Burglars Hit Two Auto Firms on Louisville Avenue
Police report two Louisville Avenue auto firms were intruded Wednesday night and today. Twin City Pontiac suffered a $430 loss after thieves cut the safe with a torch, while Van Trow Olds Cadillac security forced the intruders to flee. A third burglary at Steele Motors last weekend saw $1,600 stolen. Sheriff deputies also arrested Jimmy Lee Spruell, 21, of Bosco, on felony theft charges for a separate $38 theft.
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Twin City
Pontiac Company
Louisville Avenue
Automobile Company
van Trow-Olds-Cadillac Company
Steele Motors
Ouachita Parish
Sale and library ban on Baldwin novel Another Country
New Orleans authorities halted both sale and library circulation of James Baldwin's Another Country amid obscenity charges. Dial Press and Dell publishers consider civil action to lift the ban. Police seized copies. store manager Rossiter and clerk DeVille face charges. Mayor Schiro called the book filth. district attorney Garrison called it censorship.
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New Orleans
UPI
James Baldwin
Country
Dial Press and
Nel] Publishing Co
Edwin Holmbren
Jerome Cushman
Liska
Doubleday Book Store
Frank Rossiter
George D. Deville
Doubleday
Rossiter
DeVille
Dial
Dell
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Victor Schiro
Widow Loses Home Over Canal Street Bridge Project
Paul L. Colas, a widow, is homeless after a bulldozer demolished her home for a new Industrial Canal bridge. She claims $10,500 state compensation is insufficient and the lawsuit drags on a year. A highway department spokesman defends the project, while neighbors bring meals as she rents a motel room. An earthquake detection by Caltech Seismological Laboratory follows this item.
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Paul L. Colas
State Highway Department
Canal St
Unidentified Man Tries To Steal Kiss From Meg
In London an unidentified man described as small with white hair in a tuxedo and black hat attempted to kiss Princess Margaret at the Sadler's Wells Ballet Theater entrance. A theater official pushed him aside and the man fled into the crowd, tipping his hat, smiling, and walking away.
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London
UPI
Princess Margaret
Sadler's Wells Ballet Theater
Fines Levied in Fourth District Court Session
Judge Hillyer S. Parker imposed fines on four individuals for simple battery and jail for a fifth for habitual drunkenness in the Fourth District Court. The brief misdemeanor actions closed the regular year as the court recesses for summer ahead of a September 3 opening for the fall session. Misdemeanors arrested during the break will be arraigned weekly during the recess.
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Hillyer S. Parker
Fourth District Court
El Dorado Rubber Plant Closes After Bond Purchase
El Dorado, Ark. special report notes a $2 million bond issue approved May 17, 1961 to fund a Chase-Grocord Rubber Co plant. The firm announced June 25 it curtailed operations due to financial difficulty with liens placed on plant, equipment, and inventory. About 200 workers affected.
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EL Dorado, Ark
el Dorado
Chase-Grocord Rubber Company
Union County
Robert K. Murphy
Chase-Grocord Rubber Co
Murphy
Retired Ruston Mail Carrier Dies at 88
A. A. Hammons 88 a Ruston retired mail carrier died at his home after a long illness. He belonged to Emmanuel Baptist Church and was a Dodson native. Funeral is 10 am Friday at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Rev. A. H. Johnson officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery under Kilpatrick Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow a daughter in Columbia four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Deacons will be pallbearers.
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Emmanuel Baptist Church
Ruston
Dodson
A. H. Johnson
Greenwood Cemetery
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
A. A. Hammons
S. F. Dunn
Columbia
Man Convicted Of Manslaughter In Balti more Charity Ball Case
In Hagerstown Maryland a three judge panel found William D. Zantzinger guilty of manslaughter in the choking death of Hattie Carroll a 51 year old Negro barmaid at a Baltimore charity ball. The verdict follows earlier findings of assault on two hotel employees. Sentencing is postponed to consider a new trial and pre sentence investigation.
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Hagerstown
Zantzinger
Hattie Carrol
Court verdict links abuse to death at ball
The court held Zantzinger caused a woman's death by calling her profane names and striking her with a wooden cane. Though the blow alone was not fatal, medical testimony said the combined shock from the insult and the hit produced a sudden blood pressure spike and fatal brain hemorrhage.
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Zantzinger
Farmers Dump Potatoes in St Malo Protest
In St Malo France UPI reports steady traffic as farmers dump several tons of mashed potatoes on the streets to protest low prices. The potato protest disrupts flow of traffic and highlights farmers' discontent with commodity prices.
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ST. Malo
France
UPI
Air Force Captain Dies in Saigon Strafe Mission Crash
In South Viet Nam, a U.S. Air Force captain was killed when his single engine T28 crashed during a strafing run on a Communist guerrilla concentration about 70 miles west of Saigon. A Vietnamese observer-pilot also died. the American’s identity was withheld pending next of kin. He is the 43rd American killed in combat in South Viet Nam since 1961.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
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