Milk liquor bills pushed in Louisiana House clash
In Baton Rouge the House faced a long late session over milk price regulation and a liquor sale ban in drug stores and supermarkets. Rep. Lantz Womack and Rep. Risley Triche fell short on votes, then swapped positions to revive bills, while the Senate convened at 10 am and the House lingered past midnight.
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Sam Hanna
Baton Rouge
The
Legis
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
John Schwegmann
Jefferson Parish
House
Womack
Schwegmann
New Orleans
Risley Triche
Napoleonville
Tribe
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Winds and Floods Wreak Broad Damage Across Regions
Severe winds and a tornado outbreak struck the eastern half of the nation. Iowa experienced numerous injuries and house damage while Minnesota saw trailer court injuries and barns flattened. A tornado damaged a light plane in Rochester. cattle perished under a overturned barn near Eyota. Lightning and floods closed roads in Nebraska and Texas. Chicago endured 95 degree heat with hundreds affected by heat illness at a Billy Graham revival in Soldier Field.
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United Press International
Iowa
Chester
Minn
Rochester
Eyota
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Lake Charles
Waverly
Iown
Illinois Central Railroad
Decorah
Oelwein
Waterloo
Sioux City
Big Sioux
Floyd
U.S. 20
Bordeaux Creek
Chadron
Extremely Close Canadian Primary Seen in National Vote
Toronto AP report notes Canadians vote in a tight contest between Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's Conservatives and Lester B. Pearson's Liberals. Gallup polls show no clear majority possible. Minor parties may influence outcomes, with potential for a new election within a year. Tomm y Douglas and Social Credit predict gains for their groups.
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Toronto
John Diefenbaker
Conservatives
Liberals
Gallup
House of Commons
Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
T. C
Tommy) Douglas
New Democratic Party
Social Credit Party
Robert Thompson
Actor Edward G. Robinson Attacked by Illness in Tanganyika
Actor Edward G. Robinson, 68, is reported seriously ill in a Tanganyika hospital after a heart attack while filming at 6,000 feet on a Mount Kilimanjaro area camp. A heart specialist was flown from Nairobi. the film group’s doctor, en route to Nairobi, was injured in a car crash nearby. Earlier he had broken his right thumb.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Edward G. Robinson
Tanganyika
Robinson
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Arusha
Anti Castro Training Ended In Cuba Rebel Program
FT Jackson S C UPI The anti Castro training program for Cuban refugees in guerrilla warfare and parachuting within the U S Army has ended Recruiting began ten months ago with a goal of 1000 veterans of the abortive invasion but only 17 enlisted amid indications of a misunderstanding of their obligation.
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Ft, Jackson, S. C
UPID
U. S. Army
Cuba
Biggest Test Of Nuclear Series Set
In Honolulu, the U S tests force prepares to fire its largest blast over the Pacific between 11 p.m. tonight and 7:30 a.m. EST, some 200 miles above the ocean. The explosion could disrupt Pacific communications for two days and will be vastly more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. Scientists in New York urge Kennedy to cancel, warning of risks to mankind and the Van Allen belt, while a Christmas Island test earlier this week released a device equal to 20,000 to one million tons of TNT.
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Honolulu
Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Johnston Island
Hiroshima
New York
Congress of Scientists On
Kennedy
van Allen
Christmas Island
West Monroe man wins Ark La Tex checker tournament title
W G Jasper of West Monroe won the Ark La Tex Checker Association monthly tournament in Minden scoring 10 of 12 points. Albert Tucker of Minden finished second after a playoff with Roy Brown of Bossier City who tied for second. Brown claimed third.
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W. G. Jasper
West Monroe
Ark-La- Tex Checker Association
Minden
Albert Tucker
Roy Brown
Bossier City
Brown
Free swimming classes fill Monroe recreation program
Monroe Recreational Department reports three free swim classes at Southside pool are full. Each session accommodates 100 participants with times 7:00, 7:45 and 8:30 a.m. for different age groups. Roy Aston leads lifeguard staff. pool closes 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. for cleaning.
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Monroe Recreational Department
Jack Hesketh
Southside
Hesketh
Roy Aston
State Roundup: Accidents Claim Six Lives Across Louisiana
Six people died in Louisiana accidents over the weekend. George Boudreaux is missing after a boat swamped near Lake Pelto while fishing with Sam Burbank. Betty Fletcher, 22, died in a Baker area auto crash near Britany. Two-year-old Nathan Breed en was run over in Lafayette while a neighbor backed a car. William Hudel Jr. and his 8-year-old son Jimmy perished in a collision with a train near Rosdale. Airman Arthur Meader of Chennault AFB was killed assisting a stalled motorist in Lake Charles.
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Louisiana
Lake Pel
Houma
George Boudreaux
Sam Burbank
Donaldsonville
Burbank
Boudreaux
Betty Fletcher
Baker Sunday
Brittany
Nathan Roy Breeden
Lafayette
William A. Hudel Jr
Baton Rouge
Jimmy
Rosedale
Arthur Meader
Chennault Air Force Base
Lake Charles
Jingle Imposter Tries Jingle On Call Girls Frame Up
New York AP report says two alleged $100-a-night call girls met two men. An ad writer posed as a client and a pair of cops revealed themselves in a staged jingle. Detective Frank Nallan tipped off uniformed officers to arrest the women, aged 25 and 27, on prostitution charges.
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New York
Frank Nallan
Algiers Turmoil Eases After Pact With FLN Signed
In Algiers and Oran, Moslem nationalists and the FLN announce a pact ending the blood feud with the secret army. Arson and bomb attacks pause by 10 a.m. as Moslems and Europeans mingle in some areas. Secret army calls for caution, while settlers rush to France for independence.
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Algiers
Secret Army
Oran
Algieria
France
National Liberation Front
FLN
Chewki Mostefai
Hoffa accuses Kennedy of police state tactics
James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, charged President Kennedy with freezing workers’ pay below a living wage and crippling the labor movement. Speaking at a news conference, Hoffa said the union could muster four million votes for the 1964 election through the Teamsters political arm DRIVE.
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San Francisco
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Kennedy
Hoffa
Teamsters
Today’s Chuckle on a man with a wife too many
A jokey quip notes you don’t need bigamy to have more than one wife. The line plays on the idea of excessive domestic attachment with a light punchline suitable for a brief comic item.
Powhatan County Hints at Closing Public Schools Over Desegregation
Residents face a possible shutdown as Powhatan County weighs desegregation in its consolidated white high school. Twenty eight Negro children seek enrollment as the Virginia pupil placement board in Richmond assigns 184 Negro pupils to white or white-dominated schools. The Powhatan board may opt to close all public schools rather than desegregate. NAACP leader Roy Wilkins criticizes slow progress while citing Charleston’s integrated library as a partial success and urging broader action toward desegregation.
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Virginia
Prince Edward County
Powhatan
White Consolidated High School
Richmond
S. W. Bonifant
Powhatan Board of Supervisors
Consolidated White School
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, S
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Mississippi
Alabama
NAACP
Charleston
S.C
Integrated Public Library
Sunflower County
Miss
Laos installation stalled over royal decree wording
Prime Minister designate Souvanna Phouma arrives to form a new coalition in Laos but installation is delayed as he protests a royal decree referencing the National Assembly. Souphanouvong, ally turned deputy premier, may be in Hanoi and returns Tuesday as rains delayed the airstrip.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
National Assembly
Souvanna
Souphanouvong
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Plaine Des Jarres
Savang Vathana
GI Home Loan Activity Up
Washington AP GI home loan activity rose in May across major categories per the Veterans Administration. New construction starts under the GI program reached 8,107, while requests for appraisals of existing units rose to 16,159. Applications for home loan guaranty totaled 17,637.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Riots Break Out At Montreal Prison Fire Flaring
A mob of 1100 inmates at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary battled guards and troops for six hours, setting the prison ablaze. More than 200 steel-helmeted troops fought rioters at bayonet point and restored control. 30 people were wounded Sunday night.
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Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Congress prep for lively farm bills and probes this week
In Washington two large farm bills face House action this week with a debate on extending the foreign sugar quota system and a broader farm measure likely to trigger floor battles. Senate probes of B-girls and stockpiling continue as House investigates the Billie Sol Estes case amid a busy agenda.
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Washington
House
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Cuba
Walkout Set For Tuesday Unless Settled
Washington AP secretary of labor Arthur J. Goldberg opened new peace talks to avert a flight engineers strike set for 2 30 pm Tuesday on Trans World Airlines. The engineers were represented by attorney Asher Schwartz with negotiators from the Air Line Pilots Association.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Trans World Airlines
Goldberg
Air Line Pilots Association
H. S. Dietrich
TWA
Asher Schwartz
New York
W. Willard Wirtz
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wisconsin University
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
Flight Engineers International Association
Aflcio
Kennedy
Hot Weather Should Help Area's Crops
Weather outlook remains hot and humid across Northeast Louisiana with highs around 94 to 96 and scattered afternoon showers. The Weather Bureau says five day temperatures will run 2 to 5 degrees above normal. rainfall near half an inch or less. crops expected to show good progress though showers will be localized and insect activity may rise.
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Louisiana
Winnsboro
Monroe
Weather Bureau
Jonesville
Columbia
Tallulah
Oak Ridge
St. Joseph
Calhoun
Plan in shaky health Surgery Needed On Medicare
Secretary Ribicoff admits the administration health plan for the aged is in trouble and ready for legislative surgery. AMA President warns passage would undermine health care standards. Larson argues the program risks socialized medicine. Ribicoff cites possible changes but insists financing via Social Security is essential. Alternatives include extending coverage to about 3 million elderly not yet covered.
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Abraham Ribicoff
The
American Medical Association
Leonard W. Larson
Larson
Manion
South Ben
Ind
Ribicoff
NBC
Ways and
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