14 Men Trapped On Gulf Oil Barge Off Brownsville
The Coast Guard reports 14 crew members aboard the Mr. Louis offshore drilling barge south of Brownsville. High waves and winds battered the rig as a cold front struck, collapsing the derrick and destroying a heliport. Rescue attempts by tugs were hampered. a Coast Guard plane from Corpus Christi aided by directing life jackets and lifeboats while awaiting safer access.
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Brownsville, Tex
Coast Guard
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Reading and Bates Co
Lake Charles
Tropical Storm Frances May Regain Strength in Atlantic
Tropical storm Frances remains small and disorganized after crossing the Dominican mountains and could threaten to strengthen in the Atlantic. U.S. impact remains remote, authorities say.
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Miami
Fla
Frances
Dominican Republic
New St
Atlantic
United States
United States abandons plan to cut air strength in Britain
Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert announced that Washington has shelved plans to reduce American air strength in Britain during the current world crisis.
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London
United States
Britain
Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckert
Wall No Longer Seeks West Monroe Mayor Race
Charles G. Wall Jr. announced he will not run for mayor of West Monroe citing health issues and heavy school board duties. The Ouachita Parish School Board president and local insurer said his focus now is on regaining health and expanding parish schools to meet rising enrollments, including a proposed bond exceeding seven million dollars.
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Charles G. Wall Jr
West Monroe
Wall
Ouachita Parish
Winchell Calls Bossier Sin City
Bossier City Mayor George L Nattin rejects Walter Winchells charge that the city is a sin city He says he will not give free publicity by responding Winchell last labeled Bossier City as competing with Covington Kentucky for top national sin city mentions and said gambling and vice crackdowns will continue under Police Chief James Cathey orders Nattin has given.
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Bossier City
UPI
George L. Nattin
Walter Winchell
Nattin
James Cathey
Bank Call Issued For Late October
Federal agencies ordered banks to publish a condition report as of October 27. The FDIC the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve System issued the call to banks nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Youth Held After Fatal Stabbing of Lealis Hale
Cecil Fugene Cullipher, 24, is jailed on a murder charge in Ouachita Parish after Lealis L. Hale, 59, was fatally stabbed in what police describe as a critical injury. Cullipher's initial charge of attempted murder was upgraded following Hale's death around 11 a.m. Hale had been hospitalized since the altercation near West Monroe. Cullipher gave a statement to sheriff's deputies detailing events leading to the stabbing.
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St. Fr
Lealis L. Hale
Erin
Cecil Fugene Cullipher
South Third Street
Monroe
Cullipher
Hale
Ouachita Prish Sheriff's Department
Quilipher
Stabbel Hale
Ona Gokara Garsp
Wee Erry West Monroe
Culfipher
Eastside
Winnsboro Road
Riverside Drive
Child of Monroe Couple Undergoes Heart Operation
The child of Mr and Mrs Jack Tarver of 1706 Avenue Monroe is at Texas Children's Hospital Houston after a serious heart operation last week. Mrs Tarver remains at the hospital 6621 Fannin Street Houston to be with the child.
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Jack Tarver
Avenue
Monroe
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston
Segregation patterns color Memphis first grade assignments
AP reports four elementary schools receiving Negro first graders sit mainly in neighborhoods with Negro residents on the perimeter. ATLANTA AP notes a sporadic boycott campaign against downtown stores desegregating lunch counters is underway by an unidentified "Committee on Human Rights for White People."
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Memphis
Atlanta
Committee On Human Rights For
Hodges Urges Areas to Drop Federal Aid in Development Push
Secretary Luther Hodges said many designated low in spirits areas should leave the federal aid program and pursue their own economic development projects.
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Washington (Ap
Luther H. Hodges
Peterson shoots wife then kills self in Atlanta suburb
John A. Peterson, 55, a veteran state employee and half-brother of Sen. Herman Talmadge, wounded his wife and killed himself today in suburban Hapeville, Ga., police reported.
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Atlanta
APY
John A. Peterson
Herman’ Talmadge
D. Ga
Hapeville
Typhoon Tilda Strikes Okinawa Killing Six
Typhoon Tilda hit Okinawa killing six people on a U S base and wrecking houses power lines and crops. Two Greek ship crewmen died as their vessel dashed on Minami Daito Island while 27 crew members were rescued. The cyclone also toppled buildings and overturned a seaplane near Kadena Base with extensive property damage across Itoman and Naha.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S
Minami Dai
Okimawa
Itoman
U.S. Navy
Kadena Beforce Base
Human Fly Fells Three Floors To Death
In London Afro man Michael Wilson 22 years old fell three stories to his death while attempting to scale a wall to deliver chocolates to his fiancée Patricia Wyler at the nurses’ home. A frantic plea for help was heard when he tapped a third floor window and Miss Katherina Schwaner fled in fear.
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London
UPI
Michael Wilson
Patricia Wyler
Wilson
Katherina Schwaner
United Givers Embarks On Record Goal
The 1962 Ouachita Parish United Givers Fund aims for a record goal of 25376.88 with divisions in Monroe West Monroe and Sterlington. Local chairs Ever ett Carlson, Homer Roark, George Wylie, Roy Brooks lead advance gifts and general gifts campaigns as crews work toward the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Hugh Balfour
Eugene Smith
Monroe
W. Monroe
Sterlington
Washington (Ap
Depayroll
Advance Gifts
Ini
Everett Carlson
Homer Roark
General Gifts
George Wylie
Roy Brooks
De Gaulle Sets Path to Algeria Self Rule and Security
Paris AP Charles de Gaulle vowed self determination for Algeria in a nationally broadcast address. He outlined a provisional Algerian executive and a Force Publique to run affairs and protect the process, warning against rightist subversion. An Oran explosion interrupted TV amid anti Gaullist violence.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Force Publique
de Gaulle
Oran
Algiers
anti-Gaullist
Secret Army
Boy Rescued After 50 Minutes In Sand filled Hopper
Preston Jenkins Jr 11 was trapped eight feet deep in sand inside a hopper in Chicago. Firemen Civil Defense workers and company personnel freed him after a tense rescue lasting about fifty minutes. He was taken to hospital in good condition with leg injuries and cuts.
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Chicago
Preston Jenkins, Jr
Jenkins
Berlin escape through the east west border wall
In Northeim Germany a crowd of 55 East German villagers left Boeseckendorf and fled to West Germany. They linked arms to guide each other and reached the West under cover of darkness. Authorities said border guards were sparse and that they avoided capture during the crossing.
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Wall
Tor
Northeim
Germany
Boeseckendorf
West Germany
Defense calls doctors dentists and vets for military draft
The Pentagon announced a second annual medical draft to meet shortages in food inspection, preventive medicine, and research. It will draft 495 doctors with 275 to the Army, 150 to the Air Force, and 70 to the Navy, plus 154 dentists and 67 veterinarians to serve as part of the military buildup.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Defense Department
Two More Castro Foes Executed In Cuba
UPI reports two men connected to anti-C Castro activities were executed soon after sentencing and denied clemency. Valle deserted from the army and used stolen funds to finance an anti-Castro force of about 100. Lopez admitted leading part of Valle's group and claimed involvement in assault and theft to fund the cause.
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Cuba
UPI
Galindo
Valle
Lopez
Ford 120000 workers strike ends 20 year halt
Ford Motor Co faces a nationwide walkout by 120000 production workers, first general strike since 1941. Negotiations to resume after a 24 hour pause as union and company clash on noneconomic issues while pay rates had been settled. Picket lines form at 16 plants nationwide.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Malcolm L. Denise
Reuther
Denise
Red China cites farm and factory failures in party notes
Tokyo AP reports Red China acknowledged farm and factory failures amid economic troubles during the Oct 1 anniversary observances. Editorials blame drought flood and typhoon for weak grain harvest and link crop failure to hurt on light and heavy industry and living standards.
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Tokyo
Red China
Soviet Union
Ishichey
Peiping
Joint Session Planned By Two School Boards Over Bond Issue
A 5 PM joint meeting of Ouachita Parish and city school boards is planned at 707 St. John Street to discuss a proposed 7 million bond. Sen. Jamar Adcock arranged the talks with invited Rep. Lawrence Gibbs and Rep. Mike John Jr. The parish president is hospitalized. bus issues and overlapping bus service will be discussed at both sessions.
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Ouachita Parish
The
Ouachita Board
St. John Street
Jamar Adcock
Ouachita
Lawrence Gibbs
Mike John Jr
Adcock
Charles G. Wall Jr
He Scogin
Weather notes: cool spell continues with lows 42 to 46
The weatherman forecasts a cool spell continuing with tonight’s lows between 42 and 46 degrees. Yesterday brought 13 inches of rain in Monroe. Highs ranged 64 at Monroe to 87 at New Orleans with morning lows from 46 to 65. Forecast calls for fair weather today and tomorrow with highs 72 to 78.
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Monroe
New Orleans
Burrwood
Cancer Survey Advances in Six Year Study
The National Cancer Prevention Study began in October 1959 as a nationwide project. Volunteers in Ouachita parish join in the second follow up to track sickness and environmental factors, with about 23 participants from the parish and 8,200 deaths recorded in the first phase.
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N. R. Spenceer
Ouachita Unit
American Cancer Society
Ouachita Parish
Feers
Spencer
First Graders End Century Old School Segregation Ended
In Memphis Tennessee 15 Negro first graders were admitted to four white public schools backed by heavy police protection. About 200 patrolmen were stationed 12 hours daily, with 400 officers on day shift. Early reactions were mixed but no incidents reported as pupils entered Bruce School and were greeted by curious classmates.
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Memphis, Tenn
Herman McGregor
Mississipp
Claude Armour
Armour
Little Rock
New Orleans
Montgomery
Memphis
Bruce School
Michael Willis
Harry Williams
Dwanna Kyles
Drew
Hello
Republican Joins Seven Democrats in Shreveport District Race
In Louisiana Fourth District special election for late Rep. Overton Brooks seat a lone Republican Charlton Lyons J enters against seven Democrats. New Democrats Marvin W. Bass and Joe Monroe join others Kenneth Burgess George Miller Sophie Thompson Joe D. Waggonner. First Democratic primary set for October 28 with possible second November 1. Lyons to face Democratic winner in December 19 general election. Bass filed late with committee chair N. B. Carstarphen paying the $400 fee.
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Shreveport
Charlton Lyons J
Bass
N. B. Carstarphen
Democratic Executive Committee
Two Killed In Bossier Crash
A mother and her infant daughter died in a two car crash on Old Minden Road in Bossier City. Chan Holcombe, a Barksdale Air Force Base serviceman, and Robert Carl Jarvis were hospitalized with critical injuries. Jarvis drove the second car. The Holcombes were from Little Rock Arkansas.
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Bossier City
Charlotte 5 Holcombe
Karen
Chan Holcombe
4238
Barksdale Air Force Base
Here
Robert Carl Jarvis
Jarvis
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John Rudisill
Hollis Fant
Benton Wakerfied
Jack Masur
United Givers
James Harper
8Th Fire Battalion
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Faot
China
Congress
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Shrevepport
Joe Monroe
Overton Brooks
Jimmie H. Davis
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