U S rushes aid to fire refugees in Parana Brazil
U S officials rushed food supplies to about 300000 homeless refugees fleeing four days of forest fires in Parana Brazil as heavy rains from Argentina approached. Aid included powdered milk cornmeal and flour with Peace Corps teams treating about 500 injured refugees. Government funds of 1 million dollars were released amid uncertaindeath tolls and widespread destruction of coffee crops.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Parana
Argentina
U.S. Peace Corps
U.S. Food For Peace Program
Joao Goulart
Ney Braga
Saigon High School Pupils Seized in Protest Action
Hundreds of students at Chu Van An high school in Saigon were arrested as protests against Diem’s government escalated. Brig. Gen Ton That Dinh warned harsh penalties, including drafting those over 20 and sending under 29 to reeducation centers, with possible military trials and death sentences for repeat offenders.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ton
Dinh
Chu van An
Chu van Anap
Finnish Chauffeur for LBJ Killed in Finland Road Crash
Turku Finland AP One of Vice President Lyndon B Johnsons Finnish chauffeurs was killed in a road accident early today. Johnson arrived in Turku in foggy weather to a sparse greeting as the city officials stood by.
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Turku
Finland
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Helsinki
Claus Bertil Granblom
Granblom
U.S
Lapland
Rovaniemi
First Negro Enters Huntsville White School in Alabama
Six year old Lonnie Hereford IV became the first black child to attend a white public elementary class in Alabama at Fifth Avenue Elementary in Huntsville. He entered before 9 am with no trouble as Gov. George Wallace had pushed desegregation in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee, but Huntsville offered no official explanation for delaying its desegregation.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Lonnie Hereford IV
Fifth Avenue
George Wallace
Birmingham
Mobile
Tuskegee
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Chinese Battalion Defects To Soviet
A Red Chinese battalion of 450 officers and men defected to the Soviet Union on August 1 from Sinkiang in northwest China, according to the privately owned Chung Haing news agency.
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Taipe
Formosa
Soviet Union
Sinkiang
China
Chung Haing
Barry Goldwater warns of danger from the far left
In Cleveland Senator Barry Goldwater asserts the far left, not the right, is the true danger to American politics. He urges Republicans to unite for a no-holds-barred push to defeat the Kennedy administration and cautions against intra-party feuding.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
John Birchers
Goldwater
Ohio Republican Finance Committee
Americans For Democratic Action
California
Far East
United States
Louisiana Bar Association Meets in Monroe in December
The Louisiana Bar Association will meet in Monroe for its mid winter conference scheduled from December 12 to December 14. Monroe Chamber of Commerce announced the dates and said session plans will be finalized later.
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Louisiana Bar Association
Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
The
Bar Association
Twin City Chit Chat Visitors from Minturn
Mr and Mrs George Ledbetter and their son Gerald of Minturn Colorado recently visited the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home. George formerly lived at the Home from 1942 to 1949 and works in the mill department of a molybdenum mine.
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George Ledbetter
Gerald
Minturn
Colo
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
George
Camellia Club to Convene First Meeting of the Year
The Northeast Isiana Camellia Club plans its first meeting of the year, with details appearing on CHIT-CHAT page 5-A.
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Isiana Camellia Club
Premier Cancels Trip as Laos Faces New Crisis
In Vientiane right wing forces clash with Pathet Lao near the American Embassy. Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma postpones his flight to New York as General Assembly convenes amid mounting tensions. One Pathet Lao soldier killed, one wounded. a Filipino hospital worker dies from machine gun fire. AP reporter Antoine Yared detained briefly.
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Vientiane
Laos
APY
Pathet Lao
Souvanoa Phouma
New York
USN
General Assembly
Bouneleuth
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Antoine Yared
Farmer testifies on civil rights marches legality in Plaquemine
In federal court James Farmer national director of the Congress of Racial Equality testified that mass civil rights marches in Plaquemine Louisiana or elsewhere were not violations of the law.
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Baton Rouge
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Plaquemine
Greenville Park High teachers call for boycott over suspensions
In Hammond Louisiana UPI reports student teachers at Greenville Park High School call for a complete boycott of the Negro school until about 200 suspended students reinstated for cutting class to stage a demonstration.
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Hammond
UPI
Greenville Park High School
Dredge Splits Main Water Line Feeding Grand Isle
A suction dredge in Bayou Lafourche breached the primary water supply line to Grand Isle causing disruption to the island’s three storage tanks fed by the line. No injuries reported and authorities assessed the damage.
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Leeville, la
Bayou Lafourche
Grand Isle
India Pakistan Exchange Espionage Charges
Prime Minister Nehru accuses Pakistan of espionage and cites reciprocal accusations after air advisers from both nations were named in spy charges. Indian officials claim Pakistan expelled Indian air adviser Group Captain P H Pawar and three diplomatic staff, while in Karachi Pakistan accuses Indian agent Wing Commander M A Arshad and three others of spying.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Pakistan
Karachi
High Commission
Cmdr
M. A Arshad
Commission
P. H. Pawar
Foreign Office
Truman Opposes Tax Cuts Until Budget Balances
Former President Harry S. Truman urged against a proposed 11 billion dollar tax cut, saying the budget must be balanced first. He described himself as old fashioned and argued that one should pay in more than they spend.
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New York
Congress
Truman
World owes you living joke quip prompts readers to act
A humorous line suggests the world offers nothing free and urges readers to seize opportunity, poking fun at entitlement. The phrase plays on self reliance and brisk action for payoff.
Wisconsin Tax Boss Named Postmaster General
President Kennedy named John Gronouski 43 as postmaster general succeeding J Ed Day who resigned August 9. Gronouski, Wisconsin tax commissioner since January 196, is a Madison resident with a PhD in taxation and public finance.
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Washington
John Gronouski
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Gronouski
J. Edward Day
Senate
Sidney W. Bishop
Day
Tax Department
Madison, Wis
Taxation
Public Finance
Ex-Grambling Ace Succumbs
Wichita Kansas AP Stone Johnson a rookie back for the Kansas City Chiefs died at a hospital Sunday night from injuries suffered in an exhibition game August 3 with the Houston Oilers Johnson 22 fractured neck vertebra in first period of the game death post mortem planned American Football League tears
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Wichita
Kan
Stone Johnson
Kansas City Chiefs
Johnson
Houston Oilers
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast For The Week
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today and Tuesday with little temperature change. Highs around 90 with overnight lows near 68, while earlier records showed a Sunday high of 1 and a low of 62. The week is expected to stay generally fair and mild with a few afternoon showers.
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Monroe
Dirksen backs ratification as Kennedy plans appeal
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen said he will vote for ratification of the limited nuclear test ban treaty after meeting with President Kennedy. Mansfield and McNamara joined the White House discussion as officials prepare a reassurance letter expected to broaden bipartisan support amid concerns over U.S. security. World Almanac notes national committees disbursed over 25 billion in the 1960 campaign.
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Washington
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
House
Congress
Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Senate
Dirksen
White House
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Robert S. McNamara
Mansfield
U.S
World Almanac
Law on Voting After Switch Noted by Lasiter
Lasiter district attorney Albin Lassiter clarified that Louisiana voters who change party affiliation within six months of a primary cannot vote in that party primary, but may vote in the general election. He cited the law restricting primary participation while allowing general election votes during the six month period.
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Dist. Atty
Albin P. Lassiter
Louisiana
Lassiter
Father of Quads at Jackson Grocer Welcomes Quadruplets
In Jackson Mississippi Mr. Thomas N. Harkins and wife greet four newborn daughters after a weekend birth at St. Dominic's Hospital. Weighs range from 1 lb 3 oz to 4 lb 1 oz. Doctors call them fraternal quadruplets with long black hair and a healthy wall, while the family adjusts to nine children.
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Jackson
Miss
Thomas N. Harkins
Harkins
St. Dominic's Hospital
Wallace Troops Bar Entry At Schools
AlabamaGovernor Wallace orders bar on desegregation in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee while Huntsville schools integrate. Federal judge restrains interference and National Guard is alerted. Troopers read Wallace orders to arriving students as a ninth district coordinates desegregation.
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Wallace
National Guard
Birmingham
Mobile
Temporary Pumps Considered If Bayou DeSiard Crisis
Director Claude Kirkpatrick said the Department of Public Works may install temporary pumps to move water from Bayou Bartholomew to Bayou DeSiard if water supply falls critically low due to drought. Bids open at 2 p.m. for two pumps. project costs about $225,000 and will take months.
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Claude Kirkpatrick
Department of Public Works
Bayou Bartholomew
Bayou DeSiard
Department of Publi Works
Bartholomew
Kirkpatrick
Bayou Bartholomew-Bayou DeSiard Water Board
Utilities Commission
French L. Smith
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James Lavergne
University of Maine
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Detroit
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D Wis
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