Two Rail Bomb Suspects Arrested Over Florida Train Sabotage
FBI agents arrested John Wesley Davis 28 of Miami and Joseph Leo Vedder 32 in Fort Pierce for placing dynamite on a Florida East Coast Railway bridge. Each faced $75,000 bond after hearings. Vetter armed with a pistol, both former railroad employees linked to a strike sabotage wave. Investigators said 15 sticks of dynamite were wired to the rails to detonate under passing trains.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
FBI
Diuwine
Atuila
Aumulium Cie Seriltiv
Sliing
John Wesley Davis
Miami
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FEC
Indian River County
Here
Vetter
Davis
U.S
James F. Alderman
Bond
Alderman
Duluth
Minn
Witness claims forged signature on Baker tax returns
Senate Rules Committee session features Republican demand for investigation into Bobby Baker while he served as secretary to the Democratic Senate majority. An affadavit by Milton L Hauft of Maryland alleges Baker’s tax return signature was forged, prompting debate over continuing the inquiry despite Democratic resistance.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Milton L Hauft
Kensington
Internal Revenue Service
Baker
Senate
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Hauft
Scott
Carl T. Curtis
Alabama Ordered To Take Positive Integration Steps
The Justice Department asked a federal court in Montgomery to require Alabama to desegregate public schools statewide. It urged the court to order Gov. George C. Wallace and the State Board of Education to take affirmative steps to end the dual school system and to declare unconstitutional state financial aid for students attending segregated schools in Alabama.
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Alabama
Washington
U.S. District Court
Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Macon County
George C. Wallace
Wallace
State Board of Education
Company Fined For Child Labor In New York Factory
A Manhattan firm K Saltzman & Son Inc and two officers, Philip Saltzman and Reuben Ritkin, were fined a total of 20000 dollars and ordered to back pay 7846 dollars for employing Puerto Rican children aged 10 to 15 at 25 cents an hour. The violations occurred after school and on Saturdays.
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NEW York
Manhattan
K. Saltzman & Son, Inc
Philip Saltzman
Reuben Ritkin
Ruby Expert Tests Ruby Epilepsy in Oswald Murder Trial
Dr Frederic A Gibbs Chicago epilepsy authority testified in Dallas that Jack Ruby suffers a very rare epilepsy type not producing seizures but influencing behavior The defense challenged his brain wave interpretation as prosecution witnesses disputed Gibbs findings The 66th witness said to have testified in the fourth week of Ruby's murder trial with the state resting its case earlier and the judge preparing to read the charge to the jury
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Dallas
Frederic A. Gibbs
Chicago
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Gibbs
Lee Harvey Oswald
Melvin Belli
Belli
Atty
Henry M. Wade
Joe B. Brown
Brown
Friends of Mrs Ralph Talbot Home After Hospital Stay
After two weeks in St Francis hospital Mrs Ralph Talbot of 1001 Hilton Monroe is home for a week of rest before returning to the hospital for further surgery. His Excellency Charles P Greco Bishop of the Diocese of Alexandria will be see CHIT-CHAT page 6-A.
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Ralph Talbot
Hilton
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Charles P. Greco
Diocese of
Alexandria
Actress Breaks Red Tape for Grandmother in Kremlin Call
Hollywood actress Kuta Lee, after eight years seeking a Soviet exit visa to bring her 84 year old grandmother to the United States, obtained a breakthrough by a personal call to a Kremlin interpreter. The call led to advice to contact her Congressman and the Soviet embassy in Washington, as officials navigated bureaucratic delays.
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Hollywood
Kuta Lee
Moscow
Kremlin
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Harvard
Washington
Johnson plans seven state flood tour after river crest
President Johnson announced a personal aerial inspection of the seven states hit by the Ohio River flood. Eleven deaths have been blamed, with more than $50 million in damages and about 110000 people affected. The crest reached 46.2 feet at Louisville and 66.2 feet at Cincinnati.
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Louisville
Ohio River
Johnson
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Owensboro
Paducah
Mississippi River
Jeffersonville
Aurora
Chamber Banquet Postponed As Gov-Elect McKeithen Delays Visit
The West Monroe Chamber of Commerce banquet set for March 19 is postponed due to Gov-Elect John J. McKeithen’s west coast commitments. A new date will be announced after confirmation with McKeithen, who was to be the keynote speaker. Tickets for chamber members must be purchased by 5 p.m. today. public sale begins Monday.
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The
News-Star
West
John J. MccKeithen
West Monroe
Chamber
Stage Is Set For Wet Spell
A cool front moves through the Southern plains bringing showers and some thunderstorms tonight. Rain totals average about half an inch, with locally heavy showers over an inch possible. A wetter spell is forecast for midweek. Today’s high will be 70 to 75, with tonight’s low 54 to 58 and Saturday’s high 68 to 72. Monroe reached 69 with a 49 overnight low Thursday.
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Monroe
Latin American Attorney Slated At Rotary Meet
Argentinian attorney and Rotarian Tristan E Guevara will speak at 4 p.m. during the opening general session of Rotary District 619 conference in the Virginia Hotel. The Monroe hosted event gathers 24 Louisiana clubs with a two day program starting with registration at 1 p.m. and a 7:30 p.m. banquet.
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Tristan E. Guevara
Virginia
Guevara
Cordoba
Argentina
Rotary Club
Louisiana
House of Friendship
Cameo
Monroe Rotary Club
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Jack O. May
Grayson Guthrie
Monroe Rotary
Metairie Man and Woman Killed in Auto Crash
A 30 year old Metairie man Rene Anthony Beretonier and a 23 year old New Orleans woman Cynthia Young died in a suburban New Orleans theater drive in crash. Miss Young died en route to a hospital and an autopsy will determine whether she died in the first or second collision.
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New Orleans
Metairie
Rene Anthony Beretonier
Cynthia Young
Jefferson Parish
Miss Young
Coffee breaks skipped or early retirement offered
A humorous line from Chuckle Personnel to a trainee suggests optional coffee breaks removal and the possibility to retire three years early, framing the offer with a light managerial tone.
U S Demands Release of Three Airmen
The United States demands the Soviet Union release without delay three American airmen whose reconnaissance bomber was shot down over East Germany. Soviet troops barred U S teams from reaching the crash area as Washington summoned Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin to the State Department for talks. The U S insists the mission was training and denies spying allegations while warning the incident could escalate if the airmen are not returned promptly.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
East Germany
U.S
Apmennwanbktan
Dobrynin
State Department
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Department
Thompson
U. S
Car Crash Leaves Teens Silent About Incident
In Dallas a car rammed a parked vehicle then hit three telephone poles and cut 20 feet of chain link fencing. Patrolman G R Springer and partner found an 18 year old boy and his 16 year old wife in the car. When asked what happened the youth replied I dont know we were in the back seat.
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Dallas
UPI
G. R. Springer
McNamara Kennedy MacArthur visit and war notes
Defense Secretary McNamara and Gen. Khanh reportedly discussed in principle guerrilla and sabotage plans for North Vietnam. President Johnson made an unannounced hospital visit to Gen. MacArthur at Walter Reed. Mrs. Kennedy adjusts to loss and spends time with children. Two oil-field truck drivers died in a collision near New Iberia. Louisiana Military Department budget request grows by nearly half a million. Judge Brown allows live TV and radio broadcasting of Jack Ruby verdict reading in Dallas.
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Saigon
API
Robert S. McNamara
Nguyen Khanh
Viet Nam
Dallas
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Greek Chief Warns Against Intervention
In Cyprus a Turkish note threatens intervention to halt communal fighting, while President Makarios warns of war if Turkey acts. Greece promises an immediate reaction if Turkey enters, as UN moves to manage any arriving peace forces and NATO allies tense for Western unity amid the crisis.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Turkey
Makarios
Mediterranean
Athens
United Nations
U Thant
U.N
Gaza Strip
P.S. Gyani
India
Spyros Kyprianou
New York
Thant
Security Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Ankara
Britain
Salvation Army Youth Meet slated in Monroe
About 200 youths and leaders will converge on Monroe for the Salvation Army Louisiana Arkansas Divisional Youth Council. The event runs Saturday and Sunday with meetings at the Hotel Frances Ball Room. Dignitaries include Col and Mrs James Longino Brig and Mrs C William James Lt Col Harry Ward and Major and Mrs Ernest Wixson. Program begins 9 a.m. Saturday with seminars in the afternoon and an open meeting at 7 p.m. followed by a gospel hootenanny. Sunday features religious services to close.
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Monroe
Salvation Army
Louisiana - Arkansas
Hotel
Frances
James Longino
Territorial
Atlanta
C. William James
Harry Ward
New Orleans
Ernest Wixson
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Milton Hauft
Twin City
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Cecile Smith
Eason Place
the Cat
Tex
Ben Bradford
Rotary Meet
Bulletins
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Walter Reed Medical Center
Delcambre
New Iberia
Louis Albert Roberts
Marrero
Harry J. Rowell
Gretna
Baton Rouge
Legislative Budget Committee
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