Two City Areas Hit By Edith Lashes Louisiana
Hurricane Edith struck Lafayette and Baton Rouge areas with 90 to 100 mph winds, heavy rain, and tornadoes. In Baton Rouge two schools and several residential zones were damaged with a teacher hurt and seven pupils cut. Sherwood Plaza Shopping Center reported destroyed. Power and telephone lines were out. officials noted rising water and widespread disruption as the storm moved northeast toward Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Mississippi
St. Thomas More Catholic School
Sherwood Plaza
St. Martin’s Parish
Theria Parish
Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge
Texas
Roland Tresclair
Civil Defense
Edith
Louisiana Eoas
Netherland Antilles
Caribbean
Honduras
Central America
Edith Pounds Louisiana Coast as Cameron Evacuates
Edith, a hurricane drifting from the Caribbean, battered the Louisiana coast prompting mass evacuations from Cameron Parish to Morgan City. Crowds fled coastal towns while public shelters opened and offshore oil facilities shut down. Roads flooded inland as Edith, once a tropical storm, intensified to a hurricane with 175 mph winds winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Parish
Audrey
Cameron
Gulf of Mexico
Zilles
Coe
Morgan City
Louisiana
Biloxi
Miss
Edith
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Nixon May Move To Free POWs
Washington sources say President Nixon could soften U.S. opposition to the Viet Cong North Vietnam demand for a 1971 withdrawal deadline to win the release of American prisoners. Paris talks reportedly at a standstill on the POW issue with both sides awaiting a break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Paris
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Money Experts Seek Compromise for World Monetary Crisis
London AP Pierre-Paul Schweitzer IMF managing director urged the United States and major trading partners toward a four point compromise plan to realign exchange rates, back currencies with SDRs, shift the US balance of payments toward surplus, and remove Nixon era import surcharge. Conference also covered US policy shifts and reactions from European officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
International Monetary Fund
United States
Schweitzer
Fae
U.S
IMF
America
Nixon
Karl Schiller
Britain
Anthony Barber
Connally
Autopsies confirm gunshot deaths at Attica
New autopsies cited by the New York Post confirm all hostages and inmates who died in the Attica riot were killed by gunshot wounds. The report notes disagreements over causes of death and references testimony from Dr. Michael Baden and Dr. Siegel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attica
N.Y
Attica State Prison
New York Post
Michael Baden
New York City
Baden
One Siegel
Westchester County
Richard Lewis
Lewis
Washington
James J. Buckley
New York
Buckley
Carl Valone
State Correction
Vote On Lbd Issue Urged By Mexico Citizens Committee
Citizens for Liquor By the Drink urge voters to approve LBD in Mexico special city election set for Tuesday despite a court suit seeking to halt it. Ray Morgan says the election stands as a mandate of local voters regardless of legal ruling. In brief, Vivian family announces birth of Pamela Sue Vivion weighing 7 pounds 36 ounces with siblings Kerrie Lynn. Separate note recalls a cash payment joke from a retail scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Committee
Mexico
Ray Morgan
Citizens For Liquor
Drink Committee
SBD
Committee For
LBD
Morgan
Audrain County
Robert C. Vivion
Route 2
Pamela Sue Vivion
Kerrie Lynn
Vivion
Bob’s Mobil Service
Jefferson City
Evelyn Connoway
Carrollton, Mo
Mexico School Board appoints Young to fill vacancy
Lawrence M. Barnes resigned from the Mexico School Board for personal reasons and James R. Pap Young was appointed to serve until the April school election. Young, a former Wellsville resident who has lived in Mexico since 1950, runs Young's Shell Service and is active in local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence M. Barnes
Mexico
James R
Pap) Young
Young
Young's Shell Service
West Monroe Street
Wellsville
Robert
Randy
Jent
Ringo St
First Baptist Church
Bulldog Boosters Club
Kiwanis Club
Travelers Protective Assn
Ben Jolly
Mr. Barnes
Dr. Jolly
Mr. Young
Barnes
Freeze Blocks Increases And Increments For Teachers
Mexico School Board sets salary freeze aligning with the national wage freeze. Dr. Ben Jolly reads attorney notes on the policy that seniors pay remains at 1970-71 levels for new hires after Aug 15 1971. New teachers to receive 6000 dollars yearly, second year teachers also 6000, while those pre freeze staff may see no raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Ben Jolly
Andy Runge
Nixon
Three New Teachers Named at Mexico High School
Three new faculty members were hired and one resignation accepted. Sandra Cosentino resigned while Jo Annetle Carpenter was hired as elementary librarian from Camdenton with a BS in library science. Judy Lee Nix was hired to teach third grade at McMillan School from Roswell, ENM, and Lucille Stowers, returning after a leave, will teach remedial reading at Garfield School. Mexico High School remains unconferenced as Dr Sutton notes, with traffic changes approved for Hawthorne School, and fall conferences set for Oct 4 and 5. Enrollment data shows overall stability with a notable kindergarten drop and the largest class in 10th grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Cosentino
Jo Annetle Carpenter
Camdenton
University of Missouri
Judy Lee Nix
McMillan School
Roswell
N.M
Eastern New Mexico University
Audrain Medical Center
Lucille Stowers
Mexico
Garfield School
Frank Sutton
Mexico High School
Supt
Joedgin
Hawthorne School
Lawrence Barnes
Curtis Street
Buford Thomas
Census Bureau
Eugene Field
Hawthe
McMillan Sa Garrald
Ud Garfield
Foup Vaa
Ning
Ten
Aleve
Twelve
Wad Semantery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Smashup
Gary Sapp
Liberty St
S. Clark Street
Sabine Pass
Tex
Pws
Youth Mission
Missouri
First Christian Church
Missouri Campers Association
Fairgrounds
Congress
House Select Committee On Crime
Claude Pepper
Dala
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Albany
White House
Pepper
Black Caucus
Pamela Vivion
James R. Young
MHS
Hawthorne
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!