Viet Reds Claim Volunteer Rights
Hanoi Radio, citing the Viet Cong central committee, said North and South Vietnam have the right to unite against the United States and may seek foreign volunteers and aid. The statement decried U.S. actions as colonial aggression, urged South Vietnamese unity, and pledged support from Northern allies, with no confirmed requests for volunteers from abroad.
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Tokyo
North
South Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
Hanoi Radio
Hanoi
Vietnam
Central Committee of the
U.S
Paris
Red China
Soviet Union
le Duc Tho
CBS
Charles Collingwood
North Vietnam
Senate floor action on Northeast Louisiana university status
The Education Committee approved bills to grant university status to Northeast Louisiana State College and five other colleges with an amendment linking a coordinating higher education council. If the council fails, the six colleges auto become universities. Debate centered on meeting criteria and political risk.
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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
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
House
Jesse Knowles
Lake Charles
DeRidder
Western Electric Spends Over 16 Million in Louisiana
The Western Electric Company spent 16.093 million dollars on materials and supplies in 32 Louisiana towns for Southern Bell in 1987. District manager W. E. Whetstone of Monroe noted hundreds of supply and carrier businesses contributed to the total. Western Electric employed nearly 3,000 workers in 1967, paying 17.241 million in wages. The firm manufactures most Bell System equipment and acts as a purchasing agent, also contracting for engineering services and central office equipment installation.
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Western Electric Company
Southern Bell
Louisiana
W. E. Whetstone
Monroe
Western Electric
Bell System
Western
Colombia Leader Backed In Crisis
In Bogota the Senate rejected President Carlos Lleras Restrepo's resignation by 74 to 31, keeping him in office as a political crisis deepens. Rebel Liberal senators oppose the president s reforms but back him while rioting erupts at the University of Bogota and clashes spread, with injuries reported as authorities accuse rioters of Maoist and Castro influence.
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Bogota
Colombia
Carlos Lleras Restrepo
Senate
Lleras
Lieras
University of
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Congress
Oscar J. Haynes Funeral Held in Monroe Church
Funeral services for Oscar J. Haynes of 207 South 24th Street Monroe a World War I veteran who died Friday were conducted at 2 p.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church Full military rites were given at Richwood Memorial Gardens Berg Jones Lane under Miller Funeral Home Monroe Survivors include widow Corean Cooper Haynes two brothers Cornelious and Willie Haynes a sister Fannie Hodge Fresno California and numerous cousins.
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Oscar J. Haynes
S. 24Th St
Monroe
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Richwood Memorial Gardens
Berg Jones Lane
Miller Funeral Home of
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 starting at 1 p.m. in Forsythe Park under the Bayou Kennel Club of Monroe. Entries close at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. judges are Myna Johnson and Laly Mae Jones of Shreveport. Only AKC registered dogs may enter. the event is open to the public with no charge.
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Forsythe Park
Bayou Kennel Club
Monroe
Myna Johnson
Laly Mae Jones
Shreveport
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