Supreme Court voids Florida miscegenation and cohabitation law
The Supreme Court unanimously invalidated a Florida statute banning cohabitation by a white man and a Negro woman, ruling it violated equal protection. The case also touched on a ban on interracial marriage, but the court did not rule on that provision.
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Ice Crippled East New York Seeks Heat Restoration
In Schenectady and across the eastern portion of New York, about 40,000 customers faced cold and hardship as ice damaged power lines left homes and firms without heat or electricity. Crews worked to restore power after a severe winter event that sent temperatures down to 10 below zero.
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New York
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Massena
Plattsburg
Glens Falls
Poughkeep‘sie
Albany
Rochester
Buffalo
Weather Bureau
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Power Company
Riots and Rioters Terrorize Khartoum Killing Ten
In Khartoum Arabs and Negroes clashed overnight leaving about ten dead and many injured. The fighting spread from the airport to the city as Europeans and Americans were targeted amid confusion and fear. A Marine guard and embassies faced threats.
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Khartoum
Sudan
South Sudan
China
U.S
Ibrahim Abboud
el Kasr
New Radar System “Haystack” Could Track Tiny Space Target
Science Digest reports the Haystack radar and space communications system is so sensitive that at 000 watts its output could track a target the size of a .22 caliber bullet 1,000 miles out in space.
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Science Digest
Christmas Drive Aims to Aid Ouachita Parish Needy
The Goodfellows seek a $6,000 target to fund a parish wide Christmas campaign. Volunteers from many groups sort pack and deliver gifts and meals to underprivileged families on Christmas Eve. Donations and requests are directed to the Goodfellows in care of the News-Star World Monroe.
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Goodfellows
Ouachita Parish
News- Star—World
Monroe
Monroe Christmas Home Lighting Contest Seeks Entries
Only seven days remain for Monroe and nearby residents to enter the Christmas Home Lighting Contest. Entry coupons appear daily in the Morning World and News-Star with a $550 total prize pool. Winners, selected by a panel of local judges, will be announced December 23 and honored at Monroe City Hall.
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News-Star
Morning World
News- Star
Mon‘poe
Talks Between Taylor Huong Open Plans In Saigon
U S Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor and South Vietnamese Premier Tran Van Huong opened talks in Saigon to plan possible bombing of Viet Cong supply lines in Laos. Talks followed Taylor’s return from Washington amid broader war-scope speculation and a huge police presence marked by no major protests. The Ca Mau Peninsula battle yielded a major Vietnamese victory against Viet Cong forces.
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U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Tran van Huong
Laos
Taylor
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
Ca Mau
Crosley Elementary Schedules Benefit Hamburger Supper
West Monroe faculty and parents plan a benefit hamburger supper at Crosley Elementary School cafeteria. Proceeds aid Mrs. Roy W. Cash hospitalized in New Orleans. tickets available from faculty, students, or West Monroe civic clubs.
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West Monroe
Roy W
Virginia) Cash
Oschner
Foundation Hospital
New Orleans
Worley Completes Signal Officer Training At Fort Gordon
Second Lt. Ronald L. Worley 23 son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence A Worley 119 Glenwood Dr Monroe completed a nine week signal officer orientation course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Fort Gordon Ga He a 1959 Neville High School and 1964 Northeast Louisiana State College graduate.
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Lawrence A. Worley
Glenwood Dr
Monroe
Army Southeastern Signal School
Fort Gordon
Neville High School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Flames destroy two Natchez area buildings
Fire destroyed Shady Side Supermarket No 2 and Morgantown Cleaners and Laundry two miles north of Natchez on U S Highway 61 around 1 p m. Firefighters said damages exceed 50 000 and the cause was under investigation hindered by a water shortage.
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Here
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Alabama Student Killed In Wreck
An auto carrying two University of Alabama students overturned on a highway near Meridian Mississippi early today. One student died, the other was hospitalized with undetermined condition. The deceased was Bernie S Cobb 21 of Mobile Alabama. The injured was Ralph Stritzinger 21 of Pensacola Florida.
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Miss
University of Alabama
Here
Bernie S. Cobb
Mobile
Ala
Ralph Stritzinger
Pensacola
Fla
Continued Cold Weather Grips Northeast Louisiana
A cold high pressure system draped over the area brings continued cold. A hard freeze and heavy frost occurred this morning with a low around 26 after a high near 45. No significant precipitation is expected through the week though highs may reach 50s and overnight lows dip into the 20s.
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Louisiana
Small boy to mother framed by memory of childhood
A humorous line from a child at the piano, addressing his mother. He remarks with a mix of innocence and irony about the hardships she endured in her own childhood, offering a wry glimpse into family dynamics.
NATO Nuclear Force Talks Open Under Johnson and Wilson
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson opened a two day conference on the Atlantic alliance nuclear crisis. They aim to craft a plan to win Allied support despite French opposition and to strengthen NATO unity on the MLF program and Britain’s role. Wilson seeks a middleman role to absorb Britain’s force into NATO and to revise the MLF for wider acceptability.
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Washington
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Atlantic Alliance
Port
Wilson
White House
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
West Germany
Washington-Moscow
City to Seek Bids on Airport Terminal Roof Repair
Monroe officials will open bids next week to repair the airport terminal roof after rejecting the Heard & Sons contract of 454 917 for not being watertight. Architects draft specs while manufacturers inspect to avoid a new roof.
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Haynes Harkey Jr
Harkey
Jesse F. Heard & Sons
Monroe
Supreme Court Allows Union Dues By Convention Vote
The Supreme Court ruled 7 0 that federal law permits a union to raise dues via a convention vote based on member representation. Justice Byron White delivered the opinion. The case involved constitutionality of action to destroy political propaganda from abroad unless a mail recipient opts in. Also plans to rule on live TV coverage of Billie Sol Estes trial.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron J. White
Billie Sol Estes
Shouting on Subway Ends With Arrests in Chicago
Police arrested two men on a Chicago subway Friday after a dispute escalated to shoving and swearing. The suspects, both known pickpockets, allegedly tried to pick each other’s pockets during the incident.
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