Hong Kong Flu Epidemic Hits Cities Across Nation
Absenteeism rises among police teachers and government workers as Hong Kong flu spreads rapidly. Health officials warn deaths could reach 400 in New York City and the nationwide toll nears 700 with the peak expected in January. Schools, hospitals and campuses close. vaccine in short supply.
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Atlanta
UPS
New York City
Washington
U. A
South
Midwest
New York
Edward O’rourke
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Des Moines
Iowa
Mercy Hospital
Drake University
Indianapolis
Claude Edwards
Chicago
Milwaukee
Fire Department
Catholic University
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Adcock Targets Branton Ouster Over Panel
Sen. Ja mar Adcock of Monroe says the administration will seek to remove Rep. Pavey Branton from the probe committee on state government inefficiency. He expects an all out fight as the conference report on the panel comes up in the Senate. Gov. McKeithen calls Branton an obstructionist and a more representative panel is sought. Brown of Monroe is named on the Senate version.
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Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Pavey Branton
Shangaloo
Adcock
Conference Committee
Senate
John McKeithen
Branton
McKeithen
House
William D
Billy” Brown
Brown
Flood Update Shows Shifts Across Camden and Monroe
Flood data shows Camden at 26 in stage 11.4 with a .3 rise while Monroe records 40 at 23.5 and remains stationary. The report tracks changing water levels and station readings amid ongoing weather impacts.
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Camden
Monroe
Nixon plans to keep Hoover and Helms in top posts
President elect Nixon, meeting GOP leaders in Washington, confirms J Edgar Hoover and Richard Helms will remain as FBI director and CIA director respectively. Spokesman says both agreed to stay indefinitely after private talks in New York. Nixon to meet Eisenhower and review task force reports this week.
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Richard Helms
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Ronald L. Ziegler
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Helms
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Army Med
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coast Guard survivor Richard Kraus tours river inspection
Twin Cities report says BM2 Richard Kraus one of three survivors from a Coast Guard vessel crash was in Monroe on a special assignment for a coast guard inspection of boats on the Ouachita and nearby rivers.
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Coast Guard
Monroe
Ouachita
Apollo 8 Astronauts Pass Medical Tests Ahead of Moon Flight
Cape Kennedy AP reports the Apollo 8 trio Dr Charles Berry declared in excellent shape after a three hour medical exam. They then trained in a space craft simulator as countdown to the Saturn 5 launch proceeds toward a Christmas Eve lunar orbit.
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Charles Berry
Space Agency
Air Force
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Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Lovell
Anders
Hong Kong
NASA
Havana reports exiles captured after Dec. 2 landing
The Cuban government says five Miami exiles landed with arms on Cuba’s north coast on December 2. They departed from a small launch in Pinar del Rio Province, split into two groups, and were captured two days later by the armed forces and Interior Ministry.
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Public hearings eyed in U S road policy shift
A proposed policy would require two public hearings on highway routes and designs, backed by the Transportation Department with support from Agriculture Interior and major city mayors. Critics warn of delays and urban freeway paralysis.
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Alan S. Boyd
Nixon
Jooes
Northeast Storm Dumps Snow and Freezing Temps Across Regions
Arctic air followed a storm center dumping up to a foot of snow in parts of the Northeast while temperatures plunged to freezing as far south as Florida. The storm blanketed New York City with 3 inches, closed Kennedy Airport, and led to deadly ice incidents on Long Island.
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Warming Trend Predicted For Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies are expected through Tuesday in Northeast Louisiana with a slow warming trend. Highs 48 to 54 and lows 34 to 38. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged a Sunday high of 40 and a morning low of 24 with no rain. Winds NW 8 to 16 mph today turning E to SE tonight and Tuesday. Delta Agricultural Advisory notes generally good drying conditions with some fair to locally poor areas at night. Dew points rise from the upper 20s to low 30s late today and Tuesday. Sunshine 50 to 75 percent today and about 50 percent Tuesday. No precipitation indicated through Tuesday.
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Louisiana Delta
Goodfellows Seek Help For Needy Christmas Campaign
The 34th annual Goodfellows fundraising drive seeks $8,000 to buy food and clothing for families in need during Christmas. Campaign Chairman Jack Hesketh calls for about $300 daily donations with a week left. Messages accompany pleas for help for families facing illness disability and hospital stays.
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News-Star —World Publishing Corp
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Monroe
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Nixon Urged to Double Crime Fighting Staff
The House Republican Task Force on Crime urged President-elect Nixon to double Justice Department lawyers in the Organized Crime Division from about 60 to at least 120 by June 30, 1970. It also recommended targeted electronic surveillance, replacing U S attorneys in key cities, and expanding antiracketeering strike forces.
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Washington
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Ohio
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Sheriff Warns Of Cutting Trees In Parish
Ouachita Parish Sheriff Department warns residents not to cut pines and other evergreens on private property without owner permission. Sheriff Bailey Grant says there have been several complaints about trees being cut, likely for Christmas trees, harming both the target tree and nearby crops.
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Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
U.S. Frees Seven North Vietnamese Seamen in goodwill gesture
In Saigon a U S spokesman announced the release of seven North Vietnamese civilian seamen arranged in Vientiane. Moscow Radio cited a Hanoi Christmas release of American pilots captured over Vietnam, though monitors doubted the report. The U S Command called the seamen release a goodwill action to prompt broader prisoner releases.
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United States
North Vietnam
Radio Moscow
Hanoi
U.S
Vientiane
Moscow Radio
Democratic Republic
Vietnam
Tokyo
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Legislature Fights Over Taxes As Session Near End
Baton Rouge AP The Louisiana Legislature enters the final two days of a special session amid warnings that not raising operating expenses taxes may force five percent cuts. Only a one cent gas tax increase was approved, raising 14 million annually for highways. McKeithen administration weighs closing hospitals and midyear across the board cuts, plus fewer mental health centers, to avoid deficit. The House focuses on bonding state agencies while the Senate rejects dedicating the 5.5 million from the franchise tax to highway bonds.
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W. W. McDougall
McKeithe
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Senate
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Adcock
Supreme Court bars forced inductions of exempt divinity students
The court ruled 6 to 3 that draft boards cannot strip exempt divinity students of their exemption and force induction for conduct unrelated to the draft. It upheld that Oesterreich, a ministerial student, must have a chance to contest his reclassification in court and barred treating exempt youths as delinquents for protest actions.
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Andover-Newton Theological School
Newton Center
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Wyo
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Oklahoma City
William C. Douglas
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Douglas
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New perfume "Evening in Milwaukee" heads to Paris
A playful money making idea suggests traveling to Paris to sell a perfume named Evening in Milwaukee. The tongue in cheek concept blends city branding with fragrance marketing in a humorous setup.
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Milwaukee
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