North Viet troops overwhelm U S camp in two day battle
In South Viet Nam North Vietnamese regulars overran the Ashan Special Forces camp near the Laotian border after a fierce two day fight with Montagnard allies and about 15 to 25 U S advisers. U S and Montagnard defenders fought to the last bunker as helicopters tried to evacuate personnel amid heavy enemy fire and poor weather.
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U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Kenneth B. Lacey
Ashua
William McKean
Lacey
Ashan
North Viet Nam
Vinh
Route 15
Senator Adcock Says Surplus Not To Go Very Far
Louisiana faces no deficit this fiscal year with a reported 12 million surplus at year end. Senator Jamar Adcock said the 12 million is about one percent of the billion dollar budget and will not expand programs, as the Budget Committee reviews 250 agency spending plans for 1966-67.
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Baton Rouge
Legislative Budget Committee
Louisiana
A. P. Tugwell
Division of Administration
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Adcock
Chlorine Threat Forces Evacuation Near Derailed Car
Authorities ordered 4 500 people evacuated from Charlemont Shelburne Shelburne Falls Buckland and Hawley within 15 miles of a derailed railroad car loaded with chlorine gas as a precaution. No leaks were detected at the overturned car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlemont
Mass
Massachusetts
Shelburne
Shelburne Falls
Buckland
Hawley
Senate Urged To Vote Viet Nam Aid Bill
Sen. Sparkman urged swift Senate passage of a 275 million emergency aid bill for South Vietnam to avert government collapse and Viet Cong gains. He argued the measure is an emergency need, not a test of Johnson's Southeast Asia policy, while Fulbright questioned the scope of aid and the Dominican inclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Senate
House
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Picayune
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Washington
John Sparkman
U.S
Alabama
Johnson
Viet Nam
Sparkman
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. Southeast Asia
Fulbright
Dominican Republic
South Viet Nam
Nguyen
Cao Ky
Saigon
Henry M. Jackson
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
United States
Symington
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Jackson
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Risky operation may save girl in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor Michigan 5 year old Judy Lynn Funsch weighs 28 pounds and faces an exploratory heart surgery to reconnect a vein carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. Surgeons from the University of Michigan warned the procedure carries high risk and may yield no repair but offers a chance at a normal life. Judy remains cheerful in hospital as messages of support arrive from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Lynn Funsch
University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor. Mich
Lynn
Clarence Funsch
Judy
Suzy
Mrs. Funsch
Nurse Miss Hazel Wroten Joins Ochsner Staff
Miss Hazel Wroten registered nurse and former Monroe resident serves as technical assistant to Dr. Julio Figueroa at Ochsner Foundation Hospital New Orleans. She will attend the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Institute in Atlantic City New Jersey from April 7 to 9. She is sister to Mrs. Bill Sartor of Monroe and formerly worked at St. Francis Hospital. West Monroe Chamber of Commerce ballots deadline Friday for board members, per manager Eugene Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Wroten
Monroe
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
New Orleans
Julio Figueroa
American Society For Artificial Internal Organs Institute
Atlantic City
N.J
Wroten
St. Francis Hospital
Bill Sartor
D'Arbonne Ave
Chuckles Hint at Purchases Turning into Necessities
A playful saying notes that many luxuries become essential once paid off in installments, reflecting a humorous shift in value as time passes.
Daredevil rescue as pilot retrieves wingman under fire
Maj. Bernard Fisher of Kuna Idaho landed on a siege plagued airstrip near the A Shan Special Forces camp and rescued a wingman whose engine failed after being hit by enemy fire. The downed pilot escaped into a ditch as Communists shelled the area, while the surviving bunker held.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
UPI
Idaho
A Shan
Bernard Fisher
Kuna
Korea
AE Skyraiders
Fisher
Rescue Flight Returns Pilot Safe After Downing
A Monroe Fisher piloted a Skyraider to a controlled landing after his wingman Theo was downed. The incident occurred amid partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the 60s. Fisher sustained minor burns on one arm but both pilots survived. the other crew member was later seen moving toward safety.
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Monroe Fisher
Atures
Maj. Fisher
Theo
Maj
Fisher
Hague
Twin Cities
John Lucar
Steubenville
Ohio
Sukarno Faces Army Ultimatum Over Subandrio
Singapore reports say Indonesian army demands Subandrio’s ouster and a reply by Saturday. Sukarno likely to announce decision after meeting with armed forces chiefs at Bogor as anti Communist protests erupt.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Subandrio
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Madison civic leader W F Powell dies at 60
Tallulah businessman and civic figure W F Powell died at Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg at age 60. He served 28 years on the Madison Parish Police Jury and held honorary membership in the State Police Jury Association. Funeral Friday at Tallulah Methodist Church with burial in Silver Cross cemetery. Survivors include his wife Jacqueline, son Richard, stepson Ronald Black, siblings and grandchildren.
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Delta Investment Company
Dundee
Scotland
R. Murphy
el Dorado
Ark
Ashley Plantation
Madison Parish
Tallulah Methodist Church
Clark Bell
John F. Kilpatrick
Silver Cross Cemetery
Fisher's Funeral Home
Vicksburg
Jacqueline Ostrosky Powell
Richard Powell
Monroe
Ronald Black
New Orleans
C. E. Powell
Tallulah
Ruth Patterson
Hazel Powell
Baxter McDonald
J. G. Wyly Jr
John Frank Olvey
G. R.whetstone
E. B. Towne Jr
W. P. Cagnolatti
W. H. Greer
Charles ©. Anderson
A. M. Levy
Clyde May
C. E. Hester
FBI probes blast at munitions train in Corning Arkansas
An explosion of two cars carrying 175 millimeter shells shattered windows up to two miles away near Corning Arkansas. FBI Special Agent in Charge Herbert Hoxie said the exact cause may never be known as investigators pressed on with the high impact blast damaging a freight train and a rice dryer while no serious injuries were reported.
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Corning
Ark
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
U.S
Jakarta
UPI
FBI
Arkansas
Herbert Hoxie
Little Rock
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Tennessee
U S Release Of Hospital Funds Nears Approval
Acting hospitals Director E J Agerton said about 3 million dollars in federal matching construction funds blocked since July 1965 will be released soon after checks found the civil rights complaints at Bogalusa and other state hospitals were unfounded. Red tape and court orders tied to desegregation delayed projects including Earl K Long Charity Hospital and renovations at East Louisiana Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agerton
Earl K. Long Charity
East Louisiana Hospital
Jackson
Louisiana State University
Shreveport
H and H. Contracting Co., Inc
Bossier City
Trio Building Co
Ky regime ousts South Viet Nam’s Lt Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi
South Viet Nam's military rulers led by Premier Nguyen Cao Ky dismissed Lt Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi commander of the 1st Corps. The move, carried out with limited backing for Thi, followed a special meeting at Tan Son Nhut and prompted heightened alerts at Bien Hoa airbase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Tan Son Nhut
Bien Hoa
Record Tourist Visit to Britain Surges Last Year
A record 2,165,000 tourists visited Britain in the past year with 674,000 coming from the United States.
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Britain
The
United States
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Everett M. Dirksen
University of Michigan
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Smith
Chamber Board
Hind
Madison
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