U S Ready To Aid Cambodia Conference
The United States reaffirmed willingness to attend a nine nation Cambodia conference to guarantee its territorial integrity without tying it to Vietnam. officials noted Moscow and London would extend invitations, with Sihanouk’s position evolving on South Vietnam’s representation amid Saigon’s lineage to the 1954 Geneva process.
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United States
Cambodia
Viet Nam
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Newesmen
Norodom Sihanouk
McCloskey
Dean Rusk
U.S
China
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Laos
Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
New York Times
Saigon
Indochina
Moscow
Peking
Federal funds allocated for Louisiana park plans
The Interior Department allotted 177705 to Louisiana to plan and build parklands and recreation areas under the land and water conservation fund act. Secretary Udall calls this an important conservation step as funds come from recreation car stickers and related fees. State allocations use a formula, with 40 percent shared equally then by population and resources, and a state plan is required before releases. The initial grants run through June 30, 1967, with Texas at 388162 and Arkansas at 126190.
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Washington
Interior Department
Louisiana
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
Interior
Stewart Udall
Conservation
Congress
Conservation Fund
Texas
Arkansas
Cotton Choppers Leave Plantation In Mississippi
In Leland Mississippi 40 to 50 Negro day haul cotton choppers walked off a Washington County plantation as part of a new strike for higher wages led by the Freedom Labor Union. Civil rights workers met the workers, who abandoned a truck and either rode away with or walked with the activists. Some participants doubted the action, while plantation owner John Marion Dean said operations were not affected. About 80 resident workers also left another plantation earlier in the week seeking higher pay with housing included.
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Leland, Miss
Washington County
Freedom Labor Union
Council of Federated Organizations
Dean and Co
Leland
John Marion Dean
Church Group To Concentrate On North Cities
New York AP report says the National Council of Churches will shift its civil rights program this summer from the South to major northern cities. Rev Dr Eugene Carson Balke says problems are severe in the North, with aims to boost Negro voter registration and full participation in government regardless of skin color. The plan includes Cleveland efforts to register 40,000 to 50,000 Negroes and Detroit housing segregation issues.
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New York
National Council of Churches
Eugene Carson Balke
Council
Commission On Religion and
Blake
Beatles Records Bring High Prices in Havana Black Market
Smuggled Beatles records and other rock and twist music fetch top black market prices in Cuba with records commonly worth 50 pesos. The peso is government par with the dollar. Diplomats and travelers, many from Prague and other Communist capitals, bring the items.
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Havana
Cuba
Prague
LBJ and Erhard Seek Ways to End German Division
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard held talks at the White House to pursue solutions for ending Germanys division and to resist NATO weakening. They endorsed a dynamic Western Alliance, sought better relations with Eastern Europe, and pledged solidarity against Communist aggression including Vietnam. Erhard discussed NATO nuclear planning with McNamara and emphasized reunification aims with the Soviet Union ahead of elections.
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Washington
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bonn
Dean Rusk
Robert S McNamara
White House
U.S
United States
Germa
Europe
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Erhard
McNamara
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
de Gaulle
Italy
Rusk
Soviet Union
Concordia Board rescinds bus policy motion
VIDALIA Special Concordia Parish School Board votes to rescind a motion for bus ownership by the school board. Testimony from a bus drivers committee precedes the vote. The board also plans Monterrey food plant reconstruction bids, notes no bids for Sevier School property, and announces nine new teacher appointments with several resignations.
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Vidalia
Concordia Parish
Monterrey
Sevier
Ferriday
Jewell McCrary
Barbara Street
Ferriday Elementary
Joe Young
Ferriday Junior High
Sally Hunt
Clayton
Dorothy Cannon
James E. Wilson
James F. Monroe
Archie Hagan
Gertrude Barber
Concord High School
Barbara Landry
Virgie Allen
Juanita B. Hughes
Evelyn H. Smith
Bettye Jean Maltie
Alloyd Harris
Raymond J. Henderson
Shirley M McCoy
200 Reservists to Attend Camp
About 200 local Army reservists of the 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment (CST) will leave today for two weeks summer camp at Fort Polk. Col. A B Parham, commander of the unit, said the reservists will depart at 8 a.m. from Selman Field and return Saturday, June 19. Parham thanked employers for permitting the men to take leave from their jobs for the annual summer active duty for training period.
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5Th Reg
CST
Fort Polk
A. B. Parham
Selman Field
Parham
McElveen Extradited in Bogalusa Deputy Killing
Ernest R. McElveen, 41, waived extradition from Mississippi and was brought back to Bogalusa under heavy guard to face murder charges in the shooting of Deputy Sheriff O Neal Moore and wounding of Creed Rogers. The arrest follows a racial killings investigation as FBI and state labs examine a bullet-riddled squad car.
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Bogalusa
Ernest R. McElveen
Mississippi
McElveen
Washington Parish
Franklinton
O'Neal Moore
Creed Rogers
FBI
State Crime Laboratory
Rogers
New Orleans
Tylertown
Miss
Nician
Moore
National Guar Armory
Iil
Louisiana
Louisiana Power & Light President Sees Growth in State Industry
LP&L president Cliff Rawls told Ruston Kiwanis that Louisiana is rapidly advancing in economic development. He cited eight growth drivers including favorable climate, pro industr ial laws, abundant resources, and low energy costs. He noted new laws attracting industry and said northern Louisiana is gaining, with plans for 800 jobs and a $34 million project in timber-related development.
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Ruston
Cliff Rawls
Louisiana Power & Light Company
New Orleans
Ruston Kiwanis Club
Louisiana
Rawls
North
South
Attached Twins Die At Houston
Three month old Puerto Rican Siamese twin girls with a shared five chambered heart died at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. Doctors said separation was not performed as it would likely cause death to one or both, despite possible survival without surgery. The parents are Roman Catholics and church officials indicated the operation could not be allowed if certain death would occur.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Children’s Hospital
Dulce
Ruth Pantaleon
Buford Nichols
Ex-Solon Carroll Dupont Dies at 63 in Louisiana
Carroll Dupont a former state representative and longtime Terrebonne Parish school principal died at 63 after a brief illness. He served in the Louisiana legislature from 1951 to 1963 and later ran Bayou Insurance Agency. He is survived by his wife mother three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. today.
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Houma
Carroll Dupont
Dupont
Terrebonne Parish
Bayou Insurance Agency
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