Hall backs student trade school use in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish Superintendent Milton Hall supports continuing high school access to the Ouachita Valley Vocational Technical School. He warns shutting the program could raise dropouts while noting 73 Ouachita Parish and 133 West Monroe students attend trade classes.
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Sam Hanna
Supt
Milton Hall
Ouachita Parish
State Board of Education
West Monroe High School
Ouachita Valley
Monroe
Whetstone
Neville High School
Nineteen Candidates File Papers For City Races
Nineteen candidates, including Street Commissioner W. D. H. Rodriguez, filed by noon with the City Democratic Executive Committee for the May 16 first primary. Rodriguez seeks a sixth term and is unopposed so far. filing deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday. New City School Board nominees include Dr. C. H. Whitaker Pete Dowd Jimmy Terry Luke Daniel Carl Paulus and others, with ten candidates now in the race. City Hall contenders Mayor W L Howard faces M. L. Peters. Finance Commissioner H. W. McSherry has opposition from William B. Jackson. Four incumbents on the City Democratic Executive Committee seek re-election: A. E. Anzalone D. C. Bernhardt Simon A. Johnson H. Austin Miller.
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W. D. H. Rodriguez
City Democratic Executive Committee
Rodriguez
City Hall
C. H. Whitaker
Fairview
Pete Dowd
Orleans
Jimmy Terry
L. S
Luke Daniel
Frances Pl
Carl Paulus
Frank Breese
W. S. Gannaway
Marion Lewis
J. H. Seagin Jr
A. T. White
W L
Jack) Howard
M. L. Peters
H. W. McSherry
William B. Jackson
Democratic Executive Committee
A. E. Anzalone
D. C. Bernhardt
Simon A. Johnson
H. Austin Miller
Soviet share of world coal oil iron ore timberland
The Soviet Union claims large shares of global resources. World Almanac notes 57 percent of coal deposits, 58 percent of oil, 41 percent of iron ore and 25 percent of timberland attributed to the USSR. This highlights its vast mineral and timber reserves.
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Soviet Union
Jacksonville Race Violence Flares Anew
In Jacksonville Florida a crowd of over 1000 Negro youths set fire to a car used by reporters investigating ongoing racial violence. AP photographer Hal Valentine and Jacksonville Journal photographer Bart Parker escaped after rocks and missiles were hurled. Reporter George Harmon from the Journal joined them as gunfire and beatings continued across New Station High School area. A woman was killed and three men wounded in related violence.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Hal Valentine
Associated Press
Miami
Bart Parker
Jacksonville Journal
Florida Times-Union
George Harmon
The
Journal
Harmon
New Station High School
Valentine
Parker
Johnnie Mae Chappell
Johnson says general war impossible in nuclear age
President Johnson told a labor convention that a general war is impossible in the nuclear era and nations should seek reasoned agreement over aggression. He cited Panama Canal talks, Cyprus talks, Cuba’s water cutoff, and South Vietnam as examples guiding restraint and support for Vietnamese independence.
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Washington
Johnson
Panama
Panama Canal
Cyprus
Cuba
Guantanamo
Fidel Castro
U.S. Naval Base
South Viet Nam
Easter Egg Hunt At College Lawn Hosts Children Of Faculty
The annual Easter Egg hunt for Northeast Louisiana State College faculty and staff children took place Monday afternoon on the lawn of Dr. and Mrs. George T. Walker's campus home. A 15 year separation ended for a local grandmother and her granddaughter from California. Mrs A L DeLoach Sr, 84, reunited with her oldest granddaughter Mrs Ernest Belcher of Sacramento, California, the daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Foley.
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Louisiana State College
George T. Walker
California
A. L. DeLoach Sr
Ernest Belcher
Sacramento
Calif
J. F. Foley
DeLoach
City Boosts Pace Of Capital Improvements Plan
City officials move to accelerate the eleven million dollar capital improvement program and seek bids for the remaining fifty four million dollars in bonds. Mayor Howard and administrator Evans note the sale won’t raise taxes beyond the 1963 two mill increase. Architects work on plans for a new City Hall and civic center as part of the Utilities Commission project.
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Monroe
Robert H. Evans
W. L.jack Howard
Evans
Howard
New York
City Hall
Civic Center
Utilities Commission
Rodriguez Seeks Sixth Term In Monroe City Council
Rodriguez announced his re election bid for mayor city council Commissioner of Streets on May 16 1964 in Monroe. He cites ongoing public improvements river pollution abatement and street work while outlining community service groups and his background to win voter support.
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Monroe
Ouachita River
Grace Episcopal Church
The
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sons of the American Revolution
Kappa Sigma
U S Plans To Remold Viet Forces
Washington reports plan to reshape South Viet Nam Rangers into a mobile guerrilla unit to scout, engage Viet Cong and enable helicopter-borne forces to strike. U S leaders cite past misuse of Rangers and weak local forces. aims include pay parity, better weapons, housing for families.
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Washington
US S
Viet Nam
White House
United States
U.S
Wet Weather Outlook For Northeast Louisiana
Northeastern Louisiana faces three days of cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers. Rain is expected to bring 0.5 to 1 inch of moisture, with thundershowers starting this afternoon and likely through Wednesday, covering most areas by Wednesday night. Highs near 70s to mid 70s, overnight lows around 60s. Winds southeast 10 to 20 mph. Rainfall totals this month rise to about 4.82 inches, 10.88 inches for the year so far.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Chuckle Advice: Drive Like You Own the Car
A lighthearted note urges readers to rethink driving. It jokes that one should not act as if owning the road but as if responsible for the vehicle. The quip emphasizes prudent, cautious behavior behind the wheel.
Baker Probe Moves Toward Speedy Eclipse
The Baker probe nears its end as Democrats block Republican demands for more witnesses including Walter Jenkins and Matt McCloskey. Senate Rules Committee sets next closed session to weigh testimony while Sen. Hugh Scott calls it a whitewash.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Senate Rules Committee
White House
Walter Jenkins
Matt McCloskey
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Baker
Senate
Jordan
Hugh Scott
Scott
Japanese Envoy Attacked at U S Embassy in Tokyo
A mentally deranged 19 year old scaled a wall at the U S Embassy and stabbed Ambassador Edwin O Reischauer in the thigh. The diplomat underwent surgery and was reported in good shape as he recovered with blood transfusions. A bystander, John Ferchak, tackled the assailant, grabbed the knife, and used his tie and a secretary's scarf as tourniquets to stop the bleeding.
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Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Norikazu Shiotani
Tokyo
U.S
Edwin O. Reischauer
Reischauer
Shiotani
Quick
John Ferchak
Kennedy
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Johnson
Ferchak
Jersey City
N.J
Hundreds Line Up For New Kennedy Coins
Hundreds line up at the Treasury to buy the new Kennedy half dollars bearing the likeness of John F. Kennedy amid a distribution hitch. Banks in the Washington area were to have 500 000 of the coins available for distribution.
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Washington
Kennedy
Treasury
John F. Kennedy
The
Liston profits signed over to Mar a philadelphia operator
Senate investigators testified that Sonny Liston signed over more than 100000 dollars of profits from his loss to Cassius Clay to Sam Margolis, a vending machine operator from Philadelphia. The disclosure emerged in Washington as part of UPI reporting on a boxing publicity flare and financial ties in the post bout period. The case highlights concerns over promoter and fighter earnings arrangements amid the era's heavyweight scene.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Sonny Liston
Cassius Clay
Sam Margolis
Philadelphia
Salinger Seeks Ballot Spot In California Senate Race
California Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan rejected Pierre Salinger's Democratic Senate candidacy and sent the matter to the State Supreme Court. Salinger's Virginia voter status and California eligibility are in dispute as Rogers forwarded filings noting missing fee and sponsor list. Salinger, who called himself presidential secretary, pursued ballot placement while campaign appearances continued.
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San Francisco
California
Frank M. Jordan
Pierre Salinger
U. S. Senate
Jordan
State Supreme Court
White House
Clair Engle
Salinger
Sacramento
Rogers
Virginia
Crowell Rites Set Wednesday At Alexandria
Funeral services for Walter C. Crowell 61 Monroe lumberman killed in a Missouri auto crash will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Cramer Funeral Home Alexandria with burial in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery Pineville. He owned part of Crowell White Lumber Co and belonged to Bayou DeSiard Country Club First Presbyterian Church and a Master Mason. Survived by his widow Frances Crowell of Monroe.
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Walter C. Crowell
Monroe
Missouri
Cramer Funeral Home
Alexandria
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
Pineville
Crowell
Auburn Ave
Cape Giraud
Crowell - White Lumber Co
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
First Presbyterian Church
Frances Crowell
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