Government Posts Civil Rights Bonds
A federal government representative posted bonds for 37 civil rights demonstrators arrested at the Allendale County Courthouse during voter registration protests. Bonds for 36 demonstrators were $200 each and $700 for one white youth. Nineteen demonstrators left jail. fourteen declined to post bonds. FBI and federal officials investigated alleged voter registration delays as state troopers remained deployed to preserve order.
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Allendale
S.C
Allendale County
C. A. Webster Jr
Federal
Webster
Washington
Pete
Calvin Kytle
A. P. Williams
W. FE. Mixson
Robert E. McNair
South Carolina
J. P. Strom
State Law Enforcement Division
Columbia
U.S
Terrell Glenn
FBI
Escapes From Angola Prison In Louisiana Go On
Two of the six inmates still at large from the Angola prison escape are Kenneth Earl Henley of Shreveport and Johnsey Beamon Jennings of Monroe. Henley credit includes a five year term for armed robbery and earlier escapes, while Jennings faced concurrent five and nine year terms for burglary and robbery. Other fugitives named include Johnny Easom Hall Ollie Dixon and Wallace McDonald with various burglary and theft sentences. A seventh convict Fred McDonald was later captured in Mississippi. Authorities believe the escapees fled in a white prison truck and two more escaped today before related recaptures.
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Bill Hardin
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Fourth District
Kenneth Earl Henley
Shreveport
Johnsey Beamon
Johnny) Jennings
Monroe
Henley
Orange Street
Jennings
Johnny Easom
East
West Carroll
Jack Edward Hall
Jefferson Parish
Ollie Dixon
Bienville
Wallace McDonald
Caddo Parish
Fred McDonald
Bienville Parish
Hattiesburg
Miss
Angela Warden
J. Wayne Allgood
Earl Duvall
New Orleans
Earl Carline
St. Mary Parish
West Feliciana Parish
McDonald
Tunica Hills
Allgood
Kenneth Henley
Hall
Easom
Baton Rouge
Natchez
Louisiana Con Captured On Coffee Break
An escaped Louisiana prisoner under death sentence, Francis Aubrey Clifton, 27, who broke from Alexandria Parish jail, abducted four people near Harlingen, Texas, then was captured by his kidnapping victims in Corpus Christi. Clifton had robbed them of $125 and planned to reach Mexico before being stopped by officers.
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Harlingen
Tex
Louisiana
Corpus Christi
Francis Aubrey Clifton
Alexandria Parish
Clifton
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Clifton Wilson
Jonesville
Rio Grande Valley
Juanita Pennington
Glyndene Untermeyer
C. M. Tally
Bob Ickelberry
Mexico
Miss Pennington
Bob Sanderson
Cameron County
ABC Cafe
Comes
Anderson
Mayor Warns on New Insecticide Vapor In West Monroe
Mayor J Allan Norris warns residents to keep children away from the fogging vapor starting this afternoon. A new chemical ingredient is added to the mosquito spray to combat resistance. He notes reports of children following fogging machines and bicycles and suggests closing homes briefly until the fog settles.
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West Monroe
J. Allan Norris
Norris
Day closer to Social Security joke
A light quip about aging and work morale. The speaker notes that each new day brings one step nearer to Social Security, framing the grind with a humorous, hopeful outlook.
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Social Security
Clare Barham Celebrates Twelfth Birthday in Monroe
Miss Clare Barham of Bastrop held her twelfth birthday party in Monroe with friends on Monday. They enjoyed lunch, a movie, and shopping. Clare is sister to Peggy Smith, secretary to West Monroe Judge John F McCormick.
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Monroe
Clare Barham
Bastrop
Clare
Peggy Smith
West Monroe
John F. McCormick
Army Sergeant James Flint Serving in Germany
James E. Flint, a former Northeast Louisiana State College student, is stationed in Germany with the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment. He is a sergeant and the son of Mrs. Pearl A. Flint of Rayville. He entered the Army in February 1959.
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James E. Flint
Northeast Louisiana State College
Germany
Second Armored Cavalry Regiment
Flint
Pearl A. Flint
Rayville
Super Gang Hunt Pushed By Police
International police sought help to track four suspected members of a super gang linking the Sicilian Mafia with the American Cosa Nostra. In predawn raids from Bologna to Taormina, 10 suspects were rounded up, with two fugitives possibly in New York and another in California. The raid names Giuseppe Genco Russo and Frank Coppola among 14 charged with crime conspiracy and drug or bombing offenses, marking authorities first concrete evidence of cross Atlantic mob ties. Palermo officials linked some participants to the 1957 Appalachian underworld convention, noting preconventions existed in Palermo before the gathering.
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Palermo
Sicily
Cosa Nostra
Bologna
Italy
Taormina
New York City
California
Joseph Cerrito
U.S
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Santo Sorge
New York
Gaetano Russo
Luciano
Giuseppe Gen
Co Russo
Frank
Coppola
United States
Francesco Interrisi
Underworld
Appalachia
N.Y
New York State
Interrisi
Palermo I
Appalachin
Swanson Questions Hitt Role at LSU New Orleans
A. L. Swanson of the LSU Board says Chancellor Homer Hitt at LSU-NO sometimes fails to cooperate with the administration but declines to state his stance on firing Hitt at Friday and Saturday Baton Rouge meetings. He notes funding limits for LSU junior colleges turning four year, while Gov McKeithen doubts a firing and over 30 New Orleans lawmakers back Hitt.
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A. L. Swanson
Monroe
LSU Board of Supervisors
Homer Hitt
Lsu-No
LSU
Swanson
Dr. Hitt
Baton Rouge
John Hunter
New Orleans
John J. McKeithen
LSU Board
Peace moves on Viet Nam issue widen world scope
UPI reports roving U S ambassador Harriman and Ghana envoy in Hanoi said peace efforts are underway in the communist world. Tito and Toure discussed Viet Nam in Belgrade, and de Gaulle's envoy met Chinese leaders in Peking. Hanoi rejected UN intervention, and China offered no conciliatory signals. Taylor warned Hanoi cannot be forced to the table soon. Harriman returned to Washington after talks in Moscow and Belgrade. Kosygin hinted Moscow favors a conference under certain conditions.
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London
UPI
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Ghana
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Belgrade
Tito
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Peking
Charles de Gaulle
United Nations
China
Dean Rusk
U. S
Taylor
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Andre Malraux
Mao Tze-tung
Liu Chao- Chi
China News Agency
Malraux
Harriman
Johnson Outlines Terms For Peace
President Johnson said the United States would leave Viet Nam promptly if the local population could be guaranteed self determination free of alien ideology. He pledged to negotiate peace with any government while using full American power against communist aggression. He urged that power and brute force alone cannot stop tyranny and urged keeping contracts as binding as history shows. Johnson also challenged Americans who favor retreat or total war, stressing reasonable steps to allow South Viet Nam to breathe freely and independently.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
International Plat
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
White House
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Weather outlook in Twin Cities little changed
Clear to partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures forecast for the Twin Cities. Highs in Monroe this afternoon and Wednesday are expected in the 90 to 94 degree range with a low of 64 to 68. Winds variable 5 to 15 mph. Monday's Twin Cities high reached 92 and the morning low was 62.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Car thefts rise faster than auto registrations since 1958
The FBI Uniform Crime Reports show thefts rose two to one faster than auto registrations from 1958 onward, highlighting a growing gap between thefts and licensed vehicles.
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FBI
Uniform
Federal Minimum Wage Hiked to 1.75 An Hour
A House labor subcommittee approved legislation to raise the federal minimum wage by 50 cents to 1.75 an hour. The plan would extend wage hour protections to 6.1 million more workers and surpass President Johnsons request. The increase unfolds over three years for 29.5 million current workers and six years for 5.4 million newly covered workers, with 700,000 farm workers kept at 1.25 in two steps.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Secret Viet Nam strategy meeting held in Honolulu
In Honolulu top U.S. military leaders held an eight hour secret strategy session to plan the increase from 75 000 to 125 000 U S personnel in South Viet Nam The meeting chaired by Gen Earle G Wheeler included Gen William C Westmoreland Adm U S Grant Sharp and other officials It focused on timetables transport supplies and placement with no detailed statements issued Wheeler said the group accomplished its goal Maxwell D Taylor attended briefly
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Honolulu
Hawaii
U.S
Johnson
America
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Wheeler
William C. Westmoreland
South Viet Nam
U.S. Grant Sharp
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Saigon
Camp H. M. Smith
Admiral Sharp
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Flying Saucers On Loose Again
Oklahoma City residents report more unidentified flying object sightings across eight states including Oklahoma Nebraska and Texas. The Air Force cites Jupiter or stars as the source while skeptics like Planetarium director Robert Risser challenge the explanation. Radar blips at Wichita show bureau temperature inversion could create false readings.
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Oklahoma City
UPS
Oklahoma
U.S. Air Force
Nebraska
Texas
Justin
Ponder
Texas Highway 156
Air Force
Robert Risser
Oklahoma Science and Art Foundation Planetarium
Risser
Wichita Weather Bureau
Two Convicts Recaptured at State Pen Angola
Prison aids using bloodhounds quickly tracked down and captured two convicts who fled during a work detail at the state penitentiary near Angola Louisiana. One of seven other escapees remains at large in Mississippi and multiple fugitives are still sought in both states.
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Angola
Mississippi
Hattiesburg
Miss
J. Wayne Allgood
Earl Duvall
New Orleans
Earl Carline
St. Mary Parish
Carline
Duvall
Allgood
Tass Announces Cosmos Launch Cosmos 77 unmanned satellite bound for space
Tass reported Cosmos 77 will join a series of unmanned satellites to gather space data. The craft’s orbit ranges from 124.2 to 180.7 miles above Earth, according to the Soviet news agency. Earlier, Bochum Observatory in West Germany detected signals from a new Russian satellite.
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Moscow
Tass
Space
Bochum
West Germany
House approves voting measure in civil rights push
Washington UPI reports the House endorsed President Johnson’s bill to strengthen Negro voting rights in the South. The compromise bill, broader than the President’s original request, now goes to the Senate for action before a White House signature.
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Washington
Jewish ambassador Goldberg dubbed potential first Jewish president
New York AP report notes the Jesuit-edited magazine America suggests Arthur J. Goldberg, newly named U S ambassador to the United Nations, could become the nation’s first Jewish president. The weekly cites his career as a Horatio Alger style ascent and an editorial praising his prospects.
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New York
America
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Goldberg
Horatio Alger
United States
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