McCarthy Pushes Peace Plank for Vietnam Coalition Government
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy urged supporters at a Madison Square Garden rally to back a Democratic platform favoring a coalition government in South Vietnam that includes the National Liberation Front. He warned Saigon’s rejection would trigger troop and aid reductions. The event aided a drive to raise 5 million dollars, with 2 million already raised.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Democratic Party
South Vietnam
Madison Square Garden
McCarthy
Saigon
NLF
National Liberation Front
Saigon Cement Cargo Dispute Stalls in Harbor
US officials report no settlement in the Saigon dispute between American shipowner George Bates and two Vietnamese importers. Three Bates ships with 25,000 tons of cement from Formosa remain cargoed and guarded in Saigon harbor as court action looms in New York, with crews repatriated after failed negotiations.
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U.S. District Court
New York City
Saigon
Bates
U.S
Group Set To Aid Challenges At Demo Confab
State Rep Julian Bond says a five state coordinating committee will assist challenge delegations to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The group aims for proportional representation and a democratic selection for delegates, meeting in Chicago to plan credentials review. Georgia Forum backs the challenge with Sen George McGovern’s support.
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George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Man Charged In Death Of Darnell Man On Tuesday
In Lake Providence Louisiana a 50 year old Cornell Keyes was charged with manslaughter and released on 3000 bond after the Tuesday night death of Billy Ragus 49 of Darnell Ragus. The coroner said death stemmed from brain damage due to blows to the head found in Ragus auto parked near a local bar on La 2 near the East West Carroll parish line. Sheriff Sam House said Keyes was released on bond shortly after his arrest.
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Old Pros to Run Democratic National Convention lineup
A five member team of veterans will run the Democratic National Convention in Chicago starting next Monday. Hale Boggs and Daniel Inouye back Humphrey for president. Carl Albert and Richard Hughes lead credentials and rules committees with Johnson supporters remaining uncommitted. Shapiro chairs the rules panel. Albert becomes permanent chairman.
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Hale Boggs
Louisiana
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Hawaii
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Oklahoma
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New Jersey
Samuel H. Shapiro
Illinois
Otto E. Kerner
Albert
House
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Little Dixie
Kennedy
McCormack
Commission
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Los Angeles
Realtors Hear Ruffin Talk On Standards
H D Ruffin, adviser to Gov McKeithen, spoke to realtors from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes about efforts of the Department of Occupational Standards to improve brokers image and conditions in Louisiana. He noted 1966 Legislature changes to fees and the personal surety bond law, described sureties as a transferable longterm mortgage, and praised renewed license renewal processes saving brokers time.
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Flower Shop Contact Listing
Call 323 3494 for Marys Flower Shop located at 318 North 2nd Street.
Passman Endorsed for 12th Term by Monroe Morning World
The Monroe Morning World endorses Congressman Otto Passman for re nomination and election to the U S House from Louisiana Fifth District. It credits his 22 years in Congress with flood control gains of 215 million and over 88 million in highway funding, plus aid to labor and education.
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Passman Praised as People’s Representative and Diplomat
The biography extols Otto Passman sharing humble roots as a sharecropper’s son who earned a high school diploma at 22, served as a Navy officer in World War II, built a business, and became a respected Louisiana congressman. It notes his 70 to 75 hour weeks, offices in Monroe and Clinton, bipartisan respect in Washington, and his focus on crippled children and lepers while urging his reelection by highlighting his record.
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Supreme Court
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Clinton
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