Carpenter Given Ok For Third Orbit Scions Seeking Restoration Of Hospital Funds
Fifth District lawmakers met with Gov Jimmie H Davis to restore funds cut from E A Conway Memorial Hospital Monroe and to address a $34637 reduction for Ouachita Valley Vocational Technical School West Monroe The budget plan for 1962 63 faced opposition as lawmakers weighed a half cent sales tax for three years or a one cent tax for 18 months to retire a $60 million bond issue.
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Sam Hanna
Baton Rouge
Fifth District
Jimmie H. Davis
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Monroe
Lawrence Gibbs
Conway Memorial
Quachita
Ouachita Valley Vocational Technical School
West Monroe
Mike John, Jr
Davis
Monroe City
Lotus Club
Odom
Senate
Louisiana
Armed Robber and Hostage Slain in Mississippi
In Indianola Mississippi a running gun battle with police left armed robber Samuel Robertson Jr. and his companion Chadick dead. Store owner Chadick of Isola also killed. The 19 year old driver Sue Simmons of Melbourne Beach Florida was wounded and survived. Police pursued the car after a store holdup near Belzoni yielded less than $100.
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Indianola
Miss
Samuel Jack Robertson Jr
Houston
Chadick
Robertson
Simmons
Miss Simmons
Greenville General Hospital
C. A. Hollingsworth
Washington County
Lightning Claimed Life of Florida Boy While Fishing
A 3 year old boy was killed by lightning while fishing with a cane pole at a river dock in Jacksonville Florida. A companion escaped injury. James E Morton Jr described the moment a flash of lightning struck the area as they fished.
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Jacksonville
Fla
James E. Morton Jr
Michael
Thousands Of Refugees To Enter U.S.
President Kennedy cleared the way to admit thousands of refugees from Communist China. Hong Kong exodus expected within two weeks as emergency powers lower immigration barriers. Consular and British authorities report influxes and strain, with 50,000 hungry refugees already aided since May.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
China
Hong Kong
U.S
W. L. Harden
Reading Institute appointee in Northeast Louisiana State College
Miss Mary Ann Baird of Brookhaven Mississippi has been named assistant in the Reading Institute at Northeast Louisiana State College from June 6 to July 18. The appointment was announced by Dr. Levelle Haynes, director of the special education center, and she will assist institute director Miss Sarah Nell Taylor.
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Mary Ann Baird
Brookhaven
Miss
Northeast Louisiana State College
Miss Baird
Levelle Haynes
Special Education Center
Sarah Nell ‘Taylor
Estes Case Probes Count 1000 Plus Questioned
Senate investigators disclosed they questioned more than 1,000 people in the Billie Sol Estes case as hearings loom. The FBI moved into the Henry Marshall murder probe, exhumed his body for autopsy, and Howard Pratt’s death in Chicago is being reviewed amid Estes connections to Commercial Solvents Corp. The panel, led by Sen. John L. McClellan, cautioned no link yet found between Estes and Pratt.
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Washington
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Kennedy
FBI
Henry Marshall
Texas
Marshall
Franklin
Tex
J. A. Jachimczyk
Howard Pratt
Chicago
Commercial Solvents Corp
John L. McClellan
Pratt
Kennedy presses no compromise Medicare push in 1962 fight
President Kennedy hardened his no compromise stance on Medicare linking it to Social Security. He claimed public support and predicted Congress would pass his plan if debated on House and Senate floors despite AMA opposition. He said doctors are increasingly backing it while critics attack both sides of the issue.
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Washington
Kennedy
American Medical Association
Congress
House
Senate
AMA
Bare legs spark campus protest at Highland Park Junior College
At Highland Park Junior College in Michigan 400 of 1,000 day students protested a new anti Bermuda shorts rule. Demonstrators wore bare legs and kilts, using the display as a symbol of student defiance against the regulation and possible barring from class.
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Highland Park, Mich
Highland Park Junior College
Highland Park High School
Detroit
Jake Feminineo
Terry Roach
Roach
Cape Cod Grapples With Negro Housing Issue
Hyannis Massachusetts, a Cape Cod resort town near the president’s summer home, struggles to house roughly 30 Black southerners, mostly children, as dormitory space fills ahead of July term. Families from Little Rock and Shreveport describe scarce housing and jobs, with only three men finding work so far.
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Hyannis
Mass
Cape Cod
Bell
Robert
Shaw
Lorris
Bellingham
Shaws
Leila Mae Williams
Little Rock
Ark
Southern Citizens Councils
Mack Johnson
Shreveport
Fatal Collision on Vicksburg Bridge Shuts River Route
A 24-year-old Mississippi man from Yazoo City, Billy C. Collins, died after a collision on the Mississippi River Bridge on the Louisiana side. The crash, described as probably the worst ever by Louisiana State Police, involved a Southern Bay Corp. truck and an Auto Transit hauler from Shreveport. The other driver was hospitalized in Vicksburg, and traffic was halted for repairs before resuming. gasoline spilled on the two-lane span but no fire occurred.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Billy C. Collins
Yazoo City
Southern Bay Corp
Auto Transit, Inc
Shreveport
Auto Transit
Collins
Vicksburg Hospital
Lover
Today’s Chuckle on Women in Government
A light joke suggests more women in government would reshuffle Washington bureaus, imagining the lighter chaos and humorous impact of such a shift.
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Washington
Salan Verdict Sparks Morale Debate Across French leadership
Paris officials debate impact of ex General Raoul Salan life sentence for treason. Louis Joxe warns police and military morale may weaken as Peyrefitte signals imminent measures to reinforce state sovereignty and order after the surprise court ruling. De Gaulle convenes cabinet as factions react.
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Paris
Louis Joxe
Raoul Salan
Algeria
Salan
Alain Peyrefitte
Secret Army
Charles de Gaulle
Peyrefitte
de Gaulle
Windy Whiffandbiff Forecasts Warm, Unsettled Weather
The weather caster predicts warm temperatures with partly cloudy skies and isolated thundershowers. Highs today and Friday expected near 9 with a low around 68, humidity index up to 81, and past values 88/63. Sunset 7:05 p.m. Friday sunrise 5:05 a.m.
Three Vietnamese Executed in Plot to Kill U.S. Ambassador
A special military tribunal in Saigon sentenced three Vietnamese to death for plotting to assassinate U.S. Ambassador Frederick E. Notting Jr. with a hand grenade on July 8. A soldier was also sentenced to death for spying for the Viet Cong, while three accomplices received 5 to 10 years at hard labor. The death verdicts go to President Ngo Dinh Diem for confirmation or modification.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Frederick E. Notting Jr
Noking
Ngo Dinh Diem
NAREB Officer Will Address Realtors Here
Robert Holloway regional vice president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will speak at an educational sales conference part of National Realtor Week. Monroe West Monroe Real Estate Board sponsors the event at the Paragon Club with Paula Landry presiding. Louisiana Realtors Association President Darrel V. Willet praised the week’s banquet and stressed that professional status comes from years of experience and study. J Russell Doiron and Monroe attorney George M Snellings Jr. are among featured speakers. Willet noted the premium buyers pay for responsibility.
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Robert Holloway
National Association of Real Estate Boards
National Realtor
Monroe - West Monroe
Paragon Club
Louisiana Realtors Association
Darrel V. Willet
Paula Landry
J. Russell Doiron
Realtors’ Association
Baton Rouge
Monroe
George M. Snellings Jr
Willet
R. M. Goedenour
Pineville
State Association
Titan missile explosion reported near Chico base
A Titan missile reportedly exploded today at the missile base eight miles north of Chico. An unconfirmed report said 15 men were trapped in the launch silo.
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Chico
Calif
Carpenter cleared for third orbit after fuel check
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP high flying astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter was given approval for a third Earth orbit as he passed the West Coast aboard Aurora 7 after NASA officials studied the fuel supply. Carpenter had been ordered to switch to manual control to conserve hydrogen peroxide fuel and remained in command to complete another loop.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
United States
WNAR
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Carpenter
Cleveland To Meet With School Chiefs
Sen. W. J. Cleveland said he will meet next Monday with school superintendents who oppose shifting policy making on parish school funds to the legislature. Sixty‑nine of 67 districts joined in the resolution protesting the plan and demanding the state board of education retain the distribution formula. The budget plan aims to save money while guaranteeing teachers’ pay and 180‑day terms, but is said to fall about 4 million short of minimum parish funding.
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Baton Rouge
W. J. Cleveland
Crowley
Shelby Jackson
State Board of Education
Surgeons Restore Arm Of 12 Year Old Boy In Six Hour Operation
In Boston six surgeons performed a rare six hour operation to reattach the severed right forearm of 12 year old Everett Knowles Jr. He was struck by a Boston and Maine train as he walked home from school in Somerville. The boy, taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, showed a wrist pulse indicating blood supply remained, under Dr Henry L Edmunds Jr as head of the accident room.
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Boston
Somerville
Everett Knowles Jr
Boston & Maine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Henry L. Edmunds Jr
Carpenter thankful for Mercury assignment in 1959
Cape Canaveral Florida AP recalls Malcolm Scott Carpenter as one of seven Mercury astronauts chosen in 1959. He feared two years aboard an aircraft carrier away from family and a nonflying job but later embraced the mission. Carpenter, 37, Navy lieutenant commander, became pilot for the second U.S. manned orbit flight after Slayton's medical setback. He previously backed Marine Lt. Col. Glenn Jr. and has been key in navigation and communications for the Mercury program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Mercury
San Diego
Carpenter
Navy
U.S
Air Force
Donald K. Slayton
Joan H. Glenn Jr
Mercury Cape
Go Ahead for Carpenter Flight Except One Observer
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA AP Everything seemed ready for Malcolm Scott Carpenter’s orbital flight but the lone observer from behind the Iron Curtain, Karel Kynel a 35 year old journalist from Radio Prague who complained that American reporters overwhelmed him with questions while NASA invited him to watch the shot. He spoke into a tape recorder amid the press corps as the countdown began and the Atlas rocket lifted, offering notes on hotel stationery between bursts of excitement.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Karel Kynel
Radio Prague
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Canaveral
Kynes
Atomic time transmissions' clock accuracy stated
The atomic beam machine used by the National Bureau of Standards for radio time transmissions has an accuracy of plus or minus 1.5 parts in 100000.
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National Bureau of Standards
Want Ads Plan for New House Setup
Leanina meeps outlines a plan for News-Star-World Want Ads to assist readers starting new households. The note emphasizes practical listings and targeted services to help buyers find essential items and suppliers as they begin home life.
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Leanina
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