Monroe City School Board Approves Federal Funds Plan
The Monroe City School Board voted to apply for a $407,000 Title I allocation for the upcoming school year. Funds would cover a media center costing $80,000 to $100,000 and creation of a new position, director of federal programs, with centralized media center planning pending Wells and Parker architectural firm drafting.
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Monroe City
Supt
van Dodom
Wells and Parker
Odom
State Education Department
Derwood Cann
ESEA
Ouachita Parish
Three Killed As Blast Rips Textile Plant
A pre-dawn explosion at the Utica Mohawk textile plant in Clemson South Carolina killed three men and injured nine. Victims Edward Whitman George Matthis and Samuel Cobb all lived in Seneca. Fire crews battled a roaring blaze as emergency teams treated the injured and searched debris for additional casualties. The blast damaged the finishing room and caused a 100-foot ceiling to collapse. damage estimates were not available.
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Clemson
S. C
Utica-Mohawk
J. P. Stevens & Co
Oconee County
Raymond Williams
Edward W Whitman
George Matthis
Samuel Cobb
Seneca
Oconee County Memorial Hospital
Williams
South Carolina
Abby Becomes Hurricane Aims At Tampa Bay Area
Tropical storm Abby intensified into a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and tracked toward Florida’s Tampa Bay area with top winds near 75 mph. Forecasters warned of 75 to 80 mph squalls and heavy rain as Abby crossed the peninsula, then headed toward Daytona Beach. Schools closed in the Keys. Cuba reported evacuations and damage as Abby crossed the western tip of the island.
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Miami
Fla
Abby
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Florida
Daytona Beach
Neil Frank
National Hurricane Center
Tampa Bay
Florida Peninsula
Atlantic
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Robert H. Simpson
The
Hurricane Center
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Isle of Pines
U.S
Florida Keys
Gulf
Cape Kennedy
Keys
Coconut Palms
Northwestern State professor Bonnette earns LSU doctorate
Allen R. Bonnette associate professor of health and physical education at Northwestern State College was awarded his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University. A Northwestern faculty member since 1963, he previously coached basketball at Neville High School during the 1952-53 term and hails from Natchitoches.
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Allen R. Bonnette
Northwestern State College
Louisiana State University
Bonnette
Northwestern
Neville High School
Natchitoches
Memorial Day Mishaps Claim 20 Lives in Louisiana
A Memorial Day period in Louisiana saw 20 fatalities across accidents. The count includes 11 traffic deaths, three boating, three industrial, plus a drowning, a house fire, and a fatal shooting. Notable cases involved William Mann and his brother, a West Monroe teenager, a Plaquemine Parish death, and a fatalities tally from crashes near Slidell Eunice and Bossier City.
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Louisiana
Associated Press
Jefferson Parish
Plaquemine Parish
Connie Collete
Burns
Edward Larradain
New Orleans
Slidell
Michael Mugnier
Mandeville
Eunice
Rose David
Charlene
Ricky
Missouri Pacific
Bossier City
Lucille Madden
Wayne Michel
Gramercy
Baton Rouge
St. Amant
Anthony Michel Jr
Older Workers Win Federal Protection Next Week
Washington AP reports a new law protecting ages 40 to 65 from employment discrimination takes effect June 12. It bars employers unions and agencies from hiring firing paying lower wages or giving unequal benefits based on age, with exemptions for genuine seniority plans and pensions.
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Washington
Labor Department
Congress
Johnson
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
High-Ranking Hanoi Envoy To Join Talks
Le Duc Tho, a top North Vietnamese official, arrived in Paris to join peace talks and said the second phase could begin without delay if the United States halts bombing. He urged Washington to drop its obstinate attitude and noted talks have stalled for three weeks due to US actions.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Tho
Xuan Thuy
W. Averell Harriman Tho
Partly cloudy skies with scattered showers forecast
Skies vary from cloudy to partly clear across the north west and southeast. Areas in Northeast Louisiana expect scattered showers and thundershowers this afternoon with high temperatures 80 to 86 and lows around 66 to 72. Dewpoints in the 60s, 40 to 50 percent sunshine, and a 40 percent chance of measurable rain in the afternoons.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Chuckle on the Worst Reducing Pill
A humorous line notes the worst kind of reducing pill is one that keeps telling how he did it, poking fun at boastful self promotion and lingering explanations.
McKeithen Reverses Tax Plan Calls September Session
Louisiana Governor McKeithen abandoned his $125 million tax package and announced a September special session to craft new revenue measures. He urged an austerity period, called for a salary moratorium, and warned lawmakers to study and formulate a viable plan with broad state support.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
John McKeithen
House
John Garrett
C. C. Avcock
McKeithen
Riots in Belgrade as Yugoslav students clash with police
In Belgrade Yugoslav students tried to breach police lines blocking an antigovernment protest parade. Fierce fighting renewed night-long riots sent ambulances rushing to the riverbank area as clashes continued near Belgrade University.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sava
Belgrade University
Fatal Saigon rocket strike wipes out city officials
U S probing a fatal Saigon rocket incident that killed six top Saigon officials and wounded several others including the mayor. The blast struck as officials observed Viet Cong holdouts in Cholon. The attack, amid 10 days of fighting, shook U S Viet Nam relations and prompted a full investigation. The killed included Col Pho Quoc Chu and Col Nguyen Van Luan, among others. wounded included Saigon mayor and police chiefs.
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Saigon
U.S
Cholon
Pho Quoc Chu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Luan
le Ngoc Tru
Sth
Mai Nguyen Ngoc Xinh
National Police
Nguyen Bao Thuy
River Stage Readings Reported at Camden Monroe
River stage measurements show Camden at 2 percent, Monroe at 40 with stage 441. Flood present and rising with a 2 point change. No listed stage for other locations.
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Camden
Monroe
Supreme Court bars death by hanging jury ruling
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a death sentence cannot be imposed by a jury excluding jurors with conscientious or religious scruples against capital punishment. Justice Stewart noted the ruling underscores that capital punishment cannot be imposed by a "hanging jury" and that Illinois did not probe whether excluded jurors would consistently oppose death. Dissenters Black and Douglas criticized the decision, while other justices debated related civil rights and open housing issues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewerrt
Willam €. Witherspoon
Hugo Black
William O. Douglas
Jet lands at Kennedy after hitting pier at La Guardia
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 1727 jet with 102 aboard struck a pier at La Guardia during approach, lifted off, and diverted to Kennedy. Forty four persons were reported injured, most with minor injuries treated at airport facilities. The aircraft then landed with gear problems, skidded 5000 feet along the runway, and stopped in the sand near the runway edge.
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New York
Trans World Airlines
la Guardia
Kennedy Airport
Polee
TWA
Cincinnati
Bowery Bay
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