Two 17-Year-Old Girls Found Dead In Pearl River
New Orleans coroner reports Joyce Ellen Galloway and Patricia Ann Purcell died after savage blows. Fractured skulls and scalp lacerations noted. bodies decomposed, hindering cause of death. Watch stopped at 3 10. fingerprint lifted from Galloway’s wristwatch. Investigators dredged river bottom for clues as officers pursue leads on the heinous crime.
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Joyce Ellen Galloway
Eft
Patricia Purcell
New Orleans
Pearl River
St. Tammany Parish
Patricia Ann Purcell
Gulf Coast
U.S. Highway 11
Miss Purcell
George Broom
Broom
Miss Galloway
Viet Cong Attack Slays Civilians in Mekong Delta
Communist guerrillas struck two hamlets near Can Tho before dawn killing or wounding many villagers and militiamen. U S pilots reported multiple MIGs destroyed north of Hanoi while intensive air operations targeted supply routes in Quang Tri and Kep base.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Delta
Can Tho
U.S
North Vietnam
Tan An
Dragon
Pleiku
1St Corps
U.S. Air Force
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
South Command
Kep
River Stage Readings By Location With Fall Change
River gauges show Monroe at 40 with 5 feet fall and Camden at 26 with 2.1 feet fall. Stage changes indicate ongoing flooding risk in both locations.
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Monroe
Camden
Lillyman Named to Two IA C M Committees
William B Lillyman Monroe Civic Center director appears twice in The Bulletin the IA concert managers official publication. He is appointed to Cooperative Booking and Licensing Rights committees. Francis Yeldell leaves for Penn State summer stock to act as wardrobe mistress for the University of Pennsylvania company in University Park.
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Bulletin
The
International Association of Concert Managers
William B. Lillyman
Monroe’s
Houston, Tex
Lillyman
Association — Cooperative Booking and Licensing Rights
Pennsylvania State University
Monroe Theatre
Francis Yeldell
K Street
Francis
University Company
University Park
Liberty torpedoed ship reaches Malta harbor after attack
The 11,000 ton US Navy destroyer Liberty limped into Malta with a torpedo hole and multiple shell strikes on her starboard side. Twenty four crewmen are presumed dead and nine bodies, plus wounded, were transferred to the carrier America as the ship heads to dry dock for recovery efforts. The Davis and Papago escorted her from the eastern Mediterranean after being hit off Tel Aviv while aiding embassies in the war zone.
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Liberty
Valletta
Malta
Mediterranean
America
Davis
Papago
Tel Aviv
Ohio riot damages surpass one million in Cincinnati
Police backed by National Guardsmen restored order after two nights of rioting that damaged more than 1 million in stores, autos, and property. Fire destroyed the Modern Laundry building and the Seybold Paper Co. warehouse as gangs looted and threw stones at firefighters.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Jacob Schott
Walton Bachrach
Bachrach
Walnut Hills
Seybold Paper Co
Dodd Defends Senate Integrity Amid Ethics Probe
Senate debate centers on Thomas Dodd's defense against ethics charges after a 14 month inquiry found he converted 116083 dollars of political funds for personal use and double billed travel expenses. Dodd denies wrongdoing and blames sloppy bookkeeping by former aide Michael O Hare.
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Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Senate
Bipartisan Committee
Michael V. O’hare
O’hare
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Terry Golden
Soviet Premier Kosygin Likely to Visit U N over Middle East
Moscow reports say Kosygin and possibly Brezhnev and Podgorny may travel to the United Nations to argue against Israel as Arab leaders push for a world summit on the Middle East. The Kremlin resists taking a broader military role, focusing on diplomacy. Boumediene met Soviet leaders in Moscow seeking military support for another round against Israel.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Alexei N. Kosygin
United Nations
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Houari Boumediene
Algeria
Hot Weather Outlook for Twin Cities and Area
Forecasters predict clear to partly cloudy skies with high temperatures from 88 to 94 in Monroe today and Thursday. East to southeast winds at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight’s lows forecast 68 to 74 with continued hot conditions.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Ruling Clears Policeman In Tampa Death
The Florida State Attorney ruled Patrolman James R. Calvert justifiable in the back shooting death of Martin Chambers a 19 year old Negro, sparking fears of renewed violence and NAACP reactions while Tampa sees a late night wave of fires and looting.
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Tampa
Fla
Paul Antinori
NAACP
Robert Gilder
Gilder
James R. Calvert
Martin Chambers
Antinori
Chambers
Calvert
Florida
War Prisoners Exchange Due
The International Red Cross announced an initial prisoner exchange between Israel and Egypt for 50 wounded prisoners. The plan targets Nicosia Cyprus for the exchange on Thursday with a DC4 plane on standby. Israel has listed 700 Egyptian soldiers, while Egypt has named nine Israeli pilots so far.
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Geneva
International Red Cross
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Red Cross
Nicosia
Cyprus
Orleans Ships Idled By Strike In New Orleans
In New Orleans the Merchant Marine officers walked out against all American flags ships except military cargo loads. About twelve vessels were landlocked. Captain Hank Stegall, Local 15 president, said the AFL CIO union wired East and Gulf Coast locals to start the walkout at once.
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New Orleans
Hank Stegall
International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots
Afl-Cio
New York
Gulf
U.S. Mariner 5 Launch Heads Toward Venus
America races Mariner 5 to Venus to study clouds and atmospheric conditions. The 540 pound spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy on an Atlas Agena booster, aiming to reveal radiation, temperature, and density data without a camera.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Mariner 5
Venus
Soviet Union
U.S
Mariner
Allen E. Wolfe
The
Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Wolfe
Mississippi Negro Refuses Induction Oath
In Jackson Mississippi Morris C Davis a Negro man refused to take the oath of induction into the armed forces to protest segregated draft boards. Maj George C Johnson notified U S attorneys and draft boards of the refusal and Davis spoke with newsmen after leaving the examining station. NAACP field secretary Charles Evers said Davis telephoned him with the decision and had urged Negro youths to refuse induction pending desegregation.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Evers
Davis
Teen arson suspect arrested after Bronx taxi blast
In New York a teen was arrested after a Bronx cab garage fire that burned 19 people, seven critically. Manuel Soltero, 18, was charged with arson as investigators probe a deliberate match throw into leaking gas.
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New York
Bronx
Manuel Soltero
Soltero
Ann
Paul
Puerto Rico
James Paul
Salvatore Patrissi
Benjamin Fisher
John Horan
Horan
Subpoena Issued for Rev. Johnson in JFK Probe
Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison subpoenaed Rev. Clyde Johnson of Kentwood La to appear for questioning in the JFK assassination investigation. Johnson is ordered to report to Garrison's office at 10 a.m. Thursday. The probe links Clay Shaw to a plot involving Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie in New Orleans in fall 1963.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Louisiana
John F. Kennedy
Clyde Johnson
Kentwood
Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Kennedy
Dallas
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
New Short Skirt Doodles Up Window Charm
A dress shop window joke proclaims The new short skirt is a mini splendor thing. The lighthearted display adds whimsy to a street scene as shoppers pause to smile at the pun.
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Junior
Sis
News- Story-World
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Thomas J. Dodd
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