Kennedy Holds Berlin Outpouring as Wall Symbol Fails
President Kennedy addressed 250,000 Germans in Berlin denouncing the wall as an offense to history and humanity. He twice viewed the barrier and praised West Berliners for their reception while warning police states are doomed. In Stockholm, Khrushchev faced pressure over a Swedish spy scandal that may derail his visit. Col. Stig Wennerstrom was arrested for selling secrets, with NATO inquiries expanding.
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Brandenburg Gate
Checkpoint Charlie
East Berlin
Stockholm
Sweden
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Soviet Union
Washington
Stig Erik Wennerstrom
United States
France
Kremlin
Wennerstrom
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Paris
Congress Hall
West Berlin
Free University
Kirkpatrick Announces Democratic Gubernatorial Run
Louisiana public works chief Claude Kirkpatrick announces candidacy for governor in the Democratic primary. A longtime state official and former representative, he stresses independence from political factions and runs on a record as businessman, legislator, and public servant.
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Baton Rouge
Claude Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
South Louisiana
Jeff Davis Parish
Louisiana Department of Public Works
Kennon,Long
Davis
Edith Killgore
Lisbon
Louisiana
Lake Charles Public Schools
Louisiana College
Appropriations
Labor and Industry
Democratic Party
White House denies Powell rewrote Kennedy civil rights message
Rep Vaughan Gary says White House told him Powell’s claim is absolutely false about Powell rewriting part of President Kennedy’s civil rights message. Powell offered the claim in California. White House press secretary Salinger laughed off the assertion and declined further comment.
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Washington
Vaughan Gary
D-Va
White House
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.y
Kennedy
Powell
California
Pierre Salinger
Germany
Gary
Top bands lead Lions parade in Miami convention
H M James of Monroe reports the five best bands at the Lions International Convention parade were southern groups led by Bossier City High School in first place, Mississippi Lions All State second, and Longview Texas High School third, per CHIT-CHAT.
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H. M. James
Monroe
Miami
Florida
Bossier City High School
Mississippi Lions
Longview
Texas
Contempt Proceeding Over Negro Admission to Lake Charles School
AP reports a new contempt action filed in connection with the admission of Negroes to Southwest Louisiana Soweta Vocational Technical School at Lake Charles. The item notes other brief dispatches on Carroll Baker film issues Pope Paul VI meals for prisoners and Kentucky ratifying the anti poll tax amendment. FBI arrests Emory Giles in Washington bank robbery case.
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Southwestern
Louisiana
Soweta Vocational - Technical School
Lake Charles
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation Today
Emory Giles
Washington, D. C
Sidewalk Payment Plea Sparks Question on Enforcement
A humorous quip ponders what happens when a pedestrian cannot pay at a sidewalk stall. The joke suggests wondering whether lack of funds could lead to being taken inside rather than simply moving on.
Interstate 20 bridge dedication set for Thursday in Louisiana
Louisiana Highway Director Ray W. Burgess will dedicate the new Interstate 20 bridge and approaches in ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Thursday. Monroe will convert several streets to one way at 7 a.m. Thursday to match the new traffic pattern. The bridge cost 7 013 575 dollars with approaches by Philip R. Farnsworth of New Orleans at 3 825 820 dollars. Officials including Monroe Mayor W L Howard and West Monroe Mayor J Allan Norris will speak. Mrs Jimmie Howard will cut the ribbons and serve as master of ceremonies. Traffic ramps open at 9 30 a.m.
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Ray W. Burgess
Monroe
Ouachita River
West Monroe
Jim
Mie Howard
Ruston
Louisiana Highway Board
Fifth District
Howard
W. L. Howard
J. Allan Norris
Burgess
New Orleans
Philip R. Farnsworth
Governor Bans Racial Discrimination in State Licenses
Kentucky Governor Bert Combs signed an executive order prohibiting racial discrimination in all businesses licensed by the state. The action aims to ensure equal treatment in licensing and enforcement across Kentucky.
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Frankfurt
Bert Combs
Louisiana Tourism Push Aims For Billion Dollar Trade
State Comptroller Roy Theriot urged continued support for tourism in Louisiana as the path to a potential billion-dollar annual trade figures. He emphasized tourism as a key economic driver for Denham Springs and the state.
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Denham Springs
Roy Theriot
Louisiana
White Canton attendant charged in shooting of five Negroes
Ben P. Lewis, operator of a Canton service station across from the scene, was charged today with shooting five Negroes Monday night. He was released on bond of 3500 before noon.
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Canton, Miss
Ben P. Lewis
Canton
Lewis
NAACP Calls Federal Presence to Protect Mississippi Voter Registration
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urged federal officers to intervene in Mississippi to prevent intimidation and discrimination against Black citizens attempting to register to vote.
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Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Prisoner Pleads With Wallace To Spare Life
In Montgomery Alabama Gov George Wallace faced a clemency case as James W Cobern a 39 year old handyman asked to be spared the death penalty for the December 1959 robbery slaying of Marnie Belle Walker 35. Cobern urged commutation to life saying he wants a chance to prove he is not what people think. The governor emotionally replied the duty is sad and solemn.
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Cobern
Marnie Belle Walker
Christ
Kennedy visit alters Irish homestead in Dunganstown
In Dunganstown Ireland the Ryan cottage yard is paved with concrete and the adjoining field’s manure heap removed. The Kennedy great great granduncle Patrick Kennedy hut is now a storage shed while John’s john toilet and a concrete porch were added. Mary Ryan a Kennedy cousin plans a simple Irish welcome with tea and soda bread.
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John
Patrick Kennedy
United States
Mary Ryan
Kennedy
Ireland
Little Weather Change Seen for Week
Partly cloudy skies through Thursday with widely scattered afternoon and early evening thundershowers. Highs near 90 and lows around 70, winds variable 5 to 15 mph. Shower activity reported at three stations Tuesday with Monroe 88 and 72 overnight, Oak Ridge 4, Tallulah 25.
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Monroe
Oak Ridge
Tallulah
Deepest Water Well Reaches 7009 Feet Near Blackall
Guinness Book of Records cites a well near Blackall Island in Australia as the world’s deepest water well at 7009 feet. The record confirms extreme depth for a water well, highlighting Australian site as a landmark.
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Blackall
Island
Austtralia
Court fight grows over reapportionment ahead of session
House reapportionment plan passed last week faces a potential federal suit by St Landry Parish citizens. Rep Y T Fields predicts a second special session if the Senate must be redistricted by federal order. A partner of Rep Jules Mollere plans to file in federal court to challenge Senate lines.
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Jimmie H. Spates
Sesa
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Sion
Senate
Farmerville
St. Landry Parish
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Fields
St. Landry
House
Davis
Jules Mollere
Jefferson Parish
Frank Zaccaria
Ten Indicted In Payoff Scheme In FHA Inspections
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted nine federal employees and a former worker plus one builder on bribery and perjury charges connected to at least 13000 dollars in payoffs by Long Island home builders to FHA inspectors in Queens Hollis office. The case spans seven months with eight inspectors named plus a VA analyst and a building firm president.
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Long Island
New York
Federal Housing Administration
Justice Department
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hollis
Queens
Veterans Administration
Living Costs Unchanged in May CPI
Washington AP report shows the consumer price index at 106.2 for May with the 1957-59 base at 100. Deputy commissioner Robert J. Myers says the price level is only about one percent higher than a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Robert J. Myers
Bureau
Myers
Government approves three-in-one oral polio vaccine
The government okays a new short cut oral polio vaccine from Lederle Laboratories that targets all three polio types in a single plan. It promises active immunity after the first dose and stronger protection after a second eight weeks later, reducing administration complexity versus Sabin’s original three-dose schedule.
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Washington
Lederle Laboratories
U.S
Surgeon General
Lederle
Albert Sabin
University of Cincinnati
He Salk
Everett Receives Legion of Merit for Chlorine Cargo Recovery
Vicksburg district engineer Col. Warren S. Everett was awarded the Legion of Merit Oak Leaf Cluster for directing the successful removal of 1100 tons of liquid chlorine from a sunken river barge near Vidalia and Natchez. The citation lauded his leadership, engineering skill, and coordination under hazard during Operation Chlorine, enhancing the Corps of Engineers and U.S. Army prestige.
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Miss
Warren S. Everett
Mississippi River
Vidalia
Natchez
Ellsworth J. Davis
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi Valley
Corps of Engineers
Everett
Secretary of the Army
Cyrus Vance
United States Army Engineer District
United States Army
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