Dillon Pushes Excise Tax Cuts for Next Year
Washington AP Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon urged next year’s excise tax reductions during Democratic platform hearings. He said the entire excise tax structure should be studied, not just wartime levies, and promised concrete recommendations for Congress. President Johnson adviser Walter Heller floated sending a share of rising revenues back to states as a dividend amid a booming economy.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Johnson
Democratic Platform Committee
Atlantic City
N.J
Dillon
Congress
Platform Writers
Treasury
Walter W. Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
District School Enrollment Rise Seen This Year
Fifth District school enrollment is expected to rise as schools reopen with Ouachita and Concordia Parishes showing the largest gains. Supts Milton Hall Van Dodom and James C Lancaster say Ouachita will reach about 17000 with 11000 in the city system, Concordia about 7000, and growth projected over the next four to five years. Some parishes including Franklin Richland and Tensas expect stable enrollment, while Morehouse and Jackson anticipate notable increases.
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Concordia
Monroe
Milton Hall
Supt
van Dodom
Ouachita Parish
James C. Lancaster
Concordia Parish
Lancaster
Natchez
Franklin
Richland
Tensas Parishes
Tensas
Jackson
Union
East Carroll
Lincoln
Caldwell
Morehouse
Madison
Hall
Odom
Frances Hotel
J. D. Koonce
J. G. Elliott
Kion
M. M. Walsworth
Morelle Emmons
J. L. McConathy
M. D. Peel
Ted L. Johnston
J.B. Thompson Jr
Ted Wright
M. A. Phillips
West Carroll
Catahoula
North Louisiana
South
Louisiana
South Louisiana
Sen. LeBlanc
Abbeville
John MacKeithen
LeBlanc
New Orleans
Adrain Duplantier
Caddo Parish
Bossier
Webster
DeSoto
Red River
Natchitoches
Claiborne
Bienville
Winn
Grant
LaSalle
Madison Tensas
LeBlanc Proposes 11 Senate Seats for North Louisiana
Baton Rouge chairman Dudley J. Le Blanc of the Legislative Committee on Senate Redistricting today offered his plan to allocate 11 of the 41 state senators to north Louisiana. The move follows a subcommittee report suggesting a 33 senator plan for the entire state, not the 11 for the north region.
Keating Runs Again as Goldwater Rift Persists
Senator Kenneth B. Keating announced his bid for re election in New York while withholding support for Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. He told reporters that New York voters would not be swayed by lip service to party unity and emphasized adherence to his lifelong principles. Keating planned to secure renomination at the Republican State Committee meeting next week.
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New York
Kenneth B. Keating
Barry Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Keating
Empire State
Democratic Party
Goldwater
Violence erupts again in Dixmoor Illinois violence
In Dixmoor Illinois racial violence flared again as armed police restored order after a five hour disturbance. About 40 people were arrested including 27 whites. two were injured by rocks and gunshots. Civil rights leaders criticized police tactics amid a multi department response.
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Dixmoor
Ill
Chicago
Masters Degree Conferred by Graham Sursinor Lodge 383
The Graham Surginor Lodge No. 383 F AM will confer a Master’s degree in the Masonic Temple on North Fourth Street Monroe Wednesday at 7 p.m. All Master Masons are invited to attend. The Frances Hotel hosted the superintendents' regular monthly session. Superintendent Van Dodom noted the board’s meeting this afternoon continued last week’s meeting on bids for milk and bread. Fifth District school superintendents met in Monroe today while the City School Board was to meet at 4 p.m.
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Graham Surginor Lodge
F & AM
Masonic Temple
North Fourth Street
Monroe
Frances Hotel
Supt
van Dodom
City
Johnson to host congressional salute and governors meeting
President Johnson announced a Wednesday party to honor all members of Congress and a lengthy Saturday conference with Democratic governors. In Magnolia Mississippi an announced Freedom Day demonstration fizzled with only seven Black residents registering to vote. Cape Kennedy launch crew began a countdown for Syncom 3 satellite set for Wednesday. In Moscow the USSR launched three Cosmos satellites in a single rocket signaling a potential manned flight. Rusk called Cyprus NATO’s most serious issue and urged Greece and Turkey not to split the alliance.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Magnolia
Miss
Mississippi
Negro Soldier Kills Sergeant In Frankfurt
GELNHAUSEN Germany AP A US Army sergeant shot and killed another sergeant who tried to rouse him from sleep at the 3rd Armored Division barracks in Frankfurt. Sgt Arthur Gilmer 29 of Long Beach Mississippi is in custody. Victim Sgt Frederick Young 24 of Rochester New York. Another sergeant Sgt Harry Coit Jackson Mississippi was unharmed after a shot was fired but the man ducked. The commanding officer Capt Stanleigh Fisk disarmed Gilmer and turned him over to MPs.
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Germany
Army
3Rd Armored Division
Arthur Gilmer
Long Beach
Miss
Frankfurt
Frederick Young
Rochester
N. Y
Gilmer
Harry Coit
Jackson, Miss
Coit
Stanleigh Fisk
Twin Cities Hit By Heavy Rains Across the State
Heavy showers struck the Twin Cities before noon with similar rain across northeast Louisiana. Officials logged rainfall as a trace at Selman Field but noted it as considerably more. Monroe streets flooded as thundershowers moved northeast, leaving ground conditions poor for equipment return by Friday. High 87, low 68, tonight 73, tomorrow around 90. The northeast Louisiana area stays partly cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon.
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Twin Cities
Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Monroe
Shreveport
Louisiana
Youth Wages Weary Battle To Land Fish
Cocoa Beach Florida AP 15 year old Tom Joiner Jr battles a giant Atlantic sting ray off Patrick Air Force Base pier in 15th hour. The 98 pound line held as the crowd swelled, he ate little, and kept awake by friends. Earlier pier legends include a 310 pound shark and a 400 pound manta ray.
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Cocoa Beach
Fla
Tom Joiner Jr
Patrick Air Force Base
Tom
Atlantic
Florida
Sgt
Thomas Joiner
Dave Bradford
Satellite Beach
Mike Douglas
Col
William K. Douglas
Chicago Hosts Most Presidential Conventions Says Almanac
The World Almanac notes Chicago has hosted more presidential nominating conventions than any other American city, marking the city as a historic hub of national party politics. The report emphasizes Chicago's enduring role in shaping U.S. political history through these events.
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Chicago
Johnson Signs Hospital Bill for Modernization Push
President Johnson signed a $1.4 billion hospital construction and modernization bill extending the Hill Burton Act for five years. In a ceremony with a large congressional and health officials delegation, he called Congress a "Better Health Congress" and praised the action to improve American health facilities.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Santa In August Returns Money to West Monroe Officer
A rookie West Monroe patrolman, Alton V. Norris, found a purse on Louisville Avenue containing over $2,000 in cash. He handed it to headquarters without looking inside, then notified the owner who arrived to claim both purse and funds, later discovering the cash inside. The incident sparked praise for Norris and highlighted hospital modernization debates tied to Hill-Burton Act funding and a presidential signing ceremony.
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West Monroe
Alton V. Norris
Louisville Avenue
Norris
Woman in nightgown kidnapped ex boyfriend in chase on car
Joyce Lafevers, 23, of Kannapolis North Carolina, dressed in a nightgown, climbed on a car hood and smashed a windshield during a kidnapping of Grady Steen, 27, in Spartanburg South Carolina. Stacey L. Bigham, 25, also of Kannapolis, aided and was charged. FBI says Steen described the events leading to the kidnapping and ransom threat as they traveled from a Kannapolis drive in to Charlotte and toward Atlanta.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Joyce Lafevers
Grady Steen
Kannapolis
N.C
Stacey L. Bighim
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miss Lafevers
Steen
Miss Lafever
Bigham
FBI
Charlotte
Atlanta, Ga
French U.N. Officials Killed at Congo Refugee Camp
Two French U.N. officials Jean Plicque aged 33 with the ILO and Francois Preziosi 43 with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees were killed while visiting a refugee camp in rebel held Kivu Province near Bukavu. Details remain unavailable as U.N. and Congolese authorities react to the incident. The Congo dispute widens with U.S. aid including B 26 bombers and paratrooper support cited by Pravda. Mercenaries once tied to Katanga return to fight for the Congolese government.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
U.N
Congo
United Nations
Jean Plicque
International Labor Organization
Francois Preziosi
U.N. High Commission For Refugees
Kivu
Bukavu
Leopoldville
United States
U.S
Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow
Katanga
Johannesburg
South Africa
Moise Tshombe
Foes of Foreign Aid Rider Press Senate Attacks
In Washington the Senate continued attacks on a rider to a 3.3 billion foreign aid bill aimed at delaying reapportionment. Sen. Gaylord Nelson urged delaying action while Sen. Carl Curtis defended the rider, arguing action is needed to delay court ordered reapportionment of state legislatures on a population basis.
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Senate
Gaylord A. Nelson
Dwis
Congress
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
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