King of Jazz Paul Whiteman Dies at 76 in Bucks County
Famed bandleader Paul Whiteman known as the King of Jazz died at Doylestown Hospital after a heart attack at 4:30 a.m. He shaped modern American music by fusing classical and jazz, directed stars like Bing Crosby and Benny Goodman, and commissioned Gershwin to write Rhapsody in Blue. Born 1891 in Denver, he pioneered symphonic jazz and lived in New Hope, Bucks County, retiring at his home “Coda.”
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Doylestown
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Bucks County
Philadelphia
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George Gershwin
Ferde Grofe
Pops
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Tommy and Dorsey
Morton Downey
Benny Goodman
New Hope
Delaware River
Denver
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West Coast
Atlantic City
N. J
Broadway
Wyoming Donates Sugar Bowl Tickets To Servicemen
Wyoming fans donated 1335 Sugar Bowl tickets worth 8000 dollars for sailors and airmen on the Mississippi Gulf Coast to see the Cowboys vs LSU in New Orleans. Tickets go to Keesler Air Force Base and Seabee Center Gulfport, with donors identified by name on each ticket. A pair of ducats carried a five dollar note for a postgame dinner.
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Biloxi
Miss
Wyoming
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Cowboys
LSU
Keesler Air Force Base
Seabee Center
Gulfport
Robert Prahl
University of Wyoming
Andre R. Brousseau
Keesler
Vern Shelton
Wyoming Publiations
Louisiana State
New Orleans
Bob Prahl
State Superboard May Be Sought
Louisiana Governor McKeithen backs a coordinating higher education board to supersede the state education and LSU boards. He will study the plan with a legislative committee as battles over expanding doctorates continue in 1968.
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Coordinating Board
State Board of Education
Louisiana
LSU
Public Affairs Research Council
PAR
Board of Supervisors
Council For A Better Louisiana
CABL
Jules Mollere
New Orleans
Ed Stagg
McKeithen
Stagg
J. Marshall Brown
McNeese State
Lake Charles
Northwestern State
Natichitoches
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Northeast State
Monroe
University of Southwestern Louisiana At
Navy Sailor Billy Joe Jones Weds Mary Helen Land
Billy Joe Jones son of Mrs Vivian Jones of Monroe and grandson of Mrs Maggie Morgan of Choudrant is home on leave from the Navy and has married Mary Helen Land of Monroe. He will return to his naval base at Pensacola Florida after leave.
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Billy Joe Jones
Vivian Jones
West St
Monroe
Maggie Morgan
Choudrant
Navy
Jones
Mary Helen Land
Pensacola
Fla
Marines sweep two fortified villages near Da Nang
U S Marines swept through two coastal villages 20 miles south of Da Nang after a helicopter assault led to a heavy firefight with about 500 Communist troops. Reports said enemy resistance was light and 17 Marines and 37 enemies were killed on Thursday with 30 Marines wounded.
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Saigon
U. S
da Nang
Hoi An
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Binh Thuan
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Snow Likely As Cold Front Brings Wintry Mix
Northeast Louisiana faces snow and sleet chances with rain later today into Saturday. Lows mostly in the 30s, some readings near 25 in Monroe at Selman Field. Occasional rain moves in from the west and spreads across the state by Saturday.
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Louisana
Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
Miday
Cambodia Policy May Be Changed
Washington officials studied a Cambodian shift in stance on U S forces crossing into Cambodia to pursue Vietnamese Communist forces. Sihanouk indicated Cambodia would not intervene militarily if incursions target outlying regions but would seek U N Security Council action and protest双方. He also welcomed a Johnson envoy to discuss Cambodia as sanctuary for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Red China
Soviet Union
Sihanouk
U.N. Security Council
United States
Johnson
Stanley Karnow
the Post
Hong Kong
Averell Harriman
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U S Considers War Escalation Over Cambodia Bases
Washington reports thousands of Communist troops use sanctuaries in Cambodia and Laos to fight in South Vietnam. Debates split Johnson aides over hot pursuit and cross-border strikes, with diplomacy possible if Rusk finds a solution. War expansion in 1968 remains a risk amid talk of peace talks.
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Washington
Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
Johnson
United States
State Department
Dean Rusk
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Southeast Asia
UAW Ratifies New GM Pact Raising Auto Worker Pay
UAW members ratified a GM contract boosting average annual pay by 1700 by end of 1970. Ballots from 167 of 168 units counted. production workers approved 5 to 1 and skilled trades 7 to 2. Ratification ends a four month gap as 380,000 workers returned to work.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford Motors Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Fire kills nine children in Mont Laurier family home
In Lac des Iles near Mont Laurier Quebec a fire engulfed the two story house killing nine of 18 children aged 3 to 18. Parents Roland Girouard 47 and wife 43 escaped through a window with injuries along with four children hospitalised. Ten others survived.
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Mont Laurier, Que
Snow
Roland Girouard
Lac Des Iles
Mont Laurier
Montreal
Jean-Claude
Jean-Marc
Denise
Roger
Girouard
Carmen
Marie Claire
Bernard
Jeannine
Raymond
Mariette
Clemente
Chantal
Solange
Rachel
Norman
Andre
Monique
Lelear
Gilbert
Oil and Gas Industry Sets New State Production Record
Louisiana's oil and gas sector reported 1967 production of about 660 million barrels, a 13 percent rise from 1966, with daily output near 18 million barrels. The Mid-Continent Association noted severance taxes totaled around $600,000 daily, reflecting demand tied to the Middle East War.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Value Of Working Wife Is Sought
New York AP report outlines an Agriculture Department effort to quantify a housewife’s worth in dollars and cents. Respondents give a wide range from 50 to 500 dollars weekly, basing value on outsourcing chores and added duties, with figures like 159.34 weekly from Chase Manhattan Bank as a reference.
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Ankara
Bayrak
Cyprus
New York
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Hugh Savage
Kansas City
Albert Jensen
Chicago
Chase Manhattan Bank
William Pichler
Miami
Pichler
Subpoenas Issued in Garrison JFK Probe for Three Witnesses
Dist Atty Jim Garrison subpoenaed Loran Hall Thomas Beckham and Lawrence Howard Jr as material witnesses in the Kennedy assassination inquiry. The three, from California Nebraska and Los Angeles, were ordered to appear before the Orleans Parish Grand Jury February 1 and 2 with immunity from arrest for prior acts.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
California
Nebraska
John F. Kennedy
Loran A. Hall
Kernville
Calif
Thomas Beckham
Omaha
Neb
Lawrence J. Howard Jr
Los Angeles
Matthew S. Braniff
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Louisiana
Hall
Garrison
Dallas
Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Lee Harivey Oswald
Oswald
Ruby
Warren Commission
Florida
Texas
Cuba
David Ferrie
Beckham
Ferrie
YMCA
Temptation Keeps Its Distance After Sixty Says Joke
A quip notes that temptation shifts posture after turning sixty and apparently sidesteps those who reach that age. The line plays on age and self awareness with light humor.
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