Action on tax cut and civil rights bills faces milestone week
President Johnson urged Congress to act on Kennedy proposals as Senate Finance Committee prepares the $11 billion tax cut for action after hearings. Civil rights bill faces House Rules hurdles with possible bypass petition. timing targets Christmas week or early January for votes.
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Johnson
Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Edward W. Smith
Smith
Public Works Push Sought by Urban League Leader
Whitney Young, executive secretary of the National Urban League, urged President Johnson to launch a thorough effort including no public works program to reduce Negro unemployment. In a 46 minute White House meeting Young cited 11 percent Black joblessness, discussed school dropouts and delinquency, and noted the Urban League’s Civil Rights ties to Johnson since 1957.
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Washington
CUPL
National Urban League
Johnson
Whitney Young
White House
Virginia Court Rules Schools May Close Over Mix
Virginia Supreme Court upholds Prince Edward County right to close public schools to avoid integration in a 6-1 ruling. Justice Eggleston dissented, arguing the legislature must provide public education. The case now sits before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Virginia Court Rules
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
Virginia
John Eggleston
U.S. Supreme Court
Close Friend Of Kennedy Takes Life In Miami
Grant Stockdale 48 a longtime Kennedy associate and former Ireland ambassador died after leaping from the 12th floor of a Du Pont building in midtown Miami. Police say it appears suicide with no motive found. last rites given by Gesu church priest. Stockdale had ties to Kennedy before the presidency and later led a Miami real estate firm.
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Mermit
Fla. Cap
Grant Stockdale
John &. Kennedy
Ireland
The
du Pont Initia
Miami
Robert Athis
Gesu Catholic Church
Kennedy
Stockdale
University of Miami
George Smathers
D-Pla
Florida Legislatre
Grant Stockdale & Associates
Local Man's Mother Dies In Shreveport
Mrs. Van Veekhoven of Shreveport dies age unknown. Native of Many and mother of A. T. Van Veekhoven of Monroe. Member of St. John's Catholic Church. Lived here since last year. Funeral services not yet arranged.
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Shreveport
Clalie de Latin
van Veekhoven
Albert van Veekdhover
A. T. van Veekhoven
Monroe
Jose
St. John's Catholic Church
Campaigning Near Polls Prohibited In Parish Primary
Dist Atty Albin P Lassiter reminds candidates campaigning within 300 feet of polling places is illegal. First Democratic primary is Saturday Dec 7 with polls 6 am to 8 pm. Only Democrats vote locally as Republican Charlton Lyons is unopposed. seven Republican Police Jury candidates are unopposed in Ouachita Parish. Unofficial results due Saturday night. Second Democratic primary set for Jan 1.
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Dist. Atty
Albin P. Lassiter
Lassiter
Mae Lucky
Registrar of Voters
Justice Or the Peace
Charlton Lyons
Ouachita Parish
Camellia Club Plans February Show at Local Library
The Northeast Louisiana Camellia Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Ouachita Parish Library Louis Locke Room 1800 Stubbs Ave. President Phillip Bernhardt says plans for the Camellia Show in late February will be discussed along with other items.
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Northeast Louisiana
Camellia Club
Louis Locke
Ouachita Parish
Stubbs Ave
Phillip Bernhardt
Premier Home Sees East West Deal Near
London AP Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home said China’s rise as a nuclear power will push the Soviet Union toward a West East agreement. He urged talks in Geneva next month on disarmament and warned real accommodation will be difficult and distant.
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London
Alec Douglas-Home
China
Soviet Union
Russia
Parliamentary Press Gallery
Douglas-Home
Johnson
Geneva
West
Arkansas Duck Season Opens With Northeastern Louisiana Aid
The Arkansas duck season opened at noon today and should help hunting in northeast Louisiana. The season runs through January with a bag limit of four ducks, including two mallards.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Monroe City School Board Holds Regular Meeting
A regular meeting of the Monroe City School Board was held with routine business discussed and actions recorded for the district’s operations and governance.
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Monroe City School Board
Rail unions seek 25 percent wage hike amid arbitration talks
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen demands a 25 percent raise plus supplemental pensions and company paid health coverage for its 78 000 members. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers earlier pressed for raises as arbitration rules push wage talks between unions and railroads under a law enacted last year to prevent a strike.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Washington
American Association of Railroads
Congress
H. &. Gilbert
Gilbert
Monroe City Council Schedules Special Meeting
The Monroe City Council will hold a special meeting at 0 am Tuesday. Mayor W L Jack Howard says the meeting purpose will be disclosed at that time.
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Monroe
W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Wreck Kills Three LSU Students Near Pierre Part
Three Louisiana State University students returning from Thanksgiving were killed when their car collided with a tractor hauling two wagonloads of sugar cane on Pierre Part Pass near LA 70. Carroll Guidry 18 Norman Badeaux Jr 19 and Bobby Palisance 19 died from the crash or injuries.
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Napolebonville
Louisiana State
Murray Landry
Assumption Parish
Carroll Guidry
Larose
Norman A. Badeaux Jr
Lockport
Bobby Palisance
Cut Off
LSU
Pierre Part Pass
Louisiana 70
Louisiana Parish
Lloyd FE. Thidalgo
14 Mail Sacks Pour Into Dallas For Tippit Family
Dallas policemen on the J. D. Tippit fund accounting team faced 14 mail sacks of letters as they resumed counting donations from across the nation for Patrolman Tippit’s family. Lt. Verne Hipskind said the initial deposit was just under $20,000 and more is expected. the Times Herald fund already totals about $55,000.
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Dallas
Tex
J. D. Tippit Fund
Tippit
John F. Kennedy
Verne Hipskind
Hipskind
Dallas Times Herald-Krld-Tv
Times Herald
Cold Weather Moves Into the Ark La Miss Region
A cold wave begins today across the Ark La Miss after morning rain totaling .05 inch. Highs reach 54 to 58 with overnight lows near 28. Five day outlook shows about five degrees below normal, with rain ending today and little precipitation rest of the week.
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Ark-La-Miss
Goodfellows Drive Sets $6000 Goal For Christmas Aid
The annual Goodfellows Drive in Monroe aims to raise $6000 to provide gifts, food, and clothing to needy families before Christmas. Jack Hesketh chairs the effort with longtime ally B. B. Martin assisting. letters for aid have begun arriving and more will follow.
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Goodfellows
Jack Hesketh
Monroe Recreation Department
B. B. Martin
Wilson Ewing
Pete Dowd
Don Gill
Monroe
West Monroe
Holiday Deaths Hit Record Mark
A record 526 highway deaths occurred during the four day Thanksgiving weekend, surpassing 514 in 1962 and 442 in 1960. Fatalities rose sharply on Sunday, with more than 150 deaths, during the period from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, to midnight Sunday.
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Associated Press
Mrs Oswald Demands Facts On Son's Death
Marguerite Oswald, mother of Lee Harvey Oswald, spoke to the Fort Worth Star Telegram demanding access to facts about her son's death and President Kennedy's case. She criticized police and federal authorities, urged scrutiny by a Texas inquiry, and questioned why Jack Ruby faced her son so closely before his murder.
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Fort Worth
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Marguerite Oswald
Texas Atty
Waggoner
Jack Ruby
Dallas
Ruby
Penney to Build New Local Store at Mid-City Plaza
Fred Beckett announces J C Penney will construct a two story 83000 square foot department store at Mid City Plaza Louisville Avenue and 15th Street. The new store replaces the downtown shop on DeSiard Street with 56100 square feet on the main floor and 26600 on the second floor. It will include parking for 600 cars and offer a broad range of soft lines housewares and white goods. The downtown store will close when the new location opens in late 1964.
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J. C. Penney Company
Mid - City Plaza
Fred Beckett
Penney
DeSiard Street
Mid-City Plaza
Louisville Avenue
1Sth Street
Commercial Properties Development Corporation
Beckett
Penney’s
Monroe
Penney'’s
Louisiana
Penney's
Leoni Leads Venezuelan Presidential Vote Amid Castro Clash
Raul Leoni holds a strong early lead in unofficial Venezuela results with 33 percent counted. Leoni's margin over rival candidates grows as Betancourt’s government pressures regional action against Castroite influence and blank ballots rise amid threats.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Raul Leoni
Leoni
Romulo Betancourt
Fidel Castro
Betancourt
Castro
United States
Latin America
Cuba
Democratic Action Party
Jovito Villalba
Republican Democratic Union
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Rafael Caldera
Social Democrats
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Democratic Popular Force
pro-Castro Armed Forces For National Liberation
State Recreation Convention Opens At Benoit Center
The Louisiana Recreation and Park Association begins its 18th annual convention at Benoit Recreation Center with Dr. John W. Chisholm of LSU as keynote speaker. The two day event includes public sessions, a 7 p.m. banquet by Dr. George T. Walker of Northeast Louisiana State College, and a panel on Youth in a Changing World moderated by Jim Ledbetter.
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John W. Chisholm
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Recreation and Park Association
Benoit Recreation Center
George T. Walker
Northeast Louisiana State College
Jim Ledbetter
Louisiana Recreation and Park Commission
Jack Hesketh
Monroe Recreation Department
J. S. Harbuck
Monroe Recreation Department Board
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Pele
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Buenos Aires
National Geographic Society
Egeleston
Prince Edward
Twin City
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City Board
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Plaa
Tippit Family
Yule Drive
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Son
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