McKeithen Targeted in Murder Plot Amid Labor Probe
REYKJAVIK AP reports NATO foreign ministers condemn East German pressure on West Berlin and pledge to keep access routes open. The article notes Czechoslovakia seeks Western aid and may liquidate debt to Moscow. In Baton Rouge, Gov. John McKeithen learns of a murder contract linked to the state labor management probe and receives added security as investigations yield charges.
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France
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Soviet Union
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Moscow
Russia
Prague
Europe
Thomas D Burbank
Tade
McKeithen
Polie
Labor Management Commission of Inquiry
FBI
John McKeithen
Baton Rouge
Labor Management Commission
Resurrection City Shanties Being Razed in DC
Government workers began demolishing the Poor People Campaign shantytown in Resurrection City as police stripped the area of last week’s unrest. A mule train moved from Virginia to SCLC headquarters, escorted by police, while 400 workers dismantled shelters and stored belongings for owners. Local police, National Guardsmen and federal troops managed flare ups, with Mayor Washington to decide on curfews and bans on guns liquor and gasoline.
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Poor People
Resurrection City
Poor People's Campaign
Virginia
Potomac River
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
4Th
SCLC
Lincoln Memoral
D.C
Walter E. Washington
Hunt Abandoned For Mississippi Drowning Victim
Junior Leroy Moore 27 of Vicksburg drowned when the fishing boat capsized near Palmyra Island on the Tensas Madison Parish line. Moore's companion William D. McCaskell was rescued as searchers from Madison Tensas Concordia Parish and Adams County scoured the river all day but abandoned after concluding the body likely carried downstream.
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Tallulah
Mississippi
Junior Leroy Moore
Vicksburg
Miss. Moore
William D. McCaskell
Jackson
Miss
McCaskell
Madison
Tensas
Concordia Parishes
Adams County
Palmyra Island
Madison Parish
Moore
Government Big Enough To Give All, Big Enough To Take All
Quote attributed to an unnamed source warning that expansive government power can grant broad benefits yet seize private rights and resources. The remark cautions against overreach and urges vigilance on public policy limits.
Four Reds Slain In Korea Battles
In Seoul on the Korean War anniversary four North Korean infiltrators were killed in two early clashes 322 miles south of the DMZ. South Korean and allied observers noted no SC casualties.SHOT. The incident accompanies ceremonies as President Park Chung-hee urged unity and continued economic programs against Communist threats while Choi Kyu-hah warned of North Korean aims to take over by force.
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Demilitarized Zone
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
South Vietnam
Choi Kyuhah
North Korea
Korea
U.S
North Vietnam
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
United States
Asia
Welcome In for Miss America 1968 Debra Barnes drawn
Area residents are reminded to join the Welcome-In at Monroe Municipal Airport at 7 25 p m today for Debra Dene Barnes Miss America 1968. Monroe Jaycees sponsor the event to greet the national beauty queen in the Twin Cities ahead of her appearances in the Miss Louisiana Pageant Wednesday and Thursday nights.
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Debra Dene Barnes
Monroe
Monroe Jaycees
Twin Cities
Monroe welcomes Martin Murphy new resident from Meridian
Martin Murphy of 403 Blanks St in Monroe recently returned from a vacation in Meridian Mississippi. He notes the trip was enjoyable and looks forward to future vacations, describing them as a welcome return after a good trip.
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Meridian
Miss
Martin Murphy
Blanks St
Monroe
Martin
River Stage Readouts Show Falls Across Locations
Flood stage readings indicate declines at Camden and Monroe locations with present levels around 26 144 and 439.4 respectively. The change shows a 1.2 unit fall, signaling easing river conditions in the observed stretches.
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Camden
Monroe
Johnson Pushes Federal Gun Registration Plan
President Johnson called for nationwide federal gun registration and licensing of all privately owned firearms, citing a need to curb gun violence. The proposal, expected to be followed by specific bills, drew mixed reaction in Congress with criticism from Rep. Sikes and support from Sen. Tydings who backed tighter controls.
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Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
Sikes
National Rifle Association
L. Mendell
Rivers
Ds.c
Howard W. Pollack
Alaska
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
Soviets Bar Airport Meet By Americans
Soviet officials blocked the acting head of the American Embassy from meeting U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson at the airport in Moscow. The incident marks the third clash in aVietnam era exchange over airport access as Washington seeks to improve relations with President Johnson pushing diplomacy and tradeoffs.
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Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
United States
Soviet Union
Thompson
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Kennedy
New York
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
U.N. General Assembly
City proclaims Judge Harper Day on his 75th birthday
Monroe City Council honored retired City Judge W. M. Harper by proclaiming Wednesday as Judge Will M. Harper Day. Harper, who served as municipal judge from 1928 to his retirement last year, appeared with his wife as Mayor W. L. Howard read a resolution and led in Happy Birthday.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
Will M. Harper
William L. Crowe
Harper
Warm and Moist Northeast Louisiana Forecast
The forecast for Northeast Louisiana calls for warm weather with partly cloudy skies and scattered mainly afternoon thundershowers. Thursday may see more thundershowers and a cooler turn. At Monroe Municipal Airport the high Monday reached 85 and the low 76. Rainfall of 0.40 inch was recorded in Monroe Monday. Today's highs expected 86 to 92 with overnight 70 to 76 and southerly winds of 8 to 18 mph.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Five Helicopters Crash Near Saigon Killing Dozens
Nineteen American and sixteen Thai soldiers died in five helicopter crashes around Saigon as allied forces pressed a drive against Viet Cong forces. A ninth division sweep later found 46 enemy dead with 19 weapons. the worst crash involved Thai and American crews in poor weather near Nha Be River.
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Saigon
U.S
Amercan
Thailand
Queen’s Cobra
9Th
Fog Delays Hit Kennedy Airport Traffic
Heavy fog closed Kennedy Airport for about an hour halting takeoffs and landings with zero visibility. Flights resumed around 9 30 a m as some arrivals were diverted to Logan Boston and LaGuardia New York delaying operations at LaGuardia as well.
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New York
Kennedy Airport
Logan
Boston
la Guardia
West Carroll Voters Approve Library Tax Plan
West Carroll Parish voters approve a three mill levy to establish a parish library. Of 499 property owners, 300 favored the proposal totaling 959 729.99 while 199 opposed with 529 700 in assessments. State demonstration unit valued at about 100 000 will be used for one year before local funding vote. Jurors also approve next year tax levy on the same schedule.
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Oak Grove
West Carroll Parish
West Carroll
Research Urged On Sonic Booms
A subcommittee of the National Academy of Science urges urgent research on sonic booms from a proposed commercial SST. They warn psychological effects could be discouraging and call for designs that reduce overland boom impact, plus studies on sleep and effects on sensitive groups.
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Washington
National Academy of Science
Raymond A. Bauer
Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration
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