Reapportion Plan Discussed In Louisiana Session
A seven-man legislative study committee in Baton Rouge weighed a plan to reshuffle the 105 member Louisiana House. Rep. Hiram Allen proposed taking seven seats from New Orleans and adding seats to Calcasieu and several other parishes while keeping total membership at 105. The committee plans open hearings through October 11 with executive sessions after.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
Warren J. Simon
Vermilion Parish
Simon
Eighth Congressional District
Hiram Allen
Tangipahoa Parish
Rep
Allen
Avoyules
Natchitoches
St. Landry
Calcasieu
Bossier
Caddo
East Baton Rouge
Iberia
Jefferson
Ouachita
Terrebonne
Washington
Louisiana Longshore Strike Leaders to Testify in New York
Two top officials of the International Longshoremen's Association from Louisiana, Alfred F. Chittenden and Clarence Henry, travel to New York to appear before a presidential fact finding panel. The strike idled about 75,000 waterfront workers from Maine to Texas, with more than 9,000 in Louisiana and Baton Rouge demanding higher wages and a 30 hour week. The old contract paid $2.96 per hour, and 200 pickets guard New Orleans docks as the TaftHartley act is invoked. Chittenden condemns Kennedy action as unjust to workers while Griswold praises it for keeping the system from collapsing.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
New York
Maine
Texas
Alfred F. Chittenden
Clarence Henry
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Baton Rouge
George Griswold
New Orleans Steamship Association
Kennedy
Tension Eased Briefly in West Pacific Says Admiral Schoech
Vice Adm. William A. Schoech outgoing 7th Fleet commander in Formosa reports a temporary lessening of tension in the west Pacific and expresses a cautious hope it could continue, though not assured, as he speaks today.
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Taipei
Formosa
William A. Schoech
U.S. 7Th Fleet
West Pacific
Meredith Returns To Ole Miss Amid Guarded Campus
Negro student James Meredith begins his second day of classes at Ole Miss under 15,000 federal troops. The campus remains tense with armed guards, arrests at roadblocks, and部署 military presence surrounding Oxford as authorities guard against violence after weekend rioting.
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Oxford
Miss
UPS
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
U. S
Graduate School
Move to relocate Ouachita Parish School Board office
Ward 5 member Charles G. Wall Jr says he will move the parish board office to West Monroe at tonight’s 7 p.m. meeting. Backed by Charles Anding, the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce endorsement supports the plan to separate parish and Monroe city systems. The Monroe City School Board meets at 3 p.m. Tonight also marks J A Rutledge’s first meeting since Gov. Davis appointed him to Ward 8, succeeding Harry Wheelis who becomes supervisor of buildings and grounds.
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Charles G. Wall Jr
Ward 5
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Wall
Charles Anding
Parish
Monroe City
J. A. Rutledge
Ward
Jimmie H. Davis
Harry Wheelis
Wheelis
Paul Martin Hospitalized For Blood Transfusion Request
Monroe News-Star executive sports editor Paul Martin was at Glenwood Hospital needing several pints more blood than available. A-positive donors were asked to report to the blood bank and contribute for Mr. Martin. Nearby, West Monroe city hall grounds were prepped for landscaping as H. H. Nobel of 1410 Park Avenue looked forward to a local celebration.
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Paul Martin
Monroe
Space telescope improvement on radar developed
A 23,000 pound missile and satellite tracking telescope built on an air defense gun frame offers precision far beyond best radar. It has photographed orbiting satellites at 150 miles and objects as small as a bowling ball at 100 miles. It could track astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. during lift off and relay Sigma 7 footage to U.S. viewers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
U.S
Walter M. Schirra Jr
United States
Schirra
Officials deny Walker aid in Mississippi crisis
Mississippi Attorney General Joe Patterson said no Mississippi official solicited help from former Army General Edwin A. Walker during the University of Mississippi crisis. The day also carried reports on polio vaccine review, foreign aid cuts, Kennedy pension funds stance, and Schirra’s space mission progress.
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New Orleans
UPI
Mississippi
Joe Patterson
Edwin A. Walker
University of Mississippi
Meredith vows to finish education at Mississippi
Oxford Mississippi James H Meredith the first Negro admitted to the University of Mississippi said his morale was high and come what may he plans to finish his education at the university in Oxford UPI report notes Meredith spoke about his determination amid ongoing protests and tensions surrounding his enrollment.
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Oxford
Miss
UPI
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Twelve Arrested Bound Over To Grand Jury In Mississippi
At the Ole Miss Lyceum a federal preliminary hearing ordered 12 defendants bound over to the grand jury on charges including resisting marshals, conspiring to impede duties, and insurrection related to the campus action. Bonds ranged from 2,500 to 100,000 dollars for participants from Mississippi and neighboring states.
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Oxford
Miss
USS
Omar D. Craig
University of Mississippi
Federal Grand Jury
Craig
Ole Miss Lyceum
Melvin Bruce
Decatur
Bruce
Georgia
Walter
Edwin Walker
Springfield
Joseph E. Cutter
Frank L. Ott
Kentwood
Philip L. Myles
Clyde May
Prichard
Ala
R. H. Hinton
Lucedale
William Gilbert Marr Jr
Memphis, Tenn
Robert W. Blackard
Olive Branch
William David Marlow IV
Ruleville
Edward L. Shade Sr
Picayune
Johnny McCormick
Grenada
Davis A. Richards
Canton
Walker
U.S
United States
Six Missile Experts Killed in California Crash
Six missile experts en route to Vandenberg Air Force Base were killed when a transport plane crashed near Santa Maria airport in California. The twin engine craft, coming from Hawthorne, struck eucalyptus trees then nadir nose first into the ground, killing the plane's pilot.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Santa Maria
Hawthorne
Los Angeles
Rusk Pushes Isolation of Castro Cuba at Inter American Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk is expected to urge Latin American foreign ministers to back strict economic and political measures to isolate Cuba. He seeks a unified front against Castro and Soviet arms, while Kennedy signals possible unilateral action if Cuba threatens U.S. or American interests.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Cuba
Rusk
U.S
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
United States
Castro
Edwin M. Martin
Scholarship in Honor of Slain Newsman Planned
The University of Mississippi’s Mississippian prints a Paul Guihard Memorial Scholarship to aid journalism students with up to $1,000 each. A second fund honors Guihard’s name for French students in the United States, funded from off campus sources.
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Oxford, Miss
University of Mississippi
the Mississippian
Paul Guihard
Ole Miss
United States
Guichard
Drainage Canal Nears Completion in Monroe
Mayor W. L. Howard announced the major drainage canal through Monroe should finish within three weeks. He inspected the project north of Forsythe Avenue, noting it is within 500 feet of completion and will solve the city’s major drainage ills as part of a past capital improvement program.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Monroe
Howard
Forsythe Avenue
Soviets Accused Of Buying Defense Secrets En Route To Moscow
Two Soviet U.N. delegation members Ivan Vyronov and Evgeni Prokhorov, accused of engaging with a Baltimore sailor to obtain classified Navy manuals, were escorted from New York toward Moscow. FBI arrested Yeoman Drummond at a Larchmont diner on charges of conspiring to transmit national defense information.
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Brussels
Belgium
Soviet Union
U.N
U.S
New York
Moscow
Larchmont
N.Y
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Yeoman
Nelson Cornelius Drummond
Baltimore
Prokhorov
Drummond
Newport
R.I
Weather forecast with temperatures and winds noted
The forecast calls for a high of 78 to 82 today and Wednesday with a nighttime low near 52 to 56. Clear to partly cloudy skies and mostly north winds 8 to 16 mph are expected, with an overnight low around 47 and a Monday high of 83.
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Mercury
Woman notes aging by shoe concerns over sweater fit
A light humor item observes aging through a simple shift in priorities as a woman grows older, stressing how comfort and fit in footwear become more salient than clothing fit.
Officials surround governor’s mansion in Barnett arrest scare
Jackson officials ringed the governor’s mansion to keep order if federal marshals arrive to arrest Gov Ross Barnett. Police saw no marshals planned at 10 am but prepared to protect the peace. One source said Barnett would accept the summons and go to jail to resist integration.
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Jackson, Miss
Ross Barnett
Barnett
Farmers Home Loan Group Holds Two Day Meeting in Monroe
Sixty five states and parish officials gather in Monroe for a two day annual Farmers Home Administration conference at the Virginia Hotel. I L Spencer state director cites planning and supervision as the theme and notes FHAs record loan volume and nearby aid to rural residents unable to obtain bank financing.
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Monroe
Farmers Home Administration
I. L. Spencer
Alexandria
F.H.A
United States Department of Agriculture
FH. A
Virginia
Spencer
Roy Ussery
Barnett
Jackson
Trial of Stock Exchange Chief Ends in Hung Jury
NEW YORK AP J Truman Bidwell former New York Stock Exchange board chairman resigned after indictment on federal income tax evasion charges. The first trial ended with a hung jury and a mistrial declared. He faces a second trial on the February indictment accusing him of evading fifty five thousand nine hundred eight dollars for 1956 57. The government says Bidwell knew there were fictitious items on his tax returns and failed to report about fourteen thousand dollars in capital gains from 1956 stock sales. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen F. Kaufman argued Bidwell had no supporting check stubs for reported bonuses and employee payments.
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NEW York (Ap
J. Truman Bidwell
New York Stock Exchange
Court Says Gov Order Carried Out On Meredith Enrollment
Gov. Ross Barnett told the 5th U.S. Circuit Court that he complied with court orders for James Meredith to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Atty. Gen. Joe Patterson noted Meredith is now attending classes at Oxford as the court prepared to rule after contempt purge deadlines.
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New Orleans
Ross Barnett
Federal Appeals Court
James H. Meredith
Tthe
University of Mississippi
Mississippi
Joe T. Patterson
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court On Appeals
Barnett
Patterson
Meredith
University At
Oxford
Ole Miss
State of
Pineville Doctor Dies by Suicide in Street Incident
A Pineville physician, A. W. Young Ill, about 45, a Veterans Hospital staffer, parked behind City Hall at 8:15 a.m. and shot himself in the street after exiting his car. He died from a bullet wound behind the right ear as a startled bystander screamed.
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Pineville
UPI
A. W. Young
Veterans Hospital
Release Data on Mariner 2 and Venus flyby
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration released a progress report on Mariner 2. Launched August 27, the probe is expected to pass 9,000 miles from Venus on December 14. At 7 a.m. it stood 5,784,075 miles from Earth and 37,380,840 miles from Venus with a good radio signal.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Venus
Mariner
Earth
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Grandpa) Nobel
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