Jetliner Hits Road Grader On Runway in Rome
A TWA jet failed on takeoff from Fiumicino Rome, veered off the runway, hit a parked road grader, and exploded. Forty three of 72 aboard were killed. 8 of 29 survivors were in critical condition. The flight originated in Kansas City with stops in Chicago New York Paris and Milan en route to Rome Athens and Cairo. Survivor list includes Captain Vernon Lowell and listed passengers Bishop Daly and Msgr Sondag.
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TWA
Cairo
Fiumicino
Bishop Daly
Msgr
Sondag
Vatican
Edward G. Daly
Des Moines
Iowa
Joseph Sondag
Athens
Vernon Lowell
Glen
Martin Chappler
Ernest Havell Jones
Louisiana
Naples
Italy
Milan
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
Paris
Parting Sweet Sorrow For Teener and Pet Goat
Sue Hutcheson a 15 year old high school sophomore bids farewell to Fritzi a Nubian goat headed for a new home in Sinaloa Mexico The High School Youth club bought the goat with funds raised by car washing from Heifer Project Inc The group shipped goats all over the world for aid and development with this latest batch destined for Sinaloa including Los Mochis Culiacan or Mazatlan refurbishing back yards and bond of service.
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Sue Hutchason
Fritzi
San Dimas
Calif
Mexico
Sinaloa
Los Mochis
Culiacan
Mazatlan
Sue
la Canada
Heifer Project Inc
Pasadena
Ross Hutcheson
Hutchasons
Hutchason
San Dimas Ranch
Rebel Extends Execution Stay In Congo Crisis
Rebel leader Christophe Gbenye again halted Dr. Paul Carlson's execution but warned the stay ends today as government troops supported by white mercenaries push toward Stanleyville. Lubutu fell to forces, about 120 miles southeast of the rebel capital, amid ongoing Nairobi talks over Carlson and around 1,000 white hostages.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Christophe Gbenge
Paul Carlson
Stanleyville
Lubutu
Central African Republic
Gbenye
Ghenye
Kenya
Dr. Carlson
Read Promoted to Corporal in LSU ROTC Brigade
William W. Read of West Monroe is promoted to corporal in LSU Army ROTC. He is a sophomore forestry major, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Read, and Winnfield High School graduate. Louis Mockabee, former Monroe Salvation Army commander, is at Ochsner's Foundation Clinic New Orleans for surgery, in room 725.
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William W. Read
West Monroe
Louisiana State University
John W. Read
Elmwood
Drive
Read
Winnfield High School
Louis Mockabee
Monroe
Salvation Army
Oschner
Foundation
New Orleans
Mockabee
Mobile
Ala
Court Overturns Conviction Of New Orleans DA
The Supreme Court overturned the defamation conviction of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison. The ruling held the charges unconstitutional, concluding defamation law here violated free speech protections. The decision, with concurrences, cites the need for heightened falsity awareness in similar cases.
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New Orleans
Supreme Court
Dist
Jim Garrison
William J. Brennan
Garrison
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Arthur J. Goldberg
William Ponder
Many
Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana
High Court
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
Brennan
New York Times
Louisiana Teachers Back Full Pay Raise and One Cent Tax
The Louisiana House of Delegates of the LTA unanimously urges full implementation of USC salary schedules and a one cent sales tax to fund the raise. About 12,000 teachers are expected for the convention, with South Louisiana units voting on strikes if the legislature does not act. Governor McKeithen is urged to support the full $1,000 annual raise as LEA also backs it.
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Shreveport
UPI
House of Delegates
Louisiana Teachers Association
LTA
United School Committee
USC
Marianna Johnson
Monroe
L. L. Fullmer
Baton Rouge
South Louisiana
E. R. Minshew
Louisiana Tech
Frank Miller
DeRidder
Miller
LEA
John J. McKeithen
Pat Caffery
New Iberia
McKeithen
Louisiana Afl-Cio
Dixie Survey States GOP Decline in State Races
Operation Dixie backed by the Republican National Committee aimed to build local GOP bases in 13 Southern and one border state. In the Nov 3 elections Republicans lost a net 31 state House seats and 4 Senate seats, ending with 117 House members and 40 Senators, far from parity with Democrats.
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GOP
Congress
Barry Goldwater
Senate
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
House
Marshal Arrests Estes In Dallas
US District Judge Sarah T. Hughes voided Billie Sol Estes $10,000 bond and ordered arrest by the U S marshal in Dallas. Estes had not been confined since his 1962 FBI arrest as Atty. Barefoot Sanders argued he violated bond conditions by traveling outside the 100 county federal jurisdiction. Estes faces charges of false financial statements to the Agriculture Department's Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Dallas
Sarah T. Hughes
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
Estes
FBI
Barefoot Sanders
Sanders
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Little Warmer Weather Soon
Warmer weather will spread over the Northeast Louisiana area for the next three days. Monroe dropped to 25 degrees, and Little Rock, Arkansas reached 17 the lowest for that date since 1880.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Little Rock
Ark
Chuckle Cartoon Critique of Government Waste
A humorous caption notes that a congressman's view of waste is a dollar spent in another district. The quip suggests Republicans and Democrats alike critique pork barrel spending. The line playfully skewers political self interest without targeting individuals.
Excise Tax On Documents Studied For Teacher Pay Rise
Baton Rouge Gov McKeithen leads a noon session as lawmakers study an excise tax on documents to fund a teacher pay raise. The plan could yield about 20 million dollars, funding roughly half of the proposed raise, with further bids tied to real estate transfer and sales tax bills.
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Baton Rouge
John J. McKeithen
Teadhers
Escaped Cons Hold Hostages Several Hours
A band of seven escaped convicts held a Walla Walla couple at knife point for hours before fleeing toward Oregon in the Jeppe car. The couple remained unharmed though threatened. the escapees later abandoned the vehicle in Gresham near Portland and fled in a stolen blue station wagon.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Walla Walla
Oregon
Washington State Penitentiary
Bob Rhay
Andrew Jeppe
Jeppe
Rhay
Gresham
Ore
Portland
Jeppes
Oregon City
Washington
Penitentiary
Louisiana Lawmaker Delays Vote On One Cent Tax Bill
Rep Gordon Causey of Tangipahoa Parish delays a House vote on the one cent sales tax bill. He plans an amendment to give 25 percent of revenue to local school boards and 75 percent to teacher salaries. The House failed to pass the bill Friday but Causey reversed his vote to allow reconsideration. The chamber had planned to vote today.
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Gordon Causey
House
Senate
Baton Rouge
Tangipahoa Parish
Causey
Gen Taylor to confer with Johnson in Washington
Gen Maxwell D Taylor ambassador to South Vietnam will fly to Washington Friday for weekend conferences and meet President Johnson early next week. Also reports note the White House releasing Warren Commission testimony in Washington today for immediate publication.
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Johnson City
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Washington
Johnson
Lost Pungie pet near North Std WM FA 39620
Wanted lost pet notice for a tan Pua with a Diack face called Pungie. Last seen near North Street. Reward offered through a News-Star World want ad. Contact WM FA 39620 for return of the animal and possible reward.
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Star World
North Std
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