West Monroe Parish Wins Near Million in Road Upgrades
Louisiana officials announced an 885000 project package for West Monroe and west Ouachita Parish. Plans include widening US 80 to four lanes, building Highway 34 from Ring Levee to Cheniere Dam Road, and reworking 12 blocks of streets damaged by the 1 20 event. Contracts will be let in summer with an underpass study planned for North Fourth Street.
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West Monroe
West Ouachita Parish
North Seventh Street
Claiborne School
North Seventh
Highway 80
George A. Wood
Lawrence Gibbs
J. Allan Norris
James W. Moore
Louisiana Highway Board
Sen
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Hershel Womack
Moore
George Wood
Jonesboro Road
Bawcomville
Cheniere Dam
North Eighth
Stella
Natchitoches
Clayton
North Ninth
Quachita Parish
Norris
Jonesboro
West Monroe Street
North Fourth Street
Ilinois Central Railroad
New OAS Peace Team Seeks Dominican Settlement
A three man OAS peace mission arrived in Santo Domingo to push a political settlement in the six week old Dominican civil war. The group, led by Ellsworth Bunker and including Ilmar Penna Marinho and Ramon de Clairmont Duenas, met with papal nuncio Msgr Emmanuel Clarizio and U.S. Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett Jr. The effort follows six failed mediation attempts as human rights probes prepare visits to Santiago San Francisco de Macoris Puerto Plata and Moca amid alleged junta repression of civilians favoring the rebels. Marines to depart soon after remaining in Demiscue Republic.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
OAS
Emanuele Clarizio
U.S
W. Tapley Bennett Jr
Clarizio
Manuel Bianchi
Chile
Santiago
San Francisco de Macoris
Puerto Plata
Moca
Inter- American Committee On Human Rights
Francisca Caamano Deno
Pep Ae Eee
Demiscus Republic
Ramblin’ Jes Visit By Dorothy Roberts Family
Mrs Dorothy Roberts formerly at West Monroe City Hall visits with her husband and new baby from Houston Texas. She will stay until next Tuesday and attend her brother’s graduation from Louisiana Tech over the weekend. She will be house guest with West Monroe Marshal Pete Holcomb and Father at their home.
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Dorothy Roberts
West Monroe
Houston
Tex
Roberts
Louisiana Tech
U S Marines Gain Ground Against Viet Cong Near Da Nang
In Vietnam, U S Marines pushed the Viet Cong back in the Da Nang-Phu Bai area capturing three and killing 22 with at least 11 wounded. Two Marines died and 27 were wounded as operations continued around Saigon and nearby posts despite renewed attacks and a large firefight near Le My. US air power also pounded targets in Quang Ngai and Ban Ma as combat widened across central and northern regions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang-Phu Bai
Lao Thien
Kontum
Quang Ngai
US. Navy
Air Force
Viet Nam
Ban Ma
Hanoi
da Nang
le My
Senate Debates Far Reaching Foreign Aid Amendment
In Washington Senate action heats up over a 3.3 billion dollar annual foreign aid bill as Senator Fulbright opens debate with a surprise amendment. He proposes OAS control of military aid to Latin America, curbing U S role and tightening screening to prevent arms races. Fulbright argues OAS oversight would align aid with regional plans and reduce arms flows. He frames the move as consistent with John son’s call for new international machinery to meet fast moving events.
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Johnson
U.S
Fulbright
Dominican Republic
OAS
Baylor University
United States
Robber Kills Bank Official and Two Assistants in Nebraska
In BIG SPRINGS Nebraska three bank employees died from gunshot wounds and a fourth was wounded when a well dressed man robbed a western Nebraska country bank at 11:30 a.m. The dead included bank president Andreas Kjeldgaard cashier Glenn Hendricksen and bookkeeper Lois Ann Hothan. The wounded assistant cashier Franklin Kjeldgaard escaped after triggering the alarm. The suspect fled into the sparsely settled cattle town area.
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Big Springs
Neb
Nebraska
Robert Richards
Franklin Kieldgaard
Franklin
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Family Bank
Floyd Stahl
Glenn Hendricksen
Lois Ann Hothan
Franklin Knjeldgaard
Army Leader Quitting Post Sources Say
Washington AP Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes reportedly submitted his resignation to President Johnson, effective at month’s end. The undersecretary role, Stanley R. Resor, is cited as a leading candidate to replace him, with other Pentagon departures anticipated as well. Ailes, a Romney West Virginia native and Princeton graduate, may return to law before long.
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Washington
Stephen Ailes
Johnson
Ailes
Pentagon
Kennedy
Army
Department
Cyrus Vance
Defense
Stanley R. Resor
White House
Robert S. McNamara
Charles J. Hitch
John F. Kennedy
Romney
W. Va
Princeton
Steptoe & Johnson
Louis Johnson
Resor
New York City
Twin Cities Area Weather Outlook Through Sunday
Warm weather persists in the Twin Cities with today’s high forecast at 84 to 94 and tonight’s low around 68 to 72. Skies should be clear to partly cloudy. Friday’s high near 91 with a morning low about 68.
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Twin Cities
Johnson Will Call Negro Conference
President Johnson announced at Howard University his plan to convene a White House conference in the fall to advance civil rights for African Americans. He outlined aims to move from opportunity to achievement, dismantle racial barriers, and heal lasting social tensions, pledging this as a central goal of his administration and future years. He noted the focus on unity and responsible action across America.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Howard University
All America
America
Howard
High Draft Call Issued For July
The Pentagon issued a July draft call for 17,100 men the largest since 1961. The Selective Service quota is up 100 from June as draft quotas rise due to fewer enlistments. Only the Army is inducting men.
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Washington
Pentagon
Berlin
Army
Space Wives Faced With Daily Life During Gemini 4
Space wives Mrs. James A. McDivitt and Mrs. Edward H. White Jr. spoke from Houston as their husbands orbited Earth aboard Gemini 4 for the second day. They said they were gratified, surprised, and pleased after a brief chat with Mission Control and planned to return to nearby homes with other astronaut spouses.
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Edward White
James McDivitt
Mission Control Center
Houston
Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward HH. White Jr
Earth
McDivitt
White
Donald K. Slayton
Mission Control
Virgil Grissom
California
Patriciia McDivitt
Space twins settle down after talkative orbit record
Houston AP report on Gemini 4 astronauts Edward White and James McDivitt setting a new U S space flight record by completing 24 orbits and chatting with their wives, then continuing routine surveillance of space as the craft aims for 62 orbits and a 97 hour 50 minute mission amid sights of a satellite with arms extending from it.
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Houston
Tex
America
Edward White
James McDivitt
Gordon Cooper
Pacific
McDivitt
Ilawan
Cooper
Stuart Davis
Davis
Roger
Earth
Valery Bykovsky
MecDivitt
Mission Control
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Louisiana Fibway Board
Adcock
Fifth District
IC Railroad
Highway Department
Jes Ramblin
Curb President
Woen
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