City moves to collect rent from Delta and Trans-Texas Airways
Monroe City Council, led by Mayor W L, directs City Kney Haynes L Harkey to seek legal steps to collect rent from Delta Airlines and Trans-Texas Airways at Selman. An attorney will also request a court order to force payment and to secure future receipts as part of the terminal lease dispute.
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W. L
Jack
Kney Haynes L. Harkey
Delta Airlines
Airways
Selman
Air- Trans-Texas Airways
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Hothe City
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Ofe
Irregularities in Louisiana highway projects exposed
U S Public Roads Bureau engineer Herman Berg told the House Highway Investigating Committee of irregularities in Louisiana highway construction. He cited Castor Creek bridge on US 84 in LaSalle Parish and the Old River bridge project with mis-set elevation stakes, altered final material counts, and thin base layers on the Olla Rosefield road. The hearing also covered Jena Whitehall paving and other district projects, with focus on pre-1961 practices and state control lapses.
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Frank Howard
D-N.j
House Public Works Subcommittee
Herman I. Berg
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Fort Worth
Tex
Lyman G. Youngs
Louisiana
Berg
Castor Creek
LaSalle Parish
U.S. 84
Olla-Rosefield
Jena Whitehall
District 58
Baton Rouge
Public Roads Bureau
E. J. James
Louisiana Highway Department
Keithen Pushes Louisiana Medical School Plan
J McKeithen announced support for establishing a medical school in Louisiana State University system. He cited financing options and urged state action to expand medical education. The Shreveport delegation arrived for a government meeting to discuss backing the project.
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Rouge
UPID
J. McKeithen
Louisiana State Univer
Shreveport Society
McKeithen
Gover
Sansion
Orl
Contate
Riary
Day's Chuckle Sign Near Elementary Sparks Confusion
A reader report describes a lettered sign near an elementary school with garbled text about pre school safety and a teacher. The fragment ends with a stray line about sexuality, causing unclear interpretation and local bemusement.
Cloture Clamped On Voting Debate
The Senate set a tight time limit on further debate on the voting rights bill urged by President Johnson. The cloture vote was 70 for and 30 against, three more than the two thirds required, signaling likely early passage.
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Senate
Johnson
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ervin
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
The
Communications Satellite Corp
Associated Press
George Murphy
Calif
Jack Miller
Iowa
Bogalusa Mayor Faces Recall Over Desegregation Fight
In Bogalusa Louisiana about 500 whites gathered at a bonfire rally after gates to all white parks were removed amid desegregation protests. Mayor Jesse Cutrer Jr 50 pledged to stand firm against outside agitators while the recall effort by the Bogalusa Citizens Council pushes to remove him for attempting to end illegal segregation. The city with roughly 55 percent Black residents, hosts tense clashes as council members deny concessions to civil rights groups and pressure increases to test park access and local authority.
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Bogalusa
Jesse Cutrer Jr
Commission Council
Citizens Council
Cutter
Louisiana
City Hall
Saturn 1 launches Pegasus 2 satellite in Cape Kennedy flight
The Saturn 1 rocket carried Pegasus 2 to orbit at Cape Kennedy amid a dramatic dawn launch. The 18 story tall booster produced 1.5 million pounds of thrust as Pegasus 2 unfolded 96 foot wings and entered an orbit from 320 to 460 miles high, tracked from Antigua.
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Fla
Pegasus 2
Earth
Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
West Indies
Antigua
Atlantic
West Monroe Club Welcomes New Member Jack Sneed
Jack Sneed, recently moved from Bastrop to the Twin Cities, becomes the newest member of the West Monroe Optimist Club. He serves as assistant director of the West Monroe Boys' Club.
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Jack Sneed
Twin Cities
Bastrop
West Monroe
Old Lady’s Live NY Crime Drama Nets Narco Peddlers
In Manhattan a policewoman in disguise as Marie Cirle staged a dramatic arrest of two alleged narcotics sellers. She shot Thomas O Neill in the hip after he lunged with a knife, while companion Harry Twyman hid in a jewelry shop. Cirle and fellow officer Julia Tucker then pursued and captured the pair, with writer Cornelius Hirschberg observing and later noting the scene.
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Manhattan
Marie Cirle
Thomas O'Neill
Queens
Harry Twyman
Bronx
Buster
Cornelius Hirschberg
Mystery Writers of America
Twyman
Hirschberg
Cirile
Julia Tucker
O'Neill
Cirie
Man Killed In Area Auto Crash Near Delhi
In Mississippi, J Hugh Reed aged 77 died after his car pulled onto U S Highway 80 eight miles east of Delhi near Tendal at about 8 30 am. His wife was injured and taken to Delhi Clinic. Bertram N Darnell 43 of Jackson Miss the other driver was treated and released.
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Mississippi
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Here
Tendal
Teachers Pay Survey Talks Aimed at Full Pay Rise
Baton Rouge AP reports the House Education Committee patches a Senate plan to involve key educational groups in a long range survey on financing a full teacher pay raise. Gov McKeithen faced a pay rise issue in 1964 and now seeks funding for complete implementation in 1966.
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Baton Rouge
House Education Committee
Senate
John McKeithen
McKeithen
Silverstein Memorial Is Planned
Monroe Chamber of Commerce directors announce creation of the David C. Silverstein Memorial Civic Award to honor the late businessman and civic leader. Monroe Mayor Jack Howard and Gov. John J. McKeithen express sympathy and support for the tribute.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
David C. Silverstein
David Silverstein
Silverstein
Chamber
Howard Griffin
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
W. L
Jack) Howard
Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
Viet Outpost Attacked By Whom Suspected
Jets strafed a South Vietnamese outpost near the 17th parallel in Gia Linh. Five Vietnamese were wounded, a truck was destroyed, and a bulldozer set afire as U S spokesmen offered conflicting views on whether the raiders were Communist AMIGs or American fighters. Brig Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi doubted the craft were Chinese planes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Gia Linh
da Nang
Bose
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Senate OKs Bond Measure for McKeithen Succession
Senate Judiciary Committee endorses a 140 million dollar bond plan with amendments to fund debt relief from tidelands, while House debates gubernatorial succession. Pro and anti amendments clash as lawmakers move toward a 1966 ballot. McKeithen administration faces scrutiny over potential re election plan and party politics.
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Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Garland Bonin
Lafayette
Tidelands
George Tessier
New Orleans
Tessier
Bonin
Senate
Sec. of State
Wade
House
Taylor O'Hearn
McKeithen
Ford Stinson
Bossier
O’hearn
Algie Brown
Shreveport
O'Hearn
Bennett Johnston
Brown
Sheriff Withdraws From Pay Raise Bill Debate
Ouachita Parish Sheriff Bail ey Grant pulled himself from a pay raise measure to oppose amendments removing three sheriffs. Franklin Parish Sheriff A J Stephens testified against raising salaries, while Concordia Parish Sheriff Noah Cross faced a split committee vote over amendments. The panel deadlocked 6 6 before a tie breaking no vote by chairman Sixty Rayburn.
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A. P. Tugwell
McKeithen
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Howard Jones
St. Joseph
Spencer Myrick
Oak Grove
Adcock
Tessier
Senate
News-Star Legislative Bureau
Baton Rouge
Bailey Grant
Ouachita Parish
A. J. Stephens
Franklin Parish
Grant
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana Sheriffs Association
Sen
Carlos Brown
Tallulah
B. B
Rayburn
Bogalusa
Chance Of Rain Dwindles In North East Louisiana
Weather forecasters report rainfall chances in northeast Louisiana drop to under 20 percent. Expect daytime highs of 80s and nightly lows around 68 to 72 with southeasterly winds 8 to 18 mph under partly cloudy skies. Monroe topped 89 with an overnight low near 76.
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Monroe
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