$200000 Parish Drainage Plan to Build New Canals
State and Ouachita Parish officials announce a two year $200000 drainage upgrade program. A $30000 restoration on Young's Rawan Canal south of Monroe aims to speed runoff and reduce flooding. The project links a new Lafourche canal network with gravity flow plus a heavy public works effort.
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Ouachita Parish
Young
Rawan Canal
Monroe
Ouachita
Lafourche
Public Works Department
Jamar Adcock
John McKeithen
Adcock
Ota
Earl Millen
Shreveport
S. C
T. W. Humphries
Bernie van
C. W. Whetstone
Herbert Collier
Humphries
Smith
Young's Bayou
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Quachita Parish High School
Lakeshore
Selman Field
Police Jury
Tensas Basin
Whetstone
Van
Ward 3
Curtis Joiner
Quachita
Joiner
van, Whetstone
M. W. Montgomery
Young's Bayou Canal
Moose Road
Louisiana 15
Winnsboro Road
Mao Tze-tung Gravely Ill in Red China Report
UPI reports Mao Zedong, Red China's supreme leader, gravely ill with public appearances halted. Diplomats say no major policy shift expected. Li Xiannian as likely successor, Beijing maintaining hard line against the United States and Soviet bloc.
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London
UPI
Red
China
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Peking
Chinese Communist Party
United States
Russia
Josef Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Li Shao Chi
Judge Bars USL New Iberia Branch Plan
Dist. Judge Fred Blanche blocked the University of Southwestern Louisiana from opening a New Iberia branch. The ruling, in a taxpay- ers suit, held the plan violated a state constitutional require- ment for legislative approval to establish new state college campuses. Representative Luke LeBlanc said USL must seek lawmakers' permission and would oppose the move.
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LeBlanc
Loss In Airport Fire at Ryan Airport in Baton Rouge
A pre-dawn blaze destroyed a warehouse at Ryan Airport in Baton Rouge. Dist Fire Chief Clinton Stockwell estimated the loss at about 100000 dollars. The deputy sheriff discovered the fire around 3 am. Half the building stored surplus commodities for the needy. the other half housed raw plastic for a private firm.
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Baton Rouge
Ryan Airport
Dist
Clinton Stockwell
San Bernardino County Largest US county by area
San Bernardino County in California is described as the largest U.S. county by total area at 20,125 square miles.
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San Bernardino County
Calif
United States
Criteria Set For Student Draft Deferments
Washington AP The Selective Service System released revised criteria for local draft boards to decide college student deferments. Criteria apply to those who have completed freshman year or higher, including graduate studies. High school graduates planning college may take the draft qualification test on May 14 May 2 and June. A 70 or higher score satisfies undergraduates while 80+ satisfies graduates. Class standing is also considered: upper half after freshman year, upper two thirds after sophomore year, upper three fourths after junior year. Graduate entrants must show first year after college graduation admission and rank in the top quarter of their final undergraduate class.
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Washington
Selective Service System
Twin Cities Chit Chat Birthday Pages Quiet Celebrations
Two Monroe residents marked birthdays on Thursday with family gatherings and modest parties. Mrs. W C Renwick, 108 Delano Drive, enjoyed a ta ta session and dinner with relatives, joking she is 75 years young and will have more birthdays. T C Rowland, 105 Rose Lawn, retired from plantation work, spent a relaxed day at home with his family.
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Monroe
W. C. Renwick
Delano Dr
T. C. Rowland
Roselawn
Johnson seeks cuts in rent subsidies and Teachers Corps
In a 1966 nonmilitary bill, the House Appropriations Committee reduced Johnsons requested 30 million in rent subsidies to 12 million and cut the Teachers Corps from 13.2 million to 10 million. The panel lowered overall aid by about 248.7 million, citing priorities and bookkeeping adjustments. Republican members urged deeper cuts and tighter controls on Great Society programs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
GOP
Congress
Marines Smash Viet Cong Units in Quang Ngai Province Fight
In a five day operation in Quang Ngai Province, about five thousand Marines and South Vietnamese troops defeated Viet Cong regiments and battalions, destroying villages and uncovering fortifications. Allied losses were light while air strikes targeted Viet Cong facilities and a northern defense complex. In politics, Buddhist student leader Nguyen Hua Giao warned of possible violence if Premier Ky blocks demands for a civilian government.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Quang Ngai Province
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North
Viet Nam
Vinh
Air Force
Dien Bien Phu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Northern University Cit of Hue
Hartford shoe shiner Sally challenges antifeminist norms
Sally Petrauskas, a 19 year old Vassar sophomore, shines shoes on Hartford Asylum Street to fund a two week spring vacation. She reports antifeminist reactions from some men while noting modest earnings and hazards, including a kind old lady’s tearful compliment.
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Hartford, Conn
Vassar
Sally Petrauskas
Sally
Hartford
Asylum Street
Poughkeepssie
N.Y
Fair And Warmer Predicted Today In Monroe Area
Skies brighten with warmer temperatures for today and Saturday in Monroe. Forecast highs range from 60 to 72 degrees with nights near the mid 30s to mid 40s depending on conditions. The text also mentions Sally and her outfit in a dated, conversational style.
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Monroe
Sally
Two Area Men Die As Wagon Hits Truck On U S 190
Four people died instantly in a crash seven miles west of Baton Rouge when a station wagon struck a Dixie Transport truck attempting a U turn on U S 190. Victims were Bruce H. Lee 44 R D Furlow 33 Vernon Bison 40 and A A Ross 38. The truck was driven by Melvin L Burden 20 who faces negligent homicide charges. The accident occurred at 4 05 this morning.
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Baton Rouge
U. S. 190
Here
Bruce H. Lee
Alexandria
R. D. Furlow
Logansport
Vernon Bison
Bellomont
A. A. Ross
Georgetown
Melvin L. Burden
Stowell
Tex
Dixie Transport
Beaumont
Burden
East Baton Rouge Parish
Zoo Fire Wipes Out Audubon Park Ape Collection
A predawn blaze at Audubon Park Zoo in New Orleans destroyed the animal hospital and killed about three chimpanzees two orangutans roughly a dozen monkeys plus rabbits and guinea pigs. The loss valued at over 12000 was not insured and orangutans bought for 5000 each. Police spotted the fire around 4 am.
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New Orleans
Audubon Park Zoo
Zoo
William Pohlman
Indonesia
Lloyd Verrett
Five Conquer Vertical Wall of Mt. Eiger
An Alpine expedition conquered Mt. Eiger via the north wall in a 30 day ascent. Four Germans and a Scot reached the 13,036 foot summit amid 40 below zero winds and late days of danger. Joerg Lehne and Guenther Strobel led the climb with teammates Guenther Schnidt Roland Vutteler and Douglas Haston. A prior teammate American John Harlin died days earlier.
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Kleine Scheidegg
Switzerland
Mt. Eiger
Joerg Lehne
Stuttgart
Guenther Strobel
Alps
John Harlin
Eiger
Guenther Schnidt
Roland Vutteler
Douglas Haston
Edinburgh
Scotland
Middle-age Chuckle About Staying Ahead by Staying Even
A light quip notes that middle age is the period when progress feels like maintaining parity rather than moving forward. It frames aging as balancing gains and losses with humor and perspective.
Rusk Seeks Prompt Nuclear Arms Control Pact
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged quick moves by the United States Britain and the Soviet Union toward a treaty banning spread of nuclear weapons and suggested France and possibly China might join. He said major powers view proliferation as dangerous and undesirable.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Rusk
Mongolia
Soviet Union
Red China
State Department
FBI
West Germany
U.S
Peking
Air Secretary Stresses Manned Bombers for U S
Air Force Secretary Harold Brown told the 20th anniversary Air Force Association convention in Dallas that the United States must maintain strategic superiority with a mixed force of missiles and manned bombers. He said the goal is to strike second and come out better, and that manned bombers will be needed through at least the 1970s.
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Dallas
Tex
Air Force
Harold Brown
United States
Brown
Air Force Association
Association
Money Doesn't Grow on Trees Sold
A brief item notes the sale of a phrase or product titled Money Doesn't Grow on Trees. The listing confirms completion of a sale and references related merchandising activity.
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Richard Tyler Staff
The
Moscow
Communist Party
USL
New Iberia
Twin Cities
LBJ
Dong Hoi
Giao
P.sides
Orleans
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