Nine Prisoners Escape From Gretna Jail
New Orleans AP reports nine prisoners escaped from Jefferson Parish jail in Gretna. Two recaptured. two believed cornered under Huey P. Long bridge. Escape via hacksawed bars and a brick wall. Several suspects still at large including Thornburgh Vaucier Delhaye Shearer Swartz Jones and others. Sheriff Fitzgerald said most escaped two at a time.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Parish
Gretna
John G
Jack) Fitzgerald
Westwego
Harold E. McChristian
Texas
Floyd Allen Roberts
Harahan
William Kenneth Thornburgh
Harris J. Vaucier
Grand Isle
Robert Wayne Dilton
Chef _Nenteur
Harold T. Delhaye
Dennie W. Shearer
San Pedro
Calif
Door Blows Off C130 During Flight Near Knoxville
A crew member was sucked from a C130 Hercules at 19,000 feet when a door flew off near Knoxville Tennessee. The craft landed at McGhee Tyson Air Force Base after an emergency approach with eight aboard. another crewmember was pulled back inside. No injuries reported initially. The incident occurred 32 miles east of Knoxville and four miles east of Gatlinburg.
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Knoxville
Sewart Public Information Office
Gatlinburg
German Skiers Die In Snowslide Near Innsbruck
Five West German skiers and their Austrian guide were killed in a snowslide Monday on a glacier flank of Mt Wildspitze near Innsbruck. Fifteen Germans were caught in the avalanche. ten freed themselves despite injuries. The event followed a crash near the same region that killed 83 aboard a British airliner on Saturday.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Mt. Wildspitze
Judge Replaced In Dallas Ruby Murder Trial
A substitute judge J Frank Wilson began presiding over Jack Ruby murder case in Dallas after Melvin Belli objected to Wilson standing in for Judge Joe B Brown who was ill. The German U S debate also opened with France demanding Communist China admission to the WHO and to the U N General Assembly, signaling a shift in stance.
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Tex
J. Frank Wilson
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Melvin M. Belli
Belli
Wilson
Joe B. Brown
Brown
WHO
Red China
China
U.N. General Assembly
France
Aujaleu
State Voters Start Trek For Balloting
Louisiana voters headed to the polls to end months of campaigning led by Republican Charlton Lyons trying to upset Democrat John J. McKeithen for governor. Polls opened at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. with a record turnout expected though not heavy this morning. McKeithen, a 45‑year‑old attorney from Columbia, is favored as Democrats have long controlled state politics. Lyons, a 69-year-old Shreveport oil man, campaigned from Cameron to Caddo and responded to television questions last night.
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Louisiana
Charlton Lyons
John J. McKeithen
Monroe
McKeithen
deLesseps S. Morrison
Columbia
Lyons
Shreveport
Cameron
Caddo
British Labour Leader Wilson backs Britain's Cuba stance
Washington AP Harold Wilson leader of the British Labour party voiced strong support for the British government's split with the United States over Cuba and Red China. He spoke after meeting President Johnson and warned Labour would not retreat on these policies if elected. He cautioned against U.S. shipping boycotts and noted potential talks in Washington on broader issues including nuclear weapons.
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Labor Party
Harold Wilson
United States
Cuba
Red China
Wilson
Johnson
Britain
U.S
South Africa
West Monroe Junior High hosts chicken spaghetti supper
The West Monroe Junior High School sets a Friday 5 to 7 p.m. chicken spaghetti supper in the cafeteria with dine in and take home plates. Proceeds fund new basketball uniforms for the school team.
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West Monroe
Five Twin Cities Nurses Tending National AAMA Beat
Five registered nurses from the Twin Cities are at tending a national American organization assignment. Their work supports national health outreach and clinical care across multiple states, reflecting a coordinated nurse staffing effort and professional service.
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Twin Cities
Villarrica eruption wipes out Chile town Conaripe
AP reports an early Monday eruption of Villarrica volcano near Conaripe triggered avalanches that devastated the town and threatened a 60 mile area. Police confirmed seven deaths, while other reports claimed up to 25, with many residents missing and 80 percent of buildings destroyed.
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Santiago
Chile
Conaripe
Villarrica
Weather forecast: cloudy and mild day
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with a high in the low 70s. Tonight and Wednesday expect mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers and a few thundershowers, and a low around the mid-50s.
AWOL Marine Admits Wiping Out Family
Police say 19 year old AWOL Marine Michael Lee Gambrill admitted killing his father Everett Gambrill 49, mother Eileen 46, and sister Anna Belle 13 at Decatur Illinois. He was picked up near Boynton Beach Florida after a nationwide alert. Gambrill stated he had run away from San Diego Marine Recruit Depot due to not being able to eat or sleep. He abandoned the family car in Fort Pierce Florida and then traveled south along U S 1.
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Boynton Beach
Fla
Decatur
Michael Lee Gambrill
U.S. 1
South Florida
William R. Hamilton
Gambrill
Hamilton
San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Fort Pierce
James May
Everett Gambrill
Eileen
Anna Belle
May
Gambrills
Cowboy Hurt In Bull Toss
In Baton Rouge a Louisiana State University rodeo drew thousands as Alexandria cowboy Jim Whiddon was carried from the arena on a stretcher after attempting to ride a bucking bull. He suffered facial lacerations but was not seriously hurt, though he wrestled to stay seated before the gate opened.
Bossie In The Well Rescued In Cambridge
A cow named Bossie was pulled from a 38 foot well in Cambridge with an auto wrecker. Farmer Robert Hunter treated Bossie with penicillin and whiskey after the ordeal.
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Cambridge, Ul
UPI
Bossie
Robert Hunter
General Election Turnout Bursts in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish voters flocked to polls in heavier than usual numbers for a general election. A News-Star poll suggested about 30 percent of registered voters had cast ballots by 11:30 a.m. with Republicans Lyons, Democrat McKeithen, and States Rightist Williams as gubernatorial choices. Local precinct tallies varied, with ward three reporting 274 votes out of 981, and other wards showing lighter or moderate turnout amid statewide activity.
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Shreveport
Lyons
Alexandria
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Luffey
Judge Reprimands Hoffa For Yelling In Court Hallway
In Chattanooga, federal Judge Frank Wilson publicly reprimanded James R. Hoffa for shouting in the corridors outside the courtroom during his jury tampering trial. The judge warned Hoffa to stop the extremely loud arguments in and out of the courtroom as the jury was being prepared for deliberation.
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Hoffa
Chattanooga, Tenn
James R. Hoffa
Dist
Frank Wilson
Teamsters Union
Missing Americans numbered by Tracers Co of America
Every year about one million Americans are classified as missing according to the Tracers Co of America. The statistic highlights the scale of unexplained disappearances in the United States and the role of tracing services in documenting these cases.
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The
Tracers Co. of America
Bundy testifies Viet Nam gloom deepens since Saigon trip
AP dispatch reports William P. Bundy stating the South Viet Nam situation worsened since his September visit with Secretary McNamara. The remarks come as Athens reports King Paul of Greece facing setbacks and a Greek navy effort to move a sacred icon to the monarch amid crisis. Diego Bordas recounted receiving help from Bobby Baker and Baker's associate after tariff commission issues.
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William P. Bundy
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Robert S. McNamara
Athens
Greece
Paul
Aegean Sea
Washington
Diego Bordas
Dominican Republic
Bobby Baker
Baker
U.S. Tariff Commission
State opens 43000 acres for cotton allotment increase
MORROW La API reports 43000 acres of land are now available for state cotton farmers seeking a larger cotton acreage allotment. Announcement made Monday outlines eligibility and submission steps for interested growers.
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Morrow, la
API
Price index shows January costs inch up by tenth of a percent
Government data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates the consumer price index rose about one tenth of a percent in January. The report notes a basket costing $10.77 in January versus $10.76 in December, reflecting a slight increase in living costs.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Viet Cong mauled two Vietnamese airborne battalions in border clash
In a dawn battle near the Mekong River in Kien Phuong Province, Communist guerrillas struck paratroopers, killing an American captain and wounding 85 others while claiming over 100 enemy dead. U.S. advisers could not confirm Viet Cong fatalities. The fight ended as troops moved toward Cambodia.
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Nachau
South Viet Nam
U.S
Kien Phuong
Mekong River
Long Binh
Saigon
Cambodia
Election Slated In West Monroe On Sewage Plant
West Monroe voters will go to the polls this summer to ballot on an oxidation pond sewage plant. Officials say the plant would put the city on a first class sanitation basis at a yearly maintenance cost of 5000 dollars. The project would be partially funded by a federal grant with total cost around 701000 dollars and public health funds of 203000 dollars available, bringing local cost to 498000 dollars plus minor land costs. Aldermen have reviewed four plant types with costs ranging from 934700 dollars plus 51000 yearly operation for a trickling filter plant to 625000 dollars plus 44,000 yearly operations for another option.
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Mary Anne Corpin
West Monroe
Public Health Service
Monroe
Aluminum boat sale notice in local listing
Sold 12 traveler aluminum boat advertised with contact FA 3 8704.
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