Vietnamese Camp Wiped Out By Reds Near Saigon
A Viet Cong victory 15 miles south of Saigon overran a South Vietnamese self defense post at Phuoc Loi in Long An Province. 28 South Vietnamese were killed, 36 wounded, 37 missing, and 115 weapons seized. The attack, supported by possible inside help, targeted watchtowers and barracks as heavy mortar fire followed. Long An lies in a critical rear area for Premier Khanh's counterinsurgency plan near the capital.
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Tan AN
Viet Nam
Saigon
Nguyen Khanh
Long An
South Viet Nam
Phuoc Loi
7Th Division
Khanh
Teacher Pay Increases Drive Louisiana School Budget Rise
Baton Rouge AP reports the Legislative Budget Committee reviews a proposed 267.9 million dollar public school budget, up 52.7 million from current spending, with most of the increase 144.0 million for a higher salary schedule for teachers and staff. Gov elect McKeithen supports higher pay within available finances. Full implementation could cost 51 million in one year for college personnel. The package funds retirement 20.5 million, lunch 11.08 million, books 7.85 million, with added federal match and other line items.
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United School Committee
John McKeithen
Jimmie H. Davis
Emergency session urged to avert national rail strike
Secretary of Labor Wirtz pressed emergency talks to head off a midnight nationwide rail strike. After an all night session, negotiations continued with union leaders and railroads joining. President Johnson expressed grave concern over potential economic damage if no agreement is reached.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
H. E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Gilbert
Charles Luna
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad
Johnson
LSU Cadets Read and Hargus Promoted to Private First Class
William W Read and George W Hargus of Monroe are promoted to private first class in LSU Army ROTC. Both are freshmen riflemen. Read is son of Mr and Mrs John Read of 1811 Jackson Street and member of the Society of Foresters. Hargus, son of Mrs G W Hargus of 303 Howard Street, belongs to the Pershing Rifles honorary military society at LSU.
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William W. Read
George W. Hargus
Monroe
Louisiana State University
John Read
Jackson St
Read
Society of Foresters
Hargus
G. W. Hargus
Howard St
Pershing Rifles
Lsu
Norfolk Awaits Homecoming For Old Soldier MacArthur
Norfolk prepares for the return and burial of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The body will arrive at 3 30 p m at the Norfolk Naval Air Station then be moved by hearse and caisson to the memorial museum for public view and a rotunda service.
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Norfolk
Naval Center
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
D.C
Norfolk Naval Air Station
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News- Star---World
Concert Choir Heads to Greensboro for Sacred Music concert
The Northeast State College Concert Choir left by chartered bus for Greensboro North Carolina to participate in a sacred music concert on Sunday.
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Northeast State College
Greensboro
N. C
Chuckle That You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You
A lighthearted item notes a playful jab about ignorance and humor, urging readers to smile at themselves. It frames a common joke about being mistaken yet invites a casual, self deprecating reaction.
Voters Befuddle Political Pros
Washington AP reports anxious political pros question voter behavior as Alabama’s segregationist governor wins about 35 percent in a nearly all white Wisconsin Democratic primary. Explanations range from crossovers to Wallace appeals and civil rights opposition, with indecision seen as a possibility.
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Washington
Alabama
Wisconsin
Wallace
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot Lodge
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Lodge
Massachusetts
Oregon
U.S
South Viet Nam
John W. Reynolds
Johnson
Johnson Sees Two Legislative Plums In House Action
In Washington the House passed two Johnson priorities. The food stamp program sailed 229 to 189 with strong Democratic support and GOP opposition. The wheat cotton subsidy bill advanced 211 to 203 after a late night vote amid tense proceedings. The measures move to the Senate where fate hangs on civil rights action.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Johnson
House
Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
John W. McCormack
Laurel Flood Recedes as Residents Return Home
Laurel Mississippi faced its worst flood on record with over 3,000 residents left homeless after two days of rising waters from rain swollen creeks. Red Cross shelters housed evacuees as officials warned damages could reach millions and state agencies monitored the situation with governor Johnson coordinating civil defense efforts.
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Laurel, Miss
Mississippi
Laurel and Jones County
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Paul Johnson
State Civil Defense
Meridian
Chilly Days and Nights Ahead in Ark La Miss Weather
Forecasters predict chilly afternoons and cold nights across the Ark La Miss region. Daytime highs range from 65 to 70 today and 68 to 72 Friday, with night lows about 40 to 45. Frost observed in northern Louisiana Delta. skies partly cloudy and northeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
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Ark- La-Miss
Louisiana Delta
Whetstone Defends Trade School Funding Stance
W. E. Whetstone of the Louisiana State Board of Education argues that vocational students cost $900 per pupil, far above high schools and even colleges. He defends a resolution to stop high schoolers from attending trade schools, amid opposition from superintendents who warn it could raise dropouts.
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W. E. Whetstone
State Board of Education
Whetstone
Louisiana
Milton Hall
Ouachita
J. G. Elliot
Union
James O. Lancaster
Concordia
Two Shreveport Women Die In Midland Crash
Two Shreveport women Sandra C. Phillips 21 and Zela D. Ranier 36 were killed when their car collided with a heavy oil equipment truck on U S Highway 80 in Midland Texas. The car went under the truck and traveled about 404 feet after impact. both women were thrown from the vehicle. The truck, driven by John L Johnson 27 of Odessa, pulled onto the highway from a crossroads and the driver was not injured.
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Midland
Tex
Shreveport
Sandra C. Phillips
Richmond Ave
Zela D. Ranier
Dream Terrace
John Farrell
John L. Johnson
Odessa
Farrell
Three Men Held For Embezzling From Oberlin Bank
Oberlin Louisiana AP report says three men including former bank manager John Cronan former assistant manager Lonnie Fontenot and ex used car dealer Joseph Manuel are charged with embezzling more than 60000 from the Calcasieu Marine National Bank over 12 years They were released on bonds of 3500 each U S Attorney Edward Shaheen of Shreveport announced Cronan and Fontenot were fired last March.
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Oberlin
Calcasieu-Marine National Bank
John Cronan
Lonnie Fontenot
Joseph G. Manuel
U.S. Atty
Edward L. Shaheen
Shreveport
Cronan
Fontent
McKeithen Seeks Tideland Deal With Johnson Visit
Gov elect John J. McKeithen and Atty Gen Jack P F Gremillion met President Lyndon Johnson at the White House at 10 30 a m Monroe time. The group also planned talks with Interior Secretary Udall and Solicitor General Cox on the Gulf tidelands dispute and a fund over 500 million dollars.
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Sam Hanna
John J. McKeithen
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Lyndon Johnson
White House
James W. Moore
Monroe
News-Star
Moore
McKeithen
Gremillion
Johnson
Louisiana
New York
Industralists
Erect McKeithen
Washington
John Sherrouse Jr
Louisiana Tidelands
Hale Boggs
New Orleans
Tidelands
Stewart L. Udall
Archibald Cox
Gulf of Mexico
Gus Weill
Marshall Brown
State Board of Education
Boggs
Otto FE. Passman
Bandits in Priest Garb Rob Three Homes for $1200
In Breaux Bridge Louisiana a gang of four or more men dressed as priests looted three homes, tied and tortured occupants, and escaped with $1,200 in cash checks and jewelry. Victims included Edmund Bergeron and John Guidry with Guidry subjected to torture. A second raid on Jim Lanciol’s Port Barre home yielded $500. Chief Sidney Castille notes possible one or two cars used.
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Breaux Bridge
John Guidry
Sidney Castille
Edmund Bergeron
Castille
Bergeron
Guidry
Jim Lanclois
Port Barre
Lanclois
Whitney calls MacArthur interview fictional nonsense
Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney denounces a claimed 10 year old interview with General Douglas MacArthur as fictional. Whitney, at MacArthur’s side when he died, rejects the piece reported by Jim G. Lucas of Scripps-Howard as untrue.
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Washington
Courtney Whitney
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur Denies Nonsense Interview Impugning Leaders
A purported exclusive interview attributed to Gen. MacArthur in 1954 is debunked as fictional by a cor respondent. The general is described as praising officers Maxwell D. Taylor Matthew Ridgway and John E. Hull and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The note confirms Ridgway replaced Walton Walker in Korea after Walker’s death.
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Gen. MacArthur
Maxwell D. Taylor
Matthew Ridgway
John E. Hull
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ridgway
Walton Walker
8Th Army
Korea
Pickets Arrested at Leflore County Courthouse
In Greenwood Mississippi sixteen demonstrators were arrested after refusing to clear a courthouse line. In Brussels Premier Lefevre announced immediate talks with 12000 doctors and dentists on strike for nine days. In Rio de Janeiro military and congressional leaders approved a broad purge law for leftists and sent it to Brasilia. In London Prime Minister Douglas-Home said fall elections will be held. In Jackson testimony in the Byron De La Beckwith murder trial was delayed due to jury deliberation issues.
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Greenwood, Miss
Leflore County
Brussels
Belgium
Theo Lefevres
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Congress
Brasilia
London
UPI
Alec Douglas- Home
Britain
Jackson, Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Khrushchev Blasts China Over World Communism
In Budapest Premier Khrushchev accused Communist China of irresponsibly playing with the destiny of millions and warned that its spasmodic efforts to subordinate world communism will end in shameful failure.
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Budapest
Hungary
Khrushchev
Oklahoma Judges Charged With Tax Evasion
Federal indictments accuse Justice Earl Welch and supernumerary Judge N S Corn of evading about 25000 in income taxes. Welch, 72, has 32 years on the Oklahoma Supreme Court and Corn, 80, served 24 years before semi retirement. Both are Democrats and face prison and fines if convicted. They offered no comment.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Earl Welch
N. S. Corn
U.S. Dist. Atty. B
Andrew Potter
U.S
Welch
Corn
Supreme Court
Gemini Sign Depicted by Ancient Cultures
In astronomy Gemini the third Zodiac sign is illustrated as Castor and Pollux by Greek sources and as a couple of you kids in Egyptian tradition. Arabians visualized it as a pair of peacocks according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Gemini
Castor
Pollux
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
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Laurel
Harrisburg
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Oklahoma
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