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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
2
Mrs. John Pere as chairman of Christian Life and Work for Church Women United oversees copies of a new book sent to all high school libraries in the Twin Cities. Photo by John Fogleman accompanies the arrival of the materials.
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford urged a shift to basing future U S foreign policy on regional agreements with allies in a Wednesday statement from St Louis. He outlined a strategy emphasizing allied arrangements to handle global security challenges.
Thomas Tarrants, 21, of Mobile Alabama, convicted in Meridian Mississippi of attempted bombing, claims a Ku Klux Klan double cross set up the incident. He says rewards were offered to misdirect from a synagogue bombing. Tarrants describes a tense chase and subsequent trial on three counts of attempted murder with a 30 year sentence.
Louisiana senator William Guste of New Orleans plans to ask to send back to committee a controversial retirement bill he coauthored. The measure would credit prior military or governmental service toward retirement for legislators and state employees, a change Guste now opposes as potentially wrecking the system’s finances. The Retirement Committee already gave the bill a unanimous favorable report amid objections from the Retirement System board.
South Korea presses the United States to speed weapons deliveries to curb infiltration from the North. Foreign Minister Choi Kyu Hah says more U S military aid is needed, meeting with Secretary Rusk before heading to the United Nations observer mission. Administration sources say Johnson cannot bind future aid deals.
The Johnson administration’s final budget, due to Congress January 18, may exceed the current 185 billion spending level. Budget Director Charles Zwick expects a possible increase, while John Macy and White House aide Charles Murphy report a smooth transition and high continuity among Johnson appointees.
In Leesville Louisiana a four block downtown area was placed under temporary emergency status after crews uncovered a gasoline storage tank leak. Residents and businesses were evacuated as workers ripped up pavement at a Gulf station and found a foot deep pool of fuel. Telephone service in the area was briefly disrupted as workers evacuated from nearby facilities.
Two five year old boys drowned in an apartment building pool in New Orleans after climbing a brick wall into a patio. Coroner's investigator Sam Moran identified the victims as Charles Mitchell and Nelson Banks. Edward Freiler, a resident, found the discarded clothing and later the bodies.
A 24 hour general strike paralyses Rome as Premier-designate Mariano Rumor resumes talks to form a new Italian government. Workers demand higher wages while students seek educational reforms, following police killings of two Sicilian farm hands. Public schools close and Milan stock exchange suspends trading as protests spread.
A UPI report notes a sunny mild spell fading as a cold front moves south and east. Gusts reach 60 mph in Chicago while Great Lakes and New England see wind and snow squalls. Temperatures plunge to the teens and below in northern states with Havre at 4 below.
The Pentagon bars eight Southern hospitals in Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina from the Champus program over alleged discriminatory policies against Negro servicemen families. HEW findings trigger joint action to prevent reimbursements and push families to use hospitals on the Pentagon list. Officials say HEW kept details confidential.
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