Three Viet Cong Freed U.S. Sergeants Report to Washington
Three U.S. Army sergeants freed by the Viet Cong landed in Paris en route to Washington to report to the Defense Department. They refuse to comment and are under State Department care, with one member ill and hospitalized upon arrival.
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Paris
Defense Department
Washington
State Department
U.S
Beirut
A.B. Beeton
Beeton
Edward R. Johnson
Seaside
Calif
Johnson
James E. Jackson
Talcott
W. Va
Daniel Lee Pitzer
Spring Lake
N.C
Rome
New York
Thomas Hayden
Newark
N.J
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Hayden
American Peace Committee
Hanoi
Pan America World Airways
Reed
W.va
Two Vidalia Women Die In Fog Crash On U S 84 65
In fog and smoke near Vidalia two Concordia residents, Ernestine Washington 66 and Katie Brooks 58, died when their car rammed a lumber truck stopped in the heavy haze. The truck driver Percy Turner 40 from Woodville Miss was uninjured. A later collision involved Vernon Welch 18 of Vidalia with minor injuries. Police reported nine rear-end crashes in the area as investigations continue.
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Vidalia
Ernestine Washington
Katie Brooks
U.S
Percy Turner
Woodville
Miss
Fred Netterville Lumber Co
Turner
Loot at London co op HQ tops $2 million in theft
Raiders penetrated a two foot steel door and blew open a master safe and 600 deposit boxes at the Stratford East London headquarters of a large co op chain. Jewelry scattered inside the strong room suggested cash was the target with initial losses estimated around a million pounds.
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London
Scotland Yard
Stratford
Cooperative
Supreme Court Denies Levy War Objector Appeal
The Supreme Court denied Army Captain Howard B. Levy the chance to challenge his conviction for refusing to train Green Beret medical aides for Vietnam. The decision, issued without comment, follows a lower court refusal to hear Levy's constitutional challenge. The ruling came alongside other actions, including a denial to review conscientious objector status for another New Yorker and a decision affirming right to court appointed counsel for indigent defendants at probation revocation hearings. Justice Thurgood Marshall authored the unanimous opinion in the former.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Army
Howard B. Levy
Green Beret
Viet
Ft. Jackson
S.C
David A. Gearey
Thurgood Marshall
Washington State
Atlanta
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Leon Epstein
San Souci
Squirrels, ducks, and a bluffing St. Paul police tale
West Monroe Police Chief Johnny B. Mitchell pursues a noisy, squirrel like sound during a wooded stroll. Officer Wade Fincher reveals himself, miming a duck as a cautious standoff unfolds, adding a humorous twist to local patrol chatter.
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West Monroe
Johnny B. Mitchell
Wade
Duggo"” Fincher
Duck
Chuckle Line Echoes Sexton Bell Joke
A humorous quip about church attendance rings like a sermon in a small town. The sexton jokes that if folks won’t come to church they won’t sleep either, poking gentle fun at religiosity.
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Sexton
Audit Report Accuses Coroner Office of Auto Repair Fraud
Legislative auditor J B Lancaster charges the Jefferson Parish coroner office issued fictitious repair invoices. Seventeen checks totaling 26756 covered supposed repairs from 1965 to 1967, with Guidry Auto Clinic or Metairie Auto and Air Conditioning Co. named as payees and endorsements by Gautreau Jr. The auditor says most invoices were not real and Gautreau admitted writing some invoices and endorsements.
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Baton Rouge
J. B. Lancaster
Jefferson Parish
Lancaster
William J. Gautreau Jr
Guidry
Guidry Auto Clinic
W. J. Gautreau
Supreme Court Refuses Hearing in Elderly Woman Slaying
In Washington AP report, Robert Joseph Gregoire a 37 year old Springfield Louisiana inmate on death row for the murder of Blanche Ozment in Tangipahoa Parish was denied a Supreme Court hearing. His lawyers contended deputies illegally seized shoes and clothes from a Marrero Louisiana apartment used as evidence. Louisiana Supreme Court had upheld the conviction in December. The victim, Mrs. Blanche Ozment, was in her seventies. Gregoire was convicted in June 1964.
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Washington
Robert Joseph Gregoire
Springfield
Supreme Court
Gregoire
Marrero
William Leonard Gregoire
Louisiana Supreme Court
Leonard Gregoire
Louisiana
Blanche Ozment
Tangipahoa Parish
Viet Reds Use Downed Pilot As Bait In Rescue Trapped
AP report from Saigon details an extensive 10% hour U.S. Air Force rescue attempt for a downed F4 Phantom pilot north of the DMZ near Laos. Despite 60 aircraft, one Skyraider shot down, several helicopters damaged, and heavy ground fire, rescuers failed as the Communists allegedly used the pilot as bait to trap them.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Paul E. Leslie
Orlando
Fila
3Rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group
al Skyraider
Leslie
Tan Son Nhut
Col
Jolly Greens
Jolly Green
Staff Chiefs Oppose Long Bomb Pause
Gen Westmoreland and the Joint Chiefs are expected to resist any extended bombing pause against North Vietnam. The matter tops this week's reviews as Westmoreland joins Bunker in Washington for talks with Johnson and senior officials.
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Washington
William C. Westmoreland
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Westmoreland
Vietnam
Ellsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
Johnson
Defense
State Departments
Bunker
Saigon
James M. Gavin
Southeast Asia
Gavin
China
California
Ronald Reagan
North
Albany
Ore
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Chicago
Senate
Congress
Mild Weather With Mild Temperatures Ahead
Clear to partly cloudy skies remain in Monroe and surrounding areas today tonight and Tuesday with no significant temperature changes expected. Highs near 72 to 78 and lows about 42 to 48 as winds shift 8 to 16 mph. The prior day’s high at Selman Field reached 80 with a 44 degree low and no rainfall in the last 24 hours.
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Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
U S Troops Repel North Viet Attack Near Dak To
U S forces repelled a North Vietnamese assault near Dak To in the central highlands after two hours of heavy fighting. Casualty reports show nine U S soldiers killed and 25 wounded in the latest 11 days of fighting, with total U S casualties at 101 killed and 525 wounded.
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U.S
Saigon
Dak
173Rd Airborne Brigade
John Lengel
Highlands
Lengel
South Vietnam
Laos
Dak To
William B. Rosson
2Nd Corps
District Revenue Offices Moving To New Location
The Monroe district office of the Louisiana Department of Revenue will relocate from 611 N. 3rd St. to the State Office Building at 122 St. John St. during a three day closed period ending Monday. Manager C. QO. McDonald cited need for more space to serve taxpayers efficiently. the office handles about 30 state taxes including motor vehicles.
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Monroe
Louisiana Department of Revenue
N. 3Rd St
State Office
St. John St. C
McDonald
Explosion at ACIPCO Plant Burns Dozens in Birmingham
An explosion at the American Cast Iron Pipe Co. plant in north Birmingham released 27,000 pounds of molten metal injuring a dozen workers, four critically. Fire crews and coworkers battled flames as ambulances ferried victims. witnesses described a chaotic scene with clothing burned and workers helping each other escape the blaze. The incident occurred during a steel tube pour when a retaining ring failed, sending molten metal across the testing and molten departments.
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Birmingham
Ala
American Cast Iron Pipe Co
B. B. Warren
Warren
A. Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld
Jon
John Whatley
Whatley
Acipco
Frank H. Coupland Jr
UN Security Council Sees Israeli Arab Peace Struggle
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban urged a direct peace settlement and rejected withdrawal without a treaty. Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Monem Rifai insisted Israeli troops must pull back to pre June war lines as the first peace step. Both sides faced U.N. calls for troop withdrawal amid stalled talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
Israel
Jordan
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Abba Eban
Abdul Monem Rifa’l
Eban
15-Nation Council
Rifa'i
Middle East
U.S
Moon rocks seen in Surveyor 6 photos from crater area
Pasadena reports Surveyor 6 images reveal a Central Bay moonscape littered with rocks up to two feet wide possibly hurled from an unseen crater. Jet Propulsion Laboratory notes the rock field resembles a boulder plain as scientists examine how debris arrived beyond camera range.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
U.S
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Central Bay
Surveyor 6
Moon
River Stages and FloodPresence Update
River stage readings show Monroe at 15.3 feet with a rise of 1 foot and Camden at 71 feet with a fall of 5 feet. No alerts issued. measurements indicate shifting flood conditions along the river.
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Monroe
Camden
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Twin Cities
Phuc Toy
South
District Revenue
U.N
News Star——World
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