Kennedy Holds Strategy Talk With Council
President Kennedy reviewed cold peace issues with the National Security Council in a private meeting lasting about an hour. Berlin and Southeast Asia threats were discussed as Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor heads to Vietnam with Walt Rostow. Kennedy stressed preventing nuclear catastrophe while keeping the free world intact.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Security Council
White House
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Taylor
Walt W. Rostow
Explosions Strike Miami Gas Plant Forcing Evacuations
Explosions and a fire at a Southeastern Natural Gas plant sent residents fleeing in night clothes as officials ordered another two block evacuation while gas leaked and remained a blast risk. No serious injuries reported though a plant supervisor was knocked down.
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Miami
Fla
Southeastern Natural Gas Corp
29Th Ave
25Th St
Eisenhower Would Avoid TV Debates If In Office
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told Walter Cronkite on CBS that if he were in office he would not debate a political rival on television. He spoke from Gettysburg Pa where the October interview was taped about Nixon McCarthy and his own career. He said the key is sticking to facts and avoiding televised clashes.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Grand Jury Indicts Two For Murder
Ouachita parish grand jury returns six true bills including two murder indictments. Cecil Cullipher and Leroy Wiley charged with non bondable murders. Hale and Rosetta Wiley victims, both suspects held in parish jail. Jury notes high negligent homicide rate from auto and boat crashes since May 1961 and urges caution.
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Ouachita Parish
Fourth District Court
Returneu
Cecil Eugene Cullipher
Monroe
Leroy Wiley
Monroe Neigro
Cullipher
Lealis L. Hale
Hale
St. Francis Hospital
Rosetta Wiley
Grand Jury
Kennedy appoints Allan Nevins to Civil War Commission chair
President Kennedy accepted the resignation of Ret. Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III as chair of the Civil War Centennial Commission and named historian Allan Nevins to take the post. The move follows a controversy surrounding the commission.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S. Grant III
Allan Nevins
Shake-Up in New Orleans Politics Stirs City Hall
Former Mayor Morrison and Mayor Schiro clash as Old Regulars gain comeback odds. The political fight reshapes Louisiana power, with New Orleans as the state’s largest voting area and governor candidates counting on local support. Morrison, in Washington, helped Schiro ascend after stepping down.
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Sam Hanna
New Orleans
deLesseps S. Morrison
Morrison
Victor Schiro
Louisiana
Old Regulars
Crescent City Democratic Association
Schiro
Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchenov Calls Senator Devil in Disguise Over Berlin War Talk
Premier Khrushchev in a London message accuses Senator Margaret Chase Smith of savagery for urging stronger U S nuclear readiness in the West Berlin crisis. He questions if she has children and likens her to a devil in disguise while condemning her anti-Communist stance.
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London
Khrushchev
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
Labor Party
House of Commons
Margaret Smith
Kennedy
U.S
Shady Grove Elementary Fall Carnival Planned At Night
The annual fall carnival of Shady Grove Elementary on Ticheli Road is set for next Friday starting at 5 p.m. A queen and court presentation follows at 8 30 p.m. The Monroe News Star notes a town councils resolution from Hodge North Hodge and Jonesboro expres.
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Shady Grove
Ticheli Road
Monroe News - Star
Hodge
North Hodge
Jonesboro
Youth Kills 5 Year Old For Remark
In Reading Pennsylvania a 13 year old boy confessed to strangling 5 year old Ann Darlington after she told him to stay out of the woods. Dist Attorney Brubaker said Moore described meeting the girl near Hampden Heights and killing her then hiding the body in the woods.
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Reading
Ann Darlington
John Darlington
Hampden Heights
Dist
Frederick O. Brubaker
Michael Moore
Brubaker
Moore
Ann
Sen Cleveland Seeks Move of Lafayette Police HQ to Crowley
Sen W J Cleveland proposes relocating the Lafayette district state police headquarters to Crowley in Acadia Parish. Four Lafayette area lawmakers push back, criticizing the plan. The Bond and Building Commission had approved 45 000 for a new 2 31 acre site and brick building in Lafayette, though current HQ is deemed adequate.
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Senate
Governor’s State Bond and Building Commission
Crowley
Acadia Parish
Lafayette
Vermilion
Acadia
St. Martin
Bond and Building Commission
Sen French Jordan
Gretna
Lafayette District
Riot at White Stadium Spurs Boston Police Crackdown
In Boston two riots drew a police response. At White Stadium a 25 minute melee left over 20 stabbed or beaten as 75 officers broke up the fight involving about 250 youths. Later a 400 teenager mob disrupted a Paul Anka show, causing minor damage while searching for the star.
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Boston
UPI
White's Stadium
Paul Anka
Dick Clark
Anka
Gerald Flynn
West Roxbury
Keith Fritch
South Boston
City Hospital
Truman Visits Ailing Speaker Rayburn
Former President Harry Truman visited cancer‑stricken House Speaker Sam Rayburn in Dallas arriving by train and going directly to Baylor University Medical Center. Rayburn is recovering from pneumonia but his cancer is incurable. Truman was said to be in good humor during the visit.
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Dallas
Tex
UPI
Harry Truman
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Truman
Baylor University Medical Center
We Rayburn
Boy Surrenders After Shooting in Rural Colorado
In Englewood Colorado a 15 year old boy named John D Russell surrendered to a posse after shooting Sheriff’s Sgt Chester Halligan in the left wrist. The boy and two neighbor women were involved in a violent afternoon in rural eastern Rarapaho County southeast of Denver.
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Englewood
Colo
John D. Russell
Rarapahoe County
Denver
Sheriff's
Chester Halligan
Young Russell
Hoffa Denies Communist Ties In Senate Hearing
Teamsters President James R. Hoffa testified before the Senate internal security subcommittee denying any association with Communists. He said he allied with unions described as Communist-dominated, including the West Coast Longshoremen's Union led by Harry Bridges and the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. Hoffa claimed neither union is Communist dominated and stressed he does not intend to be linked with Communists. He expressed frustration at newspaper speculation and offered to meet with anyone under proper conditions, even Bridges or Senator McClellan.
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James Hoffa
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Teamsters
MMSU
Washington
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Senate Internal Security
West Coast Longshoremen’s Union
Harry Bridges
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
The
Weather forecast brief with scattered thundershowers
The forecaster says thundershowers possible and partly cloudy, mild through tomorrow. Today’s highs 82 to 86, tonight 60 to 64, and tomorrow’s high 78 to 82. Morning lows ranged 52 to 74 at listed locations, with Sunday outlook partly cloudy and mild.
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Alexandria
Monroe
Burrwood
Howard Jones Sees Solution To Fund Crisis
Sen Howard Jones back from the capitol says tax collections should cover a school funding shortage. He and Gov Jimmie Davis ally expect funds will be furnished adequately. Monroe area boards face shortages as fifth district lawmakers weigh tax increases or service cuts and tidelands compromise prospects. Adcock and Gibbs urge better management and criticize politicians. more taxes seen as last resort.
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Howard Jones
Capitol
Monroe Area
Fifth District
Farmerville
T. T. Fields
Tidelands
Jamar Adcock
Rep
Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Adcock
Dawn flight of refugees stirs Berlin border clash
In West Berlin Communist police fired hundreds of shots at the American sector in a dawn attempt to stop nine East German refugees who crashed a truck at the barbed wire border. The refugees escaped as U S MPs and West Berlin police arrived.
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West Berlin
Todays Chuckle About Mother Nature Stumbles in Seasons
The lighthearted quip notes that natural changes between seasons resemble a clumsy acrobat. It jokes that she cannot leap from summer to winter without a fall nor from winter to summer without a spring.
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Mother
Taylor Hear Mixed Opinions On U S Troop Use In Vietnam
In Saigon General Maxwell D. Taylor will hear mixed views on deploying American troops to aid the fight against the Viet Cong. The Kennedy administration signals a possible on the spot survey while Ngo Dinh Diem’s government stays silent amid U S Diem program disagreements and concerns over propaganda use.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Washington
Taylor
Diem
United States
White House silent on interior designer criticism of wallpaper project
Jacqueline Kennedy's press secretary protested Milton Glaser's remarks about the 12500 dollar Zuber wallpaper in the White House reception room. The Institute of Interior Designers was told to retract or risk White House publicity support for its library remodel.
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White House
Jacqueline Kennedy
Pamela Turnure
American Institute of Interior Designers
New York
Institute
Milton Glaser
Glaser
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Zuber
America
Maryland
National Society of Interior Designers
Times-Dispatch
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