Beulah Gains Fury Churning For Gulf Coast Shaw Loses Court Bid
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison won two motions to dismiss the indictment against Clay Shaw in the Kennedy assassination probe. Judge Haggerty overruled the requests citing a possibly valid grand jury. Shaw, 54, free on 10000 bond, faces Oct trial for alleged conspiracy with Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie.
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Shaw
New Orleans
Garrison
Kennedy
Haggerty
Orleans Parish
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
David W. Ferrie
Smathers Mundt Attack Thant Peace Hint
Senators Smathers and Mundt dismissed U Thant’s call for a bombing pause without Hanoi pledges. They warned a halt would cost more American lives as North Vietnam would reinforce and equip the South. Mundt questioned South Vietnam’s authority to suspend bombing and urged UN arms curbs to aid talks.
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Washington
Senate
U.N
U Thant
Hanoi
Menetee
George A. ‘Smathers
D-Fla
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Thant
United Nations
United States
Smathers
Mundt
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Tran van Do
Saigon
Hanoi Reports Haiphong Raided Again
Hanoi reports Haiphong raided again with North Vietnamese gunners claiming two planes shot down. U S Navy pilots hit a bridge a railway yard and a warehouse complex in the port city on Sunday.
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Tokyo
Hanoi
Haiphong
River Stage Readouts Report Flood Risk at Monroe Camden
River stages show rising levels with Monroe and Camden readings indicating flood risk. Current measurements list Stage 40 at 15.9 and a Fall 1 change, signaling potential water level increase.
Parish graduates from Air Force ROTC Sophomore Training School
Charles W. Parish of West Monroe has completed the five day Air Force ROTC Sophomore Training School on the LSU campus. He was among 85 cadets chosen from a class of more than 700. Parish is an engineering major and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon C. Parish. Patrolman Jerry B. Rod en of the Monroe Police Department will attend the ninth session of the LSU Law Enforcement Institute from September 18 to December 8, 1967 at Pleasant Hall, LSU Baton Rouge.
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Charles W. Parish
West Monroe
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
LSU
Parish
Leon C. Parish
Rt. 3
Jerry B. Roden
Monroe
Eight Die In Mt. Washington Cog Railway Crash
Eight killed and more than 70 injured as a mountain excursion train plunged about 500 feet off the cog railway on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. Gov. John W. King ordered a state utilities commission investigation. Rescue workers took four hours to remove victims to the base. The 98 year old railway normally carries 20,000 tourists seasonally. Police identified seven of the dead and 72 injured were reported at Littleton Hospital and other NH and Vermont facilities.
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MT. Washington, N.H
Mt. Washington
John W. King
State Public Utilities Commission
Presper Range
Whiteountains
Bertrand Croteau
Thornton
Labor Day
Mary Frank
Warren
Mich
Kent Woodworth
New London
N.H
Shirley Zorry
Lynn
Mass
Charles Usher
Dover
Brookline
Littleton Hospital
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mary Hitchcock
Hanover
Capital Gains Tax Increase Opposed
The New York Stock Exchange urged Congress to exclude capital gains from any surcharges on income taxes. NYSE president Robert W. Haack warned higher gains taxes could reduce revenue by prompting losses and delaying gains. Committee hearings on Johnsons 10 percent surcharge begin soon.
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Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Robert W. Haack
Stock Exchange
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Haack
Ways and Means
Com
Mittee
Treasury Department
Associated Press
Tax Writing
GM Hikes Prices of New Cars by 110 Dollars
Detroit AP General Motors boosted 1968 model sticker prices by an average of 110 dollars or 3.6 percent from 1967. The rise, smaller than Chrysler’s 133 dollar increase, reflects higher material and payroll costs while federal taxes and dealer handling are included.
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Detroit
General Motors
Auto Company
Chrysler
Ford
American Motors
United Auto Workers
Detroit Teachers Ratify New Two-Year Contract
Detroit teachers ratified a proposed two year contract ending a two week strike that closed schools for about 300000 pupils. The package includes an 850 dollar across the board annual raise for two years and a 39 week school year with costs estimated at 9.35 million dollars annually. The vote tally was 3346 to 374 in favor.
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Detroit
Peter Grylls
Grylls
Inkster
Ecorse
River Rouge
Michigan
Thundershowers Predicted Here
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions expected with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the Monroe vicinity today. Highs near 85 to 90, lows 63 to 69, winds east to southeast at 8 to 18 mph. Yesterday’s FAA Selcloudman Field high 91, low 58, no rainfall reported in 24 hours.
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Monroe
Faa
Sel- Cloudyman Field
Personal Income Gains Reported in August
Washington AP reports wages and salaries led a $4.5 billion rise in personal income to a $631.2 billion annual rate for August. This marks the third straight monthly gain and could bolster Administration arguments for a 10 percent surcharge on individuals and corporations to curb inflationary pressure.
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Washington
Commerce Department
New York School Strike Continues
In New York the public school strike persists after a night of bargaining ends with no settlement. The State Mediation Board plans to resume talks at 6 p.m. as 1.1 million students face another week without regular classes and low Friday attendance is anticipated.
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New York
Vincent D. McDonnell
State Mediation Board
U S Planes Bomb Nearer China Border
U S Air Force F4 Phantoms struck the Thai Khe highway bridge near the China border seven miles from the border in the war’s closest raid to China. Navy airmen hit targets around Haiphong including a railroad and warehouse complex. Air operations involved 109 missions with one plane lost and 2,000 American infantry airlifted into Ho Bo Woods north of Saigon.
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Saigon
Red
China
Thai Khe
Hanoi
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Skyhawk
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
Ho Bo
U.S
North Vietnam
U S May Soon Resume Weapons Flow To Israel
The United States may ease the arms embargo on Israel and possibly other Middle East nations as the Pentagon reviews military aid. Officials said there is no foundation for reports of guaranteed bomber squadrons and no decisions have been made.
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Washington
United States
Israel
Middle East
Pentagon
Offshore Beulah Threat Grows as Rigs Evacuate
Hurricane Beulah strengthens to 115 mph and bears toward the Texas coast while offshore oil rigs batten down and suspend work. Civil Defense boosts supplies as forecasts warn of a severe hurricane within 24 hours. Meanwhile communities from Brownsville to Progreso brace for likely impacts and evacuations continue.
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Brownsville
Tex
Beulah
Gulf of Mexico
Texs
Weather Bureau
Texas
Texas Gulf
Gulf Coast
Continental Oil Co
Louisiana
New Orleans
Civil Defense
National Hurricane Center
Caribbean
Mexico
Tizinin
Progreso
Yucatan Peninsula
British Turn Scientist to Russians in Tug of War
Dr. Vladimir Tkachenko, 25, a British-Soviet stalemate figure, was returned to the Soviets claiming it was his free wish. Britain had accused kidnapping and drugging him after he was seized from a Moscow bound airliner. He was rushed to the Soviet Embassy, reportedly in poor health, while British authorities cited his stated wish to return home.
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London
Vladimir K. Tkachenko
Britain
Tkachenko
Evgeney Rogov
Soviet Union
Scottish
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
New York
Vladislen Vassev
Vassev
Small boy asks girl if she is the opposite sex
A light moment described as a child asks a girl if she is the opposite sex or if he is mistaken. The exchange highlights playful curiosity between young children without further context or consequence.
Dayan says Israel will keep territory seized in war
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said Israel will retain the Arab lands captured in the June war and pursue cease fire lines only as base for permanent borders. He urged troops to stand firm while warning neighbors they cannot move Israel.
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Murray J. Brown
United Press International
Moshe Dayan
Middle East
Dayan
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
East Bank
Suez Canal
Sinai Desert
United Arab Republic
Dayn
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Putnam, Conn
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Hampton, N.H
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Julie
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Denver Sports Car Club of America
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Telchac
Meridan
Yucatan
Cozumel
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Abdel Hakim Amer
al Ahram
Amer
Nasser
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
U.N. General Assembly
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