Thirteen Convicts Scale Water Tower Protest
Thirteen inmates at Western State Penitentiary perched about 100 feet up a water tower in a protest over conditions. Violence risk grew as six more climbed after a first group, while guards fired warning shots. Warden Maroney said the shots deterred further attempts and officials watched over about 750 inmates in the recreation area.
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Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Robert Payne
Washington, D.C
Payne
James Maroney
Idle Funds Bill Dies In Senate Finance Committee
The Idle funds bill sponsored by Rep. Salvador Anzelmo was killed 9 to 4 by the Administration controlled Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Adrian Duplantier had an alternative bill rejected earlier in the session. Supporters named Sen. J. C. Gilbert and others, while Sen. J. Cleve land and aides led the opposition.
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Baton Rouge
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
Adcock
Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Louisiana Bankers Association
Senate
Crowley
Salvador Anzelmo
Duplantier
J. C. Gilbert
Sicily Island
Jackson B. Davis
Shreveport
A. C. Clemmons
Jennings
Jack Fruge
Ville Platte
Lantz Womack
John Schwegmann
Jefferson Parish
Davis
House Appropriations Committee
Shelby M. Jackson
Bryan Lehmann
Jackson
Appropriations Bill Moves To Senate For Vote
Gov Jimmie H Davis general appropriations bill totaling 497 million dollars advanced from the House after a 97 to 5 vote. The measure goes to the Senate Finance Committee today with floor action expected next week in Baton Rouge.
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Senate
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
House
Senate Finance Committee
East German Leader Rejects Four Power Talks Over Berlin
Berlin leader Walter Ulbricht rejects Western four power talks to curb violence at the Berlin Wall and normalize relations with West Berlin. He says only removal of occupation powers can be negotiated, calls for halting provocations and propaganda from West Berlin, and to muzzle US radio RIAS.
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Berlin
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Berlin Wall
Ulbricht
East German
Communist Party
West Berlin
Wall
RIAS
U.S
ADN
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
East Berlin
U.S. Soldier Held By Viet Cong Rejoins Family
Spec. 4 George F. Fryett Jr., 26, of California, was released Sunday after six months in captivity near Saigon. A file clerk at the U.S. Military Advisory Assistance Group said Fryett did not reveal secrets or sign statements critical of the United States. Military sources noted no classified information was provided.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
United States
George F. Fryett Jr
California
Fryett
U.S. Military Advisory Assistance Group Command
Tme
Monroe Optimist Club Donates Monkey Island at Bernstein Park
The Monroe City Council thanked the Monroe Optimist Club for donating a monkey island and castle for Bernstein Park Zoo. The Optimists, led by President Ed Morrison, recently dedicated the new facility at the zoo.
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Monroe
Monroe Optimist Club
Bernstein Park Zoo
Optimists
Ed Morrison
Zoo
Mrs Kennedy to chair 1962 Christmas seal drive
Dr V J Sampagnaro announced in Ouachita Parish that Mrs John F Kennedy will serve as national honorary chairman of the 1962 Christmas seal campaign.
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John F. Kennedy
V. J. Sampagnaro
Ouachita Parish
Immunization Bill Passes to Senate for Mass Polio Push
Washington AP reports the House approved a three year mass immunization program targeting polio diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus. Backed by 36 million federal funds the plan runs at state and local levels focusing on children under five with elder vaccine costs borne by states. Federal grants fund vaccine purchase planning promotion and organization.
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Washington
House
Senate
Privilege Shield Over Rostow Papers Sparks Senate Row
The Rostow Papers, a classified State Department document tied to policy planning, drew GOP fury as Rostow faced a three hour grilling. Acting Secretary Ball cited executive privilege restricting access while Fulbright questioned the committee's right to demand the working papers.
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Washington
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Walt W. Rostow
Policy Planning Council
George W. Ball
Rostow
U.S
Ball
Executive Department
Kennedy
Sen
J. William Fulbright D-Ark
Executive Branch
Schirra Next In Line For Orbit Launch
The United States announced that Walter M. Schirra is slated to pilot the next manned orbital flight, potentially for six orbits this summer. Mission duration could reach nine hours if six orbits occur, with landing positions ranging from near Midway Island to off the southeastern U.S. coast depending on orbit count.
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Schirra
Washington
United States
Walter M. Schirra
D. Brainerd Holmes
Manned Space Flight
Civilian Space Agency
Earth
U.S
Midway Island
Pacific Ocean
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midway
Doctor Performs Autopsies On Common Germs
CHICAGO AP Verdict death from a dose of antibiotic. A young medical scientist, Dr George B Chapman of Cornell, examines germs under an electron microscope showing holes where the drug penetrates and destroys the nucleus in two bacteria types. He studies resistant strains to learn how antibiotics fail and to aid design of stronger drugs. A note warns against giving children too much vitamin A by Dr Charles N Pease.
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Chicago
George B. Chapman
Cornell University Medical College
New York City
Chapman
American Medical Association
Charles N. Pease
Bank Deposits Top $3 Billion in Louisiana
Louisiana banks ended 1961 with deposits surpassing 3 billion dollars, the first time in state history. FDIC data show total deposits at about 3,148,000,000 with an average of 3,036 per adult 14 or older, marking a 71.5 percent rise since 1950 and well above the national 63.2 percent gain.
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New Orleans
UPI
U. S. Department of Commerce
Louisiana
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
E Commerce Department
Discrimination Charged In Memphis Jobs
The final session of a U S Civil Rights Commission hearing in Memphis Tennessee heard testimony alleging housing and job discrimination against Negroes. A Negro minister said skilled jobs are closed to Southern Negroes and a Negro lawyer claimed lending agencies maintain segregated housing. Witnesses charged private and federal lenders uphold the old separate but equal doctrine in housing. FHA officers acknowledged limited access but said a Negro could obtain a loan. A building firm head accused local authorities of blocking Negro subdivision development and a minister said unions bar or discourage Negro workers from skilled trades and apprenticeships.
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U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Memphis
Tenn
Tuesay
A. W. Willis Jr
Federal Housing Administration
Willis
Commission
J. E. Kerwin
FHA
Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers Possible
Ol Windy Whiffandbiff notes partly cloudy skies today with a chance of scattered showers. The five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees below normal, with heavier precipitation averages of 0.5 to 0.75 inches and local amounts up to 2 inches. High today around 90, low near 70, with Tuesday similar highs and a rainfall event. Sunset 7:19 p.m., sunrise 5:03 a.m. Thursday.
Todays Chuckle Teenagers Value a Dollar
A lighthearted note jokes that most teenagers understand money by comparing it to three gallons of gasoline. The line playfully suggests youths grasp the price of items and the effort required to earn cash.
Forceful end in sight for Oran Secret Army turmoil
In Oran, western Algeria, a halt to sabotage appeared likely as former Col. Jean Defour ordered a stop to attacks. Unconfirmed reports say ex-Gen. Paul Gardy fled with aides to take leadership, while Pierre Laffont urged peaceful path to independence. No fresh violence reported. communications limped back.
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Jean Defour
Algeria
Oran
Paul Gardy
Gardy
Secret Army
Pierre Laffont
Echo D’oran
Quemoy Islanders Calm Amid Rising Communist Buildup
AP reporting from Quemoy shows Nationalist defenders remaining calm as mainland Communist strength swells to about 400000 troops and 300 jet fighters within five miles. Nationalists hold about 70000 soldiers on the 500 square mile island, with limited local air defense and reliance on distant bases or U.S. carriers if a major attack comes. Despite the imbalance, islanders appear untroubled by the looming threat.
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Quemoy
China
Quemoy Complex
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Kennedy
Eleven-year-old Charles Starrett dies in Rayville traffic accident
Special bulletin reports eleven-year-old Charles Ray Starrett son of Fred Starrett of Holly Ridge was struck and killed by an automobile in Rayville. It marks Richland Parish first traffic fatality of the year.
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Rayville
Charles Ray Starrett
Fred Starrett
Holly Ridge
Richland Parish
Protesters Seek Quiet Carillon Changes in Court Bell Tolling
About 20 residents in Doylestown ask county commissioners to cut the Overpeck Memorial Carillon’s tolls from every quarter hour 13 hours a day to half hours or shorter hours. They want Sunday mornings bell only and a 5 p.m. stop instead of 9 p.m. The commissioners took the petition under advisement.
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Doylestown
Jones predicts approval for state constitution rewrite bill
Sen Howard Jones of St Joseph says his bill to create a constitutional convention will pass the Senate Judiciary A Committee. A hearing is set for Monday as Jones polls all 144 legislators. The plan calls for a 100 day convention starting in September with legislators and citizen appointees, costing about 800000, a drop in the state’s nearly 800 million annual spending.
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Jones
Senate panel hears Estes deals illegal warning to Agric Dept
Senate investigators heard that the Agriculture Department had advance warning in 1960 that Billie Sol Estes cotton acreage deal schemes were outside the law. Paul Kamerick testified the disputed deals were sanctioned later by farm aid officials in Texas with no Washington halt. He said H L Manwaring ruled in 1960 that the complex deals to sell land and lease back cotton allotments appeared improper, part of a broader Estes case That opened a large Senate probe into Estes Texas financial collapse. Secretary Freeman was a planned witness and the subcommittee chair reviewed 1958 law enabling the Estes scheme investigation.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Paul E. Kamerick
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Texas
H. L. Manwaring
Kamerick
FBI
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Doubt Cast On Amendments To Prayer Proviso
Washington AP reports Congress members continue to attack the Supreme Court ruling on school prayers while proposing constitutional amendments. Leaders doubt success in achieving two thirds in both houses and three fourths state ratification. Senator Dirksen says separation of church and state is deeply rooted and unlikely to pass.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
White Marble Court
Legislative Branch
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirkson
Want Ads Teem To Move Old Home Goods Fast
Readers are urged to place Want Ads to quickly sell household items. The notice highlights selling a sofa bed, living room set, and other items for cash, with contact numbers FA 2-6033 and FA 2-516 for rates and cancellation privileges.
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News - Story World
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