Memorial Day ceremonies split by war and antiwar views
Veterans across the nation mark Memorial Day with varied rituals amid division over Southeast Asia policy. Boycotts in Madison and Seattle, antiwar marches in Media and Philadelphia suburbs, Arlington service by Gen Leonard F. Chapman Jr., and ceremonies in Los Angeles San Francisco Indianapolis and Louisville to honor war dead and fly the flag.
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Madison
Media
Philadelphia
Leonard F. Chapman Jr
Marine Corps
Arlington National Cemetery
Veterans Administration Center Cemetery
West
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Guadalcanal
Indiana
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Indianapolis Monument
Boy Scouts
United States of America
Whitcomb
United States
Louisville
Frankfort
Charles D. Mize
Quantico, A
Aluminum firm OKs three year labor contract
NEW YORK AP A three year contract between United Steelworkers of America and the Aluminum Company of America raises wages by 86 cents an hour. ALCOA, the largest U.S. aluminum producer, announces a roughly six percent price increase on most fabricated products starting next September.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Aluminum Company of America
ALCOA
Cheaper Life Without Women Stuns Chuckle Readers
A humorous line claims some men question how to live without women and concludes the answer is cheaper, reflecting a lighthearted stereotype in a single punchy quip.
Rugg Graduates from BYU at Provo Commencement
Walter Pierce Rugg son of Mr and Mrs Raymond R Rugg 1200 S 5th St Monroe is among 3450 graduates at Brigham Young University Provo Services were held in the Fieldhouse Commencement speaker was Dr Ernest L Wilkinson retiring president of the University.
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Walter Pierce
Wally) Rugg
Raymond R. Rugg
5Th St
Monroe
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
University
Ernest L. Wilkinson
Univerty
CAP Members to View Drug Abuse Film at Meeting
Monroe Civic Air Patrol unit will screen Trip Trip to Where Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the CAP building Selman Field flight line. The film shows effects of unauthorized drug use and the bad trip experience from LSD.
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Monroe
Civic Air Patrol
CAP
Selman Field
Appeal Court Rules State Suit Invalid
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal ruled the state cannot sue for defamation or bring a suit on behalf of its citizens. Governor McKeithen filed against Time Inc. over a Life Magazine article alleging Mafia influence in state government. The district court had dismissed the suit as no action for a state.
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Baton Rouge
Life Magazine
1St Circuit Court of Appeal
John McKeithen
Time Inc
Life
Organized Crime
McKeithen
Atty
Jack Gremillion
Missing Plane Search Expands Over Blue Ridge Area
Civil Air Patrol planes comb the Blue Ridge foothills for a private Aerocommander missing after leaving Atlanta with Audie Murphy and five others. The flight from Denver to Atlanta picked up the Murphy party before vanishing near Martinsville Virginia as weather worsened and ground search teams map a 100 by 75 mile zone.
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Martinville
UPI
Civil Air Patrol
Blue Ridge
Audie Murphy
Atlanta
Herman Butler
Crossville
Tenn
Roanoke Flight Service Center
Martinsville
Troy Beaver
Murphy
CAP
Roanoke
Hickory
N.C
Blue Ridge Mountains
Warner Robins
Peachtree-DeKalb
Virginia
Galax
Hollywood
Calif
Claude Crosby
Modular Management
Raymond Prater
Chattanooga
Jack Littleton
Fort Collins
Colo
The
Lenoir Corp
Butler
Telestar Aviation Inc
Denver
Arvin Mortensen
Telestar
Combs Aircraft Inc
North Vietnam POWs Refuse Repatriation in Saigon Talks
Only 13 of 660 POWs selected for repatriation agreed to go home this week while Saigon plans to release prisoners off the coast near the demilitarized zone on Friday. 647 holdouts have until Thursday to change their minds amid Hanoi influenced expectations and U S concern over delays in turnover.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Foreign Ministry
U.S
North
South Vietnam
Phu Quoc Island
Eight Die in Louisiana Memorial Weekend Traffic Crashes
Louisiana records eight traffic deaths over Memorial Day weekend. A fiery I-10 collision near Lake Charles killed Melvin Crosby and two women, Mrs. P J St Romain and Mrs. Eugene Mallet. In Plain Dealing a trio of residents Willlie McKinsey Jennie Neilsen and Emmeline Arnsd tead perished when struck by a veering pickup. Lacey Hawkins of Slidell died in a train collision at a Slidell crossing. Winford Foreman of Rayne died from Saturday crash injuries in Lafayette.
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Louisiana
Lake Charles
Melvin Crosby
Houston
Tex
P. J. St. Romain
Iowa
Eugene J Mallet
Kinder
Plain Dealing
Willie B. McKinsey
Jennie Vee Neilsen
Emmeline Armstead
Lacey G. Hawkins
Slidell
Winford Foreman
Rayne
Lafayette
Weather prospects for Monroe area roll to clear skies
Skies shift from showers and thunderstorms to clear to partly cloudy through Tuesday. Temperatures range 82 to 88 degrees with nights 60 to 66. Rainfall at Monroe Municipal Airport traces this morning, Sunday high 86, low 60. Humid conditions ease to below 40 percent this afternoon with dew points in the 50s rising to the low 60s tonight and Tuesday. Sunshine near 90 percent today and Tuesday.
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FAA
Monroe Municipal
Winn Deputy Crippen Returns Home From Florida Mystery Solved
Winn Parish Chief Deputy Sheriff J. J. Crippen, missing since March 25, returned to Winnfield with amnesia. He had been working at a Pensacola gas station for 17 days and was picked up by his two sons in New Orleans after a bus ride from Pensacola.
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Winnfield
Winn Parish
J. J. Crippen
Crippen
Pensacola, Fla
New Orleans
Pensacola
Sanford Jordan
Jordan
Jimmy Crippen
John Allen
Sanford
Monroe
J. J
Armed Terrorists Hold Girl Hostage in Istanbul
In Istanbul a hostage crisis unfolded as two armed youths who kidnapped and killed Israeli official Ephraim Elrom held a 14 year old girl Sebil Erkan in an apartment. Troops and police surrounded the building while negotiations and threats continued.
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Istanbul
Ephraim Elrom
Ae Ee Wetti
Sebil Erkan
Army
Dineer Erkan
Fail Turun
Erkan
Elrom
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Louisiana House Approves Teacher Pay Boost Bills
The Louisiana House approved a four bill package to raise 18.5 million dollars for public school teacher and staff pay. The measures accelerate tax collections to fund the final year of a four year plan enacted in 1968. Opponents call the move fiscally irresponsible while supporters warn future governors must find revenues for the following year.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House
House
Public Education Survey to Be Told in Monroe
Ten leading education authorities from Peabody College will explain a six month survey of Monroe City School System. Meetings include a Tuesday public address at the Monroe Civic Center and private discussions with the school board and Bi Race Advisory Council. Recommendations and improvements are expected this year.
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Monroe
Monroe City
Monroe Civic Center
Peabody College of Nashville, Tenn
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Peabody Survey
Monroe City School Board
Senate Committee Strips House Additions From Budget
In Baton Rouge the Senate Finance Committee voted 8 to 7 to remove the $31 million in House additions from the Administration's $1.5 billion general appropriations bill. Chairman Sen. B. B. Rayburn cast the tie breaking vote amid calls for a balanced budget. The panel then approved small amendments including $150,000 for New Orleans and $900,000 for a 2 percent pay raise for state college and university employees. Officials said the administration would accept about $10 million in additions but veto any beyond the original plan.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
B. B. Rayburn
Bogalusa
Brown
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Senate
New Orleans
McKeithen
Finance Committee
Adcock
John McKeithen
McDougall
Pay Hike for Louisiana Judges Upheld by 1st Circuit
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal upheld the 1970 Louisiana Legislature pay raise for state judges. Plaintiffs Pavey Branton of Shangaloo and two Minden residents argued the increases violated a constitutional clause prohibiting changes during a judge’s term. The court ruled that the word affect does not apply to salary increases but can apply to decreases and noted a two third majority is needed to approve such raises.
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Baton Rouge
1St Circuit Court of Appeal
Pavey Branton
Shangaloo
Minden
Louisiana
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