Union Leaders Arrested In New York Strike
Union leaders were arrested amid strikes as Bethlehem and Inland Steel raised structural steel prices. Firms weigh hikes with US government boycotts urged. US Steel says decision may take time while markets show mixed reaction. Five Democratic senators condemn the boosts and seek investigation.
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New York
United States Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Congress
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Inland Steel
Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Bethlehem’s
Viet Nam
Ackley
White House
Plans For Monroe Traffic Problems To Be Discussed
State Highway Department plans to four lane North 18th Street from Forsythe Avenue to Breard Street. James W. Moore of Monroe will lead the discussion at the monthly Baton Rouge board meeting. Bids on the project may be set in March, with final right of way acquisition at the south end. Future changes include widening Washington Street and the Monroe Loop, shaping traffic routes via the Monroe Expressway.
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State Highway Department
North 18Th Street
Forsythe Avenue
Breard Street
Baton Rouge
James W. Moore
Monroe Moore
State Highway Board
18Th Street
18Th
Moore
North 18
18Th and
Breard
Washington Street
Monroe Loop
Washington
A & LM
Probers Told Records Burned in Klan Inquiry
A witness before the House Un American Activities Committee testified that he burned records rather than let them fall into enemy hands. John P D Swenson of Louisiana admitted burning all his documents in March 1964 citing Communist enemies. Swenson, identified as a Klan official, refused to answer about membership or duties of the KBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Swenson
Bossier City
House Un-American Activities Committee
James R. Venable
Atlanta
Swenson
Klan
Grand Dragon of the Old
Knights of
The
Ku Klux Klan
House Committee
Edwin F. Willis
Royal B. Young
Atlanta Ga
Donald T. Appel
Young
Appel
Murray H. Martin
Grady Wilder
Robert Fuller
Monroe
Klan Bureau of Investigation
Charles Pierson
KBI
Redistricting Plan Offered to Forestall Court Action
Louisiana lawmakers propose a Senate redistricting plan endorsed by a 20 vote majority to appease federal judges. Dudley LeBlanc presented the plan to Gov. John McKeithen and Senate leaders, outlining parishes and seat allocations to keep the total at 39 while delaying constitutional changes.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Senate
Dudley LeBlanc
John McKeithen
LeBlanc
Abbeville
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
McKeithen
Adrian Duplantier
Michael O'Keefe
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
East Baton Rouge
Jefferson
Caddo Parishes
Webster and Bossier Parishes
Claiborne
Bienville
Red Rivier
DeSoto
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Caldwell
Morehouse
Richland
West Carroll
East Carroll
Madison
Franklin
Tensas
Catahoula
Concordia
Avoyelles
Evangeline
Rapides
Natchitoches
Winn
Grant and
LaSalle
Sabine
Vernon
Beauregard Allen
St. Landry
Ouachita
Calcasieu
Jefferson Davis and Cameron
Acadia
Lafayette
Vermilion
Iberia
St. Martin
St. Mary
Terrebonne
Lafourche
East Feliciana
West Feliciana
Pointe Coupee
West Baton Rouge
Iberville
Assumption
Ascension
St. James
St. John the Baptist
St. Charles
St. Bernard and Plaquemines
Washington and
St. Tammany
Tangipahoa
Livingston
St. Helena
Monroe City Judge Receives Praise for Traffic Laws Booklet
David Lawrence of News-Star and U.S. News & World Report praises Judge W. M. Harper for the fall Traffic Laws booklet calling it a real public service. The letter appears in the Twin Cities CHIT CHAT feature on page 5A.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
David Lawrence
The
News-Star
U.S. News & World Report
Adolescence and Parental Disclosure of Life Facts
The quote states adolescence is the period when children feel parents should be told the facts of life. It emphasizes a growing expectation for direct communication between generations about essential life topics.
Missile engineer survives three days in mountains near Palm Springs
John Drgan 31 of Redondo Beach vanished while skiing near Big Pines California last Friday. He fell 200 feet during a 3000 foot icy descent and spent three days recoving after being found by a search team then flown to a hospital. He suffered exposure and multiple cuts but is in satisfactory condition thanks to heavy clothing and moving to below the snowline. He told of crawling with a broken arm and shoulder blade and of eating only biothin since breakfast Friday. He and his wife Judith have four children and another is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmdale
Calif
John Drgan
Redondo Beach
Drgon
Bioth
Jack Pratt
Big Pines
Los Angeles
Judith
Dennis
Denise
Christine
Michele
$1 Million Suit Opens In Area
Jurors are being selected in Ashley County Circuit Court as three plaintiffs sue the Public Utilities Commission of Crossett Ark Benjamin Parks of New Orleans and Mrs Virginia McMahon and James Maxwell of Crossett for a combined more than $1 million in damages from an explosion at the Red Ball Freight Lines office in Crossett on Oct 5 1964. Judge G B Colvin presides and the case is expected to last two to three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Ark
Ashley County
Public Utilities Commission
Crossett
Benjamin Parks
New Orleans
Virginia McMahan
James Maxwell
Red Ball
G. B. Colvin
Modane wreck tallest loss of life in rail history
The world's worst railroad wreck occurred at Modane France on December 12 1917 when a passenger train derailed killing 543 people according to the World Almanac.
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Modane
France
Five Butane Tanks Explode Near Lyon Killing Dozens
About 30 people were reported dead or missing after five butane tanks exploded at the Feyzin refinery and storage complex 12 miles south of Lyon. At least 75 injured. authorities evacuated residents as three more tanks remained at risk from heat and groundborne flames.
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Lyon
France
Ministry of Interior
Paris
Feyzin
Cloudy and Cool Weather Persists Through Wednesday
Weather report for the Twin Cities notes cloudy skies and cool temperatures through Wednesday. Occasional rain is possible tonight and Wednesday with highs near 50 and lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Sunshine is minimal and no dew is expected tonight.
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Twin Cities
U.S. Troops Press Toward Cambodian Frontier in Vietnam War
In the Mekong Delta near Saigon paratroopers chase Viet Cong with U.S., South Vietnamese, Australian and New Zealand forces. They report heavy raids, 236 Viet Cong killed, and at least one American death blamed on friendly fire. Separately Korean Marines and Vietnamese paratroops clash near Tuy Hoa with 38 Viet Cong dead. Non-lethal tear gas is noted in use by allied forces.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Mekong
Gence
U.S. Army
Delta
173Rd
North Viet Nam
Washington
Mekong Delta
Plain of Reeds
Cambodia
Tuy Hoa
Quang Ngai
White House Projects Budget Near 115 Billion in 1967
The White House says the fiscal 1967 budget will be between 110 and 115 billion dollars, down from about 125 billion requested. Moyers notes some hundreds of millions remain uncertain while defense and domestic programs are included, and a deadline extension is unlikely.
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Washington
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Congress
Capitol Hill
Full speed ahead on Project Mohole drill platform
Washington AP reports a full order is issued to build the ocean going drill platform for the 108 million Mohole project. Geophysicist Gordon Lill says construction by National Steel & Ship Building Co. of San Diego is funded and set to begin, with deep drilling to start in late 1968 or early 1969 and take about three years.
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Washington
Earth
Gordon Lill
Molhole
National Science Foundation
National Steel & Ship Building Co
San Diego
Lill
Court orders defied as subway strike leaders jailed
Michael J. Quill and eight union chiefs were jailed for civil contempt after they defied a New York court injunction blocking a subway and bus walkout. The 34,400 workers faced a second morning rush as judges delayed execution of the jailing while union leaders stood firm.
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New York
Michael J. Quill
Long Island
Quill
Lindsay
New York Times
Transport Workers Union
Afl-Cio Amalgamated Transit Union
Supreme Court
Abraham N. Geller
Geller
LBJ Presses Peace Offensive Amid Hanoi Rebuke
President Johnson plans to extend the Vietnamese peace effort including the North Viet Nam bombing pause, aiming to give Hanoi time to decide on peace talks. U.S. policy makers view Hanoi's denunciations as not decisive while awaiting official responses. The Christmas truce has paused air strikes for twelve days with no resumption date set, and the strategy remains under daily review.
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Washington
Johnson
North
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
United States
Viet Nam
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Inland Steel Corp
Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp
Grand Central Station
East 42Nd Street
Manhattan
Times Square Station
Adcock
Union Generale Des Petroles
Europe
LBJ
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