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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1961

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U S Presses Moscow on Nuclear Test Ban Talks

The United States accuses the Soviet Union of blocking negotiations for a nuclear weapons test ban and hints it may end its voluntary moratorium. President Kennedy faces pressure from Congress and officials to resume tests as stalled talks continue at Geneva.

Washington United States Soviet Union Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna U. S State Department Moscow Free World Congress Geneva

Actor Jeff Chandler Dies After Spinal Surgery

Hollywood AP reports actor Jeff Chandler, 42, died Saturday at Culver City Hospital from septicemia, a complication after spinal surgery. An autopsy is planned. Chandler, 6-foot-4 and once a leading man, had been hospitalized May 13 for a slipped disc and suffered severe bleeding during a long operation.

Hollywood Jeff Chandler Chandler Culver City Hospital Ed Traubner

Northeast Enrollment Set Record at Summer Term

Northeast Louisiana State College reports a summer term enrollment of 1 446 students, an all time high with 653 men and 793 women, including 153 graduates. The record surpasses summer enrollments from prior years and includes a large influx from a Youth Music Festival and a remedial reading workshop for high school students and teachers.

Northeast Louisiana State College Northeast

Police Break Up Peru Riot Over Stevenson Visit

Police with tear gas and clubs dispersed a large street clash between anti Communist students and supporters during Ambassador Adlai Stevenson's visit to Lima. The fourth demonstration since his Friday arrival aimed at Kennedy envoy efforts to ease Peru’s financial troubles.

Lima Peru UPI Adlai Stevenson Stevenson Kennedy

Ramblin Ralph Cuillory Returns Home For Vacation

Ramblin Ralph Cuillory who left the Baptist Children's Home to attend Wayland College is back home for a short vacation. He has enrolled at Northeast State College for special work and will return to Wayland this fall to begin his senior year. The Baptist Home dedicated a service to the memory of Mrs C C Carroll who died recently. Mrs Carroll served at the home under the late superintendent T.

Ralph Cuillory Baptist Children's Home Wayland College Northeast State College Wayland The Baptist Home C. C. Carroll Carroll

U N Chief Acts Quickly In Spy Case

The United Nations discussed a Czech complaint alleging U S attempts to expel Miroslav Nacvalac for refusing to become an American spy. The U N secretary general Dag Hammarskjold intervened, forwarding protests to the U S delegation and circulating both sides of the dispute to U N missions. The Czech delegation alleges U S agents sought to recruit Nacvalac in New York. the State Department later commented from Washington.

United Nations, N. Y Czechoslovakia Dag Hammarskjold United States U. N Miroslav Nacvajlac Nacvalac Hammarskjold U. S U.N U.S Nacvalae New York Washington State Department

Judge Sets Hearing On Rider Plea

U S District Judge Sidney Mize will hold a Wednesday Biloxi hearing on a petition challenging Mississippi breach of peace laws used to jail Freedom Riders. Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff filed the writ seeking to protect a Freedom Rider’s rights after arrest and detention amid a wave of convictions and jailing in Jackson.

Gulfport Miss U.S. Dist Sidney Mize Biloxi Jack Young Jackson Mize Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff New York Parchman Mississippi Delta

Third Man Sought In Bristol Bride Murder Plot

Alfred Furnari and John Kilbarn appeared in Circuit Court on conspiracy to commit murder charges after a plot to kill Furnari’s wife Mary Neri with $300 offered to Kilbarn. A Massachusetts soldier linked as go between was also sought.

Bristol, Conn Alfred A. Furnari Bristol John Kilbarn Saratoga Springs N. Y Harold Missal Furnari Kilbarn Mary Neri Hartford Massachusetts

No Progress In Settling Ship Strike

The first face to face negotiating session in a three coast ship strike ended with angry exchanges and a report of no progress. The 85,000 crew members on about 1,000 vessels across the East West and Gulf coasts are involved. The session was arranged at the request of Labor Secretary Goldberg in a Kennedy effort to settle the dispute.

New York Gulf Arthur J. Goldberg Kennedy Ralph E. Casey American Merchant Marine Institute Joseph Curran National Maritime Union Casey Robert H. Moore Federal Mediation Service

Attorneys Post Bond In N O For Marcello

In New Orleans Carlos Marcello faced charges of illegal re entry after bond was set at 10 000 by Judge Herbert Christenberry who also reduced a prior 50 000 bond. Marcello remains in an alien detention camp in Texas on pending deportation charges with a June 29 hearing scheduled.

New Orleans Carlos Marcello Texas Herbert Christenberry Marcello Guatemala Immigration Service Board of Appeals Washington

Rain Expected In Area Toady

Forecast calls for cloudiness and mostly afternoon thundershowers with warmer temperatures. Yesterday at Selman Field the high reached 64 and the low 60, with 0.89 inch of rainfall by 6 PM. Today’s expected high in the 70s.

Father Monroe Selman Field

Dominicans Open Secret Treason Trial of Ex-Defense Chief

Maj. Gen. Jose Rene Roman Fernandez, 50, former defense minister, faces a secret treason trial in Ciudad Trujillo over the Rafael Trujillo assassination. The government says he admitted plans to seize power. Brig. Gen. Juan Tomas Diaz, the plot’s ringleader, was killed resisting arrest. A wave of officials urged his death as the trial began amid searches and additional arrests.

Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic Jose Rene Roman Fernandez Rafael L. Trujillo Roman Trujillo Juan Tomas Diaz Ramon Luis Amiami Tio Antonio Imbert Lee Cotterman U.S Cotterman FE Caribe Gen Roman

Freighter and fishing boat collide off Japan. 14 missing

A Liberian freighter Atlantic Sunrise and a Japanese fishing boat collided in fog off the Japanese coast. The Japanese vessel with 23 crew reported 14 missing. two rescued crewmen died. The Atlantic Sunrise rescued the Japanese sailors and is not in danger of sinking.

Tokyo Pacific Maritime Safety Agency

Laos Princes Reach Unity Pact in Zurich Talks

Three warring Laos princes agreed in principle on forming a national unity government. They debated Premier Boun Oum’s proposal that King Savang Vathana lead the new regime. Souphanouvong protested the king’s sacred status, while Souvanna Phouma hopes to head the government as neutralist ex-premier. Time needed for full details.

Zurich Switzerland Laos Boun Oum Savang Vathana Souphanouvong Pathet Lao Souvanna Phouma Geneva Phoumi Nosavan

Arms Flow To Castro From Reds

A 19 year old Cuban underground member Ernesto says Cuba is flooded with Soviet and Czech weapons. He claims ships unload daily and MIG fighters arrive in crates at bases near Havana. He was wounded during a dynamite bombing and smuggled to Miami for treatment.

Miami Fla Fidel Castro Ernesto Cuba Havana

Governor Leads Horse Into State Capitol Office

Baton Rouge AP reports Governor Jimmie H. Davis arrived at his office Saturday with his white horse Sunshine. He rode up the 49 broad capitol steps and led the mount into the executive office across the lobby, drawing visitors and staff.

Baton Rouge State Capitol Jimmie H. Davis Capitol

Admiral Rickover cites toy model data leaking nuclear sub details

Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover testified that the Soviet Union obtained millions of dollars worth of U S nuclear submarine information for 298 from a Polaris toy model sold in a dime store. He said the model revealed dimensions reactor compartment crew size and other sensitive data. He blamed interservice rivalry for the release and said authorities asked him to release but he refused.

Washington Hyman G. Rickover Soviet Union U.S Rickover Joint Atomic Energy Subcommittee United States Navy Army Air Force

Kennedy Named Defendant In Citizens' Suit Over Castro Tractors

A group from Indianapolis asks the Seventh Circuit to halt negotiations by a private Citizens’ committee for releasing about 1200 Cuban prisoners. They seek a mandamus to force Attorney General Robert Kennedy to stop the Tractors for Freedom Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt Milton Eisenhower and Walter Reuther, arguing Logan Act violations. The suit names Robert Kennedy as a defendant, with a ruling sought by early next week.

Chicago Indianapolis Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Citizens’ Committee Cuba Atty Robert Kennedy Tractors For Freedom Committee Fidel Castro Eleanor Roosevelt Milton Eisenhower Walter Reuther U.S Castro Washington Richard Allen Havana United States Tractors Committee

Committee Hopes for Old Terms in Castro Trade Talks

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt’s tractors for Freedom Committee plans to reject Fidel Castro’s new demand of 28 million dollars in small farm tractors for Cuban invasion prisoners. The four man mission will cable Castro with the position, while hoping he accepts the original offer. The group’s report to Mrs. Roosevelt and Walter Reuther notes continued government consultation.

Washington UPI Eleanor Roosevelt Tractors For Freedom Committee Fidel Castro Castro Roosevelt Walter P. Reuther United Auto Workers U. S

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