Johnson Urges U N Peace Drive At San Francisco Convocation
President Johnson marked the U N's 20th birthday in San Francisco urging nations to form an alliance for man to combat poverty the arms race and population growth. He called for rapid peacekeeping forces and international cooperation to curb war and danger worldwide.
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San Francisco
Johnson
United Nations
U.N
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
United States
84 Servicemen Die In EL Toro Jet Crash
A Military Air Transport Service jet carrying Marines bound for Okinawa crashed 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles. All 84 aboard were killed. The four engine Boeing C135 struck a ridge top, exploded, and burned, scattering bodies and wreckage over a half mile. Marines from El Toro recovered remains as fires raged in the hills.
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EL Toro
Calif
Military Air Transport Service
Okinawa
Here
Far East
Boeing
18Th Air Transport Squadron
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Arkansas Soldier Executed in Viet Cong Reprisal
Hanoi radio cited the Viet Cong executing U S Army sergeant Harold George Bennett 25 of Perryville Ark in reprisal for South Vietnamese executions of Red terrorists The broadcast warned more Americans would pay for blood debts and noted additional U S casualties in the region including one missing and six wounded Bennett was captured December 29 during the battle of Binh Gia and associated advisory team member Pvt Charles E Crafts was missing after the same action
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi Radio
U.S
Liberation Armed Forces
Viet Cong
Hanoi
Harold George Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Bennett
Pauline H. Bennett
Binh Gia
33Rd
Ranger
Binh Gin
Charles E. Crafts
North Jay
Maine
Louisiana to take tidelands case to Supreme Court
Gov. John J. McKeithen said Louisiana will ask the U S Supreme Court to fix the coastline for a tidelands settlement. He cited a three mile offshore line from a prior ruling and noted the need to determine the exact coastline to authorize an outer limit and obtain about 800 million dollars in escrow funds. Dr. Paul Hebert will present the case with support from top officials and parish leaders. The administration weighed delaying funds and signaled a careful approach after sessions with other states. A decision on withdrawing 30 million from escrow will come later.
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McKeithen
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Oilrich Gulf
Paul Hebert
Louisiana State University School of Law
High Court
Hebert
Jack
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Pittsburgh
Bossier Okays School Mix Plan
The Bossier Parish School Board approved a plan to desegregate its public school system next fall. The 1st and 12th grades of District 13 would be affected this year with parish-wide desegregation to begin in 1966-67, and three timetable options for full integration by 1968-71. Judge Dawnkins had ordered submission by Monday using court guidelines.
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Benton, la
Bossier Parish
Bossier City
U.S. Dist
Ben C. Dawkins Jr
Birthday party for News-Star printer Sprat Cockerham
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes Jack Sprat Cockerham, a News-Star printer, was honored with a birthday party by co workers who kept his age private. The piece mentions his cake and a festive mood. The Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe hosted visitors traveling west en route to the Baptist World Alliance in Miami Beach, Florida.
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Jack (Sprat) Cockerham
the News-Star
Jack
Sprat
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Monroe
Louisiana
Baptist World Alliance
Miami Beach
Fla
BWA
U.S. Condemns Viet Cong Reprisal Murder Claim
Washington said the reported Viet Cong killing of an American serviceman is a wanton act of murder and expressed serious concern for American citizens. Hanoi reported Harold George Bennett was executed in reprisal for Red terrorists. Officials warned such acts could threaten other Americans.
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Washington
State Department
Hanoi
Robert J. McCloskey
Harold George Bennett
Saigon
McCloskey
Suit Dismissed Over Multiple State Offices Claim
Three St. Landry Parish taxpayers had sued Crowley City Judge Edmund Reggie to stop him from holding more than one state office at a time. The district court dismissed the suit on Thursday.
McKeithen Prods for Louisiana Atom Smasher Site
Governor John McKeithen said he will travel to Washington to press for locating the world’s largest atom smasher in Louisiana. He outlined plans to meet with Louisiana lawmakers and federal officials to secure the $280 million proton accelerator for the state amid competing sites in St. Tammany and Livingston parishes along Lake Pontchartrain. Hebert will present Louisiana’s tidal-coastline case to the Supreme Court as the state seeks a three-mile offshore boundary and potential access to escrow funds and offshore revenues.
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St. Tammany
Livingston
McKeithen
Paul M. Hebert
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
Widow Reacts To Viet Nam Soldier’s Execution
Perryville Arkansas residents react to Hanoi radio report announcing the execution of U S Army Sgt Harold G Bennett 25 in reprisal for Viet Nam actions. Pauline Bennett expresses shock as she recalls raising a large family and notes two sons serving abroad.
Young Officer Convicted in Vietnam War Dispute
Lt. Richard B. Steinke, 27, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was found guilty by a U.S. Army general court martial board in Okinawa of refusing to join a Special Forces counterguerrilla unit in South Vietnam last January. He argued he disagreed with U.S. policy and said the war is not worth one American life. The board, led by Col. John Beebe, deliberated under an hour.
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Naha
Okinawa
Richard B. Steinke
Milwaukee
Wis
South Viet Nam
West Point
U.S
Viet Nam
John Beebe
Los Angeles
Local Showers Forecast in Twin Cities Through Saturday
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the Twin Cities through Saturday. Rain may affect up to 60 percent of the area with total monthly precipitation reaching 72 inches. Temperatures will rise to about 87 to 93 by day and 68 to 74 at night. Thursdays high was 90 and the overnight low 71. Winds vary 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin Cities
Faa Selman Field
Panic on Brooklyn Bridge Tramples 12 Dead in 1883 Opening
The World Almanac reports a panic on the Brooklyn Bridge a week after its 1883 opening left twelve people dead and many injured in a chaotic stampede.
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Brooklyn Bridge
The
World Almanac
Terrorist Act Declared Worst in Saigon
In Saigon Vietnam a devastating bombing at the My Canh restaurant on the Saigon River left a ruinous scene with shattered decks, bodies, and mangled victims. Witnesses described chaos as medics struggled to aid the wounded amid slow ambulance response and the grim aftermath.
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Saigon
My Canh
Saigon bombing kills many Americans and Vietnamese
In Saigon a dual blast rocked the My Canh floating restaurant on the Sai gon River killing at least 23 people and injuring over 100. Police said 17 dead were Caucasians, most likely Americans, with many others from Vietnam and Europe. Authorities feared higher casualties as the night crowd was dense. The first blast appeared from a claymore mine on the bank, a second from a bicycle bomb nearby. Investigators suspected pre planted devices timed for dinner hour on a weekend night. The attack stunned Saigon as officials reported no arrests and described the area as heavily trafficked by foreigners and wealthy locals.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Riverside
U.S
My Canh
Explosion at Melrose shopping center levels block
A powerful blast ripped through a new Main Street shopping center in Melrose Mass early today causing extensive fire and destruction. Police reported no injuries but nearby hospital emergency alerts were issued. A nearby resident described a store as “nothing but a hole in the ground” as several shops and half a First National building were left in rubble.
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Melrose
Mass
Main Street
Melrose-Wakefield Hospital
Donald J. Young
First National Store
Garrison Demands Schiro Testimony in Bielosh Case
District Attorney Jim Garrison seeks sworn testimony from New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro over the Bielosh investigation. Garrison accuses police use for political ends and public letters list 21 questions about Giarrusso, the probe, and possible political influence.
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New Orleans
Bielosh
Dist
Jim Garrison
Victor Schiro
Garrison
Schiro
Tion
Joseph Giarrusso
Giarrusso
Clarence Bielosh
Pershing
Gervais
Nicholas Macheen
Civil Service Commission
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Bossier
Pauline Bennett
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