Kentucky Governor Weighs Special Session on Teacher Pay
McKeithen plans a 15 day session to fund a 500 dollar annual pay raise for teachers, via a 30 million dollar boost from a 2 cent sales tax. Debate over civil service raises, campus buildings, and two new LSU branches in Shreveport and Eunice shapes the agenda with a looming November convention.
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McKeithen
Scotlandville
Baton Rouge
State Bond and Building Commission
LSU
Shreveport
Eunice
Adcock
Louisiana Teachers Association
Barrage Kills US Captain in Viet Nam Ambush Incident
In a misdirected mortar barrage near Duc Hoa northwest of Saigon, a US Army captain was killed and another American wounded while about 60 Vietnamese troops waited on a night patrol. Two Vietnamese officers died and six Vietnamese were wounded. an investigation was begun.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Duc Hoa
United
Women investors in stock ownership age and marital status
The study Women and Wall Street reports that 97 percent of stock owning women are over 21 and more than 49 percent are married.
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Wall Street
Nixon Seen Rising as GOP Reshaping Leader for 1968
An Associated Press survey of GOP officials nationwide finds Richard Nixon favored to spearhead a post Johnson era revival. Governors Romney Scranton Rockefeller named as top potential leaders. Goldwater's bid seen as unlikely. Party figures from several states praise Nixon as unifying the party and steering it toward a strong comeback.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
William W
Oklahoma
John W. Tyler
South Carolina
J. Drake Edens Jr
Robert L. Pierce
Wisconsin
Cadet Lazarus Earns Academic Honor at Wentworth Academy
Cadet Stephen P. Lazarus, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Lazarus of Monroe, has earned academic honors for the first six weeks at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Missouri. Lt Col Cordell Thomas, dean, says he will receive extra privileges and wear a scholastic bar on his uniform.
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Stephen P. Lazarus
Paul Lazarus
K. St
Monroe
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Cordell Thomas
Poison plot targets famed dancer Unger in San Francisco
Vanda Hoffinger a 66 year old ex dancer and former Paul Whiteman wife, under care in a San Francisco hospital, was slowly poisoned over a year. Police hunt her nephew William Cootes Jr., 30, on a warrant for putting poison in food or drink as he absented after embezzling funds and jewels from her estate.
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San Francisco
Vanda Hoffinger
Paul Whiteman
Baker Denies Pre Election Lawsuit Deal
Washington reports say Bobby Baker denied Newsweek claims of a settled $300000 suit for 30000 a month with secrecy until after the election. The case centered on Capitol Vending and a Falls Church Melpar contract for vending machines.
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Washington
UPS
Bobby Baker
Senate
Newsweek
Baker
Ralph Hill
Capitol Vending Co
Warner
Hill
Servo Corp
Falls Church
Melpar, Inc
Newsweek Report
Edward Bennet Williams
David Carliner
Seven Chita Parish School Board Members May Take Office
Dist. Atty. Albin P. Lassiter said seven members of the Qua chita Parish School Board may take office before Jan. 1 after the Secretary of State publishes election returns and the governor issues commissions. Winners include C. E. Buckley Ward 3 James T. Lee Ward 4 William Norris II Ward 5 William H. Ray Ward 6 Thomas W. Golson Ward 7 Milton Ford and Mrs. George Snellings Jr. Ward 10.
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Quachita Parish
Dist. Atty
Albin P. Lassiter
Lassiter
Sec. of State
John J. McKeithen
Commissions
C. E. Buckley
James T. Lee
William Norris ‘II
William
Forecast Sees Generally Fair Skies This Week
Prospects are good for a beautiful fall week with generally fair skies and mild afternoons. It will be cool tonight with lows around 46 to 52 degrees, and daytime highs reach 75 to 80. Monroe recorded a Sunday high of 72 and a low of 41.
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Monroe
Chuckle: a bachelor with a grouch may resemble a married man
A light quip notes appearances can mislead as a bachelor with a grouchy temperament may look like a married man. The joke plays on stereotypes of married life versus a single man’s mood.
Sihanouk Vows Communism If Defended Nation Demands
Cambodian leader Prince Sihanouk declares in Phnom Penh on Independence Day he would adopt communism to protect borders if necessary. He urges a regional Indochinese conference with North and South Vietnam and Laos to seek a peaceful solution and prevent wider war, criticizing the United States and Johnson era policy.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
United States
South
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Laos
Pathet Lao
Viet Cong
Hit-Run killer Grover Jones goes on trial in Tenn
Grover Jones, 55, on second degree murder charges in the 1944 death of Newt Lee, who was run down in Moss, Tennessee. Jury selection began in Clay County court after a 20 year, 100000 mile pursuit led by Lee’s son Wesby Lee of Tompkinsville, Kentucky.
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Celina
Tenn
Grover Jones
Clay County
John A. Mitchell
Indianapolis
Jones
Newt Lee
Cumberland Mountain
Moss
Wesby Lee
Tompkinsville
Lee
Thirty Priests May Escape Congo Bullets
Thirty Catholic priests seized by Congolese rebels have a reasonable hope of escaping execution diplomats said. The priests include Martin Bormann Jr son of the former Nazi leader. Rebels promised to treat Belgians and Americans captured as prisoners of war as government forces press offensives.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
UPI
Martin Bormann Jr
Christopher Gvenge
Boende-Ikela
Bormann
Kundu
Supreme Court declines review in Louisiana jury race case
The Supreme Court lets stand a Louisiana ruling that deliberate inclusion of Negroes in a grand jury list violated the rights of a defendant convicted of rape. The case centers on Woodman J. Collins and a jury drawn with both races to represent the population.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
High Court
Jas
Woodman J. Collins
Iowa
Gladys E. Vatts
Texas City
Tex
Collins
Vatts
Lake Charles
U.S. Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
72 Louisville Schools Closed Amid Teacher Protests
All 72 Louisville public schools closed as teachers joined nationwide actions. In Oklahoma a boycott and sales tax hike proposal surfaced amid protests by 2,500 teachers from 64 communities in Midwest City. Students demonstrated at the Capitol and mimeo sheets urged immediate action and specific pay raises.
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Louisville
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Georgia
Oklahoma City
Midwest City
Governor's Committee
Oklahoma Education Association
Oscar Rose
Henry Bellman
Capitol
Closing Slated On South Eighth Street in Monroe
Monroe closes South Eighth Street at the Missouri Pacific crossing to resurface the crossing. Major George Whitlow of the Monroe police traffic division said work will take about two weeks starting Tuesday and traffic will be diverted to South Third Street.
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South Eighth Street
Monroe
George Whitlow
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Whitlow
South Street
South Third
News-Star World Want Ads Help With Winter Expenses
Classified note urges smart readers to use the News-Star World Want Ads to sell unneeded good articles for cash, helping families meet winter costs through quick local transactions.
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News-Star- World
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