State Voter Rolls Drop 80 000 in Louisiana Parishes
State records show 16 parishes purge voter rolls for 1961, cutting registered voters from 1,151,449 on Dec 31 to 1,069,548 on Jan 31, a drop of 81,901. Whites reduced from 992,684 to 917,830 and Negroes from 158,765 to 151,718, amid illiterates barred from re registration.
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New Orleans
UPI
Board of Registration
Louisiana
Board of Statistics
St. Helena Parish
St. Helena
Kennedy Seeks $1.1 Million to Fight U S Crime
President Kennedy asked Congress to provide 1.158 million dollars to the Justice Department for fiscal year starting July 1 to boost the drive against organized crime and racketeering and to intensify juvenile delinquency programs. The request includes 540 thousand for additional attorneys and 618 thousand for the Bureau of Prisons to expand juvenile reform efforts. The plan targets rehabilitation through vocational training counseling and job placement as juvenile offenders in federal institutions rise to about 5 000.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Justice Department
White House
Bureau of Prisons
Tornado Kills Three in Rural Tennessee Community
A small tornado struck the Freedonia area near Stanton Tennessee early today killing three residents. Among the dead were Gerald Giles eight months old and Felman Randle sixty and his wife Emil sixty one. Two houses were heavily damaged with no other serious injuries reported.
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Stanton, Tenn
Here
Freedonia
State Highway Patrol
Gerald Giles
Flerman Randle
Emil
U.N. Forces Lose Matadi Port in Congo Conflict
In Congo’s Mata di area a 124 Sudanese and a nine man Canadian unit surrendered to a 1,000 strong Congolese army, threatening the U.N. supply port. U.N. and Belgian officers faced a tense stand as Dag Hammarskjold ordered firm action to reclaim Matadi through negotiation and force if needed.
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William Anderson
United Press International
Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Leopoldville
Matadi
Congo
U.N
Piao Ageore
U. N
Thysville
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
Sean McKeown
U S Ambassador Meets Ghana Leader On Congo Crisis
United Nations New York Adlai Stevenson spoke with Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah today on Congo matters and planned a future talk with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Washington. The sessions reflect Cold War tensions and ongoing diplomacy.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Congo
Andrei Gromyko
Science Fair Set At Ouachita Junior High
Ouachita Junior High will hold its annual science fair Tuesday and Wednesday in the school annex. Prizes awarded for first to third place. Judging begins at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Event open to the public, per Principal A. L. Lewis.
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Ouachita Junior High School
A. L. Lewis
Reputed Master Mind Of Florida Murders On Trial
Joseph A. Peel Jr enters court to face murder charges claiming he masterminded the Chillingworth killings. His attorney Carlton Welch vows to prove Peel innocent of arranging a 1955 underworld death sentence for Circuit Judge C. E. Chillingworth and wife Marjorie. Jury pool of 108 men seated. only one woman present, Imogene Peel, Peel’s wife, projecting confidence in acquittal.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Joseph A. Peel Jr
Chillingworth
West Palm Beach
D. C. Smith
Florida
Peel
Carlton Welch
Jacksonville
Mrs. Peel
Missing Pekingese Ted dy Belonging to Mrs Mary Tamburo
A Pekingese named Ted dy is missing and the owner Mrs Mary Tamburo asks readers to note the dog’s last seen location and any information. Police and neighbors are urged to help locate the pet and reunite it with the owner.
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Teddy
Mary Tamburo
Kennedy proposes Peace Corps for home front too
President Kennedy outlines using Americans willing to serve in the United States as well as abroad. Eleanor Roosevelt hosts a televised discussion with Kennedy and R. Sargent Shriver noting possible U.S. placements in slum education retraining and settlement houses.
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Washington
Kennedy
Peace Corps
White House
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
R. Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Monroe to host eight conventions in March
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce announced eight conventions in Monroe for March including Monsanto Lion Oil Co Frances Hotel and the Louisiana Association of Medical Assistants then adds eleven total conventions planned for the year. Other dates span April through November with groups like Baptist Missionary Union and National Association of Louisiana Postmasters listed.
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Monroe
Monsanto Lion Oil Co
Frances Hotel
Louisiana Association of Medical Assistants
Penn Hotel
Alcoholics Anonymous Association
Virginia
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Northeast State College Coaching Clinic
Woodmen of the World
Frances and
Penn
Louisiana - Mississippi Monument Dealers of America
Louisiana Municipal Association
Frances
Baptist Missionary Union
Baptist Women Night Circle
Louisiana Association of Retarded Children
American Amature Broadcasters Association
Louisiana Horological
National Association of Louisiana Postmasters
Monroe Wholesale Drug Co
Federation of Young Men's Club
Southeast Airport Managers Association
Delta Rho Delta
Trial opens for Estonians charged with mass killings
In Tallinn the trial begins for three Estonians accused of murdering 125000 East Europeans during World War II. Ralf Gerrets and Jan Wijk plead guilty. Ann Erwin Mere is tried in absentia after Britain refused Soviet extradition. Gerrets describes train transports and a 10 foot trench where victims were executed.
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Tallin
Estonia
Ralf Gerrets
Jan Wijk
Ann Erwin Mere
Britain
Prince Frederick of Prussia to receive compensation for seized castle
Prince Frederick of Prussia, grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, will get compensation for his Silesian castle and estates seized by the Polish Communist government. The British Foreign Compensation Tribunal ruling likely pays only a fraction of the two million pounds valued by him.
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London
Frederick of
Prussia
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Silesian
British Foreign Compensation Tribunal
Nine Air Force crewmen killed in El Paso KB50 crash
An Air Force KB50 refueling aircraft crashed near Biggs AFB in El Paso killing nine aboard. The six engine plane exploded near the runway area while returning from the Pacific. An Air Force inquiry was ordered to determine the cause. The dead include Maj. Fred G. Padelford and Maj. Wayne W. Holt among others from El Paso Spokane Reading Fort Wayne Kellogg Rochdale.
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EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Air Force Base
Pacific
Air Force
Fred G. Padelford
Spokane
Wash
Bruce E. Christian
Biggs Afb
Reading
Wayne W. Holt
Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles C. Timmsen
Kellogg, Minn
Bernard F. Rivers
Rochdale
Mass
Claude L. Early
Nine Arrested After Disturbance at Islam Temple
Monroe police booked nine Negroes for aggravated battery after a Sunday afternoon disturbance at 1423 DeSiard street, near the Temple of Islam office. Officers including Chief James C. Kelly Jr., Capt. J. E. McMullen, and Patrolmen Deal and Williams sustained minor injuries while quieting the melee.
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Monroe
DeSiard Street
James C. Kelly, Jr
James H. Deal
Howard Williams
J. E. McMullen
Kelly
Capt. McMullen
Temple of Islam
Secretary Relents to Wear Low Heel Shoes
Judith Elwell returned to work in low heel shoes after a compromise with her employer on dress rules at the Norwich Department of Public Utilities. She had been suspended for wearing fat shoes despite a doctor’s certificate and appealed to the City Pension Board, citing weight and pregnancy as factors in her case.
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Norwich
Conn
Judith Elwell
Department of Public Utilitie
TODAY'S CHUCKLE Race track A place where win dows clean people.
A lighthearted note about a race track as a place where windows get washed by people who win.
Weekend Roundup Accidents Claim 10 Lives in State
Ten people died in Louisiana over the weekend including three children from the Dykes family who drowned in Pearl River backwaters near Bogalusa. Five died in traffic crashes and two in fires with other fatalities reported around Oil City and Barksdale AFB area.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Pearl River
Bogalusa
Coy Dykes
Tickfaw
Emma Nell
Della Rose
John Dykes
Warm Showers Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Mostly cloudy and warm with occasional showers and thunder showers forecast for northeast Louisiana Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures range from 76 to 82 with a low around 66 to 70. Sunday's high was 78 and low 67, with 1.62 inches of rain recorded at Selman Field.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Jury Convicts Aged Benefactor’s Killer in San Diego
In San Diego California jurors convict Robert B Dalton of first degree murder in the beating death of John R Larendon 66 a retired New York City ships stores merchant The defendant who was Larendon s secretary companion since 1949 faces a penalty that could include execution in the San Quentin gas chamber The crime occurred Nov 20 1960 at the La Jolla home Larendon had willed Dalton his $600000 estate.
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Dalton
John R. Larendon
New York City
Larendon
la Jolla
California
San Quentin
New York
Civil War Letter Series Reveals Youth Soldier’s Frontline Tales
The fourth letter in a Civil War series recounts Thomas Phifer a 17 year old Mansfield student who joined the Louisiana Volunteers and fought from May 1861 until his death at Sharpsburg. He writes of long marches scarce supplies and brutal battles reflecting pride in his company and the war’s grim realities.
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The
News Star
Louisiana
Louisiana Volunteers
Mansfield
Thomas Phifer
Mansfield College
Sharpsburg
Thomas
Tle
Lured To Death In Renovation Job Ambush Near Philadelphia
Albert J. Goehring Jr., 37, was lured from his home under pretense of estimating a renovation job. He was shot at least seven times by Charles P. Gober, 35, who, aided by a woman accomplice, forced a call to lure the contractor to a Second Street apartment. Gober confessed to firing two pistols and was charged with murder.
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Philadelphia
Albert J. Goehring Jr
Charles P. Gober
Feasterville
Gober
Goehring
Albert Belinsky
Dorothy
Belinsky
Geehring
Mrs. Wagner
Architects Named for Three Buildings at College Campus
The State Board of Education appointed architects for three new structures at Northeast Louisiana State College. Turpin and Wells of Monroe will design the women’s dormitory, Walker and Walker of Shreveport the men’s dormitory, and Johns and Neel of Monroe the Student Union Building. Construction to cost about 1.75 million dollars will be funded by revenue bonds once preliminary plans and financial data for a 450 student housing project and new cafeteria are ready. Buildings are air conditioned and expected to be ready for occupancy around 1962.
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State Board of Education
Louisiana State College
James M. Nicholson
HHFA
Turpin and Wells
Monroe
Walker and Walker
Shreveport
Johns and Neel
Nicholson
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