Louisiana lawmakers OK two pay raise measures
In Baton Rouge the Senate approved a 100 dollar hike to legislators monthly expense allowances bringing it to 250 dollars but the House must concur as the Senate had dropped the original increase. The House passed an 125 dollar minimum wage for civil service workers across highways public works hospitals institutions and forestry departments. Senate votes against by Adcock Carpenter Gilbert and Long while Patton Jones Sevier supported.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
House
Delhi Gunman Fires Pistol At Officers
A 35-year-old Delhi man, Charles McNiel, fired at Vicksburg police and led a long chase through northeast Louisiana. He ran roadblocks, exchanged shots near the Mississippi River bridge, and abandoned his car near Tendal after speeds close to 100 mph. He remains jailed in Madison Parish.
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Tallulah
Delhi
Madison Parish
Mississippi
Louisiana
Charles McNiel
Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi City
McNiel
Mississippi River Bridge
Jimmy Rogan
Carl Griffin
James Martin
MecNiel
Southern Will Resume Flights To New Orleans
Louis D. Smith, Monroe Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee chair, announced Southern Airways will begin roundtrip flights between Monroe, Baton Rouge, Natchez, and New Orleans starting Thursday June 30. Flight 357 leaves Monroe at 6:47 p.m. for Natchez and Baton Rouge with New Orleans connection. return from New Orleans departs 2:05 p.m. and arrives Monroe 3:49 p.m. This marks reestablished service after the June 6 pilots' strike.
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Southern
New Orleans
Louis D. Smith
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Southern Airways
Chamber
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Natchez
New Oreans
Airline Pilots’ Association
Nixon Dances At Charity Ball For Chilean Relief
Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. Nixon attended a Washington charity ball that raised $18,000 for Chilean earthquake relief. The event was hosted by six Red Cross chapters with Chilean Ambassador Walter Muller in patronage. Nixon hinted at a whistle-stop tour of the country in conversations with guests.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Red Cross
Walter Muller
Davis Morrison Back Transfer Of Wildlife Agency
Davis and Morrison advocate transferring the wildlife agency role to a new governing body. Their briefing argues streamlined oversight, enhanced funding, and clearer accountability. They urge legislative action this session to implement the governance shift.
Senate to hold two days of hearings on aged care bill
Washington AP reports the Senate Finance Committee voted to hold two days of public hearings on a House bill creating limited medical care for the aged. In Baton Rouge Gov Jimmie H Davis and Mayor Chep Morrison pushed a bill proposing sale of the old Civil Courts Building in New Orleans and shifting the Wildlife Department to the capital. Rep Lasley Downes and Rep W S Peck Jr prepared an amendment to move Wildlife to Baton Rouge, with Peck asserting the aim to bring the Wildlife Department “where it belongs.”
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Chep Morrison
Civil Courts
New Orleans
Wildlife Department
Lasley Downes
Rayville
W. S. Peck Jr
Sicily Island
Morrison
State Wildlife Headquarters
Peck
Downes
T. T. Fields
Davis
Gover
Battle for control of Baltimore and Ohio escalates
AP reports New York Central directors voted to offer for 1,550,000 B&O common shares amid competing bids from Chesapeake and Ohio. In Texas, Midland FAA says a New Orleans to El Paso plane was found with all five occupants safe.
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New York
America
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central Railroad
B&o
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Midland
Tex
UPI
Federal Aviation Agency
New Orleans
Paso
Judge Jones to address Monroe Air Reserve Squadron
Jasper E. Jones, judge of the West Monroe city court, will speak at the Monroe Air Reserve Squadron meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. at squadron headquarters 416 Louisville Ave Monroe. He will discuss city court proceedings and its role in the state judicial system.
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Jasper E. Jones
West Monroe
Monroe Air Reserve Squadron
Louisville Ave
Monroe
Judge Jones
Chamber Huts Special Barbecue For 100 New Members
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce hosts a special barbecue tonight at 7 p.m. in Forsythe Park to honor 100 new Chamber members. Officials have prepared a 30 minute slide program detailing Chamber functions and procedures.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Forsythe Park
Chamber
Monroe Council Moves To Ban Roosters Citywide
Monroe officials plan an ordinance to prohibit roosters crowing within city limits after motel complaints and nuisance concerns. The session also approved a seven year hangar lease at Selman Field, civic auditorium plans, recreation facilities, a city hall jail project, and a sheriff’s land grant for a hangar. The council would study a bid process for a central garage and weighed bond election voting bill 1371 with Sen Adcock, seeking more clarity.
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Monroe
Haynes Harkey
Selman Field
North Louisiana Aero Corporation
Johns
Neel Architects
Ouachita Parish
Sheriff Dept
United States
12Th St
Grammont
W. L.jack) Howard
Clyde Fant
Louisiana
Sen
Jamar Adcock
Captain Sailors Abandoned Tanker as It Sinks Offshore
A Navy destroyer removed 10 crew members from the stricken tanker SS George McDonald, leaving the captain and four others aboard as the vessel sank about 130 miles off the Georgia coast. The Esso Scranton rescued 28 crewmen earlier, while Coast Guard cutters waited to pluck the remaining mariners as the ship neared sinking.
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Charleston, S. C
UPI
Atlantic
Georgia
Sinclair Oil Co
George McDonald
Esso Scranton
Baytown
Tex
McDonald
Scranton
Jacksonville
Fla
Robinson
Coast Guard
Fields Calls For Investigation Of Oil and Gas Orders
Rep. T. T. Fields of Union Parish seeks a House concurrent resolution to probe oil and gas orders from the State Mineral Board and Conservation Department. He proposes a seven member study committee with subpoena power to review spacing and prorating orders and report findings to the next regular session.
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Fields
Baton Rouge
T. T. Fields
Cal
House
State Mineral Board and Conservation Department
Union Parish
Board
State Department of Conservation
Senate
Women Boost Smoking Incidence This Year
The Agriculture Department projects cigarette production will reach 900 billion sticks by June 30, up about 4 percent from last year. A rise in women smokers, higher consumer incomes, and growing adult population drive the increase.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Three Children Drown In Arkansas Flash Flood
A flash flood along Highway 65 near Little Rock claimed three Branscum children ages 8, 5, and 2 after their car slid off the roadway. Sgt Branscum, his Japanese wife Motoko 28, and a son 4 survived clinging to trees for nearly an hour. Marilyn 8 was recovered, while Daniel Ray 5 and Gray 2 remained missing as rescuers and bystanders aided others with life vests and a boat.
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Little Rock
Ark
Roy Branscum
Branscum
Motoko
Carl
Highway 65
Here
Marilyn
Daniel Ray
Gray
New Orleans
Roxie Branscum
Harness
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
New Oil Field Discovered in Iberville Parish
State Department of Conservation records reveal a new oil field found last week in Iberville Parish twelve miles southwest of Plaquemine near Grand River. The wildcat well drilled by F A Callery in Tylerville produced 125 barrels of 32 degree gravity oil and 200000 cubic feet of gas at a depth about 10112 feet.
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Baton Rouge
State Department of Conservation
Iberville Parish
Plaquemine
Grand River
F. A. Callery
Today’s Chuckle Itch and Scratch for iL
A lighthearted quip contrasts wanting something with taking action to obtain it. The line plays on a common expression about itching for a thing and scratching for it, prompting a smile at the pun.
Eisenhower Defends Goodwill Tours In Japan Rift
President Eisenhower defended personal diplomacy and signaled openness to another goodwill trip if needed to unite free world forces. He noted he may not travel again in his final seven months, but readiness to go underscored his claim that tours strengthened ties and checked communist influence. The Tokyo riots and Japan's ratified security pact were cited, with a call not to blame America. Congressional reaction mixed, Republicans praising gains, Democrats hopeful tours decline is lasting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
Tokyo
United States
America
J. William Fulbright
Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
John Sparkman
Cuba Calls Out In Sugar Quota War Declaration
The key House Agricultural Committee approved a bill letting the President cut Cuba's sugar quota if needed. Cuba calls it economic war and pledges to set a minimum of three cents a pound for world market sugar. The raw sugar price slid to 2.85 cents, with the U.S. paying 2 to 3 cents above world price.
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Cuba
Washington
Key House Agricultural Committee
United States
Return To Hot Weather Noted
The weatherman forecasts a return to hot weather after weekend rains with possible scattered thundershowers over northeast Louisiana. Lows tonight expected 72 to 76 while tomorrow’s highs reach 92 to 96. Yesterday’s high 92 and low 69 were recorded by FAA at Selman Field. Monroe area saw no rainfall.
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Monroe
Favorite Sons Move to Slow Kennedy at Convention
An informal federation of favorite sons at the 52nd annual governors conference discussed uniting to keep the Democratic convention from becoming Kennedy dominated. Four governors Meyner of New Jersey Brown of California Loveless of Iowa and Docking of Kansas outlined plans to promote an open convention in Los Angeles. They hold 169 convention votes that could block Kennedy on the first ballot if their states stay in the favorite son category. Meyner said they aim for a deliberative convention rather than a rubber stamp.
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Glacier National Park
Mont
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa
George Docking
Kansas
Meyner
Distaste for Soviet walkout worries Western press
London and West European papers view the Soviet Geneva disarmament walkout as propaganda aimed at Khrushchev’s stance toward Eisenhower. Frankfurter Allgemeine notes it frees Khrushchev from double obligations and targets the American election, signaling limited Western avenues to disarm.
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London
Geneva
China
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
West Germany
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Peiping
North Dakotans Ballot Today in Senate Race Begins
Fargo North Dakota AP reports an unusually heavy absentee vote marks the start of a special senatorial election. Republicans push turnout while Democrats accuse campaign malpractice, signaling a tight race and potential farm belt sentiment ahead of the presidential vote.
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Fargo
N.D
North Dakota
Car Ad Sells Fast: 2 Door Chevy Draws Profit
Classified notice from News-Star-World advertises a 1960s Chevrolet 2 door six cylinder with radio and heater for 1250 and says the seller made a profit of 398 after financing costs. Contact FA 4883 after 4 pm. Also dial FA 2516 for rates and cancellation.
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