West Monroe Man Chosen Foreman of Ouachita Grand Jury
Hugh B. Balfour of West Monroe was selected foreman of the Ouachita parish grand jury as the fall session began in Fourth District Court with Judge Mack F E Barham presiding. The 12 jurors, chosen from 20 candidates, will inspect parish and state-owned facilities including Green Oaks Juvenile Detention Home and the parish jail through Thursday evening.
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Hugh B. Balfour
West Monroe
Quachita Parish
Balfour
Fourth District
Mack FE. Barham
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana Training Institute
Green Oaks
Parish
Conway Memorial Hospital
Court House
Uproar at Amsterdam Airport as Soviet Officials Clash
In Amsterdam a brawl erupted in the police station when Soviet Embassy officials led by Ambassador Ponomarenko demanded the passport of Mrs. Alexei Golub, a defector’s wife, amid tense scenes and injuries. Premier de Quay summoned the Soviet ambassador to The Hague as the woman awaited return to Moscow.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Panteleimon K. Ponomarenko
Jan de Quay
Hague
Alexei Golub
Moscow
Ponomarenko
Veltman
Ouachita Valley Fair Stock Show Opens With Large entries
The Ouachita Valley Fair features a major stock show with 52 head of beef cattle 53 head of dairy cattle over 100 sheep and about 140 hogs. Judging begins tomorrow after health papers were issued by Dr. B B Vail and Dr A B Cochran. The fair also offers 30 plus rides six to eight side shows and a diving mules act by Johnny Rivers each night at 9. Admission is 80 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under 12.
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Ouachita Valley Fair
B. B. Vail
Monroe
A. B. Cochran
Rayville State Livestock Sanitation Board
Louisiana State University
Vail
H. B
Sleepy! Roberts
Kiddyland
C. C. Groscurth
Blue Grass
Johnny Rivers
John Birdsong
From Motorcycle to Trucks in Quick News Ad Sale
Classified notice advertises selling vehicles including a 1960 Cushman Highlander in excellent condition. Offers low cost want ad with phone order and cancellation option. Mentions a seven day rate and ad number in the News-Star-World publication style.
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News - Star — World Want
Yankees Lead Reds In World Series After Strong Five
After five innings the Yankees held an 11 to 3 lead over the Reds in today's World Series game. the pace suggested a pennant clinch and the end of the series.
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Yankees
Reds
Supreme Court to Hear Halliburton Louisiana Tax appeal
The Supreme Court granted a hearing to Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. challenging Louisiana use tax on equipment purchases. Arguments will be scheduled this term with a written opinion afterward. Halliburton seeks refund of about $43,300 protested in 1956.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Duncan
Okla
Halliburton
Haiti
Burton
Doctor Faces Poison Charge in Port Orchard Scandal
Dr. Robert E. Boehme 41 was to be arraigned on first degree assault with intent to kill after being accused of injecting poison into his wife Dorothy 34. The accused posted 25000 bond. nurse Mary Boehme 2 was held on 5000 bond as a material witness. Dorothy said she would leave hospital to stand by him.
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Mary Boehme
Annapolis
Robert E. Boehme
Port Orchard. Wash
Robert E. Joehme
Dorothy
Pital
Boehme
Anonapolis
Dorothy Boehme
Thundershowers Possible In Northeast Louisiana Forecast
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and mild conditions with widely scattered thundershowers. Highs should reach 82 to 86 degrees today and tomorrow, with nightly lows of 64 to 68.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Burrwood
Grand Jury Opens Wiretap Case in New Orleans Tuesday
A federal grand jury in New Orleans is expected to begin hearings Tuesday on a wiretapping case tied to Baton Rouge segregationists. U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy ordered an investigation. FBI and Justice Department agents have reportedly surveilled several Baton Rouge residents since August. Frank Voelker Jr. and others connected to the State Sovereignty Commission were subpoenaed to testify. commission director John Deer denied a subpoena.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
U.S
Robert Kennedy
M. ‘Hepburn Many
FBI
Justice Department
Frank Voelker Jr
Chaiman
The
State Sovereignty Commission
John Deer
Commission
Grand Jury
Naturalization Snafu Denies War Hero Citizenship
Chicago AP reports German born J Joseph Schallmoser, a 15 year registered voter and World War II veteran, was told by Immigration Service last week he is not a citizen. Officials said his father's naturalization does not transfer to him as a minor. He questions the ruling and notes his service records and Bronze Star recognition.
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Chicago
J Joseph Schallmoser
U.S
Immigration Service
Schallmoser
Herr Schallmoser
Germany
Rom
Airene Corps
Fagenic
Germ
Auto Worker's Sharing Plan Cast In Doubt
Detroit AP reports the future of AMC's first workers profit sharing plan with the UAW is uncertain. AMC Local 72 in Kenosha Wisconsin rejected the plan Sunday night, diverging from four other locals. An AMC spokesman declined comment awaiting UAW response. International UAW officials face unclear next steps amid ongoing three year contract talks in the auto industry. Ford Local 600 meanwhile extended picket lines blocking office staff from Ford administration buildings.
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Detroit
American Motors
United Auto Workers
AMC
UAW
Kenosha
Wis
Routo
Ford Local 600
Ford
Four Children Die In Warren House Fire
Four children perished in a two story frame home in Warren. Kenneth Thefts reportedly lived there with a son Paul among others who escaped as the blaze was discovered on the second floor.
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Warren, Ohio
Kenneth
Paul
West Berlin Reassured Of U S Support
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt said Americans back their government’s determinations to keep West Berlin free. He cited broad U.S. backing on Berlin and freedom, noting conversations with President Kennedy after receiving a Freedom House award. Brandt hailed the public stance as irrevocable.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
U.S
Berlin
New York
Freedom House
Brandt
Kennedy
Hoffa Exiled Teamsters Face Reinstatement Decision
New York AP reports labor leaders start a week long meeting to decide whether to reinstate James R. Hoffa s expelled Teamsters Union or form a rival truck drivers unit. AFL CIO likely to keep Hoffa linked to corruption charges while some unions push for readmission.
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NEW York AP
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Aflcio
Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Heje
Joseph A. Curran
National Maritime Union
Federation
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
pro-Hoffa
James
Louisiana 2nd In Rural Fuel
UPI report from Chicago notes the U G Bureau of Mines ranking Louisiana second in rural fuel production. The brief item implies a national comparison across states, highlighting rural energy output and industry standings.
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Louisiana
Chicago
UPI
The
U.G. Bureau of Mines
Dragged Across Border Two Teens Seized by Reds
Witnesses said East German border guards crossed 25 yards into West Berlin on Sunday night and abducted two West German teenagers, dragging them into East Berlin. The four companions reported the kidnapping after being lured by a mock escape by East German police.
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Rudow
East Berlin
Ruston voters to decide $2.5 million bond issue Tuesday
Ruston property owners face a hotly contested bond election to finance a 14,500 kV steam turbine generator. The plan, approved by a 4 1 vote of the City Council, drew opposition led by Roger P. Lawson and the Citizens for Ruston Committee led by David P. Colvin.
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Ruston
Roger P. Lawson
Louisiana Power and Light
Lawson
Lions Club to Hear Howard at Milstead’s Cafe
The Sterlington Lions Club will hear Monroe Mayor W. L. Jack Howard speak on SAMO aims and purposes. The meeting starts at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Milstead's Cafe following a brief chancel.
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Sterlington Lions Club
Monroe
W. L
Jack)Howard
Southeastern Association of
Mil
Alstead
Howard
SAMO
Louisiana weekend deaths tally eight in UPI report
Eight people killed in Louisiana over the weekend in traffic crashes, a drowning, and a suffocation case. Victims include Roger Deason aged 18 from Pitkin in a hit and run on state highway 10 near O. James Smith, 80, of Gonzales, ejected then run over on U S 61. Hershel Pennington, 4, from Tupelo who drowned in a New Orleans motel pool. four week old Joseph Chartier who suffocated in a New Orleans crib. The report notes Orleans city cases as the 46th traffic death in the city this year.
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United Press International
Louisiana
Roger R. Deason
Pitkin
James Smith
Gonzales
U. S
Hershel Pennington
Tupelo
Miss
New Orleans
Joseph Chartrier
Nas
Orleans
Kennedy Tours Dallas To Visit Ill Rayburn
President Kennedy, on a somber trip, redirected his flight from Washington to Dallas to see Speaker Sam Rayburn who is gravely ill in a Dallas hospital. Rayburn, 79, longtime House leader, fights cancer as national figures call or visit. Kennedy remains updated on Rayburn’s condition and plans to return after the visit.
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Newport
R.I
Kennedy
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Air Force
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Rayburn
House
Dallas i
Congress
Keeny
Raybuta
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Wesley S. Shafto, Jr
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