Unpledged Electors Bill Sparks Baton Rouge Debate
Senators Long and Perez may clash as the Senate Finance Committee weighs the unpledged electors bill. Long opposes the measure citing voter rights, while Perez supports it amid northeast Louisiana backing. The bill would replace presidential tickets with electors on Louisiana ballots, stirring strong views in a fiscal session.
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Long
Perez
Sam Hanna
Baton Rouge
Uss
Russell B. Long
Leander Perez
Senate Finance Committee
Plaquemine Parish
PIMA
East Baton Rouge Parish
Guy Lockrider
Lake Charles
Mike John, Jr
Monroe
Lasley Downes
U.S
Louisiana
Legisla Xhire
Monroe Area
Senate
Jamar Adcock
House
Victor Bussie
Louisiana Afl-Cio
United States
Kennedy
Sen
W. T. Carpenter
Bastrop
South
Washington
State Sovereignty Commission
Gillis Long
Three Men Die In Headon Crash Near Port Sulphur
In a high speed headon collision on Louisiana 23 near Port Sulphur three men died instantly. The deceased are Elvin Miller 26 and Lionel Le Jeune 19 of Eunice Louisiana and Ernest C Mason 22 of Wesson Mississippi. No other occupants were in the cars.
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Port Sulphur
UPI
Louisiana
Here
Elvin Miller
Lionel Lejeune
Eunice
Ernest C. Mason
Wesson
Miss
Hoffa and Seven Pals Indicted in Loan Fraud Case
Federal grand jury charges James R. Hoffa and seven associates with fraudulently obtaining over 20 million dollars in loans from the Central States Pension Fund. The two year probe alleges more than 1 million diverted for personal use including at least 100,000 to aid Hoffa’s personal finances and Sun Valley Florida project. Hoffa allegedly abused trustee duties and used Teamsters influence to push loan approvals.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters’ Union
Central States Pension Fund
Hoffa
Sun Valley, Inc
Florida Homes
Broward County
The
Teamsters
Twin City Chit Chats Red Cross Meets Aide Volunteers
The Red Cross calls Gray Ladies and Hospital Aides to a joint 2 p.m. meeting at the South Grand Street headquarters. Youths 14 and older may volunteer as hospital aides. Plus the Traffic and Transportation Club of Monroe West Monroe hosts a June 19 golf outing and dinner dance at Highland Park Country Club West Monroe with Frank Towle of New Orleans emceeing.
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The
Red Cross
South Grand Street
Traffic and Transportation Club of
Monroe
West Monroe
Highland Park Country Club
Frank Towle
New Orleans
PAR Critics Unpledged Electors Bill Hears Concerns
Louisiana Public Affairs Research Council rebukes the Unpledged Electors Bill saying it shifts the key presidential vote to July, may bar voters from choosing major party nominees in November, and allows many electors to run unpledged or pledged across parties, with numerous electors running statewide.
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Louisiana Public Affairs Research Council Today
Louisiana
PAR
Party Central Committee
Maps Refolded Joke Lights Service Sign
A lighthearted sign at a service station reads Maps re folded prompting smiles from motorists. The quirky wording turns a simple map display into a chuckle worthy roadside moment.
Pope John XXIII Borne to St. Peter's Basilica For Burial
In a solemn procession through St. Peter's Square the body of Pope John XXIII was moved to St. Peter's Basilica for burial. Some 80 000 mourners watched as cardinals prepared to convene for the conclave and a nine day mourning period was announced to run through Corpus Christi.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter’s Basilica
Peter
Vatican
Pope John
Papal
Gan
Pe Vatican
Corpus Christi
Kennedy maps broad civil rights outline for Congress
President Kennedy has decided on the general outline of new civil rights legislation and plans to send a special message to Congress next week. He met with about 100 businessmen to seek voluntary desegregation in the South and will continue consultations with GOP leaders as well as Democratic leaders. The proposals reportedly include allowing the attorney general to sue on behalf of Negroes barred from schools and public facilities and barring discrimination in interstate commerce.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
White House
South
House
Senate
GOP
Robert F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Charges Dropped in Ole Miss Desegregation Riot Case
The federal government dropped its charges against Kline Lamar May of Prichard Alabama as jury selection began for a trial involving three men in the Ole Miss desegregation riot. Richard Hays Hinton and Philip Lloyd Miles remain charged with interfering with U.S. marshals during the riot that killed two and injured hundreds.
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Oxford, Miss
University of Mississippi
Kline Lamar
Prichard
Ala
U. S
Richard Hays Hinton
Lucedale
Miss
Philip Lloyd Miles
Ole Miss
James H. Meredith
Jackson arrests four picketers in city hall protest
In Jackson Mississippi three Negroes and a white woman were arrested after picketing city hall. The group refused offers to confer with Mayor Thompson. No violence occurred as the demonstration followed a day of protests that had reached 29 arrests.
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J. L. Ray
Ray
Thompson
City Hall
Johnnie Harper
Florene Mitchell
Rain Unlikely Through Mid Week Weather Update
The forecast shows no precipitation through mid week with far to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures may reach the mid 90s with overnight lows in the 60s, and Monroe recorded the state’s highest temperature at 93 yesterday.
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Monroe
Youth Finds Human Skeleton
A 14 year old boy hunting on Deer Island Morgan City reported finding a man skeleton believed to have died from a gunshot head wound. Authorities tentatively identified the deceased as Gene Ray Ratcliff who had been missing since August 22.
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Morgan City
UPI
Deer Island
David Barrieaux
St. Mary Parish
Gene Ray Ratcliff
Securities overhaul sent to Congress by SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission sent a sweeping package of proposed securities reforms to Congress, aiming to extend full disclosure to over-the-counter stocks, tighten broker dealer qualification standards, broaden SEC discipline over brokers and employees, and require 90 day prospectuses for new over‑the‑counter issues.
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Washington
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
William L. Cary
Ary
Man Confesses Killing Wife in Louisiana
58-year-old Alex LeBlanc of Labadieville admitted to killing his wife after a money dispute. He told Sheriff Murray Landry he beat her, smothered her, damaged the window screen, and then injured himself to mislead investigators. The body was found Friday.
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Napoleonville
UPI
Assumption Parish
Labadieville
Murray Landry
Alex LeBlanc
Landry
LeBlanc
Pilot ejects to safety as plane crashes in Gulf near Biloxi
Louisiana Air National Guard pilot Capt. Joseph X. Trauth Jr. ejected safely from an F-102 Delta Dagger offshore from Biloxi during a routine interception mission. He was picked up within minutes by a fishing boat and survived with no serious injuries.
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Biloxi
Miss
Louisiana Air National Guard
Joseph X. Trauth Jr
Guneres
New Orleans
Louisiana Ang
159Th Fighter Group
Air Defense
New Orleans Naval Air Station
Gulfport
Deer Island
Edward J. Murphy
Trauth
Bungalow Wharf
Central Beach
Pope John XXIII Death Alters Soviet Western Rapprochement
The death of Pope John XXIII is seen in Washington as potentially reshaping efforts to ease tensions between the Soviet Union and Western powers. The Pope had sought dialogue with Moscow and improved conditions for Catholics in Eastern Europe, notably meeting Khrushchev’s son-in-law Alexei Adzhubei.
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John XXIII
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Vatican
Pope John
Europe
Pope
Rome
Moscow
Alexei Adzhubei
Khrushchev
Izvestia
Adzhubei
Garrison Defamation Conviction Upheld by Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana Supreme Court upholds District Attorney Jim Garrison conviction for defaming eight criminal district judges. Garrison’s lawyer says the ruling will be appealed to the U S Supreme Court as he runs for state attorney general. Trans Air Lines suspends service through Houston and several Louisiana cities pending system reevaluation.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Jim Garrison
Garrison
U. S. Supreme Court
Trans Air Lines
Houston
Tex
Louisiana
Leroy Lovegrove
Motorists Travel 767 Billion Miles in 1962 fuel use soars
The Automobile Manufacturers Association reports U S motorists totaled 767 billion miles driven in 1962 consuming 61 billion gallons of fuel. The figures highlight rising mobility and energy use during the year.
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United States
The
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Louisiana Men Among 101 Aboard Plane Off British Columbia
Three Louisiana servicemen were among 101 passengers on a military-chartered Northwest Airlines DC7 that crashed 60 miles off the British Columbia coast. Debris and life jackets were found. no survivors. The missing plane departed Mechord Air Force Base near Tacoma for Elmendorf, details showed last contact before vanishing.
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Alaska
Louisiana
British Columbia
Alva Franklin
Mary L. Franklin
Edgar St
Delhi
Roberto Pares Jr
Carmen M. Pares
Alexandria
Austin D. Bennett
Fred E. Bennett
Marian E. Bennett
Roseland
Franklin
Clara Franklin
Virgil
Columbia Gulf
Richland Parish
Northwest Airlines
Pacific
Coast Guard
Graham Island
B.C
MecChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Elmendorf
Albert Olson
Sumner
Sandspit
Air Control
Olson
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
McChord
Boundary Dispute on Shelby's Desk
Ouachita Parish School Board asks for a boundary survey to define potential overlapping jurisdiction with Monroe City School Board. Superintendent Shelby M. Jackson says he has not started the request and will decide next week.
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Baton Rouge
Shelby M. Jackson
Ouachita Parish
Jackson
Department of Education
Ouachita
Monroe City
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