Texans fied Over U S Voter Action
A federal court order ends the poll tax in Texas and triggers a 15 day free voter registration drive. FBI agents will monitor registrars, drawing sharp protest from Gov. John Connally and State Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr amid a state federal controversy.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
FBI
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Ired
John Connally
Connally
Carr
Katzenbach
Washington
Johnson signs cold war GI bill amid cost concerns
President Johnson signed the cold war GI bill in a White House ceremony, noting unanimous congressional passage. It creates a permanent program of education benefits housing loans and limited medical care for veterans with over 180 days service since Jan 31 1955. Costs exceed his recommendations by 245 million first year and 1.8 billion over five years.
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Johnson
Congress
Ralph W. Yarborough
Dtex
A G Worley Former Parish Doctor Dies
Dr A G Worley who served Quachita Parish as a medical doctor for more than fifty years died this morning in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held Friday at Bailey Funeral Home in Haynesville. Survivors include two granddaughters, a grandson and a great granddaughter. He was born February 11 1884 in Claiborne Parish and retired in 1955. His son Joseph S Worley was a former director of Ouachita Parish Department of Public Welfare.
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A. G. Worley
Quachita Parish
Bailey Funeral Home
Haynesville
Worley
Joseph S. Worley
Ouachita Parish
Department of Public Welfare
Claiborne Parish
G. L. Stephens Jr
Bastrop
A. N. Williams II
Monroe
Joseph S. Worley Jr
Simmons Williams
Stolen Armored Truck In Brookline With Up To $50 000
An armored truck carrying up to $50 000 was stolen outside a Brookline supermarket. Police warned to use caution if stopping the vehicle as it contained carbines pistols and ammunition. Guards James Luiz and John Santos were inside the New England Food Fair during the theft. A witness saw a hat clad man enter the truck and flee.
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Brookline
Mass
API
Skelly’s Detective Service Inc
Fall River
James Luiz
John Santos
New England Food Fair
Viet Cong Shoot Up Small Tanker Near Saigon
Viet Cong ambushes near Saigon injure or kill Vietnamese policemen and government workers. Authorities discover three young officials executed in a vacant lot. U.S. air operations report losses as two jets from the Ranger disappear in heavy overcast.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Viet Nam
South
7Th Fleet
Ranger
101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
Industrial instrumentation course graduate from Monroe
Lawson M Herron of 2113 Jamine Street Monroe graduated in February from a two week industrial instrumentation course in Philadelphia. Herron an assistant engineer with Louisiana Power & Light, studied gas analysis equipment and temperature instruments. The piece notes other engineers from across the United States also completed the program.
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Lawson M. Herron
Jamine Street
Monroe
United States
Philadelphia
Herron
Louisiana Power & Light Company
Iowa Supreme Court Denies Father Custody in High Profile Case
The Iowa Supreme Court refused custody of 7 year old Mark Painter to his father Harold Painter after ruling he led a Bohemian life. The decision, announced Feb 8, drew widespread letters and sparked debate among divorce reform groups and critics nationwide.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Courtlerk
Mark Painter
Harold W. Painter
Walnnut Creek
Calif
High Court
Painter
Mark
Ames
J. B. Waller
Atlanta
West Coast
New York Area
Severe Snow Storm Hits Plains and Lake Superior Region
A blustery storm crosses the northern Plains into the Lake Superior district bringing blizzard conditions. Eastern Montana Wyoming Dakotas and northern Minnesota report heavy snow drifts and near two foot totals. gusts up to 55 mph create massive drifts near Jamestown and Aberdeen. Thunderstorms with rain and hail affect Nebraska Kansas Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Michigan and Indiana.
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Plains
Lake Superior District
Rockies
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Red Lodge
Evanston
Aberdeen
S.D
Utah
New Mexico
Idaho
Colorado
Jamestown
N.D
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lower Michiggan
Indiana
Double Grandparents Welcome New Baby in Monroe
Mrs Dietzel becomes double grandmother as Lite Paul B Dietzel is born at St Francis Hospital. Dewey L Dietzel and Dwanna Ann Dietzel are step-siblings who married in 1965 making Mr and Mrs Dietzel grandparents on both sides. The young couple’s child will grow up with two grandmothers and two grandfathers in Monroe.
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Lester Dietzel
Peach St
Monroe
Paul B. Dietzel
St. Francis Hospital
Viet Nam
U.S
Dietzel
Guinea Chooses Nkrumah as Leader in Surprise Move
Abdullaye Diallo, Guinea's roving ambassador in Addis Ababa, says Kwame Nkrumah has replaced Sekou Toure as Guinea president and now jointly leads Guinea and Ghana. Toure reportedly stepped down Wednesday. Diallo calls it the people of Guinea’s wish and Africa’s.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Guinea
Abdullaye Diallo
Kwame Nkrumah
Sekou Toure
Ghana
Diallo
Toure
Nkrumah
Africa
Monroe Honors Mayor Jack Howard With Life Size Portrait
A formal unveiling honored Monroe Mayor W. L. Jack Howard with a life size oil portrait by Verdi from the Ray Hughes Gallery Houston. The portrait will hang in the New City Governmental Center after dedication ceremonies planned for June 1966 and was funded by forty two Monroe business and civic leaders through the Chamber of Commerce Portrait Foundation.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Monroe
City of
Chamber of Commerce Portrait Foundation
Garland D. Shell
Chamber
Howard Griffin
George Rorex
Jack Howard
Shell
Ray Hughes Gallery
Houston
Verdi
Howard
City of Monroe
Mine Explosion Fatal For Three
A gas explosion ripped through a deep mountain shaft in Herperus Colorado killing three brothers in law. The blast sent coal dust over fresh snow eight inches deep for a thousand yards and occurred amid Colorado’s second mine disaster in about two months. Victims were Joe Valdez 53 Foreman from Durango Ben Lucero 44 and Remigo Garcia 44. Their widows are sisters.
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Herperus
Colo
UPI
Colorado
Redstone
Burnwell No. 1
Evening Star
Joe Valdez
Durango
Ben Lucero
Remigo Garcia
Escalator Banter in Department Store Basement Steps
A lighthearted exchange between two boys on an escalator ponders what occurs when the basement fills with steps. The vignette hints at curious child logic and a playful urban setting.
Sukarno Closes Jakarta University to curb unrest
Singapore AP reports Indonesia shuts University of Indonesia in Jakarta to prevent uses by students and nonstudents. Radio Jakarta says the move is temporary and guarded by the Jakarta garrison amid anti Communist protests over Nasution dismissal.
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Singapore
University of Indonesia
Jakarta
Radio Jakarta
Sukarno
Abdul Haris Nasution
Smog Might Alter Mutations and Offspring Health
Los Angeles report cites Public Health scientist Dr. Eugene Sawicki linking urban smog to mutagens that cause DNA changes. He notes four carcinogens present in city air and alkyllating agents affecting nucleic acids, urging further study on potential heredity impacts.
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Los Angeles
Eugene Sawicki
U.S. Health Department
Laboratory of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Cincinnati
Dr. Sawicki
American Medical Association
Weather Bureau warns of tornado danger in five states
The Weather Bureau issued a tornado warning and extended watch for extreme north east Texas extreme north portions of Louisiana extreme northwest Mississippi most of southern and eastern Arkansas and extreme southwest Tennessee. The threat spans 2 pm to 8 pm with possible large hail damaging winds and scattered showers expected later as temperatures rise to mid 70s today.
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Louisiana
United States Weather Bureau Today
Texas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Monroe
Texarkana
Ark
Memphis
Tenn
Twin Cities
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White House
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
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Qui Nhon
1St Cavalry Airmobile
Millard Fillmore
Eugene Austin
Nebraska Council On Family Law
John E. Harrigar
Portland
Maine
New England
United States Divorce Reform Inc
Plains States
THE
Associated Press
Karumah
City
H. W. Mc Sherry
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Portrait Foundation
George Weaks
Mose Loftin
Lee Vanderpool
Garland Shell
French Smith
Fred Petty
George Moses
Roy Johns
Jack Neel
Charles Penn
Harry Moorician
Jim Hite
James A. Noe
Jim Adcock
Morris Sneed
Jim Beaver
L D. Ritter
Ed Whetstone
Mal Cooley
Roger Kelly
Jim Williams
Bob Bea
Weather Bureau
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