Indiana Vote Headlining Primary Tests
Washington report highlights Indiana Governor Welsh facing Wallace as former senator Taft Jr. vies for Ohio Senate nomination. Glenn remains on Ohio ballot despite withdrawal, while Florida backs a Democratic governor race and Oklahoma features Senate clashes. Alabama unpledged electors and Goldwater’s Indiana bid set the national tone amid expected record turnout.
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Robert Taft Jr
Robert A. Taft
Ted W. Brown
Taft
House
Brown
Stephen M. Young
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Young
Florida
Senate
Oklahoma
Alabama
New Mexico
District of Columbia
Indiana
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Goldwater
Louisiana Woman Wins Reversal On Damages
In an 8 1 Supreme Court decision, Wanda Mercer of Grand Isle Louisiana won $25,000 in the highway death of her husband Willie Byrd Mercer. The court found no substantial error in the New Orleans trial record and upheld the award against Paris Theriot, whose car allegedly struck the victim on December 18 1955 near Grand Isle.
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Supreme Court
Grand Isle
High Court
Wanda Mercer
Willie Byrd Mercer
New Orleans
Mercer
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Gulf of Mexico
U. District Court
New Pete
Paris Theriot
Circuit Court
High Tribe
Parole Board Denies Payoffs in Quick Parole Case
Louisiana Parole Board officials Monday denied payoffs for quick paroles. The Orleans District Attorney sought revocation of parole for James Martin and Sidney Hebert, both New Orleans men, after a grand jury probe into early releases. Four witnesses said no parole violations were found.
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Louisiana Parole Board
Baton Rouge
James Martin
Sidney Hebert
Orleans Dist
Jim Garrison
Martin
Hebert
New Orleans
Orleans Grand Jury
Grand Jury
William C. Holden
Parole Board
William E. Dunn
Principal speaker tonight at Business Management Institute
Dr. Jackson A. White of Northeast State business administration faculty will address the campus session on Cost Accounting Management's Left Arm. Loretta Rivers of Monroe has been elected secretary of LSU College of Business Administration Alumni Association in spring alumni activities.
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Jackson A. White
Business Administration
Northeast State
Business Management Institute
Loretta Rivers
Monroe
Louisiana State University College of Business Administration Alumni Association
Oak Street Reopened to One Way Traffic
Monroe police announce the 300 block of Oak Street is reopened to one way traffic after construction for St Francis Hospital. Eastbound direction resumes with Wood Street westbound. Major George Whitlow thanks the public for patience during the closure.
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Monroe Police Department
Oak Street
St. Francis Hospital
Wood Street
George Whitlow
Monroe Police
Today's Chuckle in Brief: Jet-Ready Executive Profiles
A light note on a successful businessman famed for his boundless ability to board planes. It highlights his travel habit as a defining trait, framing him as endlessly plane-bound.
US opposition fails to block 20 French locomotives sale to Cuba
AP reports Washington officials pressed senior French leaders to halt the sale of 20 locomotives to Cuba but efforts were unsuccessful. Other items note President Johnson launching the National Multiple Sclerosis Society drive, Appalachia economy restoration plan before Congress, taxi drivers protesting killings blamed on Americans, Baton Rouge budget committee reviewing state college budgets, Mansfield aiming to break the civil rights bill ice, and Fulbright's letter in strong support for a Senate Cuba speech.
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United States
Cuba
Johnson
National
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Security tight at U S installations in Saigon drive on threat
Saigon dispatch reports maximum security at U S installations as authorities brace for a threatened Viet Cong driven demonstration. No injuries or details on scale provided in this fragment.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
West Berlin man shot by East German border guard in self defense
A 20 year old resident of West Berlin was fatally shot by an East German border guard who said the shooting was in self defense. The incident occurred near the Berlin border as tensions between the two states persisted. Investigators are reviewing the event for further details and possible international implications.
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Berlin
Khrushchev targets in new Chinese book sparks Asia rift
AP dispatch notes a Chinese circulated work titled Khruchevism accuses Nikita Khrushchev of plotting against Fidel Castro, delaying revolutions, and courting JFK for two decades of peace. The tome, authored by Theja Gunaward Hana in English, appears dictated by Beijing and highlights Moscow-Peking clash over global revolutionary movements.
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Khrushchev
Moscow - Peking
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Viet Nam
Laos
Southeast Asia
Peking
Moscow
Soviet Union
Ceylon
Theja Gunaward Hana
John F. Kennedy
Endrin Found In Every Dead Dying Fish
A Public Health Service scientist testified that endrin pesticide appeared in every dead or dying fish examined after a major Louisiana fish kill. K E Biglane, a former aquatic biologist, outlined three findings from the 1958 investigation: endrin used in aerial sprays, fish deaths following rains with cane-field runoff, and deaths stopped when spraying ceased.
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New Orleans
U.S. Public Health Service
Louisiana
K. E. Biglane
Washington
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Biglane
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana Fair Show Integrated at New York World's Fair
Gov. Jimmie H. Davis fiscal chief says America be Seated, a racially mixed stage show, will open in the Louisiana Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. James S. Reily, commissioner, notes New York race laws differ from Louisiana and visitors must follow Louisiana laws and customs.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
America
Louisiana
James S. Reily
New York
Fire damages Mobile harbor after collision near oil barge
An outbound freighter Prospector collided with a Pure Oil gasoline barge in Mobile harbor early today. The 447-foot ore carrier and the barge caught fire. authorities said no injuries. The barge carried 735,000 gallons of gasoline. Firemen, Coast Guard crews, and city responders battled the blaze for hours. The Prospector reached a berth under its own power. the barge was beached. The incident involved the tug Vulcan towing three barges. the Prospector is Liberian owned and registered to Monrovia.
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Ala
Pure Oil Co
State Docks
Coast Guard
Prospector
Vulcan
Sabine Towing Co
Port Arthur
Tex
Monrovia
Liberia
Liberian Ore Steamship Co
Aluminum Co. of America
Weather Outlook Shows Little Change Through Wednesday
Weather forecast indicates minimal change through Wednesday with highs 82 to 86 and overnight 60 to 65. Southeast winds run 5 to 15 mph, skies mostly clear to partly cloudy. Monroes high Monday was 83 with a 60-degree low. west stays showery and cool with mountain snow, east of the Rockies sunny and mild. From Missouri to the eastern Great Lakes, warm conditions prevail as showers and scattered storms dot the Central Plains to the western Great Lakes.
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Monroe
Rockies
Missouri
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Long Opposes Unpledged Electors Move in Louisiana
Senator Russell Long of Louisiana condemned the unpledged electors effort in a WDSU-TV interview. He argued the 20th century era favors voter rule and criticized limiting ballots and votes, likening the move to Russian practices. He said a candidate should be able to appear on ballots and have his votes counted in Louisiana.
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New Orleans
Russell Long
D-La
Wdsu-Tv
Long
Louisiana
Russia
Two Fredericksburg Police Shot Dead in Ambush
Two Fredericksburg police officers, Sgt. Roy Wright aged 31 and Patrolman W Frank Mines aged 27, were found shot to death near a patrol car at a shopping center. A statewide alert was issued for two men in blood stained clothing. The crime occurred between 3 and 5 36 am EST. Pistols and handcuffs were missing. No burglary evidence at nearby stores. Wright father of three, Mines father of one. Wright had seven years on force, Mines two and a half. No arrests yet.
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UPI
Roy Wright
W. Frank Mines
Wright
Mines
Youth Rewarded For Assisting In Theft Case
LAKE PROVIDENCE Special Mike Davis 13 received a red and reel from Chief Henry Vaughn for aiding in solving a Thursday burglary at the Red Front Bar. He found loot hidden behind hay in an abandoned Riverside Drive house and alerted police, leading to the arrest of Joe Sanders 21 and Cecil Kelly. Sanders drew 18 months in East Carroll Parish prison farm. Kelly remains jailed for age determination.
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Lake Providence
Mike Davis
Henry Vaughn
Red Front
Mike
Riverside Drive
Sanders
East Carroll Parish
Kelly
Drowning Cited as Fatal Preschool Accident Cause
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co notes that about one eighth of all fatalities among preschool children are due to drowning, highlighting water safety risks for young families.
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The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Clyde Johnson Rips Out Phone at McKeithen Little Capitol
Police questioned Clyde Johnson of Greensburg after an incident at the Little Capitol in a Baton Rouge hotel. An aide says Johnson ripped a telephone line from a wall on the hotels tenth floor where McKeithen offices are housed.
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Clyde Johnson
Baton Rouge
Greensburg
John McKeithen
Little Capitol
L. H. Bennett
McKeithen
Johnson
Passersby Watch As Girl Attacked In Bronx Doorway
In New York, 15 passersby watched an 18 year old girl fought off by Daniel G Coughlin, a 26 year old father of two, who raped and assaulted her in a Bronx office doorway. Police arrested him on rape and felonious assault charges after two officers responded. The victim, whose name was withheld, described being attacked on a main Bronx thoroughfare and later escaping after being struck and threatened with a razor.
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New York
UPI
Bronx
Kitty Genovese
Queens
Daniel G Coughlin
Coughlin
American servicemen among Viet Nam air disaster victims
A Caribou transport plane crashed near Tan Hiep, 25 miles southwest of Saigon, seconds after takeoff, killing all 15 aboard including nine Americans and six Vietnamese. Two American helicopters reached the scene two minutes later, with eight bodies found in a nearby rice field.
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Tan Hiep
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Viet Nam
Caribou
Monroe to hold New York bond sale conference
Mayor W L Jack Howard announced a May 21 conference with 34 New York bond houses to promote sale of 5.4 million dollars in bonds from Monroe's 114 million capital improvement program. The city plans to sell remaining bonds June 9 and aims to have all projects under contract by year end as airport terminal and sewer plant under construction.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
New York
Monroe
Howard
Monroe Property Owners
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