Viet Cong claims right to call for volunteers across Vietnam
Hanoi Radio quoted the Viet Cong central committee saying the Vietnamese people have the right to unite against the United States and to welcome foreign volunteers and aid. The statement urged South Vietnamese forces to press momentum of victory and rejected U S peace talks claims as misleading. Le Duc Tho told CBS that progress at Paris depends on U S cutoff of war actions and reciprocity.
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Tokyo
Viet Cong
North
South Vietnam
United States
Hanoi Radio
Hanoi
Vietnam
Central Committee of the
U.S
Paris
China
Soviet Union
le Duc Tho
CBS
Charles Collingwood
North Vietnam
Senate floor action due on Northeast university bill fate
The Education Committee approved a measure granting university status to Northeast Louisiana State College and five other colleges with an amendment making the final decision belong to a coordinating council on higher education. If the council fails to act or fails to secure a November majority, the six colleges auto become universities. Also approved were plans for a 2 year DeRidder college and a study of a junior college system.
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News-Star Capital Bureau
Baton Rouge
Senate
Northeast Louisiana State College
Education Committee
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Coordinating Council
House Education Committee
Northeast
Tech
Northwestern
Southeastern
McNeese
Francis T. Nicholls
Fred Eagan
New Orleans
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
House
Jesse Knowles
Lake Charles
DeRidder
Southern Bell Expended Over $16 Million Here
Western Electric, the manufacturing and supply unit of Southern Bell, spent more than 16 million dollars on materials in Louisiana in 1967. W E Whetstone, Southern Bell district manager in Monroe, said hundreds of supply and carrier businesses in 32 towns sold 16,093,000 dollars worth of materials to Western Electric. In 1967 Western Electric paid nearly 3,000 employees 17,241,000 dollars in wages. Western Electric manufactures most Bell System equipment and acts as purchasing agent for other supplies and equipment. It also contracts for engineering services and installs central office equipment.
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Western Electric Company
Southern Bell
Louisiana
W. E. Whetstone
Monroe
Western Electric
Bell System
Western
Colombia Leader Resists Resignation in Political Crisis
In Bogota the Colombian Senate kept President Carlos Lleras Restrepo in office by a 74 to 31 vote amid a deep political crisis. Rebels oppose reforms, riots erupt at the University of Bogota, and army tanks patrol campuses as Lleras faces pressure to win congressional backing for his reform agenda.
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Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Lieras Restrepo
Senate
Lieras
Lleras
Congress
Oscar J. Haynes Funeral Held in Monroe
Funeral services for Oscar J. Haynes of 207 South 24th Street Monroe were held at Tabernacle Baptist Church at 2 p.m. He was a World War II veteran who died Friday after a long illness. Military rites were conducted at Richwood Memorial Gardens by Miller Funeral Home. Survivors include his widow Corean Cooper Haynes two brothers Cornelious and Willie Haynes a sister Fannie Hodge of Fresno California and a number of cousins.
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Oscar J. Haynes
S. 24Th St
Monroe
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Richwood Memorial Gardens
Berg Jones Lane
Miller Funeral Home
Corean Cooper Haynes
Cornelious and
Willie Haynes
Fannie Hodge
Fresno
Calif
Match Dog Show Slated Sunday
An American Kennel Club sanctioned B Match Dog Show will be held Sunday at Forsythe Park beginning at 1 p.m. Entries are due by 12:30 p.m. Judging will be by Myna Johnson and Laly Mae Jones, both of Shreveport, and only AKC registered dogs may compete. The event is open to the public with no entry fee.
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Forsythe Park
Bayou Kennel Club
Monroe
Myna Johnson
Laly Mae Jones
Shreveport
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