Rusk Says Severe Viet Fight Lies Ahead for U.S.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a Washington news conference that the struggle against Communist conquest in Vietnam has been progressing, but severe fighting lies ahead. He warned North Vietnam is recruiting guerrillas and infiltrating troops, while insisting efforts are moving the tide in favor of the United States amid a broader NATO integration debate and urgency over a nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
U.S
Viet Nam
Rusk
North
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
United States
NATO
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
UGF Campaign Total Reaches 58.2 Percent of Goal
The United Givers Fund reports $165,996.72 raised, 58.2 percent of its $284,934 target for 1965-66, at a noon Vir ginia Hotel luncheon. Area totals show Monroe 60.8 percent, West Monroe 40.3 percent, Sterlington 59.2 percent, plus Professional Gifts at 78.1 percent. Music by Northeast Louisiana State College's choir accompanied by Dean Fred Vogel. Loftin urged continued effort to meet the goal.
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United Givers Fund
J. C. “Mose
Loftin
Virginia
Monroe
West Monroe
Sterlington
Northeast Louisiana State College Music Department
Ub Grisea
Dean Fred Vogel
Rhodesia Declares Emergency as Independence Doubts Rise
Rhodesia proclaimed a nationwide state of emergency after a day of Cabinet meetings. Prime Minister Ian Smith denied an imminent unilateral independence and said a reply to Harold Wilson’s royal commission had been drafted but not sent. Police officers were appointed to provinces to control movement, with authorities urging cooperation and normal daily activity.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Smith
UDI
Harold Wilson
Lardner-Burke
Wilson
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Colson promoted to specialist four
Donald R. Colson son of Mrs Myrtle Y Kracer 3908 Grammont St Monroe promoted to specialist four at Fort Hood Texas He is a track mechanic in Headquarters Company 3rd Brigade He entered the Army January 1961 21 year old soldier attended Ouachita Parish High School
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Donald R. Colson
Myrtle Y. Kracer
Grammont St
Monroe
Fort Hood
Tex
Colson
Army
Solidier
Ouachita Parish
Ruth Smith Birthday Greeting in West Monroe
A birthday note wishes Ruth Smith wife of W M Smith Jr of 407 Cryer Street West Monroe a happy day with her husband and daughter Shannon. The item is a brief CHIT CHAT page 5-A birthday greeting.
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Ruth Smith
W. M. Smith Jr
Cryer St
West Monroe
Ruth
Brooklyns Across the States Revealed by Postal Guide
The Postal Guide lists 17 places named Brooklyn in the United States besides Brooklyn, New York. States with Brooklyn include Alabama Georgia Indiana Kentucky Michigan Mississippi Oregon Washington Connecticut Illinois Iowa Maryland Minnesota Pennsylvania West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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United States
Brooklyn
New York
Alabama
Georgia
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Mississippi
Oregon
Washington
Connecticut
Ilinois
Iowa
Maryland
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wisconsin
FBI Fugitive Tells Police Of Murders
A man on the FBI Ten Most Wanted List confessed to three murders in an hour long talk with a St. Louis County officer. Robert Goodman said the suspect Willam Albert Autur Tahl, 27, of Eskimo origin, is wanted for three killings in San Diego and Dallas plus rape, robbery and auto theft.
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ST. Louis, Mo
FBI
St. Louis County
Robert Goodman
San Diego
Calif
Dallas
Tex
Goodman
Willam Albert Autur Tahl
Tahl
Allen Eugene Wright
Wright
Will Fritz
Mission Bay Yacht Club
Jailed Woman Stands Firm Over Home Move
Nashville AP report on 65 year old Sarah Elizabeth Dorris who has spent ten months in jail for contempt after refusing to remove her $40,000 house from a restricted subdivision. Chancellor Ned Lentz ordered the move. she defied it claiming ownership rights and says she may stay jailed for life. Construction company officials call the situation bad but enforce covenants. Dorris says she uses light humor in jail and plans to stay.
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Sarah Elizabeth Dorgis
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville, Tenn
Sarah Elizabeth Dorris
Dorris
Miss Dorris
Ned Lentz
Lentz
Tion
Sve
Miss Dorri
New Cypriot Fight Erupts In Port Area
Fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in Famagusta left one Greek and one Turk wounded, with total casualties rising to three Greeks and five Turks as firing paused by noon. UN patrols in armoured white cars monitored Sacharia and the old walled city while Turkey urged an urgent UN Security Council session over the “extremely dangerous” crisis.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Famagusta
U.N
Sacharia
Turkey
U.N. Security Council
United Nations
Erhan Eralp
Courthouse Soil Tests Aid Courthouse Expansion Plan
Soil formation tests on the Ouachita Parish Courthouse grounds prepare for a north and south wing expansion funded by a 1.7 million dollar bond approved in September. Eustis Engineering of New Orleans conducted core samples to ensure proper footings and foundations, with further ground tests slated as construction budgeting awaits bond sale.
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Ouachita Parish
Eustis Engineering Company of
New Orleans
Rainfall Ends Drought in Northeast Louisiana
Rainfall measured 0.15 inch in the Twin Cities Thursday and again today breaking a drought in northeast Louisiana. The FAA at Selman Field records the first rain since October 9. The forecast calls for cloudy skies and rain today into tonight with Saturday partly cloudy and mild.
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Louisiana
Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Grenade Removed From Man's Back in Saigon Mission
In Saigon a live 6 inch grenade was surgically extracted from a Vietnamese farmer Neuyuen Tran Chinh 52 by U S surgeons Maj Gen James W Humphreys Jr and Air Force Col Daniel Campbell assisted by Dr Tony Brown behind sandbag walls The weapon was placed in a sand filled box and detonated outside Saigon by Maj Daniel Doty Demolition expert
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
James W. Humphreys Jr
Trail
Neuyuen
Fla
Tony Brown
Humphreys
U.S. Army
Daniel Doty
Marina
Calif
North Viet troops join war in South Viet Nam
Five North Vietnamese regiments, about 7 500 men, are fighting in South Viet Nam, with two new regiments confirmed and another possibly present. U S commanders report a lull in ground action as patrols and sweeps continue, while a helicopter collision killed nine Americans near An Khe. The 18th 95th 101st 32nd and 250th regiments are identified as in country, with the 32nd and 250th described as new arrivals.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ais
U.S
An Khe
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Central Highlands
Plei Me
Armed Robber Sought After 7 11 Hold Up in Monroe
Monroe police search for a white man in his 20s who held up three 7 11 Food Store employees at 3412 DeSiard Street just before midnight. Chief James C. Kelly Jr. said the suspects fled around the building after forcing the victims back inside and taking an unspecified amount of money.
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Monroe
DeSiard St
James C. Kelly Jr
Floyd Jeffries
Kelly
Engineers Order Barge Lift Delay
BATON ROUGE AP Army Engineers ordered another delay in lifting a chlorine laden barge from the Mississippi River bottom. No new target date set. Col. Bowen cited underwater work and inspection needs as delaying factors and said a 72 hour alert would follow when ready.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
John McKeithen
Thomas J. Bowen
New Orleans
Bowen
Aluminum firms raise prices amid LBJ displeasure
Aluminum Co. of America led a price rise by major producers including Olin Mathieson Reynolds and Kaiser, despite perceived President Johnson disapproval. Alcoa boosted basic ingots to 25 cents per pound and fabricated metal by about one cent. Reynolds.
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NEW York
Ap) Aluminum Co. of America
U.S
Johnson
Olin Mathieson Co
Reynolds Metals Co
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp
Alcoa
Reynolds
Richmond
Washington
General Services Administration
GSA
Olint Mathieson
Kaiser
Congress
Adcock Policy Statement On Budget Concentration
Sen. Jamar Adcock of Monroe said a policy change would free the budget committee from detailing every unit and let it focus on four top spenders the departments of education highways welfare and institutions. He urged letting the budget office cover most of the 240 budget units as seven weeks of hearings preceded the 1965 fiscal session.
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Baton Rouge
UPS
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
Legislative Budget Committee
Adcock
State Budget Office
A Witty Chuckle on Age and Truthful Gauges
A humorous remark compares asking a woman her age to buying a used car. It suggests the speedometer has likely been altered, implying uncertainty about true age and the risk of discovering a later reveal. The quip underscores social discomfort with personal questions and the humor in guarded honesty.
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Tahi
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Ada
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Port
Maj. Gen
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Doggone
Chihuahua
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