Inez Batters Florida Areas Heads For Gulf Future Path
USS air cavalrymen with Korean and Vietnamese troops press toward the sea as survivors of main line Communist units face heavy losses, with 513 reported killed or captured in three days of battle near Saigon.
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Inez
Florida
Gulf Future Path
Saigon
USS
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Phu Cat
Sampan
South Viet Nam
Irving
Air Force
Can Tho
Mekong
South
Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
Famed Stork Club Owner Dies In New York
Sherman Billingsley, famed Stork Club host, died at age 68 in his Manhattan apartment after a headache led to his death by acute heart attack. His wife Hazel alerted doctors who pronounced him dead. Billingsley, who built a real estate fortune in the Bronx and helped spawn the Stork Club, had been planning a new club to replace the shuttered venue and was writing an autobiography.
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New York
Sherman Billingsley
Stork Club
Manhattan
Javits Opposes Atomic Weapons Use In Viet Nam
Washington AP Senator Javits rejected any intimation of using atomic weapons in Vietnam. He challenged Eisenhower's stance, while three Democratic senators criticized the former president. Senator Pastore urged leaders not to risk nuclear escalation, warning God help us if such a step is taken.
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Washington
Jacob K. Javits
Viet Nam
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
John O. Pastore
Pastore
Johnson
United States
Market Rally Later Aft No Ban On Rail Merger
New York AP reports a late session stock market rally with heavy trading. The Dow Jones average rose 4.67 to 762.63 after dipping 2.68 at 1:30 PM. A special federal court rejected a bid to block the Pennsylvania and New York Central merger by a 2 1 vote.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Northwestern State College marching band members travel to Pensacola
Two Monroe students Danny Ryals and Carol Ruth Ward, both freshmen, are members of the Northwestern State College Marching Band. The band will travel to Pensacola Florida this weekend for the Northwestern Pensacola Navy Football game.
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Monroe
Northwestern State College Marching Band
Danny Ryals
Carol Ruth Ward
Pensacola
Fla
Northwestern Pensacola Navy
Auto Workers Shut Plants With Strikes
About 3,900 employees at the Chevrolet plant in St. Louis walked out halting passenger car, truck and Corvette lines while Fisher Body sent home 3,000 workers. The walkout followed a night of talks failing to resolve overload concerns. Also 4,850 Ford Oakville and 1,800 LA layoffs noted, with Chrysler Twinsburg workers striking last Thursday amid 14 grievances. Townsley comments about job losses and production impact cited.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Chevrolet
St. Louis
Fisher Body Co
Fisher
United Auto Workers
UAW
James Feeler
Chrysler Corp
Fenton
Chrysler
Twinsburg
Ohio
Mgr
John Berry
Ford Motor Co. of Canada
Oakville
Ont
General Motors Corp
Livonia
Mich
Hamtramck
Detroit
Lynn A. Townsend
Newark
Del
Belvidere
Ill
Windsor
Int
Los Angeles
Townsend
General Motors
Ford
United States
Today's Chuckle Government In Charge Run Like Nobody's Business
A lighthearted quip notes that the men in charge of government run things with singular gusto and a sharp, ironic twist, suggesting a busy, perhaps overbearing, stewardship of national affairs.
Vietnamese soldier survives live mortar shell wound
Nguyen Luong, a 22 year old army private, had a live 60mm mortar shell removed from his rib cage in Da Nang after a battle near Hoi An. Surgeons led by Dr. Harry Dinsmore say he is recovering rapidly and could return to duty in about two weeks.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Luong
U.S. Navy
C. Richard Hightower
Bellflower
Calif
Luong
Harry H. Dinsmore
Punxsutawney
Saigon
Marine Mgy
Gary Cameron
Dinsmere
Men Past 26 Face Military Draft Callup
Washington AP reports Selective Service will order pre induction physicals for 26 to 35 year olds with prior deferments now classified 1A or 1AO. About 50 000 potential draftees may be found in this recheck, affecting local boards variably and possibly filling October 49 2 00 quota and November 43 700 plan.
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Washington
Selective Service
Pentagon
Thundershowers Expected Here
The Monroe area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers. Cooler weather expected tonight and Wednesday with lows 58 to 64 and highs 82 to 86. Southeast winds 8 to 18 mph shifting northerly later. Morning temperature 62.
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Monroe
Dirksen Predicts Viet Nam War Will Escalate
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen said the Viet Nam conflict will need expansion soon. He stressed he does not expect Johnson to use nuclear weapons, while noting the issue was raised only as an emergency option by GOP leaders. Other officials weighed in on possible U.S. actions and troop commitments.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Viet Nam
Dirksen
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
J. W. Fulbright
U.S
Thailand
Congress
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Coordinating Committee
GOP
Dewey
Eisenhower
Superintendents Set Special Meeting for Oct 15
Fifth and adjacent congressional district superintendents will attend a special gathering October 15 at Northwestern State College in Natchitoches. No formal agenda yet, but pay-raise funding and a district sales tax proposal loom, with Governor McKeithen and the United Schools Committee key to outcomes.
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Northwestern State College
Natchitoches
Arnold Kilpatrick
Northwestern
Northeast Louisiana State College
Monroe
Superintendents’ Association
M. D. Peel
John McKeithen
Fifth District Association
McKeithen
United Schools Committee
U.S. Transport Plane Crashes at An Khe
A U S Army CV2 Caribou with a crew of four and twenty five passengers including wounded servicemen crashed during a medical evacuation approach at An Khe, about 250 miles northeast of Saigon. No fatalities reported initially.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
An Khe
U.S
British Labor Party Sets Law On Wages and Prices
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced the Labour government will enforce a wage and price freeze with full legal powers. He said crisis measures pave the way for a Socialist program while warning that those who break the ban face fines and jail. The move, aimed to last into 1967, curbs workers bargaining rights amid fears and sacrifices.
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Brightpn
England
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Labor Party
Party of Change
Soviet Free American Peace Corps Volunteer Dawson
The Soviet Union released Thomas R. Dawson, the 24 year old Peace Corps volunteer who wandered into the Soviet Union from Iran and was arrested by border guards on September 11. He was allowed to cross back into Iran at Astara, in good health and said to have been treated well.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Thomas R. Dawson
Peace Corps
State Department
Dawson
Astara
Iran
Robert J. MacCloskey
Caspian Sea
McCloskey
Grandmother 60 Takes Flying Mixup to London
American great grandmother Josephine Griffin, 60, boarded a Chicago to London flight by mistake and ended up in London. She enjoyed the trip and planned to return to Los Angeles, grateful for the kindness of crew and passengers. Trans World Airlines noted the extra legs were free.
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London
Chicago
Los Angeles
Josephine Griffin
Los Angels
Buckingham Palace
London Bridge
Trans World Airlines
Griffin
Lila Long
TWA
O'Hare
Attorneys oppose United Gas sale plan in public interest
A group of Louisiana and Mississippi municipalities voiced opposition at an SEC hearing to United Gas Corp.’s $140 million sale of its distribution system to United Gas Distribution Co. The attorney for the municipalities argued the deal would not serve the public interest, noting the system also spans Texas.
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Washington
Louisiana
Mississippi
Securities and Exchange Commission
United Gas Corp
Shreveport
United Gas Distribution Co
Houston
Tex
John T. Miller Jr
Pennzoil Co
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