Viet Cong battle near Tam Ky fuels heavy losses
A large search and destroy operation near Tam Ky in central Viet Nam escalated into a fierce battle between South Vietnamese troops and a core Viet Cong regiment. U S air power and artillery pounded targets as two US advisers were killed and four missing amid wide damage. In Monroe, a major fire damaged Hemenways Furniture and signaled ongoing investigations into a possible arson or burglary, even as city officials consider a $15.7 million revenue bond plan to expand water and electric systems with new generators and facilities.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Army
Tam Ky
Chu Lai
da Nang
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Kaplan
Monroe
Monroe & New Service Center
Utilities Commission Electric Department
Commission
Iwer
Utilities Commission
Fire Destroys Hardware Firm In Mangham
Mangham Montgomery Brothers Hardware Store in downtown Mangham was destroyed by fire shortly after midnight. Fire officials could not determine the exact cause but believe it started in the rear. The roof collapsed and both structure and merchandise were a total loss. Firemen arrived after 2 10 a.m. and units from Rayville and Winnsboro assisted. It took over an hour to extinguish with danger to nearby sundown. The store acted as a collections agency for Louisiana Power and Light, but the safe survived. No damage estimate was available in the morning.
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Mangham
Montgomery Brothers Hardware
Ray ‘Ile
Winnsboro
Sundinas
Louisiana Power and Light
Rusk Defends Vietnam Policy and Blames Kosygin
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a News conference the U S will fulfill Vietnam commitments and warned against Soviet distortion. He accused Premier Kosygin of distortion and said any nation opposing colonial aggression is an aggressor, while leaving open U S China confrontation questions to the Chinese.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
Viet Nam
Jexei N. Kosygin
Ouachita official Jesse Wilson recovering in hospital
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes Ouachita parish police juror Jesse Wilson in Room 757 at St Francis Hospital. He is recovering from a virus and other complications but says he feels fine enough to go home in three to four days. He plans to attend the police jury meeting Monday night.
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St. Francis Hospital
Ouachita Parish
Jesse Wilson
Wilson
Gemini 6 Launch Set For Sunday Morning
Apollo era space notes describe Gemini 6 readiness for a Sunday liftoff from Cape Kennedy with Frank Borman and James Lovell aiming for a hostile orbit rendezvous with Gemini 7. The plan calls for a two stage maneuver to place Gemini 7 in 185 miles altitude orbit and begin a six hour chase.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Space Agency
Borman
Lovell
Carnarvon
Australia
United States
U.S
Louisiana Oil Revenue May Rise From Offshore Shares
Gov. John McKeithen said federal legislation could allot Louisiana 35 to 340 million dollars yearly from offshore oil and gas revenues. He noted strong support from 32 states in the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and cited Louisiana’s three miles offshore title as a factor. He also commented on John Carroll's resignation from the Tourist Development Commission, saying Carroll will remain as an unpaid consultant, and dismissed talk of a special legislative session for Senate redistricting.
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John McKeithen
Louisiana
McKeithen
Interstate Il Compact Commission
US Supreme Court
Tidelands
John Carroll
Louisiana Tourist Development Commission
Carroll
State Department
State Senate
Goodfellows Fund Donations Slowed Near Campaign End
The Goodfellows Fund faces a lull with less than two weeks left to reach its $6,500 goal as daily donations fall by about three quarters. Campaign director Jack Hesketh says requests for Christmas assistance remain strong, even as the drive nears its close.
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Goodfellow
Jack Hesketh
Christmas Goodfellows Fund Sees Donations Drop
Local Goodfellows appeal reports smaller one day totals and looming shortage as funds from many donors decline. A note describes a widow with three children in West Monroe needing clothes and support after a long illness and a man unable to work due to pancreatitis. Community groups and individuals give small gifts and money in memory of loved ones while efforts aim to finish Christmas parcels for distribution on Christmas Eve.
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Hesketh
Goodfellows
West Monroe
Johnson Boosts India Aid Steps In Crisis
President Johnson ordered a speedup of shipment of 1 million tons of wheat to India to ease the immediate food crisis. He also authorized a $30 million loan for Indian fertilizer purchases. The aid measures were announced after a White House briefing by press secretary Bill Moyers following a conference with Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City, Texas.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
India
Orville J. Freeman
LBJ
Here
White House
Austin
Bill D. Moyers
Partly Cloudy Mild Weather Ahead in Twin Cities
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures are forecast as a warm front lingers in the Twin Cities. Today’s high near 72 with a low around 45 to 60 and about 75 percent sunshine. no rain expected through Friday. Winds variable at 5 to 10 mph.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Soviet Leader Shuffle Elevates Podgorny to Presidency
Moscow reports a major reshuffle in the Soviet leadership. Nikolai Podgorny moves from the party presidium to the presidency, replacing Anastas Mikoyan, who retires from the post after four decades in top roles. Alexander Shelepin is reassigned to the No. 2 post, while Brezhnev and Kosygin retain their top positions. The Supreme Soviet approves the changes, with Mikoyan shifting to a parliamentary vice president role.
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Moscow
Alexander N. Shelepin
Communist Party
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Shelepin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Supreme Soviet
Caucasus
Nikita S. Khrushchevy
Ukraine
Khrushchev
Committee
Committee of People’s Control
Pavel Kovanov
Ruston Firm Bids Law On ITT Facility
Lincoln builders of Ruston submitted the apparent low bid of 708000 for a plant at Monroe industrial park to lease to ITT. Alternate accepted was 4000 for completion in 180 days. Lincolns bid was 704000 with 246 day completion.
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Lincoln Builders of
Ruston
Monroe
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Lincoln
Herbert Land Jr
W. J. Howard
ITT
Central Avenue
Selman Field
Morgan & Lindsey
General
Don A. Baxter & Son Inc
Breek Construction
Lamar Alcore
Jesse F. Heard & Sons
Arthur Brothers Inc
Missouri Valley Contractors
Chuckle: The Best Angle Is The Try Angle
A light joke notes the most effective approach to a problem is to take the try angle. It humorously reframes problem solving as trying first before overthinking.
Witness Refuses Selma Testimony in Clergyman murder trial
In Selma Alabama the murder trial of three white men proceeds as a key witness invokes the Fifth Amendment and another declines to return to testify. Assistant district attorney Virgil Ashworth reported the state has done everything possible after recesses to locate the Mississippi witness Billy Dowd Edwards a former Selma resident and potential material witness.
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State
Selma
Ditrict
Virgil M. Ashworth
Evien
Ashworth
Mississippi
Billy Dowd Edwards
Greenville
Miss
Edwards
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N. 2Nd St
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H. L. Hales
Mulhearn
David M. Kaplan
S. EF. Huey & Company
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Hemenway’s Furniture Co
John Fogleman
Irusk
Soviet
Baton Rouge
Gov
Goodfellows Aid
Friends of Goodfellows
Youth Fellowship of
First Christian Church
Zoe Baber
George Baber Jr
Jerry
Kim
Cindy
Mike Niklas
Georgia Summer
Lizzie
Mr. Dump" Morris
Opera Club
R. G. Taylor
G. W. Copeland
David C. Silverstein
Harry J. Silverstein
C. B. Flynn
Sidney Flynn
Ted Flynn
RR. J
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Alexander Shelepin
Ruston Firm
Selma, Ala
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