Nobel Prize to French trio for genetics and enzyme control
Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine awarded to Francois Jacob Andre Lwoff and Jacques Monod of Paris for discoveries on the genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis. The $55 000 award honors their work across genetics microbiology and biochemistry showing regulatory genes coordinating other genes.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Francois Jacob
Andre Lwoff A
Jacques Monod
Royal Caroline Institute Medical College
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Jacob
College de France
Lwoff
Sorbonne University
Monod
Faculte Des Sciences
U S Orbiting Observatory launches for space studies
A large unmanned spacecraft, OGO2, launched from Vandenberg to polar orbit to conduct 20 experiments on particles, rays and waves around Earth. NASA reports initial data may be limited by a minor guidance glitch, with instruments set to begin returning data later this week.
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Vandenberg AR Force Base
Calif
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
OGO
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force Rocket Test Center
OGO 1
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
NASA
Services Slated For Mrs Hill Died Wednesday
A Requiem Mass will be held at 9 30 a m Friday at Our Lady of Fatima Church for Mrs Fred Hill 66 of Monroe who died late Wednesday in a local hospital A Rosary will be held at 7 p m today at Mulhearn Funeral Home The family requests memorials to Our Lady of Fatima Church or the Heart Fund.
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Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
Fred
Deborah Breard) Hill
Deborah
Monroe
Dennis A. Curren
Mulhearn Funeral Home
St. Matthew’s Cemetery
Mulhearn’s
Fr. Martinez
Hill
Don Juan Filhiol
Catholic Daughters of America
Ladies’ Altar Society
Fred M. Hill, Jr
New Orleans
Robert Bridger Hill
Lafayette
Anne Herrick
Our Lady of Fatima Church
Heart Fund
Elena the Fifth Tropical Storm Checks In
A reconnaissance plane scanned Elena the fifth tropical storm of the season about 750 miles east-northeast of San Juan and 1 600 miles east-southeast of Miami. Winds reached 35 to 50 mph with squalls near the center and the system drifted west-northwest at about eight mph. Forecasters said no land threat is expected today or tonight and Elena shows little change in size intensity or movement.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Elena
San Juan
Puerto Rico
National Hurricane Center
Ike Looks Ahead On 75th Birthday
Dwight D. Eisenhower marked his 75th birthday in Phoenixville with grandchildren and birthday telegrams flooding in from 19 cities. He planned future projects, including a memoir and managing the Eisenhower Library and Museum, while noting travel to Georgia and California for golf. He criticized student demonstrations over Vietnam and warned against appeasement of communism, recalling Munich as a cautionary milestone.
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Phoenixville
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Juneau
Alaska
Atlanta
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Georgia
California
New York
Viet Nam
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Biggest Draft Quota Since Korea Asked
The Defense Department requested a December draft quota of 45,224 men the largest since Korea. The Army gets 40,200 of the total with the Marine Corps at 5,024 and the Navy and Air Force not requesting inductees for December. Total draftees since September 1950 reach 3,243,324.
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Washington
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT: Quachita Parish sheriff staffer’s spelling mixup
Work in the sheriff department yields variety and humor as secretary Virginia Rachal uses the intercom to learn the spelling of putt putt and stumbles into a string of laughs. Lil Abner’s quip adds to the amusement on the CHIT CHAT page.
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Quachita Parish
Suit Dismissed Against Heuer Jr In New Orleans
A judge dismissed a $237,000 suit against former Crescent River Port Pilots Association president William L. Heuer Jr. The court said the association failed to come to court with clean hands and had practices not commendable to equity.
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New Orleans
River Pilots Association
Oliver Carrariere
Crescent River Port Pilots Association
William L. Heuer Jr
Pilots’ Association
Stennis charges misuse of Mount Beulah Head Start funds
Senator John Stennis testified before a Senate subcommittee that investigations found improper and in some cases illegal use of federal funds allocated to the Mount Beulah Head Start project in Mississippi. He cited checks issued without vouchers, civil rights ties, weak inventory records, and limited local participation.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Mount Beulah
Mississippi
Stennis
Senate Appropriations
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Mount Beulah Project
Congress
Jackson
Tom Levin
New York
William J. Miller
Paul J. Cotter
Senate Committee
Levin
Chuckle Sign at Depot Warns of Sudden Roof Appearance
The sign at the ammunition depot jokes that smokers should leave by the large exit as the speaker claims they will suddenly appear in the roof. It uses a quirky warning to provoke laughter among workers.
Board to weigh Northeast land purchase and sewer project
The State Board of Education will discuss buying four to five parcels for Northeast State College and a $250 000 sewer project funded by state and Monroe. W. E. Whetstone said private Monroe land buyers will appear with G. L. Morgan and R. Fred Petty to align land efforts with board policy. The meeting also covers school consolidation and a split campus proposal for University of Southwestern Louisiana. A suit by J B Shipp seeking $57 000 against the board is on the docket.
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State Board of Education
Northeast State College
W. E. Whetstone
Monroe
Whetstone
Baton Rouge
G. L. Morgan
R. Fred Petty
Land Committee For
Northeast
Willl
Selman Field
Louisiana
Education Com
Northwestern State College
Shipp
Heavy fighting in Mekong Delta as U S troops sweep
In the Mekong Delta heavy night fighting broke out near Can Tho as the 44th Vietnamese ranger battalion faced about 500 Viet Cong. U S casualties were light. Viet Cong deaths were disputed with seven confirmed by U S authorities. Simultaneously retreating units of the 1st Cavalry Division ended a major operation in the central highlands with 12 000 to 14 000 troops involved and 34 Viet Cong killed. An air strike on Dien Bien Phu area damaged targets and a F105 pilot was wounded but rescued.
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Saigon
Can Tho
U.S
1St Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
An Khe
Fiery Mangham Highway Crash Injures Five
Five people were injured in a fiery two car and truck collision one mile north of Mangham on Hwy 15 at about 8:30 a.m. Rescue crews rushed Richard Duff David Bryant Billy White William Roberts and A Lee Booth to St Francis Hospital. Sherry and William Howell were not hurt. State police investigate the crash as traffic was diverted briefly.
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Rayville
Mangham
Hwy
St. Francis Hospital
Richard Duff
Cypress St
West Monroe
David Bryant
Maben St
Monroe
Billy White
William S. Roberts
A. Lee Booth
Archibald
Warmer Weather Predicted for Twin City Area
Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures forecast for the Twin City area today and Friday. Highs around 82 to 86, with tonight’s low 58 to 64 and sunshine covering 44 to 80 percent. FAA at Selman Field recorded a high of 84 and a low of 57 with no rain expected. Winds from the southeast at 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin City
FAA
Selman Field
Monroe
Jakarta Paper Accuses China of Backing Indonesian Coup
A Jakarta daily Karya Bhakti claims the Chinese intelligence agency aided the Sept 30 rebellion with arms and money. The report marks the first flat accusation against Communist China and notes Jakarta papers operate under army supervision after the coup was crushed. President Sukarno vows to find a political formula to end the crisis.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Communist
Chinese Intelligence Agency
China
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Sukarno
Suharto Named Army Chief In Indonesia Shakeup
President Sukarno announced Suharto as commander in chief of the Indonesian army on Radio Jakarta. Gen Pronto loses armed forces powers after the Sept. 30 coup attempt. Suharto replaces Maj. Gen. Achmad Yani who was slain by rebels. army charges Communists aided the killing.
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Singapore
Suharto
Indonesia
Sukarno
Jakarta
Pronto
Achmad Yani
Yani
Mint Producing Silverless Coins Ahead of Schedule
A Treasury official says the Mint has produced 100 million silverless quarters and is ahead of schedule. The plan includes burning out silverless dimes and half dollars by year end. The new copper cupronickel coins replace silver due to shortages and aim to ease hoarding.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Parsons Brings Back Report on Federal Funds
Mayor W L Jack Howard received a briefing from planner George Parsons on projects funded under the 1965 Housing and Urban Development Act. Parsons attended a one day session in Ft Worth with Shreveport and New Orleans represented. He said nothing is guaranteed but cities may receive federal funds for development projects and outdoor recreation under related acts.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
George Parsons
Howard
Parsons
Ft. Worth
Housing & Home Finance Agency
Shreveport
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
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Associated Press
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Karya Bhakti
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
Antara
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