Johnson Submits Beauty Message Calls for a U.S. Beautification Plan
President Johnson urged a broad program to preserve and enhance American beauty. He proposed tackling air and water pollution, expanding parks, eliminating eyesore junkyards along highways, and urged federal, state, business, and private cooperation to restore cities and countryside. He framed the effort as a national, multi-level campaign.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Congress
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Raid for raid policy shapes U S Viet Nam stance
U S leaders after a White House meeting signaled a strike for strike approach in Vietnam. They backed Johnson’s two air strikes on North Viet Nam and supported continuing efforts to aid South Vietnamese forces.
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Washington
White House
National Security Council
United States
Viet Nam
Bundy
Davis Jabs McKeithen On 'Second Term'
Former Gov Jimmie H Davis criticizes a bid to let governors serve two straight terms while in office noting he would want his administration excluded If enacted such a change would affect John McKeithen and future Louisiana governors The discussion sparked by Rep Hogan and reactions from Lyons and Munson frame a partisan debate in Lafayette and Baton Rouge including retroactivity concerns and historic proposals
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana
Mike Hogan
Calcasieu Parish
John MecKeithen
Davis
Lafayette
Charlton H. Lyons Sr
Republican State Central Committee
Robert Munson
Rapides
Hoover Commission
Hogan
Family Must Return After Expensive Trip
SAIGON API Air Force Major Clarence L. Deare of New Iberia Louisiana paid 815 out of his own pocket to bring his wife Betty and seven year old son Craig to South Viet Nam They must now return home along with all other military dependents They had been in the war torn country less than three months Only 200 of the 23500 American servicemen in South Viet Nam have served two years here and are thus entitled to bring their families across One year men like Deare were permitted to bring them over if they paid the cost of the trip.
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Saigon
API
Air Force
Clarence L. Deare
New Iberia
Betty
Craig
South Viet Nam
Deare
Cooper and Conrad to pilot seven day Gemini mission
Air Force Maj. L. Gordon Cooper and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr. were named to fly the seven day Gemini mission. Backup crews include civilians Neil Armstrong and Elliott Lee Jr. both former Navy pilots. Cooper, a Mercury program veteran, has logged 34 hours in space aboard Faith 7.
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Houston
Tex
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Neil A. Armstrong
Elliott M. Lee Jr
Cooper
See
Armstrong
Conrad
Manned Spacecraft Center
Shawnee
Okla
West Monroe Police Dance Set for March 13 at Fairgrounds
The annual dance sponsored by the West Monroe police department will occur March 13 at the Fairgrounds starting at 8 p.m. The Jumping Jacks provide music. Tickets are available from police department members or by calling head quarters Fairfax 2 8123. Off duty officers may deliver tickets.
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West Monroe
Moon as Inspiration to Poets Then and Now
Ten years ago the moon inspired poets and lovers, while a decade hence it will be seen as merely another airport. The remark frames changing cultural meaning of celestial objects over time.
Johnson Seeks Vietnam Strategy With Bundy Emissary
President Johnson conferred with McGeorge Bundy and the National Security Council on Vietnam. Bundy spoke to reporters but would not assess future intensified strikes against North Vietnam. In Tokyo Red China denounced the U S air strikes as a serious provocation. McClellan urged a federal crime commission to tackle internal threats. In Selma Dallas County began voter registration lists, but a Black leader warned followers will refuse to sign. In Moscow Izvestia called for ending American air raids and Kosygin pledged backing Hanoi.
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United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Tass
Hanoi
Alexie N. Kosygin
Dong Hoi
Gulf of Tonkin
China
Radio Peking
Washington
U.S. Defense Department
Johnson
Viet Nam
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
National Security Council
Selma, Ala
Dallas County Board of Registrars
Moscow
Kzvestia
North Viet Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
U. 5 S
Conference on School Aid Program Legal Issue
Whetstone travels from Monroe to Baton Rouge for a Tuesday meeting with Atty. Gen. Gremillion to determine if state officials may sign a Civil Rights Act compliance pledge without violating segregation laws. Gov. McKeithen supports pledges. HEW gives a March 3 deadline with potential loss of federal funds for noncompliance. Whetstone seeks a clear legal view amid conflicting attorney opinions.
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W. E. Whetstone
State Board of Education
Monroe
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
Baton Rouge
Virgin Islands
Whetstone
Capitol
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Board of Education
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
First Known Gling Book By Dame Juliana Berners Cited
The Parke Bernet Galleries attribute the first known gling book to Dame Juliana Berners around 1496. This attribution highlights a rare early instance of a woman author in restoration era literary history.
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Dame Juliana Berners
Parke- Bernet
Statewide school integration hinges on Dodd signing
The U S Office of Education told News-Star that Louisiana must have both the state superintendent and all 67 local districts sign the civil rights compliance agreement to voluntarily integrate schools. Federal funds depend on nationwide signatories, affecting districts from Monroe to Bossier.
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Louisiana
U.S. Office of Education
News- Star Today
John McKeithen
State Department of Education
U. S. Office of Education
Monroe
Bogalusa
Lake Charles
Dodd
Washington
Supt. of Education
William J. Dodd
Bossier Parish
Barksdale Air Force Base
Education
Louisiana Department of Education
Feasibility Study Sought For Industrial Districts
Ouachita Parish Police Jury President T W Humphries said a feasibility survey will be conducted before establishing industrial districts. Firms Olin Mathieson Chemical and Commercial Solvents petitioned for districts to gain future service tax exemptions. Public hearings were held, and the jury may act at the Wednesday session after consulting Commerce and Industry and Wilbur Smith & Associates.
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T. W. Humphries
Ouachita Parish
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Commercial Solvents Corp
Department of Commerce & Industry
Department of Public Works
Humphries
Public Works
Commerce & Industry
Wilbur Smith & Associates
Twin City
Department of Highways
Wet Weather Forecast Here
Rain occasional showers and a few thundershowers are forecast through Tuesday with cooler temperatures tonight and Tuesday. Sunshine looks limited with rain coverage 80 percent or more in northeast Louisiana. Highs 62 to 68 this afternoon, 34 to 40 overnight, 46 to 56 Tuesday, then a five day outlook of normal temps.
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Tuesay
East Louisiana
Kosygin Denies Reds Want War
In Hanoi Kosygin stated the Soviet Union Red China and North Viet Nam do not want war but must strengthen military power. He voiced Soviet support for North Viet Nam and Viet Cong patriots, and warned the United States would bear full responsibility for the worsening Viet Nam conflict.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Red China
North Viet Nam
Kosygin
Tass
United States of America
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Khanh
Pleiku
UPI
U.S. Marine Corps
Liem Cong Tay
Song
William Bundy
Andrews Air Force Base
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U. S
Seeks Crime Agency
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