Garrison to Subpoena Governor in Parole Case Probe
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison says he will instruct the Orleans Parish grand jury to subpoena Governor Jimmie Davis next week in a probe of special paroles granted to two men who served 28 days of a 32 year sentence for kidnapping an undercover narcotics agent. Sidney Hebert and James J. Martin, both 23 and 25, were convicted January 16. Jack Scardino, 28, received five years for narcotics and kidnapping.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Jimmie H. Davis
Sidney Hebert
James J. Martin
Division of Probation and Parole
William E. Dunn
Dunn
Elmo Tapper
Bernard
Garrison
Baton Rouge
Davis
Hebert
Martin
Jack Scardino
Louisiana
Ruby Lawyer Raises Ire of Judge in Dallas Trial
In Dallas AP report, Jack Ruby's defense used two more peremptory challenges amid a heated session. Judge Joe B Brown warned attorney Joe Tonahill about contempt. Seven of 15 challenges used, with juror candidates Bland and Bohannan among those rejected.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Herbert Goellner
Buffalo
N.Y
Joe Tonnhill
Goellner
Lee Harvey Oswald
Tonahill
Asst. Dist. Atty. A.D
Jim Bowie
Bill Bohannan
James C. Bland
Hoffa Trial Witness Described As Dope Addict
In Chattanooga, defense witness Otis Tynes testified the government's top witness in James Hoffa's jury tampering case was once a narcotics addict and a womanizer. Tynes, aged 37, said he knows Edward Partin and Partin's estranged wife and that Partin discussed his drug problem with him. Partin's wife, Baton Rouge mother of five, was to testify for Hoffa, but prosecutors argued her testimony should be inadmissible.
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Chattanooga
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Otis Calvin Tynes
Rt. 1
Ethel
Edward Grady Partin
Partin
Hoffa
Harry Berke
Tynes
Baton Rouge
James Neal
Washington
Firehouse FROlic Five Firemen Suspended in Sex Scandal
New York AP Fire Commissioner Edward Thompson suspended five firemen from Engine Co. 35 on East 119th Street amid reports that women alleged to be of ill repute frequented the Manhattan firehouse. The captain Joseph J. Sosa and four others face departmental hearings for conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline and disorderly conduct.
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Edward Thompson
New York City
Engine Co
East Harlem
NEW York (Ap
Manhattan
Thompson
East 119Th St
Joseph J. Sosa
Floral Park
N.Y
Martin Buchalter
Staten Island
Alfred W. Cordes
John J. McHugh
The
Bronx
William Allen
Richmond Hill
Queens
Sosa
Ouachita Officer Praises West Monroe Worker
Ouachita Juvenile Officer Buster Crowley lauds Mrs. Blanche Josey a West Monroe probation worker and city clerk staffer who helps out families. Crowley says if ten like her were scattered through Ouachita Parish he would have less work. Josey says she simply assists one family.
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Ouachita
Buster Crowley
Blanche Josey
West Monroe
Crowley
Josey
Ouachita Parish
J C Stewart Lodge Set For Regular Meeting Tonight
J C Stewart lodge No 460 schedules a 730 pm regular meeting at West Monroe Masonic Lodge Hall A Master Mason Degree will be conferred All Master Masons urged to attend ALSAC seeks volunteers for Monroe drive next month seeking workers in central and northwest portions of Monroe central See CHIT CHAT page 6 A
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J. C. Stewart Lodge No
West Monroe Masonic Lodge
ALSAC
Monroe
Central
U S Plans Polaris Submarines Base Move to Spain
The United States to base eight Polaris submarines at Rota Spain on the Mediterranean coast with the submarine tender Proetus expected to arrive from Holy Loch Scotland to serve as mother ship. The move follows an open secret and reaffirms patrols in the Mediterranean as missiles reach deep into the Soviet Union.
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Madrid
United States
U S
Rota
Spain
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Holy Loch
Scotland
U.S
Europe
Rim
Polaris
Soviet Union
Turkey
Italy
Passman Opposes Overtime Pay Bill as Unworkable
Louisiana Congressman Otto E. Passman denounces the administration plan to double overtime pay, arguing it would not fix unemployment and could raise prices, boost automation, reduce production, and worsen U.S. price competitiveness. The bill would replace time and a half with double-time under certain conditions.
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Johnson
Louisiana
Otto E. Passman
Passman
U. S
Cuba swap appears informal pilot for four Cuban captains
AP dispatch reports Cuba allegedly traded an American pilot and his hijacked plane for four Cuban captains and their fishing boats in an informal exchange. Officials avoided calling it a formal trade, noting the event seemed more like coincidence than a negotiated bargain.
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APSL
Cuba
Richard Wright
Eese
Dangerous game cited by Johnson at UCLA address
President Johnson warned that outsiders aiding Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam are playing a deeply dangerous game. He argued that global Communist tensions exceed U.S. problems, urging continued support for South Vietnam’s independence as a long commitment. Lopez Mateos urged educators to pursue cold war abolition and greater understanding.
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Los Angeles
Johnson
China
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
University of California At Los Angeles
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Palm Springs
Lopez Mateos
Viet Nam
Foot-In-Mouth Disease Topic Debate Featured
Denver, AP report from the Rocky Mountain Speech and Communication Conference highlights Prof. Paul Hunsinger from the University of Denver presenting that in an election year little knowledge is crucial. He defines or is extractopody as keeping one's foot out of the mouth or removing it if it goes in.
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Denver
Colo
Paul Hunsinger
Hunsinger
University of Denver
Rocky Mountain
Light Snow Flurries Bring Chill To Monroe Area
Light snow flurries drifted over Monroe as a Texas storm system heads east toward Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi. The Weather Bureau forecast a chance of light snow or rain in the Monroe area late today with an end by nightfall and a revised five day outlook showing possible light precip Sunday or early next week. Overnight low reached 28 with a 38 degree midmorning high then 37 by noon. Saturday should be clear to partly cloudy and a bit warmer with highs in the 50s.
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Jimmy Hatten
Monroe
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Winnsboro
Vicksburg
Miss
Shreveport
Starks
Lake Charles
Lake Charlies
Mercury
Four Suspects Arrested In LSU Student Assault
Baton Rouge police booked four suspects Lionel Francois 23 Freddie Holmes 20 Matthew Brandon 18 and Robert Charleston 24 after they admitted beating a Louisiana State University student at gunpoint last weekend. Holmes held a rifle on Kent Hereford Percy and Thomas C. Broom as others attacked the students near a lounge. Percy suffered multiple facial fractures and was hospitalized. Police seek additional involved individuals.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana State University
Lionel Francois
Freddie Holmes
Matthew Brandon
Robert Charleston
Wingate White
Holmes
Kent Hereford Percy
Thomas C. Broom
Shreveport
LSU E
Percy
Broom
Unclear Bulletin Sketches War Note and Chuckle
A fragmentary London AP bulletin mentions a Russian marshal and a navy action in the Gulf of Mexico. The text is garbled with stray phrases about grain loading bans and an item labeled Today’s Chuckle.
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London
Gulf of Mexico
Witness Testimony Details Stock Purchase Tied to Kerr
Senate investigators heard Fred B. Black Jr. say he borrowed 175000 dollars from Fidelity National Bank to buy 6400 shares of Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Tulsa on Kerr's oral urging and with an agreement to sell half to Bobby Baker. Kerr described the Tulsa bank's reorganization as a potential sound investment. Baker resigned as secretary to the Senate's Democratic majority amid the probe.
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Washington
Senate
Tulsa
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Bobby Baker
Fred B. Black Jr
North American Aviation Corp
Kerr
Black
Fidelity National Bank & Trust Co
Oklahoma City
Capitol
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Baker
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Sen
Dean McGee
Tulsa Bank
McNamara silent as Goldwater critique grows
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara absorbs Barry Goldwater's sharp attacks in uneasy silence. He shows no plan to counter publicly, with associates arguing that any statement would feed Goldwater’s onslaught and provide new material for his campaign.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Barry Goldwater
McNamara
Defense Secretary
Goldwater
Arizona
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