House Committee Boosts Federal School Aid Amid Desegregation Tensions
The House Appropriations Committee approved 1.6 billion dollars more for HEW school aid and urged the Education Department to enforce desegregation laws more evenly. The move accompanies a 1967 budget bill totaling 13 billion for HEW and related agencies, with overall reductions from the President's request.
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Labor Department
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GOP School Aid Bill Sparks House Debate
In Washington the House debated a Republican backed school aid bill amid charges it favors wealthy suburbs over needy districts. Rep Carl Perkins warned the Quie amendments would overhaul federal aid and shift funds to states with more suburban recipients, threatening the Johnson administration plan.
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Carl D. Perkins
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High Court Orders Hearing For Hoffa New Chicago taint trial review
The Supreme Court ordered a new hearing for Teamsters President James R. Hoffa on his 1964 federal mail fraud conviction. The hearing will assess whether Hoffa's trial was affected by admitted government eavesdropping on a codefendant and could lead to a new trial if taint is found.
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Byron R. White
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FBI
S. George Burris
New York City
Justice Department
Burris
Benjamin Sigelbaum
Miami, Fla
Pilot downed two more MIGs. Olds leads Vietnam war air battles
Col. Robin Olds, 44, credited with downing his third and fourth MIGs over North Vietnam, becoming the war’s leading MIG killer. The WWII ace already had three confirmed kills and a probable. the Air Force says the probable is confirmed. Olds, tied to West Point, commands a wing in Thailand and is married to Ella Raines.
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Robin Olds
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Olds
Air Force
West Point
Ella Raines
Washington, D.C
Sth Tactical
Thailand
Summer Readies New World Adventures for Students
Mike Savage, aviation electronics technician in the U S Navy, is home on leave visiting his parents in Monroe after graduating in 1965 from Ouachita Parish High School. He returns to Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia to report to Naval Attack Squadron 65 in late May.
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Naval Attack Squadron 65
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Oceana
Ouachita Parish
Navy
Hong Kong Reds Battle With Police
Pro Communist demonstrators clash with police on the 11th day of rioting in Hong Kong. Police use batons and tear gas as crowds attack Government House and march through Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Over 100 arrests, about 70 injured including both sides, and authorities deploy 10 000 police and 7000 troops to restore order.
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Kowloon
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Weather outlook for Northeast Louisiana cooler temps
Partly cloudy in Northeast Louisiana with cooler tonight and Tuesday. Lows 50 to 56, highs 70 to 74, winds north 8 to 18 mph turning northeast. Monroe saw a high of 70 and a low of 59. Selman Field recorded 1.61 inches of rain Sunday.
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U.S. Planes Raid Hanoi Down MIG in Fresh Air War
U S planes attacked Hanoi defying Buddha's birthday cease fire and claimed to down one MIG. Reports from Tass CTK and Soviet outlets described massive bombings while power and water were cut in Hanoi. In the Central Highlands a U S sweep met heavy resistance with about 32 enemy killed and 59 Marines wounded.
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Military Trial Stay Is Refused
The Supreme Court denied a request to stay the court martial of Capt. Howard B. Levy at Ft. Jackson South Carolina. Levy, a 30 year old doctor, faces charges including allegedly withholding medical training from special forces corpsmen. The high court referred the plea to the full court, which declined without explanation.
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Ft. Jackson
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Earl Warren
Warren
Two Americans Killed In Korea Barracks Blasts
In Seoul two U S soldiers died when North Korean infiltrators detonated delayed charges near the Imjin River, destroying two Quonset huts. Sixteen soldiers and two South Koreans were injured as the UN Command demanded an Armistice Commission meeting at Panmunjom.
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Fire rips Brussels department store with 13 reported dead
Flames engulfed the five story A l Innovation store on Rue Neuve in downtown Brussels. Witnesses counted seven bodies, with many injured as upper floors caved in while the Priba department store also caught fire. Police feared more victims trapped as authorities closed streets and ambulances arrived.
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Chuckle Teens Defined By Phone Finger Hackers
A humorous remark defines Chuckle Teenagers as people who use their fingers to dial and joke about phone hacking. The quip plays on tech motifs and teen mischief in lighthearted tone.
Missing Plane Searched Over 8000 Sq Miles
Key West reports eleven planes scoured open water from here to Cuba for a missing red and white Cessna 150 flown by Maj. Richard Harwood Pearce with his 5 year old son aboard. The pilot's flight plan cited a one hour sightseeing trip after a three day motel stay.
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Trains Collision Kills Seven in Upper Manhattan Yard
Two freight trains collided head on in a New York Central yard near 148th Street triggering a fierce fire and a growing death toll. Seven bodies were reported with more feared dead as firefighters battled wreckage and injuries mounted among a twelve-man crew.
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Fire Department
130Th Street
New York Central Railroad
Riverside Drive
West 148Th Street
33Rd Street
Selkirk Yard
Albany
New York Central
Accident Fatal To Local Woman Early Today
A Monroe woman Mrs Lena S Arant 3705 Concordia St died at St Francis Hospital from injuries in a two car crash nine miles north of Monroe on Louisiana Highway 165 at about 835 am. The Sawyers of Riverside Calif received minor injuries and were treated at the hospital.
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Lena S. Arant
Concordia St
St. Francis Hospital
Here
Clarence B. Sawyer
Mission Blvd
Riverside
Calif
Louisiana State Police
Supreme Court denies delay on Alabama desegregation order
The Supreme Court refused to delay the lower court desegregation order requiring Alabama public schools to desegregate by next fall. Governor Lurleen Wallace and state officials sought a formal appeal delay, but the court offered no explanation in its routine order.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Montgomery
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