Pressure on Goodfellows as Santa Claus nears goal
State probes hear of pressure on hirings as the 1967 Goodfellows drive lags with under $600 raised toward a $7,500 goal. Drive coordinator Jack Hesketh urges Twin City residents to contribute by mailing or delivering gifts to News-Star-World Publishing Corp. Santa Claus looms next Monday as the drive seeks to meet urgent needs for food and clothing.
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Santa Claus
Jack Hesketh
Twin City
Goodfellows
News-Star — World Publishing Corporation
N. 4Th St
Monroe
Christmas tributes and memorials totaling 6919.14
A long charity plead list shows donations and memory tributes from numerous individuals and groups across West Monroe and Monroe La. Names include Evelyn Jarrell Moore Dean Moore Randall Temple B nai Israel and Navy Mothers Club No. 760 Monroe. The page totals to 6919.14 in donations and memorial gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn
Bob Terrell
R. B. Martin
Robert Ford Sr
Love and Truth Benevolent Society
Martin Luner
Debra
James
Tom and
Wes Kitchens
Armand V. Breard
W. E. Bennett
J. R. Reagan
Dave Silverstein
Hery
Denise
Carter Donald Edward Carter IL
Wanda Suzanne Murphy
Tffie
James Winston
James Walker
Downsville
Eva Grant
Eva Gayle Jones
Morris Tucker
Jase H. Johnson
Susan
Jason Johnson
Randy Gunn Oliver
Saul Adler
Knoe-Tv
Knoe-Radio
James A. Noe
W. J. Pierron Sr
R. G. Taylor
Bryant C. Edwards
Wilma Arrant
J. W. Wininger
Louiss
Emma
Brad
Co. W. Reed
Robert, Julie
Kelly Kemp
Dick Tenny
Bud” Bouck
Dianne LaVigne
Navy, Marine and
Coast Guard
Navy Mothers Club
Monroe
John H. Martin
West Monroe
Joe A. Moses
Mac Brown
DeWitt Henry
Lef
Evelyn Jarrell Moore
Milton Moore
Marie M. Frazier
Dean F. Moore
Warren A. Randall
Temple B'nai Israel
David I. Garrett
E.S. “Shep” Girault
Lisa
Claire
Marthan
Deborah Schonian
A - L. Cov
Washkansky in serious condition after heart transplant
Doctors in Cape Town said Louis Washkansky remained in very serious condition but not without hope. A dramatic drop in white blood cell counts raised concern the body may reject the heart graft, prompting a planned transfusion of normal white cells based on French expert advice. Four donors provided blood for the procedure as clinicians weighed the lung infection finding and optimism persisted.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
M.C. Botha
Washkansky
Botha
U.S
T.E. Starzal
Starzal
Veterans Administration Hospital
Denver
Colo
Twin Cities Chit Chat Hunter Returns to Surprise Birthday
Monroe fireman Mike Inzina found his wife and daughter had bought him a new gun and scope for his birthday after a hunting trip. A cake shaped like a rifle awaited him adding a festive finish to the homecoming.
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Monroe
Mike Inzina
Viet Cong Recruit Youths For Units
Intelligence reports cited by the U S Command say the Viet Cong are recruiting youths and women to address manpower shortages. Documents note age groups 9 to 15 and 16 to 26 for various tasks including village guards, with 14 year olds in Long An possibly forced into units. A December Mekong Delta battle yielded many teen bodies among the dead, interpreted as recent recruits.
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Saigon
U.S
Daily War
Pleiku
Bien Hoa
Long
Mekong
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Nguyn van Minh
21St Infantry Division
Four Die As Jet Crashes Near Tucson Supermarket
A United States Air Force jet crashed into the rear of a Tucson supermarket, killing four people and damaging two adjacent homes. Initial reports raised the death toll to six with nine missing. later checks reduced the count as firefighters confirmed all missing were located.
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Tucson
Ariz
Meat Department
Jack R. Hamilton
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gary L. Hughes
U.S. Air Force
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Sherry Tilton
Glenn Bush
James C. Palmer
Air Force
Nellis ‘Air Force Base
Nev
Roswell Burk
Johnson Heads to Australia for Holt Memorial Rites
President Johnson flies to Canberra for a memorial service for Prime Minister Harold Holt who drowned Sunday. Officials deny plans for a multilateral summit and note possible bilateral talks without top Vietnam advisers on the trip.
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Washington
APS
Johnson
Australia
Harold Holt
Vietnam
White House
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
State Department
William P. Bundy
Canberra
Melbourne
Holt
Mild Weather Forecast Across Northeast Louisiana
The region is forecast to enjoy fair skies and mild temperatures through the Christmas season with cool nights and little rainfall. Selman Field recorded a low of 42 and a Monday high of 72, with about a half inch of rain noted.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Tornadoes Strike Alabama Airports and Homes Across North Region
A new series of tornadoes struck Birmingham area and northern Alabama causing at least four deaths, 30 injuries, and 300 homeless. The Birmingham municipal airport suffered hangar damage and aircraft destruction while Huntsville and nearby cities faced flooding, looting, and widespread property loss.
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Birmingham
Ala
Legion Field
Huntsville
Decatur
Athens
North Alabama
Redstone Arsenal
Marshall Space Flight Center
Rights Bill May Spark Filibuster
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said deliberations would resume in January after a week of talks. He warned the civil rights bill likely faces a Southern filibuster. Democratic Whip Russell B. Long opposed any open housing provision in the rights bill.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Mothers and children wait for pediatrician's office
A doctor unlocks the office door and a mother quips that they look like a sink full of dirty dishes. The scene captures a light moment among parents awaiting a doctors visit.
Clouds Slow Raids On North Vietnam
Thick monsoon clouds settled over North Vietnam curtailing a brief resumption of heavy attacks that cost the United States at least five planes in five days. The Ha Noi Haiphong area saw damage to bridges and rail targets as U.S. and allied forces pressed strikes before weather interrupted operations.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
United States
Tonkin Gulf
U.S
North
Navy
Hanoi-Haiphong
Haiphong
Violence erupts again at Trenton Central High School
An incident at Trenton Central High School in New Jersey led to students throwing plates and food in the cafeteria. Order was restored within an hour and classes were dismissed for the day after widespread disturbances and chants of no school tomorrow.
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Trenton
N.J
Trenton Central High School
State Capitol
River Stage Readings Signal Flood Risk Rise Across Location
River stage data shows Camden rising to 17.0 feet and Monroe at 40.0 with upward trend. Measurements indicate increased flood potential as stages advance from prior readings.
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Monroe
Camden
Integration changes said to aid desegregation effort
HEW official Peter Libassi says new federal desegregation policies will make civil rights enforcement more orderly and certain. Government funds can be cut off during a school year if written notice and hearing opportunities are provided, affecting mainly Southern districts but extending to Northern cities next year.
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Washington
Peter Libassi
Office For Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Libassi
HEW
John W. Gardner
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Gardner
South
Witness Tells Of Complaints By Firm Head
An industrial construction manager testified that Lipsey Construction officials were pressured by Iberville Sheriff Jessell Curso to hire more workers on a Dow Chemical pipeline contract. He said 30 extra men were kept on payroll, with seven to eight later fired and rehired, amid claims of coercion and labor quarrels that halted the $1,250,000 project.
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Baton Rouge, la
Iberville
Jessel Curso
Jacob P. Goff
Dow Chemical Co
Lipsey Construction Co
Goff
R. L. Lipsey
Carl Hendrickson
Lipsey
Ourso
Hendrickson
Dow
Anti-Rackets Commission
Iberville Parish
Labor Management Commission of Inquiry
Jessell Curso
Jackie” Jackson
Cecil Flannery
Ylannery
Flannery
Texas
Louisiana
Jackison
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Friends of Goodfellows
Twin Cities
Viet Cong
Birmingham Municipal
Alabama
Hanoi
Paul Doumer
Red China
Doumer Bridge
New Jersey
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