Khrushchev praises Carpenter as Soviets join space race
In Moscow on an Italian fair day Soviet Premier Khrushchev lauded American astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter and noted the Soviet Union is not alone in space as another uncrewed satellite launched. He praised Carpenter's courage and congratulated John H. Glenn Jr. and Carpenter, while joking about faulty space suit advice.
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Associated Press
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John H. Glenn Jr
Third Judgeship Bill Planned By Two Senators
Senators Jamar Adcock and W. T. Carpenter announced a Senate bill for a third judgeship in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. House Speaker Jewell ruled the prior 60 to 21 passage valid, then backtracked citing two thirds of those present, while Gov. Davis backs the Senate move.
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Bas‘trop
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Jimmie H. Davis
Mike John Jr
Monroe
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Jhairman
Fourth Judicial District Bar Association
Gibbs
Ouachita - Morehouse
Monroe Mayor Warns Four Bills Upset City Finances
Mayor W L Howard warned Monroe residents that four bills from south Louisiana representatives could raise the general sanitation charge by about $1 monthly and cost the city at least $150000 yearly. He urged opposition in Baton Rouge and said the City Council wired lawmakers to oppose House bills 283 420 335 and 80. The bills would affect firemen and police pensions. the Monroe Chamber of Commerce also opposed all four. Howard will travel to Baton Rouge with Louisiana Municipal Association support to oppose passage.
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W. L. Howard
South Louisiana
Howard
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Municipal Association
Jamar Adcock
Mike John
Lawrence Gibbs
Ouachita Parish
Chamber of Commerce
Weather forecast and wind humor from Windy Whiffandbiff
Windy Whiffandbiff laments a persistent warm pitch that returns daily. He predicts today will be warm with a high near 92 and a low around 70, noting a humid index near 81. Sunday's high reached 92 and low 71, with sunset at 7:08 p.m. and Tuesday sunrise at 5:03 a.m.
Brinsmade News-Star columnist returns home after hospital stay
H. H. Brinsmade, veteran reporter and columnist for the News-Star and Morning World, was released from St. Francis hospital after several days of confinement. Friends extend wishes for his continued improvement.
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News - Star
Morning World
St. Francis Hospital
Laos Crisis Deepens as Nosavan Departs on Philippines Mission
Washington reports the United States faces a possible rift with Gen Phoumi Nosavan after he left for a goodwill mission to the Philippines, a pivotal moment in Laotian affairs amid pro West royal government leadership.
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United States
Phoumi Nosavan
Laos
Philippines
AEC Chief Urges Broad Effort in Race for Knowledge
In New Orleans the AEC chairman warned the United States must push hard across science and all fields of learning to stay ahead as global knowledge expands. In Washington the Supreme Court denied another appeal from eight Brinks robbery convicts sentenced to life in Boston.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United States
Washington
Supreme Court
Boston
Air Force finds life rafts as search for missing C133 nets debris
Dover officials report that two deflated life rafts with no survivors were found in the Atlantic by search units looking for a missing C133 Cargomaster carrying six aboard. Debris resembling part of the aircraft was also spotted.
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Killer Found in Franklin Murder Case
Police found a Negro ex-convict hiding under a building in Franklin Louisiana and said he would be charged with the murder of a Negro woman shot dead in a cafe Sunday night.
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Belgium’s Path To Independence Since 1830
Belgium was conquered by Julius Caesar and later ruled by Rome. It then passed under Merovingian Franks Burgundy Spain Austria and France before becoming an independent monarchy in 1830.
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Boulder Prepares to Honor Astronaut Scott Carpenter
Colorado town of Boulder readies a day of ceremonies for astronaut Scott Carpenter born in the area. Governor McNichols and local officials will greet him at Stapleton Field, then a motorcade through downtown Boulder, a campus ceremony, and a luncheon. Carpenter's Boulder stay is brief as he visits friends and the home where he was raised before returning to Denver.
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter
E. Robert Turner
America
Florence Carpenter
Denver
Stapleton Field
Marion Scott Carpenter
Stephen L. R.mcnichols
R. Y. Batterton
Colorado
Carpenter
University of Colorado
John Holloway
Diefenbaker speech interrupted by Doukhobor protest
Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker faced an unusual scene at a public address when five women from the Radical Sons of Freedom branch of the Doukhobor sect disrobed in protest against government interference. Police removed the demonstrators as about 1,900 people watched. Diefenbaker, who recalled homestead roots in Saskatchewan, said the act was no novelty to him.
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U. S
Radical Sons of Freedom
Diefenbaker
Saskatchewan
West Monroe elects Joyce Smith first woman alderman
Joyce Smith, a flame-haired bank officer, will become West Monroe’s first female public official when she takes office in June. She won the second highest vote total among five aldermen and aims to boost economic growth and city development while supporting hosting duties for the Little Dixie World Series.
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Joyce T. Smith
West Monroe
Smith
Twin Cities
Killer Believed Cornered In Iowa Woods
In Unionville Iowa a 24 year old farmhand Gayne Gilbert Smith is hunted after fatally injuring five members of the McBeth family at their Hayesville farm. A massive manhunt surrounds a five square mile area as authorities pursue the armed suspect who allegedly used a shotgun through a living room window. Patsy McBeth 15 was wounded as the crisis began. The search moved from Hayesville to Unionville after Smith’s abandoned car was found nearby.
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UPI
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Hayesvivile
Smith
Andrew McBeth
Dora Mae
Amos
Anna
Donna Jean McBeth Kellogg
Donna Jean
Hayesville
Patsy
Gayne
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McBeth
Brighton
Estes May Face More Charges In Grain Case
WASHINGTON UPI An Agriculture Department official testified before House investigators that Billie Sol Estes may face additional criminal charges for grain storage dealings with the government. Roland Ballou said facts have been sent to the Justice Department and FBI, noting possible violations of the false financial statements statute with a maximum penalty of five years and a $10,000 fine. Estes already faces fraud charges related to his farm operations and mortgages totaling about $7 to $8 million not reflected in his statements, information Ballou cited from a September 1961 Dunn and Bradstreet report.
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Washington
UPI
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Estes
Texas
Justice Department
FBI
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Dunn and Bradstreet
Gagarin recalls blackout during spaceflight descent
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin told a Tokyo luncheon that he experienced a temporary communications blackout on his descent from the April 1961 orbit. He cited high heat and dense atmosphere as causes, noting two channels remained clear while a third failed. He emphasized no prior Soviet failures in putting a man into orbit.
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Foreign Correspondents’ Club of
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Soviet Union
Today’s Chuckle on a Round World Orbit Cost
A light humor note jokes that the world is round avoiding the cost of a square satellite orbit, playing on geocentric shape and space tech in a playful way.
Crime Rate Up One Per Cent
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reported in a ceremony to the attorney general that crime in American cities rose one per cent in the first quarter of the year from 1961 levels. Crimes against the person continued to rise, contributing to an overall six per cent increase for January through March.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Government seeks to bar grand jury from Estes file
FRANKLIN Texas AP The federal government moved to quash a grand jury subpoena demanding the full Agriculture Department report on Billie Sol Estes amid a probe of cotton allotments and the death of agriculture official Henry Marshall Texas Attorney General Will Wilson demanded the FBI report on Marshall's death claiming the need to uncover Estes activities A Houston pathologist cited possible murder in Marshall's death though the official ruling cites self destruction
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Henry M. Marshall
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Marshall
Texas Atty
Will Wilson
Houston
Chamber Group Plans Baton Rouge Trip To Protest Bills
A 30 member West Monroe Chamber delegation heads to Baton Rouge on Tuesday to press for funding for retarded care, oppose an REA coop bill and protest a Ouachita Valley Vocational Technical School budget cut. Mayor Norris and City Attorney Traylor may accompany. group to meet Ouachita legislators and discuss road work with State Highway Director Burgess.
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West Monroe
Mineral Board Ousted From Negotiations
Governor Jimmie Davis moves to remove the State Mineral Board from tidelands talks as a five member legislative committee would handle negotiations with the federal government. Attorney General Jack P. F. Gremillion accuses a secret agreement with the Interior Department and critic Leander Perez clashes with Gremillion and Mineral Board Chair William Helis. The measure also repeals the Mineral Board Act, with $459 million tied to tidelands deals.
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Plaquemine
St. Bernard Parishes
Gremillion
Mineral Board
William Helis
U. S. Department of Interior
Louisiana
Davis
Tidelands
State Mineral Board
Risley Triche
Napoleonville
Helis
Tribe
Schedule Posted For Opening Of Swimming Pools
Continued warm weather bul letins and end of school point to timely pool openings in Monroe. Swayze Natatorium in Forsythe Park opens Wednesday and the Renwick Street pool for Negroes opens Friday. Recreation Department Headquarters pool on Parkview Drive slated to open in early June if parking lot work finishes.
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Swayze Natatorium
Forsythe Park
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Parkview Drive
Bills Approved To Deal With Deficit
In Baton Rouge a Senate committee swiftly passed five emergency bills to address the state deficit. Four were House-approved measures backed by Gov. Davis leaders to transfer over $42 million in unused funds, including $4 million reserved for private school grant aid. The fifth bill by Sen. William Carpenter would dedicate tidelands settlement funds to retire part of a new $60 million bond issue.
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Senate
Jimmie H. Davis
William Carpenter
Bastrop
First Tidelands Settlement
Sell Value Furnishings Seen at 407 Morris Ave
Advertised items include Mantle fireplace ceiling fan cool vent awning space heater floor furnace metal overhead garage door seven glass jalousie with two panel doors plus odd furniture pieces. Seen at 407 Morris Ave call FA 2 5747.
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