Seven Southern University Students Shot on Campus
Seven students at Southern University in Baton Rouge suffered superficial wounds from ricocheting bullets and asphalt fragments during a campus shooting. A night watchman was taken into custody after claiming he fired to scare people. The incident followed a student boycott tied to grievances including hiring white instructors.
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Baton Rouge, la
Southern University
East Baton Rouge Parish
Sheriff's Office
James G. Jones
Baton Rouge
Bryan Clemmons
Sam Mims
Mims
University
Charles Marxer
Mathew Winston
Winston English
Clemmons
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
Linda Revel
Rosemary Jones
Sherill Barnaba
Elbernette Lee
Percy Harvey
Emmett Robertson
Julius Jefferson
Air Strikes Edge Closer to Hanoi Center
American warplanes pressed attacks on Haiphong and moved nearer the center of Hanoi with two strikes near the city. Four US planes were lost and two MIG fighters claimed shot down. Ground fighting in South Vietnam persisted in War Zone C as Operation Manhattan and Shawnee reported enemy casualties and Marine losses.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Hanoi
North
U.S
South Vietnam
Manhattan
Red River
Thunderchiefs
New Approved As Enforcement Head
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission approved Leonard New as acting chief of the enforcement division with the salary for the position. The decision followed debate over hiring as chief and paying for the role, with civil service queries to determine pay details.
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New
Bob Carroll
Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
Leonard New
Commission
Berwick
Thompson
Buquet
Wright
Kyle
Jerry G. Jones
Cameron
Hobson Norris
West Monroe
Fairchild
Dr. Glasgow
Civil Service
E. D. Elmore
Cheniere Lake Commission
Cheniere Lake
School church spaghetti supper sets meatball tally
Mrs Dollie Sweet reports 1300 meatballs prepared for the Spring Fiesta at Jesus the Good Shepherd Church School. The spaghetti supper runs Thursday from 5 to 9 30 p m with a community event at the church.
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Dollie Sweet
School of Jesus the Good Shepherd Church
Pastor Vester Headrick to speak at youth service
The Rev. Vester Headrick of Lakeshore Baptist Church will participate as pastor advisor at the Louisiana Baptist State Training Union Convention in Alexandria. More than 1,500 from across the state are expected to attend the event Thursday.
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Vester Headrick
Lakeshore
Headrick
Long Will Speak At Opening Here
U S Senator Russell B Long will deliver the dedicatory address for Monroe Civic Center with three days of ceremonies to welcome 25 000 to 50 000 visitors. The program includes tours, banquets, and continuous entertainment led by local figures and chamber leaders.
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U. S
Russell B. Long
Monroe
Louisiana
Senate Majority
Finance Committee
W. L. Howard
Howard
Civic Center
Long
Arena
Bill Lillyman
Garland Shell
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Jim Williams
Lillyman
Paper Claims CIA Links In D.A.'s Probe
The New Orleans States Item reports mounting evidence of CIA links in D.A. Jim Garrison's Kennedy probe. Gordon Novel, a former bar owner, is named as having strong CIA ties and claims to be a CIA operative. Novel is free on bond in Columbus after Louisiana charges tied to a 1961 bunker burglary.
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CIA
D.A
New Orleans
New Orleans States
Central Intelligence Agency
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Garrison
Gordon Novel
Ohio
Louisiana
Novel
Columbus
Houma
Jerry Weiner
Dayton Daily News
Military satellites launch delayed by faulty valve
At Cape Kennedy Florida a faulty booster control valve halted the rocket countdown one second shy of liftoff and forced a two day postponement in plans to orbit five military satellites. Officials set a new launch attempt for 5 17 a m EST Thursday after valve replacement.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
APA
Air Force
Rain Likely as Monroe Area Sees Warmer High
Forecasters in the Monroe area predict partly cloudy skies with a 50 percent chance of rain today tonight and Wednesday. Highs will reach 78 to 82 with lows around 66 to 72. Winds come from the east and southeast at 8 to 18 mph shifting northerly by Wednesday. Monday record high and early morning low noted.
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Monroe
Louisiana Tax Assessors Retreat on Equalization Fight
Louisiana assessors pull back from a planned assault on property tax equalization amid lawsuits and a 1964 constitutional amendment. The measure ties plant removals from tax exemptions to assessment rates, prompting ratio studies by the Tax Commission and private firms. American Cyanamid uses its study in a Jefferson Parish suit over its firm specific percentage.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana
John McKeithen
Industry Courting Administration
Louisiana Tax Commission
McKeithen
Wilma Lockhart
Tax Commission
American Cyanamid Co
Jefferson Parish
War Production Strike Barred
A Taft Hartley act injunction imposed a two month cooling off period on a Lycoming division plant dispute at AVCO Corp in Stratford. About 4500 workers were under a restraining order that followed a brief strike last week and affected a major production shift.
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New Haven
Conn
U.S. District Court
William EH. Timbers
Lycoming
Avco Corp
Stratford
West Leaders Pay Adenauer Tribute in Bonn Funeral
Western leaders gathered in Bonn to honor Konrad Adenauer at a memorial service in the Bundestag and discuss postwar ties with West Germany. President Johnson, Charles de Gaulle, and Harold Wilson attended as Chancellor Kiesinger urged Germans to honor Adenauer’s legacy of reunification and European unity.
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Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
Bonn
Hein
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Kurt Georg Niesinger
Harold Wilson
Bundestag
de Gaulle
Heinrich Luebke
Kiesinger
Europe
Rhineland
Cologne
Rheendorf
Rhine
Adenauer
Free Germany
Free Peoples
Soviet Union
Vietnam
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Bunker Arrives as New U.S. Ambassador in Saigon
Ellsworth T. Bunker landed in Saigon to assume the post as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam four hours after predecessor Henry Cabot Lodge departed for the United States. He traveled from Nepal where his wife Carol Laise serves as U.S. ambassador there and did not accompany him. Deputy Ambassador William J. Porter met him at the airport. Porter is set to be replaced by Eugene Murphy Locke, then U.S. ambassador to Pakistan.
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Saigon
Ellsworth T. Bunker
U.S
South Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Bunker
Nepal
Carol Laise
William J. Porter
Eugene Murphy Locke
Pakistan
Longview Leaders Visit Monroe for Civic Exchange
About 35 Longview Texas leaders arrived in Monroe to discuss community development, attend a City Council meeting, and tour government facilities. The visit featured mayoral remarks, a luncheon, and a detailed briefing on Monroe capital improvements including the $11.25 million plan and a $60 million downtown modernization.
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Longview
Tex
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Bayou DeSiard Country Club
City Hall
W.L. Howard
George Parsons
Parsons
Civic Center
City
Forsythe Avenue
Howard
Monroe Air Terminal
HB. Hargrove
Sel Mman Field
Recreation Department
Asst
Jack Neal
U S Spokesman Denies Red China Air Battle Claim
In Saigon the U S spokesman denied Peking radio reports that two U S F4B fighters were shot down in a dogfight just over the Chinese border from North Vietnam. The denial noted no evidence to support the claim and marked a rare official refutation of Hanoi or Pek ing reports.
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Saigon
China
U.S
North Vietnam
Peking Radio
Hanoi
Peking
Radio Peking
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