Reservists Callup Bill Passes House
The House approved a compromise military appropriation bill that would grant the president unrequested authority to call National Guardsmen and Reservists to active duty without a national emergency. The measure, totaling 58.067 billion dollars, runs through June 30 1968 and could affect about 1.95 million service members. a roll call showed 305 voting in favor.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
Sen
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
George Mahon
D-Tex
Russell
Mahon
Heart Attack Fatal To R. E. Ellington Monroe Postmaster
Robert E. Ellington 61 assistant postmaster at Monroe died early today at 1701 N 3rd St. Monroe after a heart attack. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday Peters Funeral Home chapel with Rev G Preston Brown and Dr Ernest Holloway officiating. Burial in River View Cemetery. Survived by widow Margaret Gangstad Ellington, one sister Ollie Lee Sims, and three brothers. Honorary pallbearers are postal employees. memorials to First Presbyterian Church of Monroe. Ellington was a Monroe resident 41 years, began postal work in 1925, assistant postmaster since 1934. Previously postal inspector 1937 in Indiana and Kentucky, returned to Monroe in 1939. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church.
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Robert E. Ellington
Monroe
N. 3Rd St
Ellington
Peters Funeral Home
G. Preston Brown
First Presbyterian Arch
Ernest Holloway
Riverview Cemetery
Magee
Ollie Lee Sims
Crossett
Ark
John Ellington
Miss
Marshall Ellington
Houston
Tex
C. P. Gray Jr
D. Curtis Smith
Woodrow Hathorn
R. W. Hammond
George Hemphill
J. E. Peters
U. S
Johnson nominates three federal judges to circuits and districts
President Johnson sent nominations to the Senate naming Bryan Simpson of Jacksonville Florida as chief judge for the middle Florida district and to the Fifth Circuit based in New Orleans. Fred J. Cassidry of New Orleans would become a U.S. district judge in eastern Louisiana. Both are Democrats with prior state court experience.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Bryan Simpson
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S. Judicial Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Simpson
U.S
Middle Florida
Fred J. Cassidry
Louisiana
Orleans Parish
Man Injured As Train Hits Car Near Mer Rouge
Thomas M. Bostick, 28, of Horse Shoe Lake Road, was seriously injured when his car was struck by a train at the Grabault Lane Crossing, 1.5 miles from Mer Rouge. He received emergency treatment at Morehouse General Hospital and was later moved to St. Francis Hospital in Monroe. No further details available.
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Bastrop
Thomas M. Bostick
Horseshoe Lake Rd
Grabault Lane
Mer Rouge
Bostick
Morehouse General Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Monroe
Today's Chuckle
A light joke notes that many parents claim superior knowledge over their children while forgetting that kids can spot adults' blind spots. The quip frames parental pretensions with playful irony.
Shrine Club volunteers sought for fair ride program
About 40 or 50 members of the Northeast Louisiana Shrine Club are needed to help carry and assist handicapped children who will ride free from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Ouachita Valley Fair. Shriners should report to the Drum and Bugle Corps concession stand near the bus unload. Fall and winter hours for the Monroe City Zoo in Bernstein Park start Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, per Monroe Utilities and Finance Commissioner H. W. McSherry.
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Northeast Louisiana
Shrine Club
Ouachita Valley Fair
Shriners
Shriners Drum and Bugle Corps
Monroe City Zoo
Bernstein Park
H. W. McSherry
Monroe
Senate panel approves LBJ tax bill changes
The Senate Finance Committee approved 12 to 4 President Johnsons anti inflationary tax bill to suspend two major business tax incentives. It retains the basic framework, with key changes including moving the effective date to October 10, adding an exemption for railroad cars, expanding investment credit to the first 25 000 of equipment, and permitting continued depreciation for buildings under 100 000 with one building per taxpayer.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
Russell B. Long
D .la
Senate
House
Senate Committee
Stocks Continue Vigorous Rally
New York AP reports a broad market rally with the Dow Jones industrial average up 12.62 points to 767.14 at 1 p.m. The all shares index on the NYSE advanced 61 cents as trading remained moderately active.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Shreveport Fall Kills Arkansan
A pipefitter at Western Electric in Shreveport died after falling from a scaffold. Cliff Harrell, 39, of El Dorado, Arkansas, was killed instantly when his head struck a concrete floor.
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Shreveport
Western Electric
Cliff Harrell
el Doradio
Ark
Congress Family Doctor Retires From Capitol Post
Washington AP Dr George W Calver the Capitol family doctor retires at 77 after 38 years of nonpartisan care He led the attending physician office since 1928 elevating to rear admiral and overseeing a staff of 12 nurses and several corpsmen His successor is Dr Rufus Judson Pearson The office sees about 50000 cases annually with no charge for pills or services He blamed overeating overwork and tension for congressional ailments
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Washington
George W. Calver
Congress
Capitol
Navy
Rufus Judson Pearson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Calver
Culver
Monroe City Council Keeps 46 Mills Tax Levy for 1967
The Monroe City Council voted to maintain the 46 mill tax levy for another year with a breakdown of 20 mills above the 26 mill bond retirement levy. Mayor Howard and Commissioners announced the plan, naming W. L. Husted Jr. to the Utilities Commission, and approved bids on two new station wagons, a four door sedan, and other Civic Center equipment. Completion of the Civic Center was extended to May 13, 1967, due to weather and supply delays.
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Monroe
W. L. Howard
H. W. McSherry
W. D. H. Rodriguez
M. J. Cook
Cook
W. L. Husted Jr
Charles Bird
Utilities Commission Board
Bird
Howard
Husted
Fire and Police Municipal Civil Service Board
Rivers’ Ford
Monroe Civic Center
William B. Lillyman
Civic Center
Jesse F. Heard and Sons
Council
Passman Secures Federal Funding For Monroe Flood Wall
In Washington, Fifth District Rep Otto Passman announces approval by House and Senate Public Works Committees of a plan shifting most flood wall costs to the federal government. The project would run nearer the river, creating land for a downtown park. Federal share about 1.16 million of 1.24 million total. Monroe to pay 80 thousand.
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Washington
Otto E. Passman
House
Senate Public Works
Monroe
Ouvuulil Uranu Street
Passman
News-Star
Allen J. Ellender
Russell B. Long
Long
Senate
W. L
Jack) Howard
Fred Petty
Tensas
Petty
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Solon
Senators demand redo of Louisiana redistricting plan
In Baton Rouge state lawmakers urged Gov McKeithen’s Reapportionment Commission to discard current Senate and House districts and start anew. Senators Friedman Mitchell DeBlieux Myrick Kimball Fruge Barham pressed for fair, equal representation and criticized the proposed reshuffle, with Myrick offering an alternative plan under study.
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Sen
Fieldon Mitchell
Montpelier
Senate
J. D. DeBlieux
Baton
Rouge
H. M. Kimball
Maringouin
Myrick
Kimball
Jack Fruge
Ville Platte
Charles Barham
Ruston
Friedman
Commission
Twin Cities Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
The forecast calls for fair weather from today through Wednesday. Cooler today with east winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs 72 to 78, lows 46 to 56. Monday peaked at 87 while Monroe recorded a low of 40 this morning.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
Winter colder than summer due to sun angle
The seasonality is caused by the tilt of the earth and the angle of sunlight, not by the earth’s distance from the sun. Shorter days and lower sun angle reduce solar heating in winter, while longer days and a higher sun angle in summer increase warming.
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Earth
U S Forces Wipe Out Viet Cong Group
In a five hour engagement near the central coast 28 miles northwest of Qui Nhon US cavalry killed 33 Viet Cong and captured eight. Helicopter forces formed a noose around additional guerrillas. 29 more were killed and 7 captured. Operation Irving totals show 878 killed and 794 prisoners across 10 days.
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Eddie Edson
Chicago
Dao van Dam
Saigon
Edson
South Viet Nam
U.S
Qui Nhon
North Viet Nam
1St Cavalry
la Noose
Central Seacoast
Chau Doc
Small town wife inherits 1.6 million from unknown uncle
Rosemary Jelneck, 42, of Swartz Creek Michigan, was revealed as the sole heir to Arthur S. Kruse's estate after probate judge Fred Niles found no will. Kruse, Chicago insurance executive and 100 share stock holder, left a fortune accumulated over 15 years. The Jelnecks, described as average upper middle income, plan to continue living as before with their two sons.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Rosemary Jelneck
Swartz Creek
Michigan
Fred Niles
Ottawa County
Jelneck
Arthur S. Kruse
Chicago
Kruse
Here
Ann Corbin
Combined Insurance Company of America
Gordon Cunningham
Calvin
Jelnecks
Donald
Thomas
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
McNamara presses for more U.S. troops in Vietnam
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara met with South Vietnam leaders Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu and Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky seeking an increase in American forces to halt Communist aggression. He traveled with Henry Cabot Lodge, Gen. Westmoreland, and Nicholas DeB. Katzenbach, after a midmorning session with Thieu and Ky.
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South Viet Nam
McNamara
Johnson
Thieu
Manila
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
William CC. Westmoreland
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
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Bentz
Monroe Police Relief Association
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