Debate Opens On Fallout Shelter Plan
Kennedy civil defense chief says shelters cost 15 dollars per life saved while a congressional study warns they could become death traps for millions. The House sub committee led by Rep Hebert opens a full inquiry into the merits and risks of a five year federal funded shelter program amid national debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
House
Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
Philip W. Kelleher
Defense
Steuart L. Pittman
Civil Defense Program
Pittman
Stage Set For Noon Battle On Free Electors
Baton Rouge lawmakers brace for a pivotal vote as the House Appropriations Committee sends a presidential primary bill for unpledged electors to the House after a 9 to 5 vote. Backed by conservatives and opposed by labor, the measure could tilt Louisiana away from the Democratic 1964 ticket amid a bitter floor skirmish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
House Appropriations Committee
House
Victor Bussie
Louisiana Afl-Cio
Louisiana
Mize Schedules Hearing On Ole Miss Case
U S District Judge Sidney Mize set a 1:30 p.m. hearing in Biloxi on motions to open the Ole Miss law school to a Negro student and to require housing for James Meredith and his family. Attorney General Joe Patterson and Charles Clark flew from Jackson to attend, with Constance Baker Motley and NAACP backing the motions for Cleve McDowell and Meredith. Patterson said the state would contest both motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
U. S
Sidney Mize
University of
Constance Baker Motley
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Meredith
Cleve McDowell
Jackson State College For
Drew
McDowell
University Law School
Patterson
Clark
Ross Barnet
Rain Lifts Drought Strain Across District Parishes
Rainfall boosts crops and pastures across multiple parishes with totals from a quarter to over an inch. Farmers anticipate soybeans and cotton benefits while corn remains healthy. outlook for showers continues with warm highs near 92 today and scattered storms tonight through Wednesday.
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Unis
Tallulah
Madison Parish
Oak Ridge
R. C. Whitten
Ouachita Parish
Winn Parish
Atlanta
Calvin
Dodson
Winnfield
Winnsboro
Columbia
West Point graduate John Goorley to be commissioned
John T. Goorley Jr will graduate from the U S Military Academy at West Point on June 5 and receive a bachelor of science degree. He is a cadet sergeant in his senior year and will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. A separate note mentions Bert Coverdale discovering and killing a snake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Goorley
Jasmine Street
Monroe
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Infantry
Bert Coverdale
Quachita Parish
Coverdale
Charlie the Guard Dog Gets Four Teeth Capped
A British guard dog named Charlie at RAF Alconbury in Huntingdonshire has four teeth capped at U S Air Force expense. A 3rd Air Force spokesman says Charlie is the best guard dog and is kept in good health, with monthly examinations and a costly dental procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charlie
U.S
Headquarter
3Rd Air Force
Royal Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
New Survey Of I-20 Boat Dock Is Approved
Louisiana Highway Director Ray Burgess orders a re survey of plans for a boat dock under the I-20 bridge in West Monroe to cut cost to about 10 000. He met with West Monroe Alderman Charles Anding and state legislators in Baton Rouge to discuss the dock and traffic along Trenton Street. The project awaits federal Bureau of Public Roads approval and the state will issue up to 10 000 for the landing, down from an earlier estimate around 31 000 to 32 000.
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Louisiana Highway
Ray Burgess
West Monroe
Burgess
Charles Anding
Ouachita Parish
Baton Rouge
Trenton Street
Jamar Adcock
Lawrence Gibbs
Mike John
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Department
Anding
West
Monroe
Highland Park Country Club
Senate OKs general appropriations bill in Louisiana
The Louisiana Senate approved Gov. Jimmie Davis' 547 million general appropriations bill by a 38 to none vote, returning the measure to the House after Senate additions of 497 thousand dollars. The bill funds operating expenses for about 230 state budget agencies for the next fiscal year starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Senate
House
Jimmie H. Davis
Senate Finance Committee
Legislative Budget Committee
Davis
William Cleveland
Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
James Reily
Senator Poston Stricken At Baton Rouge Senate Desk
Sen Cc M Poston of Hornbeck remained in serious condition at Baton Rouge General Hospital after becoming ill at his Senate desk. Doctors said he was under medical examination and it was not yet determined if he had a stroke. He experienced a weak feeling and could not move his right arm.
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Baton Rouge
Cc. M. Poston
Hornbeck
Baton Rouge General Hospital
Senate
Poston
Three Tougaloo students stage lunch sit in at Woolworth
Pearline Lewis, Memphis Norman, and Annie Moody, three Tougaloo Southern Christian College students, sit at the white lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi. Police and staff observe as lights are turned off and counters roped off. no violence is reported.
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Edward King
Tougaloo
Living Costs Hold Record Level in April
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index at 106.2 percent of the 1957-59 average, unchanged from March. An April drop in meat and poultry prices was offset by increases in housing, used cars, newspapers and clothing, keeping the overall level a year over year rise of 1 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
Today’s Chuckle Gilby’s Henpecked Husband Joke
A humor item notes a husband who won’t admit being henpecked. He smokes a big black cigar while he washes the dishes, playful irony about domestic life.
Pope John XXIII battles grave crisis with unknown gastric growth
The Vatican reported Pope John XXIII, 81, faced a grave condition as persistent internal bleeding and a gastric heteroplasia threaten his health. Doctors treated the pontiff at the papal apartment while focusing on stabilizing him and determining the nature of the growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
L’osservatore
Holy Father
Piero Mazzoni
Rome
Apostolic Palace
Antonio Gasbarrini
Pietro Valdoni
Italy
Mazzoni
Gasbarrini
Papal
Valdoni
Automobile output growth since 1900s to 1962
The article notes the automobile industry has expanded from roughly $5 million in wholesale value to more than $15.5 billion by 1962, per the Automotive Manufacturers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Too Much Color in Frost Treatment Led to Lawsuit
Mrs. Royce Cochran filed a $5,000 lawsuit in Fort Worth Texas alleging a beauty shop’s frost treatment ruined her shoulder length hair with several shades of orange yellow pink and white.
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Fort Worth Tex
UPI
Royce Cochran
Construction bids set for Ouachita Caldwell parishes and more
North Louisiana bids open in ten days for additions to Ouachita and Caldwell parish schools, Morehouse General Hospital, and a new Olin-Mathieson building. Planned projects include a $56 200 Fatima School addition and an office for Seymour Insurance on Stubbs Avenue.
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Ouachita
Caldwell Parish
Morehouse General Hospital
Olin-Mathieson Corp
J. Coleman Construction Co
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic
H. H. Land
Olin Lumber - Woodland
Olin-Mathieson Chemical Corp
West Monroe
Wells and Parker
Quachita Parish School Board
Lenwis School
Milton King
Pinecrest
Lester High
Caldwell Parish School Board
Union Central School
William King Stubbs
Seymour Insurance Agency
Rivers and Healer Architects
Stubbs Avenue
First Fidelity Mortgage Co
Monroe
B. G. Wardlaw
Birmingham Tests Plan as Desegregation Case Proceeds
Federal Judge Seybourn Lynne refused to order school integration yet, saying the Alabama pupil placement law must be tested for good faith without discrimination. He warned injunctive relief only if the law is unconstitutionally applied, with an appeal likely to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Dist
Seybourn H. Lynne
Lynne
Albert Boutwell
Board of Education
Boutwell
Npt
Theo R. Wright
James Armstrong
T. N. Nelson
U S. Circuit Court of Appeals
North Carolina
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Girl Is Pinned In Her Vehicle Near Newellton
High school junior Cheryl Lee was pinned in her overturned car about five miles from Newellton while driving to her plantation home around 10 p.m. Two broken ankles were sustained as she was trapped when the motor jammed back on impact. She was taken to Newellton Hospital and later scheduled for transfer to St. Francis Hospital in Monroe.
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Newellton
Cheryl Lee
Newellton Hospital
Bill Poe
Miss Lee
Clyde Lee
Poe
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
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Sam Hanna
State Sovereignty Commission
Rau
Mize
Ole Miss
Morehouse Parish
Jones and
Bonita
Twin City
Jackson
Pope
L’osservatore Mano
Msgr
Loris Capovilla
North
Bastrop
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court
Peter A. Hall
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