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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1967
Page
1
A rock from an overpass struck Frederick E. Beck on a Wayne Michigan truck in Pennsylvania flareups tied to a Teamsters strike. Beck, 40, died after his rig swerved into a field while other violence and vandalism spread across Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Maryland amid disputes over trucking contracts.
Senate leader William Mansfield urges the Soviet Union and other Security Council members to present a formal resolution calling for an end to the bombing in Southeast Asia. He argues international appeals are useless without concrete action and responsibility.
In Memphis the mayoral race hinged on Negro support with ministers backing Mayor William B. Ingram over State Rep. A. W Willis. Loeb denial followed accusations he pressured Willis to run. Runoff set Nov. 2 as Ingram swept urban Black precincts while Willis lagged in white areas.
The Gideon Society in West Germany reports about 400 hotel room Bibles are stolen each year. A spokesman says the thefts are welcome, noting they bring people in contact with the Bible, likely for the first time.
The Fall fountain at the Monroe Civic Center shone again Saturday night as fire crews pumped water all day. Harvey Houston said minor repairs were made to clear a few bugs in the fountain's unique system while keeping it active for the center's opening attractions.
World At A Glance notes the Ouachita Valley Fair begins its six day run at the fairgrounds in West Monroe on Monday. Also listed are multiple national and regional items including U S air strikes on Hanoi and a Senate study on Latin American aid.
House members prepare to debate a combined bill raising federal pay and postal rates. A 6 percent postal raise and a 44 percent federal pay hike would cost about 1.9 billion in 1969 and 2.6 billion in 1970, with stamps rising to six cents and airmail ten cents. Rep. H R Gross seeks to strip years of raises and throttle a pay commission provision while critics warn the package would widen the deficit.
Cooler temperatures prevail in the Twin Cities today with generally fair skies today and Monday. Northerly winds from 10 to 20 mph. Highs in the 70s and lows in the mid 50s to low 60s. FAA Selman Field records include a 89 degree high at 5 pm and a 50 degree low at 7 am. No rainfall reported.
SAIGON. US Air Force jets hit a new North Vietnamese fuel storage site off Hanoi, lifting a hillside in flames. Phantoms and MIG fighters clashed west of Hanoi in a 20 minute dogfight as pilots reported a Phantom missile strike on a MIG 17. Washington weighed possible bombing pauses after weather delays and points gains.
President Johnson orders a hold on federal spending commitments except for defense and vital health programs. McNamara says no new military construction not essential to Vietnam. rivers and harbors bids halted. Congress debates $5 to $10 billion in cuts as tax surcharge fights proceed. The freeze aims to clarify the budget impasse without signaling a real cut.
Republicans at variance with President Johnson's Vietnam policy seek seats on the 1968 platform committee to influence the foreign policy plank. Senate leader Everett Dirksen is slated as temporary chairman, while critics like Hatfield Percy Case Cooper Morton expect him not to push a pro Johnson line into the platform.
In Saigon radical Buddhist leaders plan a three mile Sunday march from the An Quang pagoda to the Independence Palace despite a government ban on street demonstrations. Police say only twenty may leave the pagoda, while Tri Quang presses for restoration of a charter giving militants a strong voice in Buddhism.
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee report concludes U S military aid has largely failed to meet its goals in Latin America. It says aid has empowered military regimes to suppress populist forces and urges focusing on internal security and civil works while eliminating old collective defense programs.
U.S. Special Forces and Montagnard troops mounted a parachute assault near the Cambodian border, establishing a fighting camp within seven miles of a Cambodian airstrip used by North Vietnamese forces. The action occurred Thursday in a hill area about 110 miles north of Saigon with light resistance. A UPI photo team and Robert Kaylor reported from the field that North Vietnamese forces use a former French airfield in Cambodia to resupply.
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