Passman backs major Concordia drainage project
U S Representative Otto E Passman pledged support to the Fifth District Levee Board for a $7 million Cocodrie Bayou pumping station project in Concordia Parish aimed at draining 370000 acres south of Ferriday. He warned of fiscal risks and criticized the Great Society while urging local testimony in Washington to secure funding.
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Tallulah
Otto FE. Passman
Fifth District
Concordia Parish
Passman
Levee Board
Madison Parish
Cocodrie Bayou
Concordia
W. C. Faulkenheiner
Vidalia Board
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Ferriday
Faulkenheiner
Ferriday-Ridgecrest
Red River
Troyce Guice
Ferriday Board
Clyde D. Guthrie
Tensas Parish
Johnson
Congress
Felon
Budg
King seeks meeting with LBJ to press voting rights in Selma
Dr Martin Luther King Jr said he would meet President Johnson Monday for federal help to protect voting rights as hundreds more protesters were arrested in Selma Alabama. King urged daily registrar operations and an injunction to curb officials blocking constitutional rights, with ongoing voter registration drives in Marion and nearby counties.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Valoei
Here
Marion
King
Atlanta
Alabama
U.S. Dist
Daniel H. Thomas
Mobile
Mississippi
Royalty Sees Ethiopian Falls on Blue Nile
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II climbed a rugged Ethiopian mountainside to view Tesissant Falls near the Blue Nile source. A photographer nearly fell off a 200 foot chasm as colleagues steadied him and rocks caused a small landslide into the ravine.
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Bahadar
Ethiopia
Britain
Elizabeth I
Rambling Wedding Quietly Ties North Arkansas Couple
A marriage of local interest was performed Friday afternoon in Hamburg Arkansas. The Rev Tom Mitchell former West Monroe pastor and the former Mrs J A Ford wife of a Louisiana Baptist Children s Home bookkeeper wed in a quiet ceremony. Rev D E Wainwright pastor of Edgewood Baptist West Monroe accompanied the couple who are widowed. The newlyweds plan a return home next week after a trip to unannounced parts in Mississippi.
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Hamburg
Ark
Twin Cities
Tom Mitchell
West Monroe
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
J. A. Ford
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
D. E. Wainwright
Edgewood Baptist Church
Mitchell
Mississippi
West Monroe High School Sweet Sixteen Queen
Miss Blanche Hall of West Monroe celebrated her sixteenth birthday on Friday as a sophomore at West Monroe High School. She is the daughter of Milton C. Hall the parish school system superintendent. Her brother Marie turned fourteen on January 25.
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Blanche Hall
West Monroe
West Monroe High School
Milton C. Hall
Hall
Blanche
Marie
Laredo Spanish speaking operators end border strike
Border town telephone operators in Laredo Texas ended their walkout after demanding extra pay for Spanish language work. Thirty operators refused to cross picket lines, and the dispute shifts to negotiations for Southwestern Bell contracts in St Louis.
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Laredo
Tex
UPI
U.S
Southwestern Telephone
St. Louis
Communications Workers of America
Robert Freeman
Telephone Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
B. Reinhold
Houston
N. K. Haverstock
Delia Garcia
Admiral Rickover Targets Education System in Hearing
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover urged a national high school exit standard tied to college scholarships and admissions while criticizing the education establishment. He called for a small, Congress- accountable test committee, questioned the Office of Education's independence, and urged higher teacher pay with federal funds while slamming lawyers, consultants, and advisory boards as ineffective.
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Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
U.S
House
Rickover
Congress
Office of Education
National Education Association
Storm Winds Slam Oregon Leaves Woman Dead
A Pacific gale battered Oregon on Friday injuring a woman who died after a gust lifted an awning and carried her through the air. Newport logged 102 mph as Portland faced shattered windows and widespread traffic light outages while wind tore through Dallas and Forest Grove.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Pacific
Newport
Tom Abraham
Oregon City
Aleutian Islands
Dallas
Forest Grove
Pacific University
Whitney Brown
Orleans Suit Seeks Reopening of Docks in New Orleans
The New Orleans Steamship Association filed for a court order demanding striking International Longshoremen's Association locals return to work under a four year contract prohibiting strikes. Negotiations continue with unions at several ports while Civil District Judge David Gertler set a noon hearing on the request. The strike began Jan. 11, halting port activity from Boston to Galveston with New Orleans incurring about 1.8 million dollars daily in direct losses and 150 ships idle along the Mississippi River.
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NEW Orleans
The
New Orleans Steamship Association
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Philadelphia
Galveston
Civil Dist
David Gertler
Boston
Rain Likely as Clouds Persist in Twin Cities Area
Twin Cities and area residents face continued cloudy skies with light rain and warmer temperatures. Forecast calls for highs 60 to 65 and lows around 46 to 50 tonight with southeast to south winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunday outlook is partly cloudy with showers and mild conditions.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Kosygin in Peking Pursues Red Summit Plan
Soviet Premier Kosygin and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai met in Peking after a dinner as part of a Moscow-Peking dispute diplomacy. A mass communique noted a talk occurred but did not confirm a cordial tone. Moscow plans a March 1 world Communist leaders meeting to set groundwork for a summer conference, despite Red China’s opposition.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Chou En-lai
Peking
Moscow-Peking
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Red China
Peking-Moscow
Kosygin
Viet Nam
Tass
Chou
Communist Parties
Berlin Divider Opening Again
West Berlin residents can travel to East Berlin for Easter and Pentecost visits after an agreement by West Berlin and East German negotiators. About 800,000 people are eligible, with passes valid April 12-25 for Easter and May 31-June 13 for Pentecost. The deal ends a prior deadlock over pass usage.
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West Berlin
Plasma Pinch Engine Set for Orbit Test This Year
Washington AP reports a new electric rocket device called a plasma pinch engine is slated for an orbital test later this year aboard a Navy satellite. The 11 pound engine uses electric current and a magnetic field to compress hydrogen plasma and produce thrust, enabling tiny propulsion for satellite maneuvering after initial launch by conventional rockets. Cooperating agencies include the Naval Research Laboratory and the Bureau of Naval Weapons.
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Washington
Navy
Cmdr
Milton Gussow
Air Programs Division
Office of Naval Research
Agency Publica
Tion
Naval Research Reviews
Naval Research Laboratory
Bureau of Naval Weapons
Gussow
Bureau
Hue Buddhist march marks tense Vietnam talks
In Hue the Buddhists staged a four hour procession tied to last month’s Nha Trang tragedy while UPI reports a costly Viet Cong victory near Din Binh. Bundy, in Saigon, held warm talks with Gen. Khanh and religious leaders after meeting Ambassador Taylor. discussions aimed to ease religious tensions and stabilize South Vietnam.
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UPI
Hue
U.S
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Armed Forces
Nguyen Khanh
Din Binh
Viet Nam
Hoa Hao
Cao Dai
Nha Trang
Diau da
Tu Dam Pagoda
Tri Quang
Tudam
Khanh
Riverside
Taylor
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