Red Cross Drops Plan For Cuban Ship Inspectors
The International Red Cross has dropped an immediate inspection plan for ships sailing to Cuba. Officials say the move follows a reassessment after talks with U Thant and former president Paul Ruegger. The committee would have nominated international inspectors under UN authority if enacted.
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Geneva
Red Cross
Cuba
International Committee
Thhe Red Cross
Paul Ruegger
New York
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Bourbon Street Hops After D A Stymied In Cleanups
NEW ORLEANS UP I New Orleans night spots are hopping again as District Attorney Jim Garrison’s aggressive vice cleanup stalls after eight criminal court judges accused him of defamation. Garrison blames judges for withholding funds and calls their actions a vacation racket. The Bourbon Association of night clubs reopened with cleaner establishments but a few clubs remain unaffiliated and labeled clip joints where strippers press customers for drinks at about 2.45 dollars per shot.
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New Orleans
UPI
Jim Garrison
Criminal Court
Garrison
Bourbon Association of
B.A.N.C
Harrison
Building Projects Help Keep Jobs in Ouachita Parish
Labor Market Trends notes building projects in Ouachita Parish cushion the typical winter employment dip. October nonfarm employment reached 29,200 amid weather and construction slumps, while manufacturing rose slightly to 5,750, marking a year over year gain. Out-migration reduced labor force, with construction workers most affected.
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Quachita Parish
Louisiana State Employment Service
Ouachita Parish
Antony Armstrong-Jones Marry Princess Margaret Breaks Royal Lineage
Antony Armstrong-Jones wed Princess Margaret making the first man of non noble birth to join the British royal family since Edward IV's era, as noted in Collier's Encyclopedia.
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Antony Armstrong-Jones
Margaret
Edward IV
Collier's Encyclopedia
Budget Shows $7 Billion In The Red
A UPI report notes the federal budget runs more than seven billion dollars in the red. The midyear review projects peacetime deficits and record spending near ninety four billion with revenues around eighty seven billion. The figures contrast Kennedy’s prior estimates of ninety three billion spending just over ninety two and a half billion and a small surplus.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Budget Bureau
Mississippi judge urges Kennedy indictment over Ole Miss riot
Mississippi Circuit Judge W M O Barr told Lafayette County grand jurors to indict President Kennedy and his alleged allies if they caused the 1962 Ole Miss riot that left two dead. The panel was to report on the Meredith admission riot, with federal guards present and deaths of Paul Guihard and Ray Gunter among the violence.
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Oxford, Miss
UPI
Kennedy
Robert
University of Mississippi
Lafayette County
James H. Meredith
Ole Miss
W. M. O'Barr
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
James) McShane
O’barr
U.S
McShane
U S Pushes for Removal of Soviet Bombers From Cuba
The United States steps up demands for removal of Russian IL28 bombers from Cuba as 42 missiles are returned to the Soviet Union. President Kennedy may withhold assurances against invasion until the bombers go, while discussions with Adlai Stevenson and John J. McCloy seek progress with Moscow and Castro.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cuba
Russia
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
John J. McCloy
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Castro Regime Says It Captured CIA Agent in Cuba
Havana reports the arrest of Miguel Angel Orozco Crespo in Pinar del Rio province as the CIA's principal agent in Cuba. Police also seized Pedro Vera Ortiz and a large cache of weapons and explosives. The communique alleges a plot to blow up the Matahambre Nicaro nickel mines in Pinar de Rio and Oriente provinces.
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Havana
Cuba
UPI
Fidel Castro
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Miguel Angel Orozco Crespo
Pinar del Rio
Pedro Vera Ortiz
Orozco
Tures
Matahambre
Nicaro
Pinar de Rio
Oriente
Taxpayers Fund Lawmakers Junkets to Europe
Washington AP reports many members of Congress are on junkets abroad at taxpayer expense. Lt Cols Fountain and Hechler join others in Berlin while remaining on active duty. Sen Thurmond and Rep Weaver head to Europe as Fulbright plans Paris talks with NATO parliamentarians. Fulbright feigned bronchitis delaying travel.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Lawrence H. Fountain
Paris
D-N.c
Harlan Hagen
D-Calif
Berlin
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Europe
U.S
W. Pat Jennings
D-Va
G. Elo Hagan
D-Ga
Phil Weaver
Weaver
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fulbright
Sandbar Traps Car Husband On River Sandbar
Eureka California AP report: Mrs. Robert Harris of Arcata Humboldt County phoned police that her husband was floating down the Mad River in his car. Minutes later she canceled, saying he was safe but stuck on a sandbar. Harris attempted a ford in his water tight bus type car. midstream the current lifted it, sending it into the sandbar where he climbed out the sunroof and waited for a tow.
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Eureka
Calif
Robert Harris
Arcatea
Humboldt County
Harris
Mad River
Kill Threats Against Negro Aired By Solon
State Rep Wellborn Jack warned at a New Orleans gathering that Mississippi is poised to kill James Meredith once possible. He said he did not recall names, claimed Meredith is nervous and may leave Ole Miss, and asserted Meredith is not truly integrated, just protected by five U.S. marshals. Jack urged southern speakings teams to oppose Kennedy and his brothers, criticizing Gov Davis’s administration.
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New Orleans
Wellborn
Jack
Mississippi
James H.meredith
Citizens Council of
Greater
FBI
Shreveport
Ves
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Ole Miss
U.S
Supreme Court
University of Southwestern Louisiana
USL
South
Prest Kennedy
Charles Barnett
Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
Barnett
Tax Cut To Take Gradual Drop
President Kennedy plans income tax cuts for 1963 but the change may unfold gradually over one to two years. The first rate could take effect next Jan 1 with a bottom rate dropping from 20 to 15 and the top from 92 to 65. Corporate rate discussions include a move from 52 to 47 percent and quarterly pay as you go for firms.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Treasury
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
City Groups Fight Against Red Imports
Washington based AP report details a nationwide protest against goods from Soviet bloc nations. Card parties and label campaigns target imported items, notably Polish ham, while officials note no legal trade barriers exist outside certain embargoed nations. Some merchants drop communist made goods in Dayton and other cities as chapters claim broad local support.
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Washington
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Columbus
Boston
Dayton
San Diego
Europe
Committee
American Free Enterprise
Commerce Department
Red China
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Cuba
Iron Curtain
U.S
Poland
Ohio
Typhoon Karen Leaves 5 Dead and Millions in Damage
HONOLULU AP reports Typhoon Karen struck Guam causing at least five deaths, hundreds injured, and vast damage estimated in the millions with 45,000 homeless. Destruction described as far worse than 1944, as Guam and nearby bases face extensive recovery efforts amid communication outages and ongoing relief operations. The storm roared across Guam with winds near 174 mph, then moved toward Okinawa as U.S. bases brace for impact and emergency crews treat casualties.
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Honolulu
Karen
Guames
Manuel Guerrero
U.S
Japan
Pacific
Western Pacific
Guam
Okinawa
US. Air Force
Sun Weather
Weather Preview for Monroe Area Today
Sunny skies and crisp temperatures mark the forecast for today in Monroe. Highs linger around 63 to 64 degrees with scattered frost overnight as lows dip into the 40s. Winds start northerly at 19 to 21 mph, shifting to variable tonight and Wednesday at 5 to 15 mph.
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Weatheman
Monroe
Parents Hunted After Boy Abandoned in L A Tavern
Police search for the boy's parents after a five year old, David Collins Jr., was left in a Los Angeles tavern with a note on his shirt. The note bore the name David Collins and Barbara J Collins. the boy said his father told him he would be sold back to his “other mother.” The child received ten stitches for a forehead wound incurred during a nighttime drive and a car crash on a foggy rail crossing. He described having a sister Gayle and a dog Blondie. investigators traced the motel address on the cheque, but occupants had moved out.
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David Collins Jr
Los Angeles
David Collins
Barbara J. Collins
Joyce
Blondie
David
Gayle
Educator Urges Quick Court Test on Federal College Aid
Dr. John T. Caldwell, chancellor of North Carolina State College, urged passage of legislation to allow a prompt court test on federal grants to church related colleges. He spoke to the Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, noting 2040 higher education institutions with 667 church related, 721 public, and 512 independent. Nonpublic schools enroll about 40 percent of students.
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Washington
John T. Caldwell
North Carolina State College
The
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Association
Caldwell
Congress
Marines Show Of Armor At Guantanamo Fence
Marines at Guantanamo Bay began an armored display along the fence to deter Cuban militiamen who had been throwing rocks. A planned parade of tanks was canceled after a briefing by Rear Adm. Edward J. O'Donnell. No shots were fired and no injuries reported as the bunker construction continued under professional conduct by the Marines.
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Cuba
Calif
U.S
Val Base
Adm
Edward J. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Unitedjrines
O'Toole
Einis
Pal
Sweeney
Gordon L. Fine
San Clemente
O’toole
Kennedy
Jack Wicks Jr Dies in Monroe at 40
Jack Wicks Jr owner of Continental Laboratories and Monroe businessman died at 40 after a year of illness at his home 241 Katherine Drive. Funeral set for Mulhearn Chapel Wednesday at 10 a.m. with Rev Loyd E. Williams officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife Lorraine, children Charles Scott Acker and Frederick K. Wicks, Lorelei Wicks, parents O J Wicks Sr and Mrs Sam Orchard, stepchildren Cynthia Zollinger and Sandra Zollinger, grandmother Mrs Alice Davis, and a host of relatives. Pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers named.
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Jack Wicks, Jr
Continental Laboratories l
Monroe
Katherine Drive
Mulhearn
Loyd E. Williams
Memorial Methodist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Wicks
Lorraine Wicks
Charles Scott Acker
Frederick K. Wicks
Lorelei Wicks
O. J. Wicks, Sr
Sam Orchard
Kile D. Wicks
Alice Davis
Cynthia Zollinger
Sandra Zollinger
Joe Cascio
Joe T
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