Castro says JFK assassination blamed for brink of nuclear war
Fidel Castro condemned Kennedy's slaying yet blamed the United States crisis on hostile policies toward Cuba. He recalled Bay of Pigs and the 1962 blockade, warned nuclear war could have followed, and urged Cubans to oppose systems rather than individuals.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba
Castro
Bay of Pigs
United States
Special Church Services Slated For Twin Cities
Twin Cities churches plan special prayers for the nation and Kennedy family tragedy. Catholic parishes offer requiem masses. Protestant and Jewish congregations schedule memorial and prayer services. Louisiana pastors in Ouachita Parish organize statewide prayer efforts.
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Twin Cities
Kennedy
Temple B'nai Israel
Clifton Tennison
Trenton Baptist Association
Quachita Parish
Ray Raddin
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Aubrey G. Walton
Africa
Edward R. Haug
Monroe
Methodist Church
Methodist
Peo
New President Johnson Faces Busy Start With Viet Nam Crisis
President Johnson governs through a hectic first day. He schedules a 3 p.m. EST White House meeting with Lodge McNamara Rusk and Bundy on Vietnam and a joint session policy speech. He plans to lie in state Kennedy and hold a St. Marks service before briefing world affairs.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
White House
Congress
Pierre Salinger
Lodge
McNamara
Rusk
Honolulu
Viet Nam
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Kennedy
Oswald Inquiry Gathers More Evidence in Dallas Case
Irving police report more evidence linking Lee Harvey Oswald to President Kennedy's death. Pictures from Oswald's home are to be used at trial as authorities pursue charges including murder of the President and a Dallas policeman, with a new count of assault with intent to murder Gov. Connally. Detective Will Fritz says the case is shaping up, FBI notes in Oswald’s handwriting tie the rifle to a Chicago order, and Oswald faces transfer to Dallas County Jail. Governor Connally’s role is noted as a target of the assault charge.
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Curry
Irving
Tex
Oswald
Dallas
Texas
John B. Connally
Connally
Will Fritz
FBI
Chicago
Fritz
Kennedy
Atty
Henry Wade
Kennedy Children Face Death of Father in Dallas
John Kennedy Jr aged two says he has no one to play with as his father rests in a Dallas hospital after being shot. Caroline, six, shows more understanding days after the president’s death while Mrs Kennedy remains stoic and holds vigil with the children beside the closed casket in the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Washington House
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr
White House
Caroline Kennedy
Dallas
John J. Cavanaugh
University of Notre Dame
63 Perish As Fire Hits Ohio Home
NORWALK Ohio AP Sixty three persons died Saturday in a fire at a nursing home for the aged infirm and mentally ill. Twenty four others were rescued as crews removed bodies and identified some victims. Gov Rhodes ordered a full investigation while arson inspectors assessed a possible propane gas tank and tar roofing ignition. Two bystanders driving by on US 250 were hailed as heroes for entering the burning building to rescue residents.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Fitchville
Here
Harold Carter
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Carter
Good Samaritans
U.S. 250
Ramblin Theatre Seeks Cast for The Sandalwood Box
The Little Theatre of Monroe holds tryouts today and Monday at 3 30 p m in the Strauss Playhouse for 12 teenagers and two children to appear in The Sandalwood Box based on The Tales of the Al hambra by Washington Irving. Directed by Lonnie Fraze the play runs December 27 to 30.
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Little Theatre of
Monroe
Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Lonnie Fraze
Pledge Named for Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity
Eugene L. Wittenmyer of Monroe is among six fall pledges to Alpha Chi Sigma the national professional chemistry fraternity.
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Eugene L. Wittenmyer
Monroe
Alpha Chi Sigma
National Professional Chemistry
Voting Machine Instruction Demonstration Planned in Ouachita
The League of Women Voters will sponsor a two day demonstration on using the voting machine. Mrs Elizabeth Manhein says the sessions run Monday and Tuesday from 9 a m to 6 p m in the courthouse lobby for Ouachita parish voters ahead of the December 7 Democratic primary.
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Ouachita Parish
League of Women Voters
Elizabeth Manhein
League
Johnson to Maintain Kennedy Foreign Policy Across World
President Johnson announced that Kennedy era foreign policy would continue and urged all U.S. ambassadors to remain at their posts. He favored keeping Dean Rusk as Secretary of State, with other top officials indicating they would stay on. Johnson aims to meet foreign leaders, including de Gaulle, at the funeral, as nations prepare to send observers.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
U. S
Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
NATO
de Gaulle
White House
Pierre Salinger
Alec Douglas-Home
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Tran Dan Donc
Moscow
Anastas I. Mikoyan
State Department
Department
Khrushchev
South America
Temperatures Fall then Rise in Twin Cities Weather
The Twin Cities expect cold conditions tonight with a high near 56 to 60 and a low around 34 to 50. A north wind of 5 to 15 mph adds a brisk feel. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer readings from 62 to 66. Saturday tied a 50 degree high at Selmar Field while a 40 degree low was recorded.
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Twin Cities
FFA
Selmar Field
Widow of slain Dallas officer faces uncertain future
In Dallas, the widow of police officer J D Tippitt faces financial hardship after his 39 year old breadwinner status with a $490 monthly salary and no life insurance. Her three children Allen 14 Brenda Kay 10 and Curtiss Glenn 5 live in a brick suburban home as the family mourns and neighbors rally with meals and support.
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Dallas
UPI
J. D. Tippitt
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
Tippitt
Allen
Brenda Kay
Curtiss Glenn
Monday Mourning Day Declared For Kennedy Burial
Washington report cells say President Lyndon Johnson declared Monday a day of national mourning for John F. Kennedy and urged churches to hold prayers. Kennedy will receive a hero’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery after a Pontifical Requiem Mass at noon. The White House said the slain leader will be interred in Virginia across the Potomac, beside other national figures.
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John F. Kennedy
Arlington
Washington
UPI
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Military
Virginia
Potomac River
William Howard Taft
Dallas
Tex
Jacqueline Kennedy
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Information On Candidates For December 7 Democratic Primary
The Morning World flags pages 4-B and 5-B with extensive background on state office candidates in the December 7 Democratic primary. It also covers candidates for representative and senator in Ouachita Parish. Next Sunday will present information on all other parish candidates including police jury.
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Morning World
Ouachita Parish
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