Senate Studying Troops Strength Amid Vietnam Strain
Senate aides study U S troop levels in Korea and the United States to assess reserve strength as Vietnam demands grow. Officials say Korea hosts about 50 000 ground troops, while U S reserves total three Army divisions and one Marine division with more pulls possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
U. S
Korea
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Congressional
Vietnam
Subcommittee
Far East
United States
Johnson
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Armed Services Committee
Tower
Europe
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Rep
L. Mendel Rivers
N-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Real Estate Transfers In Ouachita Parish Clerk Records
Transfers record cash deeds and mortgage deeds across Ouachita Parish. Names include Hart, Wilhite, Pleasant, Hart Hart, Weems, Boydetux, Fox Jr, Pleasant, and Hart among others with parcels in Crescent Bend, Kirol Woods, Ouachita Cotton Mills, Bayou Oaks, and Treasure Island subdivisions. Amounts range from 1,000 to 50,000 dollars with several mortgage assumptions. The list notes properties sold to HUD and private entities like Mid-Continental Investment and Northeast Louisiana Land Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Reginald Edward Pleasant
Kiroli Woods
Federal National Mortgage Association
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Greater Monroe Development Company Inc
Gerald G. Weems
Duke M. Boydetux
Manhattan Savings Bank
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of
Washington D.C
Ouachita Cotton Mill Company
B&a Builders Inc
Mid-Continental Investment Company Inc
Butler Pinecrest
Fred H. Moore
Billie Joe Hill
Peyton Park
Allen P. Renfrow
Jesse A. Traylor
Ouachita Cotton Mills
Robert F. Perce Et Ax
Robert J. Lewis
Oakwood Construction Company — Inc
John M. Webb
North Park Village
The
People’s Homestead and Savings Association
Joe L. Temple
Charmingdale Homes
James D. Brasher Jr
Butter Pinecrest
Ouachita Investment and Loan Inc
Charles E. Humphries
Township
James Edward Brown
J. W. Smith
Henry S. Riser
Ernest Gray Young
Jamboree Set For Saturday at Spencer School
Guest band Eternity's End from Marion will headline a Spencer Jamboree Saturday at 7 30 p m in the old Spencer School. Four local bands The Charlie Wheeler Band Rocky Branch Ramblers Gates Family and Macon Ridge Cowboys perform with weekly prize awards. admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Charlie Wheeler Band
Rocky Branch Ramblers
Gates Family
Macon Ridge Cowboys
Teachers Walkout Hits U S Capital
Washington public schools closed as about half of 7,000 car requests disrupted the system amid a teachers strike. Union urges Congress to approve a bill raising starting salaries from 5 880 to 7 000. The walkout echoed in Florida Pittsburgh Oklahoma and Manchester New Hampshire with sanctions and protests ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
Florida
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma
Manchester
N.H
William R. Manning
Washington Teachers’ Union
Congress
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Dade County Classroom Teachers Association
Miami
Pat Tornillo
Claude Kirk
Dewey Bartlett
Manchester Teachers Association
Greek Orthodox Court Deposes Attica Megaris Bishop
A Greek Orthodox Church court in Athens ousted Metropolitan Iakovos from his sees of Attica and Megaris on a 10 to 3 vote for lacking the prestige required. Takovos had served as primate briefly in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
UPI
Jakovos
Attica
Megaris
Takovos
Mrs McMillan Speaks After Suspension at Riser School
Betty McMillan one of two Riser School teachers suspended by the Ouachita Parish School Board issues a statement. She says the suspension was issued with vague charges and argues it may violate teacher tenure law and the spirit of it. She defends her professionalism and warns against unfounded accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty McMillan
Riser School
Ouachita Parish
P. B. Mangum
W. G. Kelly Jr
Mangum
Kelly
Claudia Stephens
Senate to Probe Viet Corruption Rumors Hit Saigon Officials
A high ranking U S official in Saigon told a Senate subcommittee that corruption pervades the Viet Nam government and prolongs the war. The official urged action, citing erosion of U S public support and needless casualties. AID was named by sources as a likely agency involved. Hearings were to be held later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
Saigon
Senate
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Aid Expenditures Subcommittee
Agency For International Development (Aid
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82Nd Airborne Division
6Th Infantry
Ft. Campbell
Cegmen
Toa
Dale Carnegie
Een OF Columbus
Monroe
Cees
U.S. Capital
Associated Press
Hamonog Merchants OF
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Bulova and
Accutron
Ea Ane Pas
Bane
Fiberglas
Diamond Merchants OF America
Gordon’s Jewelers
Gordon's
Deslaro Street
Eastgate
Udo ME Ort
Ombre
W. Monroe
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