West Monroe Youth Involved in Natchez Shootout Curfew Lifted
A curfew in Natchez was lifted after a joint meeting of city and county officials following a downtown riot sparked by a false rumor of a white man killing a Black man. James W. Parrott of West Monroe and a Natchez man were wounded and charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Jack W. Clampant, 18, also of West Monroe, was charged as a material witness. Police say the fray began at a Natchez service station when a gas purchase led to a confrontation, prompting gunfire and ensuing violence downtown.
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Natchez, Miss
Natchez
James W. Parrott
West Monroe
State High Court Dismisses Suit To Remove Judge
The Louisiana Supreme Court dismissed a suit to remove Judge Malcolm V O’Hara of the U.S. District Court in a 6 1 decision. The court said he was guilty of misconduct but not the flagrant extreme misconduct warranting removal. Atty Gen Jack Gremillion said O’Hara helped seek reversal of Hoffa and Zachary Strate convictions. Justice Barham noted improper conduct but not grounds for removal.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Malcolm V O'Hara
U.S. District Court
O'Hara
Jack Gremillion
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
Zachary
Red
Mack E. Barham
Justice Barham
Hurricane Abby Races Inland Touching Florida Coast
Hurricane Abby weakened as it moved inland across Florida after pounding the west coast town of Punta Gorda. Five people were missing and a one year old child died in a flood near Key West. warnings and scaled-down precautions spread statewide as emergency crews tied down essential equipment at the moonport.
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Punta Gorda
Fila
Florida
Moonport
Cane Kennedy
Sete
Abby
Tampa
Arnold Sugg
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Apollo
Marco Beach
Tarpon Springs
Daytona Beach
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay
April Geans
Key ‘West
Johnson seeks Soviet aid for Vietnam peace at Glassboro
President Johnson, delivering remarks at Glassboro State College, urged closer U S Soviet cooperation to move from war to peace in Vietnam. He said the road to peace would be slow but less rocky if the two powers travel part way together, and he cited progress since their Holly Bush summit while inviting more cooperation on global environmental and resource issues.
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Glassboro
N.J
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
United States
Russia
Glassboro State College
Paris
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Hollybush
Harding College honors two Monroe graduates in 240
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes two Monroe residents among Harding College graduates in Searcy Arkansas. Ronald Hugh Killen son of Mr and Mrs Herbert S Killen of 707 McGuire earned a BA in journalism and minor in English. Robert Jimmy Howard son of Mayor and Mrs W L Howard Rt 2 Buckhorn Bend Monroe earned a BA in accounting and business.
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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
Hatten Daughter Heads to Camp Sweeney
Cathy Hatten daughter of West Monroe Mayor W B Hatten leaves for Camp Sweeney in Gainesville Texas for a three week session over the weekend. She will return home after completing the camp stay.
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Cathy Hatten
West Monroe
W. B
Bert” Hatten
Camp Sweeney
Gainesville
Tex
Education Council Bills Cleared for Floor Action in Louisiana
Louisiana Senate Education Committee cleared floor action on two amended measures creating an 18 member coordination council for higher education. The bills, a constitutional amendment and enabling act, set a master plan and oversee two state systems with 13 governor appointed members, three lawmakers, and one each from LSU Board of Supervisors and State Board of Education. Institutions can appeal to the legislature if the council blocks 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
LSU
William Guste Jr
New Orleans
House
French Hope To Get Trains Moving Again
Paris union leaders sought approval of agreements to revive trains and city transit as the Banque de France reopened and hundreds of factories resumed. Transport Minister Chamant said delegates would likely back the deals, with wage raises between 12 and 17 percent and a 3.2 percent raise retroactive to January 1. Train service could restart Wednesday if ratified.
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Paris
Banque de France
Jean Chamant
Chamant
Thce
Argentina's First Heart Transplant Patient Dies at 54
Antonio Enrique Serrano, Argentina's first heart transplant patient, died four days after the operation in Buenos Aires. The 54-year-old salesman had shown progress but never regained consciousness after receiving a heart from a 47-year-old donor who died of a brain hemorrhage. Surgeons faced criticism as six of the world’s 20 heart transplant survivors were reported.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Antonio Enrique Serrano
Serrano
Miguel Bellizzi
Pedro Cossio
Houston
Tex
Paris
London
South Africa
Brazil
Warm Weather Prevails with Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy skies and warm, with widely scattered thundershowers mainly afternoon and evening. Rain chance 30 percent. Selman Field high 87 yesterday, low 70 this morning. Monroe had no rainfall Monday. Today high 86-90, low 66-70. Winds 5 to 15 mph. Delta Agricultural Advisory notes generally good drying, with fair to locally poor early morning showers. Dewpoints in the 60s. moderate to heavy dew tonight, drying by morning.
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Louisiana
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Louisiana Delta
California Primary Nears Clash of Kennedy and McCarthy
California voters faced a pivotal showdown between Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy with New Jersey and South Dakota delegate battles adding to a six state primary day. Nixon and Rockefeller battled for GOP momentum as Humphrey and Lynch sought influence in Democratic delegates. Kennedy and McCarthy traded sharp exchanges over the televised debate as polls showed Kennedy ahead but undecided voters could swing the outcome.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
California
New Jersey
South Dakota
Kennedy
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Democratic Organization
Humphrey
Los Angeles Times
Atty
Thomas Lynch
The
National Broadcasting Co
Lynch
Fresh Red Troops Join Saigon Battle
Viet Cong sent fresh troops into Saigon amid the heaviest shelling yet of the capital district. US sources warned fighting could continue for a while as government forces battled in Gia Dinh and the Cholon district. Marines and rangers led a tank-supported attack, overrunning Viet Cong positions and pushing them back a mile. A major general was named to direct Saigon defense as rockets struck overnight injuring 10 with minor damage.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Independence Palace
Gia Dinh
Cholon
Nguyen van Minh
3Rd Military Corps
Louisiana Senate Approves Four Penal Facilities Plan
The Louisiana Senate unanimously authorized construction of four correctional facilities including a treatment and diagnostic center near the St. Gabriel women's prison site and a juvenile detention home and a first offender institution in the greater New Orleans area, plus rebuilding the women's prison.
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Adrian Duplantier
New Orleans
Louisiana
Women's Prison
St. Gabriel
Mother to child joke about lunch mix up
A lighthearted quip describes a mother telling her young son that if he does not want his food he should not eat it and that she will put it in his father’s lunch tomorrow. The humor hinges on the family luncheon mix up.
Atlantic Find May Be Sunken U-Boat
Divers off Cape Henry report a 250 foot hull upright and embedded on the ocean floor. The long sleek form with sail-like configuration and 20mm mounts matches the IX-C U-548 type. Navy records confirm U-548 was sunk April 30, 1945 by four US warships off Virginia.
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Norfolk, Va
Cape Henry
U.S
Ronald CC. Hall
John Caruso
Caruso
Norfolk
Hall
Virginia
Theda Bassett
Submarine Museum
New London
Conn
Israel Pounds Arab Positions Ahead of War Anniversary
Israeli warplanes pounded Arab artillery sites along the Jordan River as shelling from both sides intensified near the eve of the Arab‑Israeli war’s first anniversary. Reports say civilians were killed and several towns along the river were hit, with thick smoke rising from multiple Arab villages.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Jordan Valley
Pitch
Gilead
Tel El-Arbain
Mrs Howard May Dies Services Set Wednesday
Mrs Natalie Wall May a longtime West Monroe teacher and Ouachita Parish School System member died early today at St. Francis Hospital after a short illness. Funeral services are 2:30 PM Wednesday at Ridge Avenue Baptist Church with burial in Hasley Cemetery. Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe directs. She is survived by her husband Howard May a daughter Glenn Ray grandson two sisters and one grandchild. Body remains at the funeral home until one hour before services.
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Natalie Wall May
West Monroe High School
Ouachita Parish
St. Francis Hospital
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Hasley Cemetery
Kilpatrick Funeral Home of
West Monroe
Howard May
Glenn Ray
Burlington
N.C
Camille Morgan
Brookhaven
Miss
Juanita Hinton
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Associated Press
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