Land of the Giants TV Series Promises Big Scale Mayhem
Producer Irwin Allen unveils a new ABC science fiction series in which seven earthlings are stranded on a world where inhabitants and objects are 12 times larger. The show relies on camera tricks and oversized props, with episodes costing over 250000 each and plans for 17 completed installments.
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Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Irwin Allen
Allen
TibeRn
Arle DE Svuge
Gulliver
ABC
Burglars Steal 16 Art Pieces From Bradford Home
Police report a break in at Dr. T Edward Wanleys Bradford home where 16 paintings by Picasso Cezanne LaTour Degas Goya Mir and Rodin sculptures valued at 1 394 000 were taken from the first floor while the 75 year old owner and his sister in law slept upstairs. Thieves gained entry through a kitchen window after removing a screen and walked in unnoticed. Wanley had exhibited works in New York and Philadelphia with shows planned in Chicago and San Francisco.
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Highway contracts awarded across Louisiana total 5.77 million
Louisiana Highway Department awarded seven statewide contracts totaling 5 769 998 dollars. Projects include West Baton Rouge Interstate 10 widening at 3 8 miles, Bayou Teche swing span bridge, U S 165 Monroe segment, and guardrail work on Interstate 10 in Jefferson Orleans parishes among others.
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Bayou Teche
W. R. Fairchild Construction Co., Ltd
Flattiesburg
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Ouachita
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Monroe
Beard St
Louisville Ave
C. O. Horton
Jefferson and
Orleans
Allied Chain Link Fence Co., Inc
Shreveport
Terrebonne
Hollywood
Bayou Blue-Coteau
LeBlanc Brothers & Co
Baton Rouge
Gentilly Blvd
East St. Roch Ave
Bob Brothers Construction Co
Prisoner Count On Death Row At High Peak
Washington AP reports the Bureau of Prisons shows 435 inmates under death sentence in 1967 the highest since 1953. Two executions occurred that year one in California and one in Colorado while 82.1 percent were for murder 14.9 percent for rape and 3 percent for other offenses including kidnapping.
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Bureau of Prisons
Bureau
California
Colorado
August 22 History Highlights From 1968 AP Summary
On this day in 1941 Nazi troops reached the outskirts of Leningrad during World War II. In 1654 Jacob Barsimson, recognized as the first Jewish immigrant to America, landed at Santo Domingo.
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Associated Press
Leningrad
America
Jacob Barsimson
HODGE Special Navy Chief Maur ice F Boyet Aboard El Dorado
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Maur ice F Boyet of Spokane Washington serves on the command ship USS El Dorado off Vietnam. He handles clerical work in the administration office of Rear Admiral Paul L Lacy commander of Amphibious Forces in Vietnam. Boyet is a former Hodge resident and 1941 Jonesboro Hodge High School graduate. The text notes the Mona Lisa theft in 1911 and recovery in 1913.
Louisiana Considers Weight Tax on Autos in Session Panel
A Louisiana subcommittee studying new state revenues favors a weight based automobile levy tied to vehicle weight. The plan, linked to highway funding needs, would charge $15 for under 3000 pounds, $25 under 4000 pounds, and $35 over 4000 pounds, on top of the $3 annual tag fee. The proposal is framed as a user tax reflecting road wear. A separate education hearing is set for today with college and university officials.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John McKeithen
McKeithen
State College
State Department of Education
Venus Possibly Extremely Hot With High Surface Pressure
Washington AP report notes two scientists from Jet Propulsion Laboratory concluded Venus may have 75 to 100 times Earth's atmospheric pressure at the surface and a temperature above 900 degrees based on Venera IV landing and Mariner V flyby observations.
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Washington
Venus
Earth
Venera IV
Mariner V
Executive Wins Barrel Of Monkeys In Ballwin Bowling Night
ST. LOUIS AP Earl Breen an auto parts company executive won a barrel of lively ringtail monkeys in a national contest He plans to give one away as a prize at a celebrity bowling night in Ballwin Mo and is looking for ways to unload the rest He says he will never use that expression again.
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ST. Louis
Earl Breen
Breen
Ballwin
Education and Service Have Close Definite Connection
Dr. Jack S. Wilkes of Centenary College spoke at Northeast Louisiana State College graduation exercises. He urged active human involvement to solve poverty and warned against war and emotional responses to racial issues, noting the need for reasoned thought in university problem solving. President George T. Walker awarded degrees to 298 graduates.
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Louisiana State College
Jack S. Wilkes
Centenary College
Wilkes
Neville High School
George T. Walker
Candidates Comment On Czech Crisis
United States options were limited in the Czechoslovak invasion as Democratic contenders weigh responses. McCarthy cites non intervention possible due to Vietnam bombing. McGovern says nationalism will prevail. Wallace criticizes conciliatory talk on communists. Kennedy vows no end to Vietnam bombing negotiations while the crisis unfolds. UN Security Council once heard Israel’s charges against Syria five years prior.
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Czechoslovakia
Johnson
North Vietnam
Eugene McCarthy
George S. McGovern
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Syria
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