Scarsdale’s Pride Lies Beyond Wealth and Education
Scarsdale remains famed for its schools, civic openness, and diverse community. The town spends half its tax revenue on education with high teacher qualifications. Notable residents include former officials, business leaders, and industry figures, all contributing to a peaceful, cosmopolitan atmosphere.
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Scarsdale
Dean Rusk
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Murray Silverstone
20Th Century-Fox
Louis Marx
Laurance Tisch
Loew’s Theatrical Enterprises
New York
Three Blasts Fire Destroy Bermuda Bound Vessel
A Bermuda bound sailing yacht named Bonaventura on the Hackensack River suffered three explosions and a two hour fire. Nine passengers jumped overboard and swam to a dinghy to reach shore. Four people were injured and treated at North Hudson Hospital. Pollack Pelerin Heyck remained in fair condition, Outerbridge was released after treatment.
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Kearny
N.J
UPI
Hackensack River
Bonaventura
John Pollack
Glasgow
Scotland
Guy Pelerin
New York
David Outerbridge
New Canaan
Conn
Theodore D. Heyck
Houston
Tex
Pollack
Pelerin
Heyck
North Hudson Hospital
Weehawken
Outerbridge
Two Local Graduates Return to Monroe Law Practices
George M. Snellings of IIT and Joe D. Guerriero return to Monroe after graduating from law school in New Orleans. They plan to join their fathers’ firms and begin practice. They were at the International Lions Convention in Nice, France, and expect to resume work soon.
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International Lions Convention
Nice
France
George M. Snellings
IIT
George Snellings, Jr
Joe D. Guerriero
Joseph S. Guerriero
Monroe
New Orleans
Man Linked In Bombing Plot Gets Six Years
Donald Branch, 25, a water meter reader, sentenced to six years for possessing and transporting dynamite in a synagogue bombing plot. He still faces trial on dynamiting the Miami Herald editor Don Shoemaker home. Judge Williams will set a trial date next week. Branch has 10 days to appeal. Co-defendants Victor and Babey await trial on similar charges. Prosecutors say the trio planned terror against houses of worship and a newspaper editor. A police undercover agent testified Branch handed him dynamite with instructions to bomb Anshelmes synagogue. Branch claimed it was a prank on the spy.
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Miami
Fla
Donald Branch
Don Shoemaker
The
Miami Herald
Gene Williams
Branch
George Victor
Michael Babey
Victor
Babey
Stefan Plumacher
Anshelmes
Plumacher
Irish Airlines receives inmate demand for Ireland tours
An inmate from Los Angeles County jail wrote to Irish International Airlines asking them to rush a brochure for their spontaneous group tours to Ireland. The letter said the trip was long overdue and urged prompt information.
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New York
UPI
Irish International Airlines
Ireland
Los Angeles County
U S Russian cultural exchange thriving despite diva flare
New York AP reports the four year old U S Soviet exchange program thrives on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Audiences and performers praise the program with Benny Goodman hailing its American showcase in Leningrad and Sol Hurok arranging a Bolshoi Ballet U S tour. The agency has staged stars like Isaac Stern Van Cliburn Roberta Peters and Jan Peerce and entities like the Mo cer iseyev folk dance group and Sviatoslav Richter. The piece notes baggage theft in Leningrad as an unrelated incident.
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New York
Shirley MacLaine
Red Square
Paramount
Benny Goodman
Leningrad
Sol Hurok
Bolshoi Ballet
Metropolitan Opera House
Hurok
Isaac Stern
van Cliburn
Roberta Peters
Leonard Warren
Jan Peerce
Soviet Union
Mocer Iseyev Company
Folk Dan S
Sviatoslav Richter
Teir
U.S
United States
Miss MacLaine
Black man hurt by white farmer in Mississippi clash
In Kemper County near Dekalb Mississippi Pete Rush a 27 year old Black man was critically hurt after a scuffle on Lyle Legettes farm five miles south of Dekalb Legette a white farmer shot in the leg while Rush dragged him from a pickup truck Sheriff Arnold Harbour said Rush was intoxicated and that Legette acted in self defense Rush received emergency surgery at a local hospital
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Meridian
Miss
Pete Rush
Kemper County
Here
Arnold Harbour
Lyle Legette
Rush
Harur
Legette
Dekalb
West Monroe court actions include probation and burglary cases
Holmes arrests and district court actions feature Olyn Crouch placed on probation after a two year jail term suspension for theft totaling 45.08. Julian Earl Dunaway receives three years for attempted simple burglary. Poteet Roberson and Roberson pleaded guilty to attempted burglary tied to the H L Sanford Grocery break in on June 11. Causey pleads guilty to forgery and awaits pre-sentence review. Fran Brennan pleads not guilty to two counts of crime against nature with trial set for November 7.
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Heard
Olyn C. Crouch
Crouch
Julian Earl Dunaway
Monroe
State Penitentiary
West Monroe
Charles Carvin Poteet
Roger Roberson
Billy Wayne Roberson
H. L. San ‘Ford
Highway 80
West
Aubrey C. Causey
Ouachita Parish
Texas
Fran J. Brennan
Glenmar Avenue
Railroads Break Off Talks With Five Unions
Chicago reports the nation’s railroads halted negotiations with five operating unions for a second time over moves to eliminate what the railroads call featherbedding.
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Chicago
Jackie Kennedy to receive rare Garfield biography
New Orleans AP report says First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy will add a rare first edition biography of President James A. Garfield to the White House Library. The book From Log Cabin to White House was among about 3000 books donated to the New Orleans Symphony Book Fair, and will be sent to Mrs. Kennedy instead of being sold.
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New Orleans
Jacqueline Kennedy
James A. Garfield
White House
Log Cabin
White ‘House
Albert Wachenheim Jr
Nuclear carrier Enterprise to visit Mediterranean in August
The 80,000 ton Enterprise will join the 6th Fleet in August for six to eight weeks, replacing another carrier. It carries more than 100 planes and will add about 25 percent more striking power. The ship will return to the United States but rejoin the Mediterranean fleet next year.
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London
Louisiana House Debates Idle Funds Bill Amid Debt Talk
In a session marked by small attendance 62 members present Rep Bertrand defended Branton's non controversial resolution aimed at liquidating state debt. Anzelmo pushed his idle funds bill past objections promising bank investments to earn interest, while administration and Senate factions sparred over funds and debt policy.
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Davis
Bertrand
Pavey Branton
Webster Parish
Tom Jewell
Fields
Risley Triche
Bryan Lehmann
Branton
Senate
Lafayette
Napoleonville
Bryan Lahmann
Norco
Farms
John Regard
House
Short House
Anzelmo
New Orleans
Davies
Adrian Duplantier
Senate Finance Committee
Rep. I. J. Allen
Jonesboro
Lawmakers clash over idle funds bill in Louisiana House
Rep Hiram Allen and Anselmo trade sharp remarks over state funds and bank power. Tugwell touts a $10 million invest plan to safeguard highway money while critics warn of higher handling costs. Baker Bank figures cited, northeast lawmakers vote split with several names listed. Navajo note ends with a separate story on a traditional trial law prohibiting sons-in-law from seeing mothers-in-law.
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Hirami Allen
Tangipahoa Parish
Allen
Jonesboro
Solon
Anselmo
A. P. Tugwell
House
Tugwell
Tug
Louisiana
Rep. W. S. Peck
Sicily Island
Little ‘Hoover Commission
Peck
Duplantier
Senate
Baker Bank and Trust Co
Davis
U. S
Louis Michot
Lafayette
Anzelmo
Michot
Chester Floyd
Jena
Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Mike John Jr
Edgar Lancaster
Tallulah
L. D. Napper
Ruston
I. J. Allen
W. K. Brown
Grant Parish
Jack Crane
Monterey
Vail Delany
Lake Providence
Lasley Downes
Rayville Fields
James McCormack
Bastrop
Lonnie Richmond
Oak Grove
Carroll Seaman
Waterproof
W. C. Steen
Columbia
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
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Slim Jimmis
Thrift Shope
Sheath
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Margaret Ann Kennedy
Noreen Buckly
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Bayley-Ellard High School
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