Flood Waters Threaten Quad Cities as Levees Fail
Flood crews rush to reinforce cracking dikes in Rock Island Illinois and Bettendorf Iowa along the Mississippi. Bettendorf High School students help with sandbagging as the river nears its crest, threatening a three block commercial district in Rock Island.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Iowa
Rock Island
Ill
Bettendorf
Point Mississippi
Bettendorf High School
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Quad Cities
Study Committee Considers Curbing Governor Power
A special committee named by Gov. McKeithen to study reducing a governor’s powers meets to set its scope and tentative topics. Led by former Gov. Sam Jones, the group aims to outline actions for a future legislative session and review governor appointive powers, local government, and related issues. Original members include Lt. Gov. Aycock, Treasurer Tugwell, Victor Bussie, Sen. Duplantier, Rep. Munson, and university professors.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Jones
Jones Committee
Michael O'Keefe
New Orleans
McKeithen
Daniel Borth
Louisiana State University
C. C. Aycock
A. P. Tugwell
Victor Bussie
Louisiana Afl-Cio
Adrian Dupl
Goldwater backs Johnson policy in South Vietnam
Paris report says Barry Goldwater the 1964 Republican nominee endorsed President Johnson's Vietnam policies. He called Johnson right and refused to advocate bombing Chinese industry unless provoked, while warning about Red China and possible provocation as a trigger for action.
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Paris
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Anglo-American Press Association of
Viet Nam
Goldwater
China
Mrs. Holcomb recuperating after surgery at Glenwood Hospital
Mrs. Pete O. Holcomb wife of West Monroe's city marshal is reported doing well at Glenwood Hospital after surgery last week and is expected to return home sometime this week.
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Pete O. Holcomb
West Monroe
Glenwood Hospital
Monroe men to receive Eisenhower Trophy at Fort Chaffee
James L. Roberts and Phillip D. Duncan will accept the Eisenhower Trophy for the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 165th Transportation Battalion, in June at Fort Chaffee Arkansas. The unit was named the Louisiana National Guard's most outstanding for 1964. Roberts, lieutenant colonel, commands the 165th Battalion, and Duncan, captain, leads the detach ment.
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Monroe
James L. Roberts
Phillip D. Duncan
165Th Transportation Battalion
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Louisiana National Guard
Roberts
Duncan
Tunisian Demonstration Storms two Embassies
About 10,000 Tunisians attacked the Egyptian and Iraqi embassies in Tunis in protest against Middle East events. Windows and doors were damaged as crowds clashed with police for over two hours. A Nasser chant led the rally denouncing Egypt’s leader.
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Tunis
Middle East
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Mohammed V
Pilot Killed In Vertical Test Crash At Edwards AFB
Edwards AFB Calif AP the newest U S vertical takeoff plane crashed during a public test flight pilot W L Lous Everett 42 chief engineering test pilot for Ryan Aeronautical Co ejected but parachute failed to open he was killed his XV5A had completed 52 flights before today the craft used multiple jet and fan driven lift with vertical takeoff and hover capabilities Everett a World War II fighter pilot born Brooklyn N Y survived by wife Betty June and four children he joined Ryan a decade ago after Mississippi State flight test engineer and project pilot of earlier vertical takeoff planes
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
U.S
W. L. Lous Everett
Ryan Aeronautical Co
Everett
General Electric
Ryan
Brooklyn
N.Y
Betty June
San Diego
Bodega
Mississippi State
Tom Falkenburg Pleads Guilty in Bank Robberies
Jackson Mississippi AP reports sports enthusiast Tom Falkenburg, brother of actress Jinx Falkenburg, pled guilty in federal court to two armed bank robberies. He faced charges for the $4,048 Ridgeland bank robbery on February 25 and the $14,230 Madison bank robbery on March 30, 1964. Judge Harold Cox raised each bond from $5,000 to $7,500.
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Jackson, Miss
Tom Falkenburg
Jinx Falkenburg
Bank of Ridgeland
Bank of Madison
Jackson
U.S. Dist
Harold Cox
Falkenburg
Mild Weather to Continue with Warmer Wednesday Outlook
Weather outlook for northeast Louisiana says considerable cloudiness and cool today give way to partly cloudy skies and warmer readings by Wednesday. North winds 5 to 15 mph. high today 65 to 70, low tonight 50 to 55. High Wednesday 74 to 78, Thursday partly cloudy and mild. Monroe rainfall Monday totaled 0.12 inches. high 74, low 55.
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Louisiana
U. S. Weather Bureau
Monroe
Fire Truck Purchased By Monroe City Officials
Monroe city officials bought a new 45710 dollar fire truck to avoid a price rise, with delivery not due until next March. The American LaFrance bid was accepted as the sole bid during a regular meeting, part of the fire department expansion plan and capital improvement program.
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Monroe
Civic Center
American LaFrance
H. L. Hales
W. L
Jack) Howard
American Bank & Trust Co
H. W. McSherry
Ed Harper Jr
Selman Field
Beatrice Kornmann
U S Naval Forces Plan Evacuation From Santo Domingo
The State Department ordered a U S naval force near the Dominican Republic to land craft to remove Americans wishing to depart. About 1 000 Americans had indicated they would evacuate from the Embajador hotel near Santo Domingo, with ships to Haina and evacuees heading to Puerto Rico.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Dominican Republic
Robert J. McCloskey
Embajador
Santo Domingo
Haina
McCloskey
Puerto Rico
Texan Victim Of Drowning In Ward 9 Today
A 29-year-old Houston man William Sedric Crain drowned in Ward 9 while preparing trotlines on the Cutoff near Monroe. Another man Johnny Perritt, 29, escaped to a tree and was rescued at daylight. Crain’s wristwatch showed 1:58 a.m. and no life preservers were found.
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Houston
Texas
William Sedric Crain
Ward 9
Crain
Jackson Parish
Exec
Johnny Ray Perritt
Rt. 1
Eros
Guy Elliott
Jay W. Cummins
Quachita
Richland
Perritt
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Today's Chuckle
A light venting quip notes that some people cannot take things with them because the goods vanish before they do.
Hospital Bed Availability in the United States in 1963
The American Hospital Association estimates over 1,700,000 hospital beds in the United States in 1963 with an average occupancy exceeding 1,400,000 beds. This reflects the scope of hospital capacity during the era and indicates significant utilization levels nationwide.
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United States
The
American Hospital Association
Edward Murrow Dies At 57 In New York Home
Edward R. Murrow famed radio and TV journalist and former U S Information Service head died at his Pawling home after cancer illness. He rose to prominence with World War II London broadcasts and later led CBS news in New York before stepping back from the network.
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Pawling
N.Y
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Service
Murrow
London
Egbert
Blanchard
Wash
Seattle
Egbert Roscoe
Edward R
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Hitler
Austria
Radio
Winston Churchill
New York
McKeithen orders survey of state PR staff and attorneys
Governor John McKeithen announced a statewide survey of state attorneys and public relations personnel, demanding cuts if payrolls rise from the previous year. He instructed agencies to report by May 2 and to implement immediate reductions if increases are shown, noting recent agency cuts in PR staffing.
India says troops kill or capture 300 in Kutch clash
AP reports an official spokesman says Indian forces killed wounded or captured at least 300 Pakistanis in the barren Rann of Kutch on the western frontier. The report notes ongoing fighting and claims significant enemy losses during the confrontation.
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New Delhi
Pakistan
Rann of Kutch
India
Boating Ads Prompt Readers to Sell Gear Quickly
A 1957 Evinrude 2 HP motor is offered for 95 dollars along with a 14 foot fiberglass boat and a new trailer for 575 dollars. The ad promotes News-Star-World Want Ads for fast selling of boats, motors, and sporting goods with a ten day rate and cancellation option.
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News-Star— World
News- Star—World
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