U S to Step Up Attacks On North Vietnam
Washington reports the United States plans further intensification of operations against North Vietnam to force negotiations. Mines, naval bombardment, and shelling of the demilitarized zone are first moves, with more targets to come while Haiphong mining remains unlikely soon. The move follows growing evidence of Soviet efforts to push Hanoi toward talks, though Johnson says the measures are not an escalation.
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Washington
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
Haiphong
Pentagon
Russia
State Highway Officials Seek More U. S. Funds
Baton Rouge Louisiana AP two Highway Department officials traveled to Washington to press for additional federal highway construction funds. Acting director Joe James and A C Jackson accompanied by Highway Director A L Stewart, with Louisiana’s share estimated at four to five million dollars, while Governor McKeithen hopes for restoring the full one point one billion withheld. Secretary Boyd told a congressional hearing the administration would release more funds if economic conditions warrant.
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Baton Rouge
Highway Department
Washington
Joe James
A. C. Jackson
A. L. Stewart
Louisiana
Stewart
John MecKeithen
Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Weather outlook for Twin Cities: cloudy with warmth ahead
Skies will be partly cloudy today through Wednesday with mild afternoons and cool nights. Northerly winds 8 to 18 mph. Highs 60 to 65, overnight lows 38 to 42. Monday Monroe readings near 57, rain totals at Selman Field Monroe 46 inches. Weather turns warmer.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
Mystery Lineage Claim Rejected in German Court
Hamburg Superior Court rejected 66 year old Anna Andersons claim to be Grand Duchess Anastasia. The decision, third postwar setback, will be appealed to the West German Supreme Court. The case centers on a $28 million Romanoff fortune with witnesses claiming both identity and lineage.
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Hamburg
Germany
Anna Anderson
Anastasia
Mine Aminemnentan l Laceccom
Svniucisuils
Supreme Court
Landwehr Canal
Berlin
Mrs. Anderson
Princess Barbara Duchess of
Mecklenburg
Marines Storm Beach In Bold Saigon Operation
U S Marines landed ashore on a narrow beachhead near Saigon in a night maneuver aimed at trapping two North Vietnamese divisions. The assault used ships USS Vancouver and USS Iwo Jima with landings by air and sea as air raids and heavy mortar fire continued in the area.
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Saigon
U.S
Wwe
DD Bien Wees
Ficials
Leatherneck
Deckhouse VI
Vancouver
Iwo Jima
Quang Ngai
Tay Ninh
Qui Nhon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
da Nang
Full circle for mint cookies at Monroe City Hall
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes a box of mint Girl Scout cookies circulating from Mayor's Assistant Ed Waldron to Street Commissioner W D H Rodriguez then to his secretary Mrs Jennie Barnes who realizes the cookies were gifts Waldron had. The tale ends with laughter on the city hall scene.
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Monroe City Hall
Ed Waldron
W.D.H Rodriguez
Jennie Barnes
Natchez Posts Reward After Bomb Death
Natchez, Miss. raises a 25000 dollar reward for arrest and conviction of those responsible for the truck bombing death of Charlest Jackson. NAACP leader George Metcalfe notes tension over a plant job replaced by a Black worker. Mass NAACP rally planned at Beulah Baptist Church as authorities seek suspects.
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Natchez, Miss
Charlest Jackson
J. T. Robinson
George Metcalfe
Natchez
The
Tional Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Metcalfe
Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co
Jackson Metcalfe
Jackson
NAACP
Beulah Baptist
John J. Nosser
Natchez Board of Aldermen
Adams County Board of Supervisors
El Dorado Man Awarded $75,000
Asa Julius Lockwood of El Dorado won 75000 in Ashley County Circuit Court under the Federal Safety Appliance Act. The case stemmed from a November 1963 accident with the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad when Lockwood, a railroad employee, fell from a coal car while trying to apply brakes, injuring his back. Doctors testified he lost two years work and underwent two vertebrae fusions after surgery.
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Lockwood
Johnson asks Congress to curb health costs and boost noncommercial broadcasting
President Johnson urged action to reduce medical expenses and expand noncommercial TV and radio, proposing a public corporation for broadcasting and a study on using satellites for an educational network. He cited hospital cost inflation since 1950 and called for new institutions to fulfill individual potential.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Ford Foundation
Monroe council approves eight acre rezoning for 46 unit apartment
The Monroe City Council sustained the Monroe-Ouachita Regional Planning Commission in rezoning eight acres at Loop Road Belle Terre to R-2, enabling a 46 unit apartment project. Opposition from Catholic leaders centered on traffic and property values, while developers stressed housing for married students and staff from Northeast Louisiana State College. Rent is projected at 110 dollars for one bedroom and 125 dollars for two bedrooms, with Westminster Avenue expected to ease traffic.
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Monroe
Monroe-Ouachita
Warren Larroque
St. Frederick's ‘High School
W. L. Howard
Planning Commission
Howard
Father Larroque
Ryan
Westminster Avenue
Sterlington Road
H. W. McSherry
Army Cooks Learn Gourmet Skills From European Chefs
Army cooks in Washington are studying eight weeks with European chefs in major hotels to lift the image of Army cooking. The program aims to make common ingredients more palatable, not to train for filet miness, with cooks like Harold Root and Albert Johnson gaining new techniques and outlooks despite doubts from some chefs.
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Washington
Army
Carlton Brown
Pentagon
New York
Schafers
Harold Root
Portland
Ore
Albert Johnson
Guttenberg
N.J
Washington Hilton
Root
Johnson
Vietnam
Renato Violante
Washington Hotel
Pescara
Italy
Albert Johnson Center
Chuckle: The darndest depression ever seen
A jokey remark about economic hardship, noting everyone is working yet broke. It contrasts with a prior era when work did not produce prosperity, underscoring humor about shared financial strain.
Henry Luce Dies in Phoenix at 68
Henry R. Luce editorial chairman of Time Inc. died in a Phoenix hospital from a massive coronary at age 68. He had appeared in robust health at a dinner for Vice President Hubert Humphrey and spoke in Tucson for a Presbyterian drive to raise 50 million dollars shortly before his illness. He was admitted Monday for tests after feeling unwell.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Henry R. Luce
Time Inc
Luce
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tucson
Ned Ant Vanes
New Engine Sought For Space Flights
President Johnson asked Congress for 149.8 million dollars for fiscal 1968 to start developing a nuclear powered rocket engine named Rover with 200 000 to 250 000 pounds thrust. The plan includes two new research facilities at Los Alamos and tests leading to space use in the 1970s. Dr Louis Rosen notes the physics facility would aid cancer treatment research while advancing peaceful atomic energy for space exploration.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Rover
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos, N.M
Louis Rosen
Los Alamos
Senate Approves Consular Treaty With Soviet Union
Senate Relations Committee voted 15 to 4 to send the consular treaty with the Soviet Union to the full Senate. Chairman Fulbright predicts similar approval on the floor. Mundt Dopp and others opposed on committee but Mundt will not filibuster, expects Senate action in about two weeks.
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Washington
Senate Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Senate
J.W. Fulbright
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Karli Mundt
R-S.d
John J. Williams
Mundt
United States
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Educational TV
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W. D. H. Rodriguez
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Fred M. Hill Jr
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Debra Breard Herrick
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