Kennedy Education Plan Under Attack in Senate
Senate Republicans opened a two pronged challenge to President Kennedy’s education aid and government reorganization orders. Leader Styles Bridges said a closed session will seek party line unity while considering a tax rebate substitute to the $2.55 billion bill. Case and Cotton propose sending 1 percent of federal income taxes back to states for education.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Bridges
Sens
Francis Case
R-S.d
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Case
Sister Of Late Earl Huey Long Dies In Ruston
Mrs. Charlotte Long Davis 84 sister of the late Earl and Huey Long died at 609 North Vienna after several days illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Rev. G Avery Lee officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery directed by Spears Funeral Home. Survivors include two daughters, three sisters, a brother, and six grandchildren.
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Ruston
Charlotte Long Davis
Earl and Huey Long
North
Vienna
Pam
First Baptist Church
G. Avery Lee
Greenwood Cemetery
Spears Funeral Home
Huey P. Long Sr
Winnfield
Davis
Davis Bros
Lottie
Robert A. Parrett
Alexandria
Felton Green
Clara Knott
Many
Oliver Cooper
Natchitoches
Stewart Hunt
Julius Long
Shreveport
Court Balks At Parochial Review
The Supreme Court refused to review a Vermont ruling that state aid for Catholic parochial school tuition is unconstitutional. The Vermont Supreme Court had barred such payments in South Burlington Town School District, backing a First Amendment challenge by taxpayers. The high court let the Vermont decision stand, citing church control of the schools.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Vermont
Vermont Supreme Court
South Burlington
Ince
Monroe proposes $1,700,000 city school bond issue
Voters in Monroe will decide tomorrow on a $1.7 million bond plan to expand and improve the city school system. The proposal funds three elementary schools, a 20 classroom wing, a school board office, and renovations, with 5,557 registered voters in the city limits.
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Monroe
Mae Lucky
Parish Registrar of Voters
Support For JFK Khrush Talk Growing
Washington AP supports a Kennedy Khrushchev meeting as probable with lawmakers urging personal diplomacy. Sen. Humphrey says modern world politics require head of state talks to ease tensions without compromising U.S. positions. Sen. Sparkman backs conferences, noting risk but value in showing willingness to try.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Democratic
Humphrey
United States
Free Nations
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
Two Mon roe grads among 117 inducted into Phi Kappa Phi
Mary Elizabeth Webster and Mary Emma Wilson of Monroe join 115 fellow students as LSU's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honors top scholars. Election reflects scholarship leadership and character with members drawn from the upper eighth of graduates. Juniors in the top five percent are also highlighted in the Chit Chat section.
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Mary Elizabeth Webster
Mary Emma Wilson
Monroe
Louisiana State University
Phi Kappa Phi
Parish Grand Jury Reconvenes Under Judge Heard’s Order
Ouachita Parish grand jury is called into special session by Judge Jesse Heard. The 12 member panel begins May 24 at 9 30 a m with Tom H Scott as foreman and a list of jurors including John Bishop Johnston Jr C K Dickard N A Jardine J A Rutledge G Hudson Sr P G Boyd A Lee Hodges D C Roddey G H Owens Wiley K Roach and George Wylie. The subjects to be examined are not specified.
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Jesse Heard
Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Tom H. Scott
Monroe
John Bishop Johnston, Jr
C. K. Dickard
N. A. Jardine
J. A. Rutledge
G. Hudson, Sr
P. G. Boyd
Today’s Chuckle: Self-starters Could Spare the Boss
A light quip notes that with more self-starters around the workplace the boss would not need to play crank. The humor hinges on workplace initiative and leadership strain.
Airliner Broadcasts Educational TV Across Six States
A converted airliner over Indiana broadcast the first education programs to schools in Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Ohio and Kentucky as part of the MPATI airborne television instruction test. A standby plane with identical equipment joined the test while Dr John E Ivey Jr of Purdue University leads the program aimed at aiding teachers.
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Chicago
Indiana
Midwest
MPATI
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Montpelier
John E. Ivey Jr
MPTAI
Purdue University
Two Jail Breakers Sought After Cambridge Killings
Police circling woodland ten miles from Cambridge hunt two escapees Norman Porter 21 and Edgar W Cook 48 who fled Middlesex County Jail after warden David S Robinson 53 was killed. Porter charged with murder in Lynn store robbery. Cook due in court for Cambridge police killing. FBI agent Roger Robinson, brother of the slain warden, is assigned to New York.
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Cambridge
Mass
Middlesex County
Lincoln
Norman Porter
Edgar W. Cook
David S. Robinson
Robinson
Roger Robinson
FBI
New York
Cook
Middlesex County Superior Court
Lawrence W. Gorman
Porter
John Piggott
Lynn
Boston
Newsmen banned from floor during Louisiana House session
Baton Rouge AP report says House Speaker Tom Jewell barred newspaper radio and television reporters from the floor while in session. Photographers require permission from lawmakers before pictures. Reporters must stay at seats at front tables, with an assistant sergeant near the news desk to summon lawmakers as needed.
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Senate
Jewell
House
Mixed Group Attacked As Freedom Riders Continue Tour
A firebomb destroyed a bus and several members of a racially mixed freedom riders group were beaten in Alabama as they pressed a test of bus station color barriers. The group, 16 white and 8 Negro, vowed to press on from Birmingham toward Montgomery, with the NAACP urging FBI involvement and the Justice Department directing an FBI inquiry for possible federal law violations.
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Freedom Riders
South
Anniston
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Washington
Montgomery
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
FBI
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
State Department
U.S
America
Justice Department
Goldfine Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion Charges
Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine pleaded guilty to evading nearly 800000 dollars in personal and corporate income taxes. Judge George C. Sweeney ordered a court psychiatric exam to assess his competence before final acceptance of the pleas.
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Goldfine
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
U.S. Dist
George C. Sweeney
Sweeney
E. Bennett Williams
Strathmore Woolen Corp
Three Red Chinese agents expelled from Uruguay
In Montevideo three Communist Chinese agents were ordered to leave Uruguay within 24 hours. Interior Minister Storacco Arrosa labeled them agitators after their Saturday arrival from Havana Cuba with large quantities of propaganda pamphlets.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Storacco Arrosa
Havana
Cuba
Woman Held In Shooting Here
The Ouachita parish sheriff department holds 36 year old Monroe woman Louise Ellis on attempted murder charges. She was taken into custody early Sunday and allegedly fired twice at Lavelle Anderson at the Shady Oaks Motel in West Monroe using a small calibre pistol.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Louise Ellis
Bailey Grant
Parker Street
Lavelle Anderson
Dick Taylor Street
Anderson
Shady Oaks
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Federal aid sought to boost state budget in Louisiana
Gov Jimmie Davis committee on state finances pressed to raise the 513 million appropriations bill by about 600 thousand. Major bid came from State Parks and Recreation Commission seeking 3808 939 while other requests covered agriculture brucellosis control sheriff costs hospital aid and extra tax office staff. The panel adjourned after an executive session as the aging medical care program tied to federal funds loomed.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Mary Te TB Cede Mee
la Lawn
WeVi farKner
weLrore
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Bryan Lehmann
Norco
House
Senate
State Parks and Recreation Commission
James S. Reily
Dave Pearce
Louisiana Sheriffs Association
Department of Hospitals
Louisiana Tax Commission
New Orleans
Parker
Norris Seeks State Help for West Monroe Street Plan
Mayor J. Alan Norris traveled to Baton Rouge to request state aid for West Monroe’s street program. He met with legislators at the state capitol and had an appointment with the Department of Highways to discuss funding.
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Baton Rouge
J. Alan Norris
West Monroe
Capitol
Norris
Department of Highways
Senators seek gold medal for comedian Bob Hope
Senate resolution introduced by Sen. Stuart Symington on behalf of 97 senators proposes a gold medal for Bob Hope. It honors his service entertaining troops abroad and his long history of charitable work with Hope fundraising foundations nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
Bob Hope
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Hope
Korea
Symington
SEC orders probe of American Stock Exchange rules and conduct
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an inquiry into the American Stock Exchange, prompted by its earlier banishment of specialists Jerry and Gerard Re. The investigation will examine rules policies and practices governing specialists and other members at the exchange.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission Today
American Stock Exchange
New York City
SEC
Jerry
Gerard Re
Wall Street
Commission
Rumors Portrayed Collapse of Red China Within Year
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson received information suggesting the Communist regime in China could collapse in 12 to 18 months due to internal unrest and malnutrition. Johnson, returning from Formosa after meeting Chiang Kai-shek, reportedly heard views from sources deemed worthy of consideration despite contrary assessments from Hong Kong informants.
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Hong Kong
Lyndon B. Johnson
China
Johnson
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Laos Talks Open With Communists Seated as Equals
The United States agreed to begin the 14 nation conference on Laos with the Communist Pathet Lao and neutralist delegations present as equals alongside two other Lao groups. President Kennedy reluctantly authorized Secretary Rusk to accept this format to avoid derailing the talks. The move follows pressure from Britain and Co chairmen Gromyko and Home. The royal Laotian government’s stance remains unsettled. The opening ceremony is planned for tonight or Tuesday.
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UPI
United States
Laos
U. S
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Rusk
U.S
Pathet Lao
Severe Storm Sweeps North Part of State
Severe weather hit north Louisiana with lightning and high winds on Sunday. Castor in Bienville Parish reported tornadic damage to a Baptist church and four homes. Rain totals reached .72 inches at Selman Field while Monroe and Shreveport area saw isolated thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.
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North Louisiana
Selman Field
Castor
Bienville Parish
Monroe
Shreveport
Twin Cities
White's Ferry Road
Ruston
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