Committees Wade Into Cuban Issue
Washington AP two Senate committees open hearings on Cuba arms buildup with Rusk and McNamara called to testify. The session seeks proposals to attach to a resolution authorizing Kennedy to muster 150000 reserves if needed. Senators debate exile recognition and a possible economic and military blockade strategy.
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Washington
Senate
Cuba
Dean Rusk
Robert S McNamara
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Kennedy
Senate Democraic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Congress
United States
George A. Smathers
Florida
Sen
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Fallout not dangerous levels in United States says federal board
Secretary Celebrezze announced the Federal Radiation Council found radiation fallout not at dangerous levels nationwide. The panel did not specify affected areas or recommended countermeasures. Earlier July milk iodine 131 spiked in Salt Lake City prompting voluntary dairy controls and redistribution of milk.
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Washington (Ap
Anthony J. Celebrezze
United States
Federal Radiation Council
Celebrezze
Salt Lake City
Utah
Public Health Service
Klan Claims Wide Representation
The imperial wizard of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan reports 32 states represented at a weekend meeting in Tuscaloosa. Bobby Shelton says the session aimed to ready units as events unfold, with discussion of an Ole Miss integration attempt but not the meeting’s cause. About 1,000 grand dragons and staff attended.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Bobby Shelton
Empire
University of Mississippi
Shelton
Board President Questions Power To Close Ole Miss
Tom J. Tubb, president of the State College Board, questioned the board’s authority to shutter the University of Mississippi to block enrollment of a Negro. He said power to close rests with the governor and noted no vote had been taken on Meredith’s admission. The board planned to hear Gov. Barnett’s views as it met to discuss the Meredith case.
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Ole Miss
Oxford
Barnett
Meredith
Tubb
Constitution Week Tribute Underway Here
Local governments proclaim September 17 to 23 as Constitution Week and many groups join in observance. Mayors of Monroe and West Monroe signed proclamations with various organizations aiding the effort. The Daughters of the American Revolution chapters in West Monroe and Fort Miro spearhead activities as businesses display Constitution Week themes. This year commemorates the 175th anniversary of the Constitution’s adoption.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Tusquahoma
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fort Miro
DAR
U Thant Seen Likely For Full U N Five-Year Term
Diplomats from many regions predict the 17th General Assembly will appoint U Thant of Burma to a complete five year term as secretary general. Thant, acting secretary general, serves Hammarskjold's term ending April 10. U S delegate Yost said re election is probable and noted strong international support. He added the Soviet troika issue is unlikely to reemerge.
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United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
U Thant
Burma
United Nations
Thant
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Africa
U.S
Charles W. Yost
Yost
New York Area
American Association
Lagain
Troika
Soviet Union
Monroe Doctor Nets Nine Foot Blue Marlin
Dr James W Wade of Monroe returned from a Gulf trip with a nine foot blue marlin caught near Venice He was the only member of his party to land such a fish and has photos as proof The fish will be mounted prompting a question of where to hang it Also noted is the Ouachita Valley Boy Scouts central district monthly roundtable set for Thursday at Camp Ki Ro Li starting at 7 30 p.m.
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James W. Wade
Loop Road
Monroe
Gulf
Dr. Wade
Venice
Central District
Ouachita Valley Council
Boy Scouts of America
Ki- Ro-Li
Light Bulb Sale Kicks Off By North Monroe Lions Club
The annual sale starts at 4 p.m. today and runs through Thursday. H. H. James leads the effort with members selling door to door in Monroe to fund community projects of the Lions Club.
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North Monroe
Dollar health at IMF meeting sparks currency worries
Financial leaders from 80 countries gathered at the IMF annual meeting to discuss the recovering dollar and its spillover effects. IMF Chief Jacobsson predicts the U.S. balance of payments deficit will be largely eliminated by end of 1963, while some European ministers fear stronger dollars may weaken continental currencies like the marks guilders francs and lire.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Western Europe
Per Jacobsson
IMF
U.S
Kennedy
West Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Safe Cracker Pickens Captured After Angola Escape
escaped convict Thomas W. Pickens aged 40 from Jennings was captured after a DeQuincy sighting on a store roof. He had escaped Angola prison and boasted he could crack any safe in nine minutes. deputies and 40 searchers chased him from DeQuincy to Lake Charles.
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Dequincy
Thomas W. Pickens
Jennings
Louisiana
Angola
Henry A. Reid Jr
Pickens
Patrolam N. J. Brown
Reid
de Quincy
Tennie Guillard
Joe B. DiGiovanni
Asa Mere
Ward 4
Dick Ackle
Morganza
Vote Registrar Lynd Faces Contempt Trial in Mississippi
Theron Lynd, Forrest County circuit clerk and registrar, goes before a three judge federal panel in Hattiesburg in the nation’s first criminal contempt trial of a voter registrar. He faces possible penalties up to 300 dollars and 45 days in jail if convicted.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Theron Lynd
Forrest County
Lynd
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Lynch
Lyndh
U.S. Supreme Court
Minister Dies Of Wreck Injuries In Louisiana Collision
Dr Wally Ward Barr pastor of Gastonia North Carolina First Baptist Church died from injuries after a train car crash in Kentwood Louisiana. His wife and two others were killed including Mrs J P Cutrer and her son William Cutrer a Southeastern Louisiana College student. The Barrs had visited Kentwood after enrolling two sons at Tulane University in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
UPI
Wally Ward Barr
Gastonia
N.C
First Baptist
Kentwood
Barrs
Tulane University
Barr
Brussels government building collapse kills dozens
A Brussels government building weakened by adjacent excavations collapsed burying workers. Police estimated at least 20 dead with 17 missing and 13 injured. Fire officials indicated little chance of survivors amid dangling floors and dust. Census forms were destroyed, likely forcing a re run.
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Brussels
UPI
Belgian Economic Affairs Ministry
Lucien Janaert
Weather Brief: Scattered Showers Bring Cooler Week Ahead
Warms around 88 to 92 today with 40 percent shower coverage. Cooler air follows with highs two to five degrees below normal through Saturday. Monroe reports a Sunday high of 89 and overnight low of 66.
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Monroe
Police Jury Sets Special Meeting To Ratify August Bills
Ouachita Parish President L. B. Pettit calls a 10 a.m. Wednesday courthouse meeting to vote again on ratifying August bills totaling 25 823 72 dollars after an 8 7 split failure at the last session.
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L. B. Pettit
Ouachita Parish
Pettit
Wife Testifies On Husbands Secret Spy Role
Lois Flink recounts how her husband Richard A. Flink served as a covert informant for the United Nations Soviet operatives. He admitted the undercover work for a $3000 payoff to feed information to Russians while posing as a Communist spy.
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New York
Lois Flink
Newsmen
Flink
New York State
Justice Department
Queens
N.Y
FBI
United Nations
Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
J. Lewis Fox
State Assembly
Fox
Kennedy
Chuckles Warn Against Moon Trip Fears in Church Row
A humorous note suggests some would love a trip to the moon yet fear sitting in the front row at church. The quip plays on space travel and church seating dynamics for light amusement.
Educational TV Debut in New York Delayed by Strike
WNDT Channel 13 in New York City debuted as the citys first educational noncommercial station but a strike halted engineers and stage hands from crossing AFTRA picket lines. Supervisors and other staff ran operations so the premiere could air. The union seeks representation for all on air personnel.
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New York
New York City
WNDT
Samuel B. Gould
Educational Broadcasting Corp
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
AFTRA
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Dedicated Glenwood Hospital Opens After Community Effort
West Monroe prepares to open the $2 million Glenwood Hospital on McMillan Road at Thomas Road as Dr. R H Riggs of the Louisiana Medical Society calls hospitals a community effort. The facility, run by the Methodist Church under a 1960 lease, follows a decades long bond campaign led by Dr Glen T Gallaspy.
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Glenwood Hospital
West
Monroe
Louisiana
R. H. Riggs
The
Louisiana Medical Society
McMillan Road
Thomas Road
Ward Five
Glen T. Gallaspy
Board of Commissioners
A. Olin Evans
Methodist Board of Trustees
Jesse Heard
Methodist Church
Aubrey G. Walton
Louisiana Methodist Conference
Hekla Lava Smoke Tied to Medieval Hell Belief
The article notes that Mount Hekla in Iceland spewed lava and smoke, a phenomenon medieval writers used as proof of hell. It mentions a hospital run in the spirit of Christian helpfulness, and references a National Geographic Society page 3-B for more context.
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Mount Hekla
Iceland
Hell
National Geographic Soci
Nine Astronauts Named To Fly To The Moon
NASA announced nine men aged 31 to 35 chosen from 253 candidates to carry the U.S. flag toward the moon. Armstrong Borman Conrad Lovell McDivitt Lee Stanford Staf ford White Young lead a mixed Air Force Navy and civilian corps, elevating the nation’s lunar program roster to 16 astronauts.
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Houston
Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Neil A. Armstrong
Wata- Koneta
Ohio
Steven Armstrong
Navy
Air Force
Frank Borman
Gary
Ind
Edwin Borman
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles Conrad Jr
Elliott M. Lee Jr
Dallas
Elliot M. See Sr
Thomas P. Stafford
Weatherford
Okla
Ellen Crabtree
Edward H. White II
San Antonio
Edward H. White
St. Petersburg
Fla
John W. Young
San Francisco
William Young
Orlando
Lake Providence Man Killed In Auto Collision
A Lake Providence man, 30, was killed when his car left the Mason Front Road near Oak Grove and overturned in a ditch about 1 15 a m. Passenger Richard Hicks, 22, escaped injury. Police cited heavy fog and alleged drunken driving.
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Oak Grove
Lake Providence
Joseph Gardner
Rt. 2
Richard Hicks
Church St
Hicks
Mason Front Road
Gardner
West Carroll Parish
T. G. Biggs
Biggs
Puerto Rican Engineer Visits Area for Drainage Study
Pedro Catoni of Santurce Puerto Rico visits St Joseph for three days to study drainage work. He will meet with soil conservation service engineer Will Radescich and observe projects at Dr M O Miller farm Osceola Plantation and H H Patton farm. He is an assistant staff engineer with the soil conservation service.
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ST. Joseph
Pedro Catoni
Santurce
Puerto Rico
Will Radescich
Soil Conservation Service
Catoni
M. O. Miller
Osceola
H. H. Patton
North Tensas
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Moon
Klan
U. N
Rochester
Minn
Edgewood Court
Marines
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