Louisiana to merge state police troops for patrols
Baton Rouge AP reports Director David Wade moves to consolidate Troop O in Delhi with Troop F in Monroe and Troop N in Crowley with Lafayette, aiming to put more troopers on roads. Plan, opposed by locals, seeks no extra cost and no personnel cuts, with four criteria guiding the reorganization.
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Baton Rouge, la
Public Safety
David Wade
Wade
Legislative Committee On Management and Efficiency In Government
Delhi
Louisiana
Monroe
Crowley
Lafayette
Air Force
Natchitoches
National Safety Council
Baton Rouge
Tennessee Group In Fiery Disaster
In New Orleans a chartered plane carrying Tennessee sportsmen on a hunting trip crashed and burned while landing in heavy fog at New Orleans International Airport. The coroner reported 12 fatalities.
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New Orleans
New Orleans International
Billad
United States Accuses Viet Cong of War Conquest Plan
At the Paris peace talks the United States charged the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese with a calculated offensive in South Vietnam aimed at toppling the regime by force. The report also covers the crash of a DC3 in Memphis area with 16 to 19 dead and 10 bodies seen, survivors describing fog and a wing detachment, and details on the pilot A R Tennyson.
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Paris Cap
United States
South Vietnam
Paris
Saigon
Charles B. Odom
Jefferson Parish
Odom
Farher
William Mancuso
Kenner
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Nixon
North Vietnam
Will Doran
Hugh Stanton Jr
Jack Brooks
Kenneth C Caldwell
Jay Charmer
General Aviation Corp
Memphis
Belize
British Honduras
Charrier
Earl Williams
Billy Joe Spence
Winford Smith
Laird Defends ABM System To Senators
Secretary Melvin R. Laird told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the modified ABM system will protect the United States by safeguarding its deterrent. He cited technical evidence and noted missiles would intercept enough attacks to preserve Minuteman forces, as Sen. Margaret Chase Smith pressed for broader congressional oversight.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Laird
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Foster
Pentagons
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
GOP
Congress
Pentagon
Examiner approves merger of rail systems nationwide
An ICC hearing examiner recommended approval of the 6.4 billion Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio merger linking nine railroads from Maine to North Carolina and Ontario. The plan would create a 27,000 mile system operating in 21 states with conditions on coal transport and relationships with Central Railroad of New Jersey Southern Railway and Louisville & Nashville.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Maine
North Carolina
Trdewater
Virginia
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Ontario
Canada
Boisseree
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
C&o
Boston & Maine Corp
Reading Cap
Pennsylvania Central System
U.S
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
The
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Examiner
N&ww C&o
Southern
Southern Appalachians
Leon Hammonds 85 Birthday Greetings Shared in Monroe
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes celebrate Leon Hammonds 85 in Monroe with birthday wishes. He prefers low key recognition while friends urge celebration. He plans to continue piano and organ playing for civic clubs. A chicken spaghetti supper at Clara Hall Elementary Friday 4 to 6 p.m. supports PTA. takeout and at door tickets available. adult 1.00, child 0.50.
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Leon Hammonds
S. 5Th St
Monroe
Leon
Twin Cities
Clara Hall
Senator Russell Reveals Lung Tumor Treatment Plan
Washington AP Richard B Russell veteran Georgia Democrat and Senate president pro tem announced immediate cobalt radiation for a malignant lung tumor found during a routine emphysema checkup at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors advised continuing work. treatment to last about six weeks with daily short sessions.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Congress
Russell
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Georgia
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Board Refuses Antipoverty Funds in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish School Board rejects 108000 in antipoverty funds for Head Start activities this summer amid CAP scrutiny. Superintendent Mangum says Hammonds committee dropped plans for a second meeting with OEO, fearing trouble with OEO CAP and police jury. CAP likely to run Head Start under HEW next funding year. Van cites Inspector General probe support from Rep Waggn er and Rep Passman.
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Ouachita Parish
Todas
ActNg
Mangum
Henry Hammonds
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Office of Economic Opportunity
Ineal
Manum
Parish Community Action Program
CAP
CAP Board
Bernie van
U.S Inspector General's
Hammonds’ Committee
Van
QEO
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
The
News-Star
HEW
Tan
Police Jury
Cloudy And Mild Weather In North East Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures were expected to prevail in North east Louisiana with a cooling trend tonight and Friday. Highs today projected 68 to 74, lows tonight 42 to 48. FAA Monroe Municipal recorded 77 high, 53 morning low with no rain. Winds shift from north to northeast 10 to 20 mph today then 5 to 15 mph Friday.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Stock Averages Post Gains As Rally Continues
New York stocks extended a rally, with the Dow at 918.98 at 1 pm, up 43.97 points. The AP index rose 1.3 to 335.3, led by industrials, rails, and utilities as steel names and auto makers advanced amid bets on continued market strength and reports of progress in Vietnam cease fire talks.
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New York
Dow
Associated Press
Shaw Pleads On Perjury Count
New Orleans AP Shaw, acquitted March 1 of conspiring to kill President Kennedy, pleaded innocent to perjury charges. Arraignment before Judge Malcolm O'Hara. Attorneys Wegmann and Dymond have until April 28 to file pleadings. Shaw accused by Dist Attorney Jim Garrison of lying about knowing Harvey Oswald or David Ferrie, both now dead.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
John Kennedy
Shaw
Criminal District
Malcolm O'Hara
Edward Wegmann
F. Irvin Dymond
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
Harvey Oswald
David Ferrie
River Stages Location Flood Present Change
The river stages show Camden at 13.2 with a 3.5 change and Monroe at 33.4 wl, indicating a fall in water levels for the current period.
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Camden
Monroe
Congress Oil Tax Change Opposed
Washington AP reports oil industry witnesses tell House Ways and Means Committee that curbing 27.5 percent depletion and related taxes would hurt industry and national security. Harold McClure Jr. of Alma Michigan warns of capital flight and higher prices. Ohio and Permian Basin associations note limited full depletion and rising costs.
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Washington
Congress
Wouse Ways and Means
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Harold McClure Jr
Alma
Mich
United States
Free World
David H. Bell
Ohio Oand Gas Association
Permian Basin Petroleum Assn
Leander Perez Sr Dies at 77 Former Plaquemines Parish Leader
Leander H. Perez Sr a longtime Plaquemines Parish oil wealth boss and fierce opponent of racial integration died at 77 after a heart attack. Funeral set for Friday in New Orleans with burial on the Idlewild plantation where he lived. Perez known for excommunication in 1962 over a parochial school desegregation fight and for clashes with the U S Navy over bars and air base access. He backed George Wallace in 1968 and dominated parish politics for decades.
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Plaquemines — Parish
Nava
Idlewild
New Orleans
Seceed
Perez
Plaquemines
Plaquemines Parish
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Navy
Belle Chasse
Parish Councy
Navy
Percy
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Louisiana
Wallace
Montcomery
Ala
Southland
St. Bernard Parish
John MecKeithen
State Highway Board
Chalin
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Otto FE. Passman
Ellen Posey
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State University
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Page &C
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