Marines and Viets trap North Vietnamese battalion in DMZ
U S Marines and Vietnamese paratroopers cornered an estimated North Vietnamese battalion in the Demilitarized Zone Sunday and reported 342 enemy killed. The strike followed air battles over Hanoi and Haiphong with multiple MIG downings and a Haiphong power plant bombing. U S casualties stood at 50 dead and 543 wounded since Thursday.
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Eeven
Hanoi
Haiphong
Dmz
U.S
North Vietnam
Violence Flares in Hong Kong as Pro Communist Protests Grow
Hong Kong saw swelling demonstrations on Saturday with anti British and pro Communist factions clashing. Police faced mass gatherings at Government House and the Supreme Court while banners claimed Mao as a thief.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tse-tung
Chinese Kowloon
Red China
Vietnam
Government House
David Trench
FBI Nabs One Of Its Ten Most Wanted
Thomas F. Dorman, a top FBI fugitive, was arrested in a wooded area near Grantsburg Indiana. He faces charges of unlawful interstate flight to avoid prosecution for kidnapping after a gunbattle with Maryland police during a robbery escape. His accomplice Clyde Edward Jaws was captured May 18 in Raytown Missouri. Federal agents with Indiana State Police and Crawford County Sheriff assisted.
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UPL
Thomas F. Dorman
FBI
Grantsburg
Ind
J. Edgar Hoover
Dorman
Maryland
Clyde Edward Jaws
Raytown
Indiana State Police
Crawford County
Louisiana parishes desegregated under 5th Circuit ruling
Eight Louisiana parishes including Ascension Iberville St. Helena Pointe Coupee Livingston West Baton Rouge East Feliciana and West Feliciana ordered desegregation. Judge FE Gordon West issued a slightly revised plan requiring school choice only to address overcrowding.
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U.s.circuit Court of Appeals
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Iberville
St. Helena
Pointe Coupee
Livingston
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East Feliciana
West Feliciana
Brown Family Navy Assignments and Local Medical News
Robert Lee Brown, son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Brown Jr of Monroe, sails from Ouonset Point after boiler tender training at Great Lakes Naval Station. His wife Dorothy had surgery Thursday and is recovering at home. Their other son Larry Leon Brown serves in the Air Force at Chanute with top pneumatics marks. his wife Donna will join him for the summer.
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Gilbert Brown Jr
Civic St
Monroe
USS Essex
Ouonset Point
R.I
Great Lakes Naval Station
Illinois
Dorothy
Brown
Larry Leon Brown
U.S. Air Force
Chanute
Ill
Donna
Aycock Open to Running but Not Yet Committed
Lt. Gov. C. C. Taddy Aycock said he is considering withdrawing from the governor race but has not decided. He discussed the possibility of seeking a second term as lieutenant governor or running as an independent Democrat, while McKeithen hopes Aycock stays off the ticket.
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John McKeithen
McKeithen
Avcock
C. C
Taddy
Pompidou Government Survives Censure Vote Narrowly
In Paris the National Assembly narrowly rejected a leftist censure motion against Prime Minister Pompidou. The vote, 236 to 251? It allowed the government to pursue a six month decree power bill despite strong opposition from Mollet and the Communist bloc.
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Paris
UPI
French National Assembly
Georges Pompidou
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
Gaullist
Mollet
France
de Gaulle
Assembly
Joseph Fontanet
Progress and Modern Democrat
PDM
Fontanet
Pompidou
Republic
Fourteen Youths Certificated In Civil Defense Training
Southside High School youths receive certificates after 50 hours of Saturday morning Civil Defense TVX classes at Ouachita Valley Vocational Technical School in West Monroe. American Jets down five or six North Viet MIGs near Hanoi. Senator Russell Long defends Senator Thomas Dodd in drive to impeach Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana. Louisiana Educators committee meets in Baton Rouge to decide opposition to funding private schooling. Lt. Gov. Aycock questions possible withdrawal from governor race. U Thant warns Security Council the Middle East situation is more menacing than a decade. Army Capt. Levy’s attorneys press that U S is committing war crimes in Vietnam. Republicans adopt hard line on gimmick budget issues. Last regular session of McKeithen administration seen as quiet. Monroe Optimist Club to host First Annual Monroe Air Show. Damascus wins Preakness. Jimmy Taylor signs with the New Orleans Saints for four years and 500000.
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Southside High School
Civil Defense Tvx
Ouachita Valley
Miss Alabama Wins Miss U S A Title
Sylvia Hitchcock of Tuscaloosa, 20, won Miss U S A in Miami Beach, earning 20000 dollars in prizes and travel. She will represent the United States in Miss Universe in July. First runnerup was Miss California Susan Bradley, with Miss Florida Cheryl Patton among the finalists.
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Missouri
Karen Hendrix
Independence
Hitchcock
Maria Judith Remenyi
California
Mira Chudy
Washington
D.C
Beverly Lacek
Chicago
Illinois
Maryland
Sandy Cledering
Silver Spring
Nevada
Jacqueline Moore
Las Vegas
Texas
Bonnie Robinson
Houston
Arizona
Judianne Magnusson
Phoenix
Oregon
Maureen Bassett
Beaverton
Pennsylvania
Barbara Woronko
Edwardsville
Tennessee
Nancy Brackhahn
Memphis
Virginia
Elizabeth Kallmyer
Richmond
Rain Likely With 60 Percent Chance Today
Forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms in the Northeast Area with a 60 percent probability today and 30 percent tonight. Temperatures mid 70s with little sun, cooling trend into Monday. tonight’s low 56 to 62.
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Monroe
Israelis Move Tanks To Egyptian Lines As Crisis Deepens
Israeli forces mobilized as Egypt moved troops to the Sinai and Tiran Strait threatening the Gulf of Aqaba. U.N. Chief Thant planned urgent talks in Cairo as tensions rose and both sides warned of possible interference with shipping.
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Thant
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Middle East
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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PLA
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Red Sea
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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UNFE
Murphy to Open Monroe Store in Louisiana
Murphy announces a second Louisiana store at 4600 Central Avenue Monroe, following the 1962 Shreve City opening. Murphy officials cite confidence in regional growth and tri state trading area, noting adequate parking and customer convenience.
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Morgan & Lindsey, Inc
Terry Farris, Inc
Central Avenue
Monroe
Murphy’s
Louisiana
Shreve City
Shreveport
Service
Murphy
Tallulah Voters Back Port Bond With Large Margin
Tallulah residents approve a tax to build a Mississippi River port in a special election 755 for and 58 against. Voters assessed value for supporters at 2 700 321 and 746 270 for opponents from 19 of 21 precincts. Port Commission backs the bond with J M Gilfoil as president and Herbert Massey as secretary treasurer.
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Tallulah
Mississippi River
Port Commission
J. M. Gilfoil
Herbert Massey
Ensminger Ready to Run for Louisiana Senate Seat
John Ensminger, 33, Ouachita Parish Police Jury member, announces he plans to seek a seat in the Louisiana Senate in the November primary. He intends to issue a platform later and says he will represent Ouachita Morehouse West Carroll parishes and work hard for neighboring parishes as well.
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Quachita Parish
Louisiana Senate
Senate
Ensminger
Monroe
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Ouachita
Morehouse
West Carroll
Ensminer
Northeast State Alumni Association
Senator Defending Dodd Faces Huey Long Impeachment Echo
Senator Long, defending Senator Dodd, recalls Huey Long’s 1929 impeachment rush and disloyalty of a family friend. He won a delay on Dodd censure and argues the matter tests Senate procedure as Mansfield mishandles a June start date.
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Kingfish
U.S. Senate
Dodd
Mansfield
Long
Senate
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