Johnson opens talks with Soviets on nuclear limits
President Johnson announced that the United States and the Soviet Union would begin discussions soon on limiting offensive and defensive nuclear missile systems. The move followed the signing of the nonproliferation treaty with 51 nations joining the pact, with ceremonies also in London and Moscow.
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Johnson
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Soviet Union
White House
London
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
U.S.A
Vietnam
Harold Wilson
U.S
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Commitment On Additional Road Sought
State Senator William D. Brown of Monroe rejects reports that 300 miles of Louisiana interstate highway would be added. He notes the 1968 Federal Highway Bill not yet passed and says location of routes is decided by the State and Federal agencies after approval.
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Louisiana
William D
Billy) Brown
Monroe
Brown
Monroe News Media
Shreveport
New Orleans
Congress
State Department of Highways
Federal Highway Administration
United States
Otto E. Passman
Washington
Joe D. Waggonner Jr
House Public Works
Passman
Waggonner
Fifth Congressional District
Otis L Hart announces candidacy for Ouachita Parish School Board
Otis Loyd Hart of Ward 2 announces bid for the Ouachita Parish School Board subject to the August 17 Democratic primary. An independent candidate, he is a Lincoln County, Miss., native who has lived in Ouachita parish since 1923. Hart is married with three parish school graduates, a church member, and president of Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local 659. He served as business manager for the local 1946 1951 before resigning and pledges personal voter outreach and service to the community through better school growth and progress.
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Ouachita Parish
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Lincoln County
Miss
Swartz Baptist Church
Graham Surginor Lodge
Plumbers and Steam Fitters
River Stages Status Shifts at Camden and Monroe
River stage readings show Camden at 179.7 feet with a .7 decline and Monroe at 372.5 feet with a .5 drop as flooding conditions ease. The current data indicate falling water levels suggesting relief from prior high stages.
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Camden
Monroe
First Airline Jet Lands At Monroe
The Delta Air Lines Super DC-9 made the inaugural landing on Monroe Municipal Airport’s new jet runway in a formal dedication ceremony. Local officials welcomed Flight 368 from Dallas at 7 50 a m and presented jewelry to Captain J W Wilson and First Officer William Weikle. The event featured civic leaders and Delta directors and announced the runway extension to 6 000 feet with capacity for jets up to 300 000 pounds at a $400 000 build cost by T L James and Company Inc of Ruston.
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Delta Air Lines
Delta
Dallas
J. W. Wilson
William Weikle
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Louis D. Smith
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
T. A. Grant
Chamber
Jim Ewing
George M. Snellings Jr
Bernard W. Biedenharn
Air Terminal
Smith
Howard
Rodriguez
H. W. McSherry
Biedenharn
Snellings
Monroe Chamber
Monroe Convention and Tourist Bureau
Ouachita Parish
Baltimore
T. L. James and Company, Inc
Ruston
Guard Rail Bypass Project Starts On U S 165
The Louisiana Highway Department begins a guard rail installation along the U S 165 Bypass in Monroe. Chaney Fence Corp of Florissant Mo will perform the $37 669 job. Project engineer W R Overton of Monroe will oversee the 7 8 mile segment from the bypass connection with U S 165 to its junction with U S 80. Completion is slated for about three months.
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Baton Rouge
U.S. 165
Monroe
A. B. Ratcliff Jr
Chaney Fence Corporation
Florissant
Louisiana Highway Department
W. R. Overton
Escalator Gag Puzzles Boy's Basement Steps Question
A boy asks a friend what happens when a basement fills with steps as they ride an escalator. The humor rests on a literal play on building levels and moving stairs.
Twin Cities Chit Chat Departure For Tina Hargis
Tina Hargis leaves after a four week visit with family and friends and heads home to Las Vegas Nevada aboard Jet service to Monroe. She looks forward to returning next year, while praising the visit with locals. Pvt Homer L Miller just completed a 20 day leave with his parents in West Monroe before reporting to Camp Pendleton California. He attends a four week electronic school prior to overseas duty and previously attended Junction City and West Monroe High Schools before enlisting in February.
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Homer L. Miller
Glyn Wallace
South Riverfront
West Monroe
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Pvt. Miller
Junction City High School
West Monroe High School
China Refuses U Thant Nuclear Conference Invite
United Nations officials disclose Communist China refused to accept Secretary-General U Thant's invite for an observer at Geneva's nonnuclear conference. The Peking Telegraph Office sent a service message saying China has no relations with the UN and would not participate. Thant, then in Eastern Europe, regarded the move as an official rejection.
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N.Y
China
U Thant
Peking
U.N
Geneva
Thant
People’s Republic of China
United
Chou En-lai
Tthe
Chou
Peking Telegraph Office
Europe
Tower Throws State Support To Nixon
Washington AP Sen. John G. Tower, a Texas delegate favorite, backs Richard Nixon and predicts 44 or 45 Texas votes on the first ballot. He cites Nixon’s experience and pledges no VP talk, while leaving room to back Rockefeller if nominated. He urges Nixon to win the nom and argues for strong national change.
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John G. Tower
Texas
Miami
Richard M. Nixon
Tower
Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Miami Beach
GOP
Richard Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Dick Nixon
Evening Showers Forecast In Area
The southerly warm moist air will bring scattered showers mainly in the afternoon and evening. Partly cloudy skies prevail over Northeast Louisiana with a 30 percent rain chance in afternoons and evenings. Monroe records show a 97 degree high and 75 degree low Sunday, with today’s highs peaking 90 to 96.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Key to the City Presented at Monroe Airport Dedication
Monroe Mayor W L Howard presents the Key to the City jewelry to Delta Air Lines hostesses during the dedication of Monroe Municipal Airport’s new jet runway. Participants include Louis Smith Aviation Chair, Cheryl Allen Deanie Huff Patricia Downing and Commissioner H W McSherry.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
Delta Air Line
Monroe Municipal
Louis Smith
Chamber of Commerce Aviation
Delta
Cheryl Allen
Deanie Huff
Patricia Downing
Howard
H.W. McSherry
John Fogleman
Area mill bought by local businessmen forms cooperative
Area businessmen completed a $2,583,000 cash purchase of Union Mill in Ouachita Parish. The mill will be reorganized as a cooperative selling seed directly to the mill, aiming to run a full year instead of eight months. Key figures include C. W. Wallace Sr. and G. F. Wallace, with new leaders J. A. Harper and others guiding the operation.
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C. W. Wallace Sr
Trenton St
West Monroe
J. A. Harper
Crowville
G. F. Wallace
Jack Yeldell
Mel Rouge
Joe H. Dixon
Monroe
Duke Shackelford
Bonita
Frank Burnside
Newellton
James Parrish
Girard
Harvey Howington
Lake Providence
T. A. Calloway
Bosco
James D. Sparks Sr. Harper
Seek Release With Troops From Soviet Island Crisis
An airliner carrying 214 U.S. servicemen to Vietnam was forced to land on Sturup Island in the Kuriles by MIG fighters. The DC-8 departed McChord Air Base and was tracked by a Japanese radar station before vanishing off radar 30 miles south of Iturup Island. The State Department urged the Soviet Union to release the plane, passengers, and crew.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Pacific Ocean
McChord Air Base
Seattle
Wash
Sturup Island
Kurile
Pacific
State Department
MI6
Iturup Island
Tariff Cuts Today Will Boost Sales
Paris AP reports Kennedy Round tariff reductions across 20 countries may lift American exports and help reduce the $500 million annual U.S. trade deficit. While impacts vary by item, duties on goods like typewriters and shoes fall and some prices could ease for consumers, though France’s May upheaval shadows free trade prospects.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
America
U.S
France
Holiday Record Deaths Predicted For July Fourth Weekend
The National Safety Council estimates 700 to 800 traffic deaths over the 102 hour July 4 holiday weekend. Council president Howard Pyle cautioned the grim figure, noting the period runs 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, versus about 630 deaths in a typical nonholiday period.
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UPI
National Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
Pyle
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