Fire Protection Proposals Ready
Sam Hanna reports that new fire protection proposals are prepared for review by city officials. The package outlines funding needs, equipment upgrades, and service improvements slated for consideration.
29 Jun 1965
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1965
Page
1
Sam Hanna reports that new fire protection proposals are prepared for review by city officials. The package outlines funding needs, equipment upgrades, and service improvements slated for consideration.
A special legislative committee charged the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee with being extensively Communist dominated in a report to the Alabama Legislature. The committee also labeled the Congress of Racial Equality and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as aligned with Communist fronts while noting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is not a formal party member. The document criticizes civil rights figures and outlines alleged Communist influence linked to pro rights groups.
The Liberal party endorsed Rep. John V. Lindsay for mayor, backing a fusion ticket to run as a nonpartisan administration. Lindsay will name a Liberal on his council slate and seek a Democrat for controller, with the GOP nominating him in the Sept. 14 primary.
San Francisco AP report details Capt. Charles H. Kimes guiding a passenger-filled Pan American 707 to a safe return after losing 20 feet of wing and an engine. The Honolulu-bound flight carried 143 passengers and 10 crew, with witnesses in South San Francisco and San Bruno seeing a fireball from the starboard wing as engine No 4 detached two minutes after takeoff.
Pan American World Airways Flight 843 with 143 passengers and nine crew landed safely at Travis AFB after an engine detached at 700 feet, leaving a 20 foot wing gap and a ball of fire. Captain Charles H. Kimes steered the Boeing 707 through the emergency with calm, coordinating radar guidance and Coast Guard support. The right landing gear required manual cranking, but the crew brought the jet to a safe touchdown and evacuated via emergency chute amid debris reports and a Civil Aeronautics Board probe.
In Greenville Mississippi a 19 year old white mother of two says a black man broke into her home through a window at 2 am and raped her after striking her face as her husband was away. Police search continues for the assailant.
Tim Murphy son of Mr and Mrs Ralph H Murphy of 506 Gulpha Dr West Monroe has been promoted to radio seaman E-3 in less than a year in the U S Navy. He serves with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean visiting Gibraltar Marseille Cannes Naples La Spezia Rota Crete. He will return home in October for a visit with family and friends.
Ray C. Bliss outlined a broad program to reclaim big city, Negro, and youth votes for the Republican Party. He proposed expanding programs, recruiting college students as workers, creating a professional staff in major cities, and establishing a national workshop for state directors. He urged reforms of nominating conventions and the creation of a campaign services division. He also announced a push to involve minority leaders, educated elites, and older voters, plus a capital headquarters project.
In Isleta Pueblo New Mexico Governor Andy Abeita faced opposition from residents after he evicted Msgr Frederick Stadtmueller over alleged interference with Indian religious beliefs. A 25-person group at a Monday meeting asked for Abeita and police chief Pablo Abeita to be ousted, presenting a petition with over 100 signatures to the pueblo council seeking to curb actions and restore religious freedom. Archbishop James Davis said the move was unacceptable and hinted at potential legal action.
A group of about 30 mothers plans to return this afternoon to Franz Park to protest vandalism and unruly behavior. They say police protection is lacking and demand playground repairs after swings, a merry-go-round, and a wading pool were damaged. City officials promise replacements and consider more officers.
The U S Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures for the Twin Cities this afternoon and Wednesday. A few afternoon thunderstorms may affect up to 30 percent of the area, but precipitation will be light and brief. Highs 88 to 92, tonight’s low 68 to 72. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph. Monday's high 92, overnight low 71. FAA at Selman Field recorded 0.02 inches of rainfall yesterday.
London report: Britain will fund cleaning and replacement of trousers or dresses stained when spectators sat on wet red cushions during the Trooping the Colour ceremony. The action covers both cleaning and replacements as needed.
Portland man Lee Fisco, 41, faces extradition to Rayville, Louisiana, to stand trial for the fatal July 16 shooting of W. A. Jarmon, 38. Attorneys plan an appeal after Circuit Judge Phillips J. Roth ordered travel to Louisiana, citing concerns over fair trial without state funding for three Portland witnesses who claim Fisco was not in the state at the time.
Tennessee mountain man Wilford Metcalf defeated federal claims after a ranger said timber on his Cocke County farm belonged to the government. A bill of 1717.52 was dropped and Rep. James Quillen pressed for repayment, noting a new survey found the land was Metcalf’s. Quillen seeks compensation for Metcalf and plans further action.
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