Taylor Winds Up Capital Conferences
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor ends his talks in Washington on Viet Nam strategy and heads for Saigon after meeting President Johnson. Officials say he will brief the South Vietnamese government urgently on measures to turn the war, amid new evidence of North Vietnamese and Chinese support via Laos trails and increased military movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Johnson
Taylor
South Viet Nam
White House
Red China
Laos
Long proposes secondary flood-control plan for U S
UPI Len Russell Long Louisiana Democrat says he will introduce next session a bill authorizing secondary flood-control measures to back up primary defenses. He cites Army Corps of Engineers warning that Atchafalaya levees have settled and may fail needing tens of millions to fix. He favors efficient floodways and channeling surplus water away from breaches over a second levee system.
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New Orleans
UPI
Len Russell B. Long
D-La
Congress
Long
Lower Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association
Ellsworth J. Davis
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Atchafalaya Basin
Davis
Vicksburg
Miss
Jail Escapee Recaptured After Late Wednesday Apprehension
A 20 year old man who escaped from a Monroe city jail work detail was recaptured on Powell Avenue late Wednesday. Billie Williams escaped on his first day as a trustee November 28 and had been jailed for theft since November 16. In other actions West Monroe police booked two for DWI with unrelated charges. Max Fletcher of Monroe faced DWI, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace after a pursuit across the Ouachita River. Charles Worley of West Monroe was booked for DWI after being apprehended on Cypress Street. Monroe police booked two more for DWI and reckless driving Don Williams of West Monroe and James Ross of Monroe with Ross also cited for profane language.
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Monroe
Powell Avenue
Billie Williams
West Monroe
Max E. Fletcher
Grayling Lane
Fletcher
Miro Street
Ouachita River
Charles A. Worley
Bancroft St
Cypress Street
Don L. Williams
Gulpha Dr
Park Avenue
James Ross
Flynn St
Booth and
Canary Streets
Ross
Penney s Local Manager Takes Over Store Duties
Harlan R. Johnson becomes the new manager of J C Penney in Monroe replacing Fred Beckett who moves to Norman Oklahoma. Johnson, from Yoakum Texas, comes from San Antonio and will run the DeSiard Street store until the Mid City Shopping Center project is finished in April 1965. The Johnsons will relocate to 2208 Beechwood Monroe and include wife Jean Kasper and children Mark Cynthia and Pamela.
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Harlan R. Johnson
J. C. Penney’s
Fred Beckett
Norman
Okla
Johnson
Yoakum
Tex
San Antonio
Penney’s
Northwest Shopping Center
Corpus Christi
DeSiard Street
Mid-City
Louisville Avenue
Jean Kasper
Cuero
Mark
Cynthia
Pamela
Johnsons
Beechwood
Monroe
Nation hit by widespread snow and freezing rain
A sprawling winter storm blankets the country with snow and sleet from New England to the Plains. Heavy accumulations include up to six inches in parts of New York and the Texas Panhandle, 12 inches near Albuquerque’s Sandia Crest, and seven inches across much of Oklahoma. Extreme cold grips northern Minnesota with double digit below zero readings.
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New England
Plains
Rockies
New York State
Texas
Oklahoma’ Panhandles
New Mexico
Panhandle
Jamestown
N.Y
Oklahoma
Guy
Beatles Envelopes Hint at London Letter Speed
A note found on a London letter envelope reads Postman, postman, don't be slow, be like the Beatles, go, man, go signaling brisk mail delivery. The playful line echoes popular Beatlemania tones and city lore.
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Miami
London
St Joseph Aspirin Claims Superior Pain Relief
An advertisement asserts St Joseph Aspirin provides more pure pain relief per dose than leading brands. It cites a government financed JAMA study claiming faster action and gentler stomach effects, and offers money back guarantees from Plough, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Journal of American Medical Association
Plough, Inc
Brezhnev condemns Congo paratroop landing and warns US over Vietnam
Soviet Communist party chief Leonid Brezhnev denounced Western paratroop landing in the Congo as imperialist piracy and warned the United States against expanding the Vietnam war into North Vietnam. He urged unity in the socialist camp and condemned a NATO multilateral nuclear force as dangerous.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Congo
United States
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Antonin Novotny
Nikita Khrushchev
Red China
Peking
Four Phantom Jets Endurance Flight Sets Nonstop Record
Four F41C Phantom jets of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing landed at MacDill Air Force Base after a 10 000 mile non stop flight claimed as an endurance record for jet fighters. Captain Arnold F Weber led the flight with Lt Gen Bruce Holloway meeting the crews.
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Tampa
Fla
UPI
MacDill Air Force Base
Rnold F. Weber
Bruce K. Holloway
Strike Command
MacDill
12Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Air Force
Don W. Tillotson
Chatan
Manfred A. Schalk
Tacoma
Wash
Francis Sabo
Bayonne
N.J
Wayne R. Topp
Billings, Mont
Maxey J. Phillips
Corinth, Miss
Rockefeller Aims to Ease Goldwater Grip on GOP
In Albany Governor Rockefeller and top New York Republicans seek to shift the national GOP toward moderation while avoiding a personal bid for the presidency. They favor rapid replacement of Dean Burch with Ray Bliss and plan restrained roles at the Denver Conference amid Goldwater backlash.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Denver
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Jacob K. Javits
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Javits
Dean Burch
Ohio
Ray C. Bliss
New York Organization
Burch
George L. Hinman
Fred A. Young
Wilma Rogalin
Hinman
Small Growths Removed From President's Hand
President John son had two small wart like growths removed from his right hand. Anesthesia and a short procedure by Capt Gustav T Anderson and Dr Peter Horvath took 20 to 30 minutes in Johnson's Georgetown residence. Doctors cited sun overexposure as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
George Reedy
Georgetown University
Reedy
Gustav T. Anderson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Peter Horvath
Pope Paul VI Confers With Indian Faith Leaders
In Bombay the Pope clasped hands with Hindu, Muslim, and Parsees leaders and urged inter faith cooperation to build the common future of humanity. He met non Catholic Christian leaders and Buddhist head Vikshu Dhammananda, amid massive public acclaim.
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Bombay
India
Arabian Sea
Ecumenical Council
International Eucharistic Congress
Appa Saheb Patwardhan
Yousuf Najmuddin
Datsurji Dabu
Vikshu Dhammananda
Valerian Cardinal Garcias
Congress Hall
Pope
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Capital Conferences
Long States
Penney
H. R. Johnson
THE
Associated Press
Ardy
U.S. Congo
Fred W. Coleman
J. Carl Parkerson
William Norris III
Charles E. Joiner
Parkerson, Norris and Joiner
Wood Street
P. O
Silverstein
Mink Sale
Louisiana
Bond
Rochester
Style
Park Lane
Desiard
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