Louisiana tourism push gains speed with ads and Toledo Bend
Louisiana accelerates its tourism drive through a national ad campaign featuring Dr. Alton Ochsner and a state promotional push. The Toledo Bend Reservoir, a joint Louisiana Texas project, is expected to attract 3.4 million visitors by 1970 with an average spend of 33 dollars per day. Morris Ford notes the need for community readiness to handle tourist influx.
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Louisiana
South
Business Week
Alton Ochsner
Orleanian
William T. Hackett
Department of Commerce and Industry
Baton Rouge
Toledo Bend
United States
Ridley Boudreaux
Tourist Commission
Texas
Morris Ford
Shreveport
Commission
Cape Town Miracle Heart Transplant Shocks World
A landmark heart transplant in Cape Town transfers a heart from a 25 year old donor to 55 year old Louis Washkansky. Surgeons Barnard and Louw lead the operation with praise from Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford. Outcomes for donor and recipient are promising but long term viability remains to be seen.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Norman Shumway
Stanford Medical Center
Louis Washkansky
Chris Barnard
Jan H. Louw
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Livingstone
Washkansky
Dole System Failure Prompts Welfare Cost Concerns
An Office of Economic Opportunity plan for guaranteed income for indigent New Jersey families faces opposition. Eight hundred families, cost cited at $620,000, with potential taxpayer costs rising to $12, $25, or $40 billion yearly depending on poverty thresholds. Critics warn permanent dole risks work disincentives and a new poverty elite.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Congess
New Jersey
Antipoverty Agency
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Eisenhower Bradley discuss Vietnam strategy on TV debate
Former President Eisenhower and General Bradley appeared on television to discuss Vietnam strategy and potential escalation. They debated hot pursuit, air power, and denounced broad peace talks while urging decisive action and quick victory.
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Nese
Lawrence
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Allied Forces
Europe
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
Cambodia
Laos
China
America
CBS
Harry Reasoner
Red China
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Middle East
Egypt
Moscow
Nasser
Pentagon
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Johnson’s political pragmatism and the near perfect product
As a freshman senator, Johnson faced tough sales for reform. Aimed at cutting wasteful federal spending, his approach favored big, measurable actions over minor cuts. He pressed for dramatic changes like merging departments and halting costly programs, yet remained hard to sell without a near perfect proposal.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Aes P
North Africa
Johnson
Alexander Ness
Army Engineers
Russell
Richard Russell
Armed Services
90Th Congress
Johanson
House
Senate
Federalia
Congress
Labor and Commerce
Post Office
Europe
White House
Pack of GOP Governors Rally Behind Romney in Primaries
A Nixon Romney dog pack analogy frames a GOP field as rivals circling for a lead in New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Polls show Nixon leading among all voters, with Romney strong among Republican voters, and Detroit Chicago Los Angeles outcomes shifting by category.
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Jack London
North
Richard Nixon
George Romney
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Chafee
Rhode Island
Rockefeller
New York
Romney
Agnew
Maryland
Nixon
Kirk
Florida
Laxalt
Nevada
Tower
Texas
John Williams
Delaware
Jeanne Dixon
Hooper-McLendon
New York City
Lyndon Johnson
Nelson Rockefeller
Bobby Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Senator Percy
Reagan
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
LBJ
Rom
Percy
Bobby Kenned
Heath
Nix
London Huskie
How To Keep Well Protection Against the Cold
Protect yourself from cold with proper gloves footwear clothing and indoor shelter. Some people suffer in cold due to malnutrition low metabolism diabetes anemia or poor circulation and may need extra protection or winter southward.
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van Dellen
Almanac Today Dec 5 1967 Milestones and Sky View
Almanac note for Tuesday December 5 1967 highlights the 339th day of the year with 26 to follow The moon rests between new and first quarter Venus and Jupiter visible in the morning and Mars Saturn in the evening The day recalls Polk confirming California gold discovery in 1848 and the Swift quote on satire for the thought of the day
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Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
James Polk
California
Pray Without Ceasing and Attitude of Prayer Highlighted
A brief piece from Monroe's News-Star-World recalls the biblical line Pray without ceasing and discusses prayer as an altar of devotion. The notice appears in a historic churchgoing and community context from Monroe Louisiana with archival bylines and publication details.
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Washington
Red Chi
Monroe Jews Star
Monroe
News-Star—World Publisheration
North 4Th
Ove Sephone
Sonroe
Rabsil Walaa
William H. Bronson
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
Bnet Eastor
William
Hardiner
Associated
Associated Press
Ies
Toca
Branham Company
national /vertising
Otticas IM Sui
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DR. van Dellen
P. F
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Ky United Press International
Jonathan Swift
Bible
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