GOP Factional Fight Shapes 1964 Nomination Contenders
Washington AP reports Republicans face a 1964 nomination contest decided by emotion versus practical winning chances. Barry Goldwater leads as emotional favorite, Nelson Rockefeller positions as best bet, with George Romney as potential spoiler if stalemate occurs. Thruston Morton seen as unlikely dark horse.
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Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michigan
George Romney
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Wall Street
Profumo Scandal Triggers Labor Push for Inquiry
Britain’s Labour Party demands a full parliamentary inquiry into War Minister John Profumo’s resignation amid a sex scandal. The party seeks security breach findings from Profumo’s ties to Christine Keeler and her links to a Soviet attache, while Queen Elizabeth grants Profumo an exemption from a formal audience.
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Christine Keeler
London
Robin Drury
Old Bailey
Aloysius Gordon
Miss Keeler
John Profumo
Britain
UPI
Labor Party
Today
Profumo
Queen Elizabeth
Harold Wilson
Harold Macmillan
Wilson
Eugene Ivanov
Ivanov
Moscow
Four Die In Head-On Crash Near Lafayette
A late night head-on collision on the Broussard road 10 miles south of Lafayette killed Air Force Maj. Audrey C. Adcock Jr. 40 and three youths Henry Rivoire Jr. 16 Jeannette Broussard 16 and Paula Fontenot 16. Kenneth Signorelli 15 was critically injured. Witnesses say Adcock drove on the wrong side.
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Lafayette
Here
Air Force Maj
Audrey C. Adcock Jr
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Henry Rivoire Jr
St. Martinville
Jeannette Broussard
Paula Fontenot
Loreauville
Conference Defined As Confusion Of Loudest Talker
A playful definition suggests a conference equals the loudest talking character's confusion multiplied by the number of attendees. The quip treats meetings as a humorous equation, noting how noise grows with each participant.
Graham Hopes Next Pope To Follow Trend
Protestant evangelist Billy Graham urged that the next Roman Catholic pope emulate Pope John XXIII’s ecumenical spirit. He warned it would be a tragedy if a successor rejected John’s reconciliation ethos and stressed he praised John’s tolerance and love over East-West political contacts. Graham spoke after a 40 minute meeting with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in Bonn West Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
Billy Graham
John XXIII
Pope John
Graham
West
John
Konrad Adenauer
Resuscianne: Public health educator uses dummy body in outreach
Miss Lillian Edwards of the Louisiana Board of Health trains civic groups and law officers in mouth to mouth resuscitation using a deflatable life-size dummy housed in a large suitcase in her car. The device, dubbed Resuscianne, mimics a real body to demonstrate lifesaving techniques.
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Lillian Edwards
Miss Edwards
Louisiana Board of Health
Resuscianne
LSU to awarding diplomas at 102nd commencement
LSU will grant diplomas to about 925 graduates at its 102nd annual commencement on Saturday. The report notes a surge in nursing home construction with 13 new facilities adding 592 beds in the last year.
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Baton Rouge
John A. Hunter
Louisiana State University
LSU
F. C. Matthews
The
Louisiana Nursing Home Association
Matthews
Louisiana
Senate Panel Urges Action On Cuban Refugee Resettlement
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee urged President Kennedy to expedite resettlement of Cuban exiles outside crowded Miami amid a predicted influx of refugees.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Miami
Fla
Innocent Verdict Returned In Ole Miss Trial
A federal jury found Phillip L. Myles of Prichard Alabama and Richard H. Hinton of Lucedale Mississippi innocent of charges tied to desegregation riot at the University of Mississippi after 78 minutes of deliberation. An outburst by a spectator prompted removal of Myles mother as the trial proceeded.
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Ole Miss
Oxford, Miss
University of Mississippi
Claude Clayton
Myles
Richard H. Hinton
Lucedale
Miss
Alabama Police On Campus
A highway patrol task force has moved onto the University of Alabama campus to prepare for re integration. Governor Wallace says there will be no violence as Vivian Malone and James Hood prepare to enroll next week despite a federal court order.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Highway Patrol
University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
Vivian Malone
Mobile
James A. Hood
East Gadsden
Wallace
Interstate 1-20 bridge near completion in Louisiana
Officials said traffic will flow on the $7 million Interstate 1-20 bridge and approaches this summer with the $3.2 million Ouachita River span already accepted and ready to open once approaches are finished. A tentative June 15 inspection date was set for the approaches.
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Ouachita River
Forman
Continued Hot Weather Again With Record Near 98
The mercury rose to a seasonal record of 98 on Thursday and the weatherman predicts similar heat. Forecasts show 90 to 95 daytime highs with 66 to 70 nights and little temperature change through Saturday. Mostly south winds, 5 to 15 mph. Last night’s low 67.
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Mercury
Americans Beaten in Rainy Semifinals at British Amateur
In St Andrews Scotland Michael Lunt and John Blackwell of England defeated Dr Ed Updegraff and Dr Don Luceti in rain soaked semifinal matches leaving the American pair shut out of the final round of the British Amateur Golf Championship for the fourth time since World War II.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
UPI
Michael Lunt
John Blackwell
England
Ed Updegraff
Don Luceti
America
Free electors issue dominates Louisiana legislative race talk
Lawmakers fled the fiscal session as the unpledged electors bill died 18-20 in the Senate amid a heated debate. Rep Parey Branton promised a Tuesday report on behind the scenes factors. Senators Gravelet and Rau predicted free electors would shape the governor race with independent Southern Democrat hopes.
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Louisiana Solons
Senate
Parey Branton
Claiborne Parish
House
Branton
John Rau
Jefferson Parrish
Democratic State Central Committee
Rau
E. W. Gravelet Jr
Pointe-a-la-Hache
Kennedy
Louisiana
Rep
W. C. Steen
Columbia
Solon
Sen
Gravelet
Shiloh
Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Photographer Wounded In Racial Uproar in Lexington
Seven young Negroes were arrested on open charges after a race riot in Lexington North Carolina that left one white man dead and a newspaper photographer wounded. Police reported 2000 white and 100 black demonstrators clashing with rocks and bottles while windows and stained glass were damaged. Photographer Art Richardson of High Point Enterprise was injured. white man Fred Link died from a head wound. Officer plans to check for further outbreaks as authorities list white individuals seen on the streets.
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Lexington
N.C
Piedmont North Carolina
Fred Link
Winston-Salem
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Roosevelt Smith
Friendship Methodist Church
NAACP
Smith
Rare Lizard Seen Alive Outside Borneo at New York Zoo
The Bornean arboreal monitor lanthonotus borneensis ranks among the world’s rarest lizards. The first known living specimen outside its native Borneo was observed at the New York Zoological Park, per Animal Kingdom bulletin of the New York Zoological Society.
Three Violent Deaths Reported in Northeast Louisiana
Three violent deaths were recorded in Northeast Louisiana on Thursday including a fatal auto wreck near Farmerville involving Minnie Abbott and injuries to Henry Abbott, a drowning of tugboat skipper George Anderson at Vidalia, and a fire related fatality. Anderson vanished after a cramp and fall into the Mississippi River, body recovered later by a Natchez police boat. Funeral details for Minnie Abbott are incomplete.
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Louisiana
Minnie Abbott
Route One
Downsville
la. Hwy. 15
Farmerville
Henry C. Abbott
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Monroe
Vidalia
George Anderson
Mississippi River
Anderson
Carl A. McGee
Willard Reed
Andrew Sulla
Natchez, Miss
W. T. Polk
Ada
Viqglent
Pickets Form Human Chain To Halt School Buses
In St Louis a Committee for Parents of Transported Pupils organized a picket at Dozier Elementary and nearby area blocking about 12 buses. About 150 demonstrators carried placards and sang while officials reported 500 to 900 pupils dismissed or walking to school due to the protest against segregation.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Committee For
Dozier
Philip J. Hickey
St.Louis
Frank Madison Reid
Ren
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Lucky) Gordon
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