Parker's Dam Gate Opened To Relieve Monroe Water Shortage
Ward 1 juror F G Studdard authorized engineer Wayne Huckaby to open Parker's Dam control gate on Bayou DeSiard to ease Monroe’s water crisis. Huckaby confirmed the bayou was higher north of the dam and opening the gate offers limited relief as Bayou DeSiard nears critically low levels.
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F. G
Studdard
Wayne H. Huckaby
Parker’s Dam
Bayou DeSiard
Monroe
Huckaby
DeSiard
Parker's Dam
The
Utilities Commission
Ouachita
Bayou de Siard
Hucka
Bayou
Arellano Seizes Power In Honduras After Revolt
In Tegucigalpa Col Osvaldo Lopez Arellano takes provisional presidency after overthrowing President Ramon Villeda Morales. U.S. and Soviet officials discuss a public pledge against nuclear armed satellites as Kennedy plans talks with Gromyko. Civil unrest ends with martial law and curfew in Honduras.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Osvaldo Lopez Arellano
Ramon Villeda Morales
United Nations
N.Y
Kennedy
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Gromyko
Rusk
Washington
United States
Russia
Villeda Morales
Costa Rica
Modesto Rodas Alvarado
Rodas Alvarado
Lopez Arellano
Danger Seen In Drinking Of Ouachita Water
Ouachita Health Unit Director Dr. W. Carroll Summer warns river water could harm patients with heart, kidney, or high blood pressure conditions amid a water shortage. Officials discuss delaying river use by opening Parker's Dam gates while exploring Selman Field wells and bottled water as alternatives.
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Ouachita
C. H. Frier
Monroe Utilities Commission
Selman Field
Frier
Monroe
Summer
West Monroe
Moslem Storytelling Traditions Highlighted by National Geographic
The National Geographic Society notes that storytelling is highly developed in Moslem nations due to religious prohibitions on depicting humans and animals in art.
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National Geographic Society
Special Pay For Overseas Gis Canceled
Secretary of Defense McNamara ended overseas duty pay for about 375000 enlisted personnel mainly in Western Europe and Hawaii. The new system sets rates from 8 to 22.50 dollars monthly, saving about 58 million dollars but offset by increases in separation allowances and hardship payments.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
Hawaii
McNamara
U.S
Congress
Pentagon
South Viet Nam
Niagara Falls Guide Queues Silence for Roar of Waiters
A Niagara Falls guide quips that the greatest cataract draws the crowd but humorously notes the waiters will drown out the roar with their own noise. The line plays on visitors, manners, and the famed falls in a lighthearted city setting.
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Niagara Falls
The Importance of Being Earnest Tryouts at Northeast State
The Northeast State College production of The Importance of Being Earnest will hold auditions Monday from 3 to 5 p.m. in Biedenharn Recital Hall. Director is George Lvian. The Northeast Louisiana Camellia Club meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Louis Locke Room, Ouachita Parish Public Library, Monroe. Phillip Bernhare president reminds growers about the vest pocket show.
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Northeast State College
Biedenharn Recital Hall
George Lvian
Northeast Louisiana
Camellia Club
Louis Locke
Ouachita Parish
Stubbs Ave
Monroe
Phillip Bernh
Crowers
Weather Forecast Keeps Ark La Miss Mild and Dry
The Ark La Miss region faces more of the same autumn weather with no precipitation expected for five days. Temperatures run three to eight degrees above normal with clear nights cooling to the dew point and moderate to heavy dew in spots.
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Ark - la - Miss
Valachi seeks hidden prison for life in fear of mob
Federal officials face a challenge to place Joseph Valachi in a secluded, high security cell where he can serve a life sentence without risking assassination by the mob. With a $100000 bounty on his head, the Bureau of Prisons weighs McNeil Island Leavenworth and other facilities, while Valachi plans to testify and cooperate with authorities.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Bureau of Prisons
Valachi
District of Columbia
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Justice Deponent
McNeil Island Penitentiary
Puget Sound
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Kansas
Medical Center
Springfield
Atlanta
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Vito Genovese
Kennedy
Three New Orleans Men Arrested in Mississippi Burglary Case
Three men from New Orleans Donald H. Aucoin 36 Irving Franies 39 and Edward 0. Daniels 40 were arrested in New Orleans on burglary and grand larceny charges for stealing 11750 worth of farm equipment and household articles from a Mississippi farm. Senator John Stennis said the nuclear test ban treaty would be observed for no more than two years in Biloxi Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Donald H. Aucoin
Irvin Franies St. Pe
Edward 0. Daniels
Biloxi
Miss
UPI
John Stennis
Brasilia Seeks 30 Day Siege to Stem Turmoil
An asthma outbreak killed one woman and left 76 others under hospital care in Brasilia. President Joao Goulart asked Congress to declare a 30 day state of siege to cope with economic and political troubles, while in Houston the Project Mercury program director blamed industry for equipment failures that delayed missions and increased costs.
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New Orleans
Brasalia
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Congress
Houston, Tex
Goldwater Leads GOP Field With About 440 Convention Votes
Senator Thruston B. Morton says Barry Goldwater leads the Republican presidential race with commitments totaling about 440 convention votes, approaching the 655 needed for nomination.
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Philadelphia
Thruston B. Morton
Rey
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Riot closes Iberville High School in Plaquemine
In Plaquemine Iberville High School for Negroes was forced to close after a wild student demonstration. Deputy Sheriff Lester Como called it a riot as singing and marching pupils protested the firing of a lunchroom worker and hurled books and bricks.
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Plaquemine
Iberville High School
Lester Como
Cuba to Nationalize Private Holdings Over 193 Acres
Havana reports the Cuban government orders the nationalization of all private holdings over 193 acres with a special exception for farms showing exceptional production and cooperation. The drive, led by Prime Minister Fidel Castro, aims to push more efficient farming by reducing private ownership across millions of acres.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
National Agrarian Reform Institute
Cuba
Pecan Limb Breaks Power Line Cutting Local Circuit
A heavy pecan limb fell into an electric line in an alley off Glenmar street causing a power outage between DeSiard Street and I-20. The outage began at 6:50 a.m. and was restored by 7:16 a.m. Utilities official C. H. Frier cited ongoing trouble with pecan limbs.
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DeSiard Street
I-20
C. H. Frier
The
Utilities Commission
Sth
6Th Streets
Glenmar
Frier
Gunman robs Orleans bank. $35,000 recovered
A gunman walked into a New Orleans branch and fled with 35000 in a paper sack. Police later arrested two men and a woman in the French Quarter apartment. investigators recovered all the cash. The bank staff including vice president Emmet M Blum and manager W V Graff assisted the robber until the vault is opened. The cashier Miss Theokla Sirera loaded the sack with bills before the bandit ordered them to remain quiet.
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New Orleans
Emmet M. Blum
Blum
W. V. Graff
Graff
Miss Sirera
Miss Shera
Jackson Displays Riot Control Car
The city showed its new $15,000 riot-control car in front of the police station. The armed vehicle was ordered after a wave of anti segregation demonstrations this summer. The 10 passenger car features tear gas guns gas masks two large floodlights and other riot-control gear.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Boyfriend Killer Sentenced Five Years in New Orleans
Mrs. Lucille G. Robison, 68, of Knoxville Tennessee, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the February 27 shooting death of her boyfriend Henry Meador of Meridian Mississippi. He was shot five times in their apartment. Police found notes suggesting a joint death plan, but Robison fired and then fled to Atlanta where she was captured after a chest wound required hospitalization.
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New Orleans
Lucille G. Robison
Knoxville
Tenn
Henry . Meador
Meridian
Miss
Robison
Meadow
Wisconsin Bans Tire Regrooving After Woman's Push
Mrs. John Melsha of New Berlin sparked a state law when she protested regrooving worn tires after a used car purchase. Gov. Reynolds signed the bill, with backing from women’s and safety groups and the Wisconsin AAA, following her testimony and lobbying in Madison.
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John Melsha
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John W. Reynolds
Melsha
Madison
Wis
New Berlin
Vincent Matthews
Waukesha
State Capitol
American Automobile Association
High Death Toll Feared As Flora Ravages Haiti to Cuba
Hurricane Flora battered Haiti with 140 mph winds for hours then moved into the Windward Passage toward Cuba. Forecasters in Miami warned that Haiti’s devastation could yield a high death toll once communications return. The storm’s track remained uncertain and U S mainland threat was not seen for at least two days.
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Miami
Fla
Haiti
Cuba
Oriente
Miami Weather Bureau
Florida
Florida Peninsular
Gordon Dunn
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Guantanamo Bay
Tropic
U.S
Teenage Boy Killed Three Hurt in Harahan Car Crash
In Harahan Louisiana an early morning one car crash killed 18 year old Victor J Deutschman and seriously injured three other New Orleans youths. The driver John L Rotonti 19 and two passengers Denise C Morel 29 and Patrick C Leitz 20 were riding at over 60 miles per hour when the vehicle struck a curb two miles north of town. Rotonti said Deutschman fell across him preventing control of the car.
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Harahan
Upid
Here
Victor J. Deutschman
John L. Rotonti
Denise C. Morel
Patrick C Leitz
New Orleans
George Damiens
Rotonti
Deutschman
Damiens
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