Kennedy vows four welfare bills meet tough 87th Congress hurdles
President Elect John F Kennedy plans four priority measures including minimum wage liberalization a medical care program tied to Social Security federal aid to education and targeted assistance for low income areas. He faces slim mandate weaker party majorities and strong opposition amid House Rules Committee roadblocks.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Soviet Says Man In Space Now Possible
Soviet scientist K Sergeyev told Pravda that the USSR has the means and conditions to send a man into space but needs practical experience with ships first. He said the dogflight carrier ship Belka and Strelka is in excellent shape for more flights and outlined plans for a manned space station and moon probes.
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Moscow
U.S.S.R
K. Sergeyev
Pravda
Communist Party
Belka
Strelka
Earth
Moon
Legislators Seize Orleans Schools Seated Board Hums
In New Orleans the school board adopted a wait and see stance as an eight member legislative committee seized control of the city’s public schools to block federal integration orders. The move, authorized by Davis party segregation laws, comes as a Wright ruling sets a Monday deadline to desegregate first grade classrooms. Lloyd Rittiner leads the board.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
U.S
J. Shelly Wright
Lloyd Rittiner
U N Soldiers Advance on Savage Congo Tribe
United Nations troops move from three fronts toward a suspected attacker in north Katanga after nine Irish soldiers were killed in a Tuesday ambush. Five mutilated bodies found, four others missing. Survivors Patrick and Kenny treated at Albertville. Contending tribes include Baluba youths and a possible Kikiwat group, with Moroccan and Ethiopian forces aiding the Irish battalion. Brigadier Rikhye says forces close in on the culprits as details trickle in.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Katanga
U.N
Albertville
Indarjit Rikhye
India
Patrice Lumumba
Moise Tshombe
Interposition Group to Meet on School Integration Action
Rep L D Napper of Ruston told the News-Star the four man interposition committee will meet in Baton Rouge to decide a course of action against the federal court order to integrate New Orleans schools at the first grade level. The eight man Orleans Parish public schools committee met in New Orleans under State Police protection with four members escorted from Baton Rouge.
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L. D. Napper
Ruston
News-Star Today
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Napper
Orleans Parish
Vail M. Delany
Lake Providence
Wellborn Jack
Shreveport
Orleans
Religion Not a Major Political Issue In Vote
Boston dispatch reports The Pilot the Roman Catholic archdiocese newspaper says Protestant majority regarded religion as a secondary issue in the election of Senator John F Kennedy to president. The editorial notes many leaders were unfriendly to Catholics yet religion appeared minor in the vote.
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Boston
Pilot
John F. Kenneley
Weather forecast and past conditions note
Freeze and frost expected tonight with scattered frost. Thursday high near 50, overnight low around 28. Friday high about 55 with partly cloudy skies. Wednesday's high 66, low 45. Selman Field FAA weather observers recorded 1.71 inches of rain Wednesday.
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Selman Field
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Kennedy leads with 300 electoral votes in tight 1960 race
President-elect Kennedy holds 300 electoral votes across 22 states while Nixon sits with 188 in 25 states. Mississippi and Alabama electors are uncommitted as the popular vote margin nears 325000 in a 66 million total. Kennedy predicts a difficult four years and calls for a national effort to steer the country through the 1960s.
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John F. Kennedy
California
Alaska
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Mississippi
Alabama
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Evans Hughes
Today’s Chuckle About Telling Lies and Romance
A quip notes that when a man calls a woman a liar she tends to disregard his other falsehoods. The line plays on trust and the humor of romantic missteps.
School board halts plan as legislature intervenes
On Wednesday night the school board said it would wait to see what happens as a special session of the legislature interposed itself between federal courts and the school system. The board planned to admit five Negro girls to previously all white schools through a pupil placement plan, but lawmakers, led by Rep. Risley Triche, rushed 28 segregation bills and met with Dr. James F. Redmond, superintendent of Orleans schools, before the impasse.
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Risley Triche
Assumption Parish
Baton Rouge
James F. Redmond
Orleans
Redmond
Long Way Arthur Matthews Votes Far From Home
Former Monroe resident Arthur Matthews traveled about 1000 miles to vote in the presidential election. His ballot was recorded in Alexandria Louisiana where he was registered. Matthews now works in Asheville North Carolina, flew to Alexandria to vote, then returned to his job. He did not reveal his presidential choice but expressed support. Two men’s dormitories at Northeast Louisiana State Col. See CHIT CHAT Page 8-A.
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Arthur Matthews
Monroe
Alexandria
Matthews
Asheville
N. C
Louisiana State
Khrushchev Angles For Summit With Kennedy
Soviet Premier Khrushchev signals aim for a summit with John F. Kennedy and offers softened words. Western diplomats see a possible lull in the cold war as he praises past U.S. ties and backs disarmament and a peace treaty for Germany, hinting at renewed negotiations.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Khrushchev
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Germany
Eisenhower
Paris
Franklin Roosevelt
Youths Hanged In Britain For Kicking Man To Death
Two British youths, Francis Forsyth and Norman Harris, were hanged for fatally kicking a man named Allan Jee after a robbery. Forsyth's last visit was with his girlfriend Margaret Catlin, who is pregnant, as quiet crowds looked on and other attackers faced separate sentences.
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Britain
London
Francis Forsyth
Norman Harris
Forsyth
Harris
Pentonville
Thames
Allan E. Jee
Margaret Catlin
Margaret
Home Office
Wandsworth
Five Die In Chicago Tenement Fire
A Chicago fire killed five people including a mother Rosetta Woods 37 and her children Audrey Brown 12 Betty Brown 13 and their playmate James Laufton 11 plus Robert Brooks 75. Janis Brown 5 was critically burned and another resident and three firemen were injured while fighting the blaze.
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Chicago
Rosetta Woods
Audrey Brown
Betty Brown
James Laufton
Robert Brooks
Janis Brown
Nixon Receives Outpouring Of Job Offers
Washington AP reports universities law firms and corporations have offered positions to Vice President Richard Nixon. His press secretary said no decision on post vice presidency plans. Nixon and his family were greeted by about 500 at the airport after returning from California as supporters called for Pat Nixon.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Nixon
Nixons
California
Tricia
Julie
John F. Kennedy
Christian A. Herter
William P. Rogers
John Eisenhower
Barbara
Augusta
Los Angeles
Hawaii Votes Back To Nixon
Hawaii’s three electoral votes appear returned to Nixon after unofficial totals showed Nixon 92,268 Kennedy 92,151, with officials noting a precinct error briefly giving Kennedy the lead. Officials warned final results may take days as audits continue and other errors could shift the outcome.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
America
Nixon
Kennedy
William Kaina
James Kealoha
Kaina
Global reaction splits over Kennedy election
Moscow offers friendly note to Kennedy and calls for talks on disarmament and cold war issues while hoping relations return to prewar paths. Peiping blasts Kennedy as a war proponent and ally of rich families, signaling continued anti US stance despite the win.
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London
John F. Kennedy
Moscow
Peiping
Free World
Red China
New China
America
Red
Khrushchev
Black man executed for sex crime at Parchman
Nathanial Young, 42, a Black man from Hattiesburg, was executed in the gas chamber at Parchman Prison after midnight for raping a 7 year old girl. He told UPI he did not hold it against anyone and blessed the world. Authorities said he was intoxicated when the assault occurred.
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Parchman
Miss
Nathanial Young
Hattiesburg
Young
United Press International
Red Leadership To Size Up New Foe
William L. Ryan analyzes Soviet strategy as the new U S administration nears. Moscow plans to exploit fears of nuclear war to isolate the United States and advance Red global aims. The article notes a fear offensive and a possible UN assembly move.
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Red
Kremlin
Eisenhower
United States
U. N. General Assembly
Moscow
U. S
Eisenhower Offers Kennedy Meeting for Smooth Transfer
President Eisenhower proposed to meet Kennedy at any mutually convenient time to discuss continuity of government and an orderly transfer of power on January 20. He urged Kennedy aides and his own White House staff to arrange talks, with Secretary of State Herter involved. The telegram was sent from Hyannis Port and released by White House press secretary Hagerty.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Christian A. Herter
White House
Wilton B. Persons
Hyannis Port
Mass
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Pierre Salinger
Rockefeller Set To Lead GOP In 1964 Bid
Gov. Nelson A Rockefeller, despite losing New York in the Nixon bid, is seen as a future GOP presidential contender in 1964. Rockefeller’s influence grew last summer when he persuaded Nixon to adopt much of his program for the national platform, though two major obstacles remain: home-state weakness and Goldwater’s conservative bloc. Senator Goldwater warned Rockefeller must win New York to be a national force. See ROCKEFELLER Page 8-A.
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Robert YT. Gray
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
GOP
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Final Results On Amendments Due Next Week
Louisiana voters await full returns on 55 constitutional amendments with Parish boards delivering results to Baton Rouge by Monday. Unofficial AP figures from 1,911 of 2,114 precincts show margins on eight amendments, including LSU board and Toledo Bend.
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Louisiana
John Nelson
Sec. of State
Wade O. Martin Jr
The
News-Star
Nelson
Secretary of State
Associated Press
LSU Board
Wildlife Commission
Highway Board
Institutions Board
Welfare Board
Toledo Bend
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