Massive air strike clash with MIGs over North Viet Nam
US Navy Phantom jets top covered the air battle 25 miles from Red China as 140 Navy planes and 80 Air Force jets attacked Tam Da bridge and two other targets. A Skyhawk was shot down and a Marine pilot rescued. About 3,000 Marines to be landed at Da Nang and Hue area.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Red China
Eiesmen
U.S
Viet Nam
da Nang
Hue
Gustav C. Hertz
Leesburg
Feking
North
Navy
Angry Whites Attack March In Bogalusa
In Bogalusa Louisiana a civil rights march led by James Farmer of CORE was halted by white hecklers as police tried to shield marchers mostly teenagers. A police car struck a white man and another assailant struck a Negro youth, causing pandemonium before officers used oxygen on the injured man.
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Bogalusa
City Hall
Jesse H. Cutter
Selma
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Louisiana
Broad Columbia St
Farmer
Asst
L. C. Terrell
Linda Darnell Burned in Glenview House Fire
Actress Linda Darnell, 41, suffered third degree burns over much of her head and arms in an early morning blaze at the Glenview home of friends. Patricia Curtis, 16, and neighbor David Mudhenk were also injured as firemen battled the flames and a sofa fire caused about $10,000 in damage.
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Glenview, Ill
Linda Darnell
Home of
Friends
Miss Darnell
Skokie Valley Hospital
Patricia Curtis
Richard Curtis
Curtis
Glenview
Chicago
Pheasant Run
Burns
Dike Crews Withdraw as Minnesota River Flood Rises
About 5,000 residents fled their homes in Mankato as dike crews retreated from the Minnesota River flood, the worst in state history. Water and ice climbed to 28.75 feet, roughly 10 feet above flood stage, with levels steady for hours.
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Mankato, Minn
Minnesota
U S Awaits Hanoi Word On LBJ Peace Talks Offer
U S leaders await North Viet Nam reaction to President Johnson's offer of unconditional peace talks. Washington officials discount a Chinese rejection, citing Vietnam's decision as decisive. The piece also covers Senate Finance Committee hearings after Easter on a major health bill and notes weather and flood evacuations in southern Minnesota with Gov. Rolvaag touring affected areas.
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Washington
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
China
North Viet Nam
Peking
Baltimore
United States
City Bond Sale Yields More Than Expected
Mayor W L Jack Howard announced the city captured a favorable market in New York reinvesting 20 million dollars in revenue bonds. The Utilities Commission authorized the sale to the Haley Stuart Syndicate, with bonds bought at a yield about 10000 dollars higher than recent days. The resold issue aims to save about 2 million dollars, Howard said, in a bid session at City Hall.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
New York
Mel Cook
Halsey-Stuart Syndicate
Howard
When Success Goes To A Man's Head
A brief saying notes that success can corrupt without harming the person physically. It contrasts triumph with danger to character, warning that achievement may inflate pride even as it fails to affect physical well being.
Monroe attorney to address new Brookhaven group
Pascal Norris, a Monroe attorney, will speak tonight to a new organization on Whitworth College campus in Brookhaven. The Christian Conservative Leadership Council formed the state conservative group and expects visitors next week from the Gangstad and Ellington families.
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Monroe
Pascal Norris
Brookhaven
Miss
New State
Whitworth College
Christian Conservative Leadership Council
J. S. Gangstad
Robert Ellington
N. 3Rd St
Robert Gangstad
Indianapolis
Ind
Senate tour planned after House approves Medicare bill
President Johnson's $6 billion Medicare and Social Security expansion passes House 313 to 115 with party splits on funding. Senate action expected in eight weeks as Republicans lift party restraints, leading to a wide Democratic victory margin on final passage and key votes.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
General Treasury
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Senate Defeats Proviso On School Aid Bill
The Senate rejected a 53 to 32 amendment allowing lawsuits to challenge religious school aid in the $1.3 billion school bill. Supporters warned delays could block aid for five million children, while opponents like Wayne Morse argued such suits could halt passage for years.
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Washington
Senate
Lee Johnson
Sam J. Ervin Jr. Jr
Boan Long
Tupawek Lake Discussions Set
Proposals for creation of Tupawek Lake in West Monroe will be discussed at a joint committee meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce office. The session includes the Chamber civic improvement committee chaired by Bob Kennedy and the Ouachita outdoor recreation committee chaired by Sam Hanna. The groups will review work done to date on the project.
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Tupawek Lake
West Monroe
Warm Weather Outlook for Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies and continued warm temperatures are forecast for northeast Louisiana today and Saturday with highs of 82 to 86 and lows of 65 to 69. Southeasterly winds near eight mph. The forecast calls for partly to mostly cloudy skies with a chance of a shower. Monroe's high was 87 and the overnight low 69.
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Louisiana
Monroe
West Monroe Faces Sewage Plant Decision Deadline
West Monroe must decide on a proposed sewage treatment facility within 10 days. A one year option on 152.5 acres outside the city expires April 20 after a $1,000 payment to I. B. Haynes. An advisory committee has not reached a decision, with engineer W S Nash having prepared four planning alternatives dated February 15, 1964. State health officials urge action to treat sewage before discharging into the Ouachita River.
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West Monroe
I. B. Haynes
Citizens’ Advisory
W. S. Nash
H. B. Balfour
Nash
Ouachita River
State Board of Health
Twin Cities
Sterlington
Monroe
Alcoholics Anonymous
Louisiana Training Institute
Lester High
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Smith
Civil rights march draws 500 to Camden courthouse
Civil rights demonstrators in Camden Alabama marched with more than five hundred participants to the county courthouse without incident. The orderly action contrasted with a similarly sizable but disruptive march seen in a Louisiana city.
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Camden
Ala
Louisiana
Strong Dosage Voting Bill Advances In House Judiciary
The voting rights bill described as strong dosage won passage from a House Judiciary subcommittee by a wide bipartisan margin. Chairman Emanuel Celler said the tough measure adds provisions to aid Black voters nationwide while sticking to the administration's original framework. The bill moves to the full committee with support from most members, despite Republican objections from Rep. William Cramer.
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Washington
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
William C. Cramer
R-Fla
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Celler
Short-Lived Viet Mutiny in Saigon Fails
A mutiny by 20 young naval officers against Adm. Chung Tan Cang collapsed. Cang was back in command in Saigon and the mutineers largely surrendered or fled to a refuge on the Saigon River.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Chung Tan Cang
Cang
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