Anti Castroites Claim Raid Hits Soviet Sub Base in Cuba
Mexican exile leader Vazquez alleges a Soviet nuclear submarine base near Bahia Honda in Pinar del Rio was attacked by anti Castro guerrillas. He says five Russians were killed and forces retreated after an hour, with Havana and Washington denying confirmation. Other exiles doubt details while diplomats note heightened military activity in the region.
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Bahia Honda
Pinar del Rio
Sierra de Los Organos
Mexico City
Modesto Vazquez
National Syndicate of Cuban Journalists In Exile
Cuba
Renaveilas Wadnoacea Vv
Vazquez
Havana
Washington
U.S
Caracas
Venezuela
Manuel Ray
Castro
Miami
Carlos Bandin
Today’s low seven day rates with cancellation options
The notice advertises a promotional rate plan offering a seven day window at reduced prices with cancellation privileges. It emphasizes affordability and flexible booking terms. The item is a brief classified-like notice without additional locations or organizations.
Graduation Certificates Hammered By Hall In Busy Year
Milton C. Hall West Monroe Parish School Supt signs 263 certificates for West Monroe High, 24 for Sterlington, 14 for Calhoun graduates as payroll 1000 checks await on June 1. He fears the June 1 deadline and the broken check signer machine. West Monroe Mayor J Allan Norris visits City Hall for first time since heart attack, reports improvement. chauffeur is Police Chief Johnny Mitchell.
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Ouachita Parish
Milton C. Hall
Hall
West Monroe High School
Sterlington
Calhoun High School
West Monroe
J. Allan Norris
City Hall
Johnny Mitchell
West Monroe considers petition for commission government
A West Monroe business leader plans a circulating petition to force a vote on adopting a commission type government, with aldermen to call an election within 30 to 60 days if 25 percent of registered voters sign. Opinions are divided among aldermen, while Mayor Norris backs a commission pending his return.
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West Monroe
Morning World
Commission
Monroe
Louisiana
New Orleans
Loyal Demos Win Rooster Label Scrap
Louisiana Democratic leaders resolved a battle over ballot symbols by placing the national party nominee under the donkey with the rooster on the ballot. Factions supportive of Gov. Wallace and supporters of free electors claimed victory as delegates head to the national convention.
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Baton Rouge
George Wallace
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
National Party
President Johnson
Alabama
Leander H. Perez
Wallace
Atlantic City
Harold Montgomery
Committee For Free Electors
Edward Carmouche
Lake Charles
Carmouche
Gov. Wallace
National Democratic Party
Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Civil rights clash sparks barbed Senate exchange
Senators Long and Russell engaged in a sharp exchange over civil rights rhetoric and law with Russell criticizing New York lawyers planning to defend demonstrators in the South. Long pressed questions about religious figures as Russell rebutted with a sermon themed quip regarding peering beams in eyes.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
Dga
New York State
South
Georgia Democrat
Mason Dixon Line
New York
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Russell
Georgia
Congress Race Election Set for July 25th
The Fifth District Democratic Executive Committee set July 25 for the congressional election with seven days to qualify. Otto E. Passman aims to run again and was not in Baton Rouge to qualify. Gillis W. Long qualified in the Eighth District. Speedy C. Long may run in the eighth district with Gov. McKeithen backing him if he does. Two bills seek to delay elections to August or September as all eight Louisiana congressmen seek re-election. A federal suit in Baton Rouge seeks redistricting, filed Thursday.
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World Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Democratic Executive Committee
Otto E. Passman
Monroe
Gillis W. Long
Speedy C. Long
Jena
John J. McKeithen
Democratic State Central Committee
Louisiana
Passman
Passman Seeks Re Election To U S House
Louisiana veteran congressman Otto E Passman of Monroe announces candidacy for re election to the U S House of Representatives. Democratic primary set for July. Passman first won the Fifth District seat in 1946 and has served continuously since.
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Louisiana
Otto E. Passman
Monroe
U. S
House of Representatives
Passman
Congress
Rusk Says Viet Nam War May Expand If Communists Persist
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the Viet Nam war could widen if Communists persist. He noted Laos crisis raises gravest questions and signaled new U.S. Southeast Asia decisions are under consideration. Rusk linked Laos and South Viet Nam as attempts to end North Vietnamese aggression. He criticized foreign aid, highlighted Passman’s fiscal record and district projects in Louisiana.
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Washington (Ap
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
Rusk
Laos
U.S
Southeast Asia
American Law Institute
North Viet Nam
Red China
Soviet Union
United States
South
Viet Nam
Hanoi
North
Cloudy Skies Forecast for Twin Cities, Warm Temperatures
More cloudy skies and warm temperatures are forecast for the Twin Cities area with isolated thunder showers possible. Friday’s high reached 93 degrees and the low was 66, with today’s high around 92 and a low near 66 to 70. Winds will be variable from south to southwest at 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin Cities
Ferriday Youth Dies In Mishap
Seventeen year old John Wayne Dougan of Ferriday was killed when his car struck a bridge abutment on Highway 15 five miles southwest of Ferriday. He was a Ferriday High School junior and the only child of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Dougan. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Comer Funeral Home of Ferriday.
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Ferriday
John Wayne Dougan
R. H. Dougan
Here
Marion Barnett
Barnett
Highway 15
Dougan
Ferriday High School
Comer Funeral Home
Baptists oppose school prayer amendment and urge voluntary services
The Southern and Northern Baptist conventions rejected any new constitutional amendment on school prayer. They warned amendments could invite government control of devotionals, urging nonsectarian voluntary services instead. Delegates urged Congress to uphold First Amendment rights while Billy Graham pressed action on civil rights and race questions.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Southern Baptist Convention
U.S
Southern Baptists
Congress
American Baptist Convention
North
Northern Baptists
Billy Graham
Levering Evans
Richmond
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Charles Anding
George Wylie
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Eddie Carmouche
State Central Democratic Committee
John Garrett
Haynesville
Fifth District
North Louisiana
South Louisiana
Arthur Watson
Natchitoches
Sens. Long
Russell Chide
Committee On Appropriations
Rep. Passman
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