Seven Primaries In Spotlight Tuesday Riots Stir Red Bloc
In Sofia clashes halted Easter Mass as Communist youths blocked Orthodox parish routes and police clashed with churchgoers. Prague May Day unrest drew 31 arrests from CTK reports noting only limited student involvement and ant government slogans amid 3,000 in Kinsky Park.
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Academy of Theology
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Legislature Opens As McKeithen Prepares To Take Office
Baton Rouge AP says the legislature meets at noon next week as a new era begins with Gov elect John McKeithen sworn in at noon the following day. The Budget Committee returns at 1 p.m. Tuesday to review state college spending totaling about 953 million dollars. Debates over Senate president pro tempore may unfold in opening days with candidates Dudley LeBlanc and Jack Fruge discussed. The new Senate promises independence, matching Lt. Gov Aycock who is set as presiding officer.
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Goldwater Victory Draws Texas Straw Vote
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater wins a strong Texas straw vote in the Republican primary with 99,143 votes. Henry Cabot Lodge finishes second on write-ins at 11,222. Democratic incumbent Ralph Yarborough leads in the hot renomination race with 56.95 percent as he decries an "electronic blitz" in politics.
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Maine
Harold F. Stassen
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Ralph Yarborough
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Kidnap Murder Case Forces Transfer To South Carolina
U S Commissioner Fritz Windhorst ordered Joseph Francis Bryan Jr to be moved to face a South Carolina indictment in the disappearance and death of John David Robison from Mount Pleasant. FBI tests tied Bryan to the case. authorities also link him to the 7 year old Lewis Wilson death in St Petersburg Florida. The judge must sign the order before it takes effect.
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John David Robison
Harry Belk
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Hackie) Wilson
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Rudolph Becker Jr
Johnson to tour poverty areas in five states
President Johnson will visit Maryland Ohio Tennessee North Carolina and Georgia this week to inspect Appalachian poverty areas. Athens Ohio hosts a Thursday event for the 160th Ohio University anniversary. Lynda Bird Johnson will accompany him.
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Frances Phillips Joins News Star Staff
Frances Phillips formerly with the Morning World began work with the News Star staff. Asked how she liked the change she joked it was still night to me. By noon other staff members awaited more favorable views. The L B Faulk Post No 13 American Legion will appear on CHIT CHAT page 5 A.
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Morning World
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Johnson to waive 70 year rule for Hoover retention
White House sources said President Johnson will waive the usual mandatory retirement age of 70 for FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, allowing him to remain in office beyond his upcoming January 1 birthday. The move aims to keep Hoover in place despite the age threshold.
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Beckwith retrial decision delayed to July in Evers slaying
Jackson Mississippi UPI reports a court postponed the decision on whether Byron De La Beckwith must stand trial again for a third time in the 1963 slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
House panel rejects funds for Abu Simbel removal
The House Appropriations Committee today turned down a request for funds to help pay for the removal of the ancient Egyptian statues of Abu Simbel before they are flooded by rising waters from the Aswan Dam.
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British PM level subversion claims over Yemen
London reports that Prime Minister Sir Alex Douglas-Home leveled new accusations of subversion after word spread that the heads of two British soldiers killed in a skirmish with Yemeni supported tribesmen were displayed in Taiz, Yemen's diplomatic capital.
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Taiz
Belief Grows Russians Have Yanked Arms
Washington reports say the Defense Department has no information on changes to ground to air missiles in Cuba. Officials reference Castros May Day remarks and recent shifts in Soviet forces, noting possible removal of higher flying missiles while much of the Cuban military presence remains.
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Court Refuses Review Of Lower School Cases
The Supreme Court today refused to review lower court rulings. In Gary Indiana, Negro students challenged school assignments as segregated in fact. In Jacksonville Florida, Negro students argued for nonracial school systems including teachers and staff.
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Jacksonville
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U S Destroyer Swenson Sails to Saigon Show of Force
The U S Navy destroyer Lyman K Swenson arrived in Saigon for a potential show of force after the Card was sunk in the Saigon River. Capt C C Hartigan Jr led the ship with the 7th Fleet Destroyer Squadron Nine aboard as salvage crews patched a 28 foot hole. Saigon remained tense with patrols downtown and troops around the dock area.
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Dishwasher Held After Child Found
New Brunswick police hold James Savage, 17, a runaway with 25 foster homes, after admitting he picked up 3-year-old Timothy Hughes in Queens, then drove 25 miles by bus to his Woodbridge room. Timothy was found unharmed and returned to his parents. Savage faces juvenile court and possible jurisdiction questions with New York police.
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New Brunswick
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Middlesex County
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Timothy
Queens
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Sunny Warm Week Expected Across Regions
The weather forecast shows no broad rainfall this week with isolated afternoon showers possible mid to late week. Northeast Louisiana will see clear to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with highs 84 to 88 and tonight’s low 60 to 64. Winds will be variable mostly east at 8 to 16 mph. Elsewhere in the south it remains sunny and mild, with a few thunderstorms in Arkansas and southeast Texas.
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Texas
Bee Colony Size Estimate From Encyclopaedia Britanica
A United Press International report states a bee hive can comprise about 90,000 individual bees according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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United Press International
Encyclopaedia Britanica
Rights Debate Ends With Ejection From Gallery
In Washington a Negro spectator was expelled from the visitor gallery after denouncing the Senate’s civil rights bill. Kenneth Washington, 26, of Passaic New Jersey was taken to DC General Hospital for mental observation. Senator Kuchel claimed a Morton jury trial amendment would fail and predicted broader opposition from Southern lawmakers. The Senate vote was anticipated on the civil rights measure.
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California
Thruston B. Morton
Kuchel
Morton
New Hampshire Faces 10 Percent Gambling Tax
Federal officials informed New Hampshire that a 10 percent tax applies to sweepstakes ticket proceeds. The IRS declined to reveal details, saying only the attorney general in Concord will disclose. The state plans a $100,000 prize horse race on September 12 to fund schools, selling $3 tickets. If the tax stands, about 30 cents per ticket would go to the federal government, possibly raising ticket price to $3.30. officials say they will challenge the tax in court.
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Today's Chuckle The Best Secret-Keeper Of Dryers
A lighthearted note on the modern automatic clothes dryer as the era's best secret-keeper. It jokes that the appliance quietly guards household plans and whispers nothing to others, preserving privacy in everyday routines.
State Accidents Take 10 Lives In Weekend
A weekend of Louisiana accidents claimed ten lives. R L Smith 55 of Zwolle and George Townsend 19 of near Marthaville died in a two car crash near Robeline. Bunny Jones 23 and Willie Davis 32 both Haughton Negroes were killed when a car fell into a barrow pit near Bossier City. Vernel Henderson 23 of Gretna died when a car smashed into a utility pole near New Orleans. Jerry Patterson about 60 a Negro died near Jena after helping pull a truck from a ditch. Butch Jackson 12 a Denham Springs Negro drowned in the Amite River. Alvin LaCaze 39 of New Orleans died in a car motorcycle collision in New Orleans. Lee Robertson Jr a Negro drowned near Hackley. John Wilson 35 of McComb Miss died when his car plunged into a creek near Jena.
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Zwolle
George Townsend
Marthaville
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Bunny Jones
Willie Davis
New Orleans
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Butch Jackson
Denham Springs
Amite
Alvin LaCaze
Donald Raymond
Richard Matusiewicz
Lee Robertson Jr
Hackley
Bogalusa
John Wilson
McComb
Miss
Indiana Primaries Vie For Top Significance In 1964
Washington AP reports seven primaries Tuesday shaping one of the busiest pre convention periods. Indiana Ohio Oklahoma Alabama Florida New Mexico and the District of Columbia vote plus state conventions in Delaware Michigan Alaska Nevada Wyoming to select delegates and nominees for governors, senators and members of the House. Indiana centers on Wallace versus Welsh with 51 first ballot votes at stake. Goldwater heads a Republican field for 32 Indiana GOP convention votes. Delegates to both parties will be chosen next month and 11 Indiana House seats face primary challenges. Other races include Taft Jr. in Ohio seeking Senate nomination and Bud Wilkinson entering Oklahoma’s Senate race.
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Donald C. Bruce
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Monroe taps Ouachita River for water supplies
Utilities Commission manager French L. Smith said only 10 percent of Monroe's water now comes from the Ouachita River as Bayou DeSiard rises and salt brines from Arkansas oil producers are being cleaned up. The bayou, which had reached a low level, previously provided 25 percent of the city's supply, while the Ouachita's salinity remains at 23 parts per million.
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