Senate Approves $485 Million Space Program Authorization
The Senate approved a $485 3 million civilian space program for the next year 12 months starting July 1. The vote was 81 to 1 with Senator Ellender opposing. The package aligns with the White House request and advances to the House for amended action. It signals the start of what is expected to be a multi year, multi billion dollar civilian space effort.
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Washington
Senate
Civilian Space Administration
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Eisenhower
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
House
Congress
John Stennis
D-Miss
Nike
Neil H. McElroy
Louisiana Senate Moves to Send Bills to Acting Governor
Baton Rouge lawmakers push to send all bills to Acting Governor Luther Frazar by nightfall as the Senate and Louisiana Teachers Association reach terms on salaries for teachers and bus drivers amid a large omnibus bill. Louisiana reports on Governor Earl Long’s condition in Galveston show cautious optimism from Dr. Titus Harris.
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Baton Rouge
Luther Frazar
Senate
Louisiana Teachers Association
Galveston
Tex
UPI
Titus Harris
Earl Long
Louisiana
Chambers Junior College Bill Earns Final Passage
In Baton Rouge the Senate approved 22 to 13 a plan to allot 650000 for a Chambers LSU junior college branch. The House had already backed the measure, awaiting Lt. Governor Luther Frazar’s signature. Critics argued over the proposal’s practicality and a potential private school purchase.
Safecrackers Hit Bastrop Store
Bastrop police report burglars entered Piggly Wiggly on North Washington last night by skylight. They chiseled open the safe and fled with several hundred dollars. A hammer and chisel were left at the scene. thieves exited through the back door.
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Piggly Wiggly
North
Washington
Heard To Head Ward Five Hospital Commission
Judge Jesse Heard elected chairman of the Ward Five Hospital Commission by secretary George Wylie of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Glen T. Gallaspy. Fred Bennett named vice-chairman. other members Tom Hicks and Fred Riser. commission approves praise for Dr. Gallaspy and sympathy to his family.
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Jesse Heard
Ward Five Hospital
George Wylie
West Monroe
Bobcat Found Near West Monroe Hospital Site
A large bobcat was found near the West Monroe city limits on the McMillan road just outside the proposed Ward 5 hospital site. The animal was bleeding from the mouth and appeared only recently killed, suggesting foul play or hunting in the forested area nearby. Continued on Page A.
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West Monroe
Ward 5
McMillan Road
Conrad Sets Non-Stop Single-Engine Flight Record
Pilot Max Conrad broke the nonstop single engine light plane record after taking off from Casa Blanca Morocco aboard a Piper Comanche 250. He radioed El Paso that he planned to fly to San Diego California after circling the Gulf of Mexico earlier. He had 33 hours in the air over El Paso with enough fuel for about 775 more miles and contact with the Southwest Air Rangers was lost shortly after passing Paso International Airport.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Max Conrad
San Diego
Calif
Conrad
Casablanca
Morocco
Southwest Air Rangers
Paso International Airport
S.t
Gulf of Mexico
Corpus Christi,Tex
Fiscal Leaders Face 6 Million Dollar Budget Trim
Baton Rouge officials seek $6 million in cuts to the general appropriations bill as the full teachers salary hike pushes expenditures beyond revenues. Budget officer Homer Russell notes revenue tweaks and oil lease monies altered the outlook. Sen. Speedy O. Long urges starting with a $10 million highway budget line for construction of highways bridges and tunnels.
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Russell
Speedy O. Long
Jena
James S. Reily
Highway Department
Sen. Long
Recall Pressure After Man Dies in Tipton Shooting
In Ringgold Louisiana angry residents push for recall of Marshal Thomas Meyers after A C Tipton 51 dies from a stomach wound suffered May 6 during a drunken driving arrest. Tipton had learned he had cancer the same day. Meyers faces manslaughter charge amid contested accounts of a fight in Tipton’s yard.
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Ringgold
UPI
Thomas Meyers
A. C. Tipton
Shreveport
Meyers
Baton Rouge
Tipton
Riots in Ecuador Leave 16 Dead and Near 200 Injured
Guayaquil reports 16 dead and about 200 injured after two nights of rioting that included looting and arson. Protesters targeted the police headquarters and multiple shops, with martial law decreed by President Camilo Ponce and Col. Luis Pineiros enforcing order aided by students.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Camilo Ponce
Luis Pineiros
Unlikely Mice In Orbit Report Sparks Doubtful Hope
Air Force sources expressed extreme pessimism about the Discoverer III satellite and its four mice passengers. Officials said it is very doubtful the craft reached orbit and warned a two degree misalignment could have sent it through the atmosphere as a meteor.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Ili
Monkey Shoot Leaves Monroe Soldier Injured
Monroe lieutenant Bill Wilson was thrown from an Army staff car during a supply run from Ft. Knox to Cape Canaveral for the monkey space shot. He suffers a broken leg but is recovering at Ireland General Hospital Ft. Knox assisted by his wife Nancy Ledbetter and son William Lon.
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Outer Space
Monroe
Terra Firma
Bill Wilson
W. B. Wilson
Florida Street
Army
Ft. Knox
Cape Canaveral
Nancy Ledbetter
William Lon
Witness Beaten in Boxing Probe Suspects Mafia Link
Key witness Jackie Leonard fight promoter at Hollywood Legion Stadium says he suspects organized crime behind the beating. He mentions Frankie Carbo and asserts such figures would be connected to the attack, calling the perpetrators typical and lacking guts.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Leonard
Hollywood Legion Stadium
Frankie Carbo
Long and Rayburn named as likely candidates for governor
Senator Russell Long and state Senator B B Rayburn emerge as possible leaders of the Long camp if Earl Long cannot run. Rayburn hints at a possible gubernatorial bid while Rayburn says he has not ruled himself out. Russell Long declines to commit, saying he hopes to remain a U.S. senator but could be drafted.
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Gibson
Long
Lether Frazar
Baton Rouge
Galveston
Frazar
Gov. Long
Cam
U. S
Russell Long
Senate
Rayburn
Bogalusa
Russell
United States
Thundershowers Forecast For Monroe Area
Widely scattered thundershowers are possible this afternoon and tonight as skies stay partly cloudy. Temperatures remain mild with yesterday's Monroe high at 85 and a 63 low at Selman Field. Tonight's lows around 66 to 70 with Friday highs of 84 to 88.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Nicaragua Doubles Army After Invasion Thrusts
MANAGUA Nicaragua AP authorities report Nicaragua expanding the armed forces after an invasion by rebels led by opponents of Dictator President Luis Somoza. The government says 2 000 more National Guard members are mobilized and 10 000 guardsmen are being trained as foreign correspondents visit the landing area in southern Nicaragua to observe the claimed rebel defeat.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Luis Somoza
National Guard
Costa Rica
San Jose
Western powers seek Berlin concessions to avert crisis
Western officials say the United States Britain and France may scale back 10 000 troops in West Berlin if the Soviet Union drops threats to the city A Khrushchev instruction remains uncertain Gromyko shows elasticity but no clear signals from Moscow The aims include a Soviet guarantee of Western rights in West Berlin and a symbolic protection by troops while avoiding Soviet troop admission
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Geneva
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Berlin
Gromyko
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Herter
Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Couve de Murville
Heiress Won by 25 Roses on 33rd Birthday
A joke recounts how a man secured an heiress by giving 25 roses on her 33rd birthday, framing a comic fable of courtship through a lavish gesture. The line plays on romance and social expectations with light humor.
Red In Disguise Stirs Chicago Neighbors
Joseph Poskonka once branded as a Communist reveals before a House subcommittee that the Red label was a disguise and he served as an FBI informer. He reports continued hostility from neighbors, with only one man offering a handshake, while his wife calls it ignorance.
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Chicago
Joseph Poskonka
House
FBI
Poskonka
Antoinette
Jets Believed To Be Russian Seen In North Pacific
Northwest Airlines reports an American DC7C on a Seattle to Tokyo flight was approached by three Soviet made jets over the North Pacific about 200 miles off Kamchatka. The U.S. Air Force had no planes in the area. The closest approach was two to three miles. no interception occurred and the jet continued to Tokyo with 46 passengers asleep.
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Tokyo
North Pacific
Northwest Airlines
U.S. Air Force
Northwest
Soviet Union
Kamchatka Peninsula
U.S
Want Ads Offer Low 7 Day Rates and Contacts
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