U S Planes Bomb Viet Cong Targets Amid Saigon Attack
U S bombers and Navy aircraft struck North and South Viet Nam as fighting continued near the 17th Parallel. A terrorist assault on the Victoria Hotel in Saigon killed three Americans and at least three Vietnamese, injuring 113. Vietnamese police detained two suspects linked to the attack.
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North
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Binh Dinh
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Laos
Air Force
Navy
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Vinh
Magia Pass
North Vietnamese Panhandle
U.S. Victoria
Fire fatal for brother of Senator Rayburn
John Daniel Rayburn 51 brother of State Sen B B Rayburn died when flames gutted the bedroom at his mother's Bogalusa home. Services set for Saturday at 2 pm with burial in Rio. Survivors include widow Grace Stra han, mother, father Thomas J Rayburn, four daughters and three sons, one sister and three brothers including Senator Rayburn.
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John Daniel Rayburn
B. B. Rayburn
Pam
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Grace Strahan
Thomas J Rayburn
Mary Kay Rayburn
Clarissa Rayburn
Jackson
Sylvia Rayburn
Washington State
Diane Rayburn
Minneapolis
Kenneth
Butler
Ala
Gregory
Danny
Ossie Lee Rizan
Baton Rouge
Senator Rayburn
Thomas Rayburn
Robert E. Rayburn
Antidraft demonstrators begin 20 day jail terms in Boston
Nine members of an antidraft group began 20 day jail terms after refusing to pay $20 fines for littering and blocking an Army base. Eleven were arrested a week earlier at the Boston base. two who were fined appealed to superior court.
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Boston
Boston Army Base
Twin Cities Soldier Heads Home on Leave Before Viet Nam
Private Clifton Boyte son of Mr and Mrs Everette Boyte of 101 Evergreen St West Monroe returned home March 19 from Fort Lee Va on leave before deployment to Viet Nam He will depart April 6 for Seigon to serve in the U S Army quartermaster corps Jerry A Brown of Monroe spoke at Louisiana State University's 13th annual Institute on Mineral Law discussing Right Capacity and Authority to Enter Into Mineral Transactions in Louisiana Attendees included lawyers and oil executives from throughout Louisiana and neighboring states
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Everette Boyte
Evergreen St
West Monroe
Fort Lee
Viet Nam
Seigon
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. Army
Jerry A. Brown
Monroe
Louisiana State University
Institute On Mineral Law
Brown
Louisiana
Slightly Cooler Forecast for Monroe Area
The Monroe forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Saturday with a cooler trend. Daytime highs near 80 to 86 and tonight’s low around 46 to 54.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
New Mental Health Center Slated Here
A regional mental health center costing about 400000 will be built in Monroe by the Department of Hospitals. Dr. William P. Addison said the facility is planned and satellite centers may follow in Ruston, Columbia and either Tallulah or Delhi, each at about 400000. Funds come from federal and state sources, with site selection pending a five acre minimum plot.
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Department of Hospitals
William P. Addison
Department
Monroe Area
Ruston
Columbia
Tallulah
Delhi
Monroe Center
State Department
L. Harper
LMA Considers Trail er Home Tax Authority and Revenue Rise
Baton Rouge AP: Louisiana mayors seek legislative power to tax trailer homes to fund schools as they argue trailers pay no local taxes. Mayors also push a tobacco tax reform plan raising municipal shares from the state fund and retaining surplus for towns and cities.
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Baton Rouge
Louwisiaa
David Kahn
Morgan City
Wreck kills Boyce man near Alexandria
A 48 year old Boyce resident Has kell Yates was killed in a two car crash on La. Hwy. 1 twelve miles west of Alexandria just after 6 30 a m Marion C Doc Burnham mayor of Cullen Webster Parish was injured and transported to Baptist Hospital in satisfactory condition State Police said Yates lost control skidded into oncoming traffic another driver avoided impact by leaving the road Cullen lies near Springhill with about 2100 residents
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Haskell Yates
la. Hwy
Marion C
Doc) Burnham
Cullen
Webster Parish
Baptist Hospital
Yates
Burnham Yates
Burnham
Louisiana Municipal Association
Baton Rouge
Springhill
U.S. Forces In Vietnam Rise in March
U.S. officials report ground forces in South Vietnam increased by 15,000 in March to about 230,000, with total U.S. forces in and around South Vietnam surpassing 90,000. The Pentagon notes 34,600 draft calls planned for May, all Army, but expects no sharp draft quota rise due to strong volunteer enlistments.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Robert Lee
U.S
Japan
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Word Awaited From Kidnaper
Miami Beach AP report notes no word from the kidnaper of 18 year old Daniel Goldman. The youth was taken from his Surfside home early Monday by a gunman who demanded $20,000 then $25,000 in ransom, forcing Goldman to dress at gunpoint and leaving in the family car.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Daniel Goldman
Daniel
Goldmans
Solons Okay Hike For State Budget
Baton Rouge lawmakers recess the Budget Committee after agreeing to a 1966 67 state budget hike of 40 million dollars. No implemented teacher pay raises are included though districts may fund full raises locally. The plan adds 4.5 million for partial civil service pay, raises minimum hourly pay to 1.25, funds for safety, hospitals, Angola, higher education, and new personnel.
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Baton Rouge
UPS
Legislative Budget Committee
Louisiana Teachers Association
Louisiana School, Boards Association
Civil Service Department
Mittee
Department of Public Safety
Bomb Recovery Effort Continues Off Palomares Coast
The H-bomb recovery operation off Palomares Beach Spain presses on under stricter secrecy as weather and currents affect progress. U S Air Force and Madrid officials say they have updates while Spanish officials warn the job may take a long time due to depth and conditions.
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Palomares Beach
Spain
U.S. Air Force
Madrid
Housewives Run For Fitness Light Amid Alabama Pressures
In Birmingham Alabama six housewives exercise on a regular basis with twice weekly YMCA sessions led by Marion Phillips. She promotes fitness as a lifestyle to ease daily stress and reduce tension among housewives and men on the track.
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Alabama
Phillips
Birmingham
Ala
Marion Phillips
John Schoene
Wesley Turner
Beverly Campbell
Lower Court Work Order Still Stands
A federal appeals court let stand a lower court back to work order amid the eight railroad firemen strike. The 2 1 ruling sent the strike’s fate back to AFL CIO leader H E Gilbert with Judge Bazelon dissenting.
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Washington
Court of Appeals
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive
Walter M. Bastian
Warren E. Burger
Union
The
Order of US. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
David L. Bazelon
Louisiana Liquor Price-Fix Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The Louisiana Supreme Court overturned a 1964 statute, ruling the liquor price fixing law unconstitutional. The decision, 4 3, held the act violated due process protections and failed to promote temperance, while requiring wholesalers to add 10 percent over cost and retailers 20 percent over wholesale cost.
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Louisiana Supreme Court
High Court
Today's Chuckle An Acquaintance Insight
An acquaintance is someone we know well enough to borrow from but not closely enough to lend to. The saying humorously contrasts familiarity with lending boundaries.
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