FBI Joins Search For Kidnap Victim Nancy Keller
FBI agents from Dallas, Little Rock and New Orleans assist Bastrop area police in a multi-state search for eight year old Nancy Georgette Keller who was abducted from her home. A U S Army helicopter and a private helicopter aided the effort along with roadblocks and water-area patrols. Nancy, described as four feet tall with brown hair and freckled face, was last seen in a red veignet skirt and white blouse as a gray older model car departed toward Bonner Ferry Road accompanied by a 20 year old man. Police urged anyone with information to contact the Morehouse Parish sheriff or Bastrop police. The Keller family are prominent local citizens and the case prompted a three-state alarm and extensive volunteer participation.
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Bastrop
Special
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nancy Keller
FBI
Dallas
Little Rock
New Orleans
Alea
Aidu
U.S. Army
Fort Polk
Bernard Biedenharn
Monroe
Morehouse Parish
Douglas Keller
Kellers
Spear
Nancy
Parson Drive
Bonner
American tourist on trial in Murmansk for illegal entry
Newcomb Mott of Sheffield Massachusetts testified he had no illegal intent when entering the Soviet Union without a visa. He said he got lost while seeking permission to reach a tourist enclave on the Arctic frontier. The indictment alleges crossing a marked frontier and wandering Russian woods for about eight tenths of a mile before Soviet officials intervened. He has been in custody since Sept. 4.
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Murmansk
Soviet Union
Mott
Young Mott
Norwegian Arctic
Viet Nam forces repulse two major Communist assaults
South Viet Nam forces beat back two heavy Communist attacks on the central coast with support from offshore U S Navy ships and air strikes. Officials said about 200 of roughly 1500 attackers were killed as defenders at a fort in Thach Tru village, 20 miles south of Quang Ngai, faced a 3 to 1 disadvantage.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Thach Tru
Quang Ngai
Cotton Group Told Of Gains In Viet Nam
At the Cotton Producers Association meeting in Atlanta Assistant Secretary of State Douglas MacArthur II voiced optimism about the South Vietnam war effort noting improved military and social conditions. He cited allied reinforcement and a dampening of the Communist monsoon campaign while acknowledging a long, dirty struggle ahead. The report details fierce fighting near an outpost west of a fort, with U.S. advisers killed and a large Viet Cong toll claimed by government forces, alongside weather and air support factors shaping the engagement.
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Atlanta, Ga
Douglas MacArthur II
South Viet Nam
The
Cotton Producers Association
Douglas MacArthur
New Zealand
South Korea
Rusk Says Latin Reds Weakened Across Hemisphere
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk said communism has receded in Latin America over the past years noting Castro is less active and some Latin nations have rejected his path. He sees a stronger hemisphere and mentions possible future standby forces for UN or Inter-American use.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U. S
Dean Rusk
Latin America
Rusk
ABC
South America
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
U.N
U.S
Hemisphere
The
Organization of American States
Twin Cities Chit Chat Double Birthday Celebration
Two West Monroyans prepare a joint birthday dinner on the Old Columbia Road. Mrs Gladys McGrew and Mrs Margie Avery share the date and will be hosted by Mrs KieGrew in her home for a birthday supper.
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West
Gala for Miss Larkie Woods Seventh Birthday
Miss Larkie Woods celebrated her seventh birthday with a family party planned by her uncle Rally Kennedy. A cookout and picnic at Woodlawn Woods preceded a gathering at the Holiday Inn for cake and opening gifts.
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Larkie Woods
Harold Woods Jr
Rally Kennedy
Woodlawn Woods
Holiday Inn
Third Kidnapping Suspect Surrenders in Tacoma
The third man tied to the Charles Hyde III kidnapping surrendered to Pierce County authorities in Tacoma. James Edward Evans, 31, a father with a Hayward, California connection, turned himself in and was taken for interrogation. Earlier, Til ford Baker, 34, confessed to planning the kidnapping and named Dean Bromley, 20, as the driver. Police recovered $34,360 in a bowling ball bag during the investigation.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Lyde III
James Edward Evans
Evans
George Janovich
Ernest Keck
Pierce County Sheriff's Office
California
Hayward
Calif
Keck
Hyde
Baker
George J. Janovich
Dean Allen Bromley
Federal Way
Seattle
Rebels Quelled in Dominican Republic Conspiracy
Dominican government says armed forces stopped a small rightist revolt in Tamboril, arresting 47. Rebels seized a radio station, proclaimed a democratic revolutionary government, and named Alcibiades Espinoza as president though his involvement remains unverified. United States 82nd Airborne helped reinforce Santiago and Barahona.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Tamboril
Santiago
Democratic Revolutionary Government
Explosions Rock NAACP Leader Homes in Charlotte
Four homes of Negro civil rights leaders in Charlotte were blown apart in early morning blasts with no injuries reported. The targets included Kelly Alexander, NAACP state president, his brother Fred Alexander, Dr Reginald Hawkins, and Julius Chambers. FBI joined the probe as police termed the act organized and said damages ran to thousands of dollars.
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Hord
Charlotte
Kelly Alexander
Kelly Jr
Alfred
Kelly , Jr
Fred Alexander
Nekro
Alexanders
Weather forecast for Twin City area mild with sun
Partly cloudy skies and cooler but warm temperatures are predicted for the Twin City area today and Tuesday. Highs reach 70 to 76 with lows 50 to 55. Fifty percent sunshine expected. Sunday high was 81 and the morning low 55. No rain recorded and none expected through Tuesday. Winds variable 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin City
FAA
Selman Field
Officials Probe Bomb Blast At Ferriday House
In Ferriday Louisiana police and fire officials probed a Saturday night explosion at a house occupied by civil rights worker Robert Lewis Jr his wife and nine children The worker remained jailed on aggravated battery charges with a 2000 bond He faced arrest after allegedly pulling a double barreled shotgun on an officer A CORE spokesman tied the blast to local Civil rights activity noting a green pickup with three white men parked nearby and one man throwing something into a window Police would not release further details Ferriday about 12 miles west of Natchez Mississippi.
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Ferriday
Robert Lewis Jr
Bob Warren
Lewis
Warren
Cit
Ferriday Freedom Movement
Congress of Racial Equality
Natchez, Miss
River project contract set for Ouachita and Black Rivers
A $2.3 million contract for the Ouachita and Black Rivers project was announced by the U S Army Engineers. Williams McWilliams Industries Inc of New Orleans won the award from the district Corps of Engineers at Vicksburg. The work covers the Catahoula Lake diversion channel and levee reach near Jonesville.
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Washington
Ouachita and Black Rivers
U.S. Army Engineers
Williams McWilliams Industries, Inc
New Orleans
District Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg
Catahoula Lake
Reach
Jonesville
Population of Tokyo Estimated at Over Eleven Million
Tokyo city announced an estimated population of 10,861,850 as of October 1, detailing the latest figures for the metropolitan area. The release outlines current density and growth implications for urban planning and services.
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Tokyo
Jury Selected As Trial Opens In Murder Case
In Hamburg Arkansas Ashley County Circuit Court began the first degree murder trial of M. C. Talley 24, a Monroe Negro charged with fatally stabbing 20 year old Tommy Rodgers at his father s filling station. Thirteen jurors two women and a Negro man were chosen with a 13th seated for illness. Authority said at least 17 subpoenas were issued for witnesses. Talley previously faced a grand jury and was later convicted in Louisiana for robbery before his Ash ley County release. Curtis Smith a white man from North Carolina held on an accessory charge awaits December trial after a mental observation at the State Hospital.
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Hamburg
Ark
Ashley County
M. C. Talley
Monroe
Tommy Rodgers
Talley
Hamburg College
B. A. Courson
Louisiana
Curtis Smith
North Carolina
State Hospital
Walkout To End At Space Center
Washington AP reports McDonnell aircraft machinists at Cape Kennedy return to work to avoid delaying the December 4 Gemini 7 space shot. 17,000 teammates at St Louis continue strike. talks ongoing with AFL CIO union leaders and federal mediators.
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Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
William E. Simkin
Cape Kennedy
Eugene Glover
Glover
Robert Krone
Why does a person your own age look older than you
A light humor item notes that people tend to appear older when compared to someone of their own age. The quip plays on perception and age contrast in a playful tone.
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Sheffield
Mass
Howard Mott
Song River
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Viet Nam
Henry McNeal
Pittsburgh
Ith
McNeal
Associated Press
George Esper
Esper
Thach 1 Pil
Dien Bien Phu
Soc Trang
L S
the United Way
Twin Cities
Tilford Laker
Pierce County
Sheriff's Office
Dominican
Francisco J. Rivera Caminero
Armed Forces
Alcibiades Espionoza
National Civic Union
Espinoza
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Hector Garcia-Godoy
82Nd Airborne
Garcia-Godoy
Barahona
Elsewrth Bunker
PBI
Charlotte’s
West Side
Ferriday House
Space Center
Donnell
Simkin
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Cane Wirtz
White House
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