Mariner 4 Launch Heads Toward Mars Quest
Cape Kennedy reports Mariner 4 on a path to fly within about 8,600 miles of Mars next July 14 after launch, with a 72 month mission plan to endure space conditions. The 574 pound craft carries cameras and instruments, aims to correct course via a steer motor, and follows the failed Marin er 3 endeavor as the last U.S. Mars probe for two years.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mariner 4
Mars
Flight Control Center
Red Planet
Martin Exploration
Mariner
Jack James
Goldstone
Calif
James
Earth
Space Agency
Mariner 3
U. S
Monroe Christmas Home Lighting Contest Opens with 550 Prize Fund
The Monroe News Star and City invite residents to enter a home lighting contest with a $550 prize pool. Three classes based on material costs offer top prizes from 100 to 120 dollars with cash awards for second and third place. Entries require official coupons in the Monroe News.
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City of
Monroe
Ouachita River
Monroe News
Christmas Home Lighting Contest Entries Due in Monroe
Mail entries by Monday December 14 to News Star World Publishing Company Olive at North Fourth to qualify for judging. Decorations must be finished by 5 p.m. Friday December 18. A panel of judges will select winners from Class A B and C with prizes announced December 23 and awarded at City Hall.
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News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
Monroe
Star and Morning World
News-Star—World Publishing Company
Olive
North Fourth
Garden Club
World and News
City Hall
2000 Buddhists in Saigon Street Clash Dozens Riot
SAIGON South Viet Nam AP Two thousand Buddhist marchers defied martial law, clashing with armed paratroopers. Troops wearing gas masks faced the crowd as marchers hurled stones and tried to break through barriers, despite a government notice limiting the procession to 200 mourners.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
le van Ngoc
Chuckle: Reconcile Net Income With Gross Habits
A witty note about the gap between earnings and spending. The quip hints at financial misalignment and light humor about budgeting.
Correro Jr Returns to LSU Law After Holiday Visit
Anthony J Correro III son of Mr and Mrs A J Correro Jr of 2708 Gordon Ave resumes studies at LSU Law School for a January B L L degree candidate. He shared insights with Dan Willensky a law school freshman during the holidays.
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Anthony J. Correro Ili
A. J. Correro Jr
Gordon Ave
Young Correro
Northeast State College
LSU School of Law
Dan Willensky
Law School
Neville graduates honored at Thanksgiving seafood supper
Leaving again Centenary freshmen Carol Culpepper Deas Parrish and Milann Gannaway, Neville graduates home for the Thanksgiving holidays, were honored guests at a seafood supper Friday in the home of Miss Gayle Smith of 429 Bayou Oak Dr. The girls will be returning to Shreveport and the academic world today.
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Centenary
Carol Culpepper
Deas Parrish
Milann Gannaway
Neville
Gayle Smith
Bayou Oak Dr
Shreveport
Jury Finds Cigarettes Not Harmful in Landmark Case
A federal jury in Miami ruled cigarettes are reasonably safe for consumption, denying $1.5 million to the estate of Edwin M. Green, who died of lung cancer after long smoking. The decision could influence pending tobacco litigation and faces potential appeals from Green’s family.
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Miami
Fla
Edwin M. Green
Green
Mary
Edwin Jr
American Tobacco Co
W. P. Hedrick
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Surgeon General
Imastings
Hastings
LBJ Sees No Change in Viet Nam Policy
President Johnson warned against narrow national self interest within NATO and expected no dramatic shift in U S policy in South Viet Nam. He noted no live Laos or North Viet Nam expansion as a likely outcome and defended airlifting Belgian paratroopers to Stanleyville to rescue hostages. General Maxwell D Taylor will discuss Vietnam policy in Washington Tuesday.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
South Viet Nam
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Atlantic
Europe
Laos
North Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
Washington
White House
NATO
Viet Nam
Stanleyville
Senators Start Baker Hearing Again Tuesday
The Senate Rules Committee opens public hearings on a political payoff charge tied to Bobby Baker Matthew McCloskey and Don Reynolds. The probe centers on a $35 000 overpayment by McCloskey on a performance bond for the $17 million D C Stadium with alleged funneling to the Kennedy Johnson campaign fund.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby G. Baker
Senate
Matthew J. McCloskey
Ireland
Don B. Reynolds
Philadelphia
McCloskey
D.C
Baker
Sen
John J. Williams
R-Del
Reynolds
Williams
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congo Action Ends with Whites Missing After Rescue
Belgium and the United States completed a five day Congo rescue delivering about 2,000 white hostages from rebels. At least 97 whites died, with unconfirmed reports raising the death toll to 142 including some American missionaries. About 400 to 500 foreign nationals remained in the rebel zone despite the airlift.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Belgium
United States
Congo
Christophe Ghenye
Stanleyville
Paulis
U.S
Weather Outlook for Twin Cities Area Today
Mostly clear and cooler today with daytime highs 38 to 62 and night lows 34 to 38. Saturday brought a 51 degree low and thundershowers followed by a cold front, yielding clear skies and drier air. Forecast calls for continued clear and colder trend with mid 30s tonight and about 75 percent sunshine in the area. FAA at Selman Field reported no rainfall in the Twin Cities Saturday.
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Louisiana Delta
FAA
Selman Field
Twin Cities
Goodfellows Begin 1964 Yuletide Drive in Monroe
The Goodfellows of the Twin Cities launch their 1964 pre Christmas drive aiming to raise at least 6000 to aid underprivileged families in Monroe Ouachita Parish. Donations fund food clothing and toys with volunteers handling sorting packing and delivery amid a no salary policy.
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Goodfellows of
Twin Cities
Monroe
The
Goodfellows
Wilson Ewing
News-Star— World
B. B. Martin
Hesketh
President Johnson Receives Historic Fire Engine Gift
At Johnson Ranch in Brady Texas President Johnson unveiled a 1914 LaFrance fire engine gifted by Brady citizens. The yellow lettered LBJ Ranch machine served earlier and was reconditioned for tours of the ranch. Johnson posed with Richard Barnes and family during a Retarded Children's Fund drive event on the ranch lawn.
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Lyndon Johnson
Richard Barnes
National Association For Retarded Children
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Brady
Here
John Rudder
Rudder
LaFrance
Los Alamos
N.M
Richard
Robert Barnes
Texas
Cotulla
Juan Gonzales
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Gonzales
U S Officials Blame Soviet Union For Moscow Embassy Riots
In Moscow a three hour protest against Western Congo policy saw about 500 to 800 students from Lumumba University attack the U S Belgian British and Congolese embassies. Windows were smashed cars burned and plaques torn as police struggled to contain the crowd and prevent further violence.
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Moscow
U.S
Congo
Lumumba University
Foreign Ministry
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
Foy D. Kohler
Ministry of Higher Education
Young Communist League
Tchaikovsky Boulevard
New York Times
Belgin
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Holiday
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Raps DE Gaulle
Senators
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Jack Hesketh
Monroe Recreation Department
Goodfellows Drive
Ouachita Parish
News-Star —World
Johnson Ranch
Soviet Union
Pire
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