Johnson Urges Calm to End Civil Disorder and War
President Johnson, speaking at the American Bar Association convention, demands that racial violence end and urges orderly settlement of disputes at home and abroad. He warns against provoking conflicts in Southeast Asia, Greece, and Cyprus, and commits to firm yet restrained policy in Vietnam and NATO matters.
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Mississippi
America
The
American Bar Association
ABA
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
United States
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
NATO
Asia
Viet Nam
Redistricting Talk For Northern Louisiana Plan Studied
Legislative subcommittee in Baton Rouge examined a tentative plan to reapportion north Louisiana Senate seats. Gov McKeithen aims to keep total senators at 41, while a 43-seat plan would grant north Louisiana 13 seats, with Caddo DeSoto gaining a third and Jackson joining Lincoln Union. Ouachita would stay a single district. Orleans revisions also noted.
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DeSoto Parishes
Jackson Parish
Lincoln
Union
Ouachita Parish
Jlane
New Orleans
U S Dispatches To Embattled Congo Planes
The United States will send four Air Force transports to the Congo with 50 paratroopers aboard for security. Defense officials said the planes carry equipment and will be followed by trucks and jeeps to aid the Congolese government against rebel uprisings.
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Ian Fleming dies creator of James Bond at 56
Ian Fleming, 56, the Canterbury born author of James Bond, died of a heart attack at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. A former Reuters journalist turned novelist, Fleming earned vast sums from books and films including Dr No and From Russia With Love. His work drew fans such as John F. Kennedy and Allen Dulles. he served 1939 45 with British naval intelligence and attended Eton, Sandhurst, and universities in Munich and Geneva.
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Ian Fleming
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West Point
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Geneva
Naval Intelligence
Reuters
Kennedy Likely to Seek New York Senate Seat
ALBANY New York Attorney General Robert F Kennedy appears poised for the Democratic nomination for U S senator from New York. A Democratic insider said momentum builds with a Kennedy candidacy announcement and further pledges of county chairmen support in key areas over the coming days.
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Prophetess Len shina Surrenders to Troops in Lumpa Conflict
Alice Len shina, 45, adviser to the Lumpa sect, gave herself up to government forces in eastern Northern Rhodesia as casualties from an eight week campaign rose. Officials reported 491 Africans killed and 344 wounded, though unofficial tallies reached about 1,000 deaths. Len shina led a movement once famed for playing Churchill records on ant hills and promising followers “passes to heaven.”
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Northern Rhodesia
UPI
Alice Lenshina
Northern
Winston Churchill
Congo rebels urge closing of Stanleyville consulate
A Communist backed group in the Congo asks the United States to shut its Stanleyville consulate after the northeastern city fell into rebel control last week. In Baton Rouge a 15 year old Negro youth is held on charges of attempted rape at knifepoint. In Washington the House Commerce Committee approves a daylight saving plan by 98 to none, not mandatory.
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Congo
State Department
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Michael Hoyt
Stanleyville
Richard S. Phillips
Hoyt
Phillips
Leopoldville, the Congo
United States
Baton Rouge
UPI
Washington
CAP
House Commerce Committee
Goldwater nomination not feared by Allies says Jones
London dispatch reports former Louisiana Governor Sam Houston Jones writes to a London newspaper that there is no reason for America's European allies to fear the presidential bid of Senator Barry Goldwater. In Saigon, a Communist bicycle bomb exploded in My Tho, killing three Vietnamese and injuring 27 including five Americans. New Orleans agents seize 72 packages of refined opium aboard a Dutch ship.
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Demonstrators Add To Cyprus Strife Scene
In Nicosia Greek Cypriots protested against Americans and Britons after Turkish jets conducted reconnaissance over Cyprus. Turkey suspended such missions for the time being, while a crowd gathered outside the U S Embassy and police guarded the area. The Cyprus UN delegation reviewed the day’s flights with no new Security Council action sought. Four U S Air Force C130s were dispatched to Leopoldville, Congo, from Ft Bragg via Pope AFB, carrying maintenance and guard personnel.
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U.S
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Pantelides
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Twin City Chit Chat on Monroe Senior Club Meeting
The Monroe Senior Citizens Club meets Thursday at 2 p.m. at Benoit Recreation Center for weekly programs with refreshments and recreation. Ann Maroney, a telegram operator with Western Union, heads to Atlantic City for the National Democratic convention wearing a Goldwater for President button despite planned protests.
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Kindergarten Desegregation Order for Orleans Parish
Federal District Judge Frank B. Ellis was to issue a formal order desegregating kindergarten classes in Orleans Parish. The school board, ready since Tuesday, had been told to register kindergartners for 1964 65 without regard to race after two days of hearings on a motion to accelerate desegregation.
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Orleans Parish
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Orleans
Violence hits Paterson and Elizabeth New Jersey
Violence broke out in Paterson and Elizabeth with rock and bottle throwing and gasoline bombs causing fires in Elizabeth. Police and mayors warned of potential further trouble while officials attributed the incidents to isolated group clashes rather than a coordinated racial riot.
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Jersey City
Frank X. Graves
Michael D. Roy
Elizabeth Port
Cool Weather Moves Through Northeast Louisiana
A cold front traversed the area producing 80s ahead of it and 60s to low 70s behind. Monroe hit 84 after a 95 high and 76 low. Dry conditions persist into the weekend with a pattern shift expected early next week bringing showers as moist air returns.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Goldwater disavows extremists in bid for GOP unity
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater condemned extremists on both sides and pledged to consult Eisenhower Nixon and other leaders before naming secretaries for defense or state if elected. He warned opponents against claiming a Republican victory would cause war and urged a return to peace through strength.
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Barry Goldwater
Eisenhower
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Defense
Arizona
Dick Nixon
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
William E. Miller
GOP
Senate
Chuckle Defines a Grouch as a Sized-Up Sourpuss
A humorous quip notes that a grouch is a man who has measured himself and remains bitter about the result. The line plays on self‑assessment and resentment, delivering a wry takeaway in a compact newspaper tone.
Secret Service agent guilty of peddling secrets for 50 thousand
A U S district court jury found Abraham Bolden a suspended Secret Service agent guilty of trying to sell a secret government file for 50 000 to an undercover buyer. Judge Perry sentenced Bolden to six years in prison after his tearful plea for mercy. He claimed to be framed and said his remarks were truthful. The trial followed a hung jury in a prior proceeding.
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Feiter
Joseph Sam Perry
Abraham Bolden
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United States
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Belden
Perry
Massive helicopter assault targets 3000 Viet Cong
In Xa Hoa South Viet Nam helicopters from Vietnamese and U S Army hit Viet Cong positions in one of the war’s largest helicopter assaults. The 96 choppers carried nearly 1000 Vietnamese troops into the jungle zone after fog delayed start. A U S lieutenant was killed when a 50 caliber weapon pierced a helicopter wind shield. two other crewmen wounded.
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XA BA Hao
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Robert Estes
Anson
Maine
U.S
Ralph Irvin
Redding
Calif
City official in Monroe suffers heart attack at council
Mel Cook, 43, secretary treasurer of the City of Monroe, collapsed during a City Council meeting Tuesday morning and remained in St. Francis Hospital today in serious condition. A city spokesman said visitors are not being admitted. Cook, past president of the Monroe Lions Club, longtime city employee since 1957, is an elder at First Presbyterian Church and president of the City Clerks Association.
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