Humphrey Sees Optimism on Vietnam Victory Path
Vice President Hubert Humphrey told congressional leaders he returned from Southeast Asia with restrained optimism and confidence that the Communists can be defeated in South Vietnam. He said the tide of battle has turned and U S forces can sustain a forward, reform-backed campaign. Harriman called the timing fortuitous for Vietnam policy debates. Republican leaders praised the report but noted Democratic split over war policy.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Humphrey
White House
Congress
Johnson
New York
United States
Senate
House
Bill D. Moyers
W. Averell Harriman
Asia
Monroe Mayor cites census undercount and seeks spot check
Monroe Mayor W. L. Howard will ask the city council to authorize a spot check of the recently completed off year census. He questions the accuracy of a 6 440 population rise since 1960 and believes up to 5 000 residents may be uncounted. The city was billed 6 745 78 by Tri S Company for the census and seeks to adjust state cigarette tax aid if the count increases.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
Howard
Tri-S Company
Ruston
Tri-e
Kenneth Seile
A. P. Tugwell
Tri-S
Wallace Puts His Wife In Alabama Governor Race
Lurleen Wallace announced in Montgomery that she will seek the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor. She spoke with husband George Wallace promising to continue his policies and to have him as her “No. 1 assistant at $1 a year.” He hinted at a 1968 presidential bid while saying he would dictate policies if she wins.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
George
U.S. Senate
Army Coup Destroys Ghana Government During Nkrumah Trip
In Accra, Col. E. K Kotoka leads a predawn army revolt against Kwame Nkrumah while he visits North Vietnam and China. A radio broadcast declares Parliament dissolved and ministers dismissed as gunfire and smoke fill Flagstaff House. Security forces clash with troops and detainees are promised release.
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Accra
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Viet Nam
China
Radio Ghana
Nkrumah
E. K Kotoka
Kumasi
Charles Barwah
Barwah
Kawme Nkrumah
Convention People’s Party
Flagstaff House
Army
A. A. Afrifa
Burma
Col
M. M. Hassan
Military Intelligence
David C. Zanleriga
Ouachita Junior High Band Hosts Sock Hop Friday Night
The Ouachita Junior High School Band Boosters sponsor a sock hop and concert at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. Featured is Phares Corder's orchestra. Proceeds fund new band uniforms.
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Ouachita Junior High School
Phares Corder
Union Carbide plans Taft expansion to 1 billion pounds
Gov McKeithen said Union Carbide will expand its Taft chemical and plastics complex to produce more than one billion pounds of polyethylene annually. The project, costing about 15 million dollars, doubles capacity from 500 million pounds and adds a 250 million pounds facility due to start in 1967. Louisiana will account for nearly three-fourths of the output.
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Taft
Union Carbide
Wall
Court Action Held In Abeyance In Ferriday School Case
Federal and Concordia Parish attorneys agreed to call off a public hearing on school integration at Ferriday and hold in abeyance a civil contempt charge against the Concordia School Board. Judge Dawkins ordered the transfer of 20 year old David Watley from Sevier High to Ferriday High, allowing his admission despite age comparisons with 11th graders. The suit, filed Nov 30 by Irma Smith and Dorothy Caston and Pinkey Mae Carter through their families, seeks full integration of grades 1 through 12.
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Federal
Concordia Parish
Ferriday
Concordia School Board
Monroe Post Office
Ben C. Dawkins
Ferriday High School
David Watley
Sevier High School
Concordia Board
W. D. Vactor
J. O. Lancaster
Dawkins
Charles E. Welsh
Shreveport
Western District
Gremillion Delivers Tideland Checks to Governor
Attorney General Gensack Gremillion turned over a total of 36.4 million dollars in checks to Governor John McKeithen to satisfy Louisiana's share in a federal state tidelands adjustment. The funds include 26.9 million from federal sources and 9.5 million from Shell Oil severance and royalty payments, released per a Supreme Court decree.
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Baton Rouge
Atty Gensack Gremillion
John McKeithen
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Arnold Petty
Washington
Bureau of Land Management
McKeithen
Shell Oil Co
Shell
State Treasuer A. P. Tugwell
Forecast for Today Through Friday Cloudy and Cold
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness through Friday with cold temperatures today tonight and Friday. Highs range from 40 to 45 today and 44 to 48 on Friday. tonight's low 28 to 34. Wednesday in the Twin Cities reached 38 with a 34 low.
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Twin Cities
U S Troops Repel Viet Cong Assault Near Saigon
Viet Cong battalion attacked U S 1st Infantry Division near Tan Binh 30 miles north of Saigon in one of the heaviest assaults. US forces and Marines counted 89 enemy dead with light overall casualties. Other actions included marine engagements near Da Nang Chu Lai and air strikes across North and South Vietnam as allied forces pursue remaining Viet Cong units.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tan Binh
Ku My
da Nang
Chu Lai
North Viet Nam
Navy
Vinh
Donghai
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Dien Bien Phu
Quang Ngai
1St
Airmobile Division
Marine
Binh Dinh
7Th Fleet
Weather Satellite ESSA 2 launch delayed by power cable
At CAPE KENNEDY the ESSA 2 weather satellite launch was postponed when a ground power cable, the umbilical, dislodged from the Delta booster 44 seconds before liftoff. A false signal sparked a hold. no new date set. The Apollo moon mission on Saturn V has priority and faces weather delays.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Delta
Cape
Insurance rate hike eyed for auto liability in Louisiana
A Louisiana state panel plans 2 p.m. discussions on a proposed average 24.7 percent rise in auto liability rates, costing motorists about 4.5 million dollars annually. The proposal spans body injury and property damage, with regional boosts including New Orleans at 32.3 percent and Baton Rouge at 25.3 percent, amid shifting approvals.
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Baton Rouge
Edgar Coco
Coco
Dudley Guglielmo
James Anderson
Leesville
H. P. Walker
Anderson
John McKeithen
Haley McCall
Lake Charles
McCall
Walker
New Orleans
Shreveport
Monroe
Lafayette
Alexandria
British Leader's Soviet Talks On Viet Nam Failure
Moscow AP reports British Prime Minister Harold Wilson described talks with Soviet Premier Kosygin as very full and frank but offering no progress on Viet Nam. Wilson said differences and extreme difficulties were recognized, and he could not claim results from the three day visit.
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Moscow
Harold Wilson
Viet Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Wilson
North
Ohio Officers Get Two At Vicksburg
Ironton Ohio officers released James Cline 22 of Ashland Kentucky and Margaret Wilson 32 of Ohio to Ironton authorities while Billy Preston Phillips 27 of Portsmouth Ohio remains jailed on three counts of shooting with intent to kill. Police linked the theft of guns from an Ironton store to a larger firearms ring smuggling to Cuba through Canada.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Ironton
Ohio
Cuba
Walter FE. Markel
James Cline
Ashland
Margaret Wilson
Billy Preston Phillips
Portsmouth
Warren County Grand Jury
Ironton Sporting
Murray Sills
Markel
Canada
Lronton
Ohio River
Sills
Phillips
Bastrop Nursery Owner F. P. Robinson Dies
Bastrop businessman and prominent nursery owner F. P. Robinson died this morning after surgery in Shreveport. Former owner of Robinson's Funeral Home, he is survived by his widow and daughter Mrs. Betty Boykins of Shreveport. Funeral arrangements are under Blackwell-Golden Funeral Home.
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Bastrop
F. P. Robinson
Promine
Ower
Shreveport
Robinson's Funeral Home
Betty Boykins
Blackwell - Golden Funeral Home
Chuckle Question on Athlete Foot and Missile Toe
A playful line asks if athletes foot leads to astronauts missile toe suggesting a space age pun on ailments and footwear. The quip relies on wordplay about feet and space terms without stating any real medical facts.
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Iowa
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Defense
Kofi Banko
Seacoast
Ussher Fort
Kotoka
MecKeithen
Ile
Harley McCall
Public Safety
Thomas Burbank
Preston Richardson
Drivers
Gremillion
Tideland
Robert Borden
U.S. Navy
Boston Naval Shipyard
Boston
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