Governor Denies Sponsorship of McIlhenny Bill
Baton Rouge AP. Gov Jimmie Davis says a bill proposing a 16 000 acre Ward McIlhenny land deal in Vermilion Parish and a 50 50 mineral rights split was not his. The measure was withdrawn after judiciary committee rejection and floor leaders disavowed administration sponsorship.
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Nor’s
House
House Judiciary Committee
T. T. Fields
Union Parish
Davis
Fields
Risley Tribe
Assumption
Bryan Lehmann Jr
St. Charles
Warren Simon
Vermilion
E. J. Grizzatti
St. Mary and
Wellborn
Ward-Mcllhenny
Vermilion Parish
New Orleans
Grizzaffi
Japanese Mob Tries to Halt Eisenhower Aide Rescue
In Tokyo a large leftist mob trapped Hagerty, MacArthur II, and Stephens for 70 minutes until a Marine helicopter rescued them. Police clashed with demonstrators as 5,000 leftists and students attacked the advance party amid stone throwing and tire slashing. President Eisenhower planned the Japan visit despite safety concerns.
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Tokyo
UPI
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
U.S
Douglas MacArthur II
White House
Thomas E. Stephens
Sharks claim body of diver as seven scientific boat crew missing
In Santa Barbara California the Coast Guard recovered a badly mangled body after shark attacks. Three other crewmen were missing from a seven man scientific party aboard the Marie. Raytheon engineer George Edgar noted the project was classified. Deputy Coroner Clarence Lane described severe injuries and shark evidence.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPD
Pacific Ocean
Coast Guard
Raytheon
George Edgar
Goleta
Clarence Lane
Lane
Paul T. Lovette
Salisbury
N.C
Marie
One Killed In 4State Accident
Aldest Racca 37 of Lafayette, an employee of H. C. Roy Inc., died when a gasoline truck caught fire after a collision with a gravel truck on U S 90 west of Welch Louisiana. Numa Boudreaux, gravel truck operator, was uninjured. Both trucks were eastbound about 3 50 a m.
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Lacassine
U.S. Highway 90
Welch
Aldest Racca
Lafayette
H. C. Roy, Inc
Racca
Numa Boudreaux
Ceilings Set on Federal Road-Building Funds
Secretary of Commerce Frederick H Mueller announced ceilings on federal aid for roadbuilding for the next fiscal year. States may commit to spend 2,873,613,000 for 1961, with 2,000,000,000 for interstate highways and 873,613,000 for ABC primary and urban roads. Revisions possible if highway fund estimates change.
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Washington
Frederick H. Mueller
Mueller
Congress
Mueler
Ellis L. Armstrong
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway Trust Fund
Webster couple attend 50th Boy Scout anniversary convention
Mr and Mrs J W Webster Sr attended the Boy Scouts of America fiftieth anniversary convention at the Sheraton Park Hotel Washington. Webster heads the Ouachita Valley Council and the pair planned a brief stop in New York City with guest Kirk Henry former deputy regional scout executive now at Mortimer.
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J. W. Webster
Boy Scouts of America
Sheraton Park Hotel
Washinton
Webster
Ouachita Valley Council
New York City
Kirk Henry
The
Mortimer
Nixon Denies He Has Evaded Major Issues
Vice President Richard M. Nixon tells reporters he has discussed key issues in detail, claiming his positions exceed Rockefeller's. He invites a face to face discussion on television, while Rockefeller declines, offering to debate after Nixon clarifies his stance. Nixon praises the Eisenhower record as best of his life.
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Nixon
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Administration Pushes Literacy Voter Bill in Louisiana
Governor Jimmie Davis backs a literacy requirement for voters as part of a segregation package. Objections may be narrowed to apply to future registrants, while already registered voters could be exempt. Davis supports LSU Board term cuts and other fiscal and political adjustments.
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Davis
LSU Board of Supervisors
Louisiana
Stuart Symington
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Louis J. Michot
Thief Caught After Plan for High Point of Career
Vernon police say 27 year old warehouseman Joseph Gruber stole items from his employer to help friends then took a truckload of goods home and gave them away. He admitted planning to walk out with a wall refrigerator and total theft value reached 59000 dollars with most items donated.
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Vernon
Calif
Joseph Gruber
Gruber
Jim Morrison
Morrison
Former Spy Pilot Disputes Truman Claim
Chicago Daily News reports a still serving pilot says he flew reconnaissance missions over Russia as early as 1951. He disputes President Truman’s veto of spy flights calling it bunk and recalls briefing officers warning about being treated as spies.
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Truman
Chicago
UPI
Chicago Daily News
Russia
The
Daily News
New York
Rioters threaten Ike visit in Tokyo as protests mount
In Tokyo thousands of Zen gakuren students confront security outside Haneda as President Eisenhower prepares for a June 19 arrival. They vow to block streets to pressure cancellation, while police brace for intensified enforcement and potential clashes amid anti US Japanese sentiment.
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Tokyo
Eisenhower
BTS
Zengakuren
Hagerty
Nobusuke Kishi
Stephens
Monroe Man Hurt In Truck Crash Into Drain Canal
A Monroe man, T. O. Day, lost control of a pickup around noon and crashed into a drainage canal off Stubbs road. He suffered a pelvic fracture and was taken to St. Francis Hospital. Day, a Hill Lumber carpenter, was hauling dirt to his Swartz area farm when the truck rolled several times. State police pursue crash causes as Day’s condition is listed as unclear.
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Monroe
Stubbs Road
T. O. Day
St. Francis Hospital
Day
Hill Lumber Company
Swartz
Canal
Tennessee Street
Juanita Bailes
Day Farm
Kilpatrick
Federal judge drops bid to halt DOJ probe of parish voter records
Federal District Judge Ben C. Dawkins Jr. dismissed a state suit seeking to stop a Justice Department inquiry into voter registrar records in East Carroll West Feliciana and Ouachita parishes. Earlier, Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion filed a counter suit against a Bienville Parish registrar challenging the Civil Rights Act of 1960. Dawkins cited 1391 B as the venue rule, stating no proper venue and no waiver.
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Shreveport
Ben C. Dawkins Jr
U.S. Justice Department
East Carroll
West Feliciana
Ouachita Parishes
Jack Gremillion
Bienville Parish
Dawkins
French Civil Servants Strike Shuts Down Paris Routines
More than a million French civil servants stayed home in a 24 hour stoppage disrupting air traffic and garbage collection. Funerals were postponed as gravediggers struck though trains buses and subways largely ran. Private sector workers felt relief as transport sympathy action did not spread. Garbage began to pile up in cities as the protest showed its reach.
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Paris
Nixon and Rockefeller Meet Cordially at British Trade Exhibit
In New York, Vice President Nixon and Gov. Rockefeller exchanged cordial greetings at a British trade exhibition. The men, previously at odds over the Republican Party’s future, shared light remarks and posed together as Prince Philip opened the event.
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New York
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Feller
Rockefeller
Prince Philip
St. Lawrence Seaway
Gov. Rockefeller
Ameri
Missing game hunter feared dead after weeks
A noted game hunter has been missing for weeks with authorities suspecting a fatal incident. The case centers on a dispute he reportedly had, and it is feared something he disagreed with might have led to his disappearance.
Partly Cloudy Weather Ahead Twin City Forecast
The weather picture for the Twin City area remains steady with partly cloudy skies and little temperature change through tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 91 and the low 70 with today’s highs 88 to 93 and a low near 69. Tomorrow’s high is expected 88 to 92 with no rain after this afternoon in Southern Arkansas.
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Twin City
Broadway Reopens After Weeklong Stage Blackout
Broadway resumes with 19 of 22 shows set to reopen by Monday night after a four year contract ratified by the League of New York Theatres and Actors Equity. Pension fund advances and higher minimums in the road multiply the scope of the deal.
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NEW York
League of New York Theaters
Harold A. Felix
Actors Equity Assn
David Merrick
Merrick
Shubert Alley
Hagerty Calm in Siege as He Takes Pictures in Limousine
At Tokyo, White House press secretary James C. Hagerty remained unperturbed during a siege by thousands of demonstrators. He photographed the crowd with a miniature camera, accepted a note slipped through a window, and chatted with Ambassador Douglas Mac Arthur II and Secretary Thomas E. Stephens while officials and guards repelled the assault on the limousine.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Christian A. Herter
Anne Wheaton
West Pacific
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hagerty
Johnson
Marine Corps
Haneda
James Hagerty
Compan
James C. Hagerty
U. S
Douglas MacArthur II
Thomas E. Stephens
U.S
Security Agency
Don’t Take Our Word Ad Listing
Classified notice lists a 3 room house with bath at 108 Atkinson as an example and notes five days and a price of 2.50, with contact FA 3 8763 and other listings too numerous to detail.
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Bath
Atkinson
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