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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1967

Page

2

Sinai War Scrambles Across the Desert as Israeli Sweep Advances

AP dispatch describes Sinai battlefields littered with burned tanks and wrecked equipment from Gaza to the Suez Canal. Israeli troops bury dead, ration water, and confront fleeing Egyptian soldiers and refugees in Kantara amid debates on tank performance and discipline.

Suez Canal Sinai Desert Gaza Strip Sinai Peninsula Gaza Canal Sinai el Arish Clay Meridan Kantara West Bank

Producers Lose Legal Fight On Oil and Gas Leases

Four oil and gas producers known as the CATCO group lost their bid against a Federal Power Commission ruling requiring FPC authorization to sell offshore Louisiana leaseholds. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case, leaving a lower court ruling in place. The leases cover about 10 000 acres in the Ship Shoal area, with costs over 11 million dollars and potential yields of 533 billion cubic feet of gas and 12 244 898 barrels of oil in a proposed deal with Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.

Washington Federal Power Commission FPC Louisiana Catco Group Supreme Court CATCO Continental Oil Tidewater Oil Atlantic Richfield Cities Services United States

Supreme Court's 1966 67 Term Broad In Scope

The term covered wide ground. It backed police powers while strengthening rights of suspects and defendants, protected civil rights, limited libel damages, and opposed obscenity convictions. It mandated juvenile due process, banned discrimination in housing, and expanded rights in state prosecutions including speedy trials and line up counsel.

Washington Supreme Court New York State Communist Party South California Martin Luther King Jr Tallahassee Fla New York

Woman Arrested In Drug Probe

Federal agents arrested 36 year old Shirly Mae Williams in New Orleans for illegal possession of narcotics. Officers intercepted a heroin delivery valued around $10,000, delivered in 12,000 bags, with Williams scheduled to arraign before U. S. Commissioner Fritz Windhorst. Authorities had surveilled the Williams residence five days expecting the shipment from New York. James R. Bland led the FBI narcotics effort.

New Orleans UPI Shirly Mae Williams U. S Fritz Windhorst Williams New York James R. Bland Federal Bureau of Narcotics

Presbyterians reaffirm push toward Presbyterian Reformed merger

In Bristol, Tenn the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S approved moving toward a merger with the Reformed Church in America. If final drafts pass the two denominations could form a new church with over one million members. The vote was 405 to 16 with next steps due to be presented next year.

Bristol, Tenn General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S Reformed Church In America General Assembly General Synod of the Reformed Church

Public Figures Face Shared Rule Across Officials and Individuals

The rule applies not only to public officials but also to individuals regarded as public figures, extending accountability in coverage and comment across both groups.

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