Kentucky Derby Winner Doped, Disqualified
Alabama Governor Lurleen B Wallace dies in her sleep after a two year fight with cancer. Lt Gov Albert Brewer becomes governor as she passes at 12 54 am with her husband and four children at her side. Funeral and viewing plans are announced for St James Church in Montgomery and the state capitol rotunda.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen B. Wallace
George
Albert Brewer
Decatur, Ala
Alabama
Wallace
William Crawford Gorgas
The
Medical Association of the State of Alabama
James Parsons
Birmingham
Parsons
Peggy
George Wallace Jr
Janie Lee Wallace
Janie Lee
Louisiana Governor Expresses Sympathy After Alabama Leader's Death
Gov John J McKeithen called the death of Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace a tragic loss and extended sympathy to Alabama and its people He praised Mrs Wallace for her strength and resolve during her illness and said Louisiana would share in the mourning He noted he did not yet know if he would attend the funeral.
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Baton Rouge
Vps
John J. McKeithen
Lurleen Wallace
McKeithen
Louisiana
Alabama
Wallace
Hanoi envoy praises talks outlook amid Paris negotiations
North Vietnam's Col Han Van Lau arrived in Paris from Hanoi and said he was very optimistic about the preliminary talks starting Friday. U.S. envoy Harriman warned negotiations would be tough and patience would be required while North Vietnam's delegation arrives.
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Paris
UPI
Han van Lau
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Hanoi
Lau
le Bourget
Xuan Thuy
Harriman
Soviet Denial of Involvement in Masaryk Death
Moscow rejects Prague claims that the Soviet Union through Stalin era secret police helped cause Jan Masaryk's 1948 death. Tass calls Masaryk's death suicide and criticizes Western press and Czech outlets for raising the allegation. The visit of Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek coincides with the first open Soviet rebuke of liberalization in Czechoslovakia.
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Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Stalin
Jan Masaryk
Tass
Masaryk
Jiri Hajek
Rude Pravo
Prague
Foreign Ministry
Twin Cities Chit Chat Airmen Complete Training
Raymond C. Reames Jr and Rolan R. Procell Jr both from West Monroe have completed basic training at Amarillo AFB Texas and are assigned to the Air Force Technical Training Center at Sheppard AFB Texas. Reames a 1966 West Monroe High School graduate and former Northeast Louisiana State College student, and Procell a 1965 graduate who attended La Tech in Ruston.
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Raymond C. Reames Jr
Raymond C. Reames Sr
Rt. 5
West Monroe
Amarillo
Air Force Base
Texas
Air Force Technical Training Center
West Monroe High School
Airman Reames
Northeast Louisianatate College
Rolan R. Procell Jr
Rolan R. Procell
Medorah Dr
Sheppard Afb
Tex
la. Tech
Ruston
Progress Report on Two Heart Transplants at St Luke's
Houston AP reports Dr. Denton A. Cooley-led team sees two patients survive post transplant progress at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Cobb, 48, Alexandria salesman, received a 1 year old heart. Thomas, 47, Phoenix accountant, got a 10 year old heart. Both show stable vital signs. pacemaking function intact. Week-late rejection risk noted.
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Houston, Tex
Divine Providence
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Denton A. Cooley
St. Luke's
James B. Cobb
Alexandria
Cobb
Louise
Everett Claire Thomas
Phoenix
Amy
Thomas
Helen
William ©. Kaiser
Odessa
Kaiser
Cooley
Divers Called To Help Rescue Coal Miners In West Virginia
Divers from Philadelphia joined rescue efforts at Hominy Falls West Virginia where 25 miners are trapped in a two mile coal shaft. Surface teams contacted 15 men while 10 remain unreachable as floodwater fills the shaft. Officials attempt to bore an air hole and deliver supplies via conveyor to the nearest entombed workers.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
W.va
Philadelphia
H.E. Sundstrom
Cherry River Coal Co
Sundstrom
Cold Front Moves In With Scattered Thunderstorms
A cold front approaches Wednesday as a disturbance moves southeastward into western areas. Scattered thundershowers are likely Wednesday in Northeast Louisiana. rain chances 20 percent this afternoon rising to 40 percent tonight and Wednesday. Winds shift from southeast to north by late Wednesday. Highs near 76 to 82, lows 60 to 66.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Delta
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Five Primaries Mark Kennedy Humphrey Tests
Kennedy and Humphrey faced first 1968 primary tests in Indiana and District of Columbia while Ohio, Florida, Alabama, and DC voters chose 115 Democratic and 58 Republican delegates. Kennedy sought McCarthy's Indiana challenge. Nixon pressed diplomacy in Nebraska. Branigin led undecided voters in Indiana. Alabama mourned Gov. Wallace’s death as Wallace aimed to secure delegates. Lausche and Gilligan contest in Ohio with AFL-CIO backing for Gilligan.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Indiana
Ohio
Alabama
Florida
District of Columbia
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger D. Branigin
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nebraska
Omaha
Stephen M. Young
James A. Rhodes
Senate
George A. Smathers
McCarthy
Indianapolis
Branigin
New York City
America
Nixon
Kennedy Humphrey District of Columbia
Johnson
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Lurleen Wallace
George C. Wallace
Frank J. Lausche
John J. Gilligan
Cincinnati
Ohio Democratic Executive Committee
Gilligan
Afl-Cio
Police Officers Save Residents In Alabama Fire
Two Birmingham officers, W. D. Overstreet and R. A. Brown, shouted residents from a blazing neighborhood home early today. They kicked doors and banged windows to alert 15 people mostly women and children who fled barefoot into the cold night before the house collapsed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Willie Bell Savage
W. D. Overstreet
R. A. Brown
River Stage Readings Show Falls at Camden Monroe
River stage readings indicate falls in Camden and Monroe with combined levels listed as 26 and 38 and precipitation remains modest. Flood presence is noted with minor changes and no major rises reported.
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Camden
Monroe
Purse Awarded After Derby Disqualification Shakeup
Dancer's Image, the Derby winner, is disqualified after a positive urine test for phenylbutazone. Forward Pass is declared the official winner with Fran cie's Hat second and T. V. Commercial third. The track will consider charges against related parties. the $122,600 purse goes to Forward Pass.
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Calumet Farm
Forward Pass
State Racing Commission
Dancer
Boston
Peter Fuller
Francie’s Hat
Churchill Downs
Wathen Knebelkamp
T. V. Commercial
Leo O'Donnel
Lewis Finley Jr
John G. Goode
Fuller
Bobby Ussery
Ussery
Lou Cavalaris Jr
Ohio
Canada
Heavy City voting urged for 20 precincts in Saturday election
Officials call for high turnout in the mayoral race and four city posts. Twenty precincts will be active though three wards partially outside city limits. Twenty seven candidates seek four year terms across 13 posts with 19 743 voters eligible from 6 am to 6 pm. Precincts list includes Tempor ary Quachlla Courthouse Orange Street Fire Station Barkdull Faulk School Benoit Recreation Center Lida Benton School Jackson Street Fire Station and other sites in Ward 3 and Ward 10 including Neal High School Neville High School Georgia Tucker Elementary Apex Supply Co and Lincoln Elementary among others.
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Monroyans
Municipal Democratic Executive Committee
To & Pm
Quachlla
Orange Street
South Sixth
Orange
Barkdull Faulk
Jackson
Benoit Recreation Center
Lee
Guy Smart
Lee Junior High
North Nineteenth Street
Saul Adler
American Legion Home
Forsythe Park
Neville High School
Forsythe Avenue
Georgia Tucker
Hudson Street
North Ninth and
Hudson
Apex Supply Company
North Fifth
Arkansas
Luffey
U S Troops Tanks Enter Saigon Battle
American tanks and armored personnel carriers join the fight around Saigon cutting off a Viet Cong assault from the southwest. The 9th Infantry Division moved in to stop the attackers and reported 35 enemy killed with five Americans wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Paris
Hue
Dong Ha
Kinh Doi Canal
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
9Th Division
Bastrop Hires Nesmith as New High School Coach
Nesmith from Magee Mississippi was named Bastrop High School head coach and physics teacher with a 9200 dollar annual salary. He comes after a 36 6 coaching record at Magee and replaces Jimmy Gilbert after non renewal of Gilbert’s contract, with moving expenses approved.
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Bastrop
Malcom Nesmith
Magee, Miss
Morehouse Parish
Bastrop High School
Joe Campbell
Nesmith
Magee
Mississippi State University
Nes
Miniskirt Era Sparks Aerial Eye Flits Rumor
A humorous note suggests men fixate on skirts as the miniskirt arrives, with jokes about eye movements and fashion influence.
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Gov. McKeithen
W. Averell Harriman
Tran Viet Dung
France
Mai Wan Bom Bo
West
Twin Cities
Louisville
Winné
Lot
Lida Benton
Lee Avenue
Lidell
Precinct
Jackson Street
Jackson and
Egan Streets
Bastrop School
Ory
Meevy Guy Sen
Ike
Philco
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