Kennedy Orders Draft Exemption for Married Men
President Kennedy halted drafting of married men while sufficient single men remain eligible. Married men will be drafted only after all single men aged 19 to 25 are inducted in birth order. Lt. Gen. Hershey said about 1.7 million men are 1A and the change aims to draft single men earlier. Kennedy signed with four pens observed by officials including McNamara and Gilpatric.
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Washington
Kennedy
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
White House
Hershey
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Norman Paul
Paul
William Gorman
Lewis Hershey
Norman S. Paul
Burglar Strikes Two Monroe Homes On Alabama Street
A night-time break in Monroe damaged two residences on Alabama Street. Russell Trichell reported a $50 theft from his billfold left on a living room television while Bennie Freeman reported $35 to $40 missing from cash kept in his billfold at the foot of his bed. Police opened an investigation after the incidents were reported this morning.
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Alabama
Monroe
Monroe Police Department Today
Russell Tricheil
Bennie Freeman
Trichell
Freeman
Police Department
Powerful Want Ads Highlight Bargains
The Powerf ul Want Ad section showcases items for sale including a single bed Beauty Rest mattress priced at $30. Readers are invited to call FA 3-448 or FA 2-516 after dialing for details and to ask about a low seven day rate with cancellation privileges.
House Ways and Means OKs 11 Billion Tax Cut Bill
The Ways and Means Committee backed a two stage across the board tax cut bill by party line vote 15 to 10 directing Chairman Wilbur Mills to introduce the measure. The plan promises roughly 20 percent relief for individuals and 8 percent for corporations once fully in effect with January withholding aimed to reflect the cut.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
West Monroe Council to Review Five Chief Applicants Tonight
The West Monroe City Council will examine five certified applicants for police chief at tonight's meeting at 7 pm. Six finalists are policemen and the mayor notes the council may name a chief or defer for a future meeting. John Runyon explains eligibility under the 14th amendment and 75 percent score rule.
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West Monroe
J. Allan Norris
John C. Runyon
Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Commission
Runyon
Jeff W. Caldwell
Charles Traylor
Ninety One Cuban Rebels Quit Red Island
Ninety one Cuban exiles landed on Cozumel Island off the Yucatan Peninsula after forcing a government vessel to redirect toward Mexico. The group included 46 women and 21 children, marking the largest known unauthorized departure from Castro's island.
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Merida
Mexico
Cozumel Island
Yucatan Peninsula
Cholesterol Link To Heart Disease Warned
New Framingham study of 5127 adults links high cholesterol with more coronary disease and higher fatal heart attack risk. Dr. William B. Kannel cautions cholesterol may signal other fat imbalances and urges early prevention, noting hard outcomes start in younger years.
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New York
Framingham
Mass
William B. Kannel
National Heart Institute
Dr. Kannel
Kannel
American Chemical Society
Kanel
Beckwith Mental Test Date Set by Mississippi Supreme Court
The Mississippi Supreme Court ordered an October 14 hearing to decide if Byron De La Beckwith must undergo a mental examination before his murder trial for Medgar Evers. Also reports note Vatican ecumenical council expectations, a fatal car crash near Baton Rouge, and former President Truman declining to review MacArthur memoirs.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Supreme Court
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
New York
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
State seeks reversal in tax refund ruling for shoe firm
The Louisiana Collector of Revenue asked the State Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that ordered the state to refund more than $6,000 in taxes to a St. Louis shoe company. In Michigan, former Michigan football star Willie Heston died Monday night in Traverse City hospital.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana
Traverse City, Mich
William M. Willie Heston
University of Michigan
Wentworth Military Academy admits Monroe student for 84th term
Paul Stephen Lazarus of Monroe enrolled at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Missouri for the school's 84th term. Maj. James W. Parkerson of Monroe will lead the Northeast Louisiana Air Force Association squadron at the national convention in Washington D C with Maj. Walter Katz as squadron commander. The delegation will meet at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City and travel as a group.
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Paul Stephen Lazarus
Paul Lazarus
Jackson St
Monroe
Wentworth Military Academy
Wentworth
Lexington, MO
James W. Parkerson
Northeast
Louisiana
Air Force Association
Washington D. C
Walter Katz
Maj
Parkerson
Barksdale Air Force Base
Bossier City
City Council Meeting Overflows With Crowd and Makeshift Seating
Residents packed the city council chamber for a major session, forcing extra chairs to be set up in the mayor's office. City secretary-treasurer Mel Cook, noted for his size at 210 pounds, sat in a creaking folding chair as the meeting continued.
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Jammin Mayor's Office
Mel Cook
Budget Adopted Slated By Monroe City Board
Supt. Van D. Odom will present a $2,975,000 budget for the 1963 64 year to the Monroe City School Board for adoption this afternoon. The budget is the largest in history for the city system, with enrollment up 8 percent to 10,208 students. The board will also open bids on new biology equipment for Neville High School.
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Supt
van D Odom
Monroe City
Odom
Neville High School
Why would girls chase my worm when fishing for a husband
A humorous line ponders why women would pursue the worm during fishing for a mate. It treats courting as a playful scene where the worm becomes a misdirection in pursuit of love.
White Pupils Boycott Desegregated West End High
In Birmingham Alabama hundreds of white students walked out or boycotted classes after two Black girls enrolled at West End High School. Police used night sticks to push back a growing crowd as segregationists arrived with flags and literature. Officials urged students to return inside.
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West End High
Gov
George Wallace
Bir
Birmingham
Ala
West End High School
National States Right Party
Glenn Evans
Little Weather Change Is Seen
Pleasant forecast with clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday. Highs near 93, overnight lows around 64. Temperatures near 94 midweek with lows about 64 to 68. Fair, warm days and mild nights continue through the rest of the week.
Propaganda Smugglers Angry Russians Oust Chinese
Soviet authorities booted out the crew and Chinese passengers from the Pe king Moscow Express on the Mongolian border after seizing anti-Soviet literature. The Chinese locked customs out and staged a sit-down strike delaying more than 100 passengers by 42 hours.
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Moscow
Naushki
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Desegregation Begins in Alabama Schools Across Three Cities
Twenty Negro children enter schools in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee as Kennedy federalizes Alabama Guards. Most sites are quiet though West End High in Birmingham sees a classroom boycott and a white man’s arrest. Two Mobile pupils become the first Black students at Murphy High. Police and Guardsmen monitor traffic and security.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Alabama National Guardsmen
Mobile
Tuskegee
West End High School
Huntsville
Wallace
Justice Department
Army
Tuscaloosa
Parents protest fire trap in Indiana schools
In Coalmont Indiana parents have staged an eight day around the clock siege of the high school and nearby Midland and Jasonville schools to protest dangerous conditions. Sen. Kenneth Reagin cited a loose fireproof ceiling broken concrete steps rotting floors exposed wires and other hazards at Midland Jasonville and Coalmont campuses amid a triangle of small towns southeast of Terre Haute with Jasonville the largest at 2937.
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Coalmont
Ind
UPI
Hoosier
Midland
Jasonville
Kenneth Reagin
Reagin
Indiana
Terre Haute
Horse Latitudes Named From Shipboard Sacrifices
The National Geographic Atlas explains that sea captains called the horse latitudes near the equator due to sailors sometimes throwing horses overboard to conserve drinking water.
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National Geographic Atlas of the World
Council OKs new Jackson Street fire station bid
City officials accept seven bids for the Jackson and Egan Streets fire station with Ho W Chapman of Monroe the low bidder at 48 389. The project fits the city 114 million capital program as Mayor Howard calls the bid within budget.
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Jackson and
Egan Streets
W. L. Jack
Howard
Ho W. Chapman
Monroe
Lest High
High
Chapman
C. J. White
Bayou View Place
Forest Homes
Bayou View
Pohlman-Wilbanks
C. O. Boyd
Breck Construction Co
Harry Carpenter
W. G. & J. Gaynes
A. L. Rowan
Lamar Moore
Rowan
Sierly Island
Wallace to Obey Orders Avoids Fight With Bayonets
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace said he would obey federal court orders to avoid interfering with school desegregation, claiming he cannot fight bayonets with his bare hands. He accepted service of the restraining orders in Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee and vowed to continue legal challenges to the 1954 Supreme Court ruling.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
United States
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Mobile
Tuskeger
Earl Morgan
State Capitol
U. S
Don Forat
Miami
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Baton Rouge
Linda Helwig
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Twin City
Mingham
Edwin Guthman
Joe Dolan
U.S
Dolan
Evans Dolan
Soviet Union
Murphy High School
West End
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