Louisiana Gubernatorial Primary Voters Set Record Pace
Louisiana faces a record turnout as 1.165 million Democrats and 12 thousand Republicans prepare for the March 3 first gubernatorial primary with 10 candidates, including Kennon Morrison and Roswell Thompson. Voters will pick lieutenant governor candidates as well while weather predicts overcast skies and cool temps.
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Charlton Lyons
Louisiana
Shelby M. Jackson
Concordia Parish
Robert F. Kennon
Minden
Claude Kirkpatrick
Department of Public Works
Jennings
Hugh P. Lasseigne
Baton Rouge
Gillis W. Long
U.S
Russell B. Long
John J. McKeithen
Caldwell Parish
Louis J. Michot Jr
Lafayette
DeLesseps S. Morrison
New Orleans
New Roads
A. Roswell Thompson
Wilford L. Thompson Sr
Zachary
Kennon
Morrison
Roswell Thompson
Carlos Spaht
Spaht
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis
Earl K. Long
C. C
Taddy) Aycock
Harry R Cabral Jr
Jackson
Hefty Tenant and Council in Bathtub Dispute
In Bromley a council tenant George Bayden, 252 pounds, seeks a larger bathtub. Council and union dispute the extra 11.20 cost for the upgrade while housing chief Ralph Allen promises a full inquiry and jokes about weighing 224 pounds.
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London
Bromley Town
George Bayden
Bayden
George
Ralph Allen
Allen
Oswald Boasted Of Taking Shot At Gen. Walker
Marina Oswald told investigators that Lee Harvey Oswald boasted of firing at former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker in Dallas on April 10. Government sources said Oswald was excited by the claim and that the shooting partially shattered a Walker window while Walker avoided harm. Reports from Chicago Sun-Times and Washington Evening Star connected Oswald to the incident.
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Washington
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edwin A. Walker
Dallas
Tex
Marina Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Oswald
Walker
Justice Department
FBI
Chicago Sun-Times
Washington Evening Star
Wind Damage Reported at Ouachita Junior High and Elementary
Ouachita Parish School officials investigated wind damage at the Nutland Road campus. Milton Hall said a Nov 29 wind storm warped ceilings in six rooms, causing debris. the building had opened this fall after a strike delayed completion.
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Ouachita Parish
Ouachita
Nutland Road
Milton Hall
Hall
Scarborough to Speak on Confederate Diplomacy in Vicksburg
W K Scarborough history professor from Northeast Louisiana State College will be guest speaker at the Civil War Round Table of Mississippi in Vicksburg. He will discuss Confederate diplomacy in the war’s early years at Tuminello's Restaurant. White Clover Sales by Walter S Savage Jr Amvets Post 5 will run downtown and in Monroe shopping centers with Neville High School’s Delta Beta Sigma Sorority assisting.
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W. K. Scarborough
Northeast Louisiana State College
Vicksburg
Miss
Round Table
Mississippi
Scarborough
Tuminello’s
Walter S. Savage Jr
Amvets Post No
Monroe
Neville High
Delta Beta Sigma Sorority
GOP policy speakers urge unity against guilt in JFK aftermath
The House Republican Policy Committee stated grief should not drive policy or fuel guilt over the Kennedy assassination. They link Oswald’s act to communism, urging Americans to resist dividing ideologies while praising progress and future goals. The draft was prepared by Reps. Melvin Laird, Katherine St George, and John Rhodes.
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Washington
House Republican Policy Committee
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
America
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Katherine St.George
New York
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
West German Army Training Under Scrutiny
Ex Corporal Hans Dieter Raub 22 goes on trial as first of 11 ex instructors accused of mistreating recruits at a Nagold parachute camp in the Black Forest. He says training could be tougher. Recruits allegedly forced to exhaustion pushups waddle crawl mud and repack lockers all night.
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Hans Dieter Raub
Black Forest
Nagold
Raub
Johnson Meets Leaders on Budget and NATO Policy
President Johnson conferred with Defense Secretary McNamara, Secretary of State Rusk, and top advisers on the defense budget and NATO challenges. He reiterated a strong yet tempered foreign policy as discussions centered on Kennedy era plans for a multinational fleet and nuclear missiles.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic Alliance
Pierre Salinger
White House
Salinger
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
William Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
State Department
McGeorge Bundy
Paris
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Mistrial Declared In Westinghouse Price-Fix Case
In New York a federal mistrial was declared in the government antitrust price fixing case against Westinghouse Electric Corp. Judge John M. Cash discharged the one man one woman jury after they reported deadlock. A new trial is likely planned.
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New York
UPI
Westinghouse Electric Corp
John M. Cashin
Cashin
Kalabsha Temple Inscription Bans Pigs
An inscription at Kalabsha temple dating to about 249 A.D. orders herders to keep pigs out of the sacred precincts, a finding cited by the National Geographic Society.
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Kalabsha
National Geographic Society
Christine Keeler given nine month prison term in Britain
Christine Keeler a 21 year old who implicated high level figures in a perjury and conspiracy case received nine months in prison. Paula Hamilton Marshall 23 got six months and housekeeper Olive Brooker 56 was placed on probation.
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London
Christine Keeler
John D. Profumo
Sir Anthony Hawke
Old Bailey
Paula Hamilton-Marshall
Christine
Olive Brooker
Miss Keeler
Aloysius
Lucky) Gordon
Mild Cloudy Weather Forecast For Election Day
Local forecast calls for cloudy skies and mild temperatures for voters in northeast Louisiana on Saturday. Rain may arrive late in southwest Louisiana then spread Sunday, with highs near 64 to 68 and lows around 38 to 42. Next week brings more rain and cooler, unsettled conditions.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Christmas Drive Falls Short for Goodfellows Aid
The Goodfellows Drive reports no donations on Thursday as it aims for a 6000 Christmas goal with at least 300 daily. Readers provide heart wrenching pleas from families facing medical bills unemployment and tight budgets awaiting help through the News Star World Monroe Louisiana.
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Goodfellow
Johnson to receive Medal of Freedom posthumously
The nation awards John F. Kennedy its highest civil honor today for which he lived and died. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy accepts the Medal of Freedom for his slain brother on behalf of the republic. The assassinated President planned to present the award to 31 leaders of government science business and the arts.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Great Republic
Robert F. Kennedy
Public boat dock discussion urged by local mayors
Mayors of Monroe and West Monroe urged serious consideration of public boat docks and ware houses on the Ouachita River. They cited a nine foot channel completion as boosting river freight and suggested a parish wide project with a port commission and bonded docks facilities.
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Monroe
West Monroe
Ouachita River
W. L. Howard
J. Allan Norris
Quachita
Howard
FBI to Release Kennedy Assassination File Later
The FBI report on President Kennedy's assassination will not be public for at least a week, possibly longer. It will go to President Johnson and then the Warren Commission for study before any release, with officials noting Oswald acted alone per the FBI findings.
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Washington
FBI
John F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Johnson
Earl Warren
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Warren
Commission
Congress
Judge Allows Expanded Photo Review of Louisiana Voter Records
U S District Judge Gordon West approved a government request to photograph voter registration records in 12 Louisiana parishes. The order aims to challenge registration forms alleged to discriminate against Negroes as primaries and runoff approach. Parishes include East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, Bienville, Caddo, Red River, Webster, Union, DeSoto, and Orleans.
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Baton Rouge
Gordon West
Louisiana
West
U.S. Justice Department
East Baton Rouge
East Feliciana
West Feliciana
Tangipahoa
St. Helena
Bienville
Caddo
Red River
Webster
Union
DeSoto
Orleans
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