Ethics Code Proposal Is Presented
Gov. McKeithen received CABL proposed Ethics Code bill for all state employees and officials. Legislation would be a constitutional amendment and enabling act, with the Louisiana Commission on Governmental Ethics and a Board of Ethics for State Elected Officials administering the code. The measure sets penalties, hearings, and required disclosure for public officials and employees.
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Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
Council For A Better
Louisiana
MccKeithen
F. Hugh Coughlin
CABL
Alexandria
McKeithen
Thei
Louisiana Commission On Governmental Ethics
State Civil Service Commission
Louisiana Afl, Cio
Louisiana Civil Service League
Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation
Louisiana Manufacturer’s Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
Public Affairs Research Council
Board of Ethics
State Supreme Court
Council
The
Louisiana Law Institute
Board of Governors
Senate
House
State Department of Civil Service
Commission
Board
Department
Crisis grows as US studies action in Laos and SE Asia
Washington officials outlined possible US moves as Laos faces Communist advances, including strikes on North Vietnam, expanded air and naval power, Thai-based forces if needed, and direct Laos intervention. A Navy carrier squadron rejoined the 7th Fleet, signaling broader Far East needs while diplomacy continues. The White House and State Department seek to deter aggression through pressure and potential increased military involvement.
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North
Viet Nam
Thailand
Laos
Indian Ocean
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Dean Rusk
U.S
Tryouts set for summer musical My Fair Lady at Strauss Playhouse
Auditions for the July production of My Fair Lady will be held Monday and Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Strauss Playhouse on Lamy Lane. Open to all and no theatre membership required. Rehearsals start June 1 with opening on July 24.
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Strauss Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Little Theatre
Today's Chuckle about people who buy on time
A lighthearted note observes that some individuals never seem to act promptly except when making a purchase. The quip hints at delayed actions and living for the moment through consumer timing.
Dixie Baptists Reject Mixing Rights Endorsement
Southern Baptists rejected a church integration endorsement and left the issue to local churches. The policy statement urged focusing on local solutions while other Baptists and five denominations mark their 150th anniversary and oppose changes to the Constitution over school prayer. A substitute policy opposed endorsing civil rights legislation.
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Atlantic City
Southern Baptists
Southern Baptist Convention
United States
Senate
U.S
Deep South
Southern Convention
Christian Life Commission
James Middleton
Shreveport
Push From LBJ Awaited On Rights Bill
Washington AP reports bipartisan supporters rely on President Johnson to press for cloture as the civil rights bill moves toward a final vote. Humphrey says Johnson will sway undecided senators while Aiken confirms need for 3 or 4 more votes from the White House. Ellender notes possible absences to stall cloture. Cloture would require 67 votes.
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Washington
Johnson
Humphrey
George D. Aiken
Vermont
White House
Aiken
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Body Of Hodge Woman Recovered From Water Well
The body of Mrs. Henry Clark 55 was recovered from a 20 foot water well at the Clark home in Hodge shortly after 6 a.m. today Coroner Dr. John S. Robinson said she had been ill for years and apparently fell in between 9:30 p.m. Thursday and 5 a.m. today Rescue squads neighbors and Edmonds Funeral Home arranged funeral plans. Surviving are her husband two sons Edgar Clark and George Harrell Clark a daughter Faye Adcock her mother Mrs Ella Drummond and four grandchildren.
Dry Weather Forecast Persists Through Weekend
A weather synopsis says dry, warm conditions continue with partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Isolated showers possible as high pressure settles southwest of a coastal high off the Carolina coast. Highs near 88 to 94, lows 65 to 70, winds 5 to 15 mph. Monroe reached 92 with 66 overnight. Winnsboro reported 0.05 inch rainfall.
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Mid- South
Carolina
Monroe
Winnsboro
LBJ Describes Great Society Opportunity for Grads
President Johnson addressed 4900 graduates at the University of Michigan urging them toward a great society built on abundance and liberty. He called for rebuilding cities and countryside to end poverty and racial injustice, envisioning an affluent, cultured nation with rebuilt urban areas and renewed civic life.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich
Johnson
Indicted for VA fraud in Louisiana and vets involved
A federal grand jury in New Orleans indicted two Tangipahoa Parish school board former employees and twelve veterans on charges they conspired from 1958 to 1962 to defraud the Veterans Administration of 318230 dollars. Hutchinson and Brock allegedly filed false statements claiming veterans pursued VA approved training while they held fulltime jobs elsewhere. bonds were set at 5000 dollars for Hutchinson and Brock and 1000 dollars for each veteran.
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New Orleans
Tangipahoa Parish
Veterans Administration
FBI
Asst
U.S. Atty
Louis R. Lacour
Harvey E. Hutchinson
Tangipahoa
Latimer A. Brock
Amite
Hutchinson
Brock
Veterans Institutional
Lucas
Norman E. Barnum
Leroy B. Bethel
Calvin A. Comeaux
Freddie Edwards
Willie Gregoire
Henry F. Harrison
Douglas C. Hawkins
Frank H. Hemphill
Jerome H. Huebinger
John S. Koles
Roy E. McCrady
William Roy McRady
U.S. Dist
Frank Ellis
Hutchinson and
House trims military spending on luxury facilities
The Appropriations Committee curbed lavish military construction citing waste. It banned silk wallpaper in generals bathrooms and blocked new officers clubs and bowling alleys funding. It approved a 1.6 billion construction fund and warned against nonessential projects at Navy bases and in Army commands.
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Washington
UPS
House Appropriations
Navy
Secretary of the Army
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Maine
Okinawa
Indians Seek More U.S. Jets
India asks the United States to sell three squadrons of F104 Sabre jets to bolster defense against China. Estimated cost is $150 million. State Department objections hinge on possible friction with Pakistan as India's defense minister Y B Chavan met Defense Secretary McNamara to hear Washington's reply.
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Washington
India
United States
China
State Department
U.S
Pakistan
Y. B. Chavan
Robert S. McNamara
Defense budget hits billion for missile systems in 1952
The Defense Department's missile weapon systems expenditures first topped one billion dollars in 1952, per the Aerospace Industries Association of America. The data highlight early postwar scale of strategic programs.
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U.S. Defense Department
Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc
York Rears Heroic Return To Nashville Hospital
Sergeant Alvin York, famed WWI hero, reentered a Nashville hospital for the ninth time in under two years. A physician said he is not listed as seriously ill at the moment.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin York
America
Officer who defected to Communists faces court martial
BULLETINS STUTTGART Germany UPI The United States Army said Capt Alfred Svenson 31 of Scranton Pa the only American officer to defect to the Communists in Europe and return will be court martialed on desertion and larceny charges A Seventh Army spokesman said and testimony of an indicted Secret Service agent accused drunkenness and laxity among agents guarding the late President Kennedy Washington AP The government said it will seek court action to force the Teamsters Union to open its books for an investigation of funds used to defend Teamsters President James R Hoffa in his criminal trials Mrs Lyndon B Johnson returned from a Kentucky tour saying she gained a better insight into the property program Chicago UPI The Warren Commission likely will seek
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Stuttgart
Germany
UPI
U.S. Army
Europe
Alfred Svenson
Scranton
Seventh Army
Secret Service
Kennedy
Washington
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kentucky
U.N. Considers Cambodian Vietnam Patrols Proposal
United Nations delegates studied U.S. proposals for UN sponsorship of military patrols along the Cambodia South Vietnam border. Vietnamese government sources doubted the patrols would be effective amid ongoing border tensions.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U.S
United Nations
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Committee Beats Perez on Civil Rights Platform Vote
In Baton Rouge the Democratic State Central Committee rejected binding its delegates to oppose a civil rights plank at the national convention. The Perez motion failed 57-42 as factions from north and south Louisiana clashed over presidential slate strategies for Johnson and Wallace. Blanche Long was elected national committeewoman by acclamation amid the day’s floor fights and proxy disputes involving 25 proxies.
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Baton Rouge
Democratic State Central Committee
National Party
Leander Perez
Plaquemines Parish
President Johnson
George Wallace
Alabama
North Louisiana
South Louisiana
Perez
House
Edward Carmouche
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Blanche Long
Earl K. Long
Nations Democratic
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
J. Marshall Brown
National Democratic
Phil St. Amant
John Garrett
Haynesville
Robert Cowden Resigns From Monroe Utilities Post
Robert Cowden resigns after seven years on the Monroe Utilities Commission and three as chairman. He cites health reasons advised by his physician and praises the commission the city council and staff for their friendly cooperation.
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Robert Cowden
Monroe Utilities Commission
Cowden
Commission
Monroe City Council
Musical instrument sale ad seeks Pan American clarinet
Reading like a classified note the ad offers a Pan American clarinet for 40 dollars or 50 dollars for a clarinet in good condition. It lists contact numbers 373 1263 and FA 99 6548 after 6 pm and on weekends.
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