Latins Consulted On New Ship Canal Sites
The United States has sounded out Panama and Colombia about studies for a possible new Atlantic Pacific canal. Kennedy plans to seek authority from Congress to conduct surveys in Panama and Colombia to assess viability and capacity expansion of the current canal.
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Washington
United States
Panama
Colombia
Panama Canal
Augusto Guillermo Arango
Carlos Sanz de Santamaria
Colombi
State Department
Kennedy
Congress
Budget Bureau
Roberto Chiari
Nicaragua
Mexico
Gulf of San Blas
Pacific
Sabana River
Gulf of San Miguel
Angola Escapee Caught In Texas
Angola La AP Warden Victor Walker said one of two fugitives from the Louisiana penitentiary has been recaptured in Texas. Lamar Brewton 31 of El Dorado Ark was nabbed at Deweyville Texas and is held for Louisiana authorities. Picard 39 of Columbia Tenn remains at large. Brewton was serving seven years for theft and Picard 15 years for armed robbery.
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Angola
Victor Walker
Louisiana
Texas
Walker
Orange
Lamar Brewton
el Dorado
Ark
Deweyville
Brewton
Thomas W. Pickard
Columbia, Tenn
Mississippi River
Picard
Calcasieu Parish
Orleans Parish
Gas Retailers Lose Bill On Deductions
Gasoline retailers failed to win a House Judiciary Committee vote requiring wholesalers to credit retailers one third of the three percent shrinkage allowance in state gasoline taxes. Wholesalers argued losses occur mainly at the wholesale level due to evaporation and temperature. Retailers claimed losses from non payment and rent related evaporation at underground tanks. At Monroe, wholesalers James W. Moore and Johnny Sherrouse were cited.
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Baton Rouge
House Judiciary Committee
Monroe
James W. Moore
Johnny Sherrouse
Judge Qualifying Deadline Set for June 26
Fred Fudickar Jr., chairman of the district Democratic Executive Committee, announced that candidates have until June 26 to qualify for the new Fourth Judicial District judgeship created by the State Legislature. The July 28 Democratic primary will determine the seat on the bench approved recently. The district covers Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes, with Gov. Jimmie Davis having signed the bill. Two Monroe men, Hillyer Parker and George Fink, have indicated plans to seek the post. Fudickar noted that normal waiting periods for such elections may be waived.
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Fred Fudickar Jr
Democratic Executive Committee
Fourth Judicial District
Jimmie Davis
Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
Fudickar
Monroe
Hillyer J S. Parker
George Fink
Emergency tagged legislation sparks July 28 special election
Giant Tucson report notes an emergency tag on legislation with a July 28 vote set as a special election. In Boston a brief item notes NASA, forests, and travel statistics for 1962, with 110 million visitors forecast, up 8 million from 1961.
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Boston
United States
American Automobile Association
John Jones Bill Seeks Registration of Integrationists
The Louisiana House Judiciary Committee approved Rep. Mike John Jr.’s bill to require groups advocating integration to register with the secretary of state and file membership lists. It now targets organizations favoring racial mixing and may compel donors and those funding court-related activity in racial cases to register, with the NAACP cited as a cited example.
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Baton Rouge
House Judiciary Committee
Mike John Jr
Monroe
John
NAACP
CORE
Louisiana
Drug Bill Faces Quiet Death in Congress
Washington report says administration backed drug and cosmetics control plan may die quietly as House Commerce Committee hearings continue with little chance of action this year. Key provisions would set manufacturing standards and require proof of efficacy and safety for products. FDA blocks investigators from examining files on two drugs withdrawn for dangerous side effects.
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Washington
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Consumer Protection
Food and Drug Administration
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Mt. Hood
Oregon
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Trojan
Pullman’ Case
Real
Peacock
Peacocks
de Siard ST
Penney
Jamaica
Summer
C.F.M
NEMA
H.P
Briggs and Stratton
American Standards Association
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