Legislation Hit by Adcock Draws Fire from Board Chair
Ouachita Parish School Board committee chairwoman Marie Louise Snellings blasted Sen. Jamar Adcock for proposing a constitutional amendment to remove Monroe residents from the board. She said his actions show lack of dependable support and criticized the bill for erasing fixed tax boundaries essential to parish schools. She noted the board had backed the boundary measure and pressed Adcock to notify the board about his plans.
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Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Jamar Adcock
Marie Louise Snellings
Adcock
Snellings
Parish
Louisiana
U S Artillery Bombers Plaster Cornered Reds In Viet Nam Fight
U S artillery and Air Force bombers pounded a jungle area 300 miles north of Saigon as ground forces moved in after a two day stand by cornered PAVN. The 101st Airborne reported 786 enemy killed in Operation Hawthorne while 1st Infantry Division units claimed 80 Viet Cong killed 75 miles north of Saigon. Giant B52s and cluster bombs joined artillery, with Col Theodore C Mataxis saying the thrust aimed to encircle and crush the enemy.
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Saigon
Ups
U.S
U.S. Army
101St Airborne Division
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Highway 13
Theodore C Mataxis
Seattle
Wash
101St Airborne
Ramblin' Jes Garden Opens to Public in West Monroe
The W. R. Gates gardens at 1007 Meadowbrook Dr West Monroe open to the public today and Monday with lilies at peak. Mrs Gates says visitors from ten states including Ohio Texas Michigan Maryland toured this past week. Many travelers head to the American Daylily Society National Convention in Jackson Miss after a stop here. The Gates cultivate daylilies as their hobby and maintain about 10000 blooming plants.
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W. R. Gates
Meadowbrook Dr
West Monroe
Measles Ends Short Texas Trip For Monroe Girl
Seven year old Sharon Kay Stevens of Monroe contracted measles after a brief Texas visit. She spent the rest of the trip indoors after swimming in the Gulf at Galveston and touring Sea-A-Rama with relatives. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. J Stevens.
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Texas
Sharon Kay Stevens
Gulf
Galveston
J. Stevens
Monroe
World at a Glance and Political Prelude Across States
Governor McKeithen’s upcoming Legislature address promises broad topics. Midwest Democrats face trouble in off-year agriculture races as Republicans foresee gains in rural House contests. Hospitals in Louisiana including Monroe 88 others meet Medicare eligibility. government releases names of qualifying facilities. Primary races in South Carolina and Illinois stand out amid November election jockeying. Tropical storm Alma moves past North Carolina toward open sea after gale winds. Meredith marchers rally at Batesville, Miss., fueling new debates among leaders. Los Angeles leads NL with a 4-2 win over the Giants. U S women netters rally to victory in Wrightman Cup. West Monroe track stars Beebe and Ashley win at Jaycee meet.
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Alma
North Carolina
Meredith
Batesville
Miss
Los Angeles
Downing Giants
United States
Larry Beebe
Larry Ashley
West Monroe
Pro U S Catholics Rally in Saigon Demonstration
In Saigon a mass Catholic rally drew 60 000 to 80 000 supporters in semimilitary dress to demand an active anti Communist strategy against the Viet Cong. Organizers led by Rev Iran Du urged leaders to push democracy and oppose sham peace while praising allies of South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Catholic Citizens Bloc
Iran du
Viet Nam
Catholic Citizens Front
Nguyen Cao Ky
Freight Cars Derail In Area Near Wisner
Thirteen cars of a northbound Missouri Pacific freight train derailed two miles north of Wisner Saturday. No injuries and a small grass fire started by sparks were reported. Railroad officials said no chemicals or dangerous cargo were aboard and most cars were empty. Passenger and mail service on the branch line had been discontinued years ago. Cause was not yet determined.
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Winnsboro
Missouri - Pacific
Wisner
Sheriff's Deputies
Johnson
Rusk
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Viet Nam
White House
McNamara cites Viet Nam gains and troop boosts
Secretary of Defense McNamara reports Viet Nam military progress exceeding expectations in the first quarter while warning 18,000 more U.S. troops will be sent, boosting total to about 285,000 with a possible 400,000 by year end. He and Secretary Rusk defend policy amid political turmoil and NATO alliance issues.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
U.S
McNamara
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson
Congress
White House
Rusk
Harvard
John K. Galbraith
India
Administration
Galbraith
France
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
Aid Bill May Spark Debates On Viet Nam
U S foreign aid bill valued at 3.4 billion dollars faces Senate debate after Foreign Relations Committee work. Mansfield warns the Viet Nam issue could become the vehicle, though he hopes other factors guide the bill. Administration plans lobbying as the committee trims authorization and restrictions.
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Viet Nam
Washington
U.S
Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
Lots Of Sunshine Today Forecast For Clear Skies
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with a high around 86 to 92 and low in the 60s to low 70s. Saturday reached 91 at 2 pm with a 162 reading at 6 am at Selman Field Monroe. Sunshine is expected at 80 percent or more today with near 70 percent Monday and no rain through Monday. Wind shifts are light to moderate, 5 to 15 mph, with dewpoints in the 60s and drying conditions improving from night to day.
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FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Johnson Attends NYC fund events as demonstrators kept away
President Johnson arrived in New York for two Democratic fundraisers while about 150 antiwar and civil rights protesters were sealed behind barricades on Park Avenue. Lincoln Lynch led CORE members who sought to deliver a protest letter over the Viet Nam war and a court-martial case.
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New York
UPI
Johnson
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria
President’s Club
Democratic Party
Lincoln Lynch
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Viet Nam
Pvt
Adam R. Weber Jr
New Orleans
Lynch
Secret Service
John Powers
the Waldorf
Powers
South
Die
U.S
Park Ave
48Th
49Th
Tugboat Lands Cuban Athletes In Puerto Rico Arrival
A 364 member Cuban athletic delegation reached San Juan by tugboat after two days at sea barred from Puerto Rican waters. About 130 athletes greeted onshore by a crowd estimated at 3,000 with catcalls and scattered cheers as they docked.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Intensive Search For Scouts In Rio Grande Wilds
A weeklong raft trip left 16 missing including 15 New Mexico Boy Scouts and their 42 year old leader John Rachel after a severe storm. Officials pressed a nighttime search across Big Bend National Park and side canyons as flood waters rose and crews combed the Texas Mexico border area for the party expected to end at Boquillas Canyon.
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Boquillas
Tex
Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Lady Bird Johnson
Terry Brown
Border Patrol
Marfa
John Rachel
Hobbs
N.M
Brown
Rio
Mexico
Mariscal Canyon
Boquillas Canyon
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Ark
Winston Chandler
Frank Holt
Dale Alford
Kenneth Sulcer
Jim Johnson
Sam Boyce
Gus McMillan
U.S. Artillery
Air Force
Mataxis
Col. Mataxis
Jes” Ramblin
U. S
Everett Dirksen
Congressional
Defense and Foreign Affairs
West Europe
U.S.S.R
Indochina
LBJ
Americana
Marine Terminal
la Guardia
Manhattan
Americana Hotel
Johnsons
Howard Leary
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird
Luci
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