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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1966

Page

2

Anti-W war Inquiry Winds Through Legal Turmoil

Washington AP report on the House Un American Activities Committee hearings that tangled amid beards long hair and legal questions. The ACLU challenged the committee s constitutional basis arguing propaganda cannot be investigated without violating First Amendment rights. A federal judge Corcoran initially blocked the hearings but a panel ordered them to proceed.

Washington ABC House Committee On UN- American Activities South Viet Nam U.S Viet Nam Supreme Court Congress House Committee On Un-American Activities American Civil Liberties Union ACLU Howard F. Corcoran Corcoran

School Board Guests At Meet Tonight By MWOW

Monroe City School Board members attend a 7 PM meeting at the Holiday Inn hosted by the local Military Order of the World Wars chapter. Capt James B Scruggs Jr will discuss Junior ROTC program expansion under the 1964 act fueling growth in high schools lacking the program.

Monroe City Military Order of the World Wars Holiday Inn James B. Scruggs Jr Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Monroe Army Navy Air Force

McNamara Leads Mount Rainier Ascent Quest

Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and his party aimed to reach 10 000 feet on Mt Rainier in the first leg of a climb. They planned to spend the night at Camp Muir and resume at 2 am Friday for the final ascent amid reports the ankle injury from tennis three weeks earlier is healing.

Tacoma Wash Robert S. McNamara Mt. Rainier Camp Muir McNamara

New Civil Rights Protest Marches Set For Chicago

Civil rights leaders plan new protest marches after seven hours of talks failed to halted the marches. Martin Luther King Jr. and top aides will announce the next parade details at a meeting of civil rights workers. The group seeks stronger enforcement of the Chicago fair housing ordinance and penalties for violators.

Chicago Martin Luther King Jr King Ben Heineman Chiago Conference On Race and Religion Chicago Real Estate Board

Collie Hero Of Year Saved Boy In Farm Incident

Hero a collie from Priest River Idaho received the 13th Dog Hero of the Year award for saving 3 year old Shawn Jolly from a maddened horse on the family farm. The dog suffered injuries but kept the boy safe earning medals leash and collar a blanket a dog food supply and a $1000 savings bond for the Jolly family.

Chicago Hero George Jolly Priest River Idaho Shawn Jolly Shawn

Johnson Northeast Trip Signals Aid to Freshman Democrats

President Johnson plans a rapid tour of New York Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire and Maine with a stop at Campobello to meet Prime Minister Pearson. The trip could bolster freshmen Democrats Richard D McCarthy Joseph Y Resnick and others while influencing governorship and Senate races.

Washington Johnson Northeast Democratic House New York State Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire Maine Lester Pearson Canada Pearson Ottawa Viet Nam Roosevelt Campobello International Park Campobello Island New Brunswick United States Franklin D. Roosevelt Johnson and Pearson Buffalo N.Y Coast Guard Lake Erie Syracuse Ellenville Catskills White House Kingston R.I University of Rhode Island University Francis Horn Burlington Manchester N.H Brunswick Lewiston Northhampton Campobello Dow Air Force Base Bangor New York J. Michael Hanley Richard D. McCarthy Joseph Y. Resnick Resnick Hamilton Fish Jr Congress Claiborne Pell John H. Chafee Horace Hobbs Warwick John H. Reed Kenneth M. Curtis Sen Margaret Chase Smith GOP

Eight Assaulted By Berserk Man in Arecibo Hospital

Victor Quiles Aviles, 26, stormed an Arecibo hospital Wednesday night injuring eight, three seriously, with stabbing and blows before an off duty officer shot him in the arm. His wife is a nurse at the hospital. victims included a patient, a telephone operator, an ambulance driver and two porters.

San Juan Puerto Rico Arecibo Victor Quiles Aviles

Auto Workers Push to Include in Any Reopening Talks

Detroit report says United Auto Workers production workers press to be covered if big three reopen contracts for wage increases. Ford Local 600 leads a demand with 30 000 production and 10 000 skilled members seeking immediate raises plus at least 50 cents an hour. Demonstrations at GM and a Chrysler plant followed as the union seeks a quick response from GM Ford and Chrysler.

Detroit United Auto Workers Union UAW General Motors Corp Ford Motor Co Chrysler Corp Big Three Ford Walter P. Reuther General Motors Chrysler

Senate Bans Navy Funds For TFX

The Senate approved by voice vote a rider to a defense bill prohibiting use of funds to purchase any F111B Navy version of the TFX fighter bomber. Sen. John McClellan will lead renewed investigations into whether the United States is buying a second‑best airplane as costs soar and production plans face delays. The Navy may decide in March or April on production, while the Pentagon notes per‑unit costs rising from 2.9 to about 8 million dollars.

Navy John McClellan D-Ark Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee McNamara General Dynamics Corp McClellan Tigate United States Pentagon General Dynamics Boeing Aircraft Co

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