Norris Says New Revenue Must Be Found
West Monroe faces needed revenue as Mayor Norris warns a fire budget cut won t avert shortfall. Aldermen cut 67 000 from a 218 700 fire budget and 22 proposed hires to seven, while Norris suggests raising funds beyond garbage fees via sewer water or sales taxes with voter approval.
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Norris
J. Allan Norris
West Monroe
Board of Aldermen
E. C. Taylor
A. L. DeLoach
Fire Department
Civil Service
Kennedy Granted Authority to Call Up 150000 Reservists
President Kennedy won congressional authorization to mobilize up to 150000 reservists if a crisis arises. Defense Secretary McNamara said a call up is possible but unlikely. The House vote was 342 to 13, the Senate 86 to 1.
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Washington
API
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S McNamara
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Cuba
Congress
House
Senate
Three Policemen Wounded In Kinloch Violence
Three St. Louis County officers were shot at dawn while breaking up a 300 strong crowd in Kinloch. A civilian was also wounded as unrest followed the killing of Darnell Dorth by Kinloch patrolman Israel Mason. No officers were fatally hurt. two remained under observation while one returned to duty. Police questioned more than 70 people and fired three lie detector tests. fires damaged a school wing and vacant buildings. Chief Roosevelt Hoskins’s home burned but was extinguished.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis County
Kinloch
Roosevelt Hoskins
Dunbar
Billy Rushing
Hugh Hodges
Kenneth Armstead
Rushing
County Hospital
Clarence Lee
Darnell Dorth
Israel Mason
Missing Man Clifton Led Search to Buried Body
Federal parolee Frances Aubrey Clifton led a search party to the buried body of Jonesville poultry inspector Clifton C. Wilson five miles south of Jena Louisiana. Clifton admitted shooting Wilson twice in the back and burying him after a road-side confrontation. The body was found with state police and transported to a Rapides Parish funeral home. Clifton awaits further questioning to fix location and venue for trial.
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Glenmora
Frances Aubrey Clifton
Clifton C. Wilson
Jonesville
Here
U.S. Highway 165
Clifton
Detroit
Wilson
New Orleans
Jena
Alexandria
Rapides Parish
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Local Councils donate to Ouachita Society for Crippled Children
The Twin City and state Women s Councils donated funds to the Ouachita Parish Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Checks were accepted by A F Tony Canizaro president. Lela Breard and Paula Landry presented the gifts for their groups.
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Realtors Associations
Ouachita Parish
Median age at first marriage halves over four decades
The Statistical Abstract of the United States shows the median age of first marriage for American men dropping from 24.6 in 1920 to 22.8 in 1961 and for women from 21.2 to 20.3 years during the same period according to the Census Bureau.
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United States
Bureau of the Census
Chlorine Threat Prompts Barnett Appeal to Kennedy
Mississippi Governor Barnett urged President Kennedy to declare a national emergency over chlorine gas rising from the Mississippi River near Natchez. The Army Corps of Engineers planned to raise four 75 foot steel cylinders holding 275 tons of liquid chlorine after a barge sank March 23, 1962, threatening thousands in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Natchez
Miss
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Kennedy
Mississippi River
Here
Barnett
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Natchez, Miss
Louisiana
Body found of Clifton C. Wilson in Louisiana
Searchers located the body of Clifton C. Wilson near Glenmora Louisiana after a broad hunt. Wilson 24 a USDA poultry inspector from Jonesville disappeared Sept 14 and was reportedly shot by Francis A. Clifton who was arrested near Detroit and flown to Louisiana. The motive unclear as deputies described a car theft link and burial near Jonesville. A 300 member posses and regional deputies scoured Catahoula Rapides and La Salle Parishes for the body.
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Glenmora
Clifton C. Wilson
Louisiana
Alexandria
Ray Stuart
Wilson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jonesville
Gonzales
Tex
Clinton
Ohlo
Clifton
Sheriff's Deputies
Volces
Catahoula
Raspides
la Salle
Estes Learns Today Whether Trial To Proceed
Billie Sol Estes faces a ruling on whether his state theft and swindle trial will proceed now or be postponed. Dallas or Tyler, Texas reports indicate defense motions claim pretrial publicity taints fairness and cite 29 missing witnesses. The four indictments concern loans on nonexisting hydrous ammonia tanks totaling around 20 million dollars.
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Tyler
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Pecos
Dist
Otis T. Dunagan
Dunagan
Estes
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
FBI
Henry H. Marshall
Here
Franklin
Marshall
Living Costs Hold Steady in August at Record Level
Washington AP reports consumer prices barely changed in August staying at the July record. Food housing medical care and personal care were flat while higher used car gasoline and recreation costs balanced by late season clothing price drops. The Labor Department index stands at 105.5 percent of the 1957-59 average, unchanged from July.
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Washington
Labor Department
CAB approves continued no show penalty plan for airlines
Washington CAB chairman Alan Boyd said in a letter that the no show penalty up to 40 dollars for passengers who fail to cancel reservations has been beneficial and should be continued by the airlines.
Negro Reveals He Went To Ole Miss
Harry S. Murphy Jr a fair complexion African American says he spent nine months as a student at the all white University of Mississippi in 1945 46 Navy records listed him as white he later attended Morehouse College and earned a 1951 business administration degree He notes white classmates and dating there but married and divorced a Black woman not met at Ole Miss
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NEW York
All White
University of Mississippi
Harry S. Murphy Jr
James H. Meredith
Ole Miss
Murphy
Atlanta
New York Times
Oxford
Navy
Morehouse College
the Times
Morehouse
English High School
Boston
Ditching Drill Recalls Ocean Flight Tragedy and Penny Rate Hike
Survivors recount the Super Constellation crash off the stormy Atlantic as 12 bodies are recovered and 16 remain missing from the 76 aboard. In Washington, a Senate committee approves a roughly 1.80 annual increase in a postage stamp for the average family to 9.02 dollars, tying higher rates to a government pay raise.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
House
Plane ditching near Atlantic yields brave crews and survivors
A U S Weather Bureau brief warns of showers with little temperature change through Wednesday. An Air Force spokesman notes slim chances of more survivors unless a raft stays afloat. The ditching of a plane 500 miles west of Ireland led to eight crew and 68 passengers being commended for bravery. Survivors and bodies recovered wore life jackets after a running commentary guided them. The Celerina freighter aided rescues as a Bonaventure helicopter made 13 trips.
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Air Force
Bonaventure
Celerina
Ireland
Atlantic
Today's Chuckle Summary Not Consistent
The text is fragmented and unclear with weather figures and humorous notes lacking coherent events or identifiable entities. It cannot be reliably summarized into a factual news item.
Admirals resign. Argentina faces new crisis under Guido
Mass resignations toppled the navy council as Brig. Gen. Alsina ordered a midnight air force alert. Gen. Ongania, Guido's army chief, backed the move while tensions spread across air, army, and navy over leadership and Guido's control.
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Buenos Aires
Council of Admirals
Jose Maria Guido
Air Force
Argentina
Army
Guido
Cayo Antonio Alsina
Navy
Jose Cornejo Saravia
Juan Carlos Ongania
Alsina
Ongania
Navy Council of Admirals
Courts bars Mississippi officials from阻 Meredith enrollment at Ole Miss
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a broad restraining order ordering Gov. Ross Barnett and state officials to refrain from interfering with James H. Meredith's registration at the University of Mississippi. The order names top state figures and other officials, sets Friday hearing in New Orleans, and bars any obstruction or arrest against federal actors enforcing enrollment.
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New Orleans
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ross Barnett
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Barnett
Mississippi
Joe T. Patterson
T. B. Birdsong
Appellate Court
U.S. Justice Department
Meredith
Jackson
Goto
Ole Miss
Snow
Justice Department
United States
Ruston Youth Found Dead In Closet At Home
Ruston Police Chief O O Osbon announced a coroner inquest into the death of 23 year old Donna Ray Martin. Martin was found Monday in an open closet with a sheet tied to a steel rod at the closet top. Funeral services are set for 2 30 pm Wednesday at Wesley Chapel Church with Rev B B Tullos officiating. Interment at Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Survivors include father C S Martin of Jonesboro widow Margie Atkins Martin daughter Donna Martin brother James Martin and half siblings Paul Wilene and Mary Beth Martin.
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Ruston
O. O. Osbon
Donna Ray Martin
Osbon
Martin
Wesley Chapel Church
B. B. Tullos
Weston Baptist Church
Wesley Chapel
Spears Funeral Home
C. S. Martin
Jonesboro
Margie Atkins Martin
Donna Martin
James Martin
Paul Martin
Wilene
Mary Beth Martin
Use a 10 Spot to Sell Your Used Items
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John Kennedy
Oyster Bay
N. Y
John Murray
Kathleen
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Barbara
Negro
London
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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