Scott charges steel cartel links with U S market study
Sen. Hugh Scott accuses Japanese and some European steel makers of secretly forming a cartel to divide the U S market and dump surplus goods. The Justice Department reviews possible law violations as Tokyo firms deny a secret convergence while confirming agreements to regulate small diameter pipe shipments.
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Pittsburgh
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Japan
U.S
Justice Department
Scott
American Mining Congress
United States
Tokyo
Niho Knokan Co
Sen
Peace Hopes In Laws Very Slim and Laos Crisis Deepens
In Washington, Meyer Feldman voiced U.S. readiness to act if Israel is attacked, pledging support for Israel and recalling arms and aid. In Vientiane, Premier Souvanna Phouma said Laos peace chances are very slim as Pathet Lao threats rise and fighting resumes near Plaine des Jarres.
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U.S
Israel
Washington
Kennedy
United States
Near East
Meyer Feldman
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Feldman
West
United Nations
Cuba
Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Souvanna
Associated Press
Plaines Des Jarres
Control Commission
Phouma
Phoumi Nosavanh
Nam Tha
Thailand
Phoumi
Plaine Des Jarres
Senate ends lobbyist fee on Philippine WWII settlement
Senate and House conferees adopt a compromise bill barring lobbyist John A. O'Donnell or any claimant representative from receiving fees tied to the $73 million World War II damage settlement for the Philippines while approving a $1.5 billion supplemental package. The agreement also funds Civil Defense shelter surveys and Kennedy public works programs.
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White House
United States
Israel
Feldman
United Arab Republic
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Congress
Philip S. Bernstein
Rochester
N.Y
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Kennedy
Washington
Senate
Islands
House
U.S
John A. O'Donnell
Albert Thomas
D-Tex
O'Donnell
Screwworm Infestation Found Near Louisiana Boundary
Dr. Al bin Pass of the U S animal disease eradication division said screwworm infestation has been found in Texas near the Louisiana boundary. Inspectors survey areas near Beaumont and in Shelby County south of Logansport on the Sabine River as cattlemen adjust expectations about infestation levels.
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Baton Rouge
Albin Pass
U.S. Animal Disease Eradication Division
Texas
Louisiana
Beaumont
Shelby County
Logansport
Sabine River
Pennel to Receive Chamber Award for Pole Vault Feat
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce will honor Northeast Louisiana State College athlete John T. Pennel with a special award for his world record pole vault. Chamber President J C Mose Loftin announced the plan and noted the orientation will be coordinated by the College Liaison committee chaired by Fulton Renfro.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana State
John T. Pennel
Chamber
J. C. (Mose
Monroe Little Theatre Opens Members Meeting at Strauss Playhouse
The Monroe Little Theatre holds its annual open meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the Strauss Playhouse on Lamy Lane. Joe and Viv Murray return from the Kentucky Derby with a winning ticket and praise a perfect trip. Eight thousand copies of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce May bulletin Twin City Highlights roll off the press, saluting Miss Emy-Lou Biedenharn and featuring Elsong on the cover.
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Monroe Little Theatre
Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Joe
Viv Murray
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Twin City
Emy - Lou Biedenharn
Elsong
Largest flower the rafflesia feeds on forest floor decay
The parasitic rafflesia holds the record for the largest flower. It grows on decaying vegetation on the floors of tropical forests.
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Grolier Society
Ten Die In Louisiana Weekend Accidents
Louisiana roundup reports ten fatalities from weekend accidents including four traffic deaths. Victims include James O. McAlister in a Bonne Carre spillway crash near Norco, Arthur L. Broom in Tickfaw River drowning, Carolyn Thornhill by a riding accident near Pollock, and Pamela Lachney from choking en route to hospital. Additional deaths occurred in a Lafayette fire, a New Orleans man struck near New Orleans, and a boating incident near Hopedale.
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Louisiana
Bonne Carre
Norco
James O. McAlister
Kenner
Arthur L. Broom
Baton Rouge
Tickfaw
Springfield
Carolyn F. Thornhill
Pamela Lachney
Rapides Station
Alexandria
James Perkins
New Orleans
Lafayette
Celestine Sam
Eddie Clark
Hopedale
Birmingham Negroes Plan New March
In Birmingham hundreds of young Negroes gathered at integration offices and signaled plans for another mass demonstration. A Sunday march drew 1400 arrests in the largest Southern desegregation display. authorities kept order with fire hoses and dogs as police moved the crowd toward a nearby park and back.
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Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Connor
Wyatt Tee Walker
Burke Marshall
U.S. Justice Department
Dick Gregory
Greenwood
Miss
New Pilgrim Baptist Church
Mild May Weather With Warm Spells Expected
The forecast hints at a warm spell with 84 to 88 degree highs on Tuesday following a 90 degree high on Sunday in Monroe. Lows stay around the upper 50s to low 60s with 5 to 15 mph winds and a chance of widely scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers.
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Monroe
OAS holds emergency session to avert Haiti Dominican clash
The 20 nation OAS council met in an emergency session to head off a potential war between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. George Brest of Milwaukee died after a kidney transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Kennedy nominated Gen. Curtis LeMay for another year as Air Force chief of staff and named Adm. David L. McDonald to succeed the retiring Adm. George W. Anderson as Joint Chiefs of Staff chair. In Baton Rouge Sen William Cleveland and the legislative budget committee discussed drafting legislation to invest idle state funds.
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Washington
UPI
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Boston
George Brest
Milwaukee
Wis
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Kennedy
Gen
Curtis LeMay
Air Force
Adm
David L. McDonald
George W. Anderson
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Baton Rouge
UPS
William Cleveland
Wright pleads guilty in manslaughter of Detroit student
George Wright a 41-year-old Black man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the pistol slaying of John Fisher III a white college student from Detroit Michigan last November 11 in Natchitoches Louisiana.
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Natchitoches
George Wright
John Fisher III
Detroit
Mich
Nixon buys Fifth Avenue apartment near Rockefeller honeymoon suite
Former Vice President Richard Nixon purchases a 12 room, $135000 apartment at 810 Fifth Ave in a coop building where Nelson Rockefeller has a honeymoon suite. Title transfer to Nixon is set for May 15 and move-in planned before June 1 ahead of joining the Mudge Stern firm. The Rockefeller and Clark divorce settlement details are noted.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Fifth Avenue
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Fifth Ave
Rockefeller
Douglas I. Elliman & Co., Inc
Mudge, Stern, Baldwin & Todd
Mary Todhunter Clark
New York Daily News
62Nd St
One Killed Nine Hurt In Highway Crowd Crash
A car speeding on Highway 65 failed to negotiate a curve and crashed into a crowd watching a fire near Little Rock five miles south. Floyd Henry Cooper of Little Rock drove the vehicle, killing one and injuring nine, with four ambulances transporting the wounded to area hospitals.
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Little Rock
Ark
Floyd Henry Cooper
Two Escapees From East Louisiana State Hospital At Large
Johnson Louisiana AP reports two Black inmates fled from a ward for the criminally insane at East Louisiana State Hospital. Escapees are Jesse Fultz 26 of Tangipahoa Parish and Willie Richard 29 of St Landry Parish.
Dominican Republic Sends Thousands to Haiti Border
Dominican authorities deploy thousands of troops to the Haiti border amid rising tensions. Air Force patrols and naval coordination with U S warships in the Caribbean accompany reports of tanks and assault vehicles moving toward border points. President Bosch signals readiness to invade if provoked.
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Dominican Republic
Jimani
Barahona
Port-au-Prince
Santa Domingo
Negro Republic
City to sell capital bonds under four percent rate
Mayor predicts the first sale of six million dollars in capital improvement bonds on May 21 will yield an interest rate below four percent. City officials say funding plans rely on investing bond proceeds in federal securities to cover debt service without raising property taxes beyond two mills. Appraisers are contacting Wood Street property owners for 30 acres to build a new City Hall civic center jail and court facilities.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Haynes Harkey Jr
Harkey
Wood Street
Civic Center
Utilities Commission
Corregidor Remembered 21 Years After Surrender
Army Col. Burton R. Brown recalls parley with Lt. Gen. Wainwright at Corregidor before surrender. He then spent years in Japanese camps and later joined the Pentagon staff. The piece notes the fall of Corregidor as part of the broader Bataan surrender and Pacific war turning points.
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Washington
Army
Burton R. Brown
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
U.S
Philippines
Pacific
West Pointer Brown
Erie
Pentagon
Manila Harbor
George F. Moore
Bataan
Corregier
Brown
Japan
Ambush Kills American Lieutenant in Vietnam Fight
A US Army lieutenant and two Vietnamese soldiers were executed in broad daylight by Communist guerrillas on Route 13, north of Saigon. The bodies were found by a military patrol. the fate of the American’s identity was withheld. The incident marks the 73rd American death in Vietnam since 1961 amid ongoing attacks on the highway.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Route 13
Viet Nam
Mekong River
Can Tho
Air
Strikes Persist At 10 Major Construction Jobs
A News-Star survey finds strikes at 10 Monroe area sites with crossing of picket lines at some. A dispute at Admiral Benbow Inn jobsite is settled while nearly $600,000 in contracts were let for Baptist Children's Home and St. Francis Hospital additions. Bids resume on school additions, a new church, and a medical lab in the region.
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Monroe
Admiral Benbow Inn
News-Star
Baptist Children’s Home
St. Francis Hospital
Louisiana
Herbert Land
Ouachita Parish
W. C. Salley
Land
Nutland Road
General Lablorers
Salley
Associated General Contractors
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