Nixon Soft Answer Highlights GOP Rivalry in 1968 Race
Nixon avoids retaliatory debate with Rockefeller while observers rate Nixon as front runner. Rockefeller pressures for side by side charges and countercharges, citing past city results. Humphrey calls for priority shifts and crime control as McCarthy urges power redistribution to aid Black communities.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
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Nixon
Him
New York
Chicago
Missouri
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
YWCO to Host Two-Week Fun Festival for Children
A two week Fun Festival at the Young Women’s Christian Organization runs Monday 2 to 4 pm featuring games crafts storytimes and short outings. Pam Clark a Northeast Louisiana State College student from West Monroe and Sherry Perry a Jefferson Junior High student from Monroe will conduct activities with about twenty children expected to attend.
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Young Women’s Christian Organization
Pam Clark
Northeast Louisiana State College
West Monroe
Sherry Perry
Jefferson
Monroe
British Haiti plotter denies financing invasion attempt
An aged British millionaire Oswald Brandt and his son Clifford were jailed in Haiti as they faced charges over financing a failed raid against President Francois Duvalier. Brandt denied involvement, saying he did not give money, while prosecutors described a plan involving a B25 bomber and raids on Cap Haitien. Jamaica's foreign ministry sought guidance from Haiti as Clifford Brandt claimed timing in Montreal.
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Oswald Brandt
Brandt
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Caribbean
Bermuda
Bahamas
Clifford
New York
Montreal
Duvalier
Franck Romain
Melbourne
Fla
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Inagua
Romain
Duva
Makes Captain BALBOA C Z Luther L Thomas Promoted
Captain BALBOA C Z Luther L Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs Claude Thomas of Bonita, has been promoted to captain in the U S Air Force. He serves as a communications officer at Albrook AFB in C Z and is a member of the Air Force Communications Service. The captain was commissioned after Officer Training School. A 1960 Bonita High School graduate, he earned a BS in chemistry in 1964 from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.
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Luther L Thomas
Claude Thomas
Bonita
U.S. Air Force
Thomas
Albrook Afb
Air Force Communications Service
Bonita High School
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Morehouse Board Approves Union High Expansion Plans
The Morehouse Parish School Board voted to advertise bids for an addition to Union High School between Mer Rouge and Collinston and approved a grazing lease extension on 440 acres near Mer Rouge. They debated costs and maintenance for a Bastrop language lab and discussed the superintendent's future plans amid calls for executive session. a wartime Tobruk note appears in a separate line.
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Morehouse Parish
Union High School
Met Rouge
Collinston
Vernon White
Mer Rouge
Morehouse Schools
Joe Campbell
Bastrop Hich School
Ann Barham
Campbell
J.T. Higainbotham
T. A. Rogers
Clare Clark
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