Hurricane Abby Strikes Florida Gulf Coast Town
Hurricane Abby moved ashore at Punta Gorda Florida with gale winds and two foot tides as warnings extended statewide. The storm prompted flight of people and a child died in Key West while a rocket and space program equipment were secured against winds.
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Punta Gorda
Fla
Florida
Cane Kennady
Abby
Tampa
Arnold Sugg
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Moonport
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Marco Beach
Tarpona Springs
Daytona Beach
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay
April Geans
Key West
Westmoreland Backed by Senate Committee as Army Chief
General William Westmoreland, recently returned from Vietnam command, won unanimous Senate Armed Services Committee support after testimony on his nomination to be Army Chief of Staff. SAP Wirephoto
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Wiliam Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Senate Armed Services Committee
SAP
West Monroe Youth in Natchez Shoot-Out Sparks Curfew Lift
A curfew covering Sunday and Monday nights was lifted after a joint Natchez aldermen and county supervisors meeting. James W. Parrott of West Monroe and a Natchez man were wounded in a late Saturday shooting at a Natchez service station following a rumor of a white man killing a Negro. Both men posted $2,000 bond on assault with intent to kill charges. Jack W. Clampant, 18, also from West Monroe, faced a witness charge.
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Natchez, Miss
Natchez
James W. Parrott
West Monroe
State High Court Dismisses Suit To Remove Judge
The Louisiana Supreme Court 6-1 ruled Judge Malcolm V. O'Hara of U.S. District Court acted improperly but not to the level required for removal. Atty. Gen. Jack Gremillion had charged involvement in efforts to reverse convictions of James R. Hoffa and Zachary Strate. Justice Barham noted attempts to obtain wiretap evidence to aid a felon.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Malcolm V. O'Hara
U.S. District Court
O’hara
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Zachary ‘Red”’ Strate
Mack E. Barham
O'Hara
Justice Barham
Johnson asks Soviets aid for Vietnam peace effort
President Johnson, speaking at Glassboro State College, urged closer US-Soviet cooperation to move from war to peace in Vietnam. He noted limited progress in Paris talks, praised recent cooperation since Holly Bush summit, and urged joint study of environment and global resources as a path to a stronger peace.
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Gulassboro
NUT
Inhacon
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
United States
Russia
Johnson
Glassboro State College
Paris
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Hollybush
Harding College graduates from Monroe residents
Ronald Hugh Killen and Robert Jimmy Howard, both Monroe residents, graduated with B A degrees from Harding College in Searcy Arkansas. Killen earned journalism and English minor, while Howard completed accounting and business. Cathy Hatten heads to Camp Sweeney in Gainesville Texas for a three week session.
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Monroe
Ronald Hugh Killen
Robert Jimmy Howard
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Killen
Herbert S. Killen
McGuire
Howard
W. L. Howard
Rt. 2
Buckhorn Bend
Bills On Education Council Approved
Senate Education Committee clears the way for floor action on coordinating higher education through an 18 member Louisiana coordination council. Amendments expand membership, add appeal rights to the legislature, and outline powers over new degree programs amid controversy with the Board of Education and Alumni Council.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Louisiana Coordination Council
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
State Board of Education
Louisiana Alumni Council
State Board
LSU
William Guste Jr
New Orleans
House
French Hope To Get Trains Moving Again
Paris reports show union leaders seeking approval of deals to restart trains and Paris buses and subways as government and Cha mentan negotiate. Banque de France resumes, factories reopen, coal miners return. transport hinges on mail deliveries and ratification with wage gains for railway workers.
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Paris
Banque de France
Jean Chamant
Chamant
Argentina’s first heart transplant patient dies at 54
Antonio Enrique Serrano, 54, Argentina’s first heart transplant patient, died four days after the operation. He received a heart from a 47 year old donor who died of a brain hemorrhage. Six survivors remain from the world total of 20 heart transplants.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Antonio Enrique Serrano
Serrano
Miguel Bellizzi
Pedro Cossio
Houston
Tex
Paris
London
South Africa
Brazil
Warm Weather Prevails in Northeast Louisiana
Partly cloudy and warm weather continues through tonight and Wednesday in Northeast Louisiana with widely scattered thundershowers mainly in the afternoon and evening. Rain chances run about 30 percent. Selman Field reported 87 yesterday and 70 this morning. Monroe had no rain Monday. Highs today expected 86 to 90, overnight 66 to 70. Winds variable 5 to 15 mph. Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory notes generally good drying conditions.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Louisiana Delta
California Primary Sees Close Democratic Race and GOP Stand
In California the Democratic contest pits Kennedy against McCarthy with Lynch leading a delegate slate while Humphrey enjoys downstream support. Republicans see Nixon planning a new campaign and Rockefeller predicting victory as GOP convention prep unfolds.
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McCarthy
New Jersey
Kennedy
Humphrey
South Dakota
Alabama
Mississippi
Montana
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles Times
Thomas C. Lynch
The
National Broadcasting Co
Lynch
Fresh Red Troops Join Saigon Battle
Viet Cong sent fresh troops into Saigon amid the heaviest shelling of the capital to date as government forces pressed offensives in Gia Dinh and Cholon. U.S. sources noted infiltrating Viet Cong cells in civilian clothes and a major defense reorganization appointed Major General Nguyen Van Minh to oversee Saigon’s defense.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Independence Palace
Gia Dinh
Cholon
U.S
Nguyen van Minh
Ard
Louisiana Senate OKs four penal facilities plan
The Louisiana Senate voted unanimously to authorize construction of four correctional facilities. The package includes a treatment and diagnostic center near the St. Gabriel women's prison, a juvenile detention home and a first offender institution in the New Orleans area, and rebuilding the existing women’s prison.
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Louisiana Senate Today
Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Louisiana
St. Gabriel
Mother Teases Son Over Lunch Row
A playful exchange in a family scene has a mother telling her young son that if he does not want the food he should not eat it, then pokes fun by noting the father’s lunch surprise for tomorrow.
Atlantic Find May Be Sunken U-Boat
A hulk found off Cape Henry by divers searching for the missing submarine Scorpion may be the German U-548. The IX C type sub, about 240 feet long, was sunk by U.S. warships April 30, 1945. Divers from Sunbird found the 250 foot-long hulk 70 miles ENE of Cape Henry at 180 feet depth, upright and partly embedded on the sea floor.
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Norfolk, Va
Cape Henry
U.S
Pargo
Ronald C. Hall
John Caruso
Caruso
Norfolk
Hall
Virginia
Theda Bassett
Unclear fragment notes wartime scene and dates
Fragmentary text references U S warships April 30 1945 and a 20mm gun with mentions of U-348 destruction, heavy dew, and TV fronts. Content is incoherent but hints at a World War II naval event and aftermath.
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U.S
Israeli Air Strikes Hit Arab Positions Near Jordan Frontier
Israeli warplanes bombarded Arab artillery sites along the River Jordan on the eve of the Arab Israeli anniversary. Mortars and tanks fired across frontier lines as smoke rose from several villages. Israeli sources said civilians were killed and others wounded in border farm settlements, with further shelling reported along the river.
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Tre Aviv
Jordan
Tseaeh
Sea of Galilee
Tel Aviv
Jordan Valley
Gilead Mountains
Tel Fl-Arbain
Mrs Howard May Dies at West Monroe
Mrs Natalie Wall May a longtime West Monroe High School teacher and Ouachita Parish School System member died today in St Francis Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services are at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church with Kilpatrick Funeral Home in charge. Burial follows at Hasje y Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Howard May one daughter Mrs Glenn Ray Burling ton DC two sisters Mrs Camille Morgan Brookhaven MS and Mrs Juanita Hinton West Monroe and one granddaughter. The body lies in state at the funeral home until one hour before services then proceeds to the church.
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Cathy Hatten
West Monroe
W. B. ‘Bert’? Hatten
Camp Sweeney
Gainesville
Tex
Natalie Wall May
West Monroe High School
Ouachita Parish
St. Francis Hospital
Howard Mas
Glenn Ray
Burlington, D.C
Camille Morgan
Brookhaven
Miss
Juanita Hinton
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