Louisiana teachers renew push for $1000 pay rise
In Alexandria, Louisiana, the Louisiana Teachers Association urged Gov. McKeithen and a special legislature to approve a full salary schedule. Delegates backed a plan to form district committees and run a newspaper ad campaign to tell the teachers' story.
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John J. McKeithen
United School Committee
C. H
Sammy) Downs
McKeithen
William J. Dodd
Miller
LTA
Ers
House of Delegates
Caddo Parish
Army Sp5 Jack D Butler Assigned to 421st Medical Co in Germany
Army specialist Jack D Butler 44 and wife Audie live at 506 Crosley St West Monroe and he was assigned to the 421st Medical Company near Stuttgart Germany He entered the Army in March 1963 and was last stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas He is the son of Will Butler of Hodge
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Army
Sp5
Jack D. Butler
Audie
Crosley St
West Monroe
421St
Germany
Specialist Butler
Stuttgart
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Will Butler
Hodge
Banister Library Donation at Northeast State College
The Sandel Library at Northeast State College received about 350 volumes from the late Guy Banister of New Orleans. His mother Mrs. Aline Banister presented the books to head librarian Mrs. Maud Bertup. The collection focuses on political science criminology and espionage.
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Sandel
Northeast State College
Guy Banister
New Orleans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aline Banister
Maud Bentrup
Banister
Johnson signs bill to aid Cuban property claims
President Johnson announced he signed a new act aimed at helping Americans pursue claims against Cuba for properties seized by Castro. The law creates a Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to determine validity and amounts, while vesting U S assets of the Cuban government in federal control to fund administration of the act, a provision Johnson said requires study and possible amendment. The assets would be blocked for six months before implementation.
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Washington
Johnson
Foreign Claims — Settlement Commission
Cuba
United States
Dean Rusk
Justice Department
Congress
The
Free World
Cong Forces Loss Mounts To 300 Men
In Viet Nam fighting on Oct 17, government sources report over 300 Viet Cong killed or captured across battles from Pleiku to the Delta. Viet Namese casualties total 62 dead, wounded, or captured with heavy engagements near Bac Lieu and along highway 13. Premier Nguyen Khanh visited Pleiku amid peace talks offers and remarks on U.S. options to win the war.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Pleiku
Khanh
United States
Bac Lieu
U.S
Tshombe accuses Arab leaders of Congo plot
Premier Moise Tshombe charged that Gamal Abdel Nasser Ahmed Ben Bella and Modibo Keïta plotted to kill Congo leaders. He ordered Egyptian and Algerian citizens to leave the Congo while U.N. technicians and others from Cairo remain allowed under exceptions.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
United Arab Republic
Algeria
Mali
Congo
Tshombe
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ahmed Ben Bella
Modibo Kella
West African Republic
Cairo
Brazzaville
U.A.R
United Na
U.N
Two Major Auto Strikes Persist Across North America
Detroit AP reports the AMC strike near settlement while General Motors stalls on local demands affecting 65 of 130 bargaining units. The walkouts idle over 327,000 workers in the United States and Canada, with GM suffering 300,000 affected. AMC and UAW disclose a revised profit sharing plan tied to profits, limiting extra benefits and removing stock distributions.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
General Motors
United States
Canada
United Auto Workers Union
AMC
Kelvinator
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ford
Chrysler
Edward Cushman
UAW
Douglas Fraser
Warm, Clear Skies Predominate in Twin Cities
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies in the Twin Cities with warm weather into tonight. Monday will bring more clouds and cooler temperatures, with a high around 80 to 84 degrees and a low near 48 to 52. No rain was recorded at Selman Field on Saturday.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Laborites Decry Red China's Nuclear Test in London
Britain’s Labour government voiced deep disappointment over China’s nuclear test in its first foreign policy statement. It affirmed faith in the Western alliance and said China is not yet eligible for full membership, while signaling the deterrent may wane over time.
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London
Britain
China
Iance
Nuclear Club
Laborites
Red China
Labor
Asia
Western Alliance
Southeast Asia
Malaysia
F111 Warplane Rollout Signals US Military Flexibility Drive
The United States pushes the F111 program amid fears from China and the Soviet Union. McNamara argues the plane offers range of a transport, payload of a bomber, and agility of a fighter. First flight is planned by year end with initial deliveries to the tactical Air Force in late 1966.
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Washington
China
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Moscow
National Security Council
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
United States
McNamara
Asia
Fort Worth
General Dynamics Corp
Air Force
Navy
Tactical Air Force
West Quitting Berlin Posts Spark Soviet Calls For Peace
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Central Committee under Brezhnev and Kosygin urged an end to nuclear weapons tests and the removal of Western forces from Berlin. Pravda warned against Khrushchev era excess while signaling a shift toward Western friendship and world peace.
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Moscow
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Pravda
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
United States of America
Khrushchev
Johnson
Kremlin
Communist Party First
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Khrushchevy
Party
Red Square
Brezhnev
Kosygin
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the United Way
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James McQueary
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Debbie
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