Evacuated Dominicans Reported Bombardment Near Dajabon
Dominican government charges Haitian forces bombarded the border town of Dajabon forcing civilian evacuation toward the Luftwae area to the north. Foreign Minister Garcia Godoy briefed diplomats as Haiti massed near Ouanaminthe amid tense Hispaniola relations.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Dajabon
Hector Garcia Godoy
Ouanaminthe
Caribbean
Hispaniola
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Organization of American States
Leon Cantave
Dominican
Duvalier
Louisiana Voter Totals Rise Across Northeast Parishes
A Board of Registration report shows August voter gains in northeast Louisiana with 5,732 more voters raised the total to 1,108,995. July end numbers stood at 1,103,264 with Republicans and Democrats both posting increases across parishes. State and local election registration closes November 6 at 5 p.m. prior to primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Board of Registration
Registrz’‘Sn
Caldwell
Catahoula
Concordia
East Carroll
Franklin
Jackson
LaSalle
Lincoln
Madison
Morehouse
Quachita
Richland
Tensas
Union
West Carroll
Winn
Debra Moves Outward To Sea
Debra, described as a weak hurricane, veered on a northerly Atlantic course away from the U S mainland. Forecaster Gordon Dunn of the Miami Weather Bureau said the storm holds little interest for land areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Debra
Atlantic
United States
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Daring bandit sought in Puerto Rico burglaries
Police seek a so called human fly burglar in San Juan after he swung between 11 story balconies to ransack 10 apartments. He netted 300 dollars before residents chased him from a balcony, Saturday incident described by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Airmen Rescue Two British Teachers From Vietnam Kidnappers
U S airmen in helicopters and light planes rescued English teachers James Kinnaird and Alan Darby from Viet Cong kidnappers on a Cap Saint Jacques beach near the Mekong Delta. Kinnaird was wounded in the leg. Darby was unhurt but shaken. The teachers, working in Saigon, had been ordered toward the jungle after being seized during a Sunday swim.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
APT
U.S
Mekong River
James Kinnaird
Alan Darby
South China Sea
Kinnaird
U.S. Army
Darby
Cap Saint Jacques
Dollar bill loses grip as value fades in daily life
A humorous column notes that a dollar buys less today while people feel less inclined to act for a dollar. The piece riffs on economic change and everyday frugality with a light tone.
Boy Rescued After Night On Narrow Cliff Ledge
Bruce Krummel ten of Great Falls was saved from a 1000-foot Sun River Canyon cliff after a 150-foot ladder built overnight by Augusta carpenter A Bender enabled a daytime descent. Rescuers and Bruce endured rain and cold as searchlights scanned the ledge.
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Augusta
Mont
Sun River Canyon
Bruce Krummel
Great Falls
Glenn Roberts
Sun Canyon Lodge
Bruce
A. Bender
Jack Walsh
Walsh
Krummel
Malmostrom Air Force Base
Twin City Chit Chat and Wedding News
Oland Silk from News-Star takes a week off to wed Sara Lou Sims and plans a Ozarks trip. State Editor Jimmy Hatten wed Leona Paulk of Starks over the weekend. Mrs. Sandra Perez turns 21 and can register now.
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Oland Silk
The
News-Star
Sara Lou Sims
Ozarks
Jimmy Hatten
Jimmy
Leona Paulk
Starks
Sandra Perez
Three Indicted Over Birmingham School Integration Case
A federal grand jury indicted Edward R. Fields and two National States Rights party members Gerald Q Dutton and Ralph Lewandowski on charges of interfereing with school integration court orders. The panel also linked to a church bombing inquiry as jurors were recessed for further evidence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Edward R. Fields
Fields
National States Rights Party
Gerald Q Dutton
Ralph Lewandowski
Chicago
U.S
Clarence W. Allgood
Grand Jury
Allgood
Ole Miss Negro student arrested for concealed weapon
Lafayette County Sheriff Joe Ford arrested Cleve McDowell, Ole Miss's only Black student, after a 10 a.m. class. He was charged with carrying a concealed pistol, seized by the sheriff. McDowell enrolled last June and again for the fall term amid ongoing desegregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford, Miss
UPI
Lafayette County
Joe Ford
Cleve McDowell
University of Mississippi
McDowell
University News Service Bureau
Ford
Ole Miss
James H. Meredith
Pearson Defends Wheat Sale to Soviet Union
Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson defended a $500 million wheat sale to the Soviet Union, saying the deal violated no Western accords. He also stated a $33 million wheat shipment to Cuba aligns with Allied policy and that food and medicines are not banned goods. Pearson affirmed continued controls on such trade.
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Pearson
Soviet Union
New York
UPI
Lester B. Pearson
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Nippy Morning Heralds Autumn Start
A nippy morning signals fall with the autumnal equinox set for 12 24 PM. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures today and Tuesday with highs 85 to 90 and lows 60 to 65. Northeasterly winds 8 to 16 mph. Monroe high 88 and low 59. Blue Skies.
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Monroe
U S Mineral Production Tops 18 Billion in 1961
The World Almanac reports that the United States produced minerals valued at more than 18 billion dollars during 1961, reflecting strong industrial output across sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indonesia British embassy feud flares over guarded ruins
In Jakarta a crisis eased after Governor Sumarno Sosroatmodjo agreed to a joint British Indonesian guard for documents in the ruined British embassy vault. British Ambassador Gilchrist, denied entry, remained inside as talks continued amid regional embassies seeking calm. The flare followed protests against the Malaysia federation plan and government actions seizing British enterprises.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Britain
Sumarno Sosroatmodjo
Gilchrist
U.S
Howard P. Jones
Federation of
Malaysia
Malaya
Singapore
Sarawak
North Borneo
Big marijuana find in Washington Parish raid
Washington Parish authorities report a major marijuana supply point near Franklinton. At James Dobkins Enon La a quarter acre of plants three to nine feet tall was discovered with three arrests Roscoe Copenhaver Glavois Zeagler and Dobkins. The yard also contained processed marijuana ready for distribution valued in the thousands of dollars. The raid involved nine deputies led by Dist Atty W W Erwin and is under ongoing investigation.
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Franklinton
UPI
Washington Parish
New Orelans
Emery Goff
Washington, Parish
James Dobkins
Enon
Here
Dobkins
Roscoe Copenhaver
Folsom
Glavois Loraine Zeagler
New Orleans
Goff
Dist. Atty
W. W Erwin
Erwin
Bayou DeSiard Water Shortage Prompts River Plan
With record-low levels at Bayou DeSiard, Monroe officials consider switching to Ouachita River water if drought continues. L. L. Nunley of the Utilities Commission says Bayou water should last a few days, while Howard Griffin mobilizes crews to clear more than 1,000 stumps for boat lanes. Pumps planned at Bartholemew aim to raise Bayou DeSiard levels by routing Bartholomew water into the bayou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayou DeSiard
Monroe
L. L. Nunley
Utilities Commission
Nunley
Ouachita River
Howard Griffin
Griffin
Claude Kirkpatrick
Department of Public Works
G. L. Morgan
Bayou Bartholomew
Public Works Department
Bartholomew
Dead Bayou
Sterlington
Division Airlift to Germany Largest of Its Kind
Defense Secretary McNamara announced a 16 000 strong U S armored division will be airlifted to Germany next month in Exercise Biglift. 116 combat and 240 transport planes will move the unit from Fort Hood Texas for a week under NATO command. The $10 million operation could signal a prelude to withdrawing some U S troops in Europe.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Germany
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
2Nd Armored Vision
Ft. Hood
Tex
NATO
United States
U.S
Europe
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
McNamara
South Viet Nam
Kennedy
Two Upper Stage Rockets Groomed For Flight At Cape Canaveral
NASA plans test flights for two hydrogen burning upper stages the S-4 second stage of the Saturn and the Centaur second stage of the Atlas Centaur. Delays from handling cryogenic hydrogen pushed back unmanned moon probe schedules and other targets. The S-4 arrived from Douglas Sacramento and will join a Saturn booster for orbital tests aimed at evaluating hydrogen performance and injection characteristics. The Centaur from General Dynamics San Diego has flown with an Atlas first stage with late fall launch goal, its history marked by a 1962 explosion and subsequent design changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Douglas Aircraft
Sacramento
Calif
Space Agency
General Dynamics Astronautics
San Diego
NASA
Centaur
Solons Drop Ban Biggest Hurdle
The Senate rejected Goldwater's reservation to the test ban treaty requiring Soviet removal of nuclear weapons and personnel from Cuba as a condition of ratification. The vote was 17 for and 75 against, with leaders predicting ratification by a wide margin on Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Cuba
U.S
Goldwater
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
East German Family Flees To Freedom
An East German family of three fled to West Germany aided by a freighter and two ferries. Martin Helms his wife and 5 year old daughter Kirsten rode a kayak across a Baltic arm while authorities closed in, then were rescued as Capt H Justesen and Capt Siefried Horn blocked pursuing police with ferries and the freighter.
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Luebeck
Germany
West Germany
Martin Helms
Kirsten
Helms
Wismar
Baltic
East
H. Justesen
Gedser
Niels Holgersson
Siefried Horn
Fredenhagen
Three Story Fall Fatal in San Francisco Incident
Nelson Batiste 40 edged along a ledge to enter a window when a sheet metal vent pipe collapsed. He fell three stories into a service area and died in surgery about 90 minutes later.
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San Francisco
Nelson Batiste
Batiste
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Reds
Twin City
Josef Lenart
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Vilem Siroky
Lenart
Slovak National Council
Nippy Morning Heralds
A. G. Gilchrist
Baton Rouge
Bogalusa
John A. Gronouski
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Post Office Committee
Proxmire
Gronouski
J. Edward Day
Pentagon
Solons
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