State Legislators Would Be Among Top Five In U.S.
Louisiana lawmakers would join New York California Illinois and Pennsylvania as the top five paid in the United States if a bill to raise expenses passes. The measure would give a $5,000 expense allowance replacing the $150 monthly, plus a $50 daily session rate, costing over two million dollars every four years.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
United States
Jimmie H. Davis
New York
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Jesse McLain
St. Tammany Parish
House
Senate
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Kennedy Attacks U S Policy In Khrushchev Speech
Senator John F. Kennedy blasted U S foreign policy and President Eisenhower's administration in a prepared Senate speech at Washington. He argued the Paris summit failed due to obsolete U S policies and warned that a campaign focus on standing up to Khrushchev could harm the American people regardless of November’s outcome. Kennedy contended the Eisenhower delegation arrived at Paris ill prepared with no fresh ideas and ineffective slogans.
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Khrushchev
Senate
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Apprehension Of Juvenile Clears Burglary Series
The Ouachita Parish sheriff’s department reports a 16-year-old Negro juvenile has cleared six house burglaries and one attempted burglary, all in March and April. The youth reportedly admitted nine additional city offenses and is held at the parish detention home. The Lake Shore additions and Standifer Avenue burglary addresses are named.
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Ouachita Marsh
Lakeshore
Standifer Avenue
Monroe
Bailey Grant
Grant
Parish
Travis Freeman
Rosewood Drive
W. H. Stapp
Lakeshore Drive
J. A. Hutto
Lakeshore Dr
Jack Harrington
Max Fr. White
R. W. Wood
Larnell Taylor
Not Surprised By Fix Revelations
New York boxing figure Jake La Motta admitted he threw a 13 year old Madison Square Garden bout against Billy Fox in Philadelphia. Veterans note earlier reports casting doubt on the match, which prompted scrutiny by the State Athletic Commission as betting odds swung from La Motta favored to Fox favored just hours before the fight.
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New York
Jake LaMotta
Billy Fox
Philadelphia
Madison Square Garden
State Athletic Commission
LaMotta
Fox
Ouachita Scouts to Convene Institutional Meeting Tonight
The Central District Ouachita Valley Council Boy Scouts of America will hold an institutional meeting at 7 30 p m today in the Louis Locke Room of the Ouachita Parish Public Library at 1800 Stubbs Avenue. Vice chairman Philip H Kulcke said all institutional representatives and district men are expected to attend.
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Ouachita Valley
Crossett Degree Team to Confer Master Mason in Ark
The Arkansas Degree Team from Crossett will confer a Master Mason degree in Arkansas. Details continue on page two.
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Arkansas
Crossett
Ark
Equal Chance Liquor Bill Is Approved
Baton Rouge AP A House committee approved 10 4 a controversial bill giving Louisiana retail liquor dealers an equal chance with wholesalers in selling to Mississippi bootleggers The bill would levy an export tax of 1 68 a gallon on liquor instead of the 30 cent Louisiana inspection fee The measure drew strong opposition from Louisiana wholesalers and was sent to the House floor Risley Tribe did not vote State officials said they could control whisky leaving and entering the state while opponents argued the tax would harm export and boundary trade
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House
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ways and Means
Risley Tribe
Assumption
Jimmie H. Davis
State Revenue
Jesse McLain
St. Tammany Parish
Robert Roland
Henry Sevier
Tallulah
John L. Wooten Dies at 34 Chief Clerk at Union Producing
John L. Wooten 34 chief clerk of Administrative Production Operations at Union Producing Company died in a New Orleans hospital at 2:25 am Tuesday after a lengthy illness. A native of West Monroe he joined Union Producing in 1929 and advanced from clerk in Monroe to Houston then Shreveport. He was promoted to senior clerk in 1943 and chief clerk in 1949. He was a member of the American Petroleum Institute. Survived by widow Angie, a son John L. Wooten Jr., mother Mrs. James R. Wooten Monroe two sisters Mrs Elmer Staal Sr Monroe and Mrs M C Vaughn of Aurora Ohio. Funeral arrangements by Mulhearn Funeral Home Monroe pending.
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Union Producing
Shreveport
New Orleans
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Union Producing Company
United Gas Corporation
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West Monroe
Quachita Parish
Louisiana State University
Wooten
Houston
American Petroleum Institution
Angie Wooten
John L. Wooten, Jr
James R. Wooten
Elmer Staale Sr
M. C. Vaughn
Aurora
Ohio
Mulhearn Funear
Court Upholds Transportation Law for Parochial Pupils
Connecticut Supreme Court rules state law allowing transport of parochial school pupils in public buses is constitutional while funds from the Connecticut School Fund used for this service are unconstitutional. Chief Justice Baldwin notes benefits to safety health and education. majority says it does not breach church state separation. Justice Mellitz dissents on constitutional point.
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Hartford. Conn
Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
Connecticut
State Education Department
Raymond E. Baldwin
Samuel Mellitz
Cause Uproar as Boy Refuses Legion Citizenship Award
Stephen Bayne 17 shocks Westbury NY audience at senior awards by turning down a citizenship award from the local American Legion post claiming policies he cannot respect. Principal Beckham condemns the refusal while the school plans an apology letter. Bayne, top student with several departmental honors, graduates June 26.
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Westbury
N. YY
American Legion Post
Stephen Bayne
Legion
Bayne
Long Island
Post
John W. Beckham
Robert Bayne
Louisiana Senate votes to outlaw repeated unwed motherhood
The Louisiana Senate, 21-16, blocks a bid to criminalize bearing a second illegitimate child with a $1000 fine and one year in prison. Sen. Adrian DuPlantier decries it as making motherhood a felony while opponents warn it promotes criminal abortion and attacks civil rights.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate Today
Adrian G. DuPlantier
New Orleans
Eisenhower Faces Rapt Manila Welcome in Philippines
In Manila Eisenhower is met by a joyous crowd of over a million Filipinos. He and Philippine President Garcia travel a 10 mile route through a sea of confetti and heat as security clears the way amid cheering and shouts. Police and Secret Service estimate range from 12 million to 3 million attendees.
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Manila
Eisenhower
United States
New Delhi
Carlos P. Garcia
A. E. Baughman
U. S
Secret Service
Jose P. Noble
Segregation Push Moves in Louisiana Senate
UPI reports Sen E W Gravolet led a joint segregation committee hearing and urged passage of 12 bills targeting sit in demonstrations. Bills expand arrest resistance definitions and criminal mischief while adding penalties for blocking public passage, with debate on whether measures fit segregation aims.
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Joint Committee
Speedy O. Long
Jena
Michael O’keefe
New Orleans
Gravelet
O'Keefe
Joint Committee On Segregation
John Garrett
Claiborne Parish
Segregation Committee
Adcock Fights Legislation to Legalize Bingo in Churches
Sen Jamar Adcock of Monroe announced strong opposition to a bill legalizing bingo in churches and non profits. He cited fierce concerns from Ouachita parish residents while noting lawmakers Rep Mike John Jr and Rep Lawrence Gibbs of Monroe voted against the measure. the bill awaits Senate calendar action.
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Baton Rouge
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Adcock
Orleans Parish
Ouachita Parish
Wife reveals letter from Powers on Soviet treatment
Barbara Powers said Francis Gary Powers wrote May 26 from Moscow that he is safe and being treated well. Dr. James Baugh read her statement at a Milledgeville news conference. the envelope bore a Moscow street return address, and the letter appeared uncensored.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Soviet Union
Barbara Gay Powers
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
James Baugh
Powers
Milledgeville
Manteen Brown
LaMotta testifies bribe offers to throw fights
Former middleweight champion Jake LaMotta told Senate investigators he was offered and rejected $100,000 to throw two fights but agreed to lose one to secure a title shot. He said the offers came via his brother manager Joseph LaMotta and repudiated a May statement naming alleged fixers.
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Washington
Jake LaMotta
Senate
LaMotta
Joseph
Billy Fox
Frank Blinky Palermo
Bill Daly
Thomas Milo
Fox
New York
Madison Square Garden
Tony Janiro
Janiro
Marcel Cerdan
Detroit
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Joe LaMotta
Pal
Rain Likely For Twin Cities Weather Outlook
The Twin City forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and no rain. Highs today in the high 80s, tonight 66 to 70, and near 88 to 90 tomorrow. Yesterday's high of 84 was the state’s lowest maximum.
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Twin City
Selman
Arkansas
Phony African Crown Prince Arrested in Norwalk
FBI and Norwalk police said Crown Prince Mujuba Gatewayo of Upper Volta West Africa was a fake. He was really Edward L Woods 28 of Baker County Florida. He traveled by train from Washington to Torrington when ill and underwent kidney surgery at Norwalk Hospital. He claimed to donate 5000 acres of coffee plantations to the surgeon and wired Africa for 10000 dollars to cover expenses.
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Norwalk
Woods
Washington
Torrington
Conn
Norwalk Hospital
Africa
Chuckle on hot ideas cooled by cold water
A witty remark notes that the value of a red-hot idea hinges on how well it survives when skeptics douse it with cold water. The quip reflects on the resilience of clever plans under scrutiny and doubt.
Suspect slain three wounded in city gunfire duels
A New York police shootout left Patrolman William Ramos dead and three others wounded in four gunfire incidents within 12 hours. Nathan Jackson, 24, and a woman reportedly fled after a hotel robbery. James J McLoughlin, 37, and Robert M. Kestel, 31, were also shot in separate incidents as detectives pursued suspects in arrests. Lorenzo Valentin, 35, owner of a Bronx bar, was wounded during a chase after a robbery report.
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New York
William Ramos
Nathan Jackson
Brooklyn
Jackson
Ramos
William Cullen
Robert M. Kestel
Times Square
Edward Burban
Lorenzo Valentin
Bronx
Engle Attacks Antarctic Treaty as U S Security Threat
Washington AP Sen Clair Engle of California charged that the Antarctic Treaty with the Soviet Union and ten other nations threatens U S security and allies Engle urged rejection saying it would seal free world recognition of Soviet presence in exchange for vague assurances the Soviets will refrain from troublemaking The treaty signed in Washington last December would develop Antarctica only for peaceful purposes and would recognize no national claims among signatories including Argentina Australia Belgium Chile France Japan New Zealand Norway South Africa Britain and the United States Engle spoke during testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ernest Gruening Alaska opposed Fulbright Arkansas chairman said opposition could hinder ratification Continued on page two A
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Sen
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Soviet Union
United States
Engle
Antarctica
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Chile
France
Japan
New Zealand
Norway
South Africa
Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Don’t Need It? Sell It With News Star Classifieds
Summer demand boosts wants for household goods lawn gear and vacation items. Want Ads connect buyers and sellers. Sold 1st day Scott 60 HP motor fully electric 52 ft runabout trailer 950 dollars. FA 3-7940.
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News-Star— World
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