Russians Launch Big Space Station With New Booster
The Soviet Union launched a 12.2 metric ton scientific space station named Proton 1 into orbit. The satellite, weighing 26,840 pounds, was propelled by a new powerful booster rocket. Early reports claimed it was the heaviest object ever orbited, signaling a leap in thrust superiority over the United States.
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Big
Space Station
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
United States
Stevenson Brought To Native Land
Adlai E Stevenson's body returned to Illinois for burial after a service in Washington Cathedral attended by President Johnson and many notables. At Springfield the simple rites included a 19 gun salute and a stop at Lincoln's tomb. He had been a diplomat and two time Democratic presidential candidate who died at 65 in London.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
State Capitol
Chicago
Stevenson
Washington Cathedral
Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
National Guard
Otto Kerner
Illinois Prairies
Capitol
Illinois
Bloomington
London
U.S
United Nations
Democratic Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lightning Hits North Monroe Power Station
A severe storm in Northeast Louisiana knocked out power in north Monroe for over an hour after a direct lightning strike hit the Forsythe Sub Station. City Utilities Commission GM French L. Smith said the damage disrupted control gear but crews restored electricity quickly. Ruston and Farmerville reported heavy rain and lightning, with brief outages and street flooding in Ruston. Forecast calls for unsettled weather with thundershowers and highs around 90 to 95 degrees.
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Louisiana
Monroe
French L. Smith
City Utilities Commission
Forsythe
Ruston
Farmerville
Tallulah
Hodge
Jonesboro
Saigon Chief Urges U S to Increase Aid In Viet Nam
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's government urged Defense Secretary McNamara to raise American force levels in Viet Nam. A U S Embassy spokesman said the Johnson administration would move quickly if the request is approved. A Viet Cong radio broadcast denounced the mission as sabotage and predicted defeat.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Barry Zorthian
Johnson
McNamara
Hanoi
United States
West Monroe trio share birthday celebration
It will be a special occasion today for three members of the same family in West Monroe. Mrs. Martha Sims of Smith Road celebrates with her daughter Mrs. Catherine Jowers, also on Smith Road, and daughter-in-law Mrs. Traudl Sims of Wellerman Road.
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West Monroe
Martha Sims
Smith Rd
Catherine Jowers
Traudl Sims
Wellerman Rd
Westbound trip for Monroe lab clerk Mable Moore
Mrs Mable Moore a clerk typist at Monroe Regional Health Laboratory departs for a three week vacation to California She will visit her daughter Mrs J N Johns in Sunnymead and friends in Los Angeles during the trip
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Mable Moore
Monroe Regional Health Laboratory
California
J. N. Johns
Elaine Sittason
Sunnymead
Los Angeles
West Monroe aldermen deny backing program
West Monroe officials deny committing to support an anti poverty program through a parish organization while a separate Negro group files for a charter to participate in the same anti poverty effort. The report appears on Page One with other regional items.
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West Monroe
Police Scatter Greek Rioters in Athens Clash
Police fired tear gas at about 200 stone throwing demonstrators in Athens who demanded the return of ousted Premier George Papandreou. The crowd briefly disrupted events as a government was sworn in by George Athanasiadis Novas while the king returned to Corfu. Seven holdovers were reported.
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Athens
Greece
George Papandreou
TS Mandan
Snoray Alter Ning YouSstantine
George Athanasiadis Novas
Corfu Island
Papandreou
Center Union Party
Athanasiadis Novas
Interior Ministry
Salonika
Peter Garoufalias
Center Union
Aldermen deny anti poverty pact deal with city council
Four West Monroe aldermen issued a joint statement denying they committed the city to endorse a local corporation to administer the federal anti poverty program. They said no open or private meeting discussed such commitment and that any agreement was without their knowledge or approval.
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Richard Tyler
West Monroe
George Wylie
Earl Duncan
A. L. DeLoach
Joyce T. Smith
Charles Anding
J. Allan Norris
Monroe
Brewer Godfrey
West
Wylie
Anding
Godfrey
Norris
Mars Shots Show Mars Atmosphere Too Thin for Life
Pasadena AP Mariner 4 findings show Mars atmosphere at the surface is about eight miles high, with density of one to two percent of Earth. Scientists caution further study before deciding on landing methods for the 1970s Voyager missions.
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Mars
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
JLP
Pickering
Earth
A. J. Kliore
Voyager
Negroes File Here For Poverty Setup
A charter filed July 12 in Ouachita Parish forms the Ouachita Multi-Purpose Community Action Program to combat poverty and boost economic opportunity. Signing members include Leslie A Allen Thomas and Patrick H Robinson. The group seeks about $125,000 for this year and $250,000 next year for educational programs. the meeting to appoint a board was postponed after a resignation from acting chairman Brewer Godfrey.
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Morning World
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
West Monroe
Brewer Godfrey
Godfrey
Lesley
A. Allen Thomas
P. Rayfield Brown II
James L. Thomas
Donald Wade
Rebecca Rose
Mary F. Goins
Patrick H. Robinson
A. G. Facen
Ray O. Wright
A. T. Martin Sr
Champ Baker
Louisiana
Economic Opportunity
Haiti warns of Cuban backed invasion plan from Dominican region
Haiti told the Organization of American States that more than 2000 Cuban indoctrinated Communists are positioned in the Dominican Republic preparing to invade Haiti. Ambassador Fern Baguidy read a Haitian foreign ministry report urging action to stop Castro subversion. The claim centers on Bara Hona area and was presented as the three nation mediation team prepares a Dominican crisis update.
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Washington
Haiti
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
OAS Council
Fern Baguidy
Rene Chalmers
Council
OAS
Baguidy
Latin America
Bara Hona
Delaware Faces Drought Disaster Plea To Federal Aid
Washington AP federal group weighing drought relief in the Northeast heard Gov. Hughes urge declaring the Delaware River basin a disaster area and securing federal funds for a crash well-drilling program in the Wharton tract New Jersey to stabilize Delaware River flow around Camden. Udall predicted significant recommendations for President Johnson by the Tuesday deadline amid grim forecasts of continued water stress and warnings from the Weather Bureau that the four year drought remains the worst in the Northeast with recovery requiring months or years of above normal rainfall.
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Washington
Northeast
Delaware River
Richard J. Hughes
Federal Water Resources Council
Johnson
Hughes
Wharton
New Jersey
Delaware
Camden
N.J
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Weather Bureau
Helmut E. Landsberg
Bureau
Office of Climatology
Landsberg
New England
New York City
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Selman Field
U.S. Army
Isaac Camacho
el Paso
Tex
Camacho
da Nang
Ramblin
McKeithen
Bogalusa
W. Averell Harriman
Eo Rt
Constantine
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
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