New North Viet Battalion In War
UPI reports American forces near Pleiku uncovered evidence a North Vietnamese antiaircraft battalion infiltrated South Vietnam. The H-13 unit allegedly had 18 heavy guns and used a Chinese version of the 50 caliber. Captured prisoners from Operation Matador provided the details. Another action near Saigon, Operation Crimp, left 62 Viet Cong dead with 48 killed overall and 495 suspects detained.
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Saigon
UPI
Pleiku
U.S. Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
173Rd Airborne Brigade
1St Infantry Division
Royal Australian Battalion
178Rd Airborne
Sukarno Expels U S Newsmen in Indonesia
President Sukarno ordered the expulsion of all American news correspondents from Indonesia in retaliation for what he called lies in the American press. Two reporters remain in the country, R.E. Stannard of United Press International and Donald Kirk of the New York Times.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Syria
H.M. Sudjono
R.E. Stannard
United Press International
Donald Kirk
New York Times
Unusual hornets nest headed to Monroe official den
Ed Waldren executive secretary to Monroe Mayor W L Howard received a large hornets nest in Atlanta over the weekend. He plans to spray it with lacquer to preserve it and hang it in his den as a striking conversation piece.
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Ed Waldren
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Atlanta
Solons Report On Hanoi Contact Amid Viet Nam Effort
A House Foreign Affairs Committee briefing revealed the United States sent an aide memoire to North Vietnam after the bombing pause began. Rep. Gallagher said the document was accepted by Hanoi, differing from prior rejections. Moyers and Ball briefed on peace efforts as Sen. Long urged strengthening Saigon guidance over escalated action.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Viet Nam
Cornelius Gallagher
N. Das
Gallagher
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Moters
Moyers
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Humphrey
New Delhi
Alexei N. Kosygin
W. Averell Harriman
Australia
Saigon
Capitol
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Long
China
Soviet Union
Advice to eaters: fast according to body size
A compact admonition urges those who are thin to avoid eating quickly and those who are fat to not eat at all, urging a rapid fast as a corrective measure.
Selman Field-165 Tie-In Sought for Four Intersections
City council discussed traffic tie-in at four intersections Selman Field-165 to improve access to a new stadium and facilities at Northeast Louisiana State College. Also approved Rodriguez recommendation to seek highway work on Bon Aire Cecile Quigles Peyton Drives and ratified a census services agreement with Tri-S Company. Endorsed sewage system assistance request from the U S Department of Public Health for Northeast Louisiana area.
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Rodriguez
Louisiana Highway Department
Cecile
Quigles
Peyton
Northeast Louisiana State College
W. L. Howard
H. W. McSherry
Tri - S Company
Ruston
Monroe
U. S. Department of Public Health
Northeast
Monroe City Council seeks state aid for Elm Street link to 165 bypass
Monroe council to day sought state help in tying its industrial park at Selman Field to the 165 bypass and approved a final traffic plan directing flow around the government center. The high today 60 to 66, tonight 38 to 44, Wednesday 66 to 72. Signals planned at intersections around the government center open later this year in the Wood Street I 20 area.
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Monroe
Selman Field
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Twin City
Elm Street
High Wednes
Powelled
Range
Griffin Street
Rodriguez
Powell
Griffin
FAA
Selman
Government Center
Wood
Sunshine Street
I. Orc
Wednes
James C. Kelly
Union Rejects All Proposals From Lindsay Transit Crisis Talks End Without Agreement
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay pushes stern measures to end the bus and subway strike now in its tenth day. AFL CIO Transit Workers Union chief Douglas L. MacMahon rejects Lindsay proposals and mediators call for a return later with ideas on settlement.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Transit Authority
Lindsay
Douglas L. MacMahon
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Sylvester Garrett
MacMahon
Dominican Riot Fatal For Youth
In Santo Domingo police fired on rock-throwing rioters near a high school, killing one youth and wounding another. Police chief described a mixed patrol near the school when rocks rained down. a soldier fired, killing a rioter and injuring the other.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Herman Despradel
Demos Name four assistant Senate whips
Senate Democrats named four assistant whips for the 1966 session Daniel B Brewster Philip A Hart Daniel K Inouye and Edmund S Muskie. Majority Leader Mansfield proposed the posts noting Longs new finance duties and Smathers illness and possible resignation.
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Washington
Senate
Democrats
Daniel B. Brewster
Maryland
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sugarland Implements Eyes West Monroe Factory Site
Sugarland Implements Inc plans to locate a sugar harvesting machine plant in West Monroe. The noon meeting at Highland Park Country Club included A L Roberts inventor and officers Paul Danper and Charles A Traylor II, with W B Mann and Chamber of Commerce leaders Ralph Reed and Eugene Smith in attendance.
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Sugarland Implements Inc
Highland Park Country Club
West Monroe
Sugarland
W. B
Buddy) Mann
Mann _ Machine Works, Inc
Cypress
Brazil Disaster Fatal for 36 in Rio Slum Collapse
A Brazilian disaster left 36 dead after a downpour caused floods and the collapse of 50 buildings in Rio de Janeiro slums. Gov. Francisco Negrao de Lima declared a state of emergency as rain continued and more storms were forecast.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Shastri Mourned In India's Capital
Millions filled New Delhi streets as the body of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri returned for cremation beside the Jumna River. World leaders arrived to honor the frail 61 year old, who died in Tashkent after signing a peace pact with Pakistan.
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Jawaharlal Nehru
Shastri
Gulzarilal Nanda
Pakistan
Tashkent
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Nanda
Hindu Kush
Ayub Khan
Alexei N. Kosygin
Ferriday Youth Dies In Crash Near U S 65
Ferriday 19 year old Howard Lee Winborne was killed when his car overturned on U S Highway 65 south of Ferriday shortly before midnight. Two Natchez women, Clarise Arnold and Elaine Halford, were injured and hospitalized in Concordia Parish. Survived by parents, six sisters, and a brother. funeral by Comer Funeral Home.
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Ferriday
Howard Lee Winborne
U.S. ‘Hwy. 65
Here
Marion Barnett
Winborne
Clarise Arnold
Elaine Halford
Natchez
Miss
Concordia Parish
Howard L. Winborne Sr
Winnsboro
Russell Winborne
Grady Welch
Leon Nichols
Bud Little
Baskin
Percie Ray Smith
Sam Chamberlain
Lake Charles
Gordon Patton
Kansas City
Comer Funeral Home
Saturn 1B first test prep revives Cape Kennedy complex
At complex 34 Saturn launch pad NASA renovates for the Saturn 1B test rocket. The project includes eleven launches and a planned unmanned Apollo mission, with a Tiros satellite to be orbited before the first 1B flight in February. The program foresees possible late January to early February readiness and a year end astronaut test in Earth orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Saturn Launch Pad 34
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Complex 34
NASA
Army Corps of Engineers
Cavaneral District
Appollo
Atlantic
Delta
Mayor gets authorization from council to study southside odors
Monroe steps authorize Mayor W L Howard to commission an independent study to find the cause of persistent southside odors. The effort, described as a quiet investigation, will examine sources and involve public release of findings. Residents near the Ouachita River provided six signed statements denying sewer blame.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
Howard
Ouachita River
W. D. H. Rodriguez
H. W. McSherry
Ship Monte Palomares Sinks After Heavy Seas
Coast Guard reports that 18 crewmen were seen alive in a lifeboat and raft while the captain and several others drowned. The Monte Palomares abandoned ship after grain cargo shifted causing a 30 degree list, 840 miles north-northeast of Bermuda. Survivor accounts came from the American freighter Steel Maker which brought four survivors.
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New York
Coast Guard
Steel Maker
Bermuda
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Grammont and
Demos
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George A. Smathers
Florida
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