Cuban soldiers remain in Africa to keep Reds in line
US intelligence says about 13,500 Cubans stay in Angola to mentor pro Marxist troops and guard key ports and an air base near Luanda. No major Cuban movement to assist Rhodesian rebels. Kissinger warns against African ventures. Tanzania and Zambia emerge as support bases for Rhodesian nationalists with Soviet arms and Chinese advisers arriving. Mozambique remains a base area for Rhodesian guerrillas.
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Washington
Angola
Luanda
Africa
Henry A. ‘Issinger
Rhodesia
Kissinger
Cuba
Soviet Union
Mozambique
Zambia
U.S
Tanzania
Inside The News-Star Highlights Sections
The News-Star sections table lists Abby Jumble Broadway Lowman and other features across Classified Radio-TV Comics Sports Theater Deaths Editorial Women Horoscope Weather and more on page 44.
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Abby
Lowman
van Dellen
Daylight Saving Time Begins Sunday Across Nation
Washington AP reports daylight saving time starts Sunday with clocks moving forward one hour from 2 a.m. to 2 a.m. October 31, lasting six months. Congress considers extending DST to seven months, but House action is pending while hearings are planned. Arizona Hawaii and parts of Indiana exempt.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House Commerce Committee
House Commerce Subcommittee
Arizona
Hawaii
Indiana
Baboons End Idyllic Life Of Park Freedom At Kings Island
Kings Mills Ohio AP baboons escape from an escape-proof compound at Kings Island amusement park. Officials recapture 40 of 50 animals after a weeklong effort using tranquilizers and a wooden trap. The remaining baboons are expected to be shipped back to the Michigan company.
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Kings Mills
Ohio
Kings Island Amusement Park
Phil Dempsey
Michigan
Dempsey
Twin Cities Chit Chat on Stephen Danna Turning Two
Stephen Danna aged two today as parents Mr and Mrs Steve Danna plan a birthday party at 218 West Hight Street West Monroe. The celebration will include ice cream cake and his first haircut.
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Stephen Danna
Steve Danna
W. Hight St
West Monroe
Gospel Singing to Start at Unity Baptist Church
A gospel singing begins at 7 p.m. Saturday at Unity Baptist Church with J. W. Spell as master of ceremonies. Special singers and class directors will be present. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
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Unity Baptist Church
J. W. Spell
Helicopter Crash Kills Twelve On Gulf Rig Flight
A Bell 205 carrying twelve offshore workers to a Gulf of Mexico drilling platform went down near Cameron Louisiana shortly after 8 am. Four bodies were recovered and no survivors found, officials said. Pilot Walter Barger of Nederland Texas was identified. workers’ employers were not released.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Petroleum Helicopters Inc
Jim Michel
PHI
Walter Barger
Nederland
Tex
Cameron
Gulf of Co
Blue Dolphin
Gulf
LaSalle Parish
Terry Lynn
Coneco
Coast Guard
Dolphin International of
Houston
Gulf Oil
Jim Gatten
Coffee prices may top two dollars per pound locally
Monroe wholesalers warn store prices could rise above 2.00 as frost damage to Brazilian crops lifts wholesale costs. Les Hart of the USDA notes a 2.09 per pound wholesale price, while Malone and Hyde cites 1.92 today and 1.65 sold to stores from stock. A Drew Grocery Co. spokesman calls the market rugged and says prices may still climb.
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Monroe
Les Hart
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Roy Jones
Malone and Hyde
Jones
Brazil
Drew Grocery Co., Inc
Hart
Revenue Share Final Payments Set at 3.3 Billion
The Office of Revenue Sharing announced a 3.3 billion final distribution under the five year program begun in 1972. Payments will be issued in October 1976 and January 1977 to about 39,000 governments, with New York State slated to receive nearly 378 million and Wyoming about 5.5 million.
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Washington
Office of Revenue Sharing
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
New York State
Wyoming
Sheriff Office Number Changed in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish Sheriff Bailey Grant announced a change to the sheriff department phone number. The new number is 388-2222, effective today, with the old line remaining active until the conversion is complete to allow for added trunk lines.
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Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Sheriff's Department
Grant
Chuckle on car insurance and single men
A light joke questions high rates for young single men and asks why marriage is not pursued to reduce costs. It playfully suggests wedlock as a cheap insurance trick for risk and humor.
River Stages Station Flood Present Change Stage
River stage readings show Station flood status and stage change at Monroe and Camden. Measurements list 40 with 22.0 feet fall, 26 with 10.5 feet fall, indicating flood conditions at river stations.
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Monroe
Camden
Price Of Coffee Expected To Go To $2 Per Pound
New York AP reports wholesale coffee prices have risen to about 2.09 a pound as frost in Brazil tightens supply. General Foods and Folger Coffee Co announced wholesale increases, with retail prices likely to follow in months. World output near 72 million bags for 1975-76 and 1976-77 projections revised downward amid droughts, earthquakes, and civil conflict affecting production.
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New York
Brazil
General Foods Corp
Folger Coffee Co
Proctor & Gamble Co
General Foods
Hurt
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
S. Hart
Angola
Guatemala
United States
John C. Maxwell Jr
Maxwell Associates
Wheat First Securities
Hart
Three Cities Considered For New Site
Volkswagen's supervisory board unanimously approves a U S car assembly project with three U S sites under active review Brook Park Ohio New Stanton Pa and Columbus Ohio The management board will choose the site and a 1977 second half start for Rabbit production at 200000 units annually is anticipated Details on job numbers and German plant impact were not provided Investors expect no German job losses as workers hold seats on the supervisory board The search for a partner was dropped to maintain total control and quality standards.
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Wolfsburg
West Germany
Volkswagen
United States
Arthur Railton
Volkswagen of America
Brook Park
Ohio
Cleveland
New Stanton
Columbus
Railton
U.S
Weather Today and Weekend Outlook for Twin Cities and Louisiana
Partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of afternoon and evening showers today and Saturday. Highs in the lower 80s, tonight to mid 60s. Southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Louisiana outlook shows Sunday showers and thunderstorms, mainly southeast, with a cooler Monday and highs near 80 to mid 80s, then mid to upper 80s Tuesday.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
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