U S Jets Attack Major MIG Base in North Vietnam
Air Force Thunderchiefs struck the Han Lao airfield west of Hanoi crippling the base for now. Ground fighting persisted in the Mekong Delta and central highlands as U S forces reported 33 Viet Cong killed near Saigon.
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U.S
Saigon
Air Force
North Vietnam
The
Han
Hanoi
Navy
Thanh Hoa
Meking
Central Highlands
U.S. Marine
Demilitarized Zone
Delta
9Th Division
Longview News Publisher Carl Estes Dies at 70
Carl Lewis Estes 70 publisher of the Longview Daily News and Longview Journal died Monday night from a heart attack at his La Jolla California home. He had departed Longview April 18 on business and vacation. The body will be airlifted to Dallas and services will be announced in Longview. Estes was a prominent figure in Texas journalism, industry and politics.
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Longview
Tex
Carl Lewis Estes
Longview Daily News
Longview Journal
la Jolla
Calif
California
Texas
Estes
River Stage Readings Show Flood Increase in Two Locations
River stage readings list Monroe at 28.8 rising to 40 with no change and Camden at 26 rising to 41.5. Flood stage remains above these levels with no marked crest.
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Monroe
Camden
Monroe City Hall birthday greet for Dale Martha
A belated birthday greeting honors Dale Martha of Monroe City Hall. The note reveals he turned 29, with the reveal after press time and a nod to the Monroe Building Permits Coordinator role.
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Dale Martha
Monroe City Hall
Monroe
Rain Halts Indianapolis 500 After Jones Leads
A sudden rain shower stopped the 51st Indianapolis 500 with Parnelli Jones ahead by nearly a mile after 18 laps. The track was dried and a restart planned. several top drivers faltered, including Graham Hill and Mario Andretti, amid engine trouble and clutch woes.
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Mario Andretti
Indianapolis
Ind
Parnelli Jones
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Jones
Jimmy Clark
Lee Roy Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Graham Hill
London
Lotus-Ford
Lloyd Ruby
Wichita Falls
Tex
Andretti
U.S
Auto Club
Johnson Acts To Head Off Trains Strike
President Johnson named a three member emergency board to settle a wage and fringe benefits dispute involving 19 000 railroad conductors and brakemen and 75 railroads. The board will investigate for 30 days with hearings starting the week of June 5 in Ashington and report findings within 30 days. If no agreement by August 1 the union could strike.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
White House
George Christian
Christian
Ashington
George G. Higgins
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Washington, D.C
Rolf Valtin
McLean
Lloyd H. Bailer
New York City
May Losses High For U S Marines In Vietnam War
May proved the bloodiest month for the U S Marines in Vietnam with over 5 000 casualties as border battles around Khe Sanh and Con Thien intensified along with heavy Soviet rocket and artillery attacks. Marine losses totaled 472 killed and 4 572 wounded from April 24 to May end, while Communist dead reached 3 167 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
UPS
U.S
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Con Thien
North
Beaver Kill
Absentee Voting Increase in Ouachita Parish
Absentee voting rises as Ouachita Parish records 106 ballots for the June 10 Fifth District Sales Tax Election. Voters out of parish may cast at the Clerk of Court office in Monroe from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 12 noon Saturdays.
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Ouachita Parish
B. S. McRaney
McRaney
Grand Street
Monroe
Fifth District
Showers Forecast for Monroe Area Through Wednesday
Weather outlook for Monroe and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies with showers and a few thunderstorms today through Wednesday. Rainfall is expected to lessen tonight and Wednesday. highs near 80s and lows around mid 60s. Winds from the south at about 8 to 18 mph. The FAA at Selman Field logged over 12 inches of rainfall on Monday.
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Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
Memorial Day Observances Honor Vietnam War Dead
In Saigon memorial ceremonies the U S service members paused to honor fallen comrades with taps and references to Valley Forge, Gettysburg and Heartbreak Ridge. Lt Gen Bruce Palmer Jr urged remembrance of all who died in past and current conflicts as a 30 man color guard from the Blackhorse Regiment took part at Xuan Loc chapel.
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Vietnam
Bruce Palmer Jr
U.S
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Haiphong
Washington
Haiphong Hanoi
South Vietnam
Buddha
Red China
Saigon
Valley Forge
Heartbreak Ridge
U.S. Army
Gettysburg
San Juan Hill
Chateau-Thierry
Pearl Harbor
Bastogne
Palmer
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Xuan Loc
Blackhorse Regiment
U S Gold Stock Gains In April
U S gold stock rose by 50 million in April the sharpest advance in three years and the first rise in two months since a fall in 1965. Federal Reserve data show March and April up 73 million and a 74 million loss in January and February leaving a 1 million year to date loss. Treasury cited a 50 million Canada gold sale and no French purchases for seven months as key factors.
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Washington
U.S
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Canada
Star Baseball Hurler Retires
New York Yankees southpaw Whitey Ford announced his retirement after 16 seasons due to recurring arm trouble. Yankee President Mike Burke said Ford will remain with the organization as a scout.
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NEW York
UPI
Whitey Ford
New York Yankees
Yankee
Mike Burke
Americans Honor War Dead On Memorial Day Across the Nation
Americans honored war dead with services from Philadelphia and Washington to streets nationwide. Observances included Memorial Day parades and peaceful protests over Vietnam. Arlington marked the wreath laying before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with Gen. Wheeler representing the President.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Vietnam
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lyndon B. Johnson
Soviets to Test Space Rockets in Pacific Ocean
Moscow reports a month of missile tests will launch space rockets that reach a Pacific splashdown about 100 miles from Jarvis Island. Tass warns foreign ships and planes to avoid the area from noon to midnight daily through June 30.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
South Pacific
Jarvis Island
Papeete
Tahiti
Muroa Atoll
Muroa
Woman Freed In Spouse Death in New Orleans
A judge dismissed charges of negligent homicide against Maxine Domangue after determining the husband Malcolm Domangue provoked the fatal incident by leaping onto the car hood. The ruling followed testimony that he caused the crash and dragged under the vehicle as the car moved away, with the judge concluding the recklessness lay with the deceased.
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New Orleans
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Maxine Domangue
Norris Kennedy
Malcolm Domangue
Israel vows to reopen Gulf of Aqaba to all ships
Israel promised to undergo every sacrifice to reopen the Gulf of Aqaba for international shipping. Abba Eban said Israel would not tolerate any plan allowing free passage for some ships while Israeli vessels are blocked. Washington and London urged the UN to seek restraint as Cairo reports a tanker was halted by Egypt.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Abba Eban
Cairo
al Ahram
Gulf
U.S. State Department
Eban
Washington
London
Paris
Sinai Desert
Hussein
Jordan
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Nasser
Aaaba
Levi Eshkol
Britain
U.N. Security Council
Red Sea
Arclights
State Department
U.S
Strait of Tiran
Indian Ocean
School Zone Drive Carefully Amid Teacher Shortage
A playful Chuckle Modern street sign jokes about a shortage of teachers. It reads School Zone Drive Carefully Acute Shortage of Teachers. The caption frames the humor as a city street quip.
Have Cash Will Travel Want Ad Listing
Advert reads Sell your unused items with a News- Story World Want Ad. Describes a used mahogany dining set plus coffee table two lamps and a houseboat sleeps four with electric heat in Bastrop. Includes contact number 325-3956 and Want Ad number 322-5161 with 10 day rate and cancellation privileges.
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