Eight Girl Scouts Embark on Mississippi River Trip to New Orleans
Eight Silver Waters Girl Scout Council members depart for Memphis to join Region V for a river voyage on the Avalon. About 500 girls and leaders will travel downstream to New Orleans visiting Greenville Vicksburg Natchez Baton Rouge and meet Audubon Council members in Baton Rouge for a picnic lunch. A second downstream group includes Marilyn Post Mary Beth Roberts and Jayme Spencer from Farmerville with two adult chaperones.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Silver Waters Scout Council
Front Row
Mic
New Orleans
Avalon
Fir Scout
Tenn- Ark-Miss Council
Mickie Varnado
Diane Halley
Milann Gannaway
Bonnie Baldo
Gayle Smith
Jane Edwards
Carole Overton
Linda Breard
Marilyn Post
Mary Beth Roberts
Jayme Spencer
Farmerville
Silver Waters Council
Charles Overton
N. L. Huckabee
Police Probe Cafe Burglary and Auto Ransacking
Monroe police investigate a cafe burglary at Skyline Cafe 306 Eleveth Street and theft from a 1600 Cole Street automobile. A pistol and a small transistor radio were stolen from J E Newsom’s car. a money bag with 15 to 20 dollars was not touched.
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Monroe
James C. Kelly, Jr
J. E. Newsom
Cole Street
Newsom
Eleveth Street
Margaret Phillips
Morrison Cites Freedom Ties Across Americas
New Orleans mayor and newly named OAS ambassador Morrison told the UPI that the Americas share unity through love of freedom. He credited a common heritage and the belief in individual rights, condemning Cuban sugar shipments and urging a total embargo.
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New York
UPI
New Orleans
deLesseps
Morrison
Organization of American States
OAS
Americas
U. S. Inter-American Council
United States
Paris Military Tribunal Convicts Major Robin of Aiding Rebellion
A special military tribunal in Paris convicts former Par group Major Georges Robin, 40, of aiding the Algiers militarist rebellion and sentences him to six years in prison.
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Paris
Pargroup
Georges Robin
Algiers
Administration Reassesses Aid Plans in Washington
Senator Humphrey said the administration is reexamining its foreign aid programs. Revised plans aim to secure congressional approval of a large portion of Kennedy’s 4.8 billion dollar foreign aid package. Fulbright delays committee vote awaiting input from Stevenson and Rusk on revised programs. Stevenson to report on Latin America trip next Thursday, Rusk to present the following day.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Senate
Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dean Rusk
Fulbright
Stevenson
Rusk
Aid program based on cold war tension discussed in testimony
Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the long range foreign aid plan rests on continuing cold war tension and Berlin pressures. He sought up to 12 billion dollars over five years while noting opposition over looser spending controls. He also faced questions on the economy and war risk with the Soviets.
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Washington
Robert B. Chiperfield
Bill
Dillon
Berlin
Associated Press
Chiperfield
National Press Club
Arrraignment Set For Gulf Coast Mafia Chief Marcello
New Orleans authorities set arraignment for Carlos Marcello on a charge of illegal re entry after deportation. He appeared before U. S. District Judge Herbert W. Christenberry under two bonds of 10000 dollars each. Marcello, expelled from Guatemala April 4 for a 1938 marijuana conviction, had been living abroad before surrendering to immigration officials in New Orleans on June 5.
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New Orleans
UPS
Gulf Coast
Carlos Marcello
United States
Marcello
U. S. Dist
Herbert W. Christenberry
Guatemala
Freedom Riders Head Toward Jackson From California
Freedom riders traveling from Berkeley via Los Angeles and New Orleans head to Jackson Miss to join ongoing protests against segregation. Legal actions continue with Judge Mize to rule on Wyckoff habeas corpus and NAACP seeks restraining orders preventing arrests of riders at July 10 hearing. Arrests at Trailways terminal rise as clashes with police occur over access to white facilities and seating.
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Jackson
Berkeley
Calif
Los Angeles
New Orleans
U.S. District Court
Sidney Mize
Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff
New York
Elbert P. Tuttle
5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Trailways
Henry Schwarzchild
Chicago
J. L. Ray
The
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Theresa Ann Walker
Milton Reid
Petersburg
Virginia Christian Leadership Conference
William Kunstler
Miss Wyckoff
Mize
Tom Watkins
Kunstler
NAACP
Tuttle
Claude Clayton
Tupelo
Atty
Joe Patterson
Allen Thompson
W. D. Rayfield
Greyhound
Illinois Central Railroad
Airport
Pacifist Marchers Blocked in Le Havre Landing Attempt
French police thwarted a second San Francisco to Moscow pacifist march to protest nuclear weapons. Sixteen Americans among 25 protesters faced a cordon near the English Channel ferry dock as others swam ashore last week. Robert Kingsley of Durham is held in Paris while leader Abraham J. Muste shifts to nonconfrontation per policy.
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LE Havre
France
San Francisco
Abraham J. Muste
New York
Committee For Nonviolent Action
Muste
Kingsley
Paris
Negro Officers To Hold 3 Day Meet At Grambling
The Magnolia Peace Officers Association, a union of Black law enforcement officers from across Louisiana, will convene June 25 to 28 in Grambling. Speakers include Shreveport City Judge John Dixon, Grambling College President R W Jones, Opelousas juvenile officer Julius Guillory, Shreveport Police Chief Harvey D Tessley and Bossier City Police Chief James Cathey.
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Grambling
John Dixon
Shreveport
Magnolia Peace Officers Association
Louisiana
Julius Guillory
Opelouses
Harvey D. Tessley
Bossier City
James Cathey
Grambling College
R. W. E. Jones
Taxpayers sue over school board expansion in Baton Rouge
Two Baton Rouge taxpayers Dr Howard Henson and Joseph Gehring sue challenging Act 7 of the second special session of 1961. They argue the legislative call was too general and failed to specify enlarging the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. Hearing set Monday in district court.
Berlin Reds Stir Up Fuss Over Wreaths
East Germany accused West Berlin police of delaying wreaths at the Soviet army memorial in West Berlin. About 150 communists were split into groups to enter the memorial area, while Ulbricht and other Red leaders laid wreaths in Treptow Park and condemned West German militarism.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Treptow Park
Khrushchev
Ulbricht
Hitler
Tech students share three $100 scholarships at Ruston
Three $100 scholarships were awarded to Charles Lamont Hudson and Keith M Overdyke, Shreveport engineering students at Louisiana Tech, and Richard E Waddell of Ruston, May engineering graduate, who also received Machinery's Handbook and a one year Machinery subscription from Industrial Press of New York City.
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Ruston
Charles Lamont Hudson
Keith M. Overdyke
Shreveport
Louisiana Tech
Richard E. Waddell
Tech
Machinery
Industrial Press
New York City
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North Third Street
Monroe, Louisiana
West Monroe
Vural
St. Augustine Lawn
Tyner-Petrus Co
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Welers
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