Joint Pullback Of Troops Proposed To Reds South Vietnam Peace Chance
South Vietnam offered new to talk peace with North Vietnam and proposed mutual force pullback from the demilitarized zone with de escalation. A U S spokesman said the proposal followed talks with U S officials and the U S welcomed it. The drive in the Mekong Delta 42 miles southwest of Saigon continued as U S and South Vietnamese forces reported 90 enemy killed and three Americans killed. Korean divisions neared a linkup on Highway 1 extending allied control 235 miles from Qui Nhon to Tan Lam, with 10 000 Korean troops and 830 Communist casualties claimed.
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South Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
North Vietnam
Mekong Delta
U.S
Hue
Imperial
Mekong
Song Cau
White Horse Division
Tuy Hoa
Qui Nhon
Tan Lam
Gremillion Plans Another Appeal Over School Desegregation
In Baton Rouge officials vowed to pursue a U S Supreme Court appeal after the 5th Circuit and Supreme Court rejected delays on blocking total desegregation. Attorney General Gremillion and Education Superintendent Dodd voiced determination to continue the fight as schools prepare to desegregate this fall. Governors in Alabama Georgia and Mississippi discussed the ruling.
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U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Gremillion
Supreme Court
Louisiana
William J. Dodd
United States Supreme Court
Dodd
Mack Avants
Avants
5Th Circuit
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Texas
John McKeithen
Ouachita River Funds Approved for Flood Control
The House authorized 465 million dollars for flood control work in the Ouachita and White River basins. Louisiana and Arkansas will share 8 million for Ouachita Basin projects while Arkansas Missouri and Louisiana share 2 million for White River Basin work. Funds cover fiscal year 1968 and become available in the 1968 summer and fall construction seasons.
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Washington
UPI
Louisiana
House
Ouachita
White River
Arkansas
Missouri
Senate
Congress
Governor McKeithen Goes On Acapulco Vacation
Gov. John McKeithen departs Baton Rouge this afternoon for a three day vacation in Acapulco as guest of Willard Robertson of New Orleans. Mayor Victor Schiro of New Orleans joins the trip, urged by Robertson for some time.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Acapulco
Willard Robertson
New Orleans
Victor Schiro
McKeithen
Robertson
Fatima Altar Society Banquet Set at Holiday Inn
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes the Our Lady of Fatima Altar Society annual banquet on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Holiday Inn Louisville Avenue. Yeoman Seaman Jack E Cook U S Navy son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Cook of Raymond Drive West Monroe is ordered to the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Virginia for a three week survival course before duty at Naval Support Activities Da Nang Vietnam. He is a West Monroe High School graduate previously stationed at the Naval Auxiliary Air Station Meridian Mississippi.
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Our Lady of Fatima Altar Society
Holiday Inn
Louisville Avenue
Jack E. Cook
U. S. Navy
Elmer Cook
Raymond Drive
West Monroe
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Virginia
da Nang
Vietnam
Jack
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Meridian
Miss
Brezhnev Calls for Soviet China Unity in Vietnam Aid
Soviet leader Brezhnev urged unity of action with China and other socialist states to aid Vietnam against the United States. He spoke in East Berlin while warning West Germany against Nazi sympathies and said full Soviet bloc cooperation would quicken a victory for Vietnam. Western officials doubted a renewed Berlin threat.
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Central Committee
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
West Germany
Vietnam
West Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Surveyor 3 Course Corrects on Way to Moon Landing
PASADENA Calif AP Surveyor 3 fired a midcourse correction and re aligned with the sun and Canopus for navigation as it nears the Sea of Storms. The 2283 pound craft aims for a Wednesday evening touchdown and plans to extend its spidery digging arms after impact to test surface load carrying.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
U.S
United States
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technolog
California
Mojave
Earth
Surveyor 3
Moon
Police, FBI Hunt Couple Said Kidnapped
Irving Texas and Louisiana authorities and the FBI searched for Buddye Wayne Lavender and Carolyn Gay Lavender after a caller claimed the newlyweds were bound and gagged. The couple had honeymooned in Dallas and headed toward New Orleans when contacted. The caller gave no ransom demand and similar calls had targeted the bride’s mother about Ty Cobb, who was said to be abducted but later found unharmed.
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Irving, Tex
Texas
Louisiana
FBI
Irving
J. W. Lavender
Buddye Wayne Lavender
Carolyn Gay
Dallas
New Orleans
Irving Police
Leonard McCarley
Louisiana State Police
Shreveport
Townsend Cobb
Ty Cobb
Chrysler Auto First Quarter Earnings Drop
Chrysler Corp. reports net earnings fell from 62.5 million in Q1 1966 to 18.2 million in the latest quarter. Earnings per share dropped to 40 cents from 1.38, while worldwide sales edged down to 1.3 billion from 1.4 billion. Chairman Lynn Townsend cites auto safety publicity, recalls, and Washington credit and safety policy as factors, with hopes for brighter industry sales ahead.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Lynn Townsend
Townsend
Center Line
Chrysler
Consolidated
U.S
Washington
Partly Cloudy Skies Expected in Northeast Louisiana
The forecast for Northeast Louisiana calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and variable winds 8 to 16 mph. Highs reach 76 to 80 and tonight’s low 62 to 68. FAA at Selman Field Monroe logged 0.12 inches of rain.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
SEATO endorses LBJ Vietnam policy amid conference
SEATO foreign ministers open their annual conference in Washington praising President Johnson's Vietnam policy. Australia urges broader Western support while U S Secretary Rusk defends the war and the search for peace. France boycotts. Pakistan sends an ambassador due to opposing views.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Vietnam
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Paul Hasluck
United States
Southeast Asia
Asia
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Seato Council
North Vietnam
Philippines
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Pakistan
France
U.S
Driver License Changes Studied in Louisiana Plan
Louisiana moves to cut highway deaths with a four year license reexamination and tougher licensing. Gov. John McKeithen appoints a Highway Safety Commission to map the plan with federal standards likely shaping the program and a possible administrative approach to reexamination.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John MecKeithen
Highway Safety Commission
Thomas Burbank
Different allowances taught as counting lesson
A lighthearted note suggests a teaching method for children to count by giving varied allowances. The idea implies using different sums to practice number recognition and arithmetic.
Fatal Miami hotel fire traps guests on top floor
A pre dawn blaze at the Haven Hotel in downtown Miami killed a 39 year old waitress Virginia Hopkins and badly burned 68 year old Charles Foster. Fire officials said a vertical fire wall likely prevented wider spread as residents fled by ladders and window sills. The owner, Olga Conway, also lived in the building at N E 1st Avenue and 11th Street.
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Miami
Fla
Gladys Rydings
Haven Hotel
Haven Hotel. Mrs. Rydings
Virginia Hopkins
Charles Foster
Olga Conway
N.E. 1St Avenue
11Th Street
C. C. Kenny
Tornadoes Hit Several States as Severe Storms Unfold
Violent storms sweep the nation with tornadoes touching down in Coal City West Virginia and near Maxton North Carolina causing damage but no injuries. Midwest winds approach 70 mph with Chicago reporting damage while Des Moines evacuates an office building. Five foot Lake Michigan waves warn boats from the lake.
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Coal City
W.va
Beckley
Maxton
N.C
Midwest
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Executive Council
Iowa Commerce Commission
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Appalachians
Texas
Upturn In Home Building Forecast
Washington reports March home building rose from February lows with optimism for midyear gains. Builders expect starts near 1.3 million this year and about 1.5 million by year end as credit improves, while March starts show a modest 1.7 percent rise.
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Washington
Leon N Weiner
National Association of Home Builders
Weiner
Wilmington
Del
President's Council of Economic Advisors
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
New Orleans
Commerce Department
Andrews Enters Innocent Plea In New Orleans
Dean Andrews a Warren Commission witness and former Jefferson Parish assistant district attorney pleaded innocent to a perjury indictment in Orleans Parish. The brief arraignment before Judge Frank J. Shea set May 1 for briefs. The case stems from his grand jury testimony in the Kennedy assassination inquiry led by Jim Garrison.
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New Orleans
Dean Andrews
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Andrews
Jefferson Parish
Frank J. Shea
Shea
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Grand
Atty Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Dallas
Oswald
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Hal Halpern
Farmer Sam
Thomasville
Cheryl
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Ouachita River Funds
Gov. McKeithen
Twin Cities
China
Chrysler Auto
LBJ
United Press International
Association
Winchester
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