Israeli Tanks Hit Egypt Harsh Blow
Israeli aircraft and armored units launched a 10 hour raid across the Gulf of Suez on Egyptian army positions. The action covered a 30 mile stretch with one Israeli plane lost and numerous Egyptian casualties claimed. The raid targeted artillery, SAM missiles, bases and encampments and came after a prior sea battle nearby.
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Port Said
Lebanon
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Palestine Resistance
Palestine
Vandals Damage Ferriday School
Vandals struck the all Negro Sayier Junior High School in Ferriday on Monday night causing extensive interior damage. FBI agents were called to investigate as authorities noted broken windows and molasses spilled on floors and desks. Pickets demonstrated at schools reopening under court orders while Ascension Parish and three other parishes kept some schools closed in protest of desegregation guidelines.
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Concordia Parish
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Senate votes looming on C5A planes impact
Senators Symington and Young urged expanding C5A use to boost airlift and cut US forces abroad while a Proxmire resolution seeks to pause 23 more C5As for GAO review. Young argued the larger program could permit reducing two to three divisions in Germany amid inflation and production changes.
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R N.D
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Europe
Germany
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT new baby Jamie Caroline born
The Richard Patterson family welcomed Jamie Caroline a 5 lb 5 oz girl born Sunday at Glenwood Hospital. The infant will live at 2607 N 9th St West Monroe with brothers Dickie and Darren awaiting her arrival. Airman Alexander Staten Jr son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Staten Sr of 1804 Bayou St Monroe recently graduated from Lowry Field Colorado and Alto High School in 1967.
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Darren
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Lowry Field
Colorado
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Alexander Staten Sr
Bayou St
Monroe
Alto High School
Nixon Eulogy Pays Dirksen Final Tribute
President Nixon praised Everett Dirksen as a principled leader in a Capitol rotunda service. Dirksen, 73, lay in state as lawmakers and diplomats gathered for a 24 hour public viewing before his funeral. The eulogy honored his 32 years of public service and impact on major laws.
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John C. Calhoun
William Jennings Bryan
Winston Churchill
Camden Monroe River Stages Flood Present Change Stage
The report notes river stage readings at Camden Monroe with a stage change to 66.1 feet and a fall of 44.00 inches, indicating rising flood conditions.
Blind Bronx teacher teaches first day to curious pupils
New York AP report from Macombs Junior High describes Alexander J. Chavich, a 38 year old blind public school teacher, guiding 500 students through a first day. He grades hard, plans braille transcription of texts, and hires a reader, while administration adapts classrooms and rules.
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Chavich
Macombs Junior High School
Bronx
Milton Stuer
Stier
Nixon set Friday meeting of top advisers on Vietnam
President Nixon will convene an extraordinary Friday session with his top advisers to review every aspect of the Vietnam situation. Attendees include Rogers Laird Kissinger Wheeler Abrams Helms Bunker and McCain. The White House says no immediate announcements will come from the meeting.
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William McCain
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Pacific
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Vietnam
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Central Intelligence
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South Vietnam
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Abrams
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Agnew
U S May Extend Slowdown In War
U S forces likely to keep limiting offensive actions if Viet Cong and North Vietnam show low activity after the funeral truce for Ho Chi Minh ends Thursday. U S officials hope to keep negotiating open while seeking pacification and security amid sporadic clashes and renewed calls to fight on.
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Area Weather Forecast Through Wednesday
Clear to partly cloudy skies remain with no major temperature changes through Wednesday. Highs 86 to 90, lows 64 to 68. Selman Field reports no rainfall Monday with a high of 88 and a low of 65 this morning. Drying conditions stay good in daytime and poor at night. Sun shines 75 percent or more today and Wednesday. Winds north to northeast 6 to 16 mph by day and 6 mph or less at night.
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Ft. Polk Soldier Dies Of Gunshot
Pvt. Kenneth M. Clementson, 20, of Pine City Minnesota, died at the Army hospital in Ft. Polk after being shot while trying to stop a Leesville robbery. Two other soldiers, Pvt. David Gilbert and Pvt. SL Holloman, were handed to Vernon Parish authorities on murder charges. Gilbert faced attempted murder charges and Holloman an accessory charge.
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Pine City
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Holloman
Vernon Parish
Glass house residents face a doorbell knock joke
Local quip weighs on those who live in glass houses as the punch line Lands on doorbell moments.
Death of Fort Worth physician Dr Eliza Goggans
Dr Eliza Ann Sartor Goggans 45 a Fort Worth pathologist died unexpectedly in Dallas. Funeral 1 p m Wednesday at All Saints Episcopal Fort Worth with Harerson Cole directing. burial in Alto Baptist Church Cemetery Thursday. Survivors include husband Dr Albert M Goggans daughter Leigh 15 Fort Worth son Frederick Amherst College mother Mrs D R Sartor Sr Alto father D R Sartor Sr Monroe attorney.
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Leigh Goggans
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Amherst College
Massachussetts
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D. R. Sartor Jr
Hurricane Gerda Threatens Cape Cod and Maine
Hurricane Gerda swept toward southeastern New England striking Cape Cod with 9 to 100 mph winds and expected to hit eastern Maine next. Officials feared heavy property damage as power and phone outages spread while residents braced, evacuated, and moved boats and families to shelters.
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New Jersey
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Rhode Island
Civil Defense
Massachusetts
Allan R. Zenowitz
Cutbacks Not To Slow Local Post Office And Roads
Officials say 95 percent finished Monroe post office on Sterlington Road will proceed with no cutback impact. State highway chief Moore says contracted projects like Phase 3 of the Expressway and sections of I-20 will not slow, though a future federal cutback could delay spending.
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Herbert Brown
Woodrow Hathorn
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Dedica
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James W. Moore
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Moore
Johnson
Plan Offered On Tax Credit Repeal Action Plan
Washington AP Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee map a path to repeal the 7 percent investment tax credit by attaching it to the House passed interest equalization tax bill. The plan aims to finish action by month end to avoid market uncertainty and secure President Nixon’s push to extend the tax.
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Congress
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D-La
John J. Williams
R-Del
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Finance Committee
Stocks Drift Lower In Morning Trading
The stock market stayed slightly down in active trading in New York as losses eased from earlier declines. The Dow Jones average at 1 pm stood about half a percent lower, with investors watching for signals to curb further losses.
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Market indices slip amid Near East worries and Monday downturn
The DJI fell 3.83 by 11 a.m. trimming gains to under 500 issues. Analysts blamed renewed Near East fighting and the prior decline, noting some broad buying at attractive levels. The 60-stock index slid to 284.4 at noon as industrials, rails, and utilities fell.
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