Senate debates debt ceiling hike amid budget pressures
The Senate weighs a $6 billion increase to raise the national debt limit to 336 billion, with Treasury warning the move is needed to pay March bills. Secretary Fowler urged quick action as Vietnam costs and fiscal strain push the push, while labor costs show a modest rise and stability. The House previously set a temporary ceiling, making the Senate plan a permanent rise.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Mike Mansfield
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Arthur M. Ross
Ross
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Robbery at Interstate Esso Service Station in Monroe
A white man robbed the Interstate Esso in the 200 block of Layton early today, forcing 17 year old Robert Ellis to open the register and hand over $4. The suspect, about 5'8" and 145 pounds, wore a dark trench coat and had a pistol in his coat pocket and a bandaged left eye. Ellis waited ten minutes in the garage then called police from a nearby station. Investigators continued pursuing leads.
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Interstate Esso
Layton
Monroe
James Kelly
Robert Lee Ellis
S. 3Rd
Ellis
Saabery
Birthday celebrant Jynda Geiger turns Sweet 16 at West Monroe
Jynda Jean Geiger daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Geiger Rt 5 Box 75 West Monroe celebrated her 16th birthday. She is a West Monroe High School sophomore and is joined by her 10 year old sister Cathy to mark the occasion.
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Jynda Jean Geiger
Jynda
J. J. Geiger
Rt. 5
Box 75
West Monroe
West Monroe High School
Cathy
Showing Improvement For 15 Year Old Susan Walters
Susan Walters 15 of Monroe improved from critical illness at St Francis Hospital after being admitted on February 13. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Cletus Walters of 3911 Bon Air Drive and Neville High School sophomore, her mother asks friends and classmates to spread the news of her better condition.
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Susan Walters
Monroe
Susan
Cletus Walters
Bon Air Dr
Neville High School
St. Francis Hospital
Peking Warns About Border Area Attacks
TOKYO AP dispatch reports Peking warning border regions to crush a new bourgeois counterattack. Radio Peking warned reactionaries inside and outside China to beware, and urged peasants to defend frontier areas while Mao signals possible olive branch amid party reshuffling.
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Peking
Tokyo
Red
China
Soviet Union
Continental guide to English cooking
A compact editorial note humorously divides cooking by temperature. It claims cold weather calls for soup while hot weather favors beer as the guiding culinary rule, offering a playful stance on English kitchen habits.
U S Savings Bond Interest Is Hiked
The government unveiled a new savings note named Freedom Share US Savings Note offering 4.74 percent yield if held to maturity. Denominations are 25 50 75 and 100 dollars, maturing in four years six months, selling at 81 percent of face value and usable only by payroll or 10 month plan savers. Issue starts May 1 as part of a 1967 bond drive.
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Washington
Freedom Share
Ereset
The
Treasury
Savings Nore
Monroe City Council approves amended dog ordinance
The Monroe City Council approved an amended dog ordinance after a special meeting filled with complaints about strictness and feline concerns. Changes include moving kennel proximity rules, banning more than two dogs only if sanitary conditions allow, and requiring vaccination and police registration by April 1 for an estimated 12 000 to 15 000 dogs.
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Monroe
Howard
Police Department
H. W McSherry
Missina Banker Faces Federal Misuse Charges
ALEXANDRIA special report says Michael Bearden, former vice president and trust officer at Rapides Bank, was arraigned on federal misapplication charges after surrendering to city police at 12:40 a.m. He posted a $10,000 bond and was jailed overnight. The case involves $18,104 in cashier’s checks converted to a drawable account. Bearden disappeared December 29, 1966, and later sent postcards from Abilene Texas announcing a return. Authorities question whether a non existent Avoyelles Warehouse Corporation is tied to the losses. bank officials have not issued new figures.
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Alexandria
Michael Bearden
U. S
R. C. Bauer
Bearden
Rapides Bank and Trust
Paul Lanchaster
FBI
Shreveport
Abiline
Tex
Avoyelles Warehouse Corporation
Planes Blast Trucks in North Vietnamese Convoy Strike
U S pilots report their biggest convoy hit in months with 86 trucks destroyed or damaged heading south with war supplies. In South Vietnam small actions yielded 266 enemy killed and 76 more Communists slain in five engagements led by Marines. Weather cleared allowing 90 missions. one F4 Phantom was shot down with two crew missing.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
North Vietnam
CIA Halts Subsidies to Some Private Groups
CIA chief Richard Helms told senators in secret session that the agency will withdraw financial support from some private organizations it had subsidized. Senator Richard Russell said the National Student Association would not receive future CIA investment, though he did not name other groups.
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Washington (Ap
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
CIA
Russell
National Student Association
Cold And Cloudy Weather In Twin Cities
Weather forecast for the Twin Cities predicts continued cold and partly cloudy skies through Wednesday. Selman Field Monroe records 42 inches of rain on Monday. North winds 8 to 16 mph, tonight variable 5 to 15 mph. Today’s high 46 to 52, tonight low 28 to 34. Monday high 53, early morning low 3.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
U S Opens Drive On Cosa Nostra Features Major Targets
UPI reports a nationwide push against 15 of 24 major Cosa Nostra families. A federal flying squad from five agencies, led by Henry E. Petersen, targets fronts used by the syndicate. Names include Patriarca in New England, Colombo, Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese in New York. Catena brothers in Northern Ohio. Zerilli in Detroit. Larocca in Pittsburgh. Civella in Kansas City. Marcello in New Orleans. Giancana in Chicago. Magaddino in Buffalo. Bruno in Philadelphia. and Trafficante Jr. in Florida. Investigators will probe activities in Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Denver, and Chattanooga with Florida guidance later this week.
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Bureau of Narcotics
Labor Department
Petersen
UPI
Synidicate
Raymond L.S. Patriarca
Senate
New England
Boston
Providence
R.I
New York City
Joseph Colombo
Vito Genovese
Gaspar Digregorio
Carlo Gambino
Gaetano
Lucchese
New Jersey
Catena Brothers
Gerardo
Gene
John Scalish
Ohio
Joseph Zerilli
Detroit
John Larocca
Pittsburgh
Nicholas Civella
Kansas City
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
Sam Giancana
Chicago
Stephano Magaddino
Buffalo
Angelo Bruno
Philadelphia
Flying Squad
Florida
Santos Trafficante Jr
Los Angeles
San Diego
Las Vegas
Denver
Chattanooga
Tenn
Marcello Named Cosa Nostra Family Patriarch
Washington (UPI) Henry E. Petersen labeled Carlos Marcello of New Orleans as patriarch of one of the nation's 24 large Cosa Nostra families. Petersen heads a cross agency flying squad targeting organized crime. Marcello was indicted Oct 7 last year for assaulting an FBI agent.
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Marcello
Cosa Nostra Family
Washington
UPI
Carlos Marcello
New Orleans
Cosa Nostra
Petersen
United States
FBI
Viet Booby Trap Kills Professor Fall in Vietnam
Bernard B Fall, 40, renowned Vietnam expert and Howard University professor, was killed by a booby trap while with U.S Marines in northern Vietnam. The Vienna-born author of The Two Vietnams and Hell in a Very Small Place had lectured at the Pentagon and War College and held Fulbright and other fellowships.
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Saigon
Bernard B Fall
Vietnam
U.S
Fall
Hue
William C Westmoreland
Hong Kong
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Pentagon
U.S. War College
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Hell
Rockefeller Foundation
Guggenheim Foundation
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
French Indochina
Nuernberg
Vienna
United States
Syracuse University
Three Steps Stated If Oil Firms Refuse
Washington AP government may force gasoline price drops by boosting imports if oil firms resist a one cent per gallon rise. Three steps include reallocating 30,000 barrels in Defense unused quotas, shifting from domestic to foreign oil, and expanding Puerto Rico and Virgin Island imports. If ineffective, production could rise on federal leases. Humble Oil resistance noted. Luce hints further actions.
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Washington
Charles F. Luce
Luce
Defense Department
Commonwealth Oil Refining Co
Puerto Rico
Hess Oil Co
Virgin Island
Rocky Mountains
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Humble
American Motors Slashes Prices On Some Models
Detroit AP reports American Motors cuts prices on its lowest priced Rambler American by 225 dollars to 1850, while other lines including Ambassador Rebel and Marlin are unchanged. The move follows two weeks of factory shutdowns as inventories rise and compares to the VW entry. Roy D. Chapin Jr. will announce the plan at a news conference.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
AMC Board
Roy D. Chapin Jr
AMC
Volkswagen
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London
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Bong Son
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
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Ministry of State Farms and Land Reclamation
Manchuria
Sinkiang
Inner Mongolia
Tibet
Mao Tse Tung
Mao
Shanghai
Wen Hui Pao
Peking People’s Daily
Grady Kight
Ouachita Humane Society
W. L. Howard
Missina
Ine Venicre
Massachusetts
California
Justice Department
Organized Crime Section
Henry E. Petersen
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue, Narcotics Bureau
American Motors
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