U S Diplomats Boycott May Day in Moscow Parade
UPI reports U S diplomats boycotted Russia's May Day ceremonies with Fidel Castro as guest of honor. Castro and Khrushchev stood atop Lenin's tomb during a long parade as Malinovsky denounced U S policy toward Cuba and warned rivals without promising military action. Rockets described as tremendously destructive were shown along the procession.
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UPI
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Russia
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Red Square
Redio Malinovsky
Castro
Cuba
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Soviet parade displays new weapons and warning to aggressors
In a military procession, gi ant cannons, medium tanks, and 70‑foot ballistic missiles with 700 mile strike range were shown, prompting Western observers to note new weapons. Malinovsky warned that any aggressor against the Soviet Union would be crushed. U S diplomats, led by Foy D Kohler, stayed away as a snub, the first such gesture since 1933 relations.
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U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Castro
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Coleman to Speak at Rotary and Enter Governor Race
NATCHEZ Miss Special Former Mississippi Gov J P Coleman will address the Rotary Club at noon and is expected to announce his candidacy for governor Friday The Democratic primary is set for August observers expect Coleman to enter the race this week and campaign for the fall election
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Natchez, Miss
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Rotary Club
Coleman
Steamboat race revival as Delta Queen outpaces Belle of Louisville
In Louisville the Delta Queen beat the Belle of Louisville by over a mile in a river dash on the Ohio, amid mishaps at start and crowd cheers along the shore. About 1,000 passengers rode Belle with Gov. Bert Combs and Joe E. Brown aboard, while the Delta Queen carried the calliope banner and yellow flag.
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Louisville
Delta Queen
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Kentucky
Indiana
Bert Combs
Joe E. Brown
New Orleans
Honor Marine Winner Declines White House Dinner Invite
Arthur J. Jackson, a Medal of Honor recipient and former Marine captain, will not attend the White House reception for living honorees. His father says the family will care for Jackson’s five children at home in San Jose as reports link him to a Guantanamo incident. A Travis Air Force Base flight was offered. Jackson will travel to Washington by commercial carrier.
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California
Washington
Air Force
Travis
Neville High Spring Concert Set for Thursday Night
Neville High School bands present their annual spring concert at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Neville auditorium directed by Herbert Gathright. The stage band opens with popular melodies, followed by the cadet band, winner of a superior rating. The symphonic band, also a superior rating winner, performs works including Hands Across the Sea, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey and West Side Story. The concert closes with a march featuring the combined cornet and trumpet sections of the symphonic, cadet, Lee Junior High, and Jefferson High bands.
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Neville High
Neville
Herbert Gathright
Gathright
Sousa
Sigfried
Israel to Choose Third President by Parliament
Israel will elect its third president on May 21 by the Knesset to succeed the late Izhak Ben-Zvi. Prime Minister Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party backs Salaman Shazar, a 74 year old labor leader, author, and Jewish Agency Executive member.
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Jerusalem
Israel Sector
Israel
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Ben-Gurion
Social Democrat
Mapai Party
Salaman Shazar
Shazar
Jewish Agency Executive
Upshaw Infant Dies. Funeral Today in Monroe
Funeral services for eight month old Elton J. Upshaw III will be held at 4 p.m. today at Hixson Brothers Chapel in Monroe with Dr. W. H. McFadden officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park cemetery. The infant died Tuesday after a long illness at a local hospital. Survived by parents Elton J. Upshaw Jr. and Mrs. Upshaw, paternal grandparents E. J. Upshaw Sr. and Mrs. Upshaw, and maternal grandmother Mrs. Bob Burns, all of Monroe. Pallbearers named are Jack Rivers, James Woodruff, Richard Crowe, and Marion Lewis.
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Elton J. Upshaw III
Elton J. Upshaw Jr
Monroe
W. H. McFadden
First Presbyterian Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
E. J. Upshaw Sr
Bob Burns
Jack L. Rivers
James L. Woodruff
Richard Crowe
Marion Lewis
Indian Culture of Poverty Point lecture May 9
Edward C Whatley associate professor of biology at Northeast Louisiana will present a talk on Indian Culture of Poverty Point in Lake Providence at 1 30 p m The event is sponsored by the Home Demonstration Council and Mrs Pearl Marcoms sixth grade class and will be held in the Church Fellowship Hall
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Lake Providence
Poverty Point
Edward C. Whatley
Northeast Louisiana
Home Demonstration Council
Pearl Marcom
Montgomery to Handle Own Park Rules After Demands
Montgomery leaders asked by Negro officials to form a bi racial committee to plan reopening public parks. Mayor Earl James said reopen decision lies with the city commissioners not a bi racial panel. Parks were closed Jan 1 1959 amid anticipated federal order against segregation. The mayor noted park control rests with the recreation board.
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Montgomery
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