Viet Reds Launch Series of Attacks
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops attacked U S land, river, and air forces with rockets, mortars, and grenades as Nixon took office. Dozens were killed or wounded including a civilian, with strikes on ships, bases, and a seaside port at Vung Tau.
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Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Eee InVandran Sew Ence
Demilitarized Zone
Tom Green County
Muskingum
Vung Tau
Ene
Two Stars Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
NEW YORK AP Stan Musial and Roy Campanella were elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. Musial, a seven time NL batting champion with the St. Louis Cardinals, was elected on his first ballot joining Bob Feller Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson as prior first ballot honorees. Campanella, Brooklyn catcher, retired after a 1958 auto accident, missed by eight votes last year.
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NEW York
Stan Musial
Roy Campanella
Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Feller
Cleveland
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Jackie Robinson
Brookyn
Campanella
Brooklyn
Joe Medwick
River Stage Changes Reported at Camden and Monroe
River stages show rising at Camden with 1.7 foot increase to 26.7 and falling at Monroe to 40.1848 feet. Authorities monitor flood risk as conditions shift.
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Camden
Monroe
Monroes Mrs Rowland Heads to Fort Walton Beach Florida
Mrs Velma Rowland wife of Wes Rowland Monroe airport chief travels from Monroe to Fort Walton Beach Florida with friends for about a week then plans return. Mrs Dean Adkins former Kay McDowell leaves West Monroe to join Lt Dean Adkins at Fort Rucker Alabama with their three month old son Phillip. The Adkins family will move back to Monroe after his flight school graduation next Tuesday.
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Velma Rowland
Spyglass Dr
Monroe
Fort Walton Beach
Florida
Rowland
Wes Rowland
Dean Adkins
U.S. Army
Fort Rucker
Alabama
Adkins
Phillip
West Monroe
Kay McDowell
Kenneth G. McDowell
Judge Orders Tales Venire In Trial Here
Judge Lea S Thompson ordered a 20 person tales venire in the George Square murder case after the regular jury pool exhausted. Three jurors have been chosen and a 13 member jury is expected, with the 13th serving only if needed. Square is charged with the April 13 1968 slaying of Ezell Jordan and faces aggravated kidnapping counts with co defendant James Millsaps. Prospective jurors named include James T Vickers Gene Morgan Newsome and Roy Henderson.
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Lea S. Thompson
Fourth District
George
Charlie Rat
Square
Coleman
West Monroe
Ezell Jordan
Ouachita Parish
James Willie Millsaps
Downsville
James T. Vickers
Charmingdale
Monroe
Gene Morgan Newsome
Zephyr
Roy FE. Henderson
Orleans
Fingerprint expert solves Detroit twin ID mix up
A Detroit couple’s confusion over their six month old twins ends after a fingerprint expert identifies Terry and Tracy. Police confirm the match after comparing footprints at the hospital of birth. The Babes’ parents plan ID bracelets and even a tiny dot tattoo to prevent repeats.
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Detroit
Terry
Wilmer Kroll
Tracy
DeWitt Bruce
Bruce
Israeli Slays Six Arabs in Two Desert Clashes
Israeli desert patrols killed six Arab saboteurs in two clashes in the Negev near the Jordan frontier. Three militants were killed near Fin Yahav and three more in a second engagement. An Arab woman was killed and nine wounded in Rafah during a separate incident. Arab al Fatah fighters were involved. no Israeli casualties reported. Nasser vowed to resist direct peace talks until Arab lands are liberated.
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Negev
Fin Yahav
Dead Sea
al Fatah
Gaza Strip
Rafah
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
National Assembly
Egypt
Israel
Nasser
Stock Market Mixed As Early Trading Continues
New York AP report shows the stock market moving irregularly in moderate trading as gains and losses balance. The Dow slipped 2.11 points to 929.14 at 1 p.m. while the AP average edged up, blue chips firmed, and rails and utilities drifted.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones Industrial
Associated Press
Drizzling May Delays Travel in Northeast Louisiana
Weather notes indicate drizzling skies and fog will hamper driving today and Wednesday in Northeast Louisiana. Monroes FAA station logged a high of 53 and a low of 52 with a trace of rain. conditions improve to partly cloudy by Thursday with milder temperatures and low sun.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Deaths Mount As California Areas Flooded
Heavy rain and strong winds battered California as floods and mudslides rose. Los Angeles County saw at least 20 deaths from automobile accidents and 5.09 inches of rain fell by 6 p.m. in the civic center. evacuations reached 200 on Sherman Island as a 60-foot levee break occurred.
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California
Los Angeles
Kenneth Levitt
Sacramento County
Sherman Island
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Gene Norris
State
San Luis Obispo
Ronald Reagan
Midstate
Ventura County
Navy
Los Padres National Forest
Golden Gate Bridge
Pigeon
Senate Delays Action On Hickel Nomination
Washington AP Senate consideration of Walter J Hickel's nomination as interior secretary was delayed at least until Wednesday. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said objection delayed action until the hearing record and Interior Committee report are available. Mansfield did not name who pressed the delay.
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Washington
Senate
Walter J Hickel
Nixon Sets Meet Of Security Group
President Nixon begins his first full day and moves to elevate the National Security Council. He calls a 2 p.m. meeting with Gen. Earle Wheeler and schedules a 3:30 p.m. session, while Henry Cabot Lodge heads to Paris to pursue Vietnam peace talks and nuclear disarmament talks. Defense Secretary Laird seeks a posturing review to ensure strength in negotiations.
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UPI
Nixon
White House
Moscow
Paris
UiNéhnat
Wilivul
Vitan Levine
National Security Council
Defense
State
Council
Eisenhower
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Lodge Heads U S Delegation to Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris reports that the first plenary session of Vietnam peace talks will convene Saturday morning with Henry Cabot Lodge leading the U S delegation. The meeting follows four way procedural talks led by Harriman and will bring together the United States South Vietnam North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front to address core war questions.
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Paris
Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Lodge
Nixon
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
McKeithen Defends LL&T Letter At Hearing
Gov. John J. McKeithen testified that banking commissioner A. Clayton James signed the letter declaring Louisiana Loan & Thrift Corp a bank on counsel advice. He defended James as honorable and said James acted on attorney general guidance to certify LL&T’s banking activities.
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Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
A. Clayton James
Louisiana Loan & Thrift Corp
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Legislative Committee
James
SAT
McKeithen
Carlos Spaht
Joe Kavanaugh
Gremillion
L&t
LLAT
Clayton James
Kavanaugh
Ll&t
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Orleans Courtroom Guarded in Shaw Kennedy Conspiracy Trial
Clay Shaw, 55, sits with four lawyers as jury selection begins in New Orleans on charges of conspiring to murder President Kennedy. Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. presides amid heavy security. Prosecutor Alcock seeks delay. autopsy dispute with Ramsey Clark cited as potential influence on jurors.
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Clay Shaw
New Orleans
Kennedy
Clay Shaw Chaim
John F. Kennedy
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
John Kennedy
Haggerty
Alcock
U.S
Atty
Clark
Garrison
General Sessions Court
Washington
National Archives
Warren Commission
Oswald
Dallas
Jack Ruby
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Jim Garrison
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James L. Alcock
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