Calipatria Students Study In Tent Classrooms
In Calipatria California 325 high school students began classes in canvas tents after the main building was deemed unsafe in an earthquake and a bond to fix it failed by 27 votes. Ten tents leased for 5300 dollars were set up this week with mixed reactions from students and staff.
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Calipatria
Calif
California Desert
Calipatria Unified High School
Calipat
Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
Derla Wallis
Young Soldier Slain In Vietnam Honored
Valley Forge Pa AP a young soldier killed in action in Vietnam has been awarded the Freedoms Foundation George Washington Award posthumously to Pfc. Hiram D. Strickland 21 Graham NC. The honor includes a 5000 dollar check. Strickland was killed Feb 1 1966 and a letter found among his belongings expressed resolve as he headed into battle not to mourn me for I am happy I died fighting my country's enemies.
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Valley Forge
Vietnam
Freedoms Foundation
George Washington
Pfc
Hiram D. Strickland
Graham
N.C
Strickland
Sister Of Sen Ellender Dies In Louisiana
HOUMA La AP Mrs Charles Caillouet sister of U S Senator Allen J Ellender died in Terrebonne General Hospital after a brief illness. She was in her 70s and a Bourg resident. Survivors include her husband and two other brothers Dr Willard Ellender a Houma physician and Wallace Ellender of Bourg.
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Houma
Charles Caillouet
U.S
Allen J. Ellender
Terrebonne General Hospital
Caillouet
Bourg
Willard Ellender
Wallace Ellender
Chuckle Leisure Time Joke Caption
A light humor line notes that leisure time is when a husband seems missing as his wife searches for him, playing on the familiar marital chase joke.
Florida Raid Hits Bookmaking Ring
Miami authorities led by State Attorney Richard Gerstein raided a North Miami home and broke up a nationwide bookmaking operation. They arrested Martin Kane on gambling charges after he allegedly accepted over 250000 in bets in two hours.
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Miami
Fla
New York
Dade County
Richard Gerstein
Nassau County
N.Y
William Cahn
Norman Levy
Cahn
Gerstein
Martin P. Kane
Kane
122Nd Rd
Gilbert L. Beckley
Kanes
Beckley
Twin Cities Chit Chat Links Birthday Coincidences
In Ouachita Parish Ward 3 police juror Curtis Joiner shares a May 8 birthday with former President Harry Truman and his mother Mrs. J. B. Joiner of Dayline also celebrates a birthday on today, linked to George Washington in this lighthearted item.
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Ward 3
Curtis Joiner
Ouachita Parish
Harry Truman
J. B. Joiner
Dayline
George Washington
Weather Outlook for Twin Cities and Northeast Louisiana
Cold conditions persist for the Twin Cities and Northeast Louisiana with partly cloudy skies today tonight and Thursday. Winds shift from south 8 to 16 mph this morning to north 10 to 20 mph this afternoon. Highs reach 50 to 56 degrees with overnight lows 30 to 36. Monroe records show 50 high on Tuesday and 40 reading at dawn.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
Monroe
Power Ends For Sukarno In Indonesia
President Sukarno surrendered most executive powers to Gen. Suharto ending 21 years of one man rule. He remains president in name only and Congress may decide his future next month. Ratna Dewi doubts he will leave Indonesia. Sukarno signs he acts for the people and country.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
Congress
Ratna Sari Dewi
Tokyo
Army
First Albino Gorilla Found in Nature News
The National Geographic Society reports the discovery of the first albino gorilla known to science a two year old weighing about 19 pounds in Rio Muni. The infant nicknamed Little Snowflake at Barcelona Zoo shows typical gorilla traits with white hair pink skin and blue eyes.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Rio Muni
Spanish Equatorial Guinea
Africa
National Geographic
Barcelona
Captiva de Nieve
Arthur J. Riopelle
Tulane University
Delta Regional
National Geographic Magazine
Riopelle
Jorge Sabater Pi
Barcelona Zoo
Perm
Blizzard Sweeps North Plains Forcing Closures
A fast moving blizzard from the Northwest hits North Dakota and the Northern Plains with winds up to 76 mph in Wyoming and 50 mph in Colorado. Schools close, workers stay home, and driving becomes unadvisable as dust storms and blowing snow disrupt Eastern Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.
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Northwest
North Dakota
Plains
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Valley County
Great Lakes
New England
Indiana
Texas
Florida
Court to hear oral arguments on school desegregation order
The U.S. 5th Circuit will hear 22 hours of oral arguments from each side on March 10 in Jacksonville Fla, in a review of its sweeping desegregation order. All 12 judges will attend as Louisiana AG Jack Gremillion pushes for oral submissions after appeals.
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New Orleans
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
South
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Bessemer
Alabama
Bossier
Caddo
Claiborne
Jackson
Gremillion
U S Forces Hit Hard By Mortar Attacks in Vietnam
In the central highlands near the Cambodian border a U S infantry company of 178 men from the 4th Infantry division suffered heavy casualties as mortar shelling hit while establishing a base camp near Kontum City. US Marines reported 388 enemy killed nationwide with 48 in Deckhouse 6 near Quang Ngai, while B 52s pummeled War Zone C in Tay Ninh with raids from midnight to dawn.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Kontum City
4Th Division
Suide
Quang Ngai City
Tay Ninh
Legal Shot Fired In Second Battle Of Mobile Bay
A Mobile man, J. O. Wintzell Jr., filed suit in Circuit Court to stop the Smithsonian Institution from raising the Civil War ironclad Tecumseh from Mobile Bay. Wintzell claims salvage rights granted by Alabama in 1965, arguing the ship remains the state's property. The Smithsonian, Naval Ships Systems Command, and Weston Instruments are named in the suit as the recovery group had announced discovery of the Tecumseh.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
J. O. Wintzeil Jr
Smithsonian Institution
Wintzell
Alabama
Smithsonian
Naval Ships Systems Command
Weston Instruments, Inc
Tecumseh
Goldwater Still Burns Romney Rift Over 1964 Snub
WASHINGTON AP Barry Goldwater said he has not forgiven Michigan Governor George Romney for not backing his 1964 presidential bid. He stated he is a Nixon man and will back Nixon in 1968 unless Romney wins the GOP nomination. Goldwater invited Romney to speak at an Arizona fundraising dinner and defended his absence as not a peace gesture in the feud.
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Washngton
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Goldwater
Romney
Trunk ‘N Task Club
Arizona
Pills Found Near Ferrie’s Body In New Orleans
David W. Ferrie, linked to District Attorney Jim Garrison’s JFK assassination probe, was found dead in his apartment. Police noted pills near the body amid homicide investigation. Ferrie had been questioned in connection with the Kennedy case after his 1963 arrest.
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New Orleans
David W. Ferrie
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Orleans Parish
Ferrie
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Texas
Houston
Galveston
Alexandria
District Attorney's Office
Ky rules out candidacy for South Vietnam presidency
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky said he would not be a candidate under the new constitution. After a brief visit to the 3rd Army Corps headquarters he told reporters he said no when asked about running for the presidency this year. Informed sources expect either Ky or Chief of State Nguyen an Thien to be the candidate, likely avoiding a clash and reaching an agreement.
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Bien Hoa
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnam
3Rd Army Corps
Nguyen An Thien
Fire destroys Vinton School in Louisiana
A Tuesday blaze at a Vinton elementary school destroyed the main building housing primary grade classrooms after dismissals. No students were inside at the time and part of the cafeteria sustained damage.
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Vinton, la
Vinton
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