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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1967
Page
3
Governor John McKeithen said Louisianans are not worried about Senator Russell Long defending Senator Thomas Dodd. He argued Long may be hurt temporarily, but not in Louisiana, and noted a recent thaw in their political relationship.
Lynda Bird Johnson attended a Toledo Restaurant farewell for her boyfriend George Hamilton with about 200 guests. Hamilton heads to Spain for days to celebrate the FE Drugstore opening by Oscar Molinari.
Maj. Gen. Carl Darnell Jr. warned that last week's hydrogen bomb explosion by Red China requires stronger U S defense. He, head of the Fifth Region, promised major decisions to bolster air defense against possible Soviet or Chinese attacks and noted the proposed anti missile system could have wide future effects.
Durban local Frank Rattray reeled in a leopard shark at La Lucia Beach. The shark, also called the zebra shark, was later found swimming at Centenary Aquarium, believed to be the only such species in captivity. The leopard shark is described as sluggish and harmless to humans, feeding on crustaceans and molluscs.
Charles Ward chief assistant to New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison is set to testify before a Nassau County grand jury probing a purported 100 million gambling syndicate. Ward will appear with law enforcement officers from Miami and New Orleans as the case widens.
Tenney Brooks, 67, died at Charity Hospital after a truck struck him on May 16 in New Orleans. The Orleans Parish coroner classified Saturday’s death as a traffic fatality, the 35th in the city this year.
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