Symington urges Vietnam halt to push peace talks
Sen. Stuart Symington proposes a fixed date halt in all U S military action in Vietnam to test peace talks, with Saigon required to announce willingness to negotiate and offer amnesty to Viet Cong. He warns against bombing alone and cites overextension abroad while noting Soviet gains in the Middle East.
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Stuart Symington
Vietnam
Symington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Saigon
Missouri Democrat
Senate
Laos
Thailand
Middle East
Europe
Mediterranean
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Charles de Gaulle
France
Ners el Kebir
Alberta
NATO
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
United Nations
Former Nazi deputy flees to Austria amid extradition dispute
Erich Rajakovic, Adolf Eichmann's Nazi death camp deputy in the Netherlands, eludes Yugoslav police and crosses into Austria where extradition is blocked by his Vienn a conviction. Dutch authorities sought his handover over war crimes tied to deportations and Auschwitz murders.
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Vienna
Erich Rajakovic
Adolf Eichmann
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Austria
Karl Boeck
Adriatic
Rajakovic
Boeck
Amsterdam
Pirano
France
Auschwitz
Milan
Italy
Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Documentation Center
Demos Plan Spending Cut Plan Rebuff
House Democrats express unity to back a temporary appropriations bill while rebuffing Republican demands for a 5 billion dollar spending cut and a 10 percent income tax surcharge. Johnson met leaders Monday but details were not released. The Appropriations Committee returned a temporary funding bill without the proposed cuts.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
White House
George Christian
Congress
North Louisiana Study Launched On 2 Turnpikes
A $60 000 study on the feasibility of two toll roads from North Louisiana to New Orleans was launched with Gov. McKeithen backing. The plan aims to link a Kan sas City to New Orleans super highway with routes merging at Alexandria. The study should finish in four months and legislative action is expected in 1968.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
New Orleans
John McKeithen
Kansas City
Bennett Johnston
Caddo Parish
River Stage Readings and Flood Levels Reported
River stage data shows Monroe at 40.14 feet with no change and Camden at 96.32 feet with a fall. Flood presence updated, indicating lowering stages across monitored locations.
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Monroe
Camden
Twin Cities Chit Chat Highlights Homecoming and Service
Mrs. Sallie M. Newby returns home from St Francis Hospital Monroe after a heart attack and rest. George Dispenza, son of Mr and Mrs Veto Dispenza, resumes leave from Naval service after training, set to report to Attack Squadron 94 in Lemore California on October 9.
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Sallie M. Newby
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
George Dispenza
Veto Dispenza
Lee Avenue
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Red China Loses U.N. Seat Support
Turmoil from Mao Tse-tung purges dampens campaign to seat the Chinese Communists in the United Nations. Backers in Asia and Eastern Europe grow wary amid Red Guard violence and propaganda attacks, affecting General Assembly votes and U.S. opposition based on China’s record.
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United Nations
N.Y
Mao Tse-tung
China
Peking
Asia
Europe
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
France
Assembly
Vietnam
Red China
North Vietnam
United States
U.N
Trucker Shot as Windshields Smashed Amid Stampede Against Pact
A trucker was shot in the leg on U.S. 20 near Fremont Ohio and 10 to 12 windshields were smashed along a Pennsylvania Turnpike stretch as dissident haulers reject a tentative Teamsters settlement. About 10,000 to 20,000 owner operators join a cross eight state wildcat strike seeking contract reopenings, higher hauling cost shares, and guaranteed wait penalties. Further violence reported nightly in steel towns with tires slashed and trucks halted before troopers restored traffic.
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Pittsburgh
Teamsters Union
Ohio Highway Patrol
James A. Cartwright
U.S. 20
Fremont
Somerset
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Daniel M. Berger
Teamsters
Berger
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Erie
New Stanton
Everett
Weather forecast for Monroe area shows little change
The Monroe forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with no significant temperature changes through Wednesday. Highs near 82 to 88 and lows 58 to 64 with southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. A yesterday high of 89 and a 43 low were reported with no rain in the last 24 hours. FAIR
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Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
U S Troops Hunt North Vietnamese Regiment In Highlands
About 500 U S infantrymen hunted elements of North Vietnam 95B regiment in the central highlands as a new unit infiltrated South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh trail. Despite several small clashes and renewed shelling, the command reported no significant contact.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
95B Regiment
Demilitarized Zone
Highlands
Laos
Cambodia
Con Thien
Pleiku
Binh Dinh
Dmz
Hanoi
Haiphong
Long Tau River
Wednesday Final Day To Register For Nov Vote
Officials urged prospective voters to register by 5 p.m. Wednesday as the registration books close a month before the November 4 Democratic primary. Mae Lucky, Ouachita registrar, said the books stay closed until the morning of November 5. Registration occurs at the temporary parish courthouse on South Grand Street in Monroe.
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Mae Lucky
Ouachita
Lucky
Deaf-mute Idaho man shows high IQ at state school
NAMPA Idaho AP a deaf mute in his 30s with an IQ around 135 has spent most of his life in a school for the retarded. The director says he may someday be released and notes early diagnosis might have changed his course. Dr John Marks cites lack of facilities and compares him to Helen Keller warning about future potential.
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Nampa
Idaho
John Marks
Idaho State School and Hospital
Marks
Helen Keller
Senate Fails to Kill Job Corps in Antipoverty Bill
The Senate defeated an effort to strike the Office of Economic Opportunity Job Corps from the antipoverty bill by 49 to 30. Sen. Carl Curtis urged replacing 195 million for Job Corps with a vocational program, while Sen. Joseph Clark defended the plan as addressing the hard core poor and emphasized human renewal.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Today
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Curtis
Crime Probers On Chicago Trip
Dist Atty Sargent Pitcher his assistant and the East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury foreman traveled to Chicago to seek additional evidence in the ongoing Louisiana crime investigation. Pitcher's office did not disclose the purpose. Gordon Novel, wanted as a witness in the New Orleans Kennedy assassination probe, claimed he would disclose related Louisiana crime investigation details.
Chuckle Reputation Bursts When Self Blown Bubble
A humorous line notes that a large reputation built by oneself collapses as soon as one attempts to inflate it. The quip frames ego as fragile and self-made reputations as self-defeating.
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