Donations Double For Goodfellows Campaign Appeal
Donations to the Goodfellows drive more than doubled as residents are urged to keep giving to reach the 7500 goal before Christmas. Appeals include sending family names, addresses, and need to Goodfellows at 411 N 4th St Monroe with no phone requests. The report also notes a separate Washington Senate vote on education act reviews and church state questions amid funding debates.
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Goodfellow
Goodfellows
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
N. 4Th St
Monroe
Downtown Monroe street lighting plan abandoned
The Utilities Commission abandoned the downtown lighting project due to high costs. A project-by-project approach will use remaining funds from the 1966 bond, with about 140000 of the 405000 spent and the full program likely stretching to 1970.
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Monroe
The
Utilities Commission
Commission
News-Star Today Annua
Fred Westrom
Louisiana Avenue
Stone Avenue
North Seventh
David Kaplan
DeSiard
DeSiard Road
Eighteenth ‘Street
Louisville
South Second Street
Renwick Street
Airport
Sterlington Road
Lmits
Westrom
Newarrival Leigh McIntosh Born in Glenwood Hospital
Grandparents welcomed Leigh McIntosh born at 5 15 am at Glenwood Hospital to Mr and Mrs Louie McIntosh of Calhoun. Phillis McIntosh a nurse on leave from Ouachita Parish Health Unit, weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce at birth.
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Ouachita Parish
Leigh McIntosh
Louie MclIntosh
Calhoun
Glenwood Hospital
Leigh
Phillis
General Motors contract target date set for Dec 14
The United Auto Workers Union set December 14 as a target date to reach a new national labor contract covering 380,000 UAW represented GM workers. If no agreement by then, a strike deadline would be issued. leaders opposed striking during Christmas and New Year holidays to avoid loss of holiday pay.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Council
Reuther
Marines repulse North Vietnamese at Con Thien frontline
US Marines in a four hour close quarters battle drove a North Vietnamese company from fortified bunkers 24 miles northeast of Con Thien. 26 NVA and 15 Americans killed with 54 wounded. The fight followed a lull near the DMZ as both sides pressed aggressions along the Cambodia border.
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Con Thien
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Bu Dop
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Chuckle Sign On Wall of Reducing Salon
A humorous sign hangs in a reducing salon reading Get rid of your bad breadth. The playful message pokes at self improvement and breath control in a lighthearted, tongue in cheek way.
Four in family serve as Christmas misses in Vietnam era
Julia Stilwell of Goldsboro North Carolina will spend Christmas apart from husband T Sergeant William Stilwell and three sons all in military service two in Vietnam and another bound for the combat zone. Billy and Bobby Stillwell are deployed while Jack joined the Army this week.
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Monroe
Goodfellows
Goldsboro, N.C
Julia Stilwell
North Carolina
Armed Services
Vietnam
William R. Still
Air Force
Army
Billy Stillwell
Bobby Stillwell
Jack Stillwell
Denied Secret Viet Cong Meeting Report Implicated CIA Effort
Sources say a planned meeting between U S Ambassador Bunker and a Viet Cong National Liberation Front representative was thwarted when South Vietnamese police arrested the emissary. The U S Embassy denied any planned talks without GVN knowledge, amid reports the CIA arranged a neutral embassy meeting in Saigon within the past 10 days. The envoy was detained before reaching the embassy and allegedly revealed the plan.
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GVN
Government of
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Central Intelligence Agency
House of Representatives
CIA
Heavy Snow Closes Schools and Delays Travel Across Mid-Atlantic
Residents from Washington to New York dig out after a major snowstorm dropping up to 12 inches. The capital was buried under snow. flights were canceled to Reagan and Friendship while Dulles stayed open. Laurel Race Course canceled nine-race program. Maryland and Virginia power outages and school closures reported. several Baltimore area ships could depart only two of twelve.
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New York
Seaboard
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington National Airport
Friendship International
Baltimore
Dulles International
Chantilly
Laurel Race Course
Laurel
College Park
University of Maryland
Alexandria
Aruon
Frederick
Salisbury
Baltimore Maritime Exchange
Union Sets Vote On Agreement To End Area Strike
A tentative pact between Georgia Pacific officials and Local 475 of the International Woodworkers of America heads to union members for ratification at 6 p.m. The strike, affecting about 800 people, could end if approved, lifting a five week walkout at two plywood plants in Crossett Arkansas.
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Crossett
Ark
Georgia - Pacific
Jim Nichols
Loca
L 475
International Woodworkers of America
Nichols
Strange
Mild Weather Lingers with Scattered Showers Northeast Louisiana
The forecast calls for mild temperatures and scattered showers in northeast Louisiana. Rain chances hover around 20 percent tonight and 30 percent Saturday as highs reach the mid to upper 60s today and 68 to 72 degrees on Saturday. Lows tonight range from 52 to 60.
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Louisiana
Saturda
River Stage Alerts Trigger Flood Change
River stage readings show rising water at Monroe and Camden with levels near 144.0 and 84.0 as flood-prone conditions escalate. Officials issue alerts warning of possible stage changes and urging monitoring of nearby low-lying areas.
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Monroe
Camden
Rise
United Givers Fund Total Reaches $295,760 in Ouachita Parish
Officials of United Givers Fund Ouachita Parish announced the campaign total of 295760 in gifts and pledges. Campaign chair G L Skeeter Morgan spoke at a Victory Luncheon at the Paragon Club with more than 100 leaders present. Tom H Scott served as co chairman, M H Collet is president and Ivy Jordan is vice president.
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United Givers Fund
Ouachita Parish
G. L
Skeeter) Morgan
Paragon Club
Morgan
UGF
Tom H. Scott
M. H. Collet
Ivy Jordan
Friends Of Goodfellows Donations Totals 821 In Monroe
The list records donations to the Friends Of Goodfellows totaling 821 dollars. Contributions include 376 to Dr. and Mrs. Najeeb Elam for Christmas cards, 300 from Rotary Club of Monroe, 50 in memory of George Wade, and smaller gifts from individuals and groups such as Sidney Flynn, Nell de dn, Ted Flynn, Leon Neathery, Mrs J W Morrison, Bo Pasternack, Mon Ami Newcomers Club, The Study Club, and others.
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Najeeb Elam
George Wade
Sidney Flynn
Nell de Dn
Sidney F. Flynn
Ted Flynn
Brother
Leon Neathery
Pamela
Patricia
Chester Neathery, Jr
J. W. Morrison
Roberta Pasternack
Mon Ami
Herman Ma
Rotary Club
Monroe
Louisiana
Egyptian Broadcast Claims Israeli Mirage Jets Shot Down
Cairo Radio reported Egyptian anti aircraft guns downed three Israeli Mirage fighters in the Suez area. Israel confirmed one jet lost. The Cairo broadcast said the planes fell on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Suez, with pilots bailing out and one landing in the gulf.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
Suez
Israel
Suez Canal
Gulf of Suez
Gulf
Draft chiefs says many protest cards fake and few real
Washington AP draft chief Lewis B Hershey says three of four ecards from Vietnam protestors are drivers licenses or nondraft cards. He notes only 297 valid cards were turned in, with up to 9 percent not real. He warns penalties for burning or failing to carry a card and says proving burning is difficult.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Selective Service System
Pentagon
Uncle Sam
U S Steel A announces price increase in 21 percent boost
fragmented OCR note reports U S Steel A announcing price increases across products with a 21 percent boost cited. mentions household items and construction supplies though details are unclear in the damaged text. references to Arus Steel corp and various product lines in a garbled industry notice.
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Arus Steel Corp
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