Johnson urges UN action for peace in Viet Nam
In San Francisco President Johnson addressed the United Nations on its 20th anniversary session. He urged a united effort to fight poverty, halt the arms race, and create a UN peacekeeping force while stressing the need to resolve Viet Nam tensions and other global issues. He declined to discuss UN dues talks.
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San Francisco
Johnson
United Nations
Viet Nam
U. N
Kansas City
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
U _ Thant
Dominican Republic
White House
George E. Reedy
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
United States
World Organization
Alliance For Man
84 Die As Flaming Jet Crashes Near El Toro
A four engine jet transport carrying Okinawa bound Marines crashed into a Santa Ana mountain ridge near El Toro California killing all 84 aboard. The McGuire Air Force Base plane had 72 Marines and 12 crew from New Jersey to Okinawa. Wreckage strewn across rugged terrain hindered rescue as flood of smoke and fires burned.
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EL Toro
Calif
Camp Pendleton
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
Viet Nam
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Air Force
John Andre
Korea
Los Angeles
Santa Ana Mountains
Marine Air Station
Bristers Return From California Vacation Tour
Ramblin Mr and Mrs Stanley Brister and children Bren da Ronda and Stanley Jr return to 700 Lakeshore Drive after visiting Brister’s sister in Los Angeles They say highlights included Las Vegas Old Mexico and Disneyland during the trip
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Stanley Brister
Brenda
Ronda
Stanley Jr
Lakeshore Drive
California
Brister
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Old Mexico
Disneyland
State Bond Sale Funds Northeast State College Buildings
The State Board of Education approves selling 3 million dollars in bonds to fund new buildings at Northeast State College. The initiative aims to expand facilities and bolster educational capacity across the state system.
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State Board of Education
Northeast State College
Algiers Site Of Gathering Hit By Blast
A powerful blast at the Asian African summit site in Algiers damaged the power relay feeding the convention hall. Officials blamed a circuit failure. reports of casualties varied with unconfirmed claims of five dead and forty wounded among workers. Security forces sealed the area as protests erupted downtown.
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Algiers
Club Des Pins
Ahmed Ben Bella
Motorcvere
Algeria
Houari Bourmedienne
India
Bonds To Build At Northeast Sold By Board
Baton Rouge special: Louisiana Board of Education sold 3 million in bonds to finance two dormitories and a cafeteria at Northeast Louisiana State College. Best bid by Russ and Company Emerson and Company at 3.86935 percent for 40 years. Also authorized 2.65 million in revenue bonds for McNeese State College dormitory and dining hall. Dorms to house 400 students each, with air conditioning and suite baths. Cafeteria cost about 500k. Living facilities to require out of state students to reside in financed housing. Architects named for the three Northeast projects.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Board of Education
Northeast Louisiana State College
Russ and Company
Emerson and Company
San Antonio
Tex
MacDonald and Baker Company of
Metairie
Education Board
Fred Benton Jr
William H. Woodward
Lake Charles
Luther FE. Frink
Cimini
Merci
New Orleans
Outburst In Rebel Hotbed Crowned at Peach Festival
Ruston beauty pageant at Howard Auditorium crowned Georgianna Lopes Miss Dixie Gem XV after a fierce field of 21 contestants. Lopes, 17, Ruston High graduate, will serve as ambassador at large for the Louisiana peach industry, with duties in Lincoln Parish orchards and state events.
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Ruston
Georgianna Lopes
Lisa Ann Blackwelder
Ray Blackwelder
Diane Marie Burnum
Miss Burnum
Jonesboro- Hodge High School
Louisiana Tech
Trebie Candice Stewart
Stewart
Ruston High School
Sarah Lewis
West Monroe
Lopes
Lincoln Parish
LSUF
Louisiana
Miss Baughman
New Orleans
Dixie Gem XIV
Terrorist Bombs Hit Saigon River Restaurant
Two powerful bombs exploded near the My Canh floating restaurant on the Saigon River, killing 29 and wounding about 100. The attack, near the U S Embassy, was the deadliest such strike during the Vietnam War, with several Americans and a French national among the dead.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Riverside
Cong Launches New Offensive
Viet Cong units attacked military positions northeast and southwest of Duc Hoa, with a reported heavy engagement at an artillery position near the town. Casualties included two killed and six wounded in the initial report, while a separate forced landing targeted U.S. advisors aboard the My Canh, leaving decks bloodied and wreckage on the boulevard, amid bomb strikes on Saigon area and Hanoi air bases.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Duc Hoa
U.S
Hanoi
Harold George Bennett
Perryville
Ark
U. S
Na San
Tass
Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
My Canh
Allies Discount Major Trouble Over Germany
East German Communists pressed for control of access routes to West Berlin on Friday. Western Allied officials expected no major crisis, noting cautious Soviet permission to push sovereignty claims without provoking a confrontation.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Scattered Rain Forecast Across Twin Cities Area Today
Partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thundershowers mark the weather outlook for the Twin Cities region today. Extremes around 93 and 68 to 74 are forecast, with FAA Selman Field recording 1.13 inches of rainfall Friday and Monroe and West Monroe noting no rain. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Friday highs reached 85 and 71.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
West Monroe
Dropout Wins School Grant in Oxford Scholarship
Roy Mellor, 38, a former 14 year old dropout who returned to school as a caretaker, won a scholarship to Oxford University through Ruskin College. He will study English, economics and industrial relations after leaving a 33.60 per week job. The National Union of Public Employees awarded the grant in honor of former General Secretary Bron Roberts.
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Clay Cross
England
UPI
Roy Mellor
Oxford University
Mellor
Ruskin College
Oxford
National Union of Public Employes
Bron Roberts
McChesney Martin Defends Economy Against Pessimism
Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin urged restraint in interpreting his June remarks as a recession warning. Speaking at Columbia University, he warned against doom by comparison to 1930s lows while stressing central banking as an art, the need to avoid inflation or deflation, and the link between U.S. well being and international monetary conditions. He touched on IMF mechanisms and international cooperation as part of stabilizing the dollar.
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New Brunswick
Neap
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney
Martin
Columbia University
Stonier Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
Washington
Federal Reserve
International Moneta Fund
Power Plant Attacked By Junta's Foes
In San Francisco de Macoris rebels attacked the San Francisco power plant at dawn, killing 16 as clashes with junta loyalists erupted. The OAS and junta issued conflicting tallies while the inter-American force escorted a peace mission.
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Junta
San Francisco
OAS
inter-American Human Rights Commission
Santo Domingo
U.S. 82Nd Airborne
San Francisco de Macoris
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Ramblin
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Dixie Gem
Lynn Baughman
Farmerville
Saigon River
Hotel Majestic
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Germany
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