UN Sows Windup Plan to Avoid Soviet Rights Showdown
United Nations General Assembly agrees to finish yearend business without a vote over Soviet voting rights. A private poll by President Alex Quaison-Lackey will select the upcoming Security Council vacancies, with Jordan and Mali contending for Morocco's seat. Others were unopposed as recess nears.
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United Nations
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
Assembly
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Security Council
Quaison-Lackey
Jordan
Mali
Morocco
Netherlands
Uruguay
Malaysia
United States
U.N
Pair Booked for Robbery at New Orleans Hotel
Police responding to a routine complaint at the Lafayette Hotel arrested Terry Lee Welch 20 of New Orleans and Jerry Powell 24 of Denlslow W Va after Welch allegedly held up the lobby register desk and a bellboy guided officers to the scene. Welch reportedly faced night manager John F McDonald 66 as officers recovered 327 dollars.
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New Orleans
Jerry Powell
Denlslow
W.va
Terry Lee Welch
Ronald MacPherson
Lucien Sunseri
Lafayette Hotel
MacPherson
Welch
John F McDonald
McDonald
Airman Barron Selected for Air Policeman Training
Airman Arthur K. Barron son of Mr and Mrs Winston C Barron of 4313 Foch Monroe has been chosen for technical training as an air policeman at Lackland Air Force Base Texas He recently completed basic training and is a Ouachita Parish High School 1964 graduate Two visitors Robert John and David Bonham of Enid Oklahoma are in Monroe this week visiting their aunt Miss Jean Bonham 405 Hilton Street and spent the weekend with relatives in Leesville before returning later today or Wednesday.
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Arthur K. Barron
Winston C. Barron
Foch, Monroe
Lackland Afb
Tex
Barron
Air Force
Lackland
Air Training Command
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Robert John
David Bonham
Enid
Okla
Jean Bonham
Hilton St
Leesville
Wamba
Stanleyville
U.S
Leopoldville
National Mediation Board
W. Willard Wirtz
D. W. Brosnan
Southern
Brosnan
J. W. Jennings
Jennings
Union
Chattanooga
Tenn
South Carolina
North Carolina
James Lee
Louisville
Soviet Gunners Down U S Helicopters Over Vietnam
In Saigon three U S Army helicopters were shot down by Communist gunners while airlifting troops to a village held by guerrillas. Six American crewmen were wounded two seriously. Meanwhile a federal grand jury in Jackson Mississippi is ordered to reconvene January 11 to hear cases linked to the deaths of three civil rights workers.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
U.S. Army
Jackson, Miss
Harold Cox
FBI
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Meridian
Esther Carter
Robert Owen
Owen
Biloxi
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Lawrence Rainey
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Miss
Binh Gia
Rising Mercury Still Evident Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy skies and a slowly rising mercury dominate the forecast. The weather bureau calls for southeast winds 5 to 15 mph with today’s high 64 to 68 and a low 54 to 58, followed by a Wednesday high of 65 to 70 and early fog again. Monroe highs 52 and overnight 48.
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Weather Bureau
Monroe
Viet Nam Military Leader Flies to Cap St. Jacques
Lt. Gen. Ngu yen Khanh and his staff flew to Cap St. Jacques for talks aimed at breaking the deadlock with the United States. Washington has tied an estimated 600 million dollar aid package to changes in the government since the Dec. 20 ouster of the High National Council and arrests of political leaders.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Viet Nam
Cap St. Jacques
United States
Khanh
High National Council
West Monroyan Dies In Area Hunting Accident
In Union Parish a West Monroe man, 42, William C. Lenard, a Louisiana Power and Light Co. mechanic, was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast while lowering a bound shotgun and rifle from a tree stand at Point between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Officials reported no other hunters nearby. Hixson Brothers Funeral Home will handle arrangements.
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Farmerville
West Monroe
Union Parish
Sheriff's Department
William C. Lenard
Louisiana Power & Light Co
Lenard
Union Parish Sheriff's Department
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Teen Discovers Forbidden Spot Mother Warned About
A teenager jokes with a friend about finally locating a place his mother had warned him to avoid. The exchange captures a light moment as they approach the area Mother cautioned against.
Mexican Supreme Court rules swimming is exercise not spectacle
The Mexican Supreme Court ruled that swimming is primarily an exercise rather than a spectator activity. It struck down a Nuevo Leon state law attempting to tax swimming pools by classifying them with theaters.
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Mexico City
Supreme Court
Nuevo Leon
Surprise Southern Railway strike shocks U S officials
Washington AP reports the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers launched a sudden strike against 14 Southern Railway operations. Officials say the walkout, 75 percent effective, could halt most freight and passenger service by noon.
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Southern Railway
Citico Yards
Chattanooga
Brotherhood of Railroad
Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Southern Railway System
Afl-Cio Union
Southern
Ex-Convict Held In Shreveport After HoldUp
Police detained Tommy Phillips, 31, an ex convict from Oklahoma, after a $543 hold up at a Shreveport movie theater Monday night. He fled with theater ushers in pursuit, escaped into a car with a woman and her three grandchildren, then fled on foot and was trapped in an alley by officers and ushers.
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Shreveport
Oklahoma
Tommy Phillips
McCormack Holds Key To Purge In House Rules
Washington AP report says Speaker McCormack may back limits on Rules Committee and changes targeting Southern Democrats Williams and Watson as Blatnik leads a 100 member liberal group seeking House rule reforms and party organization shifts. Decision expected after talks today.
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Washington
John W. McCormack
McCormack
John A. Blatnik
Minnesota
Blatnik
Rules Committee
Ways and Means
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Albert W. Watson
South Carolina
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater attacks Burch ouster as personal betrayal
Sen. Barry Goldwater told the Republican National Committee that removing Chairman Dean Burch would be a repudiation of a key party faction and himself. He urged restraint and warned that ousting Burch would hinder future party unity and his own principles. The RNC meets January 20-23 in Chicago to decide Burch’s fate.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Republican National Committee
Dean Burch
Burch
Goldwater
GOP
National Committee
Chicago
Laird seeks chair of House Republican Conference
AP reports Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin announced his candidacy for chairman of the House Republican Conference. Louisiana records November employment at a high, with 853000 nonagricultural payroll workers, up 32400 from a year ago. Pittsburgh and Tokyo briefs note steel price hikes and a Chinese protest over USS Polaris submarines, respectively.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
House Republican Conference
Tokyo
China
McKeithen to Speak at Monroe Chamber Banquet
Gov John J McKeithen will be the guest speaker at the 44th annual Monroe Chamber of Commerce banquet. The event is set for 7 30 p m Friday Jan 15 in the Northeast Louisiana State College dining hall with entertainment by the Northeast Fine Arts Department under Davis Bingham supervision.
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John J. McKeithen
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
George Moses
Northeast Louisiana State College
Northeast Fine Arts Department
Davis Bingham
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