Ouachita Valley Fair Opens With Big Attendance Expected
The Ouachita Valley Fair opens at 5 p m in West Monroe and runs through Saturday. 4 H and Future Farmers contest entries fill livestock barns with dairy cattle, swine, sheep and beef judging, plus a Friday sale of prize livestock and a Saturday junior quarter horse show. Gates and rides provide free days for handicapped children and reduced rates for students.
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John Birdsong Sr
Review Refused Of Tax Ruling On Church Property
The Supreme Court refused to review a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling upholding church property tax exemptions. The decision held exemptions conform to constitutional requirements and recognize religious groups' public welfare contributions. No comment issued. two petitions had been filed.
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Supreme Court
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Cooler Weather Predicted For Twin Cities
The Twin Cities forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today and tonight with cooler temperatures from today through Tuesday. Sunday reached 91 degrees. this morning's low was 65. North to northeast winds at 8 to 18 mph. Tonight's low expected 58 to 62.
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Twin Cities
Wee
LBJ To Meet With Soviet Envoy Today
President Johnson meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Washington on a courtesy visit during the UN General Assembly. U.S. sources caution no great expectations as Moscow signals limited peace talks outside Vietnam amid Sino Soviet tensions and shifting Western deals.
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School Supt Milton Hall to sail aboard navy carrier
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT reports Ouachita Parish School Supt Milton Hall and Bill Jordan of Louisiana Power and Light Sterlington plan an orientation cruise aboard a navy carrier. They will fly to Pensacola on Tuesday to board the U S S Enterprise for a two day voyage hoping to avoid Hurricane Inez before returning Thursday.
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Bill Jordan
Louisiana Power and Light Co
Sterlington
New Orleans
Pensacola
Fla
U.S.S. Enterprise
Inez
Cloture on DC Home Rule Fails in Senate Vote
The Senate rejected a cloture motion 41 to 37 on ending debate about DC home rule. Sen. Russell denounced the move as a legislative lynching, while Sen. Hickenlooper warned no debate preceded the motion. Leaders seek adjournment by next week despite opposition rooted in regional and racial tensions.
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Rourke Hickenlooper
Rrowa
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Mike Mansfield
House
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Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Mansfield
The winters weren't colder in Grandpa's time but the people were
A reflective item recalls harsher winters faced by earlier generations and contrasts them with present-day conditions, noting that while temperatures did not fall more, people felt the chill of hardship more acutely through lived experiences.
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Grandpa
U.S. Forces Expand Near Buffer Zone in Vietnam War
U S reinforcements move north near the demilitarized zone as B52 bombers raid infiltration routes. McNamara arrives in Saigon for a four day visit to assess needed manpower and funds as Marine divisions shift closer to the 17th parallel and a Butter step of North Vietnamese incursions continues.
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Branton Blasts McKeithen Over Reapportionment Clash
Rep Pavey Branton accuses Gov McKeithen of ignoring the state constitution and failing to lead reapportionment while backing a two term amendment He demands voters decide any legislative plan from the Nov 28 special session Speaker Vail Delony counters Branton as the three judge federal court debate tempers the dispute and lawmakers offer revisions to the commission plan The debate centers on expanding the House to ensure each parish gains representation and voter input remains a central issue
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U S High Court declines review in Louisiana liquor case
The Supreme Court refused to review a Louisiana law restricting liquor sales in wholesale quantities. The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld the law as a valid police power measure. Larry & Katz and the Schwegmanns appealed, but the Court dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
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Supreme Court
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Louisiana Supreme Court
Larry & Katz
John Schwegmann Jr
Paul Schwegmann
New Orleans
Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control
U.S. Supreme Court
Schwegmanns
Identical twins flip to decide queen candidacy
Laura and Gene Beckwith twins from Miami once shared dresses and now split a queen candidacy by coin flip. Gene entered the Orange Bowl queen race while Laura, a UM senior, will graduate this spring. Both sisters, born in Wisconsin, moved to Florida in 1951 and study psychology and math with near-identical grades.
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Miami, Fla
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Laura
University of Miami
Imogene
Gene
Betty Beck
Miami
Wisconsin
Sun Shines Bright Inside Eye Of Inez
Editor notes hurricane Inez from Corpus Christi to Navy hurricane hunters. Reporter Spencer Pearson details a dangerous ascent to 10 000 feet inside the eye where calm scenes contrasted with 23 000 foot cloud banks. Crew from Airborne Early Warning Squadron 4 piloted the mission over a 200 mile storm.
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Inez
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Corpus Christi Carlier- Times
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Corpus Christi
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Cmdr
Dan Lewis
Texas
Airborne Early Warning Squadron 4
Jacksonville
Fla
the Eye
North End
Cmdr. Lewis
Morehouse Man Found Shot Dead At Chemin-A-Haut
Johnson 57 of Log Cabin Community was found shot to death near Chemin-a-Haut Lake in Chemin-a-Haut State Park early this morning. He was a state park employee, found by his son Freeland Eugene Johnson Jr. around 3 a.m. Sheriff Hughie Perry said investigators were looking into the shooting with no additional details available.
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Sheriff Perry
Supreme Court declines ruling on REA loan challenge
The high court refused to decide on a complaint that the Rural Electrification Administration head approved a 56.5 million loan to Louisiana Electric Cooperatives as part of a purported conspiracy. Central Louisiana Electric Co Louisiana Power & Light Gulf States Utilities argued the loan served no recognized REA purpose since most Louisiana households already have electricity. The appeal cites a New Orleans Circuit ruling that court review is not available and disputes Congress should address the issue.
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Supreme Court
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Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc
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Gulf States Utilities Co
Rural Electrification Act
Louisiana
U.S. Circuit Court
New Orleans
Congress
Circuit Court
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