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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1963

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Two Plead Guilty To Spy Charges In Moscow Trial

In a Moscow court British businessman Greville Wynne and Soviet science official Oleg Penkovsky pleaded guilty to spying for U S and British intelligence. Wynne admitted active espionage with reservations while Penkovsky pleaded guilty with no reservations and testified to regular U S contact.

Moscow Greville Wynne Oleg Penkovsky U.S Wynn Sheila Wynne London Derek Sinclair Nikolai Borovik Penkovsky Soviet Committee For Coordination of Scientific Research Soviet Union Britain United States Graying Francis Gary Powers

Not Guilty Pleas In French Quarter Vice Raids

About 40 men and women arrested in Bourbon Street club raids pleaded not guilty as Bond set at 65 dollars allowed release pending trial. Police and Dist Atty Jim Garrison pressed to curb vice with many faces facing charges of drinking prostitution and related offenses in a jammed night court.

New Orleans UPI Bourbon Street First District Jim Garrison Joseph Giarrusso Giarrusso Edwin Babylon

Planning a Move Soon Want Ad for Household Items

Sell items not in use from your old home to equip a new one. Includes a SERVES refrigerator in good condition, a roll away bed, a mahogany Kenmore four-drawer desk type sewing machine cabinet for 25 dollars. Call FA 3-6846 or dial FA 2-516 for quick results.

Kenmore

Telstar 2 Soars Into Orbit In Space Communication Plan

Telstar 2 launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta rocket marking a step toward global space communications. The 175 pound satellite entered a looping orbit with early signals good and initial altitude estimates between 575 and 6569 miles.

Cape Canaveral Fla United States Europe Delta National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Captain and Sergeant Missing as Defections Reported

East Germany confirms a U.S. Army captain and a sergeant sought asylum. Capt Alfred Svenson 30 of Scranton Pennsylvania crossed the border in uniform with a military vehicle, while Sgt Benjamin Cain 35 of Frederica Delaware is missing from his unit near West Berlin. Army HQ in Heidelberg is investigating.

Berlin East Germany ADN Alfred Svenson Scranton Benjamin Cain Frederica, del Svenson Giessen West Cain West Berlin East Berlin U.S. Army Heidelberg Antonio N. Svenson Washington, D.C

Campbell Couple Welcome First Grandchild at Offutt

Twin City notes the Campbell family joy as Lt. John Stone Campbell and his wife welcome a daughter born Monday night at Offutt Air Force Base Omaha Nebraska. The baby weighed six pounds three ounces. Lt Campbell, LSU Law School graduate, serves in the Judge Advocates Corps at Offutt.

Jack S. Campbell Oliver Road Monroe John Stone Campbell Offutt Air Force Base Omaha Neb Campbell LSU School of Law Offutt Judge Advocate's Corps

Monroe City Alumni Banquet Honors 1913 Class and 1963 Neville Graduates

The Monroe City School system hosts its annual alumni banquet at the Paragon Club at 7 15 p m with Mrs Marilyn Taylor in charge. The program honors the 1913 class and introduces Neville High School’s 1963 graduates. A brief note adds local color on hunting in Turkey and a judge’s statement about his son.

Monroe City Paragon Club Marilyn Taylor Neville High School

Dominican President defers invasion amid OAS mediation

President Juan Bosch accused Haitian forces of mounting machine gun positions outside the Dominican Embassy in Port au Prince while he delayed troops and tanks on the border. He warned force would be used only if aggressions continue, and urged OAS mediation to prevent bloodshed.

Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Juan Bosch Port Au Prince Bosch Organization of American States Washington Gonzalo Facio Costa Rica OAS Council Facio Dominican ‘Republic OAS Haiti Colombia Port Au Priaes

Judges weighs bid to dismiss federal desegregation suit

U S District Judge Sidney Mize in Jackson Mississippi heard arguments from Gulfport and Biloxi school districts seeking dismissal of a federal suit targeting desegregation near federal installations. Biloxi given 20 days to brief. Gulfport and U S attorneys to respond then ruling expected soon.

Jackson, Miss U.S. Dist Sidney Mize Gulfport Biloxi Mize U.S Mississippi Justice Department Biloxi and Alabama Louisiana Harrison County Madison Mobile Bossier Parish

Reporter Freed After 61 Days In British Jail

Reginald Foster a Daily Sketch reporter walked from a Sussex prison after 61 days of a three month sentence for contempt of court. Brendan Mulholland of the Daily Mail remains jailed for six months. Both had refused to disclose sources on the Vassall spy case amid a press freedom controversy.

London Vassall Reginald Foster Daily Sketch Sussex National Union of Journalists Daily Mail Brendan Mulholland Foster and Mulholland William John Vassall Admiralty Soviet Union

Partly Cloudy Mild Forecast Across Northeast Louisiana

Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and mild highs of 84 to 88 in northeast Louisiana through Wednesday. Tonight's low 60 to 65 with variable 5 to 15 mph winds. In Monroe on Monday the high reached 83 and the overnight low 63.

Siana Monroe

Princeton Riot Destroys Property Across Campus and Town

Princeton University faced a three hour riot with 1 000 to 1 500 students involved. Police arrested 14 students for disorderly conduct and released them on bail. The mob damaged the governor's mansion Morven, the president's home, a commuter rail depot, and the university grounds including fences, windows, and a flagpole.

Princeton N.J Princeton University University Henry Hall Robert F. Goheen Morven

Three Men Die In Sub Fire On Flasher at Groton Yard

In Groton Connecticut three men were killed and two injured one critically after a flash fire broke out in the aft trim tank of the nuclear attack submarine Flasher under construction at Electric Boat. The fire’s cause is undetermined and the dead are unnamed pending next of kin notification. The Flasher is a Thresher type submarine and the nuclear power plant was not involved.

Groton

U.S. Census Finds 41 Million Use Cars to Commute

About 41 million workers, roughly 64 percent of the labor force, travel to and from work by automobile either alone or in carpools, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Berlin wall escape car under five foot barrier

An Austrian 20 year old Heinz Meixner used a low-slung 4.2 foot sports car to slip under five foot steel beams at Checkpoint Charlie and flee to West Berlin. He described planning with Margarete Thurau amid prior arrests and border checks. A separate Angola crash killed two aboard a USDA contracted spray plane near the state penitentiary on the Mississippi.

Berlin Berlin Wall West Berlin Checkpoint Charlie Wall Heinz Meixner East Berlin Margarete Thurau Meixner Margarete

IRS proposes rules on business talk in disallowed settings

The IRS unveiled proposed rules defining what environments count as business talk for tax deductions, prompting strong responses. Industry groups deride vagueness and complexity while some officials offer sympathy, saying the rules are an impossible task amid a culture of expense accounts.

Washington Sam Internal Revenue Service Niagara Falls Andrew Ziomek National Licensed Beverage Association Arthur J. Packard Mount Vernon Ohio American Hotel & Motel Association Shay Mathia Sally Frick St. Louis

Evacuation Arrangements Moved for Haiti Flight

The State Department announced plans to evacuate about 220 dependents of U.S. government personnel in Haiti and around 1 300 private American citizens via Pan American World Airways. Officials stressed the move is precautionary and not tied to anticipated hostilities with the Dominican Republic.

Washington State Department U. S Haiti Pan American World Airways Port Au Prince U.S Department Dominican Republic Armistead I. Selden Jr D-Ala House Inter-American Affairs Executive Branch Francois Duvalier Guantanamo Cuba Kennedy

Passman Urges Monument Bill for Poverty Point Ruins

Rep. Otto Passman asks the House subcommittee to back a bill creating a national monument at Poverty Point ruins in West Carroll Parish Louisiana. The measure would authorize federal acquisition of 1400 acres near Epps for about 1.2 million dollars with estimated annual costs of 70 thousand dollars. Hearings will be scheduled for further testimony.

Washington UPI Otto Passman D-La House Subcommittee On National Parks Today Poverty Point Inco West Carroll Parish Passman National Youth Corps Epps Interior Department Thomas G. Morris D-N. M

Alabaman Killed In Bridge Crash

Baton Rouge AP reports David Liston Barnes of Birmingham Alabama was killed when his car sped about 120 mph on U.S. Highway 190 and crashed into a bridge support after clipping a rail and railing near the Mississippi River overpass. He was 30 and worked as a steel worker at Lake Charles.

Gresham State Penitentiary Mississippi Baton Rouge Ralph Johnson Bert Dixon Angola David Liston Barnes Birmingham Ala Lake Charles U.S. Highway 190 Mississippi River al Guard

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