Senate Refuses Cloture On Right-To-Work Offense In Vietnam War
U S troops pressed major offensives north of Saigon and in the central highlands as Viet Cong losses mounted. Reported casualties included 75 guerrillas killed and 48 captured with additional Viet Sone casualties cited by Vietnamese sources. Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade killed 46 Viet Cong in a clash north of Saigon. Massive leaflets and air strikes marked the operation in Iron Triangle, with nonlethal gas used briefly amid warnings and a halt ordered on gas usage earlier. Casualties for the Americans were described as light, with eight helicopters hit and several Viet Cong killed or captured in the opening hours.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
U.S
Iron Triangle
Zone D
Viet Nam
Washington
U.S. Strategic Air Force Command
Guam
Bittich
Former School Board Member Succumbs Today
Charles B. Griggs 65 of Route 3 West Monroe, a Ouachita Parish School Board member for 12 years, died this morning after a short illness. Survived by a widow, two daughters, four sons, three sisters, a brother, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral at Kilpatrick chapel with graveside Masonic rites at Fowlerown cemetery.
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Charles B. Griggs
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Mr. Griggs
Darrell Griggs
Julius Griggs
Yazoo City
Miss
Harold Ray Griggs
So'est
Germany
Ann Smith
J. L. Wink
Alice Parker
Dallas
Morris Griggs
G. E. Rutledge
Cowan
Chuckle on the Top 50 Records List
A witty line remarks that listening to the top 50 records prompts a shudder about the bottom 50, highlighting humor in chart rankings and music tastes.
Thousands Flee Cuba By Small Boat To United States
Thousands gather on Camarioca beach as the 31 foot cabin cruiser MMM arrives in Key West with 17 Cuban refugees. Coast Guard escorts the vessel while FBI and immigration authorities question four crewmen. The event follows warnings against small-boat departures and signals ongoing negotiations through the Swiss Embassy to define a possible escape program for up to 50,000 exiles.
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Key West
Fla
Camarioca
MMM
United States
Osvaldo Rava
Cuba
U.S
U.S. Coast Guard
FBI
Immigration
Len
Miami
Coast Guard
Castro
Florida
Rainbow
Liz
Ramon Donestevez
Hialeah
Sombrero Key
Donestevez
Long Key
Flores
U.S. State Department
Havana
Supreme Court narrows reapportionment scope
The Supreme Court dismisses a Suffolk County New York case for lack of jurisdiction over county and city boards. In a separate ruling, it orders a November 2 special election for New York Legislature under the Reapportionment Plan amid chaos on the Hudson and triggers renewed tensions between federal and state powers. The Hawaii legislature disputes are also set for Supreme Court review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Suffolk County
N.Y
High Court
Hudson
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
Rockefeller
New York Court of Appeals
John M. Harlan
Hawaii
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT at 1037 Park Ave Monroe
Capt John Earl Taylor and Mrs Taylor with daughter settle at 1037 Park Ave Monroe. Taylor lately returned from South Viet Nam on Sept 28 and worked on News Star World staff during college. former student body president and Northeast State College military staff. October birthday month at Ray Drive home features Holloway brothers Chip Gary and John David with a combined party planned.
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Park Ave
Monroe
John Earl Taylor
Capt. Taylor
Northeast State College
United States
South Viet Nam
Capt
Taylor
News- Star
World News
Charles Holloway
Ray Drive
Holloway
Chip
Gary
John David
Iron Triangle in South Vietnam Defies VCs and Traps
AP reports from the Iron Triangle north of Saigon where rusty booby traps exploded during a four day U S paratrooper sweep. Capt Lowell Bittich of the 1st Battalion 173rd Airborne Brigade led his men through dense jungle, noting the area once thought deadly is proving less intimidating after heavy B 52 strikes. A Bible saved Pfc William Donald Parker's life when a sniper bullet struck his helmet and damaged his New Testament.
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Iron Triangle
South Viet Nam
Lowell Bittich
Battalion
173Rd Airborne Brigade
William Donald Parker
Garland
N.C
Parker
LBJ Urged By Doctors To Get Rest
Washington AP report shows President Johnson, just after abdominal surgery, urged by doctors to rest and keep a minimal schedule for weeks. He held a 45 minute meeting with Vice President Humphrey and summoned Secretary of State Rusk.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Bill D. Moyers
Humphrey
Rusk
Phillip Randolph Lee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Sunny mild weather expected through Tuesday in Twin City
Clear to partly cloudy skies forecast with warm days and mild nights. Highs become 85 to 90 by Tuesday, Lows 62 to 68. FAA recorded 87 Sunday at Selman Field and 65 low this morning. No rainfall over the weekend and none expected. winds variable 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin City
FAA
Selman Field
Indonesian Reds Preparing Attack
Jakarta reports say Indonesian Reds are regrouping for night raids as the army intensifies the anti Communist drive. Arrests, arms seizures, and tanks guard key intersections while Sukarno returns to the Jakarta palace after the September coup attempt.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Untung
Singare
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Nationalist Party
PKI
Resolution on Parish Funds Distribution Stirs Juror Curtis Joiner
Ward 3 juror Curtis Joiner prepared a resolution today to alter Ouachita Parish blacktop tax money distribution. He planned to discuss it with fellow jurors this evening but could not elaborate. He noted Ward 5 currently receives a double portion due to their need. Police Jury President T. W. Humphries said the body will study a report tonight on potential industrial districts, amid a committee’s recommendation against creating them per Olin Mathieson, Commercial Solvents and Columbian Carbon.
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Ward 3
Curtis Joiner
Ouachita Parish
Joiner
T. W. Humphries
Olin Mathieson
Accidents Claim 13 Deaths in Louisiana Over Weekend
United Press International reports at least 13 people died in Louisiana over the weekend across traffic, drownings, and a railway accident. Victims include Oswald W. Viesen in Slideil, Andrew LeBlanc on Huey P. Long Bridge, and Keith Hibbs in Metairie, among others in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lake Charles, and surrounding areas.
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United Press International
Louisiana
Oswald W. Viesen
New Orleans
Slideil
Andrew J. LeBlanc
Marrero
Huey P. Long
Keith Thomas Hibbs
Metairie
George W. Petrie
Louisiana State Universit
Baton Rouge
LSU
Joseph Lapire Jr
Amite
Shirley Weimar
Hammond
Sherman Noble
Geismar
Edward Val
Whitney J. Richard
Moss Bluff
Lake Charles
Dorothea Terrell
Ray Malone
Edwin Davis
Houma
Ilene Thibodeaux
Gag Rule Defeated as Filibuster Debate Continues
In Washington the Senate rejected invoking the gag rule by 47 to 45, short of the two thirds needed for cloture, blocking moves to end debate on Johnson's bill to repeal Taft Hartley 14B. Mansfield denied tacit understandings with Dirksen, while Dirksen and GOP allies push for extended discussion against the measure.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
Mike Manfield
Everett Dirksen
Ill
Harry S. Truman
Mansfield
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Dirksen
Ouachita Valley Fair Opens At West Monroe Fairgrounds Today
Opening ceremonies begin as gates and rides swing into action at 5 p.m. Livestock entries due by 5 p.m. and nonlivestock exhibits by 7 p.m. Dairy judging starts at 6 p.m. with 41 animals entered from 4-H and FFA across seven parishes.
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Ouachita Valley Fair
West Monroe Fairgrounds
FFA
John Birdsong Sr
Quachita Valley Fair
West Monroe
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