Deep Cuts Approved in Civil Defense Space and Science
The House Appropriations Committee voted major reductions across civil defense space and science, denying the full 195 million fallout shelter request and trimming NASA to 5.1 billion of 5.71 billion requested. Veterans Affairs received 5.37 billion, while NSF was funded at 323.2 million. Other items include 75 million for air carrier subsidies and 152.5 million for federal building construction.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
House
Veterans Administration
National Science Foundation
Flora Hammers Cuba For Fourth Day In Arow
Hurricane Flora batters Cuba for the fourth straight day with winds and rain. The Agrarian Reform Institute says half of major crops may be destroyed, worsening Castro's economic crisis. Over 35,000 evacuated in Santiago and Victoria de Las Tunas as Flora targets the Bahamas and Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Flora
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Agrarian Reform Institute
Oriente
Caribbean
Camaguey
Santiago
Santa Cruz del Sur
Miami Weather Bureau
Santiago de Cuba
Victoria de Las Tunas
Bahama Islands
Florida
Castro
Soviet Union
Cuban
Bahamas
Haiti
Tobago
Ouachita Valley Fair Opens 63 Production With Livestock
Livestock begins moving into Ouachita Valley Fair Grounds as the fair opens at 5 p.m. with more than 500 entries from 4 H and FFA in eight parishes. John H. Birdsong Sr. predicts over 45 000 visitors. events include horticultural exhibits sewing handicraft and commercial displays. A junior show auction is set for Friday at 1 30 p.m. and a quarter horse show on Saturday. Carnival runs tonight through Saturday with Blue Grass Shows providing features.
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Ouachita Valley Fair
FFA
John H. Birdsong
Birdsong
Annual Pulaski Parade Marks Seventh Anniversary on Fifth Avenue
New York observers pack Fifth Avenue for the seven annual Pulaski Day parade with martial bands and 100 000 parade participants and about 300 000 spectators. U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy attended the event with Polish exile troops and protesters calling for free elections in Poland. Brockway McMillan announced President Kennedy proclaimed next Friday as General Pulaski Memorial Day, honoring Count Casimir Pulaski killed in the American Revolution.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Poland
Brockway McMillan
Air Lorce
Kennedy
Pulaski
Count Casimir Pulaski
Prima Donna of Viet Nam U S Bound
Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu leaves Paris for New York to defend her family's rule and its Buddhist crackdown. She plans three weeks in the United States with a four day Washington visit and says she will explain the Vietnamese government stance to reporters.
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Paris
Ngo Dinh Nhu
New York
United States
United Nations
Nhu
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Washington
U.S
Soldiers of Fortune
Family Wreck At Convenient Spot in Orange
Lowell Dodson of Orange County was driving home from work when his car collided with his brother Gus’s vehicle. The crash occurred in front of a home owned by Earl Dodson, Lowell and Gus’s brother.
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Orange
Lowell Dodson
Orange County
Dodson
Gus
Earl Dodson
Lowell
Diem Declares Communists Losing Viet Nam War
In Saigon President Ngo Dinh Diem said the Viet Cong faces inevitable defeat as he opened the National Assembly. He labeled the Buddhist crisis Communist inspired and praised armed forces for Mekong Delta victories while Bunghist protests are debated at the U.N. General Assembly.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
National Assembly
Di 1
Viet Cong
U.N. General Assembly
Diem
Viet Nam
United Nations
New York
U.N
U Thant
Mekong Delta
Monroe student elected Delta Delta Delta vice president
Betty Bray of 2208 Ann Street Monroe has been elected vice president of the Delta Delta Delta pledge class at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette. She was the only Monroe resident honored by the class.
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Betty Bray
W. M. Bray
Ann St
Monroe
University of Southwestern Louisiana At Lafayette
Grandpa Nobes to celebrate 85th birthday
Herbert H. Nobes will turn 85 in a family celebration noted in CHIT CHAT on page 5-A.
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Herbert H
Grandpa
Nobes
Nine Die In Louisiana Weekend Traffic Accidents
The Associated Press reports nine fatalities in Louisiana over the weekend from car crashes and accidental deaths. Victims include Thomas A. Reeves 65 of Monterey Marvin C. Schexnayder 22 of Rayne Agnes Caves 2 of Franklinton Robert E B Kastner 25 of Alexandria Billie S Matherne 36 of Maringouin Nathaniel Brown 19 Arthur Brown Jr. 23 Lucius Davis 18 Theodore F Strong 22 Paul Dawson Jr. 30 with various causes and locations across Concordia Tangipahoa East Baton Rouge and Iberia parishes.
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Louisiana
Thomas A. Reeves
Monterey
Monterey Church of Christ
Concordia Parish
Marvin C. Schexnayder
Rayne
Agnes Caves
Franklinton
Robert EB. Kastner
Alexandria
Arthur Brown Jr
Baton Rouge
Lucius Davis
Zachary
Theodore Francis Strong
New Iberia
New Iberia Naval Air Station
Paul Dawson Jr
Plaquemine Tear Gas Breaks Civil Rights March
In Plaquemine Louisiana police used tear gas to disperse about 400 Negro students marching toward the Iberville Parish School Board. Troopers were en route to aid local police as a second gas volley dispersed the crowd and about 35 students were suspended after demonstrations at Iberville Negro High School.
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Plaquemine, la
UPI
Iberville Parish
Dennis Longy
Songy
Iberville (Negro) High School
Summer Weather Lingers With Warm Temps Ahead
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with little temperature change. Expect highs around 66 to 66 degrees and overnight lows near 56 to 60 as Monroe records a Sunday high and 59 low. precipitation remains unlikely.
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Monroe
All Reported Safe Mexican Canyon Explorers Found
Fourteen Americans and three Mexicans feared lost in the Sierra Madre canyon country were located safe near Creel after a landing by Jesus Acosta Munoz who escorted U S Vice Consul Robert Homer to the group. They had endured a raft trip on the Rio Afrique and reported resting two days with limited food while converging on Creel for a train to Chihuahua.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
UPI
Jesus Acosta Munoz
U.S
Robert Homer
Acosta Munoz
U.S. Air Force
el Paso
Tex
U.S. Air Force Reserve Command
Sierra Madre
Rio Afrique
Utah
California
Pennsylvania
Creel
Eduardo Mendoza
Mendoza
James C. Dean
Salt Lake City
Shreveport Girl Fatally Injured in Louisiana Crash
In Natchitoches Louisiana Carolyn Toops 18 of Shreveport was killed and her brother Jerry critically injured when two vehicles collided at the highway 1 and 504 intersection near the city limits. Arnold Pearse the truck driver escaped injury. Miss Toops was a student at Northwestern State College.
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Natchitoches
Carolyn Toops
79Th St
Shreveport
Jerry
Arnold Pearse
Miss Toops
Northwestern State College
Red Conference Expected To Expel Chinese Reds
A world conference of Communist parties is expected to expel China from the international movement. The gathering, likely called from Moscow, may occur soon though no date is set. Allied parties from Albania North Korea Japan and New Zealand are said to support the move against Red China.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Red China
International Brotherhood of Communists
Peking
Albania
North Korea
Japan
New Zealand
Murrow tumor malignant reports hospital bulletin
Washington AP reports the tumor requiring removal of Murrow's left lung is malignant. In Tokyo a Chinese trade delegation member sought asylum at the Soviet Embassy after leaving his hotel. In Baltimore a former Maryland congressman got six months and a former Alabama congressman faced a $40 000 fine on conflict of interest charges. In Knoxville a furniture plant executive and his daughter died of botulism with four others hospitalized.
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Washington
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Tokyo
UPI
Baltimore, Md
Maryland
Thomas F. Johnson
Alabama
Frank Boykin
Knoxville, Tenn
David S. Cohen
Knoxville
Amy Beth
Haile Selassie Ends U.S. Visit Strengthening Ties
In New York President Haile Selassie declares stronger U S relations with Ethiopia after an official visit. In Washington three Louisiana congressmen Otto Passman Joe Waggonner and Edward Hebert voted against renewing the Civil Rights Commission for another year while others were absent.
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New York
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
United States
Washington
Louisiana
Otto E. Passman
Joe D. Waggonner
Edward Hebert
House of Representatives
Civil Rights Commission
Hale Boggs
Jimmie Morrison
T. A Thompson
Gillis Long
Edwin A. Willis
Population density per square mile in England and Wales
A 1961 census reported England and Wales averaged 79 persons per square mile, as cited by the Statesman’s Year Book.
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England and
Wales
The
Statesman
German Archbishop backs married deacons at Vatican council
Doepfner of Munich defended a proposal for married deacons to enrich religious life in mission areas short of priests. He said deacons would not be second class priests and would not require new seminaries. selection would avoid indiscriminate celibacy risk. Cardinal Spellman opposed creation of a new deacon rank, citing priest training burdens.
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Vatican City
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Julius Carding Doepfner
Munich
Cardinal Spellman
Spellman
Cardinal Doepfner
Council
Doeptner
Council To Take Terminal Bids At Selman Field
Monroe city council will receive bids Tuesday for the proposed new terminal building at Selman Field. The bids constitute the main business for the 10 a.m. regular meeting in Mayor W. L. Howard's office. Howard called the rest of the agenda routine.
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Monroe
Selman Field
W. L. Howard
Howard
Golf ball speed rivaling golfer’s brisk office exit
A lighthearted note states a hard-hit golf ball can travel 125 miles per hour, almost matching the golfer's rapid departure from the office.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Louis C. Wyman
R-N.h
Wyman
Prima Donna
Mrs. Nhu
Twin City
Associated Press
Cameron Parish
Cameron
Red Conference
Bulletins
U. S
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