Castro snubs tractors for prisoners swap in security talks
Fidel Castro rejected the Tractors for Freedom Committee offer and accused the United States of lies. He said Cuba would send a prisoner delegation to explain the facts to Americans and insisted the 500 tractors for 1,200 prisoners is a trap to derail negotiations. The deadline passed with no acceptance.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom
Castro
United States
Committee
Cuba
Havana Radio
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Num
Convicted Wife Slayer To Undergo Cancer Exam
Dr. Sam Sheppard, the convicted wife killer, returned to Ohio Penitentiary for medical tests amid doubts the chest lump signals cancer. He arrived from Marion state prison in handcuffs smoking a pipe and dismissed the lump as from wrestling and inflammation.
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Columbus, Ohio
Sam Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Near Cleveland
Marion
Ohio
Sheppard
Maury C. Roblents
Ohio Division of Correction
Koblentz
Hart weighs education aid after Detroit critic letter
Washington AP reports Sen. Philip A. Hart, a supporter of federal education aid, weighing a Detroit constituent's letter urging no changes to the current school funding formula. The letter argues the public school system has performed well and should not be tempered with the existing formula.
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Washington
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Detroit
Sen, Hart
Miss Louisiana Sharon Brown Aims at TV Career
Brown-eyed Sharon Brown of Minden, Miss Louisiana 1961, hopes for a TV commercials role after competing in Miss U S A. She won Miss Webster Parish and Miss Stock Show of 1960 and is Louisiana Tech Engineers Queen. She will attend Miss U S A in Miami on July 7 with teacher Mrs Jolssaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Rene Brown
Minden
Judy Fletcher
Louisiana
Miss Brown
Pontchartrain Beach
Miami
New Orleans
UPI
Sharon Brown
U.S.A
Betty Furness
Engineers
Louisiana Tech
Mabs Jolssaint
Roy L. Brown
House Group Approves Kennedy Defense Budget Bill
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a 42.7 billion defense bill for the next fiscal year. It expands the Polaris fleet, bombers, missiles, and armed forces. The panel says the world situation worsens and U S military strength remains superior to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Kennedy
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
George Mahon
D-Tex
United States
Soviet Union
Today’s Chuckle Man Wriggles Then Gets a Chicken
A humorous quip notes a man as a worm who wriggles briefly before a chicken ends his escape in a playful rural sight gag. The line jests at fate and poultry in a light, old timey tone.
Government action urged on deceptive packaging by Hart
Voters and shoppers press Sen. Hart to probe misleading packaging and labeling. Hearings set for June 27 and 29 to examine false net weights and price comparisons as consumers demand sharper truth in labels. Housewife cites pears can 28 cents promising 5 8 and finding four. An Arlington pensioner stresses difficulty reading tiny weights and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Hart
Senate
Arlington
Five States Back Mayors Conference Drive Gains Steam
Five states Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arkansas and Texas rally behind a proposed Southern conference of municipal officials. Mayors Waggoner and Morgan send support while Congressmen Williams Colmer oppose Kennedy education aid. Duty to unite local governments grows as Baton Rouge hosts discussions and the Louisiana Municipal Association weighs the plan.
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Mississippi
Joe D. Waggoner Jr
Louisiana School Boards Association
Martin K. Thomen
Orange
Tex
W. L. Howard
Louisiana
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
U. S
John Bell Williams
William B. Colmer
Howard
Birmingham
Ala
J. W. Morgan
Waggonner
Kennedy
Louisiana Municipal Association
LMA Executive Board
Baton Rouge
Freedom Forum For 'Ladies Only' Held Here
About 150 persons attended a ladies only Freedom Forum sponsored by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce at the Virginia Hotel. W. E. Whetstone presided and featured films on Communism and a books list urged for Americans to read. Whetstone said data came from Harding College and the forum is the first in a series by the Min ute Man Brigade.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Whetstone
Committee On
Virginia
Whetstone
Jim Williams
J. Edgar Hoover
W. Cleon Skousen
Harry Overstreet
E. Merrill Root
Congressional
Chamber
Whet- Stone
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Monroe Chamber
Minute Man Brigade
Couple Charged With Obscenity in New Orleans
Orleans Parish district attorney charges William J. Guren and Shirley Guren with obscenity amid a large scale obscene picture business. Police report a 27 page morals record for William and seizures include obscene photographs and a 1000-name catalog. They were arrested June 9 on Bourbon Street.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Malcolm Mundy Jr
Guren
California
Mundy
Bourbon Street
Louisiana Cuts Oil Allowables To Hit State Finances
Louisiana reduces daily oil production allowable for July August by 42 811 barrels to 91 411 barrels triggering concern for state finances in the new fiscal year starting July 1 Conservation Commissioner James Gill credits market trends for the cut noting it follows a March 1953 30 percent depth bracket adjustment and could cost up to 300 000 in monthly revenue though actual production often stayed under full allowables Governor Davis budget plans anticipate about 62 million dollars in projected revenue for the year
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
James Gill
Jimmie H. Davis
Registration of Reds Held Up By Frankfurter Stay
Justice Frankfurter granted a stay on the June 5 Supreme Court ruling requiring the Communist party to register as a Moscow tool. The stay delays enforcement until the petition for reconsideration is decided, likely leaving the ruling ineffective until at least Oct. 9. The Justice Department and Atty Gen Kennedy had proposed actions to begin Aug. 9 notwithstanding the stay.
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Washington
Justice Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Moscow
High Court
Frankfurter
Justice Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Io Scarbeck
Scarbeck
Klein
Searbeck
Junta Extends Death Penalty Power in Election Rigging
In Seoul the military junta announces a new law allowing revolutionary courts to impose the death sentence for election rigging offenses tied to past regimes. Forty former Syngman Rhee officials face charges of election manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul, Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Adlai Reports Worsening Latin Discontent to Kennedy
U N Ambassador Adlai Stevenson told President Kennedy the 18 day tour of South America showed rising discontent and deteriorating economies since last year. He noted broader awareness of social reforms but said U S intervention in Cuba remains unpopular. he praised the alliance for progress as a hopeful advance and discussed Punta del Este conference.
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Washington
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
South America
Stevenson
Alliance For Progress
White House
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Innocent Plea Entered By Accused Spy
Irvin C. Scarbeck former U S Embassy official in Warsaw pleaded innocent to charges of passing government secrets to Polish Communists. Trial set for July 18 before U S District Judge John J. Sirica with bail set at 50 000 denied.
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Washington
Irvin C.scarbeck
U.S
Warsaw
Samuel C. Klein
Scarbeck
Klein
Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana Friday
Expect showers today and tonight with widely scattered activity across northeast Louisiana. Highs near 88 this afternoon, in the 60s tomorrow with lows around 62. a slight drop from yesterday's 88 over 61 at Selman Field with no rain recorded.
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Louisiana
Selman Field
Shipowners Accept Goldberg Truce Plan Amid Maritime Strike
Shipowners accepted Secretary Goldberg's 60 day truce proposal and a three member fact finding panel to settle the national maritime strike. Unions did not immediately comment while talks involved leaders of the National Maritime Union and others. If rejected the Kennedy administration could seek a TaftHarley injunction to halt the coastwide tieup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secretary of
Arthur J. Goldberg
Jators
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Berlin Priority at Kennedy Conference on Berlin and Soviet Threat
President Kennedy called a surprise lunch conference with top security advisers and congressional leaders to discuss Berlin among other issues. The session followed Kennedy leaving bed to host Japanese Premier Ikeda and included notes on recovery from illness and foreign policy briefings.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Berlin
Congress Debates Berlin Crisis and World War Risk
Senators weigh options as Khrushchev pressures Berlin with Mansfield proposing a free city idea. Republicans back staying Western troops in West Berlin until Germany unites by free elections. Javits urges Senate support despite risks amid a looming U S Soviet clash.
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Washington
Congress
West
Khrushchev
Berlin
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
West Berlin
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
United States
Germany
Javits
Used Cars Adverts From The News Star World
Classified notice touts clean 1951 Buick with good tires and a 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook in good condition. Ad lists prices e200 and 275 respectively with contact numbers FA 58514 and FA 3 7685. Purchasers urged to use Want Ads for easy buying and selling.
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News-Star
BUICK
Plymouth
Cranbrook
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Salinger
Hayato Ikeda
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Foy Kohler
Llewellyn Thompson
McGeorge Bundy
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D-Ark
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D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nathan Pusey
Harvard University
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