Tax on Real Estate Transfers Aims at Teacher Pay Raise
Gov MecKeithen trims the proposed documents tax to cover only real estate transfers. Lawmakers debate amendments with the Louisiana Bankers Association present. The plan seeks about 6 million dollars for a teacher pay raise, plus potential 15.5 million from other measures.
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Baton Rouge
John J. MecKeithen
Housees
Louisiana Bankers Association
Capitol
McKeithen
House
Legislative
James O. Lancaster
Lancaster
Himel
Public Affairs Research Council On Par
PAR
Womack
Thanksgiving Holiday Office Closures in West Monroe and Monroe
City of West Monroe offices close at 5 p m today and reopen Monday morning. Monroe and Ouachita Parish offices observe only Thanksgiving day. law enforcement and fire departments stay open. Various offices including Fourth District Court and sheriff department defer most operations Thursday and resume Friday with exceptions for clerks, registrars, and civil offices.
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West Monroe
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Fourth District Court
Belgian Troops Seek Missing Whites in Congo Crisis
Belgian paratroops and Congolese soldiers hunt about 200 missing whites in the northern Congo amid ongoing clashes near Stanleyville. More than 900 refugees have arrived in Leopoldville, with 500-600 awaiting evacuation at Stanleyville Airport. 63 Americans remain trapped, with 34 and two missionary bodies reaching Leopoldville. Rebels and leaders, including Christophe Gbenye, vanish as U.S. pressure grows to answer for the murder of two American missionaries Dr Paul Carlson and Phyllis Rine.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Congo
Stanleyville
Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
U.S
Christophe Gbenye
United States
Tshombe
Paul Carlson
Phyllis Rine
Carlson
Rolling Hills
Calif
Stanley
Lumumba
New Baby Eric Welcomed In West Monroe Family
Mr and Mrs E L Christian 2303 Trenton St West Monroe welcome baby boy Eric joining big sister Dana The week brings news of Major Louis Mockabee former Salvation Army head in Mobile undergoing major surgery at Ochsner Foundation Hospital New Orleans He remains in Room 725 for several days before returning home
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E. L. Christian
Trenton St
West Monroe
Eric
Dana
Louis Mackabee
Salvation Army
Oschner
Foundation Hospital
New Orleans
Mockabee
Mobile
Ala
New Teacher Pay Schedule Approved by Senate Panel
The Senate Judiciary Committee adopted the United School Committee salary plan for teachers with amendments limiting raises to over 1000 dollars only for classroom teachers. Gov McKeithen administration backs the USC schedule while other details and funding await legislature actions.
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John McKeithen
John J. McKeithen
USC
Sam Broussard
Pat Caffery
New Iberia
Adcock
Senate
Executive Guilty Of Killing Baseball Bookie In 1963
New York business executive Mark A. Fein, 32, convicted of second degree murder in the 1963 slaying of a bookmaker over a World Series debt. Prosecution tied the crime to a gambling dispute after the Dodgers swept the Yankees. Witness claimed Fein paid her to help dispose of the body. Fein faces 20 years to life. Fein Industries, Inc. is his family’s NY container maker.
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NEW York
Mark A. Fein
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Fein
Fein Industries, Inc
Woman behind the invention of high heels recalled in humor
A lighthearted note recalls a woman linked to the origin of high heels, suggesting a playful historical twist about influence and style.
Meaning Of Thanksgiving Expressed By Local Men
Seven Monroe and West Monroe leaders share what Thanksgiving means to them. The Rev A T Mitchell notes gratitude for God and his gifts including his Son. Dr George T Walker sees daily thanks for survival and blessings. Monroe Police Chief James C Kelly Jr. cites material blessings from the Maker. West Monroe Mayor J Allan Norris recalls origins and gratitude for God. Wade B East ties Thanksgiving to family service and liberty. Robert F Bealle looks back on deeds of others and lasting gratitude beyond food. Sgt R L Warhurst says Thanksgiving is time to thank God for blessings.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
West Monroe
A. T. Mitchell
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Mitchell
George T. Walker
Northeast Louisiana State College
James C. Kelly Jr
J. Allan Norris
Wade B. East
Louisiana Baptist Children's Home
America
Robert F. Bealle
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Warhurst
U. S. Air Force
Government audit flags costly Hawaii military camp operation
Comptroller General reports the Kilauea military camp in Hawaii ran a deficit of about 27 dollars per day in 1961, despite 250000 dollars in fees. He urges self sufficiency or closure, noting only about eight percent of Hawaii’s 120000 personnel and dependents used the camp. Meanwhile Saigon declares martial law after 2000 student protests demanding Premier Huong's ouster, curfews imposed, 100 injured, Buddhist leaders call for action, and politics loom over aid to South Viet Nam.
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Washington
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hilo
Joseph Campbell
Congress Today
Defense Department
Kilauea
Mauna Loa
National Park
Island of
Campbell
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ran van Huong
U.S
Capital
Military District
Pham van Duong
Huong
Nguyen Khanh
Phan Khac Sun
High National Council
Good Holiday Weather Seen
The weather forecast for Thanksgiving Day calls for sunny mild conditions in northeast Louisiana with a high near 58. Variable winds are expected. A weekend cold front may bring showers. Monroe rainfall Tuesday reached 0.33 inches. Across the nation the Turkey Day outlook shows mild weather with snow in the Northern Lakes and high Rockies, showers on the Pacific Northwest, and cooler conditions from the upper Great Lakes to the Great Basin.
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Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Monroe
Lakes
Rockies
Louisiana Teachers Halt Strike Action Pending Legislature
The Louisiana Teachers Association paused plans for a January strike awaiting legislative action on salary demands. At a three day convention in Shreveport the union recessed to reconvene after the current special session, aiming for about $1,000 yearly raises versus the governor’s half.
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Shreveport
Louisiana Teachers Association
LTA
John McKeithen
Charles C. Faust
Avoyelles Parish
Bryan Dumez
Terrebonne Parish
Faust
Louisiana
Ned Beary
Thibodaux
United School Committee
Beary
Bill Baker
Caddo Parish
Governor's Son In Auto Mishap Near Monroe
Walter Fox McKeithen the 18 year old son of Gov John J McKeithen was in a one car crash on the Winnsboro Road at South Fifth Street He escaped injury while passenger Ann L Buford of Baton Rouge suffered a facial laceration and was hospitalized for observation at St Francis Hospital Investigating officers say McKeithen veered off the road traveling about 123 feet before stopping the accident occurred about 1230 a m
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John J. McKeithen
Walter Fox McKeithen
Winnsboro Road
South Fifth St
Young McKeithen
Route 1
Columbia
Ann L. Buford
Clayton St
Baton Rouge
Miss Buford
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
McKeithen
Winnsboro
Global protests flare as students clash at embassies
About 400 African and Communist Chinese students stoned the U S Legation in Sofia and demonstrated before the Belgian embassy over Congo actions. Ambassadors in Warsaw discussed China’s atomic bomb. Moscow urged end to foreign mercenaries and Congo fighting. FBI identified killers of Mississippi civil rights workers and Birmingham church bombers. New Jersey Supreme Court voided reapportionment. Louisiana ruling upholds milk order against commissioner and creamery.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S
Sofia
Bulgaria
Congo
Warsaw
Poland
United States
China
Moscow
Washington
FBI
Mississippi
Birmingham
Ala
Jury Takes Up Klan Bombing
The second trial of four Ku Klux Klansmen on charges of conspiring to bomb a Negro home goes to a 12 man federal court jury. The defense and prosecution closed their arguments as U S District Judge Bryan Simpson prepares to instruct the jurors at 9 30 a m. Atlanta attorney J B Stoner described the defendants as four innocent white men.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Robert Pittman Gentry
Caspian Sea Described as Inland Lake in Almanac
The World Almanac notes the Caspian Sea is a landlocked lake with an area of 143 550 square miles, nearly four times Lake Superior.
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Caspian Sea
Lake Superior
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