Loyal Democrats Seek Rename Mississippi Party to Reflect Unity
Clarksdale chairman Aaron Henry says the Loyalist Democrats of Mississippi will drop the Loyalist label and operate as the Mississippi Democratic Party. He claims the party now meets national standards with county and state executives and district committees. He says the change does not involve court actions and that regular Democrats may sue to block the move.
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Clarksdale, Miss
Aaron Henry
Clarksdale
Democrats
Mississippi
Democratic Party
Associated Press
Jackson
Humphrey
National Party
Henry
Chicago
American Independent Party
George Wallace
Ourself
Price on duty in Vietnam with U. S. Air Forces
Technical Sergeant Marvis E. Price serves at Tuy Hoa Air Base Vietnam with the Pacific Air Forces. His wife Mary is the daughter of Mrs. H. V. Rhodes of Oak Grove Rt. 4. Price previously was stationed at Glasgow AFB Montana before Southeast Asia.
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U. S
Combat Air Forces
Vietnam
Marvis E. Price
Mary
H. V. Rhodes
Rt. 4
Oak Grove
Tuy Hoa AB
Price
Pacific Air Forces
Southeast Asia
Glasgow Afb
Mont
Large land swap proposed for New Orleans federal complex
In Orleans a group led by Francis Doerle plans to swap 2400 acres of surplus land in New Iberia for a New Orleans city block where a 24.8 million dollar federal office complex is planned. The deal hinges on purchasing the New Orleans tract and involves GSA officials and Rep. Hebert.
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New Iberia, la
New Orleans
Francis Doerle
New Iberia
Iberia Parish
Doerle
KANE
James K. Windsor
Fort Worth
Tex
General Services Administration
U.S. Navy Auxiliary Air Station
New Orleans Federal Complex
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Gulf South Research Institute
Navy
GSA
Windsor
Hebert
Washington
Congress
Three Violent Deaths Reported Near Shreveport
A woman and her 11 month old son died in a Bossier Parish house fire after the mother re entered to rescue the child. A Plain Dealing man was killed when his pickup was hit by a freight train. A Shreveport man died in freezing temperatures, with 29 degrees reported in the area.
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Bossier City
Bossier Parish
Shreveport
Margaret Sumage
Haughton
Tracy
Billy Waggonner
Faron
Jason
Frank E. Collins Jr
Plain Dealing
La. 2
James Sprang
Collins
St. Louis & Southwestern Railroad
Tom Peterson
Florida Resident Dies Passing Through Monroe
Cecil Pelkey aged 63 of Seffner Florida died early Tuesday at St Francis Hospital Monroe after a short illness. He was a retired Atlantic Coast Line railroad engineer. He is survived by his widow Aster Pelkey three stepsons and a stepdaughter. Funeral services and burial will be in Brandon Friday with Mulhearn's Funeral Home of Monroe handling arrangements.
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Cecil Pelkey
Seffner
Fla
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Brandon
Mulhearn
Pelkey
Aster Pelkey
Seffner, Fla
Paul Jordan Jr
Joe Allen Jordan
Sarasota
Thomas H. Jordan
U.S. Marines
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Rise Dianne Carmack
Nova Salga
Ala
Oceanside
Atlantic Coast Line
Horseback holdup duo terrorizes Buenos Aires alleys
Two youths, Juan Carlos Baus aged 18 and Horacio Pascual aged 20, confessed after arrest to staging Western style robberies on horseback in Buenos Aires alleys. They hailed pedestrians with revolvers and rode off with loot.
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Juan Carlos Baus
Horacio Pascual
Buenos Aires
Electronics Trainee Airman Ashley completes basic training
Airman Bobby R. Ashley son of Mr and Mrs Talmadge P Ashley Sr of Ferriday Louisiana has completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas He has been assigned to Keesler AFB Mississippi for training in communications electronics systems The 1965 Sicily Island High School graduate is stationed in Texas and Mississippi
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San Antonio
Tex
Bobby R. Ashley
Talmadge P. Ashley Sr
Texas Ave
Ferriday
Lackland Afb
Keesler Afb
Miss
Ashley
Sicily Island High School
Debris Cleanup After Rail Crash Near Morgantown
Gulf Mobile and Ohio crews begin recovery work after three diesel engines and ten hopper cars derailed near Morgantown Mississippi. The train carrying wood chips derailed Monday due to soft track caused by heavy rains. One engine stayed on track while another fell into a 75 foot ravine. the third plunged into the Pearl River with only the front end visible. No serious injuries reported.
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Columbia, Miss
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Morgantown
Pearl River
J. W. Lee
Lee
Nixon favors more protection for spy ships such as Pueblo
President elect Nixon called for stronger protection for intelligence ships to prevent a repeat of the Pueblo affair. He urged area ships or aircraft to rescue such vessels under attack, while later opposing full time escort or jet cover due to cost and mission constraints.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Pueblo
North Korea
Johnson Administration
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Clark M. Clifford
Earle G. Wheeler
Joints Chiefs of Staff
Clifford
Wheeler
Congress
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Gardiner
Maine
Roy C. Wells
State Farm
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Illinois
Jimmy L. Terry
North 4Th ST
Tuy Hoa
Louis Masur, Jr
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co
Madison Ave
N.Y.C
Orleans
Florida
UPI
Ieverstein
DESIA
Monroe, LA
Fred Thompson
Pontiac
T. J. Irby Rubber Stamp
Spurgeon
Prentice Lee Tractor Co
Cypress St
West Monroe, la
Mr. G
Henry Gerson
Aide
Itor
North 18Th St
Arkansas Ave
Erestutes
Cannon Electric
Central Avenue
Louisiana
Ational Telephone and Teles
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