Passman Ax Poised Over Aid Measure
The House votes on a 3.3 billion foreign aid bill as Rep. Otto Passman, a longtime cutter of aid, seeks to trim the measure to 3 billion. President Johnson backs a 3.5 billion authorization, while the Appropriations Committee led by George H. Mahon endorses the higher limit.
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Otto E. Passman
Louisiana
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Johnson
Congress
House Appropriations
Amendments To Change More Killed By SAM HANNA
Baton Rouge House Judiciary approves the ethics bill 14 2 sending it to the floor for final adoption Monday. Amendments by Triche and Collier fail to alter the code to cover extra violations. The bill, written by the Council For A Better Louisiana, backs AFL CIO support and outlines a three member ethics commission.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Ashton B. Collier
Winn Parish
Risley Triche
Assumption Parish
Triche
Eugene McGehee
Sheridan
McGehee
Council For
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Afl-Cio
Tribe
Max Maxwell
Urania
Senate
Aflcio
State Supreme Court
Offshore disaster hits Morgan City rig in Gulf tragedy
A gulf offshore accident near Morgan City left at least three northeast Louisiana residents involved and 18 unaccounted for after a gas pocket caused a massive explosion and fire on the C P Baker. Two bodies were recovered as 43 aboard faced danger. several from Ruston and Liberty Hill near Quitman were reported missing.
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Ruston
T. W. Milam
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Franks
Liberty Hill
Smelly
Milam
South Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Jack Bates
Reading and Bates Offshore Drilling Co
Chuckle on hot coffee mishaps and morning rush
A humorous note cautions that after swallowing very hot coffee, any subsequent action is likely to be wrong. It playfully reflects on morning clumsiness and the universal urge to rush, turning a small misstep into lighthearted urban wit.
Williams heads to California for chamber institute
Monroe Chamber of Commerce manager Jim Williams and his family departed for California today. Williams will attend the United States Chamber of Commerce Institute at the University of Santa Clara. The trip blends business and pleasure with planned sightseeing on the West Coast.
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Monroe Chamber of Commercce
Jim Williams
California
Williams
United States Chamber of Commerce Institute
University of Santa Clara
Monroe Seniors Meet at Benoit Center with Luncheon
The Monroe Senior Citizens Club will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Harvey Benoit Recreation Center, 1700 Oaklawn Dr. The program is at 2 p.m. followed by the regular business meeting at 4 p.m. Open to residents 50 and older. for more information contact the Benoit Recreation Center at 325-3895.
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Monroe Senior Citizens Club
Harvey Benoit
Oaklawn Dr
Monroe Area
Senior Citizens Club
Benoit Recreation Center
Oaklawn Drive
Lodge Claims Down-Spiral Of War Halted
Washington reports Henry Cabot Lodge declared the anti Communist war in South Vietnam has halted its downward spiral. He warned of outside pressures from the Communists and suggested possible actions if pressures grow. He called for border supervision of South Vietnam with North Vietnam Cambodia and Laos to curb supply movements.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
National Press Club
Southeast Asia
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Lodger
North Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Absentee Voting Opens for Ouachita Parish July 25 Primary
Absentee voting begins Monday in Ouachita Parish clerk of court office for the July 25 Democratic primary. Balloting runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 12 noon Saturdays until July 18. Seven parish school board seats are on the ballot across wards 3 4 5 6 7 and 10 with ward 10 listing two Democratic nominees. Republican opposition appears in wards 5 and 10 for one post each in the November general election.
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Ouachita Parish Court House
Ouachita Parish
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Johnson names Taylor ambassador to South Viet Nam
The Senate confirmed Gen Maxwell D Taylor by voice vote to be ambassador to South Viet Nam. Pennsylvania Governor Scranton plans Illinois campaigning to win part of the GOP national convention delegation. The Soviet Communist party moves to arrange a world Communist meeting over its dispute with Red China. President Johnson expected to sign the civil rights bill soon after receipt, possibly Thursday night.
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Senate
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Red China
Sailors Probe Swamp Areas for Missing Civil Rights Workers
Over 400 sailors armed with sticks searched swamps and bot tomlands in Newton County for traces of three missing civil rights workers. UAW President Walter Reuther stated a Ford contract will be worked out in Detroit, where cars are made, not in Washington.
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Newton County
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Washington
Holiday Weekend Closure In Monroe And West Monroe
City offices in Monroe and West Monroe will close Friday through Sunday for the Fourth of July. Fire and police departments and the Monroe bus system will operate as usual. Ouachita Parish offices stay open Friday and close Saturday. Mayors W L Jack Howard and Earl Duncan announced the holiday schedule.
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West Monroe
W. L
Jack) Howard
Earl Duncan
Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
New Louisiana Tally Reported
Louisiana state records show 1,190,968 registered voters by end of May. The voter mix is 86.4 percent white and 15.6 percent Negro, unchanged recently, with 1,173,587 Democrats 12,609 Republicans and 4,772 others registered.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Board of Registration
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast In Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies are forecast in Northeast Louisiana for today tonight and Thursday with scattered mostly daytime thundershowers. Temperatures show little change with variable winds five to fifteen mph. Highs today and Thursday around 80s to 90s, overnight 70s. Monroe reached 90 and a 71 overnight Tuesday.
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Louisiana
Monroe
NAACP to Tour Mississippi Cities Sunday
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced that members from its national board would tour Mississippi cities on Sunday, visiting Jackson and other locations as part of outreach efforts.
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Jackson, Miss
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Illinois Gives Major Boost To Goldwater
Illinois delegates cast 48 of 58 for Barry Goldwater at the Republican National Convention boosting expectations of an easy first ballot victory. Gov. Scranton won no Illinois votes as Everett Dirksen and others rally behind Goldwater after separate appearances. AP had previously listed 39 votes.
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Barry Goldwater
Illinois
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
California
Hayes Robertson
Cook County
GOP
Robertson
Arizona
Scranton
Everett M. Dirksen
Associated Press
Khrushchev Urges Nordic Neutrality For Norway Denmark
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told Oslo that Norway and Denmark should quit NATO and join Finland and Sweden in a Nordic neutral bloc. He urged Parliament to back neutrality, saying it would deter modern weapon devastation, but Norway and Denmark show no NATO shift.
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NATO
Oslo
Norway
Khrushchev
Denmark
North Atlantic Alliance
Finland
Sweden
Isters
Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Daddys twist at White House dinner delights teens
Luci Baines Johnson led a teenage twist at a state dinner for Costa Rica with bandleader Lester Lanin. President Johnson watched, her friends danced the frug, and observers noted the scene as a rare youthful highlight in the East Room. Former Vice President Wallace quipped about First Ladies’ reactions.
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Washington
UPI
Luci Baines Johnson
Lester Lanin
Lanin
Francisco Orlich
Costa Rica
Luci
Johnson
Henry A. Wallace
Human Torch On Critical List After Fire Attack
Six year old George Schiller was left critically burned after two older boys poured lighter fluid on him and set him aflame in front of his East Side home. A neighbor extinguished the fire with a blanket before police caught the attackers. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital with burns over about three quarters of his body.
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New York
UPI
George Schiller
Bellevue Hospital
Lower East Side
Cape Alava Named U S Westernmost Point
Cape Alava in Washington is identified as the westernmost point in the continental United States by the World Almanac.
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Cape Alava
Washington
United States
No longer needed farm equipment for sale ad
Star World Want Ads listing for garden tractors and farming gear. SOLD SEARS garden tractor in 1995. DAVID Bradley garden tractor. plow, cultivator, mower, and cycle mower included. Prices from $200. Contact FA 5417 or P. Bise for details.
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HH. P. Bise
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