Monroe seeks 8.2 million revenue bonds for water and power
Monroe City Council and Utilities Commission advertise for bids on 8.2 million dollars in revenue bonds to fund water and electrical system improvements. Bids open November 28 with funds available around January 15, 1967, under a plan to repay 1970 to 1997.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tyler
Monroe
City
S Utilities Commission Today
Harold Judell
New Orleans
Utilities Commission
W. L. Howard
W. D. H. Rodriguez
H. W. McSherry
Judell
David Kaplan
The
Fred Westrom
Engineering
Comp
Ford, Bacon and Davis
Campaign Kickoff Slated Wednesday in Ouachita Parish
The United Givers Fund launches its 1967 68 drive to raise 292 000 for 13 Ouachita Parish agencies with a 10 a m Wednesday ceremony at the Twin Cities YMCA 1809 Glenmar. Northeast Louisiana State College music head Davis Bingham leads a program featuring Joe Santamouro Thussen's 25 member jazz ensemble a 20 voice choir and soprano Jerry Ann Vann with pianist Ronald Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Givers’ Fund
Ouachita Parish
Twin Cities
YMCA
Glenmar
Fund General
G. L. ‘Skeeter
Morgan
Davis Bingham
Northeast Louisiana State College
Bingham
Joe Santamouro
New York City
Northeast Jazz
John Thussen
UGF
Santamouro
Thad Mullins
Monroe
Jerry Ann Vann
Ronald Brothers
Northeast
Midwest Areas May Get First Freeze Tonight
The Northern Plains brace for frost as the U S Weather Bureau warns of freezing temperatures by Wednesday morning. Strong north winds from Canada push in, threatening gale conditions on Lake Michigan and possible danger for salmon fishermen ignoring advisories. Concord New Hampshire reports a 29 degree low at 3 a.m. EDT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
United States
Canada
Midwest
U.S
Central
Appalachians
Concord
N.H
Chuckle Humor About Living Within Your Means
A lighthearted quip notes that living within your means may prompt others to question what else about you seems odd or peculiar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star — World
St Paschal’s Bazaar Opens Sunday With Booths And Food
The Twin Cities and Iz re CHIT CHAT announce St. Paschal’s Catholic Church annual bazaar. It runs 11 a.m. to dusk on church grounds with games food and fun promised. Roderick Mizell is shown as an assistant counselor at the University of Oklahoma Wilson Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paschal’s Catholic
Roderick D. Mizell
W. R. Mizell
Bayou View
Monroe
Wilson Center
University of Oklahoma
Norman
College of Arts and Sciences
Frank Murphy Seeks Ward 2 Seat On Ouachita Parish Police Jury
Frank M Murphy 40 of Ward 2 announces candidacy for the Ward 2 seat on the Ouachita Parish Police Jury in the November 4 Democratic primary. A longtime International Paper employee and local resident he cites independence and conservative aims and urges voters to back No 120. He and his wife Juanita Avant have five children and he plans to meet residents to discuss road and drainage issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Murphy
Ouachita Parish
Murphy
International Paper Company
Loch Arbor
Frank Jr
Elizabeth
Swartz School
Ward 2
Terrorist Proof Saigon Embassy Dedication Planned
The United States will dedicate a new $2.6 million Saigon embassy Friday designed as terrorist proof. The project followed the March 30 1965 Viet Cong bombing that killed 22 people including two Americans and wounded nearly 200. President Johnson announced early work on a new embassy costing about $1 million, with costs later rising to the final amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
United States
U.S
Johnson
Portrait error in White House Roosevelt portrait raised
The White House portrait by Elizabeth Shoumatoff shows Roosevelt with a rolled copy of the Atlantic Charter, though no formal signed charter exists. Hyde Park Library notes the only related item is a 1941 press release signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, not a charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
FDR
Hyde Park
N.Y
Britain
Winston Churchill
Elizabeth Drewry
Prince of Wales
Churchill
Atlantic
Newfoundland
White House
Roosevelts
North Atlantic
Mystery illness kills eleven children in Tijuana
Eleven children, aged 1 to 11, die in a swift outbreak in Tijuana as health authorities investigate the cause. More than 200 hospitalizations. Milk is found in the stomachs of treated children, with doctors using antidotes and stomach pumps while samples head to San Diego for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tijuana
Mexico
Dep. Dist. Atty
Hector Valdivia
Jorge Salas Cepeda
Pedro Luna Sanchez
Red Cross Hospital
Luna Sanchez
Calonia Libertad
James B. Askew
San Diego
Calif
Askew
Rayville Pilot Leads Strikes in Mekong Delta
Air Force Capt. Huey H. Moreland of Rayville Louisiana and Maj. Harold H. Cabby of Crystal Lake Iowa destroyed 10 Viet Cong fortified stations and five sam pans during F100 attacks in the Mekong Delta. Moreland flew from Bien Hoa as U S spokesmen said the sorties totaled 55 in the southern region with 65 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Aps
Air Force
Huey H. Moreland
Rayville
Harold H. Cabby
Crystal Lake
Iowa
Mekong Delta
Moreland
Bien Hoa
U. S
South Vietnam
Partly cloudy skies forecast with possible showers
Partly cloudy today with more cloudiness tonight and Wednesday. A 30 percent chance of scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs near 85 to 90, lows about 66 to 72. Southeast winds 8 to 16 mph. FAA Selman Field yesterday’s high 88, low 59. no rain in last 24 hours. Showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faa
Selman Field
British Urge Geneva Peace Talks On Viet War
British Foreign Secretary George Brown urged immediate peace talks on Vietnam at the UN General Assembly while accusing Hanoi of拒ing opportunities to negotiate. He backed a Geneva based settlement and noted U.S. and North Vietnam acceptance of those terms. Brown warned of no progress in fighting and referenced private talks with Rusk and Gromyko. He also called for an end to bombing but pressed Israel Arab issues and security for Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
George Brown
Vietnam
Hanoi
General Assembly
Brown
Indochina
United States
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
Britain
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
Gromyko
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
U Thant
North
Middle East
Israel
Con Thien Under Heavy Fire as Vietnam Shelling Rises
U S Marines at Con Thien endure unprecedented shelling with over 1 000 rounds fired Monday. Two Americans dead and 202 wounded as North Vietnamese artillery targets northern DMZ area. Navy destroyers Morton and Mansfield engage shore batteries while aircraft conduct 124 missions in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Thien
South Vietnam
U.S
Dmz
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Red Gunners
Navy
Cua Viet
Morton
Mansfield
Dong Hoi
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Cam Pha
Hanoi
Congress Asked To Okay Funds For Asian Bank
President Johnson asked Congress to authorize up to 200 million dollars for new special funds of the Asian Development Bank over four years with none in the current year. The funds would be released only if used to buy American goods and services for Asia to help balance payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Asian Development Bank
United States
U.S
Asia
River Stage Readings Show Varied Flood Levels
River gauge data records Monroe at 40 with stage 15.9 feet and Camden at 26 with 4.5 feet. Change shows a fall of .5 feet indicating easing flood levels at monitored sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Camden
Judge accuses Shaw defense of delaying Kennedy trial
In New Orleans Criminal District Court Judge Edward Haggerty accused Clay L. Shaw's lawyers of stalling the trial on charges of conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy. Shaw's attorneys denied the claim as the judge noted a possible November trial date and considered a venue change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Edward Haggerty
Clay L. Shaw
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Haggerty
Dist
Atty
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Asst. Dist. Atty
James L. Alcock
F. Irvin Dymond
Dymond
Beulah Flood Shrinks Slowly as Harlingen Faces Rising Water
Rio Grande flood waters inundate Harlingen Texas with 200 homes flooded and 5000 residents evacuated as Beulah's runoff threatens neighborhoods. Death toll rises to 44. Red Cross shelters house over 25,000 in 17 cities while Mexican authorities report 100000 homeless on their side of the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlingen
Teéx
Rio Grande
Beulah
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Red Cross
Nueces
Calliham
Arroyo Colorado
Arroyo
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
U.S
Camargo
Matamoros
Madero
International Boundary and Water Commission
Probe Launched Into O'Hara Activities By Gremillion
Atty. Gen. Jack Gremillion opened a thorough probe into New Orleans Dist. Court Judge Malcolm O'Hara’s activities tied to his Chicago labor rackets case testimony. The investigation, requested by the New Orleans Bar Association, follows O'Hara's role as expense traveling companion to Zachary A. Strate, convicted with Jimmy Hoffa in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
New Orleans
Zachary A. Strate
Strate
Teamsters Union
Jimmy Hoffa
Gremillion
New Orleans Bar Association
O’hara
Also Mentioned on This Page
Colorado
Treasure Hills
United Press International
Iz ‘Re
Frank Murphy
Geneva
Reds
Asian Bank
Texas-Mexican
Orleans
Dial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!