Foreign Students Launch U S Tour by Bus Across United States
Seventy two young ladies ages 15 to 19 plus eight adult chaperones begin a six week tour of the United States. The group includes 27 American senior Girl Scouts and 12 foreign girl guide rangers traveling in four buses through 40 states and the District of Columbia. They plan 52 towns and cities visits and stay with about 1000 American families before meeting at the University of Kansas on August 8 to compare notes.
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United States
New Orleans
Shreveport
Girl Guide Rangers
Central United States
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
District of Columbia
Freedom Riders Controversy and Wyckoff Case Developments
In Jackson the Freedom Riders confront breach of peace charges dating to May 24. J R Gilroy vows a full probe after riding partner Walker reports losing a $275 ring amid transfer disputes. U S District Judge Sidney Mize refuses to free Elizabeth Wyckoff without state court relief and circuits appeals are sought.
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Jackson
Walker
Hinds County
J. R. Gilroy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U.S
Miss Wyckoff
New York City
Mize
Mississippi
Freedom Riders
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Consumer groups press for clear net content labels on foods
Mrs. Mannes and Mrs. Neuberger urged simple sizes like pint or quart and sharper labeling to prevent confusions from jumbo or giant half quart packages. They criticized FDA gaps and warned that small misrepresentations by individual sellers aggregate into widespread deception. They called Americans to revolt.
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Food and Drug Administration
Local Overpass Bids Taken In Capital Today
L A Construction Co of Hattiesburg Miss submitted the low bid of 700000 for the state's portion of the South Second Street underpass in Monroe. Bids were opened at the Department of Highways and will be studied by engineers with results due in a few days. The project will be financed by Monroe and the Highway Department from bond money. Rodriguez plans to attend a Louisiana Municipal Association meeting in Baton Rouge tomorrow.
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Baton Rouge
L & A Construction Co
Hattiesburg
Miss
South Second St
Monroe
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Department of Highways
Department
Highway Department
Louisiana Municipal Association
Chit Chat Declares Weekend Extension
A light hearted note attributes the long weekend to persistent chit chat across the community. The piece hints at social chatter driving plans and festivities without reporting any official action or dates.
BSU Banquet Set With Perry Lassiter as Speaker
The Baptist Student Union center at Northeast College hosts the summer BSU banquet July 13 at 7 p.m. Rev. Perry Lassiter will be the guest speaker. Tickets available from Peggy Williams Fred Young William Crider or Zella Collins. Five locals plan to attend UN US ti ret Biel rarity convention in Baton Rouge June 30-July 2 with Mrs. Henry Hinkle presiding and alumna advisor Mrs. Lee Herron among attendees.
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Baptist Student Union Center
Northeast College
BSU
Perry Lassiter
Peggy Williams
Fred Young
William Crider
Zella Collins
Baton Rouge
Henry Hinkle
Zanona Flinn
Gay Demmary
Sandra Simpson
Lee Herron
Editors Named for Pow Wow Campus Newspaper
Kathy Harbert a sophomore journalism major at North east College and daughter of Mr and Mrs G G Harbert of Shreveport will edit the Pow Wow for the summer session Carole Durham a freshman journalism major from Delhi will be associate editor with Doyle Malone a senior business administrator major from Monroe named as business manager
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Kathy Harbert
Northeast College
G. G. Harbert
Shreveport
Carole Durham
Delhi
Doyle Malone
Monroe
City Council Meets Tonight in West Monroe
West Monroe officials say the city council will hold a called session at 7 PM in city hall to open bids for removing 2,500 feet of water and sewer piping along the I-20 corridor. A contract award is likely.
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West Monroe
City Hall
Eichmann Denies Nazi Blood Bath Responsibility
In Jerusalem Adolf Eichmann blandly denies guilt for the Nazi extermination campaign. He claims he helped Jews emigrate and says he was subordinate to Gestapo chiefs. Judge Landau presses him after a letter allegedly signed by Eichmann is cited in court.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Robert Servantius
Austria
Germany
Deni
Reinhard Heydrich
Berlin
Lodz
Poland
Heinrich Mueller
Moshe Landau
Kennedy Denies Soviet Rights On Berlin and Warns West
President Kennedy with leaders MacMillan and De Gaulle rejects Soviet claim to cancel Western rights in Berlin and stresses Western unity to deter pressure. Khrushchev vows no blockade but warns of countermeasures if the West mobilizes, hinting at possible buildup to avoid nuclear crisis.
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Kennedy
MacMillan
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Khrushchev
U.S
Washington
Kennedy cites Soviet tests and calls new panel to study hidden nuclear testing
Kennedy warned the Soviet Union may conduct secret tests and challenged the need for assurances on test moratoriums. He ordered the President's scientific advisory committee to form a panel of eminent scientists to assess two questions: whether the USSR has tested in secret and what progress could be made without U.S. knowledge.
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Kennedy
Soviet Union
Geneva
U.S
Kennedy plan’s farm advisory provision killed in committee
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 9 to 8 to kill the Kennedy administration plan that would let farmers help draft controls. Senator Ellender called the measure dead for this session as the committee also rejected his alternative and adopted a proposal to keep current programs with some changes.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kennedy
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Committee
Ellender
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Aiken-Holland
Kennedy outlines peaceful competition with USSR and Berlin stance
President Kennedy reaffirms outproducing the United States by 1970 and invites the Soviet Union to engage in peaceful competition to raise living standards. He discusses Berlin crisis language, readiness for measures, and notes no plan for partial mobilization. He cites Taylor’s intelligence report and Taft-Hartley Act actions on the marine strike. He warns against unilateral actions that could end allied rights in West Berlin and backs Geneva talks on Laos cease-fire. He postpones further moves on merchant ships until the fact-finding panel reports.
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United States
U.S.S.R
Berlin
Kennedy
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Berlin
Nazi Germany
Kenney
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
Vienna
Laos
Geneva
Republicans Hint Red China Rider To Foreign Aid
Senator Everett Dirksen warned Republicans will attach an anti Red China resolution to Kennedy foreign aid bill if the Foreign Relations Committee does not act separately. He urged a firm Berlin stand and opposed Red China recognition and UN admission, citing State Department hesitancy.
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China
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Nr
Kennedy
Dirksen
Senate
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Berlin
House
GOP
Congress
Khrushchev
Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
De Gaulle moves to end Algerian war with troop pullback
Paris AP report says President Charles de Gaulle steps up a peace push to end seven years of war in Algeria. He orders return of a French division from Algeria and hints at rejoining talks with rebels, warning of partition if talks fail. He aims to free forces for upcoming Berlin crisis within three months.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
Berlin
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Presidential Elysee Palace
NATO
Evian-les-Bains
Algiers
Constantine
Bone
Oran
National Liberation Front
FLN
Child Killed When Hit By Dad's Truck
Ronnie Rester, two, died after being run over by a truck driven by his father, a dairy farmer at Leetown near Picayune Mississippi. The father backed the vehicle from the yard as the child apparently tried to dash behind it.
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Picayune
Miss
UPI
Ronnie Rester
Rester
Leetown
Here
Unions urged to curb ship outsourcing risk in competitive market
The discussion highlights that unions must act to prevent more ships from leaving U.S. control for foreign supervision in a highly competitive maritime industry. The speaker stresses balancing worker interests with national shipping security to keep key fleets under American oversight.
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U.S
Weather Forecast Adds Odds On Showers
The U S Weather Bureau began posting odds on thunder showers, explaining that summer rainfall varies within forecast areas. Forecasts will now include a probability factor to show chances of getting wet.
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ST. Louis
U.S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Bureau
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