Pierre Flimlin
Revolutionary “Committees of Public Safety
Paul Ely
Henry Nomy
Navy
Georges Cabanier
Defense Department
Pierre Guillaumat
Louis Jacquinot
Max LeJeune
Sahara
Senate Group Takes No Action On Bond Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported the bill without action placing bond issue handling under the State Bond and Tax Board. It faced opposition from parishes municipalities and attorneys. Monroe officials supported and opposed at different times, with Sen DeBlieux hinting at renewed effort when the Senate meets.
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Senate
Baton Rouge
Hoodlums Behead Peron Statues in Italy
In Pietrasanta Italy two 16 foot statues of Juan and Eva Peron were beheaded by order of the Argentine government. Workmen reported the heads weighing about 1000 pounds each were toppled and covered with canvas during the vandalism. The statues were meant for a marble mausoleum honoring the Perons.
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Pietrasanta
Italy
Juan
Va Peron
Bone Tommasi
Emilio Yauregui
Brussels
Peron
Argentina
Perons
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U. S. Military Academy
John Phillips Daley
Arlington
Edmund L. Daley
Albany
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THE
Associated Press
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W. L
Jack) Howard
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