Goldwater Bloc Dominates GOP Platform Committee
Barry Goldwater commands the largest bloc on the Republican convention platform committee and may veto any plank he opposes. Moderates push for a civil rights endorsement aligned with pending federal legislation, while Laird aims for a plank on prompt and effective implementation.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Goldwater
Senate
GOP
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Edwards
Platform Committee
Laird
House
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Scranton
Natchez Seeks Special Mayor Election After contested vote
The Adams County Democratic Committee has sent a request to Gov. Johnson for a special election to resolve the disputed May 12 mayoral race between incumbent John J. Nosser and challenger John T. Green. The committee found irregularities unlikely to yield a clear result and secured agreement from Nosser and Green.
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Natchez
Johnson
Natchez, Miss
Adams County Executive Democratic Committee
Paul Johnson
John T. Green
John J. Nosser
Green
Nosser
C. T. Loffin Jr
W. Y. Ves‘er
Herbert M. Mead
R. F
Obituary for Elmer Slagle Monroe business leader dies at 66
Funeral services for Elmer Cuthbert Slagle a Monroe lumber businessman and civic leader will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev. James Horton officiating. Burial follows at Riverview Cemetery. Slagle 66 of 2111 South Grand St. died Monday at St. Francis Hospital after a long illness. He was a U of Pennsylvania graduate veteran of WWI and a former Monroe Rotary Club president. He had served on the Ouachita Parish School Board and ran for mayor in the early 1940s. He leaves a widow Anna and children including Elmer Jr and daughters Mrs. Roy Johns and Mrs. Hunter Pierson. Pallbearers listed. Memorials to Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. Ferriday memorial: Mrs. Mary S. Hedrick dies at 74. funeral today at Old Catahoula Baptist Church. Burial at church cemetery. survivors listed.
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Elmer Cuthbert Slagle
Monroe
Mulhearn Funeral Home
James Horton
First Baptist Church of
Mulhearn
Hunter Pierson
Alexandria
John E. Godfrey
George Snellings Jr
George Trousdale
John Fox
Bridget Thornhill
Harry Frazer Sr
Lawrence B. Pettit
Clyde Brown
Nelson Abell
Ferriday
Mary S. Hedrick
Enterprise
Catahoula Baptist Church
W. W. Hayhurst
Comer Funeral Home
Davie Rutledge
Imperial Valley
Calif
Reapportion Rulings Affect Nine States
The Supreme Court closed its 1963-64 session by overturning sit-in convictions in eight cases on technical grounds and applying the one person one vote rule to nine state legislatures Michigan Iowa Illinois Oklahoma Washington Florida Idaho Connecticut and Ohio The decisions follow last week’s ruling that both houses of state legislatures must be population based and cap more than two years of reapportionment rulings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
John Marshall Harlan
Byron R. White
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Oklahoma
Florida
Idaho
Connecticut
Ohio
High Court
Oysters Yield Best Pearls at Four Years Old
Britannica notes that oysters produce their finest pearls around the age of four years, indicating maturity as a key factor in quality and value.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mourners attend rites for Grover Mitcham in Bastrop
Funeral services were held for Grover Mitcham 76 of Mer Rouge at Blackwell Golden Funeral Home Chapel Bastrop with Rev. W E Evans officiating He died in a Bastrop hospital after a long illness Surviving include Mona Mitcham Wayne Mitcham Gertrude Hendershot Tula Johnson and eight grandchildren Funeral details included pallbearers Foster Jones Dennis Kyle Buddy Korjan Bobby Gilly Felix Black and Billy Womack
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Mer Rouge
Grover Mitcham
Blackwell-Golden Funeral Home
Bastrop
W. E. Evans
Buriel
Mitcham
Morehouse Parish
Mona Mitcham
Wayne Mitcham
Gertrude Hendershot
Tula Johnson
New Orleans
Amy Batey
Mobile
Ala
Maggie Myers
Pelahatchie Miss
Foster Jones
Dennis Kyle
Buddy Korjan
Bobby Gilly
Felix Black
Billy Womack
Monroe OKs 1964 Street Plan With Eight Projects Dropped
Monroe city council approved the 1964 street improvement program minus eight proposed projects and finalized the 1964-65 budget. The meeting also accepted bids for 12 civic center houses and several city vehicles, and directed the city engineer to pursue plans for the remaining 43 projects.
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Monroe
Monroe Commission Council
Civic Center
Collier
Foster
East
West Alley
Dick Taylor
Girod
Plum
Rochelle
Sycamore
Planning Commis Center
Sion
Mail Favors Vote Against Civil Rights Bill
Senator Barry Goldwater's mail shows about 100 letters in favor of his vote against the civil rights bill to one against it. His office said the mail reflects deep dissatisfaction with the rights bill. Aides noted 2,176 telegrams since his floor speech last week, with only 22 supporting the bill or opposing his position.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
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Elmer C. Slagle
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Mary Hedrick
Maryland
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Winnsboro
Theda Ellen Knox
First National Funeral Home
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Covington
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Jonesboro
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James C. Shows
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