Senate Nips More Rights Proposals In Civil Rights Fight
A cohesive Senate majority relentlessly presses a civil rights bill through a Senate session marked by rapid roll calls and limited debate. Southern amendments are repeatedly rejected or narrowly tailored while key managers push toward final passage by week’s end.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Dixie Forces
Hootenanny Planned at For sythe Park by Monroe Dept
The Monroe Recreation Department announces Jes Ramblin Hootenanny at For sythe Park on Friday night June 26 from 7 30 to 8 30. Participants should contact Jack Hesketh at the Recreation Department soon. The show opens to the public and may be held twice monthly.
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Monroe Recreation Dept
Forsythe Park
Jack Hesketh
Recreation Department
Lodge Meet to Confer Past Master Degree at Masonic Temple
West Monroe Masonic Chapter No 93 will confer the past and most excellent master degree at 7 30 p m Monday at the West Monroe Masonic Temple Past High Priest A T Knight announced All Royal Arch Masons are invited to attend
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West Monroe
Woman Confronts Hippo on Kansas Country Road
Mrs. Howard Gibson reported seeing a hippopotamus in mud on a rural road after leaving a party in Wichita. Local sheriff's patrolman learned a touring menagerie had released its hippo, prompting a search using elephants. The hippo was found grazing near a rural home unharmed.
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Hippotami
Kansas
Howard Gibson
Hippotamus
Wichita
Kan
Valley Center
Norfolk
Frank Matheney
Fred Hamm
Military alert for Red Thrust near Muong Soui
Western military sources warned of a Communist buildup for a possible attack on Muong Soui a neutralist stronghold on a highway west of the Plaine des Jarres. Two towns screening Muong Soui from the Red-held plain 110 miles northeast of Vientiane fell Tuesday.
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Vientiane, Laos
Muong Soui
Plaine Des Jarres
Vientiane
Man battles shark infested waters near Kino Bay
Harry Van Bouchaute a 39 year old truck driver from Buena Park described 19 hours adrift in shark infested waters off Kino Bay in the Gulf of California He was bitten and buffeted by small fish and suffered hundreds of bites dehydration and exposure yet remained in good condition after being helped ashore by fishermen to Hermosillo hospital His companions saw their engine fail and drift toward shore as currents drove them farther from land with only six beer and two sodas as provisions.
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Anaheim
Calif
Harry van Bouchaute
Garden Park General Hospital
van Bouchaute
Buena Park
Kino Bay
Gulf of California
Hermosillo Hospital
Goldwater Extends Lead With Delegates Secured
In a rush of Saturday conventions Goldwater gained 42 Republican National Convention votes while Scranton added 13. New Mexico, Idaho, Virginia and Connecticut GOP conventions boosted Goldwater with 14, 14, 10 and 4 votes respectively, and Scranton claimed 12 of Connecticut delegates. Goldwater sits at 580 first ballot votes, 74 from the nomination, with 70 delegates left to choose next week in Texas and Montana.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
New Mexico
Goldwater
Idaho
Virginia
Connecticut
Scranton
E. Summers Sheffey
Abingdon
Texas
Montana
Mobutu Attacks Pygmy Rebels in Congo Frontline Fight
Congolese infantry rocket-firing planes and armored cars attacked rebel Bafulero forces in the eastern Congo under Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu. Mobutu escaped injury as his car was hit. fighting involved around 3000 rebels, some armed with rifles and mortars, aided by Watasi refugees from Rwanda.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Kivu
Pymoid Bafulero
Rwanda
Ruzizi
Burundi
Gaston Soumialot
Bukavu
Bugarama
Today’s Chuckle About Generations
Wry line notes the humor in intergenerational differences. It suggests that traits blamed on the younger generation may simply mirror issues the older generation already faced. A light, reflective quip on timeless human foibles.
Air Force Jets Hit Red Laotian Batteries
UPI reports U S Air Force F100s pounded antiaircraft positions in central Laos last Tuesday in retaliation for downed aircraft. Targets included radar guided guns that shot down a Navy RF8 and an F8 escort. The attack, ordered by Washington, aimed to signal resolve in Southeast Asia and followed heightened Red activity in Plaine des Jarres area.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Laos
Air Force
White House
State and Defense Departments
State Department
Vientiane
U. S
China
U.S
Britain
Russia
Plaine Des Jarres
Fire Sabotage Suspects in Dominican Panama Explosions
Dominican Junta leader Donald Reid Cabral said 14 people were arrested over a series of deadly explosions at an army ammunition dump with possible Communist involvement. In Panama City a warehouse fire, suspected as terrorism, led to multiple arrests and linked to anti-government violence in the region.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Donald Reid Cabral
Panama
Panama City
Alfredo Arango
National Department of Investigations
Arango
Arnulfo Arias
Arias
Marco A. Robles
Reid Cabral
New York
Manual Tavares Espaillat
United States
Organization of American States
Trujillo
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Americas
Area Weather And Picnic Friendly Forecast For Monroe
The Monroe area will see little change in weather with partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures through Monday. Isolated afternoon and evening thunder showers are possible, highs around 90 to 96 and lows 70 to 76. Winds from the south at 5 to 15 mph. Saturday’s high was 95 with a 75 low and no rain at Selman Field.
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Selman Field
Rayville Man Dies In Crop Dusting Plane Crash
Rayville man William Foster Johnston Jr. 23 was killed when his crop dusting plane nose-dived near Greenville Texas Saturday about 11 30 am. He was piloting for Jimmy Lafitte of Mansfield Louisiana and dusting a cotton field. Funeral services were set for 5 pm at Rayville First Methodist Church with burial in Rayville Masonic Cemetery. Survivors include his parents sister and grandparents.
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William Foster
Billy) Johnston Jr
Rayville
Greenville
Tex
Johnston
Jimmy Lafitte
Mansfield
Rayville High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Rayville First
Laureen Johnston
W. M. Halleck
W. A. Johnston
Inonu to Hold Cyprus Talks With Johnson in Washington
Turkish Prime Minister Ismet Inonu will meet President Johnson in Washington on June 22 to discuss the Cyprus crisis. Greece’s George Papandreou may also be invited to meet on the same topic, though no official invitation has been confirmed. The talks follow a U.S. mission to Greece and Turkey by Undersecretary George W. Ball.
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Washington
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Johnson
Cyprus
White House
George Papandreou
Greece
Inonu
George W. Ball
George E. Reedy
United States
Ball
Reedy
Papandreou
Briton Takes Guiana Power
In Georgetown British Guiana the governor, Sir Richard Luyt, without government consultation, seized full emergency powers to curb five months of violence. He ordered a predawn swoop detaining Deputy Premier Brindley Benn and 40 others, claiming Cabinet refused needed powers. The move uses Britain granted authority from last May to bypass Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Brindley Benn
Richard Luyt
Britain
Cheddi Jagan
Death toll uncounted in Montana flood disaster
In Montana’s worst flood in three decades a Birch Creek dam break unleashed a 20 foot wall of water wiping out a Blackfeet family home and leaving eight missing or dead. Thomas Hall, a 35 year old dam gatekeeper, lost wife Dorothy 33 and seven children. 10 bodies identified, 23 missing presumed dead, five still listed. The flood, caused by heavy rains and melting snow, devastated the Birch Creek valley and Blackfeet lands as authorities struggle to tally casualties.
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Great Falls
Mont
Thomas Hall
Montana
Hall
Birch Creek
Blackfeet
Dorothy
Jody
Edward
Martin
Kathy
Martha
Margarie
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D-S.c
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Rtex
Equal Opportunity Commission
Russell B. Long
D-La
AD Today
Jes’ Ramblin
Jes Ramblin
Hippos
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Chiriqui
Boquete
Arias Party
Eustargic Ortiz
Ortiz
Canal Zone
Monroe
Turk
NATO
Guiana
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