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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1961

Page

12

20 Youths Crash Sorority Party in Los Angeles

Police reported 20 armed youths crashed a high school sorority party at the John McRoberts home. Three guests injured. nine suspects booked on assault with deadly weapons. Victims include 17 year old John Thomas treated for concussion after a hammer blow. Host McRoberts described a front-porch assault and subsequent escape.

Los Angeles John Thomas Thomas St. Vincent’s Hospital McRoberts

U S Canada discuss plane exchange amid defense pact talks

Washington confirms talks on a bilateral swap valued at about 320 million dollars. Canada would receive 66 F101 Voodoo fighters while the U S orders 200 F104G Starfighters for NATO, with Canada operating Pine Tree radar line and sharing 75 percent of costs.

Washington United States Canada Defense and State Departments U.S

Religious leaders urge boycott of Sunday shopping in New Orleans

Catholic and Protestant clergy launched a campaign backing a Sunday shopping boycott. The Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches and the New Orleans Baptist Association organized the effort. Clergymen delivered the message in 450 churches led by Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel urging Catholics to make only essential purchases on Sundays to avoid keeping employees from church.

New Orleans UPI Catholic Archdiocese of Greater

Winston Churchill The Valiant Years Airs To Positive Response

The NBC CBS and ABC summaries note Churchill The Valiant Years closing its 26 episode run with a moving history of Churchill's wartime leadership and a defeat in a post VE Day election. The program blends newsreel footage stills music and Burton narration to create a memorable TV classic.

New York UPI Winston Churchill ABC TV Churchill Mr. Churchill Richard Burton Britain Lord Boothby

Belated honeymoon planned by Nottingham milkman

Tom Maines, 60, a Nottingham milkman famed for never missing a round even on his wedding day, will finally take the honeymoon he and his wife Kate never had time for.

Nottingham England UPI Tom Maines Kate

Row Blows Up Over Britain's Sleeping Prince

London AP report says Labor MPs demand inquiry into canceling five early trains to spare Prince Philip while he slept on a royal train at Thorverton Devon. Critics call it disgraceful. railway spokesman says passengers did not complain. Philip had no comment.

London Prince Prince Philip Labor Devon Philip Thorverton

Non Shooting War Against Reds Sought

Rep John R Pillow a New York congressman proposed a formal declaration of war against the Communist parties of the world without armed conflict The measure estimates a 36 million world Communist force across 96 nations and pledges US resources to defend free world freedoms institutions and governments against the international Communist conspiracy.

Washington New York John R. Pillow R-N.y Congress United States Free World

Johnson Viewed As 1968 Presidential Possibility

AP report notes Lyndon B. Johnson could be ready for a 1968 Democratic nomination if Kennedy seeks a second term. It highlights his long hours, current roles in Space Advisory Council and Civil Rights, leadership of the Equal Employment Opportunities Committee, Peace Corps advisory position, and international duties including Southeast Asia trips.

Jack Bell Washington Lyndon B. Johnson Kennedy Johnson Richard M. Nixon Space Advisory Council Eual South Peace Corps Southeast Asia Africa France England

Six Accidental Deaths Reported In northeast Louisiana

Six deaths across northeast Louisiana were part of nine state wide over the weekend. The incidents include three Bastrop children drowned when an aluminum boat hit a log on the Ouachita River near Wardville. Also reported: two young girls drowning in a river near Monroe after a boat capsized while crossing to chop cotton. A Lake Providence area crash killed Jimmy Emerson and injured others. Other fatalities include a Slidell collision and a Gonzales two car crash with a missing woman identified as Dorothy Williams or Taylor, plus a Shreveport pool drowning of Ramon Wake.

Louisiana Carl Eugene Heckford Wardville Road Bastrop Marsha Ann William Dock Richard Keith Hixson Brothers Funeral Home Morehouse Sheriff's Office Ouachita River Long John’s Beach Sheriff's Department Shirlene Lawson Magnolia St Monroe Jerline Lawson Jimmy Emerson Oak Grove Emerson New Orleans Elizabeth Pumilia Slidell Robert Cotton Cotton James P. Lindsay Miss Pumilia U. S. Hwy. 61 Gonzales Dorothy F. Williams Dorothy F. Taylor Ramon Wake Shreveport

Box Score On Freedom Riders Counts Declines and Bonds

A Jackson Mississippi AP box score enumerates the Freedom Riders as of May 24 to June 12, showing totals 110, convictions 98, awaiting trial 12, released on bond 22, paid fines 4, jailed 4, and hunger strikers 8 among whites.

Jackson Miss Freedom Riders

Cubans Detain Florida Charter Boat Skipper and Crew

Miami reports Cuban authorities holding Florida charter boat skipper Olin Williams of Homestead and five crewmen after their 95 foot vessel Nicoya ran aground off Cuba during a storm. Williams, his wife Mary, and others said the boat was a total loss and they were later detained by Cuban officials. he had been charter fishing near Isla Majar, Mexico, and contacted his wife by radio saying a squall drove the vessel off course.

Miami Fla Florida Cuba Olin Williams Homestead Williams Mary Isla Majar Mexico Nicoya Coast Guard

Dominican Republic Crisis Ties Governorship to Kennedy Circle

The passage notes Johnson acting in charge of a store while Kennedy traveled to Paris Vienna and London and keeping in contact with Kennedy as the vice president presided over military and diplomatic chiefs during the Dominican Republic crisis.

Kennedy Paris Vienna London CBS NBC Jacqueline Kennedy Nbc-Tv European Greece Edwin Newman Mrs. Kennedy David Brinkley Cbs-Tv Dent Johnson Dominican Republic

FASTEETH promises secure false teeth with powder

Many wearers fear embarrassment when dentures loosen. FASTEETH is an alkaline powder sprinkled on plates to hold teeth more firmly and reduce odor. It claims to be non sour and widely available at drug counters.

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