Passman and 4 Others Balk At Token Aid Cuts
Washington AP A divided House Appropriations panel recommended a modest 200 127 600 cut in foreign aid for the new fiscal year reducing total to 3 316 572 400. Passman led a minority seeking a 509 000 cut but refused to present the bill to the full committee signaling plans for a bigger fight on the House floor.
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House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Passman
George W. Andrews
D-Ala
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
William E. Minshall
Ohio
Rep. J. Vaughan Gary
D-Va
Congress
Young Train Victim Dies
In Los Angeles a 13 year old boy named Walter E Felder died after a freight train incident. He fell while jumping between cars and lost limbs. A five man surgical team treated him for 62 hours and he received 32 pints of blood products before death.
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Los Angeles
Walter E. Felder
Dirksen Seeks Republican Unity Behind Presidential Nominee
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen urged unity behind the party’s San Francisco nominee and hinted at pressuring defectors to stay loyal. He compared political leverage to an oil can over a bat, aiming to win more votes by persuasion. Dirksen declined to forecast Pennsylvanian Gov. Scranton’s bid, expressing grave doubts about his headway.
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San Francisco
Senate
Johnson
Dirksen
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Illinois
Scranton
Final June meeting of Louis Daniel High Twelve at Frances Hotel
The final June meeting of Louis Daniel High Twelve will be held at noon Friday at the Frances Hotel. Plans for the state convention on Sept 12 at the Frances Hotel will be mapped. A H Edmonds, secretary treasurer, said invitations were sent to West Monroe and Harry M L amet clubs. Jerry Stovall, West Monroe football player, spoke to Monroe Kiwanis about his St. Louis Cardinals experiences and pro contract details.
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West Monroe
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LSU
Miss New Orleans pageant heats up for title
Beaux ties from New Orleans compete tonight to win Miss New Orleans and earn a spot in the Miss Louisiana Pageant next month. Other briefs note tobacco label rules facing court challenges, Barry Goldwater urging Lodge to address Viet Nam policy, and a fight tied to desegregation efforts at St Augustine Beach with two arrests.
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New Orleans
UPI
Tucson
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
Henry Cabot Lodge
Viet Nam
Eisenhower backs Johnson foreign aid push request
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower endorses President Johnsons request for a 3.5 billion dollar foreign aid program, signaling prominent political support for the administration policy.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
Southwestern guard Dean Church named Gulf States Athlete of the Year
Lafayette Louisiana AP reports Dean Church a 21 year old junior guard from the University of Southwestern Louisiana is named Gulf States Conference Athlete of the Year by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
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Lafayette
Louisiana Sports Writers Association
Dean Church
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Johnson orders 200 Marines search for missing civil rights workers
President Johnson ordered 200 Marines to join the search near Philadelphia Mississippi for three missing civil rights workers. Eight helicopters join FBI agents, federal marshals and state troopers in the intensified effort. The youths vanished Sunday night and a fire damaged wagon was found near a swamp, with Johnson stressing a cooperative, armed search only for reconnaissance.
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Washington
Johnson
Mississippi
George E. Reedy
White House
Philadelphia
Miss
Meridian
Reedy
Defense Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Summer Starts Out With Bang For Old Roger
Roger Varney a 10 year old in Marion Ohio ends school vacation with a summer of mishaps after three weeks of freedom. He has been bitten by a dog suffered a rope burn fractured an arm biked falls chipped two front teeth scraped his stomach and chipped two toes. Poison ivy infection covers both knees. Doctors advise the Varney family to keep Roger in the kennel and away from the dog.
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Marion
Ohio
Roger Varney
Varney
Roger
Sunshine and light winds forecast for Louisiana region
Sun shines with 5 to 15 mph winds today and Friday, aiding evaporation in drier areas of northeast Louisiana. Highs expected around 90 to 94 degrees, with overnight lows 68 to 72. Wednesday’s high reached 92, low 65.
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Louisiana
Turkish Cypriots reject Grivas offer amid rising tensions
Turkish Cypriot vice president Fazil Kuchuk asked the United Nations to rule if Lt General George Grivas presence breaches a Security Council resolution. Turkish Cypriots rejected Grivas friendship offer, preferring resistance to Greek domination. Grivas met President Makarios and visited Nicosia Prison where EOKA followers were executed. UN officials hoped Grivas presence might ease tensions amid arms smuggling concerns and a boycott of Makarios government by Turkish Cypriots.
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Fazil Kuchuk
United Nations Today
George Grivas
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Makarios
EOKA
Kuchuk
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Turkey
Britain
U.N
Prem Singh Gyani
Galo Plaza
Hoffa Fraud Case Hit By Judge's Acquittal Hint
CHICAGO AP The government’s fraud and conspiracy case against James R. Hoffa suffered a setback when Judge Richard B. Austin indicated prosecutors must prove a crime. After six and a half weeks and 10 000 documents, the judge said there is no evidence of misrepresentation and signaled acquittal on two counts. The eight defendants allegedly arranged more than 20 million in real estate loans from the Teamsters pension fund over four years and diverted over 1 million for personal use. The trial was described as a morass and swamp by the judge following FBI accountant testimony.
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Marriages Rise in United States by Nearly Five Percent
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co reports last year saw a marriage increase of nearly five percent, the sharpest rise in over a decade, marking a notable shift in demographics and social trends.
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United States
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
McKeithen to Lead All-Out Tidelands Negotiations
Louisiana Governor McKeithen pledged an all-out effort beginning Saturday to negotiate tidelands with federal officials. He also expressed doubts on REA under PSC, and signaled potential amendments to workmen's compensation and objections to a new academic scholarship program while planning to consult Sen. Russell Long and Reps. Boggs and Willis for tidelands guidance.
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John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Tidelands
McKeithen
Public Service Commission
U.S
Russell Long
Hale Boggs
Edwin Willis
Department of Americanism
Supt. of Education
Shelby M. Jackson
deLesseps Morrison
Jackson
Americanism Department
Civil Rights Bill Moves to House After Senate Approval
The News-Star carries the full Civil Rights bill approved by the Senate starting on page 6-0. It moves to the House for concurrence with Senate amendments before heading to President Johnson for signature. Editorials on Four-A critique Supreme Court rulings and Red aid program in the Johnson administration.
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News-Star
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Johnson
David Lawrence
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Fulton Lewis
Eclipsing Moon Missed by Most on East Coast
Widespread cloud cover kept the total lunar eclipse largely unseen from the East Coast while a partial view occurred across the Midwest and West. In Pittsburgh observers saw a brief glimpse. officials cite volcanic dust from Bali as a cause. The eclipse began at 8 16 p m EDT and lasted 1 hour 41 minutes as the moon traversed Earth’s shadow.
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UPI
East Coast
Midwest
West
New England
Washington
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Arthur L. Draper
Buhi Planetarium
South Pacific
Bali
Thomas D. Nicholson
American Museum-Hayden Planetarium
Johnson orders shakeup in Viet mission
Washington AP President Johnson pushes to strengthen the U.S. mission in Saigon amid South Viet Nam crisis. Lodge resigns early, Gen Maxwell D. Taylor becomes ambassador with U Alexis Johnson as deputy ambassador, Gen Westmoreland already in place, and a new economic aid director expected. The overhaul aims to turn the war around and boost leadership and training amid political upheavals.
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Johnson
South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Nguyen Khanh
Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. Alexis Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
Paul D. Harkins
U.S. Economic Assistance
Black Robber Strikes Twice in City in 30 Minutes
Police say a pot-bellied Black man robbed a suburban drug store of about $20 then, using a city freeway link, fled downtown to a liquor store and took about $200. Identifications matched in both holdups, which occurred within half an hour.
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Shreveport
UPS
Chuckle about compliment misread as a joke remark
A social gathering prompt leads to a quip about a woman being called a million dollars. The punchline suggests the remark may imply she is green and wrinkled rather than wealthy, playing on miscommunication at a social event.
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