Military coup in Turkey seizes government
Turkish armed forces took over the government in a bloodless coup amid protests against Premier Adnan Menderes. President Celal Bayar and the entire cabinet including Menderes were detained as troops surrounded the Ankara palace. The army pledged no harm to political leaders and cut external communications.
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Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Era SS Sas and
Menderes
Republican People’s Party
Ismet Inonu
Foreign Office
Ankara
London
Bernard Burrows
Celal Bayar
Bayar
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
Eisenhower admits personal responsibility for spy flights
Secretary of State Christian Herter told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee there is no precedent for a head of government admitting espionage responsibility, though he cautioned the U2 incident was unusual. He argued truth over excuses and urged calm, resolute U.S. posture toward the Soviet Union after the Paris summit collapse.
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Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Berlin
Fulbright
Charles Bohlen
State Department
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Christian Herter
Gravel Ousted As Demo Committeeman New Names From Davis Forces
Baton Rouge AP report says the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee ousted National Committeeman Camille Gravel and accepted the resignation of Mrs Ear K Long as national committeewoman. The panel moved to replace both, aligning with Davis forces.
Demos Name F Hightower To Convention
Fred Hightower of Monroe was named a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles on July 11. Other fifth district delegates include Rep L D Napper Rep T T Fields and Sen W T Carpenter. Alternate picks are District Attorney Thompson Clarke and Capt Jack Wyly, with Sen Jamar Adcock as a delegate at large. The same group set July 23 as the congressional election date with a 5 p.m. June 3 qualifying deadline and a $200 fee. Public Service Commissioner John J McKeithen announced his re election bid as the fifth district committee met June 9 to hear objections. Additionally Gra Vel, Gravel spoke against abolishing old offices as new posts were created, provoking a recorded vote request that none supported.
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Sam Hanna
Baton Rouge
Monroe
Democratic Committee
Fred Fudickar, Jr
Fifth District
Public Service
John J. McKeithen
Columbia
Public Service Commission
Largest Builder Hal Hayes Under Senate Watch
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee says California contractor Hal B. Hayes, claiming to be the world’s largest builder, faces scrutiny over $60 million in government housing at six military bases. Work halted as subcontractors say they’re unpaid. The panel has no full investigation but will monitor, asking the Pentagon for updates.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
California
Hal B. Hayes
Kenneth E. BeLieu
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Hayes
Los Angeles
BeLieu
Subcommittee
Pentagon
Blanche Long Seeks Sale of Baton Rouge Home
Mrs Blanche Revere Long widow of former Governor Earl Long says she is negotiating the sale of her Baton Rouge house to G Harold King a lumberman. The home was built recently for about 125000 and would be sold within days as she plans retirement from the governors mansion. An informant notes Earl Long has not resided there.
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UPD
Blanche Revere Long
Earl Long
G. Harold King
Louisiana State
Mandeville
U S Officials Back Turkish Loyalty After Coup
Washington says Turkey will stay committed to NATO and CENTO despite the ouster of Prime Minister Menderes. Its strategic location controls straits between the Black Sea and Mediterranean and guards the southeastern flank of non Communist Europe and western flank of non Communist Asia. State Department notes little public knowledge of the coup leaders but accepts their assurances.
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Black Sea
Mediterranean
Europe
Asia
Soviet Union
Africa
Middle East
Menderes
NATO
CENTO
United Nations
State Department
Two Monroe Men Plead Not Guilty in Seven-Eleven Robbery
Two Shreveport men named Dan Edward Robertson and Kenneth Earl Henley pleaded not guilty in Fourth District Court to armed robbery charges stemming from the May 15 robbery of the Seven-Eleven Food Store on Orange Street Monroe. They face trial November 22. In other action Judge Jesse Heard sentenced 26-year-old Melvin L. McPherson to three years in Angola per count for forgery after pleading guilty.
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Shreveport
Orange Street
Monroe
Fourth District
Jesse Heard
Dan Edward Robertson
Kenneth Earl Henley
Roy Brazzell
Jerry Hamilton
Twin City Chit Chat Court of Honor Set at West Monroe High
The Ouachita Valley Council Boy Scouts of America central district holds a court of honor Monday at West Monroe High School auditorium starting 7 30 p m. Advancement chairman B B Gates says all scout advancements to be recognized must be in the scout offices by June 3.
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Ouachita Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
West Monroe High School
B. B. Gates
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home Adds Dormitory Expansions
The Louisiana Baptist Children's Home completed additions to four older dormitories to improve living spaces for residents. The project aims to modernize facilities and accommodate more children in safer accommodations.
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Louisiana Baptist Children's Home
Beware Of Reds Bearing Eagles Memo To Envoys
United Nations report recalls Ambassador Lodge displaying a hollow wooden copy of the great seal eagle at the Security Council. He described the hollow plaque as a clandestine listening device for spying, citing it as Soviet espionage evidence. The remark followed Soviet charges about American spy flights and drew a sharp reply from Andrei Gromyko.
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N.Y
U.S
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N. Security Council
Dge
Moscow
Lodge
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
Lodge Blames USSR For Crisis Over Spy Flights
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge charged the Soviet Union stirred the current crisis over spy plane flights to mask internal political strife. He argued Gromyko distorted Eisenhower’s address to push renewed U N Security Council action while the six- to eleven-nation council weighs a small nation resolution on East West talks aided by the United Nations.
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Lodge
Eisenhower
United States
Gromyko
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Weekend Outlook Generally Fair
The weather forecast calls for fair skies this weekend after a brief cooling from a cold front. Monroe logged the state’s lowest temperature at 59 degrees, seven below the prior night. Yesterday’s high reached 84 at Selman Field. Tonight’s lows 60 to 64, highs tomorrow 86 to 90, and pollen counts at 78 grains per cubic yard.
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Monroe
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
U.S. to End All Aid to Cuba Within Six Months
The United States will cut off all economic aid to Cuba within 180 days, around December 1, under the Mutual Security Act of 1960. Current aid totals about 150,000 to 200,000 dollars yearly, with two remaining projects and a small military aid program training Cuban air cadets at Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
State Department
Fidel Castro
Havana
Lincoln White
Department
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
Jones Will Not Seek Re Election in Ouachita Ward Five Race
Judge Jasper J Jones announced in the Ouachita Citizen that he will not seek re election in the upcoming July 23 Democratic primary. He cited the growth of his law firm and time constraints over the next six years. He was elected to his first term six years ago.
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Jasper J, Jones
Ouachita
Jones
War II Japs To Return Home
Two Japanese soldiers Masashi Ito and Bunzo Minagawa, found in Guam jungles last week, learn Japan lost the war and will fly home Saturday aboard an American military plane. They appeared stunned yet cheerful after conversations with Tsugio Kato of Asahi Shimbun.
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API
Japan
Masashi Ito
Bunzo Minagwa
Ito
Minagwa
Tsugio Kato
Asahi Shimbun
Today s chuckle honeymoon dishwashing pun
The joke notes the moment a honeymoon ends when he shifts from helping with dishes to doing them himself.
Davis Questions Sovereignty Commission Funding
Gov. Jimmie H. Davis voiced concern at a Baton Rouge news conference over a proposed half million dollar appropriation for a state sovereignty commission. He said spending must target important needs while defense of states rights and segregation remains central. Rainach signaled possible amendments to the administration bill which cleared the Senate 38-0 as emergency legislation.
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Davis
Sovereignty Commission
William M. Rainach
Rainach
Senate
House
CIA Official Stabbed in Washington Attack
A Central Intelligence Agency official, James Pembroke, 42, was stabbed and beaten early today after meeting a man at a cocktail lounge. Police seek a 22-year-old Black man for questioning. Pembroke, an administrative assistant in CIA, was found unconscious with head injuries and back wounds.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Nunzio Bonaccorsy
James D. Pembroke
Voting Machine Rigging Inquiry Sought in Baton Rouge
Rep John Lewis plans a resolution calling a legislative probe into a mechanic claim that voting machines can be rigged. WBRZ founder Manship challenged officials after demonstrating Saxon tampering. Saxon claims machines shift votes. state officials earlier rejected yielding a test, and an Iberia-Baton Rouge group seeks a statewide test.
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Douglas Manship
WBRZ
Saxon Long
WLCS
Baton Rouge
Manship
Rouse
Douglas Fowler
Infamous Nazi Eichmann Captured in Argentina Reportedly Sneaked Out
Argentine police investigate claims Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and spirited him out last weekend. Eichmann, 54, facing trial for mass murder, is held in Israel under tight guard. Reports link possible Bormann survival rumors to the case, with West German officials remaining skeptical. Israeli and German authorities have not disclosed details.
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Argentina
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Eichmann
Hitler
Martin Bormann
Tuvia Friedmann
Haifa
Amsterdam Telegraaf
Bormann
South America
Berlin
Telegraaf
West Germany
Tel Aviv
Rented Garden Apartment Near College in West Monroe
Furnished two bedroom unit available in West Monroe near the college. Includes garage and yard with separate bath. Contacts FA 45-1704 and FA 3-614 for details on the two room, second floor garage apartment.
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