One Slain in Morgan City After Captive Shootout
In Morgan City Louisiana a lounge quarrel escalated into a shootout left one man dead. California man David Michael McGuire 26 disarmed three officers and held them for three hours. McGuire was shot in the shoulder by state police captain and hospitalized in serious condition. Rod Ellis 24 was killed. McGuire faces murder and weapon charges. FBI says he is wanted in California for strong armed robbery and unlawful flight. Ellis had lived in Morgan City about four months.
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Morgan City
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Rod Ellis
Chester Baudoin
Ellis
David Michael McGuire
McGuire
Mac
Highway 90
Old
Spanish Trail
Baudoin
David Solar
Jim Desormeaux
Henry Louviere
Francis Hebert
Aubrey Deslatte
Boudoin
Lakewood Hospital
FBI
Fresno
Calif
Reds Using Truce For War Buildup
AP reports massive North Vietnamese supply buildup during the first three days of the lunar new year truce and the suspension of bombing. Washington says the four day South Vietnamese cease fire stands but air strikes could be ordered if the buildup becomes intolerable. North Vietnam moves southward threaten to violate stand down. US sources say traffic and truck counts surged, enabling about 35000 tons of material to move toward the DMZ if sustained. Ships planes and troops appear active on both sides with truce skeptics noting repairs and redeployments continue.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
North Vietnam
U.S
North
Navy
Jack E. Jones
Lemoore
Calif
Car collision at Monroe intersection injures two
Bulletin reports a crash near North Third Street and Hudson Lane in Monroe about 1 20 pm sending a woman and a young girl to hospital. Injuries not believed serious and no further details available.
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North Third Street
Hudson Lane
Monroe
Pat Ankenman to speak at Monroe civic event
Pat Ankenman director of Ozark Boys Camp Mount Ida Arkansas will show camp activity films at 7 p.m. Monday the 13th at 2705 Pargood Blvd the home of Mrs William Husted Jr Monroe. The piece also notes Monroe Civic Center's new portable lectern used at City Hall to good effect and featuring a Symphonic Color Falls fountain image planned for three center buildings.
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Pat Ankenman
Ozark
Mount Ida
Arkansas
Monroe
William Husted Jr
Pargood Blvd
Monroe Civic Center
Monroe City Hall
Civic Center
Bull Lillyman
Lillyman
Saints Name First 21 Pro Grid Players
The New Orleans Saints named 21 players from the Eastern Conference for its expansion roster. Picks include Gary Wood of the New York Giants and Dave Cahill of Philadelphia, with 13 offensive and eight defensive players chosen. The club plans to draft Western Division players later. club president John Memcom Jr. and coach Tom Fears noted the team begins play this fall.
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NEW York
Gary Wood
New York Giant
New Orleans Saints
Atlanta
NFL
Cleveland
Jim Battle
John Morrow
Walter Roberts
Dallas
Obert Logan
Bill Sandeman
Larry Stephens
Jim Garcia
Bob Schultz
Philadelphia
Dave Cahill
Ray Rissmiller
Fred Whittingham
Pittsburgh
Charles Bradshaw
Jerry Simmons
Bob Smith
St. Louis
Jimmy Heidel
Ray Ogden
Dave Simmons
Washington
Tom Barrington
Don Croftcheck
Jake Kupt
Morrow
Stephens
Bradshaw
Wood
Garcia
Whittingham
Logan
Saints
Tom Fears
John W. Memcom Jr
Texas
Louisiana
Vatican says Hanoi has not answered peace appeal yet
The Vatican reports Ho Chi Minh has not replied to Pope Paul VI's peace appeal to the United States and both Vietnams. Johnson’s reply to the Pope acknowledged efforts to extend the lunar New Year truce, while South Vietnam’s chief of state Nguyen Van Thieu had already answered. The Vatican press office cautioned that no comment is possible until all parties respond.
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Vatican City
Ho Chi Minh
Pope Paul
United States
Soviet Leader Ends Formal British Talks
British prime minister Harold Wilson and Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin concluded the formal phase of talks with a focus on a treaty to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. They discussed European issues and sought progress on a British Soviet friendship accord while negotiating steps toward North Vietnam peace talks.
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London
Harold Wilson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Wilson
College Football Coach Linked to Betting Syndicate Smashed
Nassau County District Attorney William Cahn announced the arrest of nine men in a Long Island round up amid a probe into a national betting network. He said a leading college football coach bet on his own team, prompting heavy lay-offs by bookmakers. he did not name the coach.
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Mineola
William Cahn
Nassau County
Cahn
Cate
Long Beach
Long Island
Gilbert Lee Beckley
New York City
Manhattan
Red Chinese Arrest Two As Atomic Spies
Tokyo reports an atomic spy case in Red China with two armed men in the chemical ministry accused of stealing secrets. One suspect, Ting Tieh sheng, is named. security officials probe if data reached a foreign country as anti-Soviet and anti-Chinese demonstrations ripple in Moscow and Beijing. The incident coincides with shifts in Mao’s bid to tighten control of party and government leaders.
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Tokyo
CAP
China
Five Nation
Soviet Union
Revolutionary Workers’ Daily
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Mainichi Shimbun
Chemical Industry Ministry
Ting Tiehsheng
Hsieh Fuchih
Mao
Moscow
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Liu Shaochi
Teng Hsiao-ping
Weather Outlook For Monroe Area This Week
The forecast calls for warmer temperatures with partly cloudy skies from today through Saturday. Highs range 60 to 66 degrees, lows 36 to 44, with south winds up to 16 mph today and variable wind tonight. Thursday’s high was 55 and early morning low 33.
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Monroe
Snowstorm Adds To Eastern Woes
A new snowstorm swept the blizzard battered Eastern Seaboard bringing up to 14 inches of snow that disrupted transportation, forced school closures, and delayed commutes. By dawn it eased, with warmer temperatures foreseen to melt the white stuff as far north as New England.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Governor's Wife Drops Mississippi Gubernatorial Bid
Mrs Paul Johnson declined to run to succeed Governor in 1967 saying she will support her husband during his final year in office. She noted the office and mansion received many appeals for her candidacy and stated their duty to finish the administration comes first.
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Jackson
Paul Johnson
U S Troops Free 51 In Prison Camp
American paratroopers stormed a jungle prison complex 90 miles northeast of Saigon freeing 51 emaciated, malarial prisoners. Viet Cong control and prior executions were reported. one man said inmates lacked medical care and two dispensaries existed. Camp housed part of a regional headquarters according to Lt. Col. Dietrich.
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Phan Thiet
South Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
Saigon
Rank L. Dietrich
Traverse City
Mich
Charles G. Belan
Neuyen Tuoi
Dietrich
Belan
Nevada Senate Ratifies 25th Amendment on Presidential Succession
Carson City Nevada AP Nevada Senate unanimously ratified a U S constitutional amendment on presidential succession at 10 44 am after the Assembly approved it Thursday Nevada becomes the 38th state to complete the two thirds requirement to place the 25th Amendment into the Constitution
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada
Senate
U.S
Assembly
Chuckle Gossips Absorb Dirt Yet Miss The Point
A playful remark notes that today's gossips spread dirt but often misinterpret or invert the truth. It frames chatter as blotter like, soaking up dirt while reversing or distorting it in the process. The tone suggests light satire of everyday rumor mills.
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