Ouachita Parish Bonds Rated A Highest By Police Jury
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury earned an A rating for bond sales centering on a $300,000 jail extension, higher than Monroe West Monroe and the school board. Engineer Wayne Huckaby warned of strained highway finances while noting monthly road spending limits and rising maintenance costs.
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Ouachita Parish
M. W. Montgomery
Montgomery
Wayne H. Huckaby
Foley, Cox and Judell
New Orleans
BAA
City of
Monroe
Huckaby Iid
Huckaby
Fulbright Warns President of Hard Foreign Aid Fight
Sen. J William Fulbright warns President Kennedy will need strong leadership to pass the 4.8 billion foreign aid bill. Hearings continue with McNamara and Lemnitzers. Humphrey urges aid only to reforming governments.
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Fulbright
Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Lyman L. Leminitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Senate
Democratic
Congress
Louisiana Jobless Total Drops in April
Louisiana's jobless total fell to 88,800 in April a drop of 7,100 from March though still up 15,800 from April 1950. The rate stood at 7.5 percent versus a 7 percent U.S. jobless rate as declines in construction and manufacturing kept total below last year's figures.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
State Division of Employment Security
Laos talks show storm abating as bargaining nears
In Geneva the Laos conference moves toward working groups to compare Soviet and Western peace plans. Amid continuing fighting, U S officials say Pathet Lao remains active in northern central and southeastern Laos while negotiations press on.
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Geneva
Laos
U. S
Pathet Lao
U.S
Delinquent Tax Properties Set for Public Sale
Property with unpaid taxes was scheduled for public sale today at the west door of the parish courthouse. A total of 65 parcels were listed for bidding, details continued on the CHIT CHAT page 2-A.
Tractor Team To Talk With Castro Today
A four member American delegation in Havana on day one of talks aims to swap 900 tractors for 1 214 invasion prisoners. They met Fidel Castro and Osvaldo Dorticos with Agrarian Reform Institute officials and captives’ representatives.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Osvaldo Dorticos
Agrarian Reform Institute
Dortticos
Manuel Artime
Jose San Roman
Rafael Bolivar Fuente
Corticos
Francisco
the Hook) Molina
New York
Pedro Albizu Campos
Henry Winston
Peace talks adjourned amid Algeria bloodshed fears
Indefinite adjournment of French Algerian peace talks raises concern of renewed violence in Algeria. Louis Joxe said the stalemate and refusal to compromise make resumption unlikely, with key gaps over a cease fire, the European minority, and Sahara oil. Rebel spokesman Redha Malek urged readings of the situation.
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Evian-Les-Bains
France
Algeria
Tunis
Louis Joxe
Joxe
Redha Malek
Malek
Sahara
Freedom Riders Begin South Tour From Washington
Thirty two riders including eight from Washington start a three group trek testing racial segregation on interstate travel. They stop in Myrtle Beach for rest before continuing to Charleston and Jacksonville with rabbis and ministers in separate convoys. The riders cite a Supreme Court right to travel. they plan to reach Florida by weekend.
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Associated Press
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Wilmington
N.C
Washington
Greyhound
Charleston
S.C
Florida
South
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Petersburg
Alabama
Mississippi
Raleigh
Sumter
Tallahassee
New York
Congress of Racial Equality
Supreme Court
Gordon D. Negen
Ralph Diamond
South Carolina
Diamond
Freedom Riders
Virginia
North Carolina
Atlanta Publisher Raps Bar Group For Racial Stand
Ralph McGill of the Atlanta Constitution told Harvard event attendees that Southern bar leadership has not met its responsibilities in desegregation. He cited Georgia’s acceptance of state university integration as a turning point and said courts and the legal profession face focus as the greatest social reform progresses. He stressed legal action and court rulings as tools when local leaders fail to act by will.
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Cambridge
Mass
Southern Bar
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Harvard Law School Alumni Association
Harvard Foundation For Advanced Study and Research
Deep South
Georgia
McGill
U.S. Supreme Court
Chilean Reds Demand Adlai Stevenson Leave Chile
In Santiago the Communist press and protesters attacked U S diplomat Adlai E Stevenson amid talks on a Latin American living standards program. El Siglo accused Stevenson of backing the ill fated Cuba invasion and urged his return after a window smashing at the U S Information Agency.
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Santiago
Chile
United States
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S. Information Agency
F]1 Siglo
Kennedy
E! Siglo
Stevenson
Cuba
Searbeck Case Echoes Spy Thriller at Embassy Warsaw
Irvin Chambers Scarbeck 41 a Foreign Service officer was jailed after bond set at 50000 as FBI arres ted him Tuesday in Washington Street. He allegedly handed classified material to Polish agents while serving in Warsaw. the case centers on political intelligence not military. If convicted he faces up to ten years in prison or a 10000 dollar fine.
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Washington
U.S
Poland
Irvin Chambers Scarbeck
Warsaw
Scarbeck
FBI
Justice Department
Sam Wertleb
United States
State Department
Department
San Francisco
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lincoln White
U.S. Security
Mansfield urges a free Berlin as safeguard for peace
Sen. Mike Mansfield proposes an internationally protected free city of Berlin to avert a renewed East West nuclear crisis. He argues Berlin must be kept in peace and trust until German unification, warning against Khrushchev’s plan and a rigid status quo. The United States should uphold freedom in Berlin.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Berlin
Mansfield
Senate
Germany
Khrushchev
U.S
West Berlin
West
Heat Wave Blackouts Hit Midtown Manhattan in Major Power Failure
A 41 hour blackout paralyzed five square miles of midtown New York as a 13 June heat wave pushed the city to record temperatures. Elevators stalled for hours, subways trapped riders, and traffic lights were dead. Hospitals faced generators in use during the outage.
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New York
Manhattan
Canmell
Hudson River
Times Square
Police Chief Succumbs In Lake Providence
Lake Providence LA Special Ben F. Carter 70 longtime police chief dies at East Carroll Parish Hospital after months of illness. Suffered heart attacks in April and June. Served as chief since July 1 1938. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday First Baptist Church. Interment Lake Providence Cemetery. Survived by widow four sons and three daughters.
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Lake Providence
Ben F. Carter
East Carroll Parish
Carter
First Baptist Church
Doug Cheatham
Gay Funeral Home
James
Jack
Claude
Monroe
Wilmer
Rosedale
Miss
Margaret Plugge
Shreveport
Betty Jo Jones
Mountain Home
Idaho
Lois Carter
Houston
Tex
Shriver Heads to Guinea for Kennedy Mission
Peace Corps director R Sargent Shriver departed New York by plane Tuesday night for Guinea to represent President Kennedy on an official visit and strengthen aid ties with the African republic.
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New York
UPI
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
African Republic of Guinea
Kennedy
Still More Rain Expected In Area
Thundershowers are forecast for northeast Louisiana through Thursday. Highs today and Thursday near 88, and lows around 68. Tuesday recorded a high of 70 and rainfall of .49 inch at Selman Field.
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Louisiana
Selman Field
Kennedy Back Ailment Improves With Hot Pads and Ultrasound
President Kennedy continues to improve from a back strain using hot pads and high frequency ultrasound along with rest and swimming. He remains on crutches and held a White House conference with advisers after meetings with Vietnamese officials and others.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Janet Travel
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
Michigan
Pierre Salinger
New York
Palm Beach
Fla
Salinger
Preston Wade
Travell
Bastrop Couple Held on Negligent Homicide Charges
A Morehouse Parish couple with bonds set at 2000 dollars each remained jailed Wednesday on negligent homicide charges for the drowning of their three children in Bayou Bartholomew last Saturday night. The victims were Marsha Ann 7 William 5 and Keith 3. The boat struck a stump or log sending all into swift water. The bodies were recovered Sunday and Monday after a near two day search. Officials said the couple may have been drinking at the time of the accident. The children were buried in Crossroads cemetery Union parish after services in Monroe.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Bayou Bartholomew
Carlton Eugene Heckford
Heckford
Marsha Ann
William
Keith
Joe Rolfe White
White
Kansas City
Thelma Heckford
West Monroe
Arthur Heckford
Pensacola
Fla
Sylvania
Crossroads
Union Parish
Hixson Brothers Funeral Chapel
Monroe
Instructor Killed In Iberia Crash Involving Navy Plane
Two student pilots survived and were hospitalized after a Navy S 2F crash that killed their instructor Lt. Loren V. Page of Sisseton South Dakota at Iberia parish hospital. The second student remained unnamed and listed in serious condition with a hip injury. A Navy helicopter reached the scene within seven minutes.
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New Iberia, la
UPI
Loren V. Page
Sisseton
S. Dak
Iberia Parish
J.G
D. L. Miller
Los Angeles
New Iberia Naval Auxiliary Station Base
Navy
Iberia Parish Hospital
Page
Elsa
Cmdr
Alvin Hinkey
Lafayette
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Carolina Resort
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Mansfield Poses
Free
Europe
Soviet Union
L. Providence
JFK
Harry Kelly
Iberia
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