Causeway Wreck Inquiry Opens in New Orleans Tragedy
Coast Guard launches formal hearing into cause of the 24 mile Long Lake Pontchartrain Causeway collapse after a Continental Trailways bus was struck by barges and submerged. Six passengers drown as a teen rescuer saves the bus driver and an Army sergeant. Names include Ned Palmer Harold Robin Clifford Milley Jackie Church Ernest Vaughn William Cockerham George Broa Willie Matthews Jr. and others. Broa had just been released from Baton Rouge jail hours before the crash.
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Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
Ned Palmer
Gretna
Harold Robin
Ebeter
Milley
Palmer
Jackie Church
Mandeville
Ernest N. Vaughn
Jackson
Miss
William Cockerham
Ft. Benning
Charles Perrone
Chicago
William Ellis Wilson
Prentiss
Michael Clayton Schultz
Manchester
N.H
George W. Broa
Lakewood
Ohio
Willie C. Matthews Jr
Bogalusa
Broa
Baton Rouge
Shreveport Negro Teacher To Attend Auburn
Willie Ray Griffin, 23, of Shreveport Louisiana, becomes the second Black student to enroll at Auburn University. He joins 40 participants in a National Science Foundation summer institute for high school mathematics teachers that began last Thursday. Auburn’s first Black student, Harold A. Franklin of Montgomery, enrolled last January for graduate history study.
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Ala AP
Shreveport
Auburn University
Willie Ray Griffin
National Science Foundation
Harold A. Franklin
Montgomery
Market chatter signals potential summer rally amid consolidation
Bache & Co cautions that consolidation and a reluctance to fall further bolster summer rally prospects with a strong 1965 economy. Hayden Stone notes political dislocations and foreign price weakness weighing on stocks while big-name new lows outpace highs. AP reports a continued upward drift despite profit taking, led by motors, steels, rails, aerospace, oils, and nonferrous metals, with Searle's Enovid news stirring concern. Dow up near 5 points at noon, IBM and Polaroid among risers, Xerox down on profit-taking, and bond markets largely unchanged. Chicago pork, cattle, and lamb prices move with mixed gains and adjustments in USDA reports.
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Bache
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G.D. Searle
Searle
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Chrysler
IBM
Polaroid
Xerox
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Cotton futures steady in New Orleans at midmorning
In New Orleans at 11 a.m. cotton futures were inactive with prices unchanged to 50 cents per bale lower on the day.
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New Orleans
Wheat falls to season lows as Chicago grain trading unsettled
In Chicago wheat contracts slid to season lows on the Board of Trade as selling pressure rose in the afternoon. Rye weakened while other grains and soybeans remained largely near prior levels amid light and mixed trading. Carrot receipts listed wheat 8, corn 86, oats 1, rye none, barley 14, soybeans 13. no sales of wheat oats or soybeans were reported. Corn No 1 yellow 1.26 to 1.27 ¼, No 2 yellow 1.26 to 1.27 ¼, Soybean oil 8.25.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Morrison Estate Set At 97000
NEW ORLEANS AP An inventory filed in civil district court for the estate of the late deLesseps S. Morrison shows a net value of 97000. Morrison, a former New Orleans mayor and U S ambassador to the Organization of American States, was killed last month in a plane crash in Mexico that also claimed six others including his 7 year old son Randy. The accounting lists total inventory 152000 with secured loans 55000 and a safety deposit box revealing policies worth 15000. Morrison resigned as mayor in 1961 to accept the diplomatic post and at that time reported net assets of 61734.16.
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deLesseps S. Morrison
Morrison
U.S
Organization of American States
Mex
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Randy
Illinois Central Right Track Promotes Local Growth
The Illinois Central emphasizes its role in community and industry growth along its routes. Each year about a hundred new industrial plants arise near the railroad as manufacturers favor Mid-America for its people and low-cost transportation. The carrier highlights results for shippers through efficiency efforts and continual equipment investments.
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Illinois Central
Mid-America
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