Voskhod 2 lands after 24 hour space flight near Perm
The Voskhod 2 mission ends after a 24 hour orbit with cosmonaut Alexei Leonov floating outside the craft for 10 minutes. Col. Pavel Belyayev steered the craft manually to a landing near Perm west of the Ural Mountains. Tass reports both cosmonauts are well and the scientific program completed.
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Moscow
Ural Mountains
Tass
Voskhod
Pavel Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
Perm
Bochum Space Observatory
West Gemany
Bochum
Belyayev
Year-Round College Term Is New Trend
Former Florida governor Farris Bryant urged year-round education at the Public Affairs Research Council conference arguing it is a necessity to utilize minds and drive growth. He cited rapid Florida expansion from five to 30 junior colleges and the push for vocational and adult education in Louisiana and beyond.
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Baton Rouge
Farris Bryant
Florida
Bryant
The
Public Affairs Research Council
PAR
F. Jay Taylor
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana
Chamber Renews Efforts Toward Tupawek Lake
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce restarts plans to create about 150 acre Tupawek Lake atop Tupawek Bayou north of West Monroe. Ralph Reed announced the board’s decision, with Bob Kennedy as committee chair. Plan calls for a 20 foot maximum depth, 9.8 feet average, using bayou damming west of White's Ferry Road. no taxation expected.
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Tupawek Lake
West Monroe
Reed
Kennedy
White's Ferry Road
Chamber
Ouachita River
Parish
Indonesians seize three foreign oil firms in move
President Sukarno announced Indonesia will take over management of three foreign oil companies, two American and one Dutch, amid pressure from workers linked to the Communist bloc. Officials said temporary government control would apply to Stanvac Caltex and Dutch Shell, with Panamerican potential inclusion.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
U.S
Malaysia
Stanvac
Caltex
Dutch Shell
Panamerican
Chaerul Saleh
Saleh
Sumatra
Pan American Oil
White Woman Sues To Desegregate Grambling College
A Lafayette woman, Mary Jamison, sues to desegregate Grambling College, the last all Negro state college in Louisiana. NAACP counsel A. P. Tureaud Jr. seeks an early hearing against Grambling President Ralph Jones and other state officials as she asserts qualification and denial of admission. Grambling near Shreveport was created as an all Negro institution and the State Board of Education hesitated to sign civil rights pledges citing state law.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
Grambling
A. P. Tureaud Jr
New Orleans
NAACP
Mary E. Jamison
Lafayette
U. S. Dist
E. Gordon West
State Board of Education
Ralph Jones
W. E. Whetstone
Monroe
State Education Board
State Board and
State Education
William J. Dodd
Shreveport
Grambling College
The National Consumer Finance Association Says Assets vs Debt
Finance Facts reports that the average American consumer holds eight dollars in assets for every one dollar of debt. The statistic reflects household balance sheets and credit trends cited by the association.
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Finance Facts
The
National Consumer Finance Association
Revered visitors and a paratrooper promoted
Rev. and Mrs. Harold C. Seefeldt of Shreveport stayed overnight with Louisiana Baptist Children's Home leaders. Leslie Carroll Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Clark of Monroe, is promoted to sergeant in the 101st Airborne Division, after graduating Neville High School in 1963 and enlisting in 1963. he is stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Harold C. Seefeldt
Shreveport
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Wade B. East
Rev Seefeldt
Arkansas Baptist Home For Children
Monticello
Leslie Carroll Clark
Leslie Clark
Fannie St
Monroe
St. Airborne Division
Set. Clark
Neville High School
Fort Campbell
Chuckle: Wool Tales From Page 5 A
A lighthearted quip about men trying to fool their wives with wrong yarn appears in a humorous column. The snippet hints at domestic wit and playful wordplay typical of the page. No additional context or names are provided to expand factual detail.
GOP Urges Stronger Voting Bill
Washington AP Republicans attack the administration voting rights bill as insufficient citing gaps that would exclude areas with discrimination while some states with literacy tests would be covered. Senator Katzenbach defends the measure saying it is the best way to address core voting rights issues despite limits.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
William C. Cramer
Rlla
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Cramer
Florida
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Justice Department
Alaska
Evangelist Billy Graham Stranded During Rainy Return Trip
In Montreat North Carolina evangelist Billy Graham, recovering from a lung infection, is left behind in Jefferson Georgia after a driver friend, Rev. T W Wilson, departs in a downpour. Graham chases a taxi to Greenville then reaches home feverish as authorities learn of his disappearance.
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Montreat
N.C
Billy Graham
Honolulu
Jefferson
Graham
Montreal
Atlanta
T.W. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Greenville
S.C
Greenville-Spartanburg
North Carolina
FBI
Georgia Highway Patrol
36 Persons Arrested In Race Dispute At Cleveland High
Police arrested 36 persons around racially tense Collinwood High School as unrest flared then subsided. Twenty two faced disorderly conduct charges. 14 were released. Juvenile detention held 13 youths ages 14 to 17. eight adults charged, one drunk. Weapons found included wrenches, bat, pipe, car jacks, knives. Attendance drop noted with 955 of 3,332 present.
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Cleveland, Ohio
UPI
Collinwood High School
Big East Side
First Day of Spring to Bring Chilly Weather
Forecast calls for increasing clouds tonight and Saturday with low around 30 to 33 degrees and a Saturday high near 48 to 52. Northeast winds 8 to 18 mph. Some chance of rain Saturday after a Thursday high of 55.
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Mercury
U S Shifts Policy on Napalm Use in Vietnam War
The United States now uses napalm fire bombs on some North Vietnamese targets to reduce aircraft ground-fire risk, with strikes on Phu Qui and the Phu Van Vinh Son area. A policy from diplomatic circles previously banned widespread napalm use dating from World War II and Korea. Secretary McNamara had said on February 7 that no napalm was used.
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Washington
United States
North Viet Nam
Phu Qui
Phu van Vinh Son
Korea
North
Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Wallace seeks federal troops for 50 mile march
In Montgomery Alabama Gov George Wallace weighs federalized National Guard to guard civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery. President Johnson offered to call out troops after Wallaces request. Wallace met with Maj Gen Alfred C Harrison and summoned all 35 state senators as part of the unfolding plan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Senate
Wallace
National Guard
Johnson
U. S
Selma
Ment
Alfred C. Harrison
Alabama National Guard
Married Students Readmitted To Neville High
Monroe school officials under Fourth District Court orders admitted two married students to Neville High on temporary terms. Charles Pryor Heard and Judy Varnado, married Feb 24 in Hamburg Arkansas, attend under a temporary restraining order issued by Judge Jesse S. Heard. A hearing for a permanent injunction is set for March 25. Readmission followed service of court copies to school leaders.
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Monroe
Fourth District Court
Neville High School
Charles Pryor Heard
Judy Varnado
Heard
Hamburg
Ark
Jesse S. Heard
J. H. Scogin
van D Odom
Parish Sheriff's Department
100 Per Cent Success Planes Destroy Cong Supplies
More than 110 USS Navy and Air Force aircraft attacked supply and infiltration targets in North Viet Nam about 160 miles north of the 17th parallel. Officials reported 100 percent destruction of the targets at Phu Van Vinh Son and Thu An depots with several secondary explosions and light ground fire.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
Navy
Air Force
North Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Thu An
Vinh Son
Governor Clem ent commutes five death sentences to 99 years
Gov Frank G Clement announced he commuted five men's death sentences to 99 years, after the House narrowly rejected abolishing the death penalty 48 47. He cited the men’s long exposure to imminent execution as cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Nashville
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Douglas Dillon
Senate Finance Committee
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