Betsy Tops State News In 1965 Storms Began Year
New Orleans report lists Betsy as the top state news event of 1965 with winds near 135 mph, 75 fatalities, and over a billion dollars in damage. It notes racial clashes in Bogalusa, a chlorine barge salvage, a Natchitoches gas line explosion, and the Gulf South Research Institute dispute among the leading stories. Also highlighted are Louisiana’s economy, church hierarchies, and federal actions easing voter registration after the year.
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Perry
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Hekkeithen
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St Bernard Varish
Plaquemines Parity
Johnson
Belly
Bogalusa
Washington Parish
Arkansas
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Ku Kits Klan
Baton Rouge
New Orlean
Gulf South Research Institute
Mekhei
T. A. Thompson
North Carolina
McKeithen
Jonesboro
Banning Of Cars In Rome Disrupts City Traffic
Rome officials launched Operation Pedestrian Island banning all cars in a 20 block center. Taxi cabs and buses allowed, yet buses inside faced gridlock. Citizens walked or rode buses as the plan’s first full day faced uncertain outcomes.
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UPI
Circus Maximus
B.C
Antonoi Pale
Egypt Newsman Pleads Innocent To Spy Charges
Mustapha Amin a 53 year old Egyptian journalist and former editor of Al Akhbar pleaded innocent to the principal charge of contacting foreign agents to pass on military strength details. He admitted illegally smuggling personal funds and sought a secret trial. Bruce Odell a US embassy official was arrested with him but released.
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Bruce T. Odell
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Reypt
Georgetown University
Special Military Tribunal
USA
Heypt
Sala Nassar
U S Holds Back On Bombing Cong
The United States has paused B52 heavy jet raids against Communist forces in South Vietnam and halted bombing of North Vietnam. The move, believed to pressure North Vietnam toward peace talks, follows a Christmas cease-fire order from Gen. Westmoreland. Pentagon and White House officials offered limited comment, noting the decision's diplomatic aim and denying comments on enemy propaganda.
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Viet Nam
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Pacific
Navy
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International Control Commission
Defense Department
January Cultural Calendar Highlights Dramatic Arts
January and February offer a rich cultural lineup with the Northeast College Players staging The House of Bernar do Alba on January 11 at Srown Auditorium. Masur Museum opens a collector’s art display and offers an abstract art course mid January. Madame Butterfly will be sung by the Shreveport Symphony Opera Company January 17 as part of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association. Rehearsals start January 3 for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Strauss Playhouse February 11. Wrakow Choir and Orchestra perform February 22 as Tech concert series fifth offering.
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Srown Auditorium
Bernardo Alba
Frederico Garcia Lorca
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Monroe
Shreveport Symphony Opera Company
Louisiana Tech Concert Association
Jasmine Evan
Dorothy Seales
Hall Lyons
Ken Dooley
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Wrakow
Tech
Holiday Traffic Death Total 720
Chicago AP reports 720 people died in traffic accidents during the three day Christmas weekend, the highest toll for any holiday period. The National Safety Council calls it a national disaster, surpassing the prior 706 during a four day 1998 Christmas weekend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
U S Plans Airlift Of Oil To Aid Zambia Amid Rhodesia Sanctions
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States will next week begin an oil airlift to Zambia to shield it from backlash of Rhodesia sanctions. He met with Zambian Foreign Minister Simon Kapwepe and officials and discussed new land routes to Dar Es Salaam. Both sides called the Rhodesian regime a human rights threat and reaffirmed opposition to Smith's government.
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UPI
United States
Zambia
Rhodesia
Dean Rusk
Simon Kapwepe
Rusk
Great Britain
U.S
Dar-Es-Salaam
Ian Smith
Britain
Kapwepe
Smith
Son Drives Car. Father Cited in California Crash
In Visalia California police ticketed 33 year old Max Alva for permitting an unlicensed minor to drive his car. The vehicle swerved off the highway, broke a fence and hit a power pole. Alva also faced charges for driving without a license felony drunk driving carrying an open liquor bottle and leaving the scene. He drove the car to a nearby farmhouse and fell out.
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Calif
Max Alva
Alva
Larry
Conviction Of Als May Be Difficult
NAHA Okinawa UPI reports a veteran civilian lawyer says proving two U S Army sergeants aided the Viet Cong will be hard as no war has been declared. Sgt George E Smith and Sgt Claude McClure face charges of aiding the enemy. trial decision rests with Lt Gen Albert E Watson. If convicted they could face the death penalty after reviews.
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Okinawa
UPI
U.S. Army
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Viet Nam
Howard B. McClellan
Clayton, N.M
McClellan
Army
Albert E. Watson
Korat
Thailand
Pioneer 6 satellite maps fair space weather in sun orbit
The space agency reports Pioneer 6 is studying the interplanetary system and the sun. Launched December 16, the satellite aims for a 310 day solar orbit reaching as close as 77 million miles at its nearest approach.
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UPI
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