Gibbs Proposes Local Study Committee on School System
Rep. Lawrence Gibbs of Monroe announces formation of a 28 member local committee to study Ouachita Parish school system problems amid the dual systems controversy. West Monroe Chamber President Ralph Reed backs a community wide effort but opposes a Baton Rouge report as top-down. The group will include school board presidents, PTA leaders, a labor representative and a parish bar member.
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Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Louisiana Legislative Council
West Monroe
Baton Rouge
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Jamar Adcock
Legislative Council
West Monroe Chamber
Gibbs
Ouachita
Parish Bar Association
Chamber
Reed
Ouacchita
Coop
Lawrence
George Wood
Adcock
Council
Columbia Man Dies In Mishap
Columbia resident William L. Masters 23, son of Rev and Mrs A B Masters Sr, was killed in an off drilling rig accident at Cameron around 7 pm Tuesday. He had spent Christmas with his wife and two children here and had returned to work Sunday.
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William L. Masters
A. B. Masters
Cameron
Masters
James Bond Visits West Monroe Kin in Holiday Style
Twin Cities chit chat reports a Fort Worth couple James Bond and his wife visiting Mr and Mrs James Bond and daughter Sherry at 405 Marsdale West Monroe for four days. They had just returned home.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Sherry
Marsdale
West Monore
Solons Split On Domestic Spending Cuts Over Viet Nam
Washington AP report notes Sen. Clifford P. Case urges maintaining federal outlays for education and domestic programs while arguing national goals include fighting discrimination poverty disease and ignorance. Senate Republican Leader Dirksen says defense must come first and domestic programs will be cut back, signaling a rift with Case on funding priorities.
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Clifford P. Case
Viet Nam
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Case
New Jersey
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Dirksen
University Learns Teacher Dropout in UC Medical Center
San Francisco UPI reports that Dr Thomas E Miyawaki taught anatomy at the University of California Medical Center for 15 months and earned a promotion before officials revealed he was not a doctor. He was an undergraduate dropout from Loyola University Los Angeles and did not treat patients or perform physician duties. The fraud surfaced after a poor showing on an oral PhD exam.
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UPI
Thomas E. Miyawaki
University of California Medical Center
Miyawaki
Loyola University
Los Angeles
Storm Lashes West Coast With High Losses And Flood Threats
A three day Pacific Northwest storm drenched the West Coast from Northern California to Washington with heavy rain and mountain snow. Power outages, road and pass closures, and floods disrupted communities while ships were driven to shelter. A blizzard hit Mt Shasta and freight train delays occurred near Dunsmuir. Shipping and fishing losses were reported around San Francisco Bay and Bodega Bay.
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Half Moon Bay
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Montana
New Year's Road Deaths Predicted By Safety Council
Chicago AP The National Safety Council estimates 360 to 440 people could be killed in traffic accidents during the three day New Year weekend from 6 pm Thursday to midnight Sunday covering 78 hours. Last year 474 died. The council also projects 17 000 to 21 000 disabling injuries and about 6.9 billion miles driven.
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National Safety Council
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U S Airlifts Fresh Troops Into Viet Nam
UPI reports the 25th Infantry Division is airlifted from Hawaii to Pleiku in the Central Highlands to counter North Viet Nam infiltration. The 3rd Brigade of Tropic Lightning will join, boosting U.S. strength to 184000 in South Viet Nam. The summary notes American deaths, wounded, and missing for the week, and reports executions of Montagnard revolt leaders at Pleiku and Phu Bong. Airstrikes resume in South Viet Nam while North Viet Nam sees a pause in bombardment.
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25Th Army
Hawai
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Pleiku Today
Phu Bong
Hanoi
Nine Miners Die In Gas Explosion Near Redstone Colorado
Nine miners were killed in a methane gas blast at the Mid-Continent Dutch Creek coal mine near Redstone Colorado. Rescue teams recovered nine bodies with one still believed buried in the shaft. State and federal investigators closed the mine and searched for causes, including static electricity or a spark. Governor John A. Love extended condolences to the victims’ families.
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Love
Colorado
Donald Haske
Roberts Delaney
Glenwood Springs
Cole
Mid. Continent
Harriman Talks Viet Nam Peace in Poland Mission
US envoy W Averell Harriman arrives in Warsaw for secret talks with Polish Foreign Minister Rapacki on Viet Nam. No details released as the moratorium on bombing North Viet Nam enters its sixth day amid speculation of peace talks.
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UPI
W. Averell Harriman
Adam Rapack
Poland
Viet Nam
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State Department
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Thant
New York
Hane
David Dean
Guam
Washington
Johnson
Wirtz urges speedy end to ammunition plant strike
Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz warned that a protracted strike at the Olin Mathieson gunpowder plant in East Alton Illinois could jeopardize U S ammunition for Viet Nam. He called for a rapid settlement as the plant supplies rifle and machinegun powder and 20 millimeter shells. AFL-CIO machinists have been on strike since December 1.
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Willard Wirtz
Viet Nam
Wirtz
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Olin Mathieson
East Alton
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