Reuther Seeks Strike Backing as Auto Talks Drag
United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther urges members to approve a strike if negotiations with General Motors Ford and Chrysler fail to yield major economic gains. Leaders accuse the Big Three of stalling while bargaining runs seven weeks, with locals voting on strike authorization and targets set for pattern-setting contracts.
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Flint, Mich
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Flint
General Motors
Woodcock
Ford
Chrysler
Ken Bannon
Douglas Fraser
Bail Set At 50000 For Suspect In Family Killings
David Hoskins 30 admitted shooting and arson that killed his wife Loretta 29 and four children Juliet Carla Lee Linda Joan and David. He is jailed in Stearns County on aggravated arson and faces a preliminary hearing September 7 after a bail of 50000 was set.
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David Hoskins
St. Cloud
Minn
Stearns County
Peter Lahr
Lahr
Hoskins
Pear Lake
Loretta
Paul J. Doerner
Juliet
Carla Lee
Linda Joan
David
Morehouse Parish Opens Registration for New Students
All Morehouse Parish Schools will be open today through Friday from 8 to 11 30 a m for new student registrations per Dr Joe Campbell superintendent. Each new student should bring a birth certificate though registration is urged even if unavailable. Teachers report Monday August 28 and schools open to all students Tuesday August 29.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Joe Campbell
Bastrop Soldier Missing On Helicopter Mission
Leo Porter 20 son of Mr and Mrs Porter is reported missing after a helicopter crash in Vietnam in which he served as crew chief. Army telegrams say he has been missing since Friday and efforts to locate him are underway. Porter enlisted 1966 with training at Ft Polk and Ft Rucker and extended service in Vietnam with 70 days left in his tour.
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Bastrop
Leo Porter
Co. B. Porter
Vietnam
Department of Army
Washington
Porter
Army
Ft. Polk
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Northeast selects four new faculty in social science
The Department of Social Science at Northeast Louisiana State College appoints four new assistant professors for September. Philip Cook of Ringgold and Alton Ingram of LSU join history teaching staff, along with Thomas Stricklin of Yazoo City as history assistant professor, and Virgil Bushman Smith as sociology assistant professor.
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Department of Social Science
Northeast Louisiana State College
William A. Walker Jr
Philip C. Cook
Alton Warl Ingram
Thomas Edgar Stricklin
Virgil Bushman Smith
Cook
Ringgold
University of Georgia
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ingram
LSU
Stricklin
Yazoo City
Miss
Mississippi State University
Sociologist Smith Brings Canadian Roots to US Academic
Smith, a native of Alberta, Canada, has completed coursework for the doctorate at Utah State University. He holds the M.A. and B.S. degrees from Brigham Young University.
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University of Alabama
Smith
Alberta
Canada
New Sociologist
Utah State University
Brigham Young University
Solon Says U S In Vietnam Trap
Sen. Case warns U S in Vietnam risks trapping Johnson as 45 000 more troops are sent. He says American prestige binds Saigon to resist reforms and predicts the administration may face an intolerable dilemma. Johnson defends limited goals while Medal of Honor is awarded.
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
U.S
Vietnam
Johnson
Saigon
Case
New Jersey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
White House
Jimmie E. Howard
Navy
Red
China
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
South Vietnam
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Edward W._ Brooke
R-Mass
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Brooke
South Vietnam Provisional Assembly
Mike John Jr Announces Run for Ouachita Parish Rep Seat
Monroe resident Mike John Jr. announces his candidacy for one of Ouachita Parish three representative positions. A World War I veteran and LSU graduate in economics and business, he operates in investments and real estate and pledges to work with officials to serve Ouachita Parish. He is married with two daughters.
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Ouachita Parish
Mike John Jr
John Circle
Monroe
John
LSU
First Methodist Church
Twin Cities
Audrey Riddle
Marksville
James Yerger
Baton Rouge
Duke Bardwell
Jack Noble Dies at 53 in West Monroe
Jack Noble 53 of West Monroe died after a heart attack at home. Funeral service set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church West Monroe. burial at Memorial Park Cemetery under Mulhearn Funeral Home. Noble was coating superintendent at Olin Mathieson mill. WWI veteran. survived by wife Geraldine and two sons Jack Cole and Carlton Otis. sister Mrs Clifford Benson and mother Mrs Otis H Noble.
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Jack Noble
Carter Dr
West Monroe
First Methodist Church of
Ken McDowell
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Memorial Park
Monroe
Noble
Olin Mathieson
el Dorado
Ark
First Methodist Church
Y’s Men Club
Geraldine Noble
Jack Cole
Carlton Otis Noble
Clifford Benson
Otis H. Noble
Parish Jury Endorses Participation in Council of Governments
Ouachita Parish Police Jury votes unanimously to join a wide area cooperative planning body with Monroe and West Monroe. Delegates Downing and Coon to craft details while urging federal funds for area wide projects. Other actions include highway safety study, canal relocation denial, and recalls and tax stance resolutions.
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Ouachita Parish
Council of Governments
Monroe
West Monroe
Ward 10
Robert Downing
Chambers of Commerce
T. W. Humphries
Downing
Ward 6
Lloyd Coon
Council of Government
George Parsons
Bert Hatten
West Monroe Chamber
Louis Gruber
Eugene Smith
Monroe Chamber
Arthur Grant
Jim Williams
Norman McPherson
Gulf South Research Institute
Third Candidate Enters Alderman Qualification
The West Monroe special alderman election now features three candidates L O Yeager Bill Rocha and Charles Calhoun. Calhoun 413 Arlington Pl West Monroe registered with West Monroe Democratic Chairman Harold Hill near the 5 pm Monday deadline. The race fills the seat left by Alderman Roland Nix and aligns with upcoming primaries and a February 1968 general election.
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West Monroe
Silver certificates rise in value as dealers cash in
The value of silver certificates climbs above face value with premiums up to 30 percent. Dealers in many states redeem $1 to $10 bills for silver and resell on open markets as silver climbs to about $1.70 an ounce. A New York dealer says weekly receipts reach $30,000 in certificates, with June 30 1968 set as a key deadline.
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John Cunniff
New York
U.S
Federal
Federal Reserve
Bond Issue Meet Slated Thursday for West Monroe
West Monroe officials announce a public 7 p.m. meeting at First United Pentecostal Church to explain a 2,095,000 bond issue funding a sewage treatment plant and water department expansion. Mayor W. B. Hatten and Rev. E. W. Caughton organize the session to detail the project and city finances.
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First United Pentecostal Church
Montgomery St
West Monroe
W. B
Bert) Hatten
Hatten
E. W. Caughton
Republican candidates limited in Ouachita Parish races
Publican spokesmen held out a slim possibility of a single candidate before the 5 p.m. deadline. In Ouachita Parish races the GOP abandoned earlier hopes for Ward 5 police jury and will offer one candidate for three seats, Ralph Caldwell of Monroe, certified early in qualification.
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Quachita Parish
GOP
Ward 5
Republican Parish
Ouachita
Ralph Caldwell
Monroe
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Chauvin Canal
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U.S. Supreme Court
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West
Monroe, LA
Delta
New Orleans
Atlanta
Kennedy Airport
Newark
Louis Masur, Jr
Metropolitan Insurance Consultant
Life Annuities Pensions Group & Health
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Fenner & Smith Inc
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