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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1963
Page
1
Scene in southwest Los Angeles shows workers cleaning debris from flooding after Baldwin Hills Reservoir failed on Saturday. Damaged apartments and collapsed buildings dominate the foreground as police evacuate nearly all residents. AP wire photo accompanies report.
The Monroe City Council will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. to hear a zoning case and open bids for a police department vehicle. The council will consider Ja mar W. Adcock’s request to rezone his N 8th Street property to B-5 district.
In Seoul Chung Hee Park dissolves the military revolutionary council he led in a coup 31 months earlier as he prepares to take the oath as elected president. In New Delhi Gen Taylor arrives for talks on U S military aid to India amid Himalayan tensions and broader regional security.
Ambassador Thomas C. Mann, a native of Waco Texas and Johnsons friend, was named assistant secretary of state for inter American affairs to direct U S programs in Latin America. He will coordinate the Alliance For Progress and replace Edwin M M Martin who moves to a Latin American ambassadorial post.
Mrs John F Kennedy has given two of the Kennedy family dogs to aides. Pushinka, a Space Dog offspring, goes to Kevin Williams the chief horticulturist. Charlie the Welsh terrier goes to Robert Foster the Secret Service agent. The Kennedys spent the weekend at their Atoka Virginia estate renamed Wexford. Mrs Kennedy attended Sunday Mass at St Stephen the Martyr in Middleburg.
President Johnson calls Secretary Dillon Budget Director Gordon Undersecretary Ball Agency for International Development Director Bell and Deputy Secretary Gilpatric to a morning budget meeting at the White House. He also signs a bill authorizing 1.195 billion dollars in federal aid for college construction and hosts a luncheon with FBI director Hoover. He met earlier with Thomas C. Mann and attended church services with Mrs Johnson.
Thirteen volunteer firemen are set to graduate tonight as LSU firemen training program holds its first graduation in Mer Rouge. Names include D F Akers Mo B Bowe James Creel Curtis Edwards M W Grimes Dannie Kyle Charles Laing Jay Richard McLear Donald Keith Ogden T J Parker Loyd Robertson John R Windsor and William R Womack. Teaching the course is SEN George M Martinson Jr. and Val where she and President Kennedy had frequently worked shipped together.
In Atlanta Dr. Martin Luther King Jr told about 2,500 marchers that time is running out to achieve civil rights progress. He condemned gradualism and tokenism and urged urgent steps toward desegregation at Hart Park during a rally patterned after the Washington march.
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