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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1969
Page
2
Thai infantrymen backed by U.S. air and artillery fought a 500-man Viet Cong force twenty miles east of Saigon. Officials said 212 Viet Cong were killed in six hours while Thai losses were six dead and seven wounded. No U.S. casualties were reported.
The Associated Press reports nine deaths from Louisiana weekend accidents eight from traffic. Individuals include Patsy Dover 20 Morgan City presumed drowned near Lake Pontchartrain. Howard Led Smallwood 27 Westlake killed in Lafayette area. Mouton Phillips 31 and Gindy Sanders 13 Dallas killed near Delhi. Mrs Bertie Tubbs 71 Canton Mississippi struck near Monroe. Viola Cambas 56 and Gabriel LeBlanc 58 New Orleans in a Baton Rouge south crash. Mauricio Rios 16 New Orleans a car passenger. Mark Ponsetti 15 Metairie drowned near Dauphin Island Alabama during a Gulf swim amid a lightning storm. The report also covers combat actions in Southeast Asia with Viet Cong attacks and U S forces repelling them.
Sen. James O. Eastland told the Mississippi Broadcasters Association that some 5th Circuit judges seek higher posts through ultra liberal rulings. He cited desegregation plan rejections and warned of a growing private school system if trends continue. He urged more conservative judges for upcoming vacancies.
In Pasadena two Mariner spacecraft, launched in February and March, are over three quarters of the journey to Mars to assess its habitability. Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 will swing by Mars in late July and early August, about 60 million miles from Earth, with ultraviolet spectrometry revealing atmospheric clues to potential life.
Montagebau Hamburg announced a world record time to erect a seven story office building in two days 17 hours 4 minutes and 23 seconds The foundation stone was laid at 9 a m Friday Two 30 man crews worked in 12 hour shifts to raise the structure exterior finished at 2 41 a m today Interior work was ongoing including decoration A spokesman admitted uncertainty about any prior record and who set it
The Ford Foundation announces new actions to reduce poverty among farmers and small ranchers in the South and Southwest. A northern New Mexico and southern Colorado project will boost profits for small cattle producers and create markets for marginal grain growers, helping poor residents in small towns share in increased productivity. Pompidou led last year’s student and labor strikes and organized a Gaullist campaign that delivered the largest party majority in the French National Assembly.
Georges Pompidou, after 25 years in De Gaulle's shadow, won the French presidency with 57.78 percent of votes amid 31 percent abstention. Jacques Chaban-Delmas is expected to be named premier, continuing liberal reforms and broader government inclusion.
Betty Nelson of Castor, Bienville Parish, won the 1969 Louisiana Chick-N Que finals held June 3 in Baton Rouge. She received a championship trophy and $45 in premium money from Sears store official Doug Mullins. Judges included LSU poultry professor Dr W A Johnson and home economists Chris Thomas and Dianne Atkins.
Funeral services are pending for Pfc. John B. Parker 19 West Monroe killed in action in Vietnam June 11 Kilpatrick Funeral Home handles arrangements burial with full military honors Survivors include widow Gladys Parker an infant son Donald Wayne Parker his mother Leola Claunch Monroe his father Millard Parker West Monroe a brother Bobby Ray Parker and sisters Shirley Knight Bonnie Jean Walls Lisa Parker paternal grandmother Gracie Parker of Hebert Parker attended Rayville and Monroe schools had been in Vietnam since September 1968
Former peace negotiator Cyrus R. Vance urged the United States to press for a standstill cease-fire in Vietnam to speed a settlement. He said a cease-fire would advance peace even if rejected, and noted it aligns with a five point program by the National Committee for a Political Settlement in Vietnam.
Conservationists from three states told the Interstate Oil Compact Commission that Alaska's potential gas resources greatly exceed prior estimates. A report cites 400 trillion cubic feet of potential Alaska supply, far above March estimates of 287 trillion cubic feet for proved domestic reserves. Richard J. Murdy of New York highlighted the difference as Alaska’s deposits dwarf current figures.
Ambassador-elect Robert G. Ellsworth arrived at Zaventem Airport to assume duties as the United States rep to the North Atlantic Council. He lauded Georges Pompidou's French presidential win, calling it a substantial victory, and noted U.S.–French relations warming under the new regime. Ellsworth, a former Kansas congressman, succeeds Harlan Cleveland.
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