Dual School Systems prompts from Gibbs and Reed
Rep Lawrence Gibbs and Ralph Reed issue statements on the Ouachita Parish dual school systems. Gibbs urges local input with a local committee including bar, labor, PTA, and school board members while reserving judgment. Reed backs the Legislative Council report, urges swift legislative action with boards and lawmakers, and clarifies the chamber favors division boundaries and a community wide committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gibbs
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Reed
Gibbs
Legislative Council
Baton Rouge
Bar Association
Central Trades & Labor Council
Ouachita Parish
East Baton Rouge
Monroe
West Monroe
West Ouachita Parish
Chamber
Reed
Sen. Adcock
Ouachita River
Father and son charged in Savannah draft case
A father Lewis Chambers 57 and son Dennis Chambers 21 faced charges in Savannah after beating a draft board member who allegedly refused to defer the son's draft status. Both waived preliminary hearing and each posted 10,000 bond. They are charged with interfering with draft board duties by force and violence and conspiring to interfere. The maximum penalty is 10,000 fine and five years in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Draft Board
James T. Neagle
Lewis Chambers
Dennis
Neagle
Bob Hope Ends Viet Nam Visit To Servicemen
Bob Hope closes his Christmas tour in Viet Nam with a show for 8500 Marines and SeaBees near Da Nang. President Johnson sends thanks read aloud by Sen Len Symington as Hope jokes about mud and draft card burners alongside Carroll Baker and Joey Weatherton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Bob Hope
Viet Nam
Johnson
Hope
Carroll Baker
Joey Weatherton
United States
Len Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Lewis W Walt
Neuyen Chanh Thi
1St Army Corps
Symington
Georgia Pacific Opens Wood Products Sales Dept in Crossett
Georgia Pacific announced formation of a Wood Products Sales Department for the Crossett Division. W R Purifoy will direct the unit with William C Norman and Frank V Langfitt Jr as vice presidents. The department handles sales from pine plywood plants in Crossett Fordyce Ark Louisville Miss Gloster Miss and flakeboard and future particleboard plants. Alva H Gillespie remains flakeboard sales manager and G A Tony Goodrich becomes plywood sales manager moving from Portland to Crossett. The department becomes functional January 3.
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Crossett
Ark
Georgia Pacific
W R. Purifoy
Wiliam C. Norman
Frank V. Langfitt Jr
Fordyce
Louisville
Miss
Gloster
Alva H. Gillespie
G. A
Tony) Goodrich
Portland
Ore
Western Plywood
Purifoy
Humphrey Begins Philippines Visit
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrived in Manila for an 18 hour stop, representing the United States at the Marcos inaugural while pressing Japan to aid peace efforts in Viet Nam. He urged nonmilitary help and highlighted Japanese leadership in peaceful development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tokyo
Manila
Humphrey
Viet Nam
United States
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Eisaku Sato
Japan
All Humanity
Sato
U.S
J. Owen Zurhellen Jr
Zurhellen
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Edwin D. Reischauer
Jack Valenti
Hirohito
Socialist Party
Kozo Sasaki
Officials Blast Police on Hiring College Students
Florida officials condemned police for recruiting Florida State University students as informers in morals cases. Dean Harry Day called the practice wrong and urged stopping it while Gov. Burns and Regents Chair Ferguson joined the critique. Police said students were paid for each conviction, defending the tactic as necessary to gather evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Day
Robert Maige
Maige
Army Scientists Clash With Pentagon On Food Radiation Dangers
Three Cornell University scientists contend that foods preserved by nuclear irradiation could be deadly especially with sugar present. They clash with Army testing and FDA approvals for irradiated bacon potatoes and wheat products. The Cornell report cites potential harm to plant and possibly human cells from radiation exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell University
Army
Food and Drug Administration
Natick
Mass
Ferdinand P. Mehrlich
U.S Army Laboratories
Natick Laboratories
Atomic Energy Commission
Laboratory
State College For Agriculture
Cornell
Frederick C. Steward
Richard D. He
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Etsusaburo Shiina
Garvan
Ultra-Color TV
Appliance Company
Southside Safeway
Mary and
A. J. Garvan
Philippines
Central Savings Time Deposit Department
Central Savings Bank & Trust Co
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Bailey Grant
Skerifi G
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