U S Planes Sink North Viet Boats In Tonkin Action
US planes sunk two North Vietnamese torpedo boats and damaged two others in the Gulf of Tonkin. Viet Cong attempts to block Saigon river shipping failed, with minor naval damage and no casualties. B52s bombed Viet Cong bases near the Cambodian border as pilots reported numerous depot, barge, bridge, building, truck, and rail car damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Long Tao
Haiphong
Constellation
Saicon
Guam
Tay Ninh
Panhandle
Treasury seeks curb on bootstrap sales scheme
Washington AP reports the Treasury urged Congress to act against bootstrap sales a method where a business partners with a tax exempt charity or foundation to boost receipts harming tax collections Asst Secretary Stanley Surrey testified before the House Ways and Means Committee noting growth of the practice despite a Supreme Court ruling last year that the method is legal under current statutes The administration seeks legislation to end the bootstrap scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Congress
Supreme Court
Stanley
Surrey
House
Ways and Means Committee
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Bruce Newcomer nose surgery
Bruce Newcomer son of Mr and Mrs Bob Newcomer Monroe underwent a nose growth removal at Glenwood Hospital and expects a two day hospitalization. He will play football for Wossman High School this fall. Mrs Helen W Bubb 1200 Tulane Ave West Monroe to be released from St Francis Hospital next Saturday after a month illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Newcomer
Bob Newcomer
Monroe
Glenwood Hospital
Wossman High School
Helen W. Bubb
Tulane Ave
West Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Mansfield Proposes LBJ De Gaulle Meeting on Vietnam
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urges a Vietnam talks summit with President Johnson and France's Charles de Gaulle. He suggests Guadalupe as a venue after de Gaulle's talks with Cambodia's Norodom Sihanouk, amid U S efforts to restart peace discussions with North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
France
Mansfield
Guadalupe
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
de Gaulle
Sihanouk
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
America
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Martin Retiring From Police Here
Assistant Chief Sid ney G. Martin of the Monroe Police Department will retire after 20 years of service. He started in 1945, served in World War II, and held roles in traffic, check, and detective divisions before becoming assistant chief in 1963. W. J. Hunnicutt will assume the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney G. Martin
Monroe Police Department
James C. Kelly, Jr
Martin
Navy
Ralph P. Graves
Caldwell Parish
Department
Military Police
U. S. Army
Moore St
Ann Johnston
W. J. Hunnicutt
Kelly
Legislature Size Ruling Keeps Louisiana at Current Size
A three judge federal court ruled that the Louisiana Legislature cannot be enlarged without a constitutional amendment. The commission must meet court requirements by Jan 1 to avoid at large elections. A second plan to enlarge hinges on amendments and court approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana
Minor Wisdom
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Commission
Tulane Law School
Cecil Morgan
Faith Hurricane Hovers Near Seeding Zone Edge
Hurricane Faith churns with 120 mile winds off Florida and the Bahamas as Project Stormfury scientists watch a 100 to 150 mile zone for a possible seeding with silver iodide. The goal is to determine if seeding weakens or intensifies the storm while officials monitor rough seas and await a decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Faith
Atlantic
Bahamas
Florida
Herbert Lieb
Stormfury
Stock Market Dips As Heavy Selling Presses Prices Lower
NEW YORK AP A wave of selling pushed the market to new lows, trading ran heavy with the NYSE ticker tape 10 minutes behind. The Dow Jones average stood at 774.72 after a drop of 5.84 points at 12 30 p.m. Volume for the first two hours reached 5.42 million shares versus 3.76 million a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Red Guards Demonstrate Outside Soviet Embassy in Peking
Thousands of Red Guards march before the Soviet Embassy in Peking urging anti-revisionist slogans while obeying official calls for discipline. Demonstrators plan two days of action as the cultural purge expands into Tibet and street names are renamed to reflect Maoist thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Peking
Peking People's Daily
Red Guards
China
Lhasa
Tibet
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Mao Tze-tung
Moscow
Tanjug
Red Guard
Tass
People’s Liberation Army
Chu Teh
Chinese Communist Party
New China News Agency
Mao
Partly Cloudy Skies Persist in Twin Cities Area
The Twin Cities area will see partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with a 30 percent chance of scattered afternoon thunderstorms and little temperature change. Highs reach 86 to 92, with lows 70 to 76. Similar warmth continues into the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Mid- South
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Monroe
Weather Bureau
Ouachita Parish Students Begin Registration
Registration in Ouachita Parish schools proceeds smoothly with 37 schools reporting mixed gains over last year’s 16 237 first day total. Superintendent Milton C Hall notes no clear trend yet as Wossman High School opens and parish students continue two week transfer period amid half day sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tyler
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Milton C. Hall
City of Monroe
Hall
Desegregation Proceeding in Ouachita Parish Schools
The Ouachita Parish system plans no parish wide teacher workshop this year with events in individual schools. The Professional Day is set for Saturday Sept 10 at West Monroe High School. First day enrollment at 13 white schools totals 3 784 while Negro schools show no registration counts. Desegregation proceeds with grades opened, racial barriers due to fall next year, and federal officials from the U S Justice Department monitoring registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Monroe High School
Jack Hayes
Highland Elementary
Kiroli
Millsaps
Mitchell
Okaloosa
Pinecrest
Ransom
A. L. Smith
Swartz
West Monroe Junior High
Woodlawn
Lenwis
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
U.S. Justice Department
Mother Denies Custody Battle Will End Soon
Valerie Swindle fights to regain custody of her three year old daughter Sharon from ex husband Gerald Swindle of Jonesboro. She vows not to return to England until she gets her child. A writ of certiorari was filed with the U S Supreme Court to move toward an arrest warrant for Swindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swindie
England
Swindle
Arkansas
Sharon
California
Paragould
Maurice ‘Cathey
U.S. Supreme Court
Lawmakers Back Johnson Authority to Call 190000 Reservists
The House Armed Services Committee approved a reserve bill allowing President Johnson to summon about 190 000 Army Reservists and National Guardsmen for the Vietnam war without a national emergency. The measure, approved 32 to 1, would require certification of need to Congress and delays the defense bill timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Viet Nam
Rep
Lucien Nedzi
Dmich
Senate
Armed Services Committee
House
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Congress
Johnson Diverges From Truman Over Recession Threat
In San Antonio Texas President Johnson said rising interest rates alarm him yet rejects Harry S Truman’s warning of a looming recession or bad mood. He cites money tightness as a sign of a strong economy and calls for curbing inflation without merely raising rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Tex
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Bonn Minister Defends Actions
Bonn Germany AP Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel defends actions in the military crisis and promises a shakeup in the West German air force. He cites communication breakdowns between air force commanders and the Defense Ministry and strained ties with his civilian deputy amid three top generals resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
von Hassel
Defense Ministry
Armed Forces
Air Force
Noah Webster Speller Sells 100 Million Copies
Collier's Encyclopedia ranks Noah Webster's blue-backed speller as one of America's best selling books with about 100 million copies sold, second only to the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Webster
America
Collier's Encyclopedia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scions
London
Morning Star
Hanoi
North
Demo
LBJ
G. Martin
New Orleans
Soviet Union
Robert A. Ehlers
Lake Charles
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!