Army Closes 23 Nike Hercules Missile Sites in 12 States
The Pentagon announced the Army will shut 23 Nike Hercules missile batteries in 12 states to save money. The move cuts 4,200 Army personnel and consolidates seven headquarters. Missouri and Texas sites will inactivate National Guard units while technicians are reassigned.
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Newhall
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Missouri
Texas
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Ft. Tilden
N.Y
Louisiana races shape up for U.S. Senate and House seats
Democratic voters in New Orleans prepare for the statewide U.S. Senate primary with incumbents led by Sen. Russell B. Long favored. The 6th and 4th districts show tough contests among incumbents and challengers, while the GOP race centers on the 2nd district with David Treen vs James R. Alexander.
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Eligile
Russell B. Long
Maurice P. Blanche
Covington
Lea S. Thompson
Carl F. Walker
Jesse S. Heard
Bossier-Webster
O. E. Price
Bossier City
Chester P. Holloway
Fred M. Bayles
Jerry L. Ford
Larry S. Green
Tommy
Fred McVay
Henry Hammonds
Edwin Edwards
Crowley
Washington
Speedy O. Long
James N. Lee
Bunkie
Gilbert Harrison
Colfax
Baton Rouge
John R. Rarick
Ossie B. Brown
Joseph F. Keogh
Rarick
J. D. DeBlieux
Edwin E. Willis
St. Martinville
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Louisiana Advancement Assmiation
Edward Hebert
House
Hebert
New Orleans
Hale Boggs
Jefferson Parish
Cy D. F. Courtney
Russell Long
Senate
Maurice P. Blache
David Treen
Metairie
James R. Alexander
Treen
Boggs
Mrs Nathan Kern Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs Nathan Kern has completed her hospital turn and is now home at 417 Orleans St Monroe. Kern works in the occupational licensing department at City Hall and says his wife’s spirits are improved as friends visit and the cheering up process continues.
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Kern
City Hall
Nigerian leader rejects cease-fire in Biafra war
Lagos reports Maj. Gen. Gowon refused Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie’s call for a cease-fire as Nigerian forces push toward Aba. Addis Ababa talks stall over relief flights while Enugu remains under Nigerian control and Biafra resists aid passing through. Transair continues relief flights via a secret route to aid starving areas.
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Yakubu Gowon
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C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Organization of African Unity
Aba
Benjamin Adekunle
Marine
Port Harcourt
Adekunle
Imo River
Radio Biafra
Akwete
International Red Cross
Red Cross
August Lindt
Enugu
Transair
When a Woman Lowers Her Voice Signals Desire
A brief maxim notes that a woman's lowered voice implies she seeks something, while a raised voice signals she did not get it, reflecting a common stereotype about communication cues.
Chicago toughest security area set for Democratic Natl Convention
A mile square security ring around the International Amphitheatre will bar almost all but credentialed people. Police say the zone runs from Halsted to Ashland and 39th to 47th streets with thousands of officers, federal agents, and guards on duty for the August convention.
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International Amphitheatre
Halsted Street
Stockyards
Ashland Avenue
39Th Street
47Th Street
Cook County
National
Vietnam
Pentagon
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
U.S. Revises Mekong Delta River Clash Death Toll
The U S A R M command revises casualties from Mekong Delta ambushes noting 71 Vietnamese civilians and one soldier killed and 188 civilians with 15 soldiers wounded after three ambushes on August 8 near Cai Rang. One American boat was lost and eight U S servicemen wounded.
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Saigon
Cuan
Ulas
Mekong
U.S
Can Tho
Cai Rang
Miss May Coker Former Monroe Teacher Dies
Miss May Coker former Neville High School social studies teacher and Barkdull Faulk principal in Monroe died in Baton Rouge. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 30 p m in Yazoo City Mississippi Methodist Church with burial there. She retired in 1961 due to illness and is survived by three brothers.
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Neville High School
Barkdull Faulk
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Florence Coker
Myrtle Ave
Yazoo City
Miss
Mississippi
Bastrop
Neville
Sam Coker
Joe Coker
Robert Coker
Tennessee
Fishing Weather Expected Here This Weekend
Picnickers and fishermen should enjoy this weekend as skies stay clear to partly cloudy and warm. Highs reach 88 to 94 with lows 71 to 77, and a trace of rain noted in Monroe Thursday. Dewpoints in the 70s and south to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph through tonight.
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FAA
Monroe
Louisiana Delta
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