Police arrest second man in bribe plot
FBI agents in Baton Rouge arrested Joseph Nolan, 26, on bribery charges tied to attempts to influence LSU football games against South Carolina, Rice, Miami, Texas A&M, Kentucky and Florida. A warrant was issued for Samuel Comeaux, 26, also of Baton Rouge. A third suspect, Samuel Graziano, 26, had been arrested last week. Nolan will be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge.
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LSU
South Carolina
Rice
Miami
Texas A&m
Kentucky
Florida
Rightmyer
U. S. Commission
Leftists Warn Johnson Not To Enter Malaysia
An open letter from 22 left-wing unions in Singapore warns U.S. President Johnson not to set foot in Malaya during his visit. Police monitor potential joint Singapore Kuala Lumpur leftist demonstrations. Malaysian police raid two Labor party branches, seizing banners denouncing Johnson as a war criminal and murderer.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Johnson
U.S
Malaya
Singapore
Labor Party
Explosion at Belgian factory feared dead at fifteen
An explosion ripped through a Malines metal goods factory with roofs damaged in nearby homes. Police fear up to 15 dead as rescuers dig through the smoking ruins. The blast followed another deadly explosion in Charleroi two days earlier.
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Malines
Belgium
UPI
Charleroi
Tanker Gulf Stag burns with seven crew missing off Morgan City
Flames engulfed the Gulf Stag, a 572 foot tanker carrying gasoline and intermediates, 60 miles southwest of Morgan City Louisiana. Seven crewmen remain missing while 28 survivors were rescued including Captain Larry Larue aboard the Atlantic Prestige. Coast Guard planes helicopters and cutters pursued rescue as the ship’s engine room burned.
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Here
Coast Guard
Gulf Stag
Atlantic Prestige
Larry Larue
Western Sun
Larue
Port Arthur
Tex
Paul Berry
Wilton Guthrie
Jesse Jeffrier
Jeffrier
Tampa
Fla
Gulf
Lakewood Hospital
Ruston Youth Tells Police He Was Kidnaped
A 17 year old Ruston boy, Mallory Pace, told Shreveport police he was abducted at knife point by a man in the city. Pace and a witness identified John Arrington, 31, of Shreveport in a lineup as the suspect, and police arrested him after area searches.
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Shreveport
Ruston
Mallory Pace
Pace
John Arrington
Arrington
Russians Credited For Escape Of Spy
London reports speculated that a secret Russian organization may have engineered master spy George Blake’s escape from Wormwood Scrubs. Scotland Yard offered no comment while monitoring the Soviet Embassy and Iron Curtain assets. Clues included pink chrysanthemums by the prison wall, a nylon ladder, and knitting needles, plus Blake’s sudden sociability before his escape. The Daily Express cited an “illegal apparatus” within Soviet intelligence as a possible theory.
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UPS
George Blake
Britain
Kremlin
Scotland Yard
Thames
Iron Curtain
England
Blake
Briain
The
Daily Express
Wormwood Scrubs
Reds Attack U S Base Near DMZ in Vietnam War News
North Vietnamese forces struck the U.S. Marine regimental headquarters near the DMZ while U.S. helicopters collided amid monsoon conditions. Mortars hit Da Nang perimeter positions, causing light casualties, as a Viet Cong mine killed 15 civilians near Hue and Dong Ha. An Australian unit near Saigon destroyed guerrilla hideouts, with heavy booby traps found in caves and a long-range radio captured.
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Upz
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
7Th Marine Regiment
U.S
da Nang
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Hue
Dong Ha
Mekong
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Manila
Johnson
Quanbeyan
Canberra
Twin Cities Chit Chat on a Match Making Computer
A woman reads an ad for Operation Match in a magazine and asks a computer to pair her with the best suited personality type. The result suggests a man likely seeking a suburban life in New York City, but the computer’s clues misalign with her real man.
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New City Hall
New York City
Three Persons Escape Germany from East to West
A husband wife and their 4 year old son fled East Germany at night crossing the double border into Lower Saxony. Border officials confirmed the family said they fled due to political and economic conditions in the Communist East.
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Goettingen
Germany
East Germany
Lower Saxony
Governor McKeithen to Visit Monroe This Afternoon
Governor John McKeithen was due in Monroe around 4 p m for a visit with Mayor W L Howard and officials. He would tour the 2 8 million Government Center and inspect facilities including E A Conway Memorial Hospital and the Louisiana Training Institute. He planned a 4 30 p m media session after meeting Howard amid campaigning for Constitutional Amendment No 1.
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John McKeithen
Monroe
W. L. Howard
Howard
New City Hall
McKeithen
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Louisiana Training Institute
Southside High School
Cool Weather Moves In For Monroe Area Tonight
The weather bureau reports a cool front from Sunday will keep temperatures pleasant in Monroe with highs around 75 and a low near 45. Rain measured at .55 inches in parts of the area, while today’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies following a Sunday high of 82 and a 55 degree low.
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Monroe Area
Monroe
Weather Bureau
Chuckle Riles Girl Urging Job at Telephone Office
A young girl in a telephone company office protests a rule by declaring she must have a telephone to make dates, marry, and start a family. Her bold stance sparks debate about gender roles and workplace expectations.
Sheppard May Not Take Stand In Retrial
Samuel H Sheppard may not testify or offer evidence in his murder retrial. Defense attorney F Lee Bailey questioned juror perceptions on silence while a panel of 15 women and nine men prepared for impartiality inquiries in Cleveland Ohio.
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Sheppard
Cleveland, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Dhepparda
U.S. Supreme Court
Marilyn
F. Lee Bailey
Cleveland
Talty
Marilyn Sheppard
Supreme Court
Severs
Thomas Reese
Vitamin A Blocks Lung Cancer in Hamster Study
Tokyo AP reports Dr. Umberto Saffiotti, at Chicago Medical School, found high doses of vitamin A drastically reduce lung tumors in hamsters exposed to benzpyrene in dust. He cautions against human use until further study and notes timing and dosage need determination. Dust carries cancer-causing agents in smoke and industry.
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Tokyo
Umberto Saffiotti
Chicago Medical School
Saffiotti
Manila summit marred by student clash outside Johnson hotel
About 8,000 students clashed with police outside the Manila hotel hosting the Manila summit after President Johnson urged peace in Southeast Asia. Westmoreland warned of a new Red offensive before the US elections, while Marcos urged North Viet Nam to accept conciliation. Johnson stressed equality and allied unity to show resolve to halt aggression and pursue negotiation.
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API
Johnson
Southeast Asia
William R. Westmoreland
U.S
Saigon
Ferdinand Marcos
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
William Moyers
Peking
South Viet Nam
Marcos
Asia
Red China
North Viet Nam
Dean ‘Rusk
China Sea
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