Peking Endorses Viet Peace Meet
AP report from Hong Kong says China would join a new Geneva style conference on Vietnam. Gough Whitlam, leader of Australia’s Labor Party, returned from Peking praising Chou En Lai and noting revived Geneva framework could be Asian in character. He suggested the 1954 powers and ICC members would differ. Whitlam urged US disengagement and indicated Red China supports the Viet Cong peace proposals.
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Hong Kong
China
Vietnam
Geneva
France
Indochina
Australian Labor Party
Peking
Gough Whitlam
Chou En-lai
Chou
International Control Commission
India
Canada
Poland
Whitlam
William McMahon
United States
Red China
Navy Drug Users Policy Is Adopted
Washington AP Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee ordered a one time exemption from punishment for drug users who cooperate in their own rehabilitation. The directive covers the Navy and Marine Corps and stresses voluntariness and sincerity in seeking rehabilitation. If the individual later resumes illegal drug use, exemption does not apply and punishment may follow.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
John H. Chafee
Chafee
Navy
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Kafee
State Highway Accidents Claim Eight More Lives
Baton Rouge police report eight deaths in the sixth week of Operation One-One. 104 people have died since Memorial Day, with 103 not wearing seat belts. Victims include one pedestrian and one motorcyclist. four single car crashes. two head-on crossings.
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News - Star News Service
Baton Rouge
Stanley H. Berthelot
Louisiana State Police
Berthelot
Extreme heat record reported in California and states
The highest temperature measured by the National Weather Service, excluding Hawaii and Alaska, reached 118 degrees in California. The report notes a 40 degree reading for an individual named Mullen in New Jersey.
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New York
Monroe’s Louisiana Purchase Gardens Wins Feature
Monroe Mayor W. W. J. Howard praised a Louisiana Tourist Commission brochure for featuring Monroe’s gardens and zoo as a key attraction. He called the recognition a reward to all who helped make the gardens a success as the monthly guide circulates to state and out of state agencies.
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Monroe
Louisiana Purchase Gardens
Louisiana Tourist Commission
Jack Howard
Humphrey urges delay of MIRV funding in Senate hearing
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey urged Congress to delay all MIRV funding as the nation seeks to limit old weapons. He warned costs could exceed 12 billion dollars and argues MIRV destabilizes arms talks and could upset parity with Soviet forces. He proposed placing MIRV funds in a special Treasury account pending joint approval.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
Humphrey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
U.S
Soviet Union
Treasury
Ilumphrev
House
Helsinki
Finland
United States
White House
Pentagon
Captain Fined At Court-Martial
Captain Thomas Culver was fined $1000 by a U.S. Air Force court martial in Lakenheath England for taking part in an antiwar demonstration at the U.S. Embassy in London on Memorial Day. He faced up to four years in prison loss of pay and a dishonorable discharge but was not jailed.
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Lakenheath
England
U.S
Today's Chuckle A Golf Game Is A Long Walk
A light quip noting that golf is a long walk with bad arithmetic. The joke plays on the distance walked and the math of scores, matching a humorous comic vibe.
Dinner with Murray Police Chief Rewards Good Deeds
Eleven year old Dee Dee DeNiro earned a dinner date with Murray Chief Calvin Gillen and his wife after identifying a burglar. Seventeen year old Tommy Randazzo was invited after rescuing two girls from a flaming car. The pair are among 56 honored in the past year by the Dinner with the Chief program, which also offers theater tickets.
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Murray
Utah
Salt Lake City
Dee Dee DeNiro
Calvin Gillen
Tommy Randazzo
Dee Dee
Tommy
Gillen
Salt Lake
Hundreds Die as Texas Quarantines Horses
Texas imposes a statewide horse quarantine to stem Venezue lan equine encephalomyelitis after hundreds of horse deaths across the region. Rodeos fairs and races are canceled while 50 Rineling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus horses are kept in town as seven Brownsville children are hospitalized with symptoms.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Texas
South America
Mexico
U. S
Rineling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Dallas
FBI arrests teen in extortion at St. Louis airport
FBI announced the capture of an 18 year old St. Louis teen after a bomb threat demand of 30 000 linked to the airport. William R Kammer was seized within six hours of the call as agents prepared a sting with a dummy money package near the Gateway Army ammunition plant.
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ST. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. Luuis
St. Louis International
Wiliam R. Kammer
William A. Sullivan
FBI
Sullivan
J. B. Coulter
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Texas
G. W. Crouch
Brownsville
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Luis Echeverria
Air Force
Rio Grande Valley
Young
Gateway Army Ammunition
West St. Louis
Apollo Crew Rehearses Final Countdown At Cape Kennedy
Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin practiced the final countdown at Cape Kennedy ahead of their July 26 launch. The three boarded Endevour at 5 52 am CDT and 6 30 am EDT countdown prep set for a 5 minus 104 hour mark.
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Cape Kennedy
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James PB. Irwin
Atlantic
Scott
Endeavour
Irwin
Worden
Willard R. Hawkins
Nationwide Telephone Strike Begins After 1968 Pause
About half a million telephone workers walked out nationwide. Picket lines formed from coast to coast at 5 a.m. CDT as automated and supervisory staff kept many calls running. Union leaders warned service could degrade as the two sides remain far apart on pay and spending.
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Washington
UPI
Bell System
Communications Workers of America
At&t
Penty of Peope
Eaders
Hot Weather Predicted In Twin Cities
The Twin Cities expect hot conditions today tonight and Thursday with clear to partly cloudy skies. Highs will reach 94 to 100 degrees and overnight lows 72 to 78. Humid drying conditions with dew points in the upper 60s to low 70s. FAA Monroe Municipal Airport logged 96 degrees Tuesday and 72 this morning with no precipitation.
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Twin Cities
Federal Aviation Agency
Monroe Municipal
State Telephone Workers Join In Work Stoppage
In Louisiana about 10 000 telephone workers were affected by a nationwide Bell strike. In New Orleans 4000 were impacted with picket lines forming after 52 South Central Bell long lines workers quit and Western Electric staff joined. Lafayette saw 800 Bell workers affected and 25 Western Electric workers stopped work. Pickets lined four locations including the downtown office with about 100 sympathizers across from the lines crew.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Bell Telephone System
South Central Bell Telephone Co
Long Lines
Western Electric
Bell
Lafayette
Disease Threat Endangers Louisiana Horses, State Vet Says
Louisiana state veterinarian Dr. Frank Wheeler warns the mosquito borne disease killing horses in Texas and Mexico poses the greatest threat to Louisiana’s 108000 horses. He says immunization efforts face a losing battle due to vaccine access and federal delays. The vaccine, prepared for human use, is cited as proven but unreleased, risking widespread horse losses across racing and pleasure sectors.
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Baton Rouge
Texas
Mexico
Louisiana
Frank Wheeler
Wheeler
Defense Department
Navy to test fast surface effect ships in Puget Sound and Gulf
The Navy plans tests in Puget Sound and the Gulf of Mexico of surface effect ships turbojet powered that skim on a bubble of air. At 100 knots they aim to outrun subs and improve rapid response to crises. Two 100 ton prototypes will be built costing about 15 million dollars each.
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Washington
Jordan
Defense Department
Navy
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Guam
Norfolk
Puget Sound
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
William H. Livingston
Air, Surface and Electronic Warfare Division
Bell Aerospace Corp
Michoud
Aerojet
River Stages Camden Monroe Motorbike For Sale
Want ad item notes a motorbike for sale in Camden Monroe on River Street. The brief indicates a quick sale and urges immediate contact through the News Stor World want ad service.
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Naval Service
P. R. Henry
Apollo
News-Star
Abby
Lowman
van Dellen
Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
Camden Monroe
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