Northeast Gets Graduate School Approval Friday
Northeast State College of Monroe won state education board approval for a new graduate program for teachers and school administrators to begin this summer in June. Dr. George T. Walker announced the plan and noted a new student union building was approved while two dormitories faced further study.
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State Board of Education
Lake Oxford
Northeast
Walker
Johns and Neel
Monroe
Turpin and Wells
Walker and Walker
Shreveport
Madson Hall
Breard Hall
Louisiana
Riots Erupt as European Settlers Clash With Police in Oran
In Oran Algeria European settlers and French riot police fought in a hand to hand battle over Evian peace talks. The mob invaded the Swiss consulate burning files while police used rifle butts tear gas and grenades. Casualties were not reported.
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Oran
Algeria
France
Evian
Paris
Algiers
Constantine
Place Des Victoires
Place Hoche
Algerie Francaise
Charles de Gaulle
Conspiracy Case Figure Whiteside Shot Dead in Miami
Thurman A. Whiteside, a key figure in the Mack conspiracy case, was found shot to death in his Miami law office. A .22 pistol was found near him as authorities noted he died almost instantly from a right temple wound.
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Miami
Fla
Thurman A. Whiteside
FCC
Richard A. Mack
Whiteside
Joseph Davis
Davis
Mack
Kennedy Signs 73 New Federal Judgeships Bill
President Kennedy signed a bill creating 63 district judges in 32 states and Puerto Rico and 10 circuit court judges. He used 10 pens and distributed them to witnesses and legislators. The move raises total judicial appointments to 95, the most by any president at one time.
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Washington
Kennedy
Puerto Rico
Circuit Courts of Appeals
Ginger Thrasher Wed Ike McMaullen in West Monroe
Ginger Thrasher, secretary to Mayor J Allan Norris, married Ike McMaullen last night ending weeks of mystery. The couple reportedly left for a two week honeymoon in unknown parts, with colleagues filling in during her absence.
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Ginger Thrasher
West Monroe
J. Allan Norris
Ike McMaullen
Government To Intervene Over Rights
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy warned of more civil rights challenges in New Orleans and Louisiana next year. He said federal action would rise where local authorities fail to act and testified before the House Appropriations Committee that the government would use its full power to enforce desegregation decisions. He noted anticipated problems in September and beyond, and said aggressive Justice Department steps would follow where needed.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
New Orleans
Louisiana
Kennedy
House Appropriations Committee
Justice Department
U. S
JFK Blocks Threatened Rail Strike
President Kennedy invoked the Railway Labor Act to halt a potential nationwide rail strike by the 6000-member Brotherhood of Railway Yaremasters of America. An emergency board was named to hear the dispute and issue settlement recommendations within 30 days, with a further 20-day no-strike period.
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Washington
Kennedy
Yaremasters of America
Railway Labor Act
Chicago
Milton G. Schoch
Schoch
Harold M. Gilden
William N. Coburn
Leo Cyril Brown
St Louis University
Power Mad Dictator Castro Threat to Western Hemisphere
Fleeing Americans in Miami say Castro's Communist rule threatens Latin America and the Western Hemisphere. Officials note invasion failure consolidates Castro's grip as diplomats warn only outside pressure could alter his course.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Latin America
Soviet Bloc
Castro
Havana
Repatriates Happy Over Leaving Cuba
Fifty two American repatriates from Castro's Cuba, including the last U S newsmen, returned to the United States from Havana aboard a charter plane. Amid tearful reunions at Miami International Airport, reporters like Robert Berrellez and Harold Milks described weeks of imprisonment and flight from militiamen.
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Associated Press
Robert Berrellez
Harold Milks
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Berrellez
Havana
Castro
U.S
Nogales
Ariz
Grim la Cabana
Harold K. Milks
Associated Press Caribbean Services
Miami International
New York Times
Intelligence
Ruby Hart Phillips
Milks
Alabama Bans Freedom Riders In Court Order
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones issued an injunction barring the Congress of Racial Equality and its followers from entering or traveling in Alabama and from engaging in the so called freedom ride amid ongoing race integration protests. The order came after discussions with Governor John Patterson and Alabama Attorney General MacDonald Gallion as a biracial group waited at the Birmingham bus station following failed integration attempts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
Freedom Riders
Alabama
MacDonald Gallion
John Patterson
Congress of Racial Equality
Birmingham
Deportation upheld for Carlos Marcello to Guatemala
U S District Judge Alexan der Holszoff ruled that Marcello’s deportation last April 4 was valid and legal, denying his lawyers bid to declare it illegal. The ruling blocks his return to the United States unless overturned, with attorney Jack Wasserman promising an appeal.
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Washington
U.S
Alexander Holszoff
Carlos Marcello
Guatemala
Marcello
Jack Wasserman
Ouachita Parish Faces Deficit Before Funding Request
Ouachita Parish School Board will have state officials audit its $89 207.92 deficit for the current fiscal year before asking the legislature for additional appropriations. Board President Charles G Wall Jr led a delegation to a legislative finance committee meeting. A Division of Administration representative will visit Monroe Tuesday for records check as the board had 48 extra teachers and higher supplies.
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Baton Rouge
Ouachita Parish
Charles G. Wall Jr
Wall
House
Division of Administration
Monroe
Ward
W. W. Ward
Milton Hall
Jack Young
Weather forecast for warmer weekend with isolated storms
Partly cloudy with highs near 92 expected today and Sunday. Twin Cities see no rain while coastal areas may have isolated thunderstorms. Friday's high reached 90 with a low of 67 at Selman Field.
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Twin Cities
Selman Field
Gibbs Welfare Cuts Issue Hands Davis First Loss
In Baton Rouge Gov. Jimmie H. Davis sees his political standing tested as the House adopts a $514 million general appropriations bill 62 to 2. Rep. Lawrence Gibbs drives a welfare-cut amendment amid arguments over old age pensions and a new medical aid program.
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Gibbs
Davis
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
House
Conter
Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Henry Bethard Jr
Red River Parish
Rep
Rissey Triche
Napoleonville
Triche
Laos Says Cease-Fire Violations Continue in Laos
In Geneva the Royal Lao government charged that Soviet supplied rebels are massacring Royal forces despite the May 3 ceasefire. Premier Prince Boun Oum spoke through South Viet Nam’s Vu Man Mau as the Lao delegation boycotted the talks amid Rusk-Gromyko discussions.
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Geneva
UPI
Laos
Boun Oum
Vu Man Mau
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Rusk
V. K. Krishna Menon
Gromyko
Chen Yi
Averei Harriman
Welfare benefits in Louisiana to rise not fall says official
A Louisiana Welfare Department spokesman says welfare benefits will increase rather than decrease. The budget revision restores a $2 monthly cut in old age checks and outlines medical care grants. The department notes average old age grants are $64 monthly for about 25 000 recipients with no federal funds for grants over $65.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Department of Public Welfare
Mary Evelyn Parker
Department
House
Senate defeats Javits Cooper school aid cut bid
The Senate rejected a liberal Republican amendment that would have cut the 2.55 billion federal education aid bill by 326 million and changed the funding formula. Javits and Cooper argued for redistribution, while Morse defended the measure as fair nationwide as Kennedy’s bill advances toward likely Senate passage.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N. Y
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Javits and
Cooper
Javits
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Fire In Manila Destroys Blocks In Chinatown Blaze
A 12 hour Manila fire gutted six city blocks in the dense commercial district. About 800 firefighters labored through the night, with estimates of damage around 25 million dollars and one fireman reported dead from smoke inhalation.
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Manila
UPI
Antonio Villegas
Chinatown
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