State Property Tax Equalization Suit is Filed
Victor Bussie and three others urge a federal court to order statewide property tax equalization based on actual cash value. They seek to fix actual cash value and a set percentage for ad valorem taxes, and an injunction blocking nonconforming tax rolls.
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Bussie
New Orleans
Victor Bussie
Federal District Court
Louisiana Tax Commission
Commission
John McKeithen
Ralph N. Jackson
Robert J. Johnston
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Johnston
Leo J. Theriot
Blanche Long
Wilma Lockhart
McKeithen
Jack Gremillion
Tax Commission
Jackson
A. P. Stoddard
Monroe Finances Declared Excellent in 1965 Audit
Auditors praised Monroe as in excellent financial shape after a record year ending April 30 1965 with receipts of 4 023 550 11 and expenses of 3 258 232 27 The city held final payments on a 182 000 sewage plant loan and faced delays on 1 8 million plant work while approving over 34 000 in police and traffic equipment bids The report notes rising capital expenditures and a 765 300 positive revenue surplus excluding non recurring costs
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Monroe
Ing
Everett Heller
Garelick, Bradley & Heller, Certified Public Accountants
Carruthers
Lester High
City Hall
Heller
High
Department of Health, Education & Welfare
Utilities Commission
Pan cake Night at Ouachita Parish High School
Ouachita Parish High School hosts a colorful Pan cake Night Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. with an open house and eye catching art exhibits. The Lion naires male vocal chorus will perform. Proceeds benefit a new school sign, sponsored by the Ouachita Key Club. Public invited.
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Ouachita Parish
Lionnaires
Ouachita Key Club
Ten Missing After Fire Sweeps Hotel
A hotel fire in Mineola New York left a charred body in the ruins and nine or more people unaccounted for as of noon. Three residents were in satisfactory condition at Nassau Hospital. Patrolman Dabrosski helped rescue occupants while others were pulled from windows. The blaze started at 430 a.m. and was under control by 615 a.m. The hotel register was destroyed.
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Mineola
Nassau Hospital
Long Island
Nassau
Frances Anderson
John S. Dabrosski
Dabrosski
Charlie Skorge
Reservists Likely to Be Called If Asia War Escalates
Secretary McNamara told Congress that a Communist intensification in Asia could trigger partial mobilization including call-ups of reserve forces and longer active duty tours. He noted reserves were considered but rejected when expanding forces for South Vietnam. He projected manpower rising from 2,653,142 in 1965 to about 3.09 million in 1967 with continued reliance on volunteers.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Congress
Asia
McNamara
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Appropriations
South Viet Nam
Joint Committee
U.S
Indonesian troops fire on Jakarta student protest outside palace
Singapore reports say Indonesian troops loyal to President Sukarno fired on more than 300 students protesting the ouster of defense minister Abdul Haris Nasution. Two killed or wounded, with several others injured, as demonstrators shouted anti-United States and pro Communist slogans. Nasution’s purge of the Communist Party is noted, with a rumor of a new body called Kogan to crush Malaysia.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Jakarta
Abdul Haris Nasution
pro-Peking
U.S
Communist Party
Kami
Nasution
Radio Jakarta
Koti
Kogan
Malaysia
Weather Holds Up Apollo Launch Delay At Cape Kennedy
Weather experts studied cloud patterns as they sought a Thursday reschedule for the unmanned Apollo moonship mission. A Saturn 1B launch was postponed due to heavy clouds wind and rain in the Cape Kennedy area with meteorologists to meet later to decide if conditions allow a 7 45 a m liftoff. The ESSA 2 satellite rocket could spark a rain capable launch if needed since it lacks the required photographic coverage of a Saturn 1B.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
United States
Delta
Scattered Rain and Snow Forecast for Week
The forecast shows mostly cloudy and cold weather through Thursday with scattered light rain and possible rain mixed with light snow. Highs range from 36 to 46 degrees with lows around 28 to 34. Twin Cities high reached 48 Tuesday and the low at 36 this morning.
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Twin Cities
371 Viet Cong Die In U S Offensive
The U S military command reported at least 371 Viet Cong killed after 24 hours of bombardment by air and sea. Fights near Phan Thiet saw 110 Reds killed. air strikes also hit targets from Vinh to Dong Ap and Dong Hoi. American losses: 83 killed, 354 wounded, 4 missing. weekly enemy toll reached 1,357 killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
Military Command
7Th Fleet
Phan Thiet
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Dong Ap
Dong Hoi
Vinh
Thua Thien
Bong Son
Arkansas Texas Hit By Heavy Snow And Road Closures
The Associated Press reports a major winter storm dumps up to ten inches of snow in Texas and six inches in parts of Arkansas including Harrison Little Rock and Texarkana. Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs canceled horse racing for today and Thursday amid dangerous travel conditions statewide. Highway hazards stretch from Tennessee to southwestern Texas with snow freezing rain and sleet.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Arkansas
Texas
Austin
Harrison
Little Rock
Texarkana
Oaklawn Park
Hot Springs
Ark
Tennessee
Poll Tax Ruling Stay Refused by Supreme Court
Justice Hugo L. Black rejected a request to stay a lower court ruling that Texas poll tax is unconstitutional. The stay petition came from Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr and the Travis County Republican Committee. The three judge federal court in Austin ruled February 9 that the tax cannot stand as a voter requirement.
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Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Texas
Black
Justice Black
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
Travis County Republican Executive Committee
Austin
Tex
Wedding Ring Joke Sparks Lighthearted Chuckle
A humorous quip about a wedding ring compares it to a tourniquet stopping circulation, eliciting a lighthearted reaction and a playful moment in social chatter.
Syria Coup Dismantles Baath Regime In Damascus
Left wing officers seized power in Damascus at 3 a.m. arresting Gen. Amin Hafez Prime Minister Salah Bitar and Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Mohammed Omran The coup proclaimed a shift toward socialism and targeted party leaders Michel Aflak Mouniff Razzaz and other regime figures in a bid to crush rightists.
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Damascus
Amin Hafez
Presidency Council
Salah Bitar
Mohammed Omran
Damascus Radio
Arab Baath
Socialist
Baath
Baath Party
Michel Aflak
Mouniff Razzaz
Hafez
Syria
Socialist Revolution
Pentagon Calls For Drafting 900 Male Nurses
The Defense Department urged the Selective Service to draft 900 male nurses for Army and Navy service from April to July. The Army asked for 700 nurses and the Navy 206 to expand medical capacity for Vietnam casualty care and overall armed forces strength.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Pentagon
Johnson
Department
Viet Nam
Frog Breathing Helps Navy Vet Become Lawyer
Karl Sudekum, paralyzed by polio since 1953, learned to breathe like a frog and abandoned an iron lung. He later earned a law degree at the University of San Diego, passed the bar, and now practices law while living with diabetes and a prior ulcer. His signature is shortened to K. D. Sudekum.
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San Diego
Calif
Karl Dewayne
Sudekum
Navy
Nashville
Tenn
University of San Diego
Emerald
K. D. Sudedkam
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Nassau County
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17Th Parallel Frontier
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