Allies and Asians urge Laos cease-fire in five-nation call
A five-nation communique from the United States Britain Canada Thailand and South Vietnam urged a Laos cease-fire. It demanded Communist forces withdraw from positions seized in the past five months and North Vietnamese forces leave Laos. The document cited evidence of North Vietnamese involvement with Pathet Lao and calls to halt infiltration of men and arms into South Vietnam. Talks in Vientiane and London concluded the appeal.
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London
APTI
United States
Britain
Canada
Thailand
South Viet Nam
Laos
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Search Extended Into Five States For Missing Civil Rights Workers
The Mississippi case widens with a bigger search perimeter. Photos and circulars of the three missing civil rights workers circulate in Mississippi Alabama Tennessee Louisiana and Arkansas. FBI Hoover and President Johnson stay in contact as the hunt continues with no time limit and no assumption they left the state.
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Washington
Mississippi
White House
Johnson
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
George Reedy
Hoover
Alabama
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Reedy
Bureau
U.S
Father Would Give Up Children in Portsmouth Ad
James Warner of Portsmouth offers in a newspaper ad to give away nine of his 13 children as his wife Mary remains missing since April. The 39 year old man says he has no choice and that Christine, 17, has been running the house amid the strain of caring for the large brood.
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Portsmouth
England
James Warner
Cann Named To State Board By McKeithen
Monroe man Durwood Cann was named to the State Board of Commerce and Industry by Governor John J. McKeithen. Cann, a Bancroft Paper Co. employee and campaign worker for McKeithen, joins the board as part of the governor’s administration reshuffle.
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News-Star Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Durwood Cann
Monroe
State Board of Commerce and Industry
John J. McKeithen
Cann
McKeithen
Bancroft Paper Co
Three Negroes Held In West Monroe Armed Robbery
West Monroe police booked three men for armed robbery of a Cypress Street Texaco station attendant Grady Bates Jr. after a 1:12 am robbery in which $138 was taken. Fedis Gray, MacArthur Gray, and Arvell Gray were detained after an out of state plate prompted a stop. Bates was treated for a head wound. Fedis Gray had prior murder parole from Arkansas.
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Cypress Street
Grady William Bates Jr
Carter Drive
Bates
Texaco
Cypress
Mitchell
William Lawrence
Tommy Hebert
Cryer
Sat
Fedis Gray
MacArthur Gray
Fedis
Arvell Gray
MacArthur
MacAthur
Arvell
Hebert
Glenwood Hospital
Arkansas State
Scranton Urges States Rights in Georgia Speech
Pennsylvania Governor William W Scranton told Atlanta Republicans that the honored doctrine of states rights should not sow North South or East West rancor or incite racial tension. He framed his remarks as opposition to fanatics and urged federal responsibility alongside state power.
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Atlanta, Ga
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Scranton
Lodge calls for Scranton bid over Vietnam ambassadorship
Washington AP Henry Cabot Lodge said it was his duty to return home to seek the Republican presidential nomination for Gov. William W. Scranton rather than stay as ambassador to South Vietnam. He told reporters the Vietnam war was on track but the GOP was not, and he hinted at seeking Eisenhower’s backing for Scranton to block Goldwater.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
White House
Lodge
Washington
William W. Scranton
U.S
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Louisiana
Andrews Air Force Base
United States
South
Viet Nam
Republican Party Platform Committee
San Francisco
Gov. Scranton
Two Weeks Left In GOP Delegate Bid
The AP survey of 1,308 GOP delegates shows Barry Goldwater leading with bound and pledged support as he pursues a first ballot win. William Scranton campaigns with North Carolina Georgia and Tennessee delegates while Illinois eyes a Chicago meeting.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Associated Press
Trenon
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Goldwater
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Illinois
Chicago
North Dakota
Rhode Island
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Democratic
San Francisco
Veto Threat on Workmen Compensation Bill in Louisiana House
Gov McKeithen proposed a compromise on the workmen compensation bill as the Louisiana House debated amendments from Rep Lantz Womack to delete a clause expanding permanent disability. Womack warned of a veto if amendments stood, while industry opposed changes that could derail the bill. Large turnout from the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO attended the debate.
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John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Lantz Womack
Winnsboro
Womack
House
McKeithen
Max Maxwell
la Salle Parish
Aigie Brown
Shreveport
Louisiana Chamber of Commerce
Louisiana Afl-Cio
Political clashes over workmen's comp bill and Lodge remarks
Rep Gordon Causey argues amendments raise premiums and kill the bill while Rep George Halstead questions attorney William Brown's access to negotiations. The bill, backed by industry and opposed by labor, aims at four changes to Louisiana workmen's comp laws. Senate sponsors and House passage to judiciary are noted alongside unrelated remarks by Lodge on candidate prudence and atomic weapons use in Vietnam.
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Gordon Causey
Tangipahoa Parish
Womack
George Halstead
Lincoln Parish
Monroe
William Brown
House
Louisiana
McKeithen
Brown
Labor
Jackson B. Davis
Shreveport
Judiciary Committee
Labor and Industry Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Roadblock searches continue for missing civil rights workers
In Philadelphia Mississippi the highway patrol and FBI questioned motorists at a roadblock about the disappearance of Michael Schwerner Andy Goodman and James Chaney. Authorities looked for clues near the burned station wagon site and searched swamps lakes and nearby areas with crews including Navy sailors.
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Mississippi Highway Patrol
FBI
Highway 21
Philadelphia
Michael Schwerner
Andy Goodman
New York
James Chaney
Red Clay Hill
Eastcentral
Mississippi
Navy
Meridian
Highway Patrol
Gwin Cole
Bogue
Chitto
Norway's area and cultivated land cited by World Almanac
Norway, with vast forests as a key industry, covers 125,064 square miles in total. Only 4,300 square miles are cultivated, per the World Almanac.
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Norway
Final plans for Miss Louisiana Pageant set by Monroe Jaycees
The Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce will finalize weekend plans for the Miss Louisiana Beauty Pageant at a Jaycees meeting tonight at the Frances Hotel.
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Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Frances Hotel
ONLY HOPE AGAINST ANARCHY MISERY Tshombe Talks Unity In Congo
Congo's July 1960 independence aftermath shows unrest as Moise Tshombe returns to push reconciliation while Katanga's former secessionists seek influence. Katanga Mulopwe Albert Kalonji proclaims still in power amid a security crackdown and regional leaders face upheaval. North Katanga leader Jason Sendwe is reported killed by rebels, intensifying post referendum tensions and calls for national unity.
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Congo
Constantin Tshiala - Mwana
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Europe
Victor Nendaka
South Kasai
Mulopwe
Albert Kalonji
Brussels
Kalonji
Jason Sendwe
Albertville
Sendwe
Fortunat Kabangi-Numbi
Tshombe
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyvile
Gizenga
Bula - Bemba
Congo River
UN forces exit Congo amid grenade blasts and tribal rites
By Robin Mannock Leopoldville Congo AP the final United Nations troops depart the Congo amid a volley of grenades at polling stations and a Baluba tribal chief wedding feast marking the end of a UN era.
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Robin Mannock
Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Congo
Rainy Put-Back Forecast for Northeast Louisiana
Rain chances rise for northeast Louisiana through Wednesday with afternoon and evening showers. The five day outlook to 6 pm Saturday shows near normal temperatures and daily shower chances, with humidity climbing to 95 to 100 overnight and around 50 percent Tuesday. Partly cloudy today and Tuesday, winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs 88 to 94, lows 70 to 74. Monroe’s Sunday high was 93, low 71.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Kennedy, Johnson urge unite and advance slogan shift
AP dispatches report Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson proposed replacing divide and conquer with unite and advance. Robert F. Kennedy told a cheering crowd in Krakow that JFK “wouldn't have been elected president if it wasn't for the support of the Poles” in the United States. Forty five House Republicans issued principles backing civil rights UN and Social Security. A missing Atlantic swimmer Britt Sullivan was last seen off Fire Island. The SNCC leader voiced belief the Mississippi three civil rights workers are dead. A federal building was pelted by 300 demonstrators marching from the South Side. Kennedy in Cracow attributed JFK’s assassination to a single act by one person protesting society.
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Poland
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Mer
Coney Island
Atlantic
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Marine Center
Chicago
Federal Building
Cracow
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Oswald
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