Gas line blast kills two in Lake Charles area
A bulldozer ruptured an underground propane line in Calcasieu Parish near Lake Charles, starting a fierce fire that killed Wade Thibodaux and Stanley Sonnier, both 40, of New Iberia. Four injured were hospitalized in Sulphur and Lake Charles, with one in critical condition.
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Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish
Harry Snath
Wade Thibodaux
Stanley Sonnier
New Iberia
The
Gulf Coast Construction Co
Cities Service
Burton Young
Bell
Robin David
John Romero
Clarence Raymond
Kennedy Adviser Warns Pesticide Dangers To Public Health
Washington AP President Kennedy's science adviser Dr. Jerome Wiesner warned that contamination from uncontrolled pesticide use may pose a greater danger than radioactive fallout though not yet proven. He testified at a Senate subcommittee hearing on pollution including fallout and detergents as it weighs tighter controls. The administration backs federal action and stronger laws to curb pesticide misuse and protect people and wildlife.Secretary Freeman welcomed efforts to strengthen pesticide use as part of ensuring safe food and agricultural efficiency. The panel of experts’ highlights accompanied the White House report urging action.
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Washington
Kennedy
Jerome B. Wiesner
Senate
Wiesner
White House
Congress
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Lost pet notices in a local newspaper Want Ad
A lost tan pug with a black face and a black and white beagle roam near North Std. Reward offered. Contact numbers FA 39630 or FA 27114 or dial FA 2516 for information. Advertisements request readers to call with any found pets.
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Tan Pug
North Std
W.M. FA
Louisiana lawmakers eye Orleans court reapportionment suit
A three judge panel in New Orleans weighs a case to force reapportionment of the House. Judge action could affect the ongoing fiscal session as a former Baton Rouge senator sues. Gov Davis aims to avoid a fight on reapportionment. The budget totals 933 million with 546 million general appropriations before a Monday return. House and Senate reconvene Monday and a floor vote on the large appropriation may come soon.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
J. D. DeBlieux
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
T. T. Fields
Farmerville
Davis
Hungarians To Release Mindszenty From Budapest
Budapest reports say Joseph Mindszenty will leave for Rome under an agreement among the Vatican the United States and Hungary's Communist government. The 71 year old primate could assume a Vatican post and help normalize ties between Hungary and the US and the Vatican. Mindszenty has lived in the U S Legation since 1956 after a life sentence for treason in 1949.
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Budapest
Hungary
Vatican
United States
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Rome
U.S
Police Relaxed After Uneventful Night in Birmingham
Birmingham police eased tense patrols after another quiet night in a city still dealing with racial disturbances and heightened tensions in the era. Police reported no major incidents or clashes during the observed period.
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Birmingham
Ala
Twin City Chit-Chats Cinema 63 Final Season Show
The final presentation of Cinema 63 occurs Saturday at 8:15 in the Strauss Playhouse karte Lane. The feature is Rififi Pie, the acclaimed French film of 1956 noted for its international reception.
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Strauss Playhouse
Karte Lane
Financial Health Good Savings Gain In Ouachita Parish
The article reports rising savings and debt control among Ouachita Parish residents, driven by higher income and a growing pool of spending power. It cites local net income figures, per family savings rates, and bank time deposits rising from 1960 to 1962, with national savings reaching a record.
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Ouachita Parish
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Space program debates and global trade push
A group of British scientists charged Americas 1962 high altitude H bomb test altered the earth and space research. In Cape Canaveral officials considered another Mercury flight after L Gordon Cooper's 22 orbit mission. Herter urged universal agreement to end customs duties on tropical products to aid poorer nations. The NAACP in Jackson announced planned protests but gave no dates. Oleg Penkovsky was executed by firing squad in Moscow for spying.
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London
UPI
America
Cape Canaveral
L. Gordon Cooper
Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Kennedy
Debris Photos Hint at Thresher Sub Loss
Portsmouth report says oceanographic scientist obtained photographs showing debris on the ocean bottom, possibly from the nuclear submarine Thresher missing with 129 men.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Thresher
Penitentiary Expansion Poses Louisiana Problems
Baton Rouge officials voiced concern over expansion at the state penitentiary. Institutions chairman Chester Green warned that both the people and the state must recognize eventual need to address the resulting issues.
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Baton Rouge
Chester Green
Louisiana
State Penitentiary
Five Whites Arrested After Orleans Shooting
A 19 year old Black man was shot in the abdomen by a .22 rifle from a passing car as he waited for a bus in New Orleans. Five whites were arrested minutes later, three men and two women. The men Edgar LaFrance Jr 22 Wayne Noel 24 and David McIntyre 21 were charged with attempted murder. the women were held for investigation.
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New Orleans
Edgar Alfred LaFrance Jr
Wayne R. Noel
David M. McIntyre
LaFrance
Marie Adele Pearson
Albert Lee Davis
Rain May Pay Visit Friday Forecast Inches Closer
The weatherman predicts thundershowers for Friday afternoon, though widely scattered. Partly cloudy today and tomorrow with little temperature change. highs 86 to 92, lows 64 to 68. Southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Monroe high Wednesday reached 94 with a low of 68.
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Monroe
Adcock Backs Free Electors in Louisiana Legislature
Sen. Jamar Adcock says he will support free electors legislation if a bill is introduced during the current fiscal session. He urged independence in national politics and noted a possible bill in the Legislature while addressing the West Monroe Kiwanis Club. He also advocates replacing legislative scholarships with a student loan system funded by a state trust to finance college attendance in Louisiana.
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Jamar Adcock
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Washington
Adcock
Louisiana
West Monroe Kiwanis Club
Highland Park Country Club
Monroe Solon
Desegregation Pact Fallout Spurs Boycott Fears
Birmingham merchants worry as talks on a desegregation pact draw white opposition. Officials urge calm while a 77 name committee aids efforts to curb violence. Governor Wallace accuses Kennedy of federal overreach and vows legal action to challenge troop deployment.
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Montgomery
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Alabama
Birmingham
Cooper Family Heads to Hawaii for Pacific Reunion
Mrs L Gordon Cooper and her daughters prepare to join astronaut Cooper in Honolulu after he lands in space. The family plans a Houston Los Angeles Honolulu itinerary on National Airlines and Pan American jets with luggage ready and street chatter about his 16th orbit.
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Taylor Lake Village
Tex
UPI
L. Gordon Cooper
Hawaii
Astronaut Cooper
Honolulu
Houston
National Airlines
Los Angeles
Cooper
Satellite launches rely on staged rockets for safe orbit
The use of staging in satellite launches is necessary to reach the required velocity without causing excessive initial heat that could burn or damage the satellite before reaching orbit altitude.
Space log records Gordon Cooper orbit by orbit
This AP hour-by-hour log from Cape Canaveral details Gordon Cooper's flight orbit by orbit from blastoff at 8:04 a.m. to late night telemetry. It notes visual sightings, experiments with a flashing beacon, rest periods, and communications with Mercury Control and Trudy Cooper.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Cooper
Earth
Virgil I. Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
John H. Glenn Jr
Perth
Australia
California
Mercury Control
Cooper completes marathon Mercury flight toward Pacific splashdown
Pilot Gordon Cooper speeds toward the 22 orbit mission end as Mercury control grants the go ahead for a full descent. Faith 7 is to fire retro rockets east of Shanghai around 6 03 p m EST with a parachute landing off Midway Island. Recovery carrier Kearsarge awaits in the Pacific after Cooper photographs the zodiacal light from the Indian Ocean.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Pacific Ocean
Mercury Control Center
Cooper
Shanghai
China
Pacific
Midway Island
Midway
Indian Ocean
Virgil Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Locust Invasion Celebrated as Nature's Oddity in Louisiana
A Louisiana agriculture official says loud locust hums heard in northeast Louisiana are from an unusually large swarm. Entomologist R D Olson notes the singing male locusts pose no crop danger and may be mating calls, with locusts living underground in immature stages for years and grouping before singing.
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Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
R. D. Olson
State Department of Agriculture
News-Star
Olson
Olsan
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