Davis Bonds Would Meet Capital Outlay
The Louisiana House advanced Gov Davis 60 million dollar bond program to fund capital outlay at state colleges. House committees opened hearings on the 489.8 million general appropriations bill as lawmakers filed tax-raising proposals. Rep Louis Michot Jr endorsed payroll withholding of state income taxes, a measure Davis might back.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House
Jimmie H. Davis
House Appropriations Committee
Louis Michot Jr
Lafayette Parish
Davis
Reckless Talk By Soviet Defense Minister Scored By Aiken
Senator George D. Aiken blasted Soviet Defense Minister Malinovsky’s threat to strike the take-off base of any plane violating Soviet air space as plain darn fool reckless talk. He said the remark shows the Kremlin is taken over by a war party and warned a single misstep could trigger a wider rocket attack. No State Department comment was available as Senate hearings on the U2 incident resumed and Dulles prepared to testify.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Rodion Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Kremlin
Russia
Aiken
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
U. S
CENTO
America
Oneoteey
Turkey
U.S.S.R
Norway
Soviet Union
Adcock bill seeks east Ouachita zoning authority
Sen Jamar Adcock of Monroe introduces legislation to place zoning power on the east side of the Ouachita River under the Ouachita Parish Police Jury through Monroe including the planning commission. The move follows support from the Monroe-Ouachita Regional Planning Commission and West Monroe officials as lawmakers debate a third judgeship and other local measures.
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Baton Rouge
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Adcock
Labor
Ouachita and Morehouse
Monroe-Ouachita Regional Planning
Monroe Planning Commission
West
Evil Genius of Menderes Gov t kills self in crisis
Turkish ex interior minister Nem Gedik known as the evil genius allegedly triggered a nervous breakdown and leapt from a four story window at the war college in Ankara. The coup led government met to face inherited issues as Lt Gen Cemal Gursel took power and foreign relations remained intact.
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Ankara
Turkey
Namik Gedik
Adnan Menderes
Martial Law Command
War College
Gedik
Menderes
Cemal Gursel
United States
Britain
Gursel
Pasternak in decline after heart attack and cancer
Bulletin reports Boris Pasternak, 70, continues to deteriorate despite emergency blood transfusion. He has been ill since May 1 and suffered a heart attack three weeks ago and also has lung cancer. Alabama Democrats head to polls Tuesday to decide convention support if a southern unacceptable candidate is nominated.
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Moscow
Boris Pasternak
Alabama
South
Louisiana House names panel to probe voting machine claims
Baton Rouge AP report says Speaker Tom Jewell named four House members to a joint legislative committee to investigate allegations that Louisiana voting machines can be rigged to cast false ballots. The move assigns lawmakers to examine security and reliability of election equipment amid concerns over potential fraud.
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Baton Rouge
Tom Jewell
House
Louisiana
Trooper Rescues Injured Youth From 200-Foot Shaft
Putnam Valley New York AP reports a state trooper trudged through an abandoned mine tunnel a thousand feet to reach an injured youth trapped in a 200 foot deep shaft. He then piggy-backed the victim to safety.
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Putnam Valley
N.Y
Washington Recognizes Turkey Government Without Formal Step
The United States acknowledged the new Turkish government today in a swift move that bypassed a formal recognition ceremony. The developing leadership in Ankara received Washington’s de facto acceptance amid shifting regional ties.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Labor Chief Blasts South and Nixon in TWUA Talk
CHICAGO AP The Textile Workers Union of America head condemned the South large textile firms Eisenhower administration and Vice President Nixon. President Pollock spoke at the TWUA biennial convention noting 1200 delegates from 33 states and four Canadian provinces. He linked labor movement progress to southern unionism and cited hostility from law enforcement and community groups in the South.
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Chicago
Textile Workers Union of America
South
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
William Pollock
TWUA
Southwest Shippers Advisory Board elects officers
Harry Dixon Jr. of Monroe was elected alternate general chairman at a district meeting in Fort Worth. The gathering included shippers and advisors from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and eastern New Mexico. Bob C. Worley of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was chosen as chairman.
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Harry Dixon, Jr
Monroe
Southwest Shippers Advisory Board
Fort Worth
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Bob C. Worley
Fort Smith
Ark
Temple Men’s Club Dinner Meeting Announced
The Temple Men’s Club will hold a dinner meeting for husbands and wives at the Temple Annex on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Guest speaker is Edward J. Steimel, executive director for Public Affairs.
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Temple Men's Club
Temple Annex
Edward J. Steimel
Mariners spot albatross off Long Island shore
A group of birdwatchers on a fishing boat photographed and noted a yellow-billed albatross near Long Island. The bird, southern in origin, has been seen in North America only three times before in 1884 1913 and 1938, making this a rare sighting.
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New York
Long Island
Linnaean Society
North America
Five die in traffic in Louisiana Memorial Day toll
The Memorial Day weekend in Louisiana left six dead, five from traffic crashes and one drowning. Victims include Camelia McCoy, about 50, of Mereaux, fatally struck in a hit and run on St Bernard Highway near New Orleans, and Jerry Clark, 23, of Pine Prairie, who died when a car hit a truck near Baton Rouge. Additional fatalities include Burton Harper, 44, of Shreveport, struck on a street shoulder. Otis Owens, 19, a hit-and-run victim near Shreveport. Robin Lean Hunter, 5, killed when an automobile struck him. and James Darbonne, 18, who drowned while swimming in a rice canal near Eunice.
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Louisiana
Camelia McCoy
Mereaux
St. Bernard Highway
New Orleans
Jerry Clark
Pine Prairie
Baton Rouge
Clark
McNeese
Alec B. Clark
All City and Parish Offices Open on Memorial Day
City and parish offices mostly stayed open on Memorial Day 1960 while federal offices and some local clerks observed the holiday. Monroe and West Monroe courts did not sit. post offices used skeleton crews to handle mail. district court and clerk's offices were closed locally. State offices remained open.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
West Monroe
Registrar of Voters
Steel Furnaces Being Shut Down
AP reports steel mills nationwide operate at about 65 percent capacity as summer orders lag. Youngstown Ohio faces the sharpest hit with mills at 22 percent this week, blamed on weak pipe demand and backlogs. An extra 4000 workers in Youngstown set for layoffs while many others work fewer hours.
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Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Ohio
Young
Memorial Day Salute Across Grounds and Tomb of Unknowns
In Washington the nation pauses with gray skies as cannons boom and floral tributes honor all Americans who died in war. Crowds fill Arlington and other sites for ceremonies, with a presidential wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and numerous wreaths from veterans groups and Gold Star Mothers.
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Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
White House
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Ouachita Demo Committee Sets Election Qualifying
The Ouachita Parish Democratic Executive Committee meets at 1 30 p m in Thomas M Hayes office to call elections for four municipal posts and six parish school board seats and to set the qualification deadline at 5 p m Monday June 6 or seven days after the meeting. Board candidates include C E Buckley ward 3 Walter Bennett ward 5 Harry Wheelis ward 8 M H Head ward 9 J H Trousdale Jr and George Rorex ward 10 with Rorex filling the unexpired term of the late Barlow Inabnet.
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Ouachita Parish
Democratic
Thomas M. Hayes
Hayes
Parish
Democratic Committee
Monroe
West Monroe
C. E. Buckley
Walter Bennett
Harry Wheelis
M. H. Head
J. H. Trousdale, Jr
George Rorex
Rorex
Barlow
May Hit Record Traffic Deaths Mount
Traffic deaths mounted rapidly as the Memorial Day weekend moved into the going home period for motorists. Safety officials warned the toll might reach a record high unless there is improvement in driver behavior for the remainder of the holiday. A National Safety Council spokesman cautioned that a Memorial Day record could be imminent.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Traffic of 287 Boating Drowning Miscellaneous
A compact summary item notes 287 traffic boating incidents and 35 drowning cases among miscellaneous totals. The combined counts total 45 432 across categories.
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Associated Press
Toll climbs as 78 hour holiday ends with deaths
The NSC warned the three day weekend could surpass 1958’s traffic toll of 371 fatalities. Counting began Friday at 6 p m local time and ends tonight at midnight to total 78 hours. An east of Cambridge Ohio crash killed six Air Force personnel in a car collision with a tractor trailer.
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NSC
Cambridge
Ohio
Air Force
Associated Press
Louisiana House kills final chiropractry bill
Baton Rouge is report that the Louisiana House defeated the last effort of the 1960 legislature to legalize chiropractry by a 68 to 16 vote overcoming an overridden committee. The Public Health committee had rejected the bill 8 to 7 last week and the House rarely overrides. Previous attempts to legalize chiropractry were defeated in 1956 and 1958.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House
John Lewis
Public Health, Welfare and Charitable Institutions Committee
House
Twin City Area Weather Outlook
The Twin City area sees partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Yesterday’s Monroe high reached 87 and the low 63. Today’s temperatures should stay in the 80s with 64 to 68 tonight. Tomorrow’s Selman Field high expected 86 to 90 and southern Arkansas remains partly cloudy with no rain indicated.
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Twin City
Gulf Coast
Monroe
Selman Field
Arkansas
Jewel case fished from Thames may belong to Sophia Loren
A leather jewel case found in the Thames may belong to Sophia Loren after her bedroom stash of emeralds diamonds and rubies valued at over 500000 was stolen Saturday night. Loren said some items are insured but the loss far exceeds coverage as Scotland Yard investigates Britain’s major jewel heist in years. She reported the theft after meeting husband Carlo Ponti at London Airport.
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London
Thames
Sophia Loren
Sophia
Miss Loren
Scotland Yard
Britain
Loren
Carlo Ponti
London Airport
Today s Chuckle: If It is a Man s World Then His Wife s Name
A humorous line about gender roles suggesting even a man’s world would be in his wife’s name, playful satire on ownership and partnership. The quip implies domestic influence behind public declarations with light, witty tone.
Mother admits hiring killer to murder husband in St Louis
A 26 year old mother of three Doris Angel Dix admitted employing an 18 year old clerk and shoe worker David L Thompson to kill her husband Gene O Dix for his lover. Thompson and accomplice William J Mullane signed statements detailing a plan begun six months earlier. Thompson received payment and waited for the couple after a movie plan.
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ST. Louis
Doris Angel Dix
William J. Mullane
David L. Thompson
Gene O. Dix
Thompson
Dix
Mullane
Gene
Soviet defense minister warns any foreign plane strike base
Moscow's Rodion Malinovsky told a Communist rally that Soviet rocket forces would strike the takeoff area of any foreign plane violating Soviet airspace. He called the move a warning, not a threat, stating rockets could reach higher ceilings than any aircraft. He cited NATO allies and planned U S satellite programs as justification.
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Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Marshal Malinovsky
Nikita Khrushchev
Malinovsky
United States
Scaffold Collapse Kills Two At Indianapolis Speedways
A 30 foot aluminum scaffold collapsed at the start of the 500 mile race in Indianapolis, killing at least two men and injuring about 50 others who were rushed to the Speedway hospital tent. Spectators toppled onto each other as the tower fell, scattering debris on the grass outside the infield fence.
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Indianapolis
Speedway
T. A. Hanna
Kal Skomp
Kokomo
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