Closure Dike Work Ahead On S Grand Street
Fleets of trucks unload up to 3 500 cubic yards of red clay along S Grand St to fill a closure dike in the Ouachita River levee. Pistorius of the Tensas Basin Levee District described progress as eight trucks from Louisiana Highways plus city crews assist. Roadblocks slow traffic as the river crest nears 49 feet with the project aiming to raise the dike to about 52 feet mean sea level.
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S. Grand. St
Ouachita River
Merlin Pistorius
Pistorius
Tensas Basin Levee
Monroe Police Department
S.Grand_ St
Grammont
Bry
Monroe
West
Tensas Basin
Abington
Monroe Department Ofublic
Luther Harper
Errol Donovan
Louisiana Department of Highways
Fifth District
A. A. Braddock
State Department of Public Works
Ouachita Parish
Mississippi River
S. Grand St
South Grand St
Howard Griffin, Inc
Bry St
Colonial Dames Museum
Donovan
Levee District
Calypso
S. Grand Streets
Ouachita
Shady
Howard Griffin
S. Grand Street
Caldwell Road Closure Due to Floodwaters
James W. Moore, Fifth District commissioner on the Louisiana Highway Board, announced Louisiana Highway 133 between Ta. 4 and 561 (Hebert) is closed today because of high water. This marks the 16th road in the area shut by floodwaters.
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James W. Moore
Louisiana Highway Board
Ta. 4
Hebert
Ouachita River Crest Forecast at Monroe May 7
The National Weather Service warns the Ouachita River will crest at 47 feet in Monroe on May 7, two feet below earlier projections. flood stage expectations remain high as the city braces for crest conditions and potential inundation.
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National Weather Service
Ouachita River
Monroe
Monroe City School Board faces charges over superintendent choice
Two black board members accuse others of backroom dealing as they dispute the selection process for a new Monroe system superintendent amid claims of bias. The meeting aimed to formalize an earlier vote for Sid ney Seegers or keep B A Pett erson in place, with tensions over term lengths and interim appointments.
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Monroe City
Paul J. Neal
Henrietta George
Dist. V
George
Yvonne Nash
Dist II
Neal
Dist. I
Sidney Seegers
B. A. Petterson
Gus Petterson
Carroll
Nash
Petterson
Richard O. Miles
Miles
Carroll High School
J. Harvey Walthall Jr
Ouachita Parish teachers plan retirement banquet
The Ouachita Teachers Association and Classroom Teachers Association schedule a retirement banquet for local teachers retiring this year. The May 1 event at the Ramada Inn in the Planitation Room starts at 7 30 p.m. with program directed by W P Dalrymple.
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Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Teachers Association
Classroom Teachers Association
Ramada Inn
W. P. Dalrymple
Census finds 5.3 million undercount in 1970
The Census Bureau reported a 5.3 million undercount in the 1970 census, about 2.5 percent, with blacks showing a higher undercount rate of 7.7 percent while whites were counted at 1.9 percent. Officials said the undercount is lower than 1960 and 1950 rates and varies by urban black populations.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Sible
Joseph Waksberg
Bureau
Chicago
FDA to Ban Growth Drug for Livestock
The FDA plans a total ban on the livestock growth drug DEL with immediate impact on pelleted implants. An accompanying recall of unused pellets follows, while animals already injected may be slaughtered to stabilize meat supply. DES residues in implanted meat prompted the action under the Delaney Amendment.
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FDA
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Agriculture Department
Boston
Indian Wounded Exchange Dies at Wounded Knee
Rapid City South Dakota Indian Frank Clearwater aged 47 died in a Rapid City hospital from a head wound suffered last Tuesday during the heavy gunfire exchange with federal officers at Wounded Knee. Eleven people researchers report wounded since the occupation by American Indian Movement followers. Clearwater's widow Morning Star 37 requested burial for her husband at Wounded Knee.
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Rapid City
Wounded Knee
Frank Clearwater
Clearwater
Morning Star
Showers Continue Across Twin Cities Area Today
Weather summary notes showers and possible thunderstorms in the Twin Cities area today with mainly cloudy skies. Temperatures near 80 today, lower 50s tonight, and mid 70s to 60s later in the week with rainfall chances of 60 percent today and 30 percent tonight.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Saigon Proposes Elections With Viet Cong Participation
Saigon unveiled a six point plan for general elections on August 26 including Viet Cong participation. The Viet Cong rejected it as an artificial maneuver saying it fails to meet the Paris treaty. The proposal suggested troop demobilization in South Vietnam paralleling North Vietnamese withdrawals.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
South
Paris
Tran van Lam
Nguyen van Sieu
Lam
Record Flooding Across Mississippi River Basin
The Mississippi and tributaries surged to new heights with 5,800 people displaced and at least five deaths. Flood crests were forecast from Dubuque Iowa to Cairo Illinois as St Louis faced record levels near 43.5 feet. Mobile home communities in Missouri and rising waters near Little Rock Arkansas prompted private boats to evacuate dozens and ferry more as conditions worsened.
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Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
St. Louis
Gateway City
Dubuque
Cape Girardeau
Cairo
Missouri
St. Charles County
Arkansas River
Little Rock
Ark
Coast Guard
Pact Appears In Danger Of Falling Apart
The White House said Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho would return to Paris to discuss Viet Nam cease-fire violations. Sullivan and Thach will meet in Paris to prepare a review of the treaty and ensure its strict application amid rising breaches.
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Washington
UPI
Vietnam
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
William Sulllivan
North Vietnam
Nguyen Co Thach
State Department
Sullivan
Kissinger
Tho
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Ronald L. Ziegler
Thach
Indochina
Tetanus Booster Urged for Flood Area Workers
Dr. Ramson Vidrine, state health officer, urges tetanus boosters for flood area workers. A tetanus toxoid booster is advised every 10 years after the initial four doses, and within five years for deep or dirty wounds. Local health units provide the vaccine and boosters. typhoid shots are not recommended now.
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Ramson K. Vidrine
Vidrine
Brennan sworn deputy marshal to carry gun across states
President Nixon's labor secretary Peter J. Brennan was sworn as a deputy U.S. marshal to carry a pistol across state lines. DOJ said he has full marshal powers but will not arrest or transport prisoners, and he will not receive a salary. Brennan previously held a New York gun permit and often travels between Washington and New York.
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Washington
Peter J. Brennan
U.S
Justice Department
Brennan
Labor Department
New York
Nixon
Secret Service
Richard G. Kleindienst
Wayne Colburn
Kleindienst
Colburn
River Stages Station Flood Present Change Stage
A weather bulletin notes river stages at Monroe and Camden with rises and falls in feet. The report uses terse station readings to indicate flood changes while a quoted aphorism about fathers and weddings appears in the same clipping.
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Monroe
Camden
Sold Welsh Shetland Pony with saddle and bridle
Sold Welsh Shetland Pony with saddle bridle and blanket good for riding. Contact 322 1140 for details.
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