Tornado hits Natchitoches area injuring nine
A tornado roared through Cooper's and Carter's Trailer Parks and Bo's Marina south of Natchitoches killing one woman and injuring nine others. Ten trailers were demolished in Cooper's and six mobile homes damaged in Carter's with boats damaged at the marina.
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Natchitoches Parish Hospital
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Randall
Jessie Marsh
Cooper's Trailer Park
Grocery Gas Declines Cut March Inflation Rise
Prices eased in March as grocery costs fell 1.2 percent and gasoline dropped 1.3 percent, keeping overall consumer price increases to 0.2 percent. Three-month inflation reached 2.9 percent annual rate, with weak wages trimming purchasing power despite a 4.3 percent yearly gain.
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Maynard Comiez
Commerce Department
Surgicenter Here Gets Certificate
The State Office of Comprehensive Health Planning issued a certificate of need for a proposed North East Louisiana surgicenter. The local council board did not approve at the local level, though three other agencies gave positive reviews. The report notes opposition by St. Francis and Glenwood Hospitals but says their statistics may have been misinterpreted. If built, it will be a free standing elective ambulatory center offering lower cost minor surgeries.
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St. Francis
Glenwood
Lafayette
Monroe
Falgout
James A. Wolff
State Office
Warmest Tuesday temperature tops 94 degrees in Richmond
New York report from UPI notes the highest temperature nationwide excluding Alaska and Hawaii reached 94 degrees in Richmond Virginia on Tuesday while Alamosa Colorado posted a low of 23 degrees.
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New York
You Know By United Press International
Criminal suspects in mediaeval England were branded with hot irons. Wounds that healed quickly indicated innocence while infections meant guilt.
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United Press International
England
Gremillion Denied Bar Reinstatement by Louisiana Supreme Court
Former Louisiana attorney general Jack P. F. Gremillion, convicted in 1971 of five counts of perjury, was denied reinstatement to the state bar by a 5-2 Supreme Court vote. Justices Marcus and Summers dissented. The court offered no written reasons. Gremillion, 61, had sought reinstatement after serving his prison term and claims no ongoing charges. Governor Edwards pardoned him earlier, but the federal conviction stands.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Atty
Jack P.F. Gremillion
State Supreme Court
Walter I. Marcus
Frank W. Summers
Gremillion
High Court
Edwin Edwards
Eglin Air Force Base
Earl Long
Cooper Cochran Welcomes First Child James Cochran Jr
Mr and Mrs Cooper Cochran of Rayville announce the birth of their first child a son named James Cooper Cochran Jr born Saturday at St Francis Hospital He weighed 7 lbs 3 oz Grandparents are Horace Cochran of Rayville and Mike Devereaux of Monroe plus Mrs Devereaux
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Cooper Cochran
Rayville
James Cooper Cochran Jr
St. Francis Hospital
Horace Cochran
Mike Devereaux
Monroe
Nationwide Rubber Strike Begins Today
The United Rubber Workers launched a nationwide strike against the Big Four tire makers Firestone Goodyear Goodrich and Uniroyal after contracts expired. Firestone offered a cost of living adjustment but workers said the raise was insufficient for 1976. Auto manufacturers reported tire stockpiles but warned a longer walkout could disrupt production of hoses belts and gaskets.
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Firestone
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Pharmacists Oppose Prescription Price Advertising
News-Star survey shows about 25 percent of Twin Cities pharmacists responded opposed to prescription drug price ads. Interviews cite concerns that ads lower quality and control, push cheap generics, and turn pharmacies into loss leaders while hurting patients and costs.
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Kathy Spurlock
Twin Cities
News-Star
John G. Lange
John Guerriero Jr
St. Francis Hospital
Reapportionment Ordered For Richland Parish Plans
U S District Judge Dawkins ordered Richland Parish Police Jury and parish school board to submit acceptable reapportionment plans within 30 days. The suit, filed mid April by Virgie McGraw and Paul Kidd, alleges the current three district system dilutes Black voting power. Winn Parish faces a similar federal reapportionment case.
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Ben C. Dawkins
Richland Parish
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Dawkins
Monroe
Richland
Monroe Atty
Paul Henry Kidd
Virgie McGraw
Kidd
Weather Today in Twin Cities Fair Skies and Warm Temps
Residents can expect fair skies today and tonight with a move to partly cloudy Thursday. High near 80 today, low in the upper 50s tonight, and Thursday highs in the lower 80s. Westerly winds 10 to 15 mph today, lighter tonight. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged 72 high yesterday and 54 low this morning, with 22 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 6 am. The extended Louisiana outlook calls for showers or thundershowers mainly northwest Friday and southeast Saturday, little rain Sunday. Friday will be warm with lows in the 60s and highs in the mid to upper 80s. Saturday’s lows in the 60s and highs in the low to mid 80s.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Louisiana
Inside The News-Star structure and section list
Local newspaper page shows sections and page numbers including Abby 2D Jumble 9D Broadway NC Lowman 3D Classified 6D Radio-TV HA Comics 12C Sports 10A Crossword 12C Theater He Deaths 9B Van Dellen 12C Editorial 4A Women 1D Horoscope 118 Weather 5A and notes five sections across sixty pages.
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West Monroe Couple Delivers Triplets at Local Hospital
Triplets born March 28 to Mr and Mrs Jesse Lee Dowdy of Red Cut Road West Monroe were released from St Francis Hospital today. Neal Bezet said the trio are the first born in two years at the hospital and weighed five pounds collectively by discharge. The babies Jeremy Duane Jerrod Christopher and Jesse Keith weighed 4 5 4 3 and 4 8 respectively at birth and are all doing fine. The Dowdys also have a 16 month old son Jeffrey Lane. Dowdy works at Morgan and Lindsey warehouse.
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Jesse Lee Dowdy
Red Cat Road
West Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Ken Purcell
Red Cut Road
Neal Bezet
Jeremy Duane
Jerrod Christopher
Jesse Keith
Chuckle: Names of per fumes suggest virtue lacks scent
A playful item notes that various terms for fumes imply virtue does not always produce a pleasant impression. The piece relies on wordplay to link smell and moral ideas with a light, humorous tone.
Parish School Board Eyes Private Legal Counsel Hiring
Ouachita Parish School Board weighs adopting its own private legal counsel to handle Title IX civil rights and student rights issues. Supt J C Lancaster says current district attorney prosecutes crimes and that outside counsel would cost hourly fees, with potential annual savings if court action is avoided. Several nearby parishes already employ separate counsel amid rising legal complexities.
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Ouachita Parish
J. C. Lancaster
Johnny Carl Parkerson
Parkerson
Lancaster
Louisiana
J. T. Lee
Morehouse
Richland
Tensas
Caddo
Orleans
Social Security COLA Increase Announced for 36 Million Recipients
The government said 36.3 million people receiving Social Security or SSI will get a 6.4 percent cost of living adjustment, effective with July checks. The rise is automatic, tied to CPI comparisons from 1975 to 1978, with 32 million Social Security and 4.3 million SSI recipients affected. last year’s increase was 8 percent and cost about $5.7 billion.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
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