Beulah Flood Swamp Texas Coast to Rio Grande Valley
Hurricane Beulah battered the Texas coast and drove a flood surge up the Rio Grande Valley. Officials warned of major flooding from Rio Grande City to the Gulf as thousands fled, while Red Cross reported over 114 000 refugees in 274 shelters and emergency crews deployed to aid victims.
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Beulah
Reynosa
Rio Bravo
McAllen
Tex
Caribbean
Yucatan Peninsula
Texas
Rio Grande
Rio Grande City
Gulf of Mexico
Red Cross
Haven
W. E. Walker
International Boundary and Water Commission
Walker
Falcon Dam
Victoria
Tactical Air Command
Air Force
Corpus Christi
Calallen
Sinton
Port Isabel
Gulf
Los Ebanos
Roma
Brownsville
Alice
John B. Connally
Rio Grande Valley
OAS Ministers Debate Cuba Threat and Bolivian Guerrilla Ties
Washington reports the OAS meeting opened with charges of Castro aggression and Che Guevara joining Bolivian guerrillas. Johnson urged force against indirect aggression and backed the Alliance for Progress with $900 million extra for the Inter-American Bank over three years.
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Washington
Hemisphere
Cuba
Che
Guevara
Bolivia
Johnson
Organization of American States Ministers
Havana
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
White House
Fidel Castro
Alliance For Progress
Hemisphere Economic and Social Development
Congress
Inter- American Bank
OAS
Venezuela
Conflicting Vietnam News Sparks Debate On War Worth State
Adm. Grant Sharp confirms North Vietnamese use of Cambodian sanctuaries to attack U.S. forces. Jets strike DMZ while Hanoi artillery shells southern positions for fifth day as President Johnson weighs the war’s price.
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U.S. Grant Sharp
Cambodia
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
U S Plans 15 to 20 Antimissile Complexes Nationwide
The Pentagon announced a Nike X ABM defense plan using 15 to 20 antimissile complexes across the United States. Each antimissile costs about 1 million dollars, with initial contracts of 5 billion dollars to be awarded in about six months.
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Washington
United States
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
New York City Teachers Reach Tentative Settlement
A tentative agreement ending the NYC teachers strike was being put in writing as 1.1 million public school pupils prepared to return to classes. The Board of Education faced accusations of stalling while Albert Shanker urged prompt termination of a deal based on promises.
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New York
New York City
Board of Education
Albert Shanker
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Hendricks couple complete year study in laboratory technique
Mr and Mrs Curtis Hendricks of Monroe finish a one year intensive course at Gradwohl School of Laboratory Technique in St Louis Missouri and will begin a six month hospital internship before receiving their diplomas to become qualified medical laboratory technologists.
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Curtis Hendricks
Monroe Area
Gradwohl School of
St. Louis
Clyde Wiggins Reaches 25th Birthday in Monroe
Clyde Wiggins at 313 North 2nd Street Monroe turns 25 today. The item notes his upcoming milestone as he enters the second quarter of life and points to a continuation of his Ramblin column on Page 2-A.
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Clyde Wiggins
N. 2Nd St
Monroe
Jes’ Ramblin
Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana This Week
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies today through Sunday with a 20 percent chance of scattered thundershowers on Sunday. Highs 80 to 85 and lows 60 to 66, with northeast winds 8 to 16 mph. Delta region talks of drying conditions. no rain today. Selman Field in the Twin Cities logged a high of 88 and a low of 71 with no rain reported.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Delta
Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
New Survey For Road Is Ordered
A Louisiana North South expressway survey favored Shreveport over Monroe but was ruled outdated and a new study ordered. The panel will include Arkansas and Missouri routes, with a four month finish aimed at linking Shreveport and Monroe Ruston corridors.
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Shreveport
Monroe
Arkansas
Louisiana
Winthrop Rockefeller
Missouri
Roy Sessums
Louisiana Expressway Authority
Ruston
Jamar Adcock
George Holstead
Northeast Louisiana
Jim Smith
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Holstead
Halstead
Smith
Adcock
Arkansas State Line
Richard Guidry
Lafourche Parish
North Louisiana
New Orleans
Guidry
Lafitte—Cutoff
Mayor Demands Duty Suspension Of Two Officials
New Orleans mayor calls for Aaron Mintz and Rene Duffour to recuse themselves from Vieux Carre Commission duties while facing public bribery charges. Schiro, in Washington, says all city board members must avoid improper conduct and defend themselves.
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New Orleans
Vieux Carre Commission
Aaron Mintz
Rene J. Duffour
Victor H. Schiro
Washington
U S Jets Bomb DMZ as North Vietnamese Batter South
U S jets unleashed heavy bombing along the DMZ on Friday and into Saturday with Phantoms and B57s striking the northern edge while B52s, naval bombardments, and artillery pounded North Vietnamese targets. Six Marines were killed and 56 wounded at Con Thien amid shelling.
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Con Thien
U.S. Marine
U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Izvestia
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Thanh Hoa
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
9Th Marine Regiment
Associated Press
Henri Huet
da Nang
Regents Name Charles J Hitech UC President
The Board of Regents unanimously chose Charles J Hitech as president of the University of California to succeed ousted Clark Kerr effective January 1. The 57 year old economist has served as a UC vice president since 1965 and was hired from the Defense Department by Kerr amid student demonstrations. The selection ends an eight month search led by Regent Philip L Boyd.
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Los Angeles
Board of Regents
Charles J. Hitech
University of California
Clark Kerr
Kerr
California
Defense Department
Regents
Berkeley
Hitch
Philip L. Boyd
Rhodes
Defense
McNamara
Pentagon
Kenneddy
The
University
West Monroe Votes Today on Sewage Plant Bond Issue
West Monroe residents cast ballots from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in nine precincts of Ward 5 on a $2 095 000 bond to fund a sewage treatment plant and water system upgrades. The plan, urged by Mayor W B Hatten, requires no tax millage change and would raise water bills about 1 85 per month per meter.
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West Monroe
State Department of Health
Ouachita River
W. B
Bert) Hatten
Hatten
TV Union Ends Talks With ABC and NBC
A broad cast technicians union ended negotiations with ABC and NBC and called its members out on strike. NABET said ABC rejected new proposals and NBC had not spoken about offers. AFTRA members may honor picket lines, possibly affecting live shows.
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New York
American Broadcasting Co
National Broadcasting Co
ABC
Afl-Cio National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians
Roy W. Davis
NABET
NBC
Holt
Afl-Cio American Federation of Television and
Davis
AFTRA
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Austin
Guadalupe River
South Texas
Mexico
St. Bernard Parish
Jack Rowley
Bernard Goldfine
Maureen Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ernesto
Che’’ Guevara
Andrei Gromyko
Vietnam
N. Y
Milo Dakin
Truong Thanh
Saigon
Air Force Phantoms
Charles J
California Regents
An Truong Thanh
National
Thanh
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
National Police
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Thanhi
Loan
Truong Dinh Dzu
Nguyen van Thieu
Dzu
TV Union
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