Ouachita Parish Primary Election Set For Saturday
Ford will invoke Taft Hartley act as Ouachita Parish voters prepare for Saturday open primary to trim 64 candidates in 10 races and decide a $3 million courthouse bond. Polls open 6 am to 8 pm with 52 136 potential voters including Democrats Republicans and independents.
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Ouachita Parish
Parish
American Party
Monroe
Louisiana Supreme Court
Richwood
Fourth District Court
Ralph Troy
Edwin Edwards
Quachita Parish
Odis Russell
Court of Appeal
Second Circuit
First District
Minden
Morgan City
Pat Wright
James Vwi
Madison
Local Teamsters Strike Pickets Monroe Area Firms
Local 568 union members picketed several Monroe area firms amid ongoing contract talks. The nationwide strike began after failure to reach an agreement Thursday night, affecting motort freight firms and local businesses dependent on trucking. Independent truckers and some stores reported varied impacts while some firms and shippers anticipated potential slowdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamster
Monroe
J. O. Ham
Braswell Motor Freight Lines, Inc
McLean Trucking Co
Red Ball Motor Freight
Roadway Express
Johnson Motor Lines
ET & Wnc Transportation Co
Arkansas
Ham
K-Mart
Woodpeckers May Be The Solution
Los Angeles AP report: Dr. Philip R. A. May studies why woodpeckers drill holes without injury. He suggests findings could lead to safer helmets for athletes motorcyclists drivers and pilots. Research partners include Dr. Joaquin M. Foster UCLA Ada Hirschman and Paul Newman.
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Los Angeles
Philip R.A. May
Brentwood Veterans Administration Hospital
University of California At
Camarillo
Jobless rate seen easing but pace may slow later
Washington says unemployment may fall at a slower pace after a rapid drop since October. February jobless rate stood at 7.6 percent with about seven million unemployed. Officials caution a potential March uptick, while predicting a possible year end decline of roughly 0.5 to 0.75 percentage points. Wholesale prices rose 0.2 percent in March as industrial goods and foods climbed, offsetting a farm price drop.
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Washington
Labor Department
Julius Shiskin
Commissioner of
Labor Statistics
Shiskin
Sidney L. Jones
Treasury
White House
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Twin Cities Chit Chat Graduates From Navy Medical Center
Harry R Hill son of Mr and Mrs Gary J Hillman of Monroe graduates from the operating room technician school at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Oakland California. After visiting Monroe he will be stationed in California. Belated birthday wishes to Mrs David Agnew of Monroe and late greetings noted.
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Harry R
Randy) Hillman
Gary J. Hillman
Monroe
Naval Regional Medical Center
Oakland
Calif
California
David
Helen) Agnew
Auburn Ave
Twin Cities Weather Outlook With Warmth Ahead
Residents may expect fair skies today then partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a warming trend. Highs near the upper 70s today and near 80 Saturday, lows in the mid 50s tonight. Winds 5 to 15 mph, southerly tonight. Monroe Airport reported 70 Thursday and 43 this morning, no rainfall in 24 hours.
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Twin Cities
KAA
Monroe Municipal
Unemployment Rate Drops for Fifth Straight Month
The March unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, the fifth consecutive monthly decline and the longest streak in 14 years, while total employment rose to a record 86.7 million. Blacks and women gained most, with adult women driving much of the over‑year gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford Administration
Ford
Inside The News-Star Listing Overview
A catalog page from The News-Star listing sections and page numbers across Abby, Broadway, Classified, Comics, Sports, Theater, Deaths, Editorial, Women, Horoscope, Weather. It shows page locations like 2C 7D 10C 3D 2D 4B 5B 4B 10C 8C 4B 4A 1o 8A 6A across four sections and 44 pages.
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Abby
Lowman
van Dellen
Franklin Parish Reapportionment Suit Dismissed
Franklin Parish reappointment suit against the Police Jury and School Board was dismissed by Judge Ben C. Dawkins Jr. after motions by the district attorney and special counsel John F. Ward. The case, brought by James Washington Sr. and others, argued inequity of immediate reapportionment after the 1972 action. The ruling follows the district court’s consideration of those motions.
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Richwood
Verdincee Hampton- Goston
M. Richardson
Madison
John Goston
Wysinger Cleveland
Jacob Emanuel Charleston
Stonewall Goins
Libert Hill
Isaiah J. Madison
James Sharp Sr
Arthur Madison
Anthony Murry
Louis Myles
William Potter
Dorsie Tarver Sr
Democratic Executive Committee
Louise Collins
Johnnie V. Cyrus
Verna Lee Goins
Leola Hill
Rebecca McHenry
Lee Mercer
Joe G. Tatum
Ouachita Parish
Robert H. Briggs
Wallace Hargon
Clifford Lawrence Jr
LaVerne L. Lutz
Russell Myatt
Fred E. Ragland Jr
Shady R. Wall
George Franklin Zuber
Winnsboro
Carroll
John F. Ward
Franklin Parish
School Board
Retarded Adults Run Chicago Airline Pillow Plant
In Chicago a nonprofit operation employs 45¢ workers with mental challenges on a 5000000 dollar annual output including 300000 pillows and 240000 pillow cases for airlines plus 54000 scented candles. Wages start at 2.30 an hour with an incentive and merit system as workers rise in capacity.
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Chicago
Edward L. Halpern
Chicago Association For Retarded Children
Halpern
Bargainers See Progress as Ford Prods Taft Hartley Action
The Ford administration began steps to curb a two day strike by 400,000 Teamsters as negotiators edged toward a total economic package. Disputes over how to split money persisted while Labor Secretary Usery stayed at the Chicago area talks seeking a five to six issue agreement to avert a court injunction.
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Arlington Heights
Ford Administration
Washington
L. William Seidman
White House
Ford
General Motors Corp
Tonday
GMC
Pontiac
Teamsters
W.J. Usery Jr
Chicago
Usery
River Stages Station Flood Present Change
Flood stage readings show River Stages at Monroe 40 and Camden 26 with drops and rises noted. Observable changes include a fall followed by a rise in water levels at monitored stations as of the reporting period.
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Monroe
Camden
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Travis Mayo
Alfred Blakes
Ruth Cooley
Arthur D. Deloach
Loyd C. Fox
W. L. Howard
H. V. Jones
Paul Henry Kidd
Louis L. LaCart
Wayne Parker
Robert A. Smith
Gene F. Tarver
Tommy Trainer
Jimmy R. Traweek
Tom R. Lee
Harlan R. Prestridge
Bennie James Ausberry
Henry
Rowland Hardy Perry
E. D. Shaw Jr
William F. Spooner
Lou Stovall
Kathy Spurlock
Bob Croft
James Foster
K-Mart Foods
Gerald Watson
Watson
Calhoun
Duchesne-Calhoun Truck Center
Aero Mayflower Transit Co
Allied van Lines
May
Across Nation
Louisiana
Michu
Juliana
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
New York
America
Labor Statstics
News-Star
News - Star News Service
Sunny
News-Star—World
Wedgefield
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