Kin Shocked By Execution Of Nephew In Cuba
Mrs. O C Corn of Mooringsport learns from the AP that her nephew Allan Dale Thompson 36 was executed by a Cuban firing squad after joining a 27 man invasion. His body burial in a common grave near Santiago may delay exhumation for two years.
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Mooringsport
O. C. Corn
Associated Press
Allan Dale Thompson
Corns
International Red Cross
Thompson
United States
Santiago
Cuba
Corn
Robert C. Fuller
Miami
Fla
Dag Hammarskjold Defends Congo UN Mission Attacks
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold defended the Congo operation and the 20 000 strong multinational force in the United Nations General Assembly amid Soviet charges of imperialism. He argued the personnel, from Africa to Europe, endure long hours and dangers without seeking home-country rewards.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
U.N. General Assembly
Khrushchev
United Nations
African Republic
Africa
Asia
Europe
Hammarskjold
Assembly
A. A. Roschin
Cuban Paper Attacks Kennedy in Havana
In Havana the semi official Revolucion decries Robert Kennedy calling him an illiterate millionaire and a fool while previewing John F. Kennedy’s five point Cuba program. The piece notes the senator has a brother named Robert.
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Havana
Revolucion
United States
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Robert
Eisenhower Launches Nonpolitical Cross-Country Speaking Tour
President Eisenhower began a cross country speaking tour billed as nonpolitical by the White House. He arrived in Detroit to confer with Republican candidates and deliver a major address at the 43rd annual auto show dinner. Two additional public appearances were planned that afternoon, all under the nonpolitical label.
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Detroit
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Michigan
Paul D. Bagwell
Arthur A. Summerfield
Auto
L. L. Colbert
Chrysler Corp
Automobile Manufacturers Assostation
Harry A. Williams
Association
George Meader
R-Mich
Louisiana Man Falls Before Cuban Rifles
Cuban firing squad executes two Americans from a small invasion force linked to U S plans against Guan tanamo. Allan Dale Thompson 36 and Robert C Fuller 25 die at dawn as Castro ties the mission to U S intervention and tension around the base.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
United States
Castro
U.S
Louisiana
Allan Dale Thompson
Queens City
Tex
Mooringsport
Robert C. Fuller
Week Begins With No Rain Forecast for Monroe Area
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures expected in the Monroe West Monroe area Monday and Tuesday. Highs reach 74 to 78 degrees Monday with a low around 56 to 60 tonight. Sunday peaked at 77 with a 65 low and no rainfall reported.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Krafty Drive fuels Monroe chamber candy sale
The Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce launches its annual Krafty Drive to raise funds for civic projects. This major fundraiser aims to maximize income for the year through sales efforts by local volunteers.
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Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monroe West Monroe Club Plans Annual Stag Barbecue
The Traffic and Transportation Club of Monroe-West Monroe has completed plans for its annual stag barbecue at the Pace Lake camp. Details will be continued on CHIT-CHAT Page 2-A.
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Traffic and Transportation Club of
Monroe-West Monroe
Pace Lake Camp
Soviet Offer Of Economic Aid To Laos After US Aid Suspension
In Vientiane the Soviet Union offered economic assistance to Laos as Washington halted military aid. Premier Souvanna Phouma, after presenting credentials of Alexander Abramov, noted Laos gained emergency powers to draw from the national bank while rejecting US conditions tied to peace talks and relocation of the administrative capital.
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Vientiane, Laos
Soviet Union
Alexander Nikitich Abramov
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Ier Souvanna
Souvanna
National Assembly
United States
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Congo Rebel Backs Effort To Bring Order
Mobutu said Tshombe pledged full moral military and financial support to curb unrest and keep out Communists. He spoke after a surprise Elisabethville talk with Tshombe, denied arresting Lumumba, and said he aims to keep parties and Parliament out of business this year.
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Congo
Leopoldville
UPI
Joseph Mobutu
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Mobutu
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Joseph Ileo
Mboutu
Ghana
Guinea
U.N
United Nations
Teenager Missing After Tallulah Trip
Monroe sheriff seeks 17 year old Mary Patty Patterson last seen in Tallulah en route home from Tallulah to Monroe. She drove a blue white 1954 Dodge with California plate KMY 883. Patterson is 5 7 and a half inches tall, 130 pounds, red hair and blue eyes.
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Monroe
Tallulah
Bailey Grant
Mary Patty Patterson
William B. Patterson
Georgia Street
Mississippi
California
Louisiana Native Dies In Virginia
William Sterling Lacy Jr editor of the Commonwealth magazine for 15 years died in a Richmond hospital of a heart attack at 52 He was born in Louisiana and educated at Hampden-Sydney College He previously worked at the Richmond Times Dispatch Charlottesville Daily Progress and the Richmond AP bureau He is survived by his widow four daughters and two brothers including J E Lacy of Shreveport Louisiana
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Richmond
William Sterling Lacy Jr
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Commonwealth Magazine
Chamber Magazine
Lacy
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Associated Press
The
Commonwealth
W. S. Lacy
Louisiana
Hampden-Sydney College
Arkansas College
Southwestern University
J. E. Lacy
Shreveport
Woman's secret kept by flat refusal to name tidbit source
A light humorous note states that a woman treats secrets as private and refuses to reveal who told her the information, highlighting a comic take on secrecy and gossip.
Nixon Demands Moratorium on Bash Talk in Connecticut
Vice President Richard M. Nixon urged restraint from rivals over Quemoy and Matsu and accused Senator John F. Kennedy of dangerous rhetoric. He warned that surrender of any territory to the Communists would lead to defeat and urged supporters to mobilize for the Nixon-Lodge ticket in Hartford. The crowd numbered about 3,300 with thousands listening outside.
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Hartford
Conn
Richard M. Nixon
Sen
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
China Islands
Kennedy
Quemoy
Matsu
Formosa
Free World
Nixon-Lodge
Bushnell Memorial Auditorium
Paul Beckwith
Connecticut
Life Underground Seen as Likely in a Nuclear War
A Sunday release reports that continued U S Soviet arms racing could force Americans to live underground. The study by the center for the study of democratic institutions notes shelters and underground habit patterns would emerge as cities cope with evacuation and limited underground living. The Fund for the Republic, started in 1952 by the Ford Foundation, published the findings.
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New York
United States
Soviet Union
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Fund For the Republic
Ford Foundation
Kennedy and Nixon in a tight race with three weeks to go
An AP survey shows Kennedy nearly even with Nixon as election day nears. Neither candidate holds a clear edge in 17 states with 537 electoral votes. Nixon leads in 19 states totaling 141 votes. Kennedy in 14 states with 129 votes.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Sen. Kennedy
New York
Pennyslvania
California
Michigan
Nixon
Minnesota
Utah
New Mexico
Kennedy
Production Boss Wounded by Shot Through Basement Window
Portland Oregon production manager Donald Newhouse, 41, of the Oregonian, was wounded in a shotgun blast fired through a basement window of his home. He was in fair condition after surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital. some 100 shotgun pellets were embedded. Authorities described the scene and noted Newhouse is a cousin of S I Newhouse, owner of the Oregonian and Conde Nast.
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Portland, Ore
Donald Newhouse
The
Struck Oregonian
Portland
Newhouse
Good Samaritan Hospital
S. I. Newhouse
Oregonian
Conde Nast Publishing Co
Arnold Austin
Lineman Seriously Burned At Northeast Louisiana State College
W E Bill Scarborough a Monroe Utilities Commission lineman was seriously burned while replacing transformers near Brown Hall at Northeast Louisiana State College and rushed to St Francis Hospital in unknown condition. Workmen aided by W E Perry pulled him to safety after the accident.
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Monroe Utilities Commission
W. E
Bill) Scarborough
Northeast Louisiana State College
Scarborough
St. Francis Hospital
Brown Hall
College
W. E. Perry
Deadly cyclone slams East Pakistan coast killing thousands
Winds over 150 miles an hour and a massive tidal wave devastated six offshore islands in the Noakhali District. About 3,000 people dead, 80 percent of area's population homeless, 30,000 homes destroyed, with communications severed and bodies feared washed out to sea.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Bay of Bengal
Noakhali
Jabbar
Amin
Hatiya
Bhata
Alexander
Ramgati
Pacific
Atlantic
Three TV quiz winners face perjury charges in New York
Charles Van Doren Hank Bloomgarden and Elfrida Von Nardroff among 14 former contestants surrendering to face charges by District Attorney Frank S Hogan. Each faces two counts of perjury tied to grand jury testimony in 1958 and 1960 with potential penalties up to three years in jail and fines up to $1,000.
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New York
Charles van Doren
Hank Bloomgarden
Elfrida von Nardroff
Dist
Frank S. Hogan
van Doren
Bloomgarden
Miss van Nardroff
Kennedy flags Nixon as threat to U.S. security in Ohio swing
Senator John F. Kennedy told Dayton and Middletown crowds that a Nixon presidency would endanger national security and leadership. He attacked Republican complacency and domestic policy, contrasting Nixon with Hoover and Baldwin and urging more action for the free world. He predicted a Democratic landslide in Ohio.
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Nixon
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Dayton
Ohio
John F. Kennedy
America
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Middletown
Michael V. DiSalle
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Baldwin
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