Doctors relive Diaz and de la Maza Trujillo escape tale
The account describes Gen Juan Tomas Diaz and Antonio de la Maza hiding after Trujillo’s death. They forced their way into Reid Cabral’s home seeking support to contact Romulo Betancourt. Diaz was killed by police two hours later while de la Maza died of wounds. Salvador Estrella and Luis Caceres Michel surrendered.
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Reid Cabral
Trujillo
Diaz
Marcelino Velez
Velez
Antonio de la Maza
Cabral
Salvador Estrella
de la Maza
Dias
Iudad Trujillo
Maza
Estrella
Luis Caceres Michel
New Orleans Lawmakers Clash Over Mayor Hello Incident
The Louisiana House debated amid heated accusations as Rep Triche denied mudslinging while Rep Lebreton labeled him a liar. Sparks flew after a resolution passed 56-26 and a tense moment led to sergeants at arms near the podium.
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New Orleans
Chep Morrison
Camp Leroy Johnson Ls
Morrison
Edward H. Lebreton Jr
Triche
Lebreton
Davis
Tor Jewell
Ater
Anzelmo
Crais
Scouts Plan World Jamboree in Greece July 1963
The Boy Scouts organize a World Jamboree in Greece during July 1963. The site features a two mile sandy beach and 250 acres of pine forest near Marathon where the ancient battle of 491 B.C. was fought.
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Greece
Marathon
Parade and open house mark Qovewella Boat Club event
The Qovewella Boat Club holds a Spare and boat parade Saturday at 3 pm starting at North Enchee with an open house from 6 pm to 6:30 pm. Dee Bert, commander, will oversee the parade open to all boat owners. Three Southern Telephone Company employees are honored at a service ceremony for anniversaries, with emblems presented by District Manager W F Wheston and District Manager Warren.
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Qovewella Boat Club
Dee Bert
Clute
Southern Telephone Company
Elaine Taylor
F Sowttos
Zola Chaetheeen
June Roddy
Tevti
Monroe
W. FE
Mzemagper JW
Warren
YMCA Bridge Lessons Open to Junior and Senior High Students
Young students at Glenmar may enroll in YMCA December bridge lessons. Instructors will meet at 10 am, twice a week, with sessions overseen by the facility’s lessees and staff.
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Iunior
Senvor
YMCA
Tegoeser
Glenmar
Local Officials Endorse June 14 Whee Day Observance
Mayor J Alan Norris of West Monroe and Mayor W L Howard of Minerve signed proclamations urging residents to celebrate the independence day on June 14. The Lt Aeseph Bowmar Society of Die Children of the American Revolution requested the recognition.
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J. Alan Norris
West Monroe
Gum
W. L. Howard
Minerve
Aeseph Bowmar
Pitt District Retired Teachers Plan Pot Luck Picnic
The Pitt District Retired Teachers Association will hold a social pot luck picnic at Bernstein Park on Thursday. The gathering begins at 1 am with Mrs. Deemphite McDowell serving as president.
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Pitt District
Bernstein Park
Appointment of Ro sary Feewa Fellowship Committee
W D H Rodetsemes, former Shhwenery Club president, named to the Ro sary Feewa Fellowship Committee for a three year term. He is joined by Richard Creese of Alexandria and Dean Leiey Vogel of Centen ary Celhewe at Shreveport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. H. Rodetsemes
Shhwenery Club
Rosary Feewa
Rodrigues
Seer Fle
Richard Creese
Alexandria
Dean Leiey Vogel
Centenary Celhewe
Shreveport
Three Persons Fined In Fourth District Court
In Fourth District Court Judge Paul Stephens presided. Decie McLeod, 47, Route 2 West Monroe. Albert B. Marine, 43, 4006 DeSiard Street Monroe. and William T. Millar, 71, Birmingham Alabama, were fined 300 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. McLeod also paid 25 dollars plus costs for lacking a driver's license. Three others, Larkin G. McManus, 50, Route 3 West Monroe. Sammy L. Caples, 33, 211 Egan Street Monroe. and Edward Bailey, 35, 208 Avant Road West Monroe, were fined 25 dollars plus costs for disturbing the peace.
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Fourth District
Paul Stephens
Decie McLeod
Route 2
West Monroe
Albert B. Marine
DeSiard Street
Monroe
William T. Millar
Birmingham
Ala
Stephens
Larkin G. McManus
Route 3
Sammy L. Caples
Egan Street
Edward Bailey
Avant Road
Winners in car races announced at Scuderia-Washitaw event
Winners for Sundays high speed event of the Scuderia-Washitaw Sports Cam wp were announced today by organization officials. The races took place in Monroe. In the men's division Mickey Alford of Columbia placed first, Robert Kellogg second, Bulbine Heise third, all Monroe. In the ladies division, Mrs. Robert Kellogg (Tommamese Sue Kellogg) won, with Mrs. Frances Betton second and Mrs. Virginia Heise third. The next event is planned for Sunday, June 125, when rally will be held.
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Scuderia - Washitaw
Charmingdale Steuth
Monroe
Fies
Mckey Alford
Columbig
Robert Kellogg
Bulbine Hee
Robert
Tommamese Sue) Kellogg
Frances Betton
Virginia Heise
Orleans Visitor Dies In Downsville
Funeral services for Mrs. Elnora Cord Hinton 38 of New Orleans who died after a heart attack Monday while visiting Downsville will be held in New Orleans under Tharp Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband Mack Hinton two sons Henry Hasseldander U S Army and Richard Hasseldander New Orleans one sister Mrs Kenneth Myer Kansas City Missouri
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Ruston
Elnora Cord Hinton
New Orleans
Downsville
Tharp Funeral Home
Mack Hinton
Henry Hasseldander
U. S. Army
Richard Hasseldander
Kenneth Myer
Kansas City
Finch Transferred to San Quentin
Dr. R. Bernard Finch, 43, serving a life sentence for the 1959 slaying of his socialite wife, is being transferred to San Quentin prison. His paramour Carole Tregoff, also convicted, is serving a similar sentence.
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Chino, Calif
R. Bernard Finch
San Quentin Prison
Carole Tregoff
Whitten Urges Expansion of Crop Insurance
Chairman Jamie Whitten of the House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee urges expanding the federal crop insurance program in the coming year. The bill proposes nearly 6 billion dollars for the Agriculture Department and programs beginning July 1, and would extend insurance to more counties where signups ensure sound coverage. Over 12 years the program has collected about 6.4 million dollars more in premiums than paid to insured growers.
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Washington
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Whitten
House
Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Freedom Riders Set Louisville As Launching Point
A desegregation meeting in Louisville will bring students from six cities to plan and study integration efforts at interstate bus terminals. The Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee will hold sessions Friday through Sunday with speakers including Martin Luther King Jr. and organizers led by Frank Stanley Jr.
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Louisville
Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
South
Washington
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Richmond
Frank Stanley Jr
Martin Luther King
Atlanta
Florida expands riot control power to highway patrol and city leaders
A new Florida law allows state highway patrolmen and city commissioners and mayors to disperse riotous or unlawful crowds. The old law restricted authority to mayors in cities, and Tallahassee officials requested broader authority to handle highway integration related disturbances.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Florida
Tallahassee
Teacher Ends Feud Returns 33 Baseballs
Belvidere New Jersey Mrs Frank Kinney a second grade teacher handed over 33 stray baseballs to a league representative ending a five year feud The balls had long landed in her garden yard The school board had permitted league use of the field and Midget League coaches agreed to compensate for damages and install a fence to stop foul tips from entering her property.
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Belvidere
N.J
Frank Kinney
Kenney
Bridgeville
White Township
Charles Place
Jackson Prison Arrests Grow as Freedom Riders Detained
Newell Weber a 52 year old photographer from East Orange N J identified several riders detained in Jackson Mississippi Abraham Bassford IV 24 Brooklyn James Wahlstrom 24 Madison James McDonagh 22 Huntington Terry Sullivan 23 Chicago John Ashford 22 Chicago and Shirley Thompson 18 New Orleans all labeled as Negro. The arrests brought the total breach of peace detentions since the Freedom Rides began to 72. Some riders including Weber planned to fast at the jail joining three Negro prisoners already fasting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell Weber
East Orange
N.J
Abraham Bassford IV
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Wahlstrom
Madison
Wis
James McDonagh
Huntington
Terry Sullivan
Chicago
John Ashford
Shirley Thompson
New Orleans
Ashford
Miss Thompson
Weber
Alexandria Man Kills Self on Downtown Street
An elderly man named J. C. Kinsington, about 62, shot himself on a downtown Alexandria street. He had bought a .22 caliber rifle minutes earlier from a sporting goods store, loaded the weapon, and fatally discharged it by placing the butt on the sidewalk and pulling the trigger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
J. C. Kinsington
Kinsington
Johnson Urges Ad Men to Improve U S Image Abroad
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told the Washington Advertising Council conference that the United States lags behind the Communists in shaping its world image. He warned that opponents have portrayed humanitarian programs like Point Four as imperialism and that defensive moves appear aggressive. Johnson noted his Asia trip and said State and Defense officials will implement his recommendations.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Johnson
The
Advertising Council
Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State and
Defense Department
Reds May Build Sonic Transport
Washington AP Stuart G Tipton president of the Air Transport Association says the Soviet Union may become the first to produce a supersonic transport. He writes in GE Defense Quarterly that development and manufacturing costs for three times the speed of sound passenger planes could run from 12 million to 25 million dollars each, two to five times today’s largest jets.
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Washington
Stuart G. Tipton
The
Air Transport Association
Soviet Union
Tipton
General Electric ‘Defense Quarterly
General Electric
Schenectady
N.Y
Early Morning Fire Fatal To 3 In Cleveland Hotel
A early morning blaze at a downtown frame hotel in Cleveland Tennessee killed three people and injured a fourth in a fire reported at 3 am. Victims were Carl Hunt 18 of Maryville Luther Moore 55 of Cleveland Roy Saunders 49 of Balsam James Scoggins a Louisville Alabama address transferred to Johnson City with critical injuries. Police estimated 29 guests were in the hotel when the fire started and the building burned about 20 minutes before firefighters arrived.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Cleveland
Carl C. Hunt
Maryville
Tenn
Luther Moore
Roy Saunders
Balsam
N. C
James Scoggins
Louisville
Ala
Cleveland Hospital
Johnson City
Pratter
Kennedy to brief leaders on trip findings
The White House said President Kennedy will meet Democratic and Republican congressional leaders later to report firsthand on his overseas trip. Senate Minority Leader Dirksen described Kennedy as impressed with De Gaulle and Macmillan, and said Kennedy would discuss Khrushchev impressions after consultation.
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White House
Kennedy
Dirksen
de Gaulle
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Kennedy Dirksen
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Freedom Riders
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P. Lassiter
Law School of
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