Solons Question Probe as Soviets Endanger Venus Study
Sir Bernard Lovell warned that Soviet Venus probes risk contaminating Venus and jeopardizing future biological assessment. Venus 2 passed within 14 900 miles and Venus 3 landed, following prior Mars and Moon attempts, with launches dating from last November.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Big Radio Observatory
Venus
Bernard
Sir Bernard
Earth
Tass
Mars
Space
Soviet Union
Losses Mount In New Viet Cong Battles Across Vietnam
U S air cavalry and Vietnamese troops decimate a Viet Cong company in Bong Son sector while Marines and Vietnamese forces clash with the Viet Cong 1st Regiment north of Hue. Government forces report 390 Viet Cong killed across eight days of fighting with hundreds of weapons seized and dozens captured.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Bong Son
Hue
South Viet Nam
North Viet Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
South China Sea
Quang Tri City
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
New Life
Vo Dat
State Business Gains Eight Percent During January
Louisiana business activity rose 8 percent in January from a year earlier, with petroleum production up 13.1 percent and industrial electric power use up 10.3 percent. Freight carloadings dipped 0.2 percent. December remained higher.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Louisiana State University College of Administration
LBJ seeks major federal aid for health education and nutrition
President Johnson asks Congress for a broad cradle to old age health and education program to aid poor children and the elderly. He urges funds for school nutrition and meal programs, plus grants for health services, manpower training, and hospital and medical education expansion. A committee on mental retardation is proposed and a four year extension of elementary and secondary education law with higher family income limits.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
Former resident to visit Monroe and Bastrop week of March 7
Mrs. Weimar H. Wilson, formerly of Monroe and Bastrop and once a St. Joseph's Catholic Church communicant, now lives in Zwolle Louisiana, plans a visit to the area during March 7 to 12 to renew old acquaintances in both towns.
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Monroe
Bastrop
Weimar H. Wilson
Zwolle
Wilson
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Four planets larger than Earth in the solar system
The text notes that Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune exceed Earth in size. It lists four gas giants as bigger than our planet, highlighting their dominance in planetary dimensions.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Earth
House Heads For Vote On Viet War Bill
The House moves toward approving a 4.8 billion Viet Nam military supply bill. Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield vows to kill any policy rider and may wait on a counterproposal from Senator Russell. President Johnson is expected to see rapid action on related appropriation bills as 75 Democrats back the funding with caveats on limiting military expansion.
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Washington
House
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Mansfield
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Montana
John W. McCormack
Johnson
Morse
Asia
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
McCormack
House Appropriations Committee
Viet Nam
Schools In Area Ruled Ineligible For Federal Aid
Washington AP reports hearing examiners ruled two Louisiana school boards, Catahoula and Lincoln Parish, ineligible for federal aid for noncompliance with Civil Rights Act provisions. Final termination awaits Education Commissioner and Welfare Secretary approval plus 30 day Congress notice.
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Washington
Louisiana
Welfare Department
Catahoula
Lincoln Parish
Commissioner of Education
Secretary of Welfare
Congress
State Driver License Chief Resigns Amid Scandal
H Lee Arledge was named temporary administrator of the State Drivers License Division after Preston A Richardson resigned under fire. An inquiry by the New Orleans States Item alleged irregularities in handling licenses for drunken driving convictions and misuse of a state car. The case may go to the Code of Ethics Commission or Civil Service Commission, with no immediate action planned.
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Baton Rouge
Department of Public Safety
H. Lee Arledge
Richardson
Preston A. Richardson
Public Safety
Thomas D. Burbank
Burbank
New Orleans
Clinton
Code of Ethics Commission
John McKeithen
Civil Service Commission
McKeithen
March Returns With Mild Weather In Twin Cities
March opened with calm skies and warm readings as highs near 64 to 70 across the region. Increasing cloudiness is forecast for Wednesday with little temperature change, and lows tonight should dip to the 40s to 46. The Twin Cities recorded a high of 57 and a low of 32 on Monday.
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Twin Cities
Gibbs Commends Road Admission in West Monroe Jonesboro Controversy
Rep Lawrence Gibbs praised highway board member James W Moore admitting the West Monroe Jonesboro area was mistreated over a road project delay Gibbs urged action to ease the conditions Roy Snider of Green Snider contractor said the firm bears no responsibility for administration decisions and noted the challenge of concurrent dirt fill and road construction while Moore blamed misletting and the Davis administration
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Jonesboro Road
Lawrence Gibbs
Fifth District Highway Board
James W. Moore
West Monroe
Jonesboro
Gibbs
Moore
Davis
Highway Commission
West Monroe-Jonesboro
Delhi
Roy Snider
Green & Snider
Bawcomville
Snider
Truman Green
Green-Snider
Two Convicted For Kidnaping Of 13 Year Old Boy
In Tacoma Washington a jury found Tilford Baker and Dean Allen Bromley guilty of first degree kidnaping in the abduction of 13 year old Charles Hyde III. James Evans was convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnaping with a maximum 10 year sentence. Hyde was taken while waiting for a school bus on November 17 and released nine hours later after a ransom of 45000 dollars was paid.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Hyde III
Tilford Baker
Dean Allen Bromley
James Evans
Hyde
Pentagon seeks first male nurse draft for Army Navy
Washington AP reports the Pentagon requested 900 male nurses for military service beginning in April nine hundred men may be impossible to recruit due to shortages of qualified applicants. The plan also asks for a draft of 2 496 doctors with deployment likely outside Viet Nam.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense
Army
Navy
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Europe
U.S
Republicans seek immediate investigation of draft system
Thirty Republican House members called for swift inquiry into the draft claiming a haphazard process and red tape delay. They urged congressional scrutiny of administration recruitment efforts, arguing Defense and Selective Service mismanage manpower and deferments, with hearings planned on induction authority.
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Washington (Ap
U.S
Southeast Asia
Defense Department
House Armed Services Committee
Selective Service
Congress
Johnson Appeals Again To Hanoi For Peace Talks
President Johnson urged North Viet Nam to negotiate peace during a White House ceremony marking the Peace Corps fifth anniversary. He pledged a vast reconstruction program and said the United States would abide by the outcome, calling for free elections in South Viet Nam and a peaceful path forward.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
White House
Peace Corps
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Woman fears mouse but faces wolf with grit
A humorous line contrasts scare reactions showing a woman who is terrified by a mouse yet prepared to take chances with a wolf, highlighting audacious resolve in a playful mood.
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