Officer Slain In Houston Negro Campus Riot
Hooded police stormed Texas Southern University dormitories to quell a mass riot. Patrolman Lewis Kuba, 25, was killed by a shot to the forehead during the dorm assault. Several officers and a student were wounded as authorities moved in and corralled hundreds of students for transport to jail.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Southern University
No Man’s Land
Lewis R. Kuba
Police Academy
Kuba
Louie Welch
Robert Blaylock
Little Army
F. D. Kirkpatrick
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wheeler Avenue
Herman Short
Welch
Student Union
Short
Alan Dale Dugger
Morris English
SNCC
University
Harris County Mercy
Adcock Pushes Split of New Senatorial District
Sen Jamar Adcock of Ouachita seeks to divide his reapportioned district into two divisions under a plan labeled fiscal by a Senate committee. The measure would require candidates to run in a specified division, not district wide, affecting Ouachita Morehouse and East West Carroll parishes.
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Baton Rouge
Jamar Adcock
Man
Ouachita
Morehouse
East
West Carroll Parishes
Senate
Tre
Monroe
Jackson Parishes
West Carroll
Adcock
Ouachita and Morehouse
Sam Broussard
Lafayette
Gordon Flory
Louisiana Afl-Cio
Judge Allows Testimony By FBI Agent In Kennedy Case
Orleans Parish Judge Bernard Bagert ruled the Justice Department cannot bar FBI Agent Regis Kennedy from testifying before the grand jury investigating the Kennedy assassination. Kennedy was subpoenaed. the judge ordered him to appear. The ruling centers on whether executive branch orders can restrict testimony in court cases.
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New Orleans
Bernard Bagert
Justice Department
Bagert
FBI
Regis Kennedy
Orleans Parish
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Kennedy
CIA
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ouachita Stages Flood Location Changes
Flood stage readings show Monroe rising to 40.25 feet with a 1.2 rise while Camden falls to 26.624 feet with a 1.8 decline as 24 hour location data updates.
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Monroe
Camden
One Reason We Love Enemies They Don’t Borrow
A light quip noting that enemies are easier to tolerate since they do not borrow items. The joke highlights a practical benefit in witty, casual humor.
Monroe Civic Pride Drives Clean Yard Campaign
In Monroe the Louisiana Cleanest City contest spurs residents to prepare homes for judging. Mrs. S. R. Wall, 90, contacted the Chamber of Commerce to clean her yard while she was away in a nursing home, but Captain Green of the Salvation Army offers to do the work free as a civic engagement.
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Louisiana
Monroe
France's 24-Hour General Strike Shuts Major Services
A 24-hour general strike paralyzes France protesting President de Gaulle's bid for special legislative powers. About 13.7 million workers are striking or unable to work, with millions more affected. Despite repeated strikes, many Frenchmen accept the disruption as routine.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Bullet in Heart Forces Sneak Return Surgery
William B. Spangler of Glendora Calif faces open heart surgery May 23 to remove a slug lodged in his heart for 15 years. Doctors say the bullet could reach the lungs or tear heart muscle and kill him. The 30 year old electronics worker recalls a 1952 hunting accident that sent the bullet into his chest.
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Glendora
Calif
William B. Spangler
Spangler
Richard L. Rohde
Stillwell
Oklo
Soviet Made Rockets Hit U S Marines Near DMZ
Communist forces fired 140 mm rockets at Gio Linh two miles south of the DMZ as fighting raged around Con Thien. About 3,500 attackers faced 5,000 Marines while U S jets targeted SAM sites near the 17th Parallel eight miles from shore with unclear damage details.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Gio Linh
Dmz
Con Thien
North
South Vietnam
Carmichael Tied to Marxist Group Says Hoover
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a congressional committee that Stokely Carmichael of the SNCC had frequent contact with Max Stanford leader of a Chinese Communist oriented organization. Hoover said Carmichael aided in forming a Black Panther party in New York City and cited a broader Communist smear campaign against police. He also reported Cuban delegates at the United Nations buying military equipment in the United States.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Congressional
Stokely Carmichael
Revolutionary Action Movement
Hoover
Carmichael
Stanford
New York City
United Nations
Partly Cloudy Cool Weather Outlook for Twin Cities
The Twin Cities forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with mild afternoons and cool nights. Winds will be variable at 5 to 15 mph. Highs near 76 to 82, with lows around 56 to 62, and a 54 degree reading reported at Selman Field.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
House GOPs Mount Attack On LBJ Bills
Washington AP Republicans launched a three prong attack on a $10 billion bill funding HUD and 19 other agencies. They targeted rent subsidies model cities and sales certificates while trimming urban renewal and mass transit funds.
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Washington
House
Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
Solons Approve State Budget Bill
The Louisiana House Appropriations Committee endorsed the governor's budget bill by a unanimous vote. Rep. Robert Munson said a floor vote would be held Monday. The bill totals 1.277 billion with amendments from discovered omissions and a 50 thousand dollar追加 for mental retardation programs in Louisiana.
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House
Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Glenn R. Davis
R-Wis
Paul Fine
R-N.y
Baton Rouge, la
House Appropriations Committee
Rep
Robert Munson
McKeithen
Louisiana
Riots Scar Hong Kong Kowloon Business District
Anti British rioters in Kowloon’s main business area erupt in three mobs over three days of violence. Police use tear gas and batons as mobs smash storefronts, burn cars, and clash with officers near Nathan Road. Demonstrations also flare in Peking and London protests Red China.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Peking
London
Red
Fort Worth Police Break Up Near Riot After Shooting
In Fort Worth Texas police ended a near riot after a gunfire incident left a Negro man dead and a woman wounded beside a west side nightclub. Patrolman A J Tiroff answered a burglar alarm and encountered a false alarm then was knocked unconscious and revived as 150 plus protesters shouted threats. Fifty officers dispersed the crowd in about twenty minutes arresting three men and a woman, all Negroes.
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Fort Worth
Tex
A. J. Tiroff
West Side
Tiroff
Texas Riot On Texas Southern Campus Report
Witness describes a Texas Southern University riot where police moved in with riot squads after shots were fired on Wheeler Avenue near the Student Union. Officers cleared dormitories, detained about 150 students in a bomb disposal van, while others stood with hands behind their heads awaiting transport.
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Houston
Tex
Herman Short
Texas Southern University
Wheeler Avenue
Student Union
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