Davis backs idle funds bill but dodges reapportionment plan
Gov. Jimmie H. Davis signals support for idle funds legislation in the 30 day fiscal session while indicating administration will not back reapportionment. The opening featured a New Orleans band on the Senate floor and Davis to address a joint session as the budget around 900 million is unveiled.
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Sam Hanna
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana
New Orleans
Senate
Davis
State Sovereignty Commission
Fred Eagan
Supreme Court Denies Hearing for Louisiana Executions
The Supreme Court refused to hear appeals by Adam Mack Jr. and Shelton Williams, two African American men condemned for the New Iberia murder of groceryman Elier Duhon. The ruling clears Louisiana to proceed with the executions. Williams and Mack argued juror racial composition and trial transcript funding violated due process. Feast received life imprisonment and did not appeal.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Adam Amos Mack Jr
Shelton Williams
Louisiana
New Iberia
Elier Duhon
Williams
Mack
Henry Feast
Iberia
Feast
Louisiana Supreme Court
Prisoner Delayed In Escape Bid
In Dumas Texas a Mexican laborer escaped to a second floor window hanging by a foot. Deputy Red LaFever held the man for 10 minutes as other deputies arrived to help. The prisoner suffered minor cuts during the attempt and was being taken to jail.
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Dumas
Tex
UPI
Moore County Court House
Red LaFever
LaFever
Court Ruling Nixes Jail Terms for Louisiana Negroes
The U S Supreme Court unanimously overturns contempt sentences given to three Black residents of East Baton Rouge Parish for refusing to move from the white section of a courtroom The decision cites a Richmond Virginia case and holds that a state may not require segregation in a courtroom.
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Supreme Court
Louisiana
High Court
Richmond
19Th Judicial District Court
East Baton Rouge Parish
Fred S. LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Clark
Soviet Expels Five American and Five British Diplomats
The Soviet Union declares five American and five British diplomats unwelcome for espionage linked to Greville Wynne and Oleg Penkovsky. Among the Americans is Hugh Montgomery on home leave. others include William Jones, Alexis Davison, Rodney Carlson, and Richard Jacob.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Greville Wynne
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky
Wynne
Hugh Montgomery
Windsor Rocks
Conn
Montgomery
North Abingdon St
Arlington
William C. Jones
Av. J
Lubbock
Tex
Berlin
Alexis H. Davison
Tuxedo Rd
Atlanta
Rodney Carlson
N. 26Th St
Richard Jacob
Jacob
State Department
Washington, D.C
Royal Arch Masons to Confer Degrees in Monroe
Monroe Chapter No. 18 will confer postmaster and dem degrees Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the Masonic Temple on N Fourth and DeSiard. All Royal Arch Masons invited to attend.
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Monroe
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
N. Fourth
DeSiard
Guido Survives Ninth Argentine Crisis Amid Cabinet Turmoil
President Jose Maria Guido survived a ninth crisis of his year old regime by accepting Gen. Enrique Rauch resignation as interior minister and appointing Gen. Osiris Villegas. Rauch had accused the government of corruption and pro Peron Frondizi elements. four civilian ministers were expected to resign as Guido aims to hold elections July 7.
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Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Guido
Enrique Rauch
Rauch
Juan Peron
Arturo Frondizi
Guido
Osiris Villegas
Isters
Benjamin Rattenbach
Argentina
Frondizi
Peron
Juan Carlos Ongania
Rattenbach
Ratttenbach
Watch on South Vietnam unrest as advisers die in attacks
Army Special Warfare officers monitor possible new drive by Communist guerrillas after two U S advisers and a sergeant are killed in separate incidents. Pentagon figures show 36 American military men died in hostile actions in 1961 1962, with 49 more from noncombat causes.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
Defense Department
United States
Haitian Exiles Form Provisional Government in Puerto Rico
Haitian exiles Louis Dejoie and Daniel Fignole, both critics of Francois Duvalier, declare a provisional government in Puerto Rico and predict Duvalier’s fall within weeks. They seek quick recognition from the United States while Duvalier appears publicly with guards amid growing unrest.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Louis Dejoie
Daniel Fignole
Duvalier
Newsmen
United States
State Department
Dejoie
Fignole
Tax Department
Port Au Prince
Clemente Bardot
Steinbeck Mourns Charley the Poodle on Death Bed
Nobel laureate John Steinbeck confirms Charley died of old age ending the travels chronicled in Travels with Charley. He says he is not ready to discuss the loss and plans to adopt another dog later, but not a poodle to avoid painful reminders of no more travels.
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New York
Charley
John Steinbeck
Steinbeck
France
Kennedy plans Alabama trip to Birmingham area
President Kennedy plans a flight to northern Alabama on Saturday to view the Birmingham situation and will answer Alabama Governor George Wallace's telegram challenging federal troops. Wallace accused Kennedy of bypassing state officials, while the White House screens troop numbers and possible meeting plans as Atty. Gen. Kennedy advises.
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Washington
Kennedy
Birmingham
Alabama
White House
George Wallace
Pierre Salinger
Wallace
Robert F. Kennedy
Salinger
TVA
Weather outlook with warm highs and scattered showers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies through Tuesday with a few afternoon and evening thunder showers. Highs expected near 86 to 90, tonight's low 64 to 68, and southerly winds at 5 to 15 MPH. Sunday reached 92 with a 69 overnight low.
Doctor jokes on spring fever cure failing to draw patients
A physician quips that spring fever is not incurable but the real obstacle is finding a patient who wants to recover. The humorous remark highlights the paradox in seeking health during the season.
PSC lowers Monroe Division gas rates about ten percent
Public Service Commissioner John McKeithen announced that United Gas Corp. will cut rates in the Monroe Division by roughly 10 percent for North Louisiana communities where increases occurred in 1960. The drop, mirroring last year’s West Monroe relief, excludes Monroe and is to be formalized by PSC in a forthcoming order.
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John McKeithen
United Gas Corp
Monroe Division
North Louisiana
Public Service Commission
McKeithen
PSC
Cameo
Virginia Hotel
Ernest Clements
Oberlin
Nat Knight
Gretna
Columbia
Monroe
West Monroe
United Gas
Sterlington
State Supreme Court
Rule on Political Dues Hits North Carolina Workers
The Supreme Court ruled a railroad worker cannot be forced to pay the political portion of union dues. Justice Brennan delivered the majority opinion in a decade long case, with Justice Harlan concurring in part and Justice Goldberg disqualified. The decision sends the matter back to the North Carolina Supreme Court to determine which expenditures are political and what share of dues is allocable to politics.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brennan
Harlan
Goldberg
North Carolina
The
Southern Railway
North Carolina Supreme Court
Quiet Restored in Birmingham Riot-Troubled City
Federal riot control troops massed in Alabama to deter further disorder in Birmingham while life returned to near normal by mid morning. A sealed area reopened as traffic resumed. Jackie Robinson and Floyd Patterson planned to fly in, as President Kennedy sent Army troops to bases and warned they would move in if violence recurs.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Wuinn
Southern Christian Leadership Council
Jackie Robinson
Floyd Patterson
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Preparations Continue For Cooper Space Flight Despite Clouds
Cape Canaveral weather clouds threaten launch day for L Gordon Cooper Jr. as Mercury officials push ahead with preparations for a Tuesday liftoff. If successful, the Atlas rocket will send Cooper on a 22 orbit mission lasting over 34 hours with a vast recovery network ready around the globe.
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Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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United States
Atlantic
Bermuda
Pacific
Midway
Mercury Control Center
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Gordo
Four Teenagers Seized In High School Shooting
Four teens aged 17 to 18 were seized early today in a Huntington New York high school shooting case. They face charges of possession and use of an Italian make weapon after shots were fired at teacher Elizabeth Cubby’s home in Huntington Station, causing property damage but no injuries. Police found swastika armbands and neo Nazi literature with the youths. John Collins Sr. was charged with possession of a pistol without a license.
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Huntington
N.Y
Edmund Kennedy
John Collins Jr
Stephen Cooke
Richard Hohenrath Jr
Suffolk County
Elizabeth Cubby
Huntington Station
John Collins Sr
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