Plane crash off Lisbon kills 62 on DC8 charter
A chartered DC8 with 62 aboard crashed into the Atlantic near Caparica after departing Lisbon en route from Rome to Caracas. No survivors reported. Passengers and crew from Venezuela, Chile, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and France. Pilot Capt. R. D. Bergemann of New Zealand. Flight had stops in Madrid and Lisbon with future legs to Santa Maria and Curacao.
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Lisbon
OPS
Caparica
Tagus
Viasa Company
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Rome
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Santa Maria
Azores
R. D. Bergemann
New Zealand
Madrid
Curacao
Woman to Begin Life Term For Butcher Slaying
Mrs Norma MacDonald Young, 49, will start a life prison sentence for the December butcher killing and dismemberment of her former husband E B MacDonald Sr. An all male jury fixed the term after she pleaded guilty. no motive was established. She waived a 43 hour waiting period.
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Mena, Ark. AP
Norma MacDonald-Young
Bobby Steel
E. B. MacDonald Sr
Teen Age Robbers Slain Man In Elevator Attack
In New York a 76 year old man, Harry Heiser, was beaten and fatally shot by teen aged robbers who fled with his wallet containing $3. The assault occurred in a self service elevator at a Lower East Side housing project where he resided with his wife. Police describe the assailants as Spanish speaking boys ages 14 to 19.
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New York
Harry Heiser
Jessler
Lower East Side
Fulbright Finds Reason For Testy Senate
Sen. J. William Fulbright credits the volatile Senate mood to new subway cars that cause a jolting nerve wracking ride between offices and the chamber each day. He urged selling the cars to Disneyland, Coney Island, or the Moscow Subway Authority on Monday.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Chamber
Disneyland
Coney Island
Moscow
Firemen Pay Hike Clears Senate in 30 5 Vote
A 1.1 million bill to raise Louisiana firemen's pay passed the Senate 30 to 5 despite Gov. Jimmie Davis opposition. The plan adds 16.64 monthly for three years, then 32.33 for five years, and finally 50 after five years. Senators Cleveland and others argued funding gaps and local funding should cover costs.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
Jimmie H. Davis
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Davis
Adcock
Cleveland
Sen
W. J. Cleveland
Crowley
Jackson B. Davis
Shreveport
J. C. Gilbert
Sicily Island
Ouachita Parish Band Members Named Outstanding
Seven Ouachita Parish High School band members were named outstanding bandsmen for the year. Marshall Douglas received the John Phillip Sousa Award for outstanding bandsmanship. Marguerite May, Jerry Clampit, David Deal, Pam Jones, Mary DeStefano and Bill Gore were also honored. Miss May was named captain for the coming year, with Wayne Rader and Tana Rhodes chosen as drum majors.
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Ouachita Parish
Marshall Douglas
John Phillip Sousa
Marguerite May
Jerry Clampit
David Deal
Pam Jones
Mary DeStefano
Bill Gore
Miss May
Wayne Rader
Tana Rhodes
Archery Champion Ben Pearson to Address Ouachita Unit
Pine Bluff Ark national archery champion Ben Pearson will appear at the Ouachita unit meeting of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation tonight. He will present several films on different phases of archery, with further details on CHIT-CHAT page 2 A.
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Ben Pearson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ouachita
Louisiana Wildlife Federation
Pearson
Spectacular Pileup Slows 500 Mile Race No Drivers Hurt
INDIANAPOLIS A spectacular pileup of five cars near the home stretch slowed the 500 mile race to under a mile per minute but none of the drivers were injured. Parnelli Jones led when the yellow caution flag paused the race to clear wreckage as Don Davis spun twice near the start. A. J. Shepherd skimmed the wall and tumbled into Bill Cheesbourg, with Jack Turner also striking the wall in the incident witnessed by about 125000 of the 200000 spectators.
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Indianapolis
Parnelli Jones
Don Davis
Phoenix
Ariz
A. J. Shepherd
Davis
Bill Cheesbourg
Jack Turner
Explosives Found At Transmitter Near Los Angeles
Two unidentified men turned in several packages of high explosive found near a Civil Defense radio transmitter on a ranch 40 miles north of Los Angeles. The sheriff's office said the material was not dynamite but a more powerful explosive, raising alarms after last weekend's bombing of relay stations in Utah and Nevada.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Utah
Nevada
Lake Hughes
Los Los Angeles
Sheriff's
Birgitta Weds Prince Johann Georg in Sigmaringen
Princess Birgitta of Sweden married Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen in a Roman Catholic ceremony in the sun drenched town. Kennedy wreath will honor war dead at Arlington. Robbers steal from the National Bank of Tampa with sawed off shotguns. Dr Paul Dudley White elected to Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences per Tass.
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Sigmaringen
Germany
Birgitta
Sweden
Johann Georg of
Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Tampa, Fla
National Bank of
Tampa
Moscow
Boston
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences
N c Tass
Louisiana Senate set to vote on $60 million highway bond
Louisiana Legislature clears a jammed calendar as Senate action looms on Gov Jimmie Davis highway bond plan worth 60 million. House adjournment deadlines approach with final adjournment sine die slated for June 6 in the 1961 fiscal session. Ouachita parish would gain about 5 thousand from the proposed highway funding.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
Jimmie H. Davis
House
Ouachita
Fudickar Named Inheritance Tax Collector Here
Monroe attorney Fred Fudickar Jr. was named inheritance tax collector for Ouachita parish by Gov. Jimmie H Davis after Senate confirmation in executive session. He succeeds Travis Oliver Jr. who died last Friday. Fudickar previously served as district attorney for Ouachita and Morehouse parishes.
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Baton Rouge
Fred Fudicker Jr
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Senate
Fudickar
Jimmie H Davis
Travis Oliver Jr
Ouachita
Morehouse
Tight Security Ordered For Kennedy Visit in Paris
Paris authorities deploy about 10,000 police firemen and others daily during the three day visit of President Kennedy and his wife. Rooftop watchers guard routes while sewer crews patrol beneath streets. A special street-sweeping crew preps routes to prevent tire punctures. Police have quietly prepared for weeks, removing many of Paris figures deemed troublesome.
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Paris
Kennedy
Gunman Seized After Fatal Abduction Shootings
In Chicago an abducted motorist was killed and his female companion seriously wounded in a bungled escape attempt. Police captured an armed man asleep in the victim’s car and he admitted to three shootings. Victim Daniel Saenz, 29, was shot twice in the back. Josephine Lobiue, 46, widow, was found wandering on a highway and shot in the face.
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Chicago
Daniel Saenz
Josephine Lobue
New Orleans Police Fatally Shoot Boy During Burglary
In New Orleans a 11 year old boy was fatally shot by police who mistook his toy item for a weapon during a candy and cigarette burglary at a cigar company. Officers say the youth advanced toward them as four additional rounds were fired while the boy attempted to escape. Police arrested the other three youths involved. the officer who fired initially believed the toy was a real pistol and ordered the youth to drop it. The incident occurred as officers encountered the youths atop a wire mesh cage inside the building.
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New Orleans
UPS
Allan Bruce Foster
Richard Martin
Robert Jackson
Foster Boy
Martin
Northeast Louisiana Warm and Fair Weather Forecast
The forecast calls for warm generally fair weather with partly cloudy skies through Wednesday in northeast Louisiana. Highs near 88 today and tomorrow, with overnight lows around 62. No rain recorded Monday. the high reached 47 and the low 55.
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Louisiana
Kennedy Vows No Retreat In Vienna
President Kennedy departs for Europe pledging no retreat as he Italy heads to Paris and Vienna to meet De Gaulle and Khrushchev. On his 44th birthday he says miscalculations by foes led to wars and aims to erase them in talks with the Soviet leader while in Boston crowds hail him as leader of a revolutionary country. The gala banquet in Commonwealth Armory raised funds for the party.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Europe
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Vienna
Khrushchev
Boston
William Lloyd Garrison
New England
Commonwealth Armory
Street work begins on 20 miles of West Monroe roads
West Monroe launched about 20 miles of street improvement after two years of planning and a May 19 bond sale. Mayor J Allan Norris said action starts with Lazarre Street as paving bonds of 349387 were sold at 3.62 percent, with 293152 funded by property owners.
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West Monroe
J. Allan Norris
Lazarre Street
Senate Bill Adds Ouachita School Deficit to Measure
In Baton Rouge the Senate amended a deficit bill, boosting it to 1.5 million dollars and adding Ouachita parish. Sen. Jamar Adcock said Ouachita’s deficit is included though the exact figure is undetermined and the parish is protected. Sen. Speedy O. Long noted a compromise with the Davis administration to reduce the measure to 1.5 million, with Long having added 700 thousand yesterday.
Area Resident Shot To Death Entering Home
Howard B Crenshaw Jr owner of Crenshaw Bus Lines and Oak Grove resident for 25 years was shot and killed on his home steps about 3 45 p m Monday witnesses saw the shooting Wilton Brumley 37 Oak Grove held in parish prison charges expected to be filed Tuesday Brumley had been a patient at LSU Pineville estranged from his wife now with his father Hoyt Brumley funeral services set for 3 p m Tuesday Kidder Cox Funeral chapel interment Oak Grove cemetery Crenshaw a World War Two veteran survived by widow Pauline Crenshaw one brother J T Crenshaw Norfolk Va one sister Mrs Edna Craig Chase City Va and several nieces and nephews
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Oak Grove
Howard B. Crenshaw Jr
Crenshaw Bus Lines
Wilton Brumley
West Carroll Parish
J. R. Butler
Crenshaw
Brumley
Louisiana State Hospital
Pineville
Hoyt Brumley
Kidder-Cox
Virginia
Pauline Crenshaw
J. T. Crenhaw
Norfolk
Edna Craig
Chase City
Ruling Junta In Legal Muddle
South Korea's ruling junta faced a deepening legal muddle over how to legalize its freeze on parliament and plan a new constitutional framework. The supreme council named Yu Chin-oh of Korea University as supreme adviser to the planning committee, with Yu as principal author of Korea's original 1948 constitution.
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Seoul
South Korea
Supreme Council
Yu Chin-oh
Korea University
Korea
Khrushchev May Unveil Berlin Shift in Vienna Talks
Moscow sources suggest Khrushchev could offer sweeping new proposals at the Kennedy Vienna meeting, possibly on the German question and Berlin. Observers note Moscow seeks progress to placate East Germans and the Red Chinese amid ongoing disputes over a free city concept.
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Fy Endre Marton
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Kennedy
Vienna
U.N. General Assembly
Moscow
Khrushchev
U.S
Berlin
Eost Germans
Red Chinese
Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson white waiting room
Eight Freedom Riders from New Orleans arrived by the City of New Orleans train and were arrested after entering the white waiting room marking a first, as four prior bus station integration attempts had ended in arrests. The group included five white youths and three Negroes led by James Davis from Claflin College. Davis asked directions to the dining room and was told he was under arrest, prompting a tense exchange before officers escorted them to a police wagon and jail pending breach of the peace charges.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Freedom Riders
New Orleans
James Davis
Claflin College
Orangeburg
S. C
J.L. Ray
Ray
Davis
Walter G. Bergman
Detroit
University of Michi
Lawyer Requests Attorney General To Appear In Court
In Montgomery a defense attorney asked the Justice Department to bring Attorney General Robert Kennedy to testify as a witness in a race riot injunction hearing. The case seeks to require Montgomery and Birmingham police to protect Freedom Riders from white mobs. The hearing discussed rioting in Birmingham following the May 14 arrival of a Railways bus.
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Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Atty
Robert Kennedy
Calvin Whitesell
Justice Dept. Atty
John Doar
Birmingham
Freedom Riders
Doar
Department
Washington
Associated Press
Kennedy
William A. Mobley
Birmingham Post-Herald
Eugene Connor
Mobley
Connor
James A Simpson
Greyhound
Wnich
FBI
Freedom Ride
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Carport
Steu and
Harper
W.M. FA
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