Metairie Couple Slain in Knife Battle Mystery
Jefferson Parish deputies questioned the couple's 14 year old son after the bodies of Manuel A Garcia and his wife were found in their Metairie home. She died of knife wounds after fleeing the house. he had a chest stab wound and a head gunshot. A .22 pistol lay beside him. Garcia, a former dredge boat captain, had recent nervous treatment. The boy’s name was withheld.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Metairie
Clarence Kron
Kron
Manuel A. Garcia
Garcia
Kennedy seeks 55 million to fund hurricane relief
President Kennedy sent a request to Congress for an extra 55 million dollars to cover damage from Hurricanes Carla and Esther and other potential disasters. Six Louisiana parishes were declared major disaster areas, opening federal aid, with Texas counties already listed.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Carla
Esther
Texas
Louisiana
New England
Calcasieu
Cameron
Theria
la Fourche
St Bernard
Vermilion
Hungry Baluba Attack On Refugee Camp Near Elisabethville
Clash erupts as hundreds from a Baluba campattack Katangan police and civilians near Elisabethville Katanga during a UN cease fire. At least three Europeans wounded and 100+ Balubas injured or killed amid mortars and machete violence. Aid workers fear entering the camp with no water or power.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
U.N
United Nations
Kasai
Queen Hospital
Claude Lambot
Lambot
De Gaulle Urges Cold War Talks on Germany and Disarmament
President Charles de Gaulle said negotiations with the Soviet Union remain necessary to settle Germany and disarmament issues and other East West questions. He warned the free world must confront dangers or lose its soul during a rally in DECAZEVILLE.
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Decazeville
France
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Germany
Free World
Villefranche de Rouersue
Inheritance Seized By Police In Bank Robbery Case
In Newton Grove North Carolina FBI agents linked an $6800 cash inheritance brought home by Carl Thomas Dixon to a bank robbery earlier that day. Peggy Ray Dixon, 20, was arrested on a bank robbery charge and held on $15000 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing.
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Newton Grove N.C
UPI
Carl Thomas Dixon
Dixon
FBI
Dixons
Clayton
N.C
First Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Peggy Ray Dixon
Open House Showcases 19 Area Artists in Monroe
An open house at the House of Arts 303 Arkansas street Monroe runs Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. The event features works by 19 artists from Monroe Ruston Alto Mer Rouge Winn parish and others, presented by Mrs D Rabin Smith and Associates.
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House of Arts
Arkansas Street
Monroe
D. Rabin Smith and Associates
Jack Bunn
Harry Dergin
Claude Earnest
Phillip Fishman
Gregor T. Goethals
Ashley Hamilton
H. M. James
Anita Lennon
Carl E. Mittell
Novelist Kandaurov Found Dead in Munich Home
Police say exiled Russian novelist Dmitri Kandaurov, 59, committed suicide by hanging Wednesday night at his Munich residence. UPI reports Little Rock recorded the nation's highest nuclear fallout reading since Russia resumed atomic testing, per the U S Public Health Service.
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Munich
Germany
Dmitri Kandaurov
Washington
UPI
Little Rock
Ark
Russia
U. S. Public Health Service
Senator Styles Bridges Suffering Moderate Coronary Attack
United States Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire has suffered a moderately severe coronary attack, according to his personal physician. The report comes from Concord, New Hampshire, with updates expected on his condition.
Kennedy to Address United Nations General Assembly Monday
President Kennedy will speak to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, likely at a morning session, the White House announced. The address aims to shape early Cold War diplomacy as the U N debates issues of peace and security.
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Washington
UPS
Kennedy
United Nations General Assembly
White House
Vatican says Khrushchev acknowledges Catholic Church mission
The Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, quoted Khrushchev as recognizing the peaceful mission of the Roman Catholic Church in response to Pope John XXIII's peace message, marking a first from the Soviet regime.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Khrushchev
John XXIII
Parliament to Debate International Situation in Three Day Session
London officials announced a special three day session of the British Parliament will convene on October 17 to debate the current international situation.
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London
UPI
Rusk Opens Talks With Gromyko On Cold War Crises
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk began talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in New York to explore possible peaceful solutions to the ongoing crisis and end the standoff.
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New York
U. S
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
Negro Convicted in Hit-Run Murder at Port Allen
A jury in Port Allen convicted 18 year old Melvin Godfrey of Lukeville, a Negro, of murder in the hit and run death of Maurice Songy, a white man.
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Port Allen
Melvin Godfrey
Lukeville
Maurice Songy
Polio Victim Dies in Vicksburg First Copiah Case Since 1959
An eight year old Hazlehurst boy died of bulbar polio on a Wednesday in Vicksburg marking the first definite polio death in Copiah County since 1959.
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Hazlehurst, Miss
Hazlehurst
Vicksburg
Copiah County
Gulf States Utilities to Invest 110 Million in Transmission
Gulf States Utilities announces a 110 million dollar program to build high voltage transmission facilities in Louisiana and Texas by 1970 as part of a broader expansion plan. Company vice president H E Brown cites Edison Electric Institute data showing national investor owned utilities planning about 8 billion dollars in new transmission facilities in the same period.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf States
H. E. Brown
Edison Electric Institute
Reservists Told Chance for Deferment Is Slim
Washington AP reports Pentagon guidance limits deferments for reservists and National Guardsmen as units prepare for muster. Only extreme hardship cases with documentation may be deferred. others in critical jobs or college plans should seek removal from the ready reserve.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Army
New
Air Force
Labor Department
Double-Dealing Twins Robbed Of Soft Racket
Twin brothers Bob and Jack Street er split shifts to collect two paychecks while one worked unseen. A drill mishap exposed the ruse and foreman kept quiet until the brothers’ last day. Superintendent Carl Swanson noted the surprise outcome.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Bob
Jack Streeter
Jack
Carl Swanson
GOP labels demo report dishonest in Kennedy first year
The Republican National Committee branded a White House memo about Kennedy's first year as dishonest. It accused Sorensen and O'Brien of withholding authorship and misrepresenting 33 major bills as Kennedy achievements, noting many were longstanding proposals from prior administrations.
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Washington
Republican National Committee Today
White House
Battle Line
Theodore C. Sorensen
Lawrence F. O’brien
Kennedy
Sorensen
O’brien
Eisenhower
Peace Corps
JFK
Congress
Two White Men Accused in Rampart Street Abduction
A 4-year-old Black woman cook reported to police that two white men forced her into a truck on Rampart Street at about 6 a.m. They drove to Basin Street where she was attacked and then thrown from the vehicle before the men fled. She was taken to Charity Hospital for treatment.
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New Orleans
UPI
Rampart Street
Charity Hospital
Basin Street
Lions District Meeting Called for Sunday
Lions District 8L Governor Bobby Wilson has called a district cabinet meeting for Sunday at Highland Park Country Club. The meeting will begin at 10 am.
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Lions Club
Bobby Wilson
Highland Park Country Club
U S Demands Urgent U N Debate On Nuclear Test Ban
In New York the United States urged the United Nations to place the question of a nuclear test ban on urgent consideration. The Soviet Union pressed to include it in a broader disarmament debate as clashes erupted in the Steering Committee. Adlai Stevenson said resumed Soviet testing increases atmospheric radiation and spurs underground tests by the US, urging high priority in the Political Committee. Britain supported the call for debate. Peiping's seat remained resisted.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Geneva
China
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Britain
Sir Patrick Dean
Valerian A. Zorin
U.N
Peiping
Assembly
Red China
Delayed LTI Buildings Move Hinges On Architect
At a Louisiana train ing school board meeting the need for named architects to proceed with two LTI buildings was stressed by Supt A L Swanson who said the oldest dormitory building dating 1915 is practically condemned The board plans an October 20 meeting in Baton Rouge and notes the governor selects architects for major building projects while also eyeing work at the Scotland colored institution near Baton Rouge.
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State Board of Institutions
LTI
E. C. Thompson
Shreveport
LTI Supt
A. L. Swanson
Swanson
LTT
Baton Rouge
The
Colored Institution
Scotland
H. C. Peck
Sicily Island
E. R. Anderson
St. Gabriel In
Architech
Katanga Truce Inked By Tshombe Amid Civil War Threat
An uneasy cease-fire was proclaimed in Katanga as President Tshombe and the U N command signed a provisional halt in fighting. The secession issue remains unresolved while Congo central government vows to end Katanga's independence and calls for firm action.
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Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
Katanga
Congo
Moise Tshombe
U.N
U.S
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Leopoldville
Weather forecast drift hints scattered thundershowers
The weather forecast predicts a chance of widely scattered thundershowers mainly in the afternoon. Temperatures rise to 85 to 90 with a low near 70 to 76, following yesterday’s 85 high and 49 low as warmth continues.
Plane Missing With 6 Aboard At Oxnard Air Force Base
A two engine C47 transport plane with 43 crew of six disappeared after radioing it was in the landing pattern 12 miles west of Oxnard Base. Western Air Rescue Service began a search over the Ventura County coast as crews believe the aircraft had fuel to reach about 3 a.m. It was conducting a local proficiency flight when it vanished Wednesday night.
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Oxnard
Calif
Oxnard Air Force Base
Western Air Rescue Service
Ventura County
Air Force
Racial program stirs uproar in Shreveport broadcast
In Shreveport Louisiana a network racial program carried by KTBS TV sparked a furor as speakers urged white decline and potential upheaval. Sheriff J Howell Flournoy warned it could trigger crisis and bloodshed while KTBS executives urged audience letters to sponsor Bell and Howell Co. of Chicago.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
J. Howell Flournoy
KTBS
American Broadcasting Co
Sheriff Flournoy
Ktbs-Tv
E. Newton Wray
South
Bell and Howell Co
Chicago
Public Health Service expands fallout safety network
The Public Health Service broadens its fallout detection system to gauge health risks from atmospheric nuclear tests. Experts say high readings may not mean danger unless radioactive material ingested or inhaled reaches harmful levels. New actions add two stations in North Carolina and Tennessee and plan tests in all states, with six milk sampling stations alerted for analysis.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Soviet Union
Bismarck
N.C
Nashville
Tenn
Service
Radiological Health
Winds Slow But Considered Dangerous Esther Near Cape Cod
The Weather Bureau reports Esther weakened briefly near Cape Cod then reaccelerated, with the eye reopening and winds near 100 mph in a small core. Warnings remained from eastern Long Island to Maine as Esther moved northeast at about 10 mph.
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Long Island
N.Y
Maine
Connecticut
New Yor
Esther
Nantucket
Mass
Boston
Miami
Fla
Otis Air Force Base
Cape
Cape Cod
Weather Bureau
Hyannis
Otis
UAW Council Accepts GM Contract Ends Local Strikes
The 280 member UAW General Motors Council voted unanimously to accept the international executive board's decision and end all local strikes against GM. The move follows Walter Reuther urging a return to production as terms are signed, with GM set to resume full output within days.
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UAW Council
Oks
Detroit
UPS
United Auto Workers
National General Motors Council
International Executive Board
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
General Motors
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