Statewide Week End Traffic and Plane Crash Toll Rises
United Press International reports 16 people died in Louisiana during the New Year weekend due to traffic crashes and a plane crash. Victims include Edward Celestine 18 of rural Lafayette and Melvina Harris 47 of the Shreveport area among others across multiple parishes.
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United Press International
Louisiana
Thomas D. Burbank
Edward Celestine
Lafayette
U.S. 167
Robert L. Phillips
Gilbert
E. S. Kline
Baytown
Tex
Jonesboro
Monroe
Lufkin
Melvina Harris
James L. Edwards
Morelle Jackson
Shreveport
Guy Crabtree
Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Highway
Edmond Kinberger
Plaquemine
Edna Mae Allen
Addis Negro
Hanoi blasts LBJ peace drive as talks urged
In Washington AP dispatch Hanoi denounces US peace moves as un acceptable and demands four conditions for ending the war. North Viet Nam signals openness to talks only if Washington halts all war actions unconditionally. Ho Chi Minh vows continued fight despite US diplomacy and a North Vietnamese moratorium on bombing enters its fifth day.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
U.S
Watly Gil Salu
United States
W. Averell Warriman
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
G. Mennen Williams
Viet Nam
Condi
North Viet Nam
Ha‘noi
Ho Chi Minh
Tear Gas Riot Near Burkina Faso Presidential Palace
Police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators around the presidential palace in Ouagadougou as the government seized emergency powers. Protesters demanded military takeover after President Maurice Yameogo declared a state of emergency and cited a plot led by union leader Joseph Quedraogo.
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Quagadougou
Upper Volta
Upper Yulta
Maurice Yameogo
Joseph Quedraogo
National Assembly
Fire Rips Alaska Town Destroys Half of Sitka District
A 3.5 million blaze devastated about half the Sitka business district in southeastern Alaska. The historic fire razed the 12 year old Cathedral of St Michael and prompted Sen. Gruening and Gov. Egan to seek federal disaster aid from President Johnson. No injuries reported and power was briefly out.
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Sitka
Alaska
St. Michael
St. Michael’s
Ernest Gruening
Juneau
William A. Egan
Egan
Johnson
Twin Cities First Babies of 1966 Named
The first 1966 babies arriving in the Twin Cities include the Bridges girl born at 12:18 a.m. at E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital. At St Francis the Jenkins baby born at 9:30 a.m. and at Glenwood the Sikes infant born at 3:55 p.m. are also noted.
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Twin Cities
Lewis A. Bridges
Georgeia St
Monroe
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Jury borrows $30,000 for fire protection needs
Ouachita Parish Police Jury borrows $30,000 to fund limited rural fire protection through 1966 after using part of a $55,000 authority. The plan covers payrolls and reimbursements from 1965, with funds assigned to the West Monroe Fire Department and road maintenance. Proceeds from a 1966 fire tax will repay borrowed money and expand service in 1967.
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Ouachita Parish
T. W. Humphries
Jury
West Monroe
Humphries
Parish
Homer Massingill
Massingill
Johnson Meets With Advisers
President Johnson held conferences with top advisers in Washington on Viet Nam foreign policy and economic conditions. The meeting included a discussion of a steel price increase by Bethlehem Steel Corp, with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey present to report on his four nation Far East tour.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Bethelehem Steel Corp
Hubert H. Humphrey
Far East
Peking mistrusts U S peace drive
Paris AP reports French Ambassador Jean Chauvel quoted Chinese leaders as viewing a US peace initiative as a pretext to widen the Vietnam war. He cited Beijing’s belief in a “curtain of peace” and warned of an incalculable risk of US China clash, urging trust removal to stop escalation.
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Paris
United States
China
Jean Chauvel
Chauvel
Peking
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Figaro
Washington
Geneva
Diem
South Viet Nam
State Needy To Get Hike In Benefits
Welfare recipients eligible for maximum benefits in Louisiana will receive a $1 monthly increase, effective this week, affecting about 75,000 people. The boost, funded by a federal matching formula and a $1,715,000 federal appropriation, raises individual and family maximums across aged, dependent, and disability categories, with nursing care in home settings also rising.
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Baton Rouge
Garland Bonin
Louisiana
Cloudy Skies Forecast With Cool Temperatures Ahead
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures today with highs around 54 to 58 degrees and lows near 36 to 40. No rain is expected today or Tuesday, though Wednesday may bring a chance of light rain.
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the Weatherman
U S Troops Begin Major Mekong Delta Invasion
U S para troopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade assault into the Mekong Delta facing early Viet Cong skirmishes. US and Vietnamese forces report dozens of enemy killed and captured, with a large Viet Cong rear area slipping toward the Plain of Reeds as B52s target jungle sites 40 miles northwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Red Sanctuary
173Rd
Reeds
U.S
Bao Trail
National Liberation Front
Plain of Reeds
Mekong
Binh Duong
Tuy Hoa
Monroe Eyes Census to Boost State Tax Revenue
Monroe Mayor W L Howard announced a special census may add 25000 to 30000 dollars to the city’s tobacco tax revenue from the state. Tri S Company of Ruston will conduct the census with a local base, starting visits this week, to show population growth beyond 60000 from 1960. The plan aims to cover census costs from the state first quarter payment if growth is confirmed.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
Tri - S Company
Ruston
Tri - S
FE. K. Selle
Howard
Tri
Traffic Flow Returns to Normal After NYC Transit Strike
New York City faced a two day old transit strike with heavy car congestion fading to near normal by morning. Mayor Lindsay, after touring the arteries by helicopter, lifted auto restrictions as Traffic Commissioner Barnes said Manhattan traffic was loosening up.
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New York
Manhattan
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Henry A. Barnes
Barnes
McNamara Cuts Defense Steel Orders Amid Price Hikes
Defense Secretary McNamara ordered shifting future steel orders away from Bethlehem and any firm raising prices. Inland Steel matched Bethlehem with a $5 a ton rise, but its chief argued the increase is minor against overall steel costs and unlikely to drive inflation.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Bethlehem Steel Corp
McNamara
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Inland Steel Co
Bethlehem
Defense Department
Inland
Joseph L. Block
Block
Johnson
Sylvester
College Draft Considered as Viet Nam Demands Rise
Washington reports Lt Gen Hershey said the Selective Service may require more college students to be drafted to meet growing Vietnam commitments. Two methods for selecting college draftees are discussed, with deferment exams or college reporting, but no schedule set. Colleges fear enrollment losses if students become eligible for service.
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Washington
UPS
Lewis B. Hershey
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Hershey
Iup
U.S. News & World Report
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Gayle Zeringue
Thibodaux
Napoleonville
Robert E. Rachal
James Earl
New Orleans
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Advisers
U. S
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Big Delta
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