Monroes Get New One Million Dollar Post Office Site
U S Marines fly under fire to rescue 59 survivors from Ashan Special Forces camp on the Laotian frontier. The operation salvages crewmen from two helicopters shot down during a 39 hour battle. Also reports a grenade attack near Saigon and bar restaurant explosions near Binh Duong with multiple injuries.
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Monroe
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Binh Duong
North
South
Viet Nam
Strike Fails To Shutdown N C Schools
In New Orleans a teachers union strike failed to close the public school system. Supt. Carl Dolce reported all 124 schools remained open after pickets appeared at more than 30 campuses. The walkout drew counter pickets at one site with no incidents. union spokesman Harry Hatfield did not give a turnout figure.
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New Orleans
Deep South
Carl Dolce
Harry Hatfield
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Booker T. Washington High School
Charles W. Rousseve
Dunbar Elementary School
Beulah E. Brown
John Spremich
Fortier High School
Spremich
Landry Junior High
Derham Junior High
Dolce
Carver Senior High
Ruby Simon
Detroit Rabbi Dies After Sabbat Services Shooting
Rabbi Morris Adler died at 59 from complications after a February 12 shooting at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield. Adler never regained consciousness following gunman Richard Wishnetsky's attack. Wishnetsky killed himself four days later. The case drew national attention as a tragedy tied to a congregation faction.
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Detroit
Morris Adler
Adler
Shaarey Zedek
Southfield
Richard Wishnetsky
Wishnetsky
Sinai Hospital
Woodrow Wilson
Johnson wins approval for six billion tax hike plan
President Johnson gains House Senate approval for a compromise tax package meeting White House specs. The measure reinstates excise taxes on cars and phone calls, updates withholding, and expands Social Security to about 300000 elderly. A new post office building for Monroe is planned with ITT plant support.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Treasury
Police Battle With India Mobs in Calcutta Riots
Police and army fought mobs in Calcutta and surrounding West Bengal for a second day of food riots. Five rioters died, raising the two day toll to 20 as mobs attacked streetcars, two rail bridges, police stations, post offices and municipal buildings.
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New Delhi
India
Calcutta
West Bengal
Chuckle On After Dinner Speech Shortening Recipe
A light joke notes that the best after dinner speech recipe is to add a good portion of shortening. The line plays on culinary terms for a humorous effect.
Frances Powell among five winners in Cow-Belles auditions
Monroe student Frances Tiny Powell is among five winners selected from statewide auditions for the Cow-Belles baton twirling team that fronts Mc Neese State College Cowboy Band. Three more regulars and two alternates will be named this summer.
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Monroe
Frances
Tiny) Powell
McNeese State College Cowboy Band
Miss Powell
Louisiana Seeks Second Half of Teacher Pay Boost in Budget
The proposed $353.9 million education budget for the coming fiscal year includes $30.5 million for the second half of a teacher pay raise. Gov. McKeithen questions state funds, while educators press for full implementation in the Legislature with support from the Louisiana Teachers Association and Louisiana School Boards Association.
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John McKeithen
United School Committee
Mondry
Alexandria
N. B
Red) Hackett
Louisiana Teachers Association
James Prescott
Louisiana School Boards Association
Education Department
Prescott
Hackett
Troops Lock Down Sukarno Palace as Crisis Deepens
Indonesian troops and armored vehicles sealed off Sukarno's Jakarta palace while he met with government leaders about a grave crisis. Sources say anti-Communist student groups plan further attacks on Chinese offices as talks with the army proceed and a Saturday meeting with military leaders looms.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Jakarta
Tharonnart Kraard
Frais
Iepvil Wipuvaul Aadl AirWill
Kuala Lumpur
Indonesia
Radio Jakarta
Subandrio
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Peking
Cooler Weather Expected Here This Weekend
Partly cloudy skies persist in Monroe through Saturday with mild temperatures. Expect cooler readings Sunday as highs reach 68 to 74 and overnight lows around 56 to 62. In the Twin Cities, Thursday high was 69 and the low reached 45 this morning.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
House Committee Okays 13 Billion Viet Nam Funds
The House Appropriations Committee approved Johnson's request for 13,135,719,000 in emergency Viet Nam funds. Most money funds military and civilian operations in Southeast Asia over 32 months, with 1.8 billion for aircraft and hardware and 1.24 billion for construction abroad and in the United States. Military personnel would rise to 3,103,000 and much of the money targets South Vietnam facilities.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Senate
House
Viet Nam
Dominican Republc
Laos
Thailand
United States
South
Jury convicts three in Malcolm X slaying case
A New York Supreme Court jury found George Carter foreman led verdict after over 20 hours of deliberation in the Malcolm X assassination. Talmadge Hayer confessed involvement while exonerating Norman Butler and Thomas Johnson. Sentencing set for April 14 with life imprisonment.
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Malcolm X
New York
Supreme Court
Mal
George Carter
Talmadge Hayer
Hayer
Paterson
N.J
Thomas Hagan
Norman
Butler
Thomas
Johnson
Bronx
Malcolm
Charles Marks
Manhattan
Elijah Muhammad
John F. Kennedy
Negro Army Captain Shot By Bogalusa Sniper
A sniper fired three shots at a Black Army captain in Bogalusa Louisiana while he used a public telephone booth. Donald Sims of Sun, St Tammany Parish, was wounded seriously with a bullet in the neck. He drove to a hospital for treatment.
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Bogalusa
UPI
Donald Sims
Sun
St. Tammany Parish
Sims
Columbia Road
Monroe population tops 60 000 in off year census
Mayor W L Jack Howard announced Monroe now records 60 107 residents after a recount by Tri S Company under contract. The gain places Monroe fourth in Louisiana behind New Orleans Shreveport and Baton Rouge, with growth linked to state cigarette tax allocations. The next federal census is due in 1970.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Monroe
Louisiana
New Orleans
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Howard
Kenneth Sele
Ruston
Tri - S Company
Lafayette
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Tan Son Nhut
7Th Fleet
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Guam
Rabbi Morris Adler
N.C
Otto E. Passman
Post Office Department
Passman
W. L. Howard
Woodrow Hathorn
West Monroe
Homer B. Roark
Woodrow W. Hathorn
Homer
Roark
West
John Fogleman
Hathorn
Lawrence F. O’brien
Federal
Jackson Street
Dallas
Tex
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
Selman Field
ITT
Wang Pin
Ma Teng-chieh
New China News Agency
Colm X
News-Star—World
News - Star — World
Westinghouse
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