Johnson Tours Midwest Devastation AF Drops Leaflets In Propaganda Bid
UPI reports American bombers and 1600 mph F4C jets struck North Viet Nam targets while dropping 3 million propaganda leaflets warning of continued air strikes unless Hanoi stops fighting. Marines increased to 8,000 at Da Nang as a Viet Cong youth leader Le Dau was executed by firing squad in Da Nang.
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UPI
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Viet Nam
U.S
Navy
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le Dau
Vong Hoi
Ha Tinh
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Thanh Hoa
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Air Force
Johnson pledges swift federal aid to flood tornado victims
President Johnson toured flood and tornado devastation in Indiana and pledged prompt federal assistance under existing programs for families and communities harmed by the Palm Sunday disasters. He promised efficient aid as he reviewed wreckage in Dunlap and spoke with survivors before heading to Minnesota.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Johnson
Minnesota
South Bend-Elkhaart
Indiana
Length Bend
Elkhart
Dunlap
Midwest
Harvey Laird
Karl Sharkey
Sharkey
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Toledo
Ohio
Dun‘lap
Illinois
Wisconsin
Concord Township
Jury Re-Elects T. W. Humphries As President
Ouachita Parish Police Jury re elected T W Humphries as president for a second one year term by acclamation. Webb Roberts was re elected as vice president. The meeting also set new dates for sessions and approved a diesel tractor bid from Louisiana Machinery at 26826 while weed killer bids were referred to engineer Herb Collins for study.
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T. W. Humphries
Ouachita Parish
Webb Roberts
Lloyd Coon
Humphries
M. W. Montgomery
Louisiana Machinery
Southern Equipment Co
Herb Collins
Subdivision Ordinance Adopted by Ouachita Parish Jury
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury passed an ordinance to regulate subdivision construction, requiring preliminary plat approval, three street inspections by the parish engineer, and street tests. The measure, backed by the construction industry, becomes effective in 30 days and excludes zoning rules. Dist. Atty. Lassiter attended. Mayor Van and Bertha Kincaid supported it.
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Sam Hanna
Ouachita Parish
A. E. Montgomery Jr
Montgomery
Ward 3
Bernie van
Van
Albin P. Lassiter
Bertha Kincaid
Monroe Utilities closes offices for Good Friday
The Monroe Utilities Commission announced offices will be closed Friday for Good Friday. Emergency calls will be handled by crews on duty. Cecil Williams Jr. seeks presidency of the LSU Agricultural and Home Economics Alumni Association. The mail ballot election ends during the Spring Alumni Weekend April 30 to May 1.
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Monroe Utilities Commission
Monroyan
LSU
Cecil Williams Jr
LSU Agricultural and Home Economics Alumni Association
Gardens Bloom in Spring at Irene Reid Home
In Monroe the welcoming signs of spring appear in the gardens of Mrs. Irene S. Reid at 1621 Emerson St. The grounds teem with caladiums blue petunias and marigolds alongside numerous roses and flowering bushes and trees creating a colorful year round display.
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Monroe
Irene S. Reid
Emerson St
Today's Chuckle The Tongue Is The Deadliest
A wry line notes that speech can harm as much as a blunt instrument. It highlights the power of words in a humorous, punchy quip suitable for a light column.
Wilson and Thant Hold Viet Nam Peace Talks in New York
In New York British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and U.N. Secretary General U Thant held a private hour long meeting to discuss Viet Nam peace efforts ahead of Wilson’s talks with President Johnson. The discussions touched on a Cambodia neutrality formula and possible Geneva style negotiations, with Thant stressing speed in starting talks and both officials reviewing Johnson’s billion dollar Southeast Asia development program.
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Harold Wilson
U.N
U Thant
Wilson
Johnson
New York
Thant
U.S
Southeast Asia
Patrick Gordon Walker
Cambodia
United States
China
Viet Nam
Baltimore
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eugene R. Black
Saigon Launches Purity Drive Across Night Spots
Saigon authorities broaden a morality campaign by banning twists and strip teases in public entertainment. Dancers may wear bikinis but cannot perform stripping. The drive echoes earlier bans under President Ngo Dinh Diem, extended by Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Old Wooden Ear of Angola Fame Cleared in Killing
William E. Sadler known as Old Wooden Ear was acquitted of 1930 slaying of Salt Lake socialite Dorothy Dexter Moormeister after a 12 juror verdict. He confessed briefly in Pearsall jail but testified he invented the confession as fiction to escape. Judge and district attorney noted his long criminal record and suspect testimony.
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Salt Lake City
William E. Sadler
Louisiana
Dorothy Dexter Moormeister
Utah
Sadler
Moormeister
Pearsall
Tex
Salt City
Frank
Texas
Jay Banks
Angola
United States Rejects Viet Cong War End Proposals
U S officials rejected a North Vietnamese proposal to end the war, calling it a bid to hand South Vietnam to the Communists. Washington said Hanoi controls the Viet Cong and will seek international guarantees to stop infiltration. Air strikes against North Vietnam will continue into the monsoon season, targeting highways, bridges, radar sites and depots.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
State Department
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Monroe Area Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Skies
The Monroe area will see partly cloudy skies today and Thursday with a chance of thundershowers late tonight and Thursday. No temperature change, but a slight uptick to a high of 80 to 86 and a low of 65 to 70. East and southeast winds 8 to 16 mph. Tuesday's high reached 77 with a 60 overnight low.
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Monroe
Charge Dismissed in Klan Arrest Case in Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama the federal government moved to dismiss a civil rights charge against one of four Ku Klux Klansmen arrested after the killing of a Detroit housewife. The dismissal came today at the government's request.
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Montgomery
Ala
Detroit
Alabama Solon Promises Facts On Selma March
Rep. William L. Dickinson of Alabama said he will substantiate in depth in two weeks his charges that Communists were involved in the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march and that marchers engaged in drunkenness and sex orgies. He obtained permission to address the House on April 27 and will prove the charges he made in a March 30 floor speech. He delayed his speech last week because the baseball opening game drew everyone away.
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Washington (Ap
William L. Dickinson
R-Ala
House of Representatives
California Eyes National Ad Campaign To Woo Business
Sacramento UPI reports California the most populous state faces a new war between the states. Lewis M. Holland commissioner of the state Economic Development Agency asks the governor and Legislature to fund a national advertising drive at 100000 dollars yearly to attract business and counter rival states.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Lewis M. Holland
State Economic Development Agency
Lincoln Assassination Booths Downfall Blamed On Ghost
Washington AP recalls the Lincoln assassination centennial with reflections from Ford s Theater where John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. The piece recounts Booth s escape, a fractured leg on stage, and his death after capture, along with the hangings and prison terms that followed.
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Washington
Ford
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
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