Haiti Charges British Official in Invasion Plot Trial
Haitian authorities charged 44 year old David Knox of the Bahamas with espionage and plotting against the state after an abortive May invasion. Knox entered Haiti under a false name, paid for facial scar surgery, and allegedly plotted with rebels. ten invaders were tried and condemned, with pardons expected.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Knox
Frederick Arty
Bahamas
Walter Mitty
James Bond
United States
Canada
Duvalier
Nouveau Monde
Jean Dessalines
McKeithen Adds Negro Delegates To Louisiana at DNC
Gov John McKeithen announced three additional Black delegates will represent Louisiana at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago increasing Negro votes on the delegation to 5 percent of 36 total. He said vacancies prompted the change and predicted no challenge from state Negro leaders despite discontent over representation.
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Baton Rouge
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Chicago
McKeithen
Tropical Storm Dolly Forms Off Bermuda Aims Away From U S
The tropical storm Dolly formed in the Atlantic northwest of Bermuda and moved away from the U S mainland. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expected hurricane strength by nightfall as Dolly had 55 mph winds near its center and gale winds extending 175 miles.
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Miami
Fla
Dolly
Bermuda
U.S
National Hurricane Center
Ulbricht Arrives For Prague Talks
East German party chief Walter Ulbricht arrived in Karlovy Vary for talks with Prague reformers on political and economic ties and Comecon relations. He met with Alexander Dubcek to discuss assurances on dealings with West Germany and potential adjustments to Comecon benefiting both economies.
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Karlovy Vary
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Prague
Ulbricht
Alexander Dubcek
Kremlin
Comecon
West Germany
East Germany
Soviet Union
Tito
Yugoslavia
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Prague-Moscow
Twin Cities PFC East Assigned to Vietnam Duty
Wade David East of Twin Cities is stationed with the 101st Air Cavalry Division based in Bien Hoa Vietnam. He has served there since July 28 and is married to Sally Carroll East, son of Wade B. East.
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Pfc
Wade David East
DeSiard
Search Continues For USS Monitor Off Cape Hatteras
A North Carolina partnership and Tidewater Services salvage team pursue the famous 127-foot Monitor wreck off Cape Hatteras in hopes of locating raising and displaying the Civil War ironclad. The effort follows years of failed dives and competing claims despite prior treasure claims by Robert Marx.
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Norfolk
New Jersey
Pacific
Cape Hateras
N.C
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
John Ericson
Greenpoint Navy Yard
Brooklyn
N.Y
Cape Hatteras
Robert F. Marx
Union Ironclad
Hatteras
North Carolina
Navy Doctors To Study New LBJ X Rays
President Johnson, at Brooke Army Medical Center, was X-rayed for diverticulosis. The radiographs will be sent to Bethesda for review by Navy physician Vice Admiral Barkley and Mayo Clinic internist Dr. James Cain for comparison with prior films.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Army Hospital
Bethesda
Navy
Mayo Clinic
Brooke Army Medical Center
Texas White House
Naval Medical Center
Cain
Senate
Ethics Board Reviews Gremillion Case Details
The Louisiana Board of Ethics opened its review of a two volume confidential audit involving Attorney General Jack Gremillion and a New Orleans loan firm. A New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission complaint accuses Gremillion of taking a $10 000 legal fee and then issuing an opinion favoring bank status for the firm. The board re elected Vinson Mouser as chairman and discussed whether to hold a public hearing or drop the matter.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Ethics
Jack Gremillion
New Orleans
Vinson Mouser
C. C
Taddy” Aycock
Murray Hudson
Monroe
Gremillion
Henry F. Turner
Shrevert
Maddox Signals Possible Bid for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Gov. Lester Maddox said he may seek the Democratic presidential nomination offering a choice among one conservative and three self described Socialists. He noted no talks with party officials and warned his convention chances are slim though he has some delegate support. Maddox, 52, rose to prominence as an Atlanta restaurant owner who defied the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Barry Goldwater
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Maddox
Democratic Party
Joe Sports
Sports
Georgia
Georgia General Assembly
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Callaway
Atlanta
Clearing Skies Return To Northeast Louisiana Area
Northeast Louisiana residents enjoy pleasant weather after thunderstorms dropped 1.48 inches of rain on the Twin Cities Sunday. Skies will be partly cloudy and a bit warmer with scattered thundershowers today becoming less numerous tonight and Tuesday. Highs 81 at Monroe and 86 to 90 elsewhere with lows 70 to 74.
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Northeast
Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana Delta
Burglars Steal Radio Equipment at Monroe Business
Monroe police report $6,000 worth of testing gear citizens band radios and walkie talkies stolen from Communications Service Center 214 South McGuire Monroe. Entry gained through back exit. Burglary occurred between 1 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. today with ongoing investigation.
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South McGuire
Monroe
James C. Kelly Jr
Kelly
Today's Chuckle
A light quip noting that some people are so prejudiced they won't listen to both sides of a phonograph record.
Watts Gun Battles Mark Watts Riot Anniversary
In Los Angeles on the Watts riot anniversary, a night of heavy gun battles between police and Black residents left three dead and 44 wounded as dawn broke. Police reported intense exchanges in a park and an estimated 1,000 shots fired in a brief siege during the festival marking the 1965 events.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers Park
Lew Ritter
Thomas Reddin
David McGill
Ritter
Negro
Doctors Say Eisenhower Surpasses Immediate Critical Period
Army doctors report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has passed the immediate critical period after last week's heart attack and is progressing satisfactorily. They caution the convalescence will be prolonged due to his recent attacks and offer no timeline for hospital stay.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Violent gunfight wounds deputies at Violet taverns
In Violet Louisiana early today rifle and shotgun fire wounded three St Bernard Parish deputies and a 21 year old resident Paul Hill who was later booked with attempted murder. The shooting prompted a large police sweep of the Negro area as deputies searched for weapons.
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Violet, la
Violet
St. Bernard Parish
Paul Hill
Charity Hospital
St. Bernard
Jack Rowley
Hill
Paul Volpe
St. Bernard General Hospital
Highland Bar
Deffes
Norman L. Pierce
Pierce
Volpe
Binning
Camelia Club
Brnning
Heliborne Assaults Key Saigon Front As U S Forces Press South
U S troops from the 9th Division landed in rice fields 24 miles south of Saigon to encircle a Viet Cong unit of about 100. Nearby, another 9th Division force destroyed a 40-strong enemy platoon nine miles north of Saigon with light casualties. U S gunboats and air power hit Viet Cong positions along the river while B52 bombers raided North Vietnam. Twenty-two NVA and eight Marines died in an engagement near Da Nang. U S headquarters reported 42 Americans wounded.
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Saigon
USS
9Th Division
U.S
North Vietnam
Narmmancie
Demilitarized Zone
Con Thien
South Vietnam
Panhandle
da Nang
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USS Monitor
Board of Ethics Studies
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Clarence Deffes
John Brnning
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