Runoff Rivalry Shapes Louisiana Pre campaign Drama
In Louisiana the runoffs pit DeLesseps Morrison and John J. McKeithen as they seek endorsements from state figures including Rep. Otto Passman and Plaquemines Parish boss Leander Perez. McKeithen visits Gov. Davis, while Morrison touts growing support. The race lingers amid ongoing fallout from the Kennedy assassination era and concerns over segregation. The January 11 winner will face Republican Charlton Lyons in the March general election.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
deLesseps
S. Morrison
John J. McKeithen
Ward Heeler
McKeithen
Otto E. Passman
Leander H. Perez Sr
Plaquemines Parish
Morrison Backers
Jimmie H. Davis
Baton Rouge
Davis
Merelly
Morrison
Russell Long
Gillis Long
Gillis
Kennedy
Charlton Lyons
Shreveport
Club Bartender Found Dead After Robbery
In Covington Louisiana a bartender Frank Courtwright 57 was shot in the head during a Dec 2 robbery at the Swing Club. Police charged Leotha Brown 22 Bogalusa with murder after finding the body 80 feet from the club under cartons. Brown was arrested in Bogalusa amid money spending and blood traces on clothing.
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Covington
Tleotha Brown
Bogalusa
Brown
Frank Courtwright
Courtwright
Johnson pushes tax cut with booklet and talks on budget
President Johnson acts to swell support for the $11 billion tax reduction bill by releasing a Treasury backed booklet and meeting with House Ways and Means chair Wilbur Mills. He aims for lasting peace while ordering subpoenas in the Kennedy slaying probe and preparing a budget briefing with Byrd.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Congress
The
John F. Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Mills
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
House-Senate
Special Commission
Senate Rules Committee
Robert G. Baker
Senate
Salinger
Justice Department
Bureau of the Budget
Justice Denies Bail To Pair In Espionage Case
Supreme Court Justice William J Brennan Jr refused bail for American engineer John William Butenko and Russian Igor A Ivanov held in New Jersey on charges of conspiring to transmit defense secrets to the Soviet Union. They were arrested Oct 29 in Englewood with two Soviet delegates to the UN and are held in Hudson County jail.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
New Jersey
Soviet Union
John William Butenko
Orange
N.J
Igor A. Invanov
New York City
Brennan
3Rd Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
FBI
Englewood
United Nations
Ivanov
Butenko
Newark
Hudson County
Jersey City
N. J
Population figure of Indians in 1550s Louisiana
A 16th century estimate suggests about 15,000 Indigenous people lived in the region that is now Louisiana during the 1550s. The figure reflects early colonial contact and settlement patterns and remains a rough historical estimate.
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Louisiana
Reds Deal Viets Serious Setback After Saigon Coup
U S military officials say Communist guerrillas exploited the November 2 Saigon coup to inflict the most serious losses on South Vietnamese forces this year. More than 2 800 government troops were killed wounded captured or listed as missing in the month after the coup with 1 500 to 1 600 weapons lost or captured including mortars guns and rifles. Sources say the seized arms could equip five Viet Cong battalions. Also four Americans and three Vietnamese died in a light Otter plane crash north of Saigon and another four Americans perished when a helicopter hit by Communist fire arrived to retrieve a downed observation plane. A correspondent aboard a helicopter was also reported as a passenger in a shooting incident.
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Saigon
UPS
U. S
South Viet Nam
U.S
Defense Department
Washington
2Nd St. Louis S. Carricarte
Miami
Fla
Michael P. Martin Jr
Beaver
Names Of Three In South Viet Crash Revealed
The Defense Department disclosed the final three of eight men aboard two aircraft that crashed in South Vietnam. Army Spec. Marshall L. Angell of Roanoke Virginia was identified as dead. Capt. Clarence L. Moorer of Ft. Rucker Alabama and Air Force Capt. Ted P. Neura of Oneonta Alabama were listed as missing. Army 2nd Lt. Louis Carricarte of Miami Florida, previously listed as missing, is now listed as dead.
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Washington
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
Army
Marshall L. Angell
Calistia Angell
Roanoke
Clarence L. Moorer
Nancy A. Moorer
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Air Force
Ted P
Viet Cong activity reported in Mekong delta area
A spokesman said U S Army personnel aboard escaped injury when a HU1B helicopter was downed 40 miles west of Saigon. Correspondent Robert Hewett notes Viet Cong activity has fallen to pre coup levels, though advisers see no lasting decline in Communist strength. One officer cited Communist exhaustion from many successes.
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Mekong Delta
Robert Hewett
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Saigon
U. S
South Vet Nam
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