District Sales Tax Issue Again Looms
Catahoula Parish Rep. David L. Patten said Gov. John McKeithen will add a new Fifth District education sales tax bill to the November special legislative session call if no state solution is found to fund teacher salary raises. A governor formed group will meet Monday to discuss possible state action, with McKeithen declining to push hard in any single direction pending talks.
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Catahoula Parish
David L. Patten
Morning World
John McKeithen
Aoe Peace Se
Patten
McKeithen
Fifth District
Ouachita Parish
Winnsboro
Peel
Franklin Parish
Monroe City
True Bill Indicts Carlos Marcello for Assault on FBI Agent
A federal grand jury indicted underworld figure Carlos Marcello on a charge of assaulting and intimidating FBI agent Patrick J. Collins Jr at New Orleans International Airport after Marcello arrived from New York with his brother Joseph. Collins testified that Marcello swerved to strike him but was restrained by his brother. The indictment followed an earlier ruling of sufficient evidence by U.S. Commissioner Fritz Windhorst, while another grand jury probe was opened into the ramp confrontation.
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New Orleans
Carlos Marcello
FBI
U.S
Patrick J. Collins Jr
Fritz Windhorst
Windhorst
Federal
Grand Jury
Collins
Gont
Marcello
Joseph
New York
Marcello Brothers
Geneva Men State Meet In New York With Gromyko
United Nations New York AP reports co chairmen of the Geneva conferences on Indochina arranged a meeting in New York. Britain's Foreign Secretary George Brown will visit Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko at 10 30 a m Saturday at the Soviet U N mission. The two nations act as co chairs in the talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
Indochina
New York
Britain
George Brown
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
Soviet Union
Ouachita Parish official conducts quiet protest at board office
P. B. Mangam, assistant superintendent of Ouachita Parish schools, staged a Friday afternoon demonstration at the school board office. He wore a lapel button reading I hate ugly, focusing on a local issue rather than the draft or the Vietnam War.
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P. B. Mangam
Ouachita Parish
School Board
Viet Nam
Bench Collapse Near Improvised Courthouse Outburst
Outside the improvis ed courtroom at the old Ouachita Parish High School a witness bench gave way bursting into the hall Friday morning. Two persons fell but witnesses said they did not appear injured as the crowd watched the incident unfold near the makeshift court area.
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Ouachita Parish High School
Electricity Service Across Bayou DeSiard Cut In Monroe
Monroe utilities manager French L Smith said a city ordinance violation led to electricity being extended across Bayou DeSiard to a house near Lakeshore. Mayor W L Howard ordered the line disconnected, noting no city approval and the need to meet planning requirements. Inabnet, leasing the across bayou property, denies involvement, while city records show no application to join the area to the city.
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Monroe
French L. Smith
Bayou DeSiard
W. L. Howard
Joe Herpin
William M. Inabnet
Bayon DeSiard
Lakeshore
Bayou
Howard
Inabnet
Utilities Commission
Planning Commission
City Hall
Partly Cloudy Skies Expected in Twin Cities Region
Forecasters predict partly cloudy to cloudy skies today and Sunday with milder temperatures. Low temperatures 55 to 60 degrees, highs 76 to 82, winds variable 5 to 15 mph. Friday's Monroe high reached 79 at 3 pm and dropped to 43 by 6 am. No rainfall recorded at Selman Field by FAA. The record high and low for this date last year were 88 and 50 respectively.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Mercury
Selman Field
FAA
McKeithen Denies Highway Scandal Charges In Ethic Shift
Gov. John McKeithen defended Louisiana Highway Department as ethical and accused Rep. Blatnik of reviving an old story to hurt him. He cited reforms since 1960s, noted a long-ago probe led to ethics laws, while accusing Washington of delaying funds and linking to a November amendment vote for term limits.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Blatnik
Washington
John McCormack
Department
McKeithen
Highway Department
World At A Glance line across Bayou DeSiard to be disconnected
World At A Glance reports a utility line across Bayou DeSiard serving outside city limits will be disconnected. The item notes the action's local impact and frames it as part of ongoing municipal infrastructure adjustments.
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Bayou DeSiard
U S Warplanes Press North Viet Nam Drive On
U S warplanes pressed crippling pressure on North Viet Nam with bombers hitting roads, depots and storage dumps north of Dien Bien Phu. Ground fighting in South Vietnam eased to light contact as allied troops mopped up an encircled force, with 772 Communist troops killed and nearly 500 captured since the push began.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Haiphong
Dong Hoi
Panhandle
Johnson Thant held talks on peace in Viet Nam
President Johnson met with U Thant at the United Nations for about an hour to discuss peace and global issues. Neither optimistic nor pessimistic about progress emerged, with Johnson praising the UN and reaffirming support as Thant highlighted the symbolic act of backing the United Nations and U.S. global interests.
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Johnson
Southeast Asia
LBJ
Soviet Union
Europe
United Nations, N.Y
Viet Nam
U Thant
Thant
New York
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
United Nations
America
U.N. Secretariat
Massive Search for 44 Cuban Refugees Under Hurricane Inez
A large search began for 44 Cuban refugees feared drowned after a Florida Straits boat overturned during Hurricane Inez. One survivor, Enrique Gonzales, recalled 46 aboard and eight washed away as the raft drifted southeast of Miami.
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Enrique Gonzales
Miami
Gonzales
Nicholas Bowater
Fla
Inez
Florida Straits
Enrique
Key West
Gonazales
United States
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Coast Guard
Homestead Air Force Base
Northeast Louisiana State College Homecoming Parade Today
Homecoming events at Northeast Louisiana State College begin at 9 a.m. with alumni registration in the College Union Building and continue through the day to a 5:45 p.m. alumni dinner. A parade starts at 10 a.m. from Riverside Drive, winding through West Monroe and Monroe, followed by a noon Dutch-treat luncheon in Coenen Cafeteria.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
College Union
Riverside Drive
Monroe
West Monroe
Coenen
Bayou Drive
Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy
Hanna Hall
Masur Hall
Slater Hall
Hanna
Hippolite and
College Avenue
Caldwell Hall
College Union Building
NLSC
Eastgate
Dixie Ware
Northeast State
Bette Foster
Natchez
Miss
David Elkin
Winnsboro
Northeast
Louisiana College
David Kahn
Northeast Alumni Association
Want Ad Number Offer Runs From 8 Am To Noon
Local notice promotes a low price for 10 day want ads with cancellation privileges. The timing is set for today between 8 am and 12 noon.
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Ouachita
Geneva
Jes’ Ramblin
Milo Dakin
Herpin
Doris Duke
Newport
R.L
Bee Tirella
Dover
N.J
Miss Duke
MecKeithen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
AIR Force
University of Colorado
HOUSE
Senate
Foreign — Minister
Adam Mark
Yucatan
NAVY
LBJ. Thant
Gundy
Paragon Club
News - Star World
News-Star—World
Monroe - West Monroe
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