Khrushchev Laughs at Bomb Power Error in Nuclear Blast
Premier Khrushchev quipped that Soviet scientists intended a 50 megaton test but the explosion exceeded expectations, drawing applause at the Communist Congress. Western reports pegged the blast as around 75 megatons in strength, while the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission cited 50 megatons as preliminary.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Soviet Communists Party
Kremlin
Palace of Congresses
Europe
Japan
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
New Zealand
F. H. Corner
United Nations
Russia
Bearden Gets 25 Years For Hijacking Plane
Leon Bearden 38 was sentenced to life plus 25 years in federal prison for hijacking a Continental Airlines jet on August 3. His son Cody 16 pled guilty and drew an undesignated federal facility sentence. The elder Bearden received concurrent terms for kidnapping interstate transport of a stolen airplane and obstruction of interstate commerce.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Leon Bearden
Continental Airlines
Bearden
Cody
U.S. Dist
R. E. Thomason
Coolidge, Ariz
Los Angeles
Houston
Phoenix
Cuba
Bearders
Fl Paso
Border Patrol
Is Your Business Qualified To Display This Emblem
An inquiry line asks business owners to call FA 5-3869 to learn if they meet qualifications to display the emblem. The notice emphasizes eligibility and directs readers to contact for details.
Belize Faces Possible Disaster From Hattie Huricane
Capital City Belize and surrounding British Honduras brace for a direct hit from Hurricane Hattie. A 15 foot storm tide, 200 mph gusts, and widespread floods threaten Belize City as communications fail and residents seek shelter. Forecasters warn rain and tides may extend into Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula before weakening inland.
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Miami
Fla
British Honduras
Belize
Guatemala
Miami Weather Bureau
Gilbert Clark
Weather Bureau
Hattie
H. Clark
Yucatan Peninsula
Clark
Soviet atomic blast estimate eyed as preliminary
Officials in Washington said the AEC figure of about 50 megatons for the Soviet blast was rough and based on the best data available. Moscow denounced intensified U S reconnaissance tied to the rocket tests. The radioactive debris cloud from the explosion moved southeast over central Siberia per the Weather Bureau.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Siberia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Moscow
Novaya Zemblya
Arctic
Sweden
Britain
Kew Observatory
England
Uppsala
Nehru
Stevenson has no comment on Van Fleet firing claim
United Nations AP report says a spokesman says Adlai E. Stevenson will not respond to a statement attributed to Gen. James A. Van Fleet alleging Stevenson should have been fired for his stance on the Cuba invasion.
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United Nations, N. Y
Adlai E. Stevenson
James A. van Fleet
Stevenson
Britain backs U.S. on nuclear tests to balance power
Prime Minister Macmillan said Britain would support testing large nuclear bombs alongside the United States if needed to maintain balance of power and preserve world freedom, signaling a united stance in defense policy.
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London
Britain
United States
Macmillan
Monroe Board of Adjustment Meets Tuesday for Zoning Reviews
The Monroe Board of Adjustment will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, November 7, at 4 15 p.m. Several zoning cases will be reviewed.
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Monroe Board of Adjustment
Denham Springs Man Killed In Highway Crash
Baton Rouge AP reports Waldo Hooper age 26 from Denham Springs died Monday night when his car ran under a trailer on Airline Highway. Passenger Miss Virginia Pocarello 19 was injured and rushed to a hospital. Police described Hooper as the deceased driver.
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Baton Rouge
Waldo Hooper
Denham Springs
Hooper
Virginia Pocarello
McComb Racial Demonstration Yields Fines and Jail Terms
In McComb Mississippi City Judge Robert W Brumfield found 15 demonstrators guilty of disturbing the peace for a October 4 downtown protest in front of City Hall. Eleven defendants received 200 fines and four months jail while four others were fined 500 and jailed six months. A white participant Robert Zellner posted 1000 bond. Judge Brumfield called the act a calculated effort to breach peace and warned of worsening race relations as he noted the violence had been kept non existent.
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McComb
Miss
Robert W. Brumfield
Brumfield
Robert Zellner
Atlanta
Jack Young
Jackson
City Hall
Cuban Children Learn English in Miami Classrooms
In Miami many Cuban refugees study English with about 18 000 learners in the public schools parochial and adult programs. Riverside Elementary reports 90 percent of its 1 380 pupils are Cuban and teachers split classes by language ability. Principal Edith Chase notes prior mixed classes aided language learning.
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Fidel Castro
Riverside
Edith Chase
Ed Hurst
World Reacts Angrily To Bomb Blast
Global response to the Soviet Union s mega test drew swift condemnation. Britain and Italy held anti Soviet protests while leaders called the explosions a crime against humanity. Khrushchev acknowledged a larger blast but warned against anger as Novaya Zemlya tests likely concluded.
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World
Rayburn Returns Home To Die Among Loved Ones
Rayburn, 79, cancer stricken speaker of the Texas House, left Baylor Hospital in Dallas on a stretcher for Bonham. An ambulance carried him 60 miles northeast as doctors warned therapy would not cure but might extend life. The move was urged by family to end his days among friends and neighbors. He will be treated by Dr. Jose Risser in Bonham.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam Rayburn
Baylor Hospital
Bonham
Here
Rayburn
Texas
John Holton
Holton
Jose Risser
Ninety-four Southern Towns Join SAMO Ranks
Ninety-four municipalities across ten Southern states have joined the Southwide Association of Municipal Officials SAMO as its members push toward a target of twenty five thousand dollars in operating funds Mississippi leads with 26 members Louisiana 20 Alabama 16 South Carolina 14 Texas 11 Florida 2 Georgia 2 Arkansas 1 Tennessee 1 Virginia 1 North Carolina has none Mayor W L Jack Howard SAMO president said dues and contributions total eleven thousand six hundred twenty five and the campaign will continue Howard plans a Washington office with a director to monitor legislation affecting municipalities</S:
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Southwide Association of Municipal Officials
SAMO
W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Washington, D
Washington
Capitol
Mississippi
Louisiana
Southern
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Sales Level Off After Seven Month Rise in September
Washington based Commerce Department reports factory sales leveled off in September after seven straight gains. Declines in new car and building material sales offset slight improvements in food beverages and textiles.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Department
Rain Dominates Northeast Louisiana With Warm Temperatures
The region sees lingering Indian summer conditions with scattered showers possible and cloudy skies. Twin Cities report a high of 78 and statewide lows from 61 to 69, with most areas receiving trace or no rain. Tonight through Wednesday forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies and continued warmth, highs in the mid 80s and lows around 60 to 65.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
Sugar Boom Transforms South Florida Economy
The sugar boom spurred by Cuba’s expropriation boosts Florida with refineries and cane planting in Everglades zones. Eleven mills are active or planned as production rises from 80 000 tons a decade ago to over 300 000 tons in 1962 and projected 500 000 annually soon. Land values soar from 250 to 900 per acre near Lake Okeechobee as Talisman Sugar Corp. plans a 16,800 acre mill site south of Belle Glade.
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Theodore A. Ediger
Miami
Fla
South Florida
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U. S
Everglades
Florida
Lake Okeechobee
Clewiston
Talisman Sugar Corp
Louisiana
Belle Glade
Ghosts and Goblins Haunt Twin Cities Halloween Night
Ghosts and goblins roam tonight as darkness falls across Twin Cities, with children in costumes roaming streets and homes for trick or treat. Schools and PTAs host carnivals and fairs with games like fish ponds, grab bags, musical chairs and dunking for apples, while some events remain to be scheduled.
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Twin Cities
Pana
School Parents Teachers Association
Bus Burning Trial Opens in Alabama Jury Tampering Allegation
In Anniston Alabama U S District Judge H Hobart Grooms warned jurors about possible tampering ahead of the bus burning trial of eight men linked to the Freedom Rider incident. He urged contempt citations for any juror contacted during recess and sought statements from those touched by the pressure.
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Anniston
Ala
U.S
Rider
Alabama
Tam Somoeeeh
Court jokes and bridge tales in local report
A fragmentary note recalls a courtroom moment where a judge warns jurors and a bridge game anecdote cites a spouse eager to make a bid. The shuffled lines hint at trial page 2 coverage and ongoing local chatter.
Freight Rams Into Coaches Arkansan Dies
A fog bound collision near Pine Bluff Arkansas killed Missouri Pacific freight engineer H V McDonald 42 of North Little Rock and injured 11 others including four from Monroe and two from Wisner. Eleven cars derailed as the Little Rock New Orleans freight struck a Monroe bound passenger train. The pullman car toppled blocking the rear of the passenger consist while trains were rerouted on adjoining tracks. The engineer died trapped in the engine which overturned and slipped down an embankment. Two dozen hospitalized or treated were listed with several not seriously hurt.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Here
Monroe
Wisner
H. V. McDonald
North Little Rock
Elbert Nettles
North Carolina
Charles Hall
Lexington
Hall
Northeast Louisiana
Ola Sne Kauffman
March
Glenn Blankenship
Little Rock
New Orleans
McDonald
Ellsworth Holabar
Baton Rouge Couple Killed In Slidell Wreck
A Baton Rouge couple, Thermus Walls aged 35 and Lavonne Walls 36, were killed in a Slidell car crash at the U S 190 and U S 11 intersection during dense early morning fog. Driver Monette Morales 51 and passenger Mrs M J Kloss 36, both from Baton Rouge, were uninjured.
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Slidell
Baton Rouge
U.S. 190
U.S. 11
Thermus Walls
Lavonne
Monette Morales
M. J. Kloss
New Orleans
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