Troops Airlifted To Guard Pentagon Amid Protest Threats
Defense officials moved 15 to 20 Air Force transport planes carrying hundreds of Army MPs from Ft. Bragg Ft Hood and the Presidio to Washington as antiwar demonstrators threaten to block the Pentagon. Organizers anticipated up to 70 000 protesters with plans for civil disobedience while authorities imposed ground rules for the weekend rally.
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6Th Army
Presidio
San Francisco
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
California
Pentagon
Air Force
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Ft. Hood
Texas
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Dave Dellinger
Dellinger
United Givers Fund reaches 60 percent of Ouachita goal
Ouachita Parish UGF campaign reaches 60 percent of its $292 000 target at second weekly luncheon. Campaign chairman G L Morgan reports $175 200 pledged or collected. West Monroe leads at 78.9 percent with $51 496, Sterlington 74.8 percent, Monroe 51.4 percent, Twin Cities 47.3 percent. Morgan urges continued effort to finish on time.
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United Givers Fund
Ouachita Parish
Paragon Club
G. L. Morgan
West Monroe
Sterlington
Monroe
Twin Cities
Morgan
UGF
McGee Named Gulf Oil Senior Corrosion Control Engineer
George K. McGee of Groves Texas son of Mrs E C McGee 1411 N 2nd St Monroe named senior corrosion control engineer in the Inspection Engineering Department of Gulf Oil Corporation McGee is LSU chemical engineering graduate. William E Irvine fire control technician 3rd class US Navy completed Missile Guidance Class A School ranking 10th in class of 7m one He will attend Class C School at Dam Neck Virginia November 13 Irvine son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Irvine 4312 Mullin Drive Monroe will be home for Christmas according to his father.
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George K. McGee
Groves, Tex
E. C. McGee
N. 2Nd St
Monroe
Gulf Oil Corporation
McGee
Louisiana State University
William E. Irvine
United States Navy
Dam Neck
Navy
Polaris Electronics
Bill
Lyle Irvine
Mullin Drive
Cloudy With Showers Forecast for Monroe Area
Partly cloudy skies and a few showers are expected in the Monroe area today. Warmer today and tonight, then cooler Saturday. Highs 78 to 84, lows 50 to 56 with southerly winds 8 to 16 mph. Rain chance about 2 percent. FAA weather record at Selman Field shows 72 with 38 low and no rainfall in the past 24 hours.
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Monroe
FAA
Selman Field
Typhoon Carla Limits U S Air Strikes Over North Vietnam
Typhoon Carla weakened over the Gulf of Tonkin curbing U S air operations for a second day. Navy strikes from carriers were washed out while Air Force and Marine missions in Thailand and South Vietnam totaled 77 attacks including a railroad bridge northwest of Hanoi. In South Vietnam, South Vietnamese irregulars with U S Special Forces killed 64 Communists in three actions with no American casualties. B52s continued harassment of a large Communist force near the DMZ.
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Carla
Gulf of Tonkin
Thailand
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
North
U.S. Command
U.S
U.S. Army
Saigon
Former Japan Leader Yoshida Dies At 89 In Sleep
Former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida died in his sleep at his seaside estate in Oiso at age 89. He led Japan from 1946 to 1954 guiding postwar recovery and security ties with the United States after signing the San Francisco peace treaty.
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Japan
DISO
Shigeru Yoshida
United States
Yoshida
Oiso
Tokyo
U.S
San Francisco
Free World
Diet
Doubts On Soviet Venus 4 Soft Landing Report
Soviet press says Venus 4 may have failed to land softly as the instrument package sent data while floating in Venus atmosphere. Readings of 536 degrees Fahrenheit and 15 times Earth’s pressure may reflect atmospheric conditions, not surface data. A brief Soviet note said data was transmitted during descent toward Venus.
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Moscow
Earth
Venus
River Stage Readings at Monroe and Camden Notify No Change
Flood stage readings show Monroe at 40 with 16.0 feet change and Camden at 26 with 6.0 feet change. No new stage changes reported and no warnings issued.
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Monroe
Camden
Mariner 5 Begins Venus Atmosphere Data Return
UPI reports Mariner 5 started sending tape recorded data on Venus atmosphere from its fly by. project scientist Dr Conway W Snyder cautioned against firm conclusions citing possible magnetic field indications and solar wind effects while awaiting full tape analysis.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Mariner 5
Earth
Venus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Snyder
Snyders
Johnson to skip National Governors Conference in Virgin Islands
The White House announced President Johnson will not attend the National Governors Conference in the Virgin Islands. His Vietnam policy has been a focal point of discussions among governors.
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Washington
Johnson
Virgin Islands
White House
Ford Auto Union Settlement Likely in Detroit Talks
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers bargained around the clock in Dearborn seeking a potential historic contract. The UAW bought TV time on WWJ TV for a program by Walter Reuther as talks continued amid a 44 day strike affecting 160 000 workers across 25 states.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ford
Wwj-Tv
NBC
Michigan
Associated Press
Dearborn
Lincoln- Mercury
General Motors Corp
Feyre Quadruplets Start School Life Brings New Peace
Holyoke Massachusetts reports the Feyre family adjusting to the four 6 year olds Margaret Mau reen Robert and Jaimie starting school. Mother of 11, Mrs Raymond Feyre, says she now enjoys peace and can plan her day around return home time for homework and chatter. The eldest daughter is married and the father travels for work.
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Feyre
Michael
Raymond Feyre
Robert
James
Maureen
Margaret
Holyoke
Mass
West Monroe Police Chief Affirms Strict Law Enforcement Policy
Chief Johnny B. Mitchell of West Monroe says the Enforcement of Municipal Laws Department will arrest violators of the law regardless of affiliation, whether individuals or group members. He notes past Klansmen faced convictions and that the department does not publicize arrests as Klan actions.
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West Monroe
Johnny B. Mitchell
Mitchell
Monroe
James C. Kelly Jr
White Knights
The
KKK
Chuckle: A fanatic who won’t change mind or subject
A light joke notes a fanatic clinging to fixed views and refusing to switch topics. The quip plays on stubborn insistence and distraction avoidance in a playful, single thought observation.
Mississippi Klansmen convicted in 1964 civil rights slayings
In Meridian Mississippi seven white defendants including Neshoba County Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price and Klan chief Sam Bowers were found guilty on conspiracy charges for the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia. The jury declared itself deadlocked on three other cases, with mistrials ordered. Price and Roberts were jailed without bond amid accusations of intimidation.
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Meridian
Miss
Sam Holloway Bowers Jr
Neshoba County
Lawrence A. Rainey
U.S. Dist
Harold Cox
Justice Department
Sam Holloway Bowers Jrr
Philadelphia
Bowers
Laurel
Miss. Neshoba
Cecil R. Price
Alton Wayne Roberts
Jimmy Arledge
Billy Wayne Posey
Philadelphia, Miss
Jimmy Snowden
Horace Doyle
Ethel G. “Hop” Barnette
Neshoba
Edgar Ray Killen
Jerry McGrew Sharpe
Deep South
Cox
Price
Roberts
Meridian Post Office
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