Thousands Of Texans Flee Lethal Hurricane Beulah May Move Inland
Saigon police reported communist terrorists damaged the Nationalist China embassy injuring 27. A sniper killed a Vietnamese pedestrian after the blast. Three arrests were made and two prominent Chinese figures were slain. The victims included Prof. Phuong Hang shot near his home in Cholon.
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Saigon
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Formosa
Red
Phuong Hang
Cholon
Charles T. Chung
Phung Ngoc Anh
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Senate votes down civil defense cuts in broad funding bill
The Senate rejected a $20 million reduction to the $91 million civil defense budget as part of a $10.4 billion, 24-agency appropriation. Senators debated rent subsidies and model cities funding, with House cuts yet to be restored, amid security concerns and overhead policies.
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Washington
Senate
Pentagon
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Young
Johnson Urges Speedy Action on Money Bills and Deficit Cuts
President Johnson pressed congressional leaders to quicken action on money bills to help him decide where to withhold spending. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said Johnson seeks federal spending reductions excluding defense, atomic energy, and debt interest, while defending key projects. He noted Johnson urged passage of a 10 percent income tax surcharge as soon as practicable.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
White House
Mansfield
Congress
Monroe Little Theatre Announces Open Tryouts For The Odd Couple
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT notes Mr and Mrs H W Hill of Monroe are touring Tennessee and Florida before returning. Monroe Little Theatre will hold open auditions Wednesday and Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Playhouse on Lamy Lane for The Odd Couple requiring six men and two women. The Broadway comedy previously starred Art Carney and Walter Matthau.
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H. W. Hill
N. 18Th Street
Monroe
Tennessee
Gulf Coast
Florida
Monroe Little Theatre
Playhouse
Lamy Lane
Art Carney
Walter Matthau
Thant Warns of New Mideast War as UN Session Opens
U Thant and Assembly President Abdur Rahman Pazhwak warned of fresh global turmoil at the 22nd regular session. Thant feared a new Middle East war without progress on root causes from the June Israel-Arab conflict. Pazhwak cautioned against external intervention and noted guerrilla movements that could become tomorrow’s Vietnams amid power struggles and mercenary forces pursuit of national interests.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
U Thant
Assembly
Thant
Middle East
Israel
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
Vietnam
Pazhwak
River Stage Readings Show Fall at Several Stations
River stage data indicate fall in Monroe and Camden locations with readings of 40 and 265.4 respectively and changes of 0.1 and 0.5. No further context available.
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Monroe
Camden
Egypt reports 181 security arrests since June war
Cairo semiofficial Al Ahram counts 181 arrests linked to the Arab Israeli war, refuting a New York Daily News claim of 70,000 arrests. The list includes 119 military personnel, 17 civilians, 44 peasants, and one police officer. Port Said reports a Soviet warship group returning to sea.
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Cairo
Egypt
U.S
Gamal Abdel Nasser
al Ahram
Nasser
New York Daily News
Beirut
Fred Sparks
Israel
Abdel Hakim Amer
al Abram
Amer
Ahmed Saeid
Cairo Radio
Voice of the Arabs
Saeid
Ahmed Arouk
Suez Canal
Port Said
Egyptian
Roae
Regional Missile Defenses Planned
The Pentagon plans a five billion Nike X antimissile system to defend regional US areas with multiple batteries. McNamara outlined limited defense against Red China, with sites from Canada to the coasts, while opposing a full-scale Soviet ABM.
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Robert S. McNamra
Red
China
McNamara
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Midwest
Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Red China
Evening Showers Expected Here
Partly cloudy to cloudy through Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. High today 84 to 90. Low tonight 68 to 73. East winds 8 to 18 mph. The FAA Selman Field high reached 91. Cloudy conditions continued with a 65 low this morning and no rainfall in the last 24 hours.
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Faa
Sel¢man Field
Committee Okays Bill To Extend Interest Ceilings
The House Banking Committee approved a one year extension of interest ceilings on many bank and savings and loan deposits. The bill mirrors a Senate measure but lacks the two year term. If enacted by Thursday, the law would continue past its current expiry with minimal disruption to rates.
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Washington
House
Congress
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Federal Reserve System
General Accounting Office
Federal Reserve
Congressional Auditing Agency
Senate
House Committee
Savings and
Chuckle about babysitting and blondes versus brunettes
A light家庭 quip as a husband tells his wife that when their young son begins asking for a blonde instead of a brunette, they are old enough to stay alone.
Private Talks May Decide Tax Hike Fate
Washington AP reports private talks among the House Ways and Means Committee budget director and the Treasury secretary may decide the fate of President Johnsons 10 percent income tax surcharge. Most committee members oppose the tax unless spending cuts or tax structure changes reduce the deficit.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Johnson
Treasury
Charles L. Schultze
Henry H. Fowler
Schultze
Fowler
Congress
Vietnam Children Get Red Wagons
CAMP CARROLL Vietnam AP One thousand little red wagons travel from the United States to South Vietnam to aid refugee children. Marine M Sgt William D Abbott conceived the effort after seeing a child pull a crate. His wife mailed wagons from Virginia and trapshooters organized Operation Red Wagon to fund and ship the toys to Cam Lo and other refugee sites.
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Camp Carroll
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
William D. Abbott
Abbott
Demilitarized Zone
Maureen
Stafford
Cam Lo
Amateur
Trapshooting Association of America
Fall Creek Valley Club
Anderson
Ind
Hugh McKinley
Vandalia
Ohio
Trapshooting Association
Ralph Taylor
Keedysville
State Forms Private School Aid Program in Louisiana
Governor McKeithen announced a standby grant in aid program for private schools effective immediately. Louis iana plans to distribute applications to private schools by Thursday. The program, overseen by the Louisiana Education Commission for Needy Children chaired by Pat Tugwell, aims to aid up to 16,000 pupils with scholarships up to 350 dollars annually based on a sliding scale. The state faces federal court challenges to the old act, and lawmakers consider it a last resort amid desegregation tensions.
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A. P
Pat) Tugwell
Louisiana Education Commission For
Tugwell
New Orleans
McKeithen
T 2
Wade O. Martin
Co. C. Aycock
E. W. Gravelet
Pointe A la Hache
Financial Assistance Commission
Jack Gremillion
South
Louisiana
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John C. White
Weather Bureau
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Red Cross
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