U S May Avoid Mideast War Role
The United States seeks to avoid direct military involvement in the Arab-Israeli war as U N Security Council calls for a cease fire. Officials debate neutrality and non belligerent labels while Israel and Arab states reassess relations and U S stance under President Johnson.
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U.N. Security Council
Middle East
United States
Johnson
State Department
Israel
Isr
Ael
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.S
United Nations
White House
Dean Rusk
Former Teacher Hopes to Solve Earhart Mystery Flight
Ann Arbor based former teacher Ann Pellegreno plans a five week around the world flight in a Lockheed Electra to mirror Amelia Earhart’s route. The voyage includes stops in South America Africa India New Guinea and Howland Island with Col. William Payne navigator and Lee Koepke mechanic. Pellegreno aims to prove Earhart did not crash in the Marshall Islands and to demonstrate a possible Howland route timing July 2.
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Amelia Earhart
California
Ann Pellegreno
Saline
Miss Earhart
Pacific
Pellegreno
Oakland
Calif
Lee Koepke
Marshall Islands
Howland
Bond Vote Ends Studies In Tents Calipatria High School to Get Buildings
Calipatria Calif AP voters approved a 1.3 million bond by 578 to 164. The grant funds a 944 400 building complex on the old high school site after four months of tent study for 325 students. The project ends the wind blown classroom era and will provide regular structures.
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Calipatria
Calif
Calipatria High School
Roosevelt Loses Runoff in Miami Beach May 196X
Elliott Roosevelt loses the Miami Beach mayoral runoff to Jay Dermer. Dermer, 37, born to a restaurant owner, becomes mayor after a May 16 primary trimmed the field. With all precincts counted, Dermer has 10 364 votes to Roosevelt's 8 289. absentee ballots remaining are under 600. Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, had aimed only at Miami Beach office.
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Jay Dermer
Dermer
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami Beach Bar Association
Melvin Richard
Monroe Youth Injured in Roadside Crash
An 18-year-old Monroe youth received minor injuries after his vehicle wheels sank into a soft shoulder causing the car to slide into a deep ditch on Louberta Street near Canary Street. Henry L. Kirkendorf of 107 North 18th Street reported the incident. He was treated at St. Francis Hospital Tuesday afternoon.
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Mideast War Echoes From Bible Times and Today
The piece links ancient Israelite conquests to modern conflicts in the Middle East led by Moshe Dayan. It notes the 1956 Suez Crisis and ongoing clashes with Egypt, framing the issue as real estate over Palestine and highlighting fears of a global war involving the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. It also mocks Egyptian assertions of U S and British planes striking Egyptian targets during the crisis.
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National Guard In Louisiana To Be Strengthened
NEW ORLEANS AP The head of Louisiana's Army National Guard says the Louisiana Guard will be strengthened by a proposed reorganization. The plan would cut 75 units to 54 but raise overall authorized strength from 7 725 to 7 783 and keep new units at 90 to 100 percent full strength rather than 50 percent. An increase in authorized equipment is expected.
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Louisiana
Army National Guard
Louisiana Guard
Erben W. Wise
Butane blast levels trailer home injures Arkansas man
Buddy Fendley, about 40, sustained second and third degree burns to his face chest and arms after a butane gas explosion ignited at a McGehee Arkansas trailer. H. J. Harper, also 40, helped rush Fendley to St. Francis Hospital and was treated for burns. The 60 foot trailer burned on Bosco Lane as Ouachita Parish firefighters fought flames hindered by leaking kerosene from nearby drums. The trailer was valued around $2,500 and another trailer nearby was saved.
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Buddy Fendley
St. Francis Hospital
H. J. Harper
Fendley
U.S. 165
Bosco Lane
Ouachita Parish
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Quachia Parish
Defense plans new Army units awaiting stationing details
Wise said a reorganization is necessary and plans to propose new Army units, but details on unit names and locations are not yet ready. He noted consent from congressional committees and both the Defense Department and Army, making adoption likely.
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Wise
Department of Defense
Department of the Army
Neighborhood Youth Corps operates in Ouachita Parish summer program
A federal Neighborhood Youth Corps summer program shows 180 youths ages 16 to 21 working or slated to work in Ouachita Parish with about 50 in Monroe and West Monroe. Total 673 are scheduled across Ouachita and neighboring parishes, paid 1.25 dollars an hour for non profit or government jobs, with applications at the Louisiana State Employment Service.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Leader Visits LBJ at White House
Leslie Fry national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars met with President Johnson at the White House. A VFW spokesman said Fry conferred Tuesday with the President and Secretary of State Dean Rusk and pledged support for the administration positions in Vietnam and the Middle East.
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