Hostages Freed After Prison Riot At Leavenworth
Four hostages including two corrections officers and a civilian worker were released after inmates William Hurst and Armando Miramon met with a prisoner council. One guard was fatally stabbed as violence erupted with about 100 inmates involved.
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Richard J. Olive
Associated Press
Leavenworth
Kan
U.S
Kenneth Holcomb
Marvin Berry
John S. Mitchell
Richard M. Williams
William Hurst
Hollywood
Calif
Aramando L. Miramon
Los Angeles
Loren FE. Daggett
Hurst
Miramon
Harry Jones Jr
The
Kansas City Star
Donald F. Black
Leavenworth Times
Wayne G. Selle
Astronauts Begin Experiments Today
Sky lab 2 crew Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma begin their fifth day of a 59 day mission with medical and scientific work and a test of earth resources photosensors. Motion sickness eased but limited housekeeping and delayed a planned space walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Alan I. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
George Armstrong
Space Agency
Rean
Navy
Garrintt
Lousma
Farlier
Reon Lousma
Clebance
Revival Opens Friday at Southside Baptist Church Monroe
A revival begins Friday at Southside Baptist Church 700 S 6th St Monroe and runs through Sunday Aug 5 Services are 7 pm Friday and Saturday 11 am and 6 30 pm Sunday A 7 20 pm fellowship meeting follows the Sunday service Evangelist Rev David Brooks from Shreveport will preach and Woodlawn Baptist Church youth group will testify and sing Eddie Smitty leads revival music A nursery will be provided during all services.
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Southside Baptist Church
S. 6Th St
Monroe
Mel Campbell
David Brooks
Shreveport
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Woodlawn Church
Eddie Smitty
Churchill and Stalin allegedly concede Poland to aid Hong Kong
Newly released wartime papers indicate 1944 talks in Moscow led Churchill to agree to Soviet dominance in Poland in exchange for Stalin backing Britain in Asia and the Mediterranean. The records show a plan for Soviet hegemony over Poland, Balkans gains for the USSR, and British dominance in Greece with Yugoslavia shared.
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London
Winston Churchill
Poland
Josef Stalin
Far East
Mediterranean
Churchill
U.S
Hong Kong
Anthony Eden
Moscow
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
Stalin
Cials
Russia
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
State Farm Wins Special ZIP Code for Monroe Office
The Mid-South State Farm Insurance office in Monroe has been approved to use ZIP code 71208 to speed mail processing. The code will be used exclusively for this regional office and allows consolidation of mail for transfer to regional post offices. Since November 1968 the office has grown from about 2.25 million to 5.5 million pieces of mail annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Mid-South
State Farm, Insurance Co
State Farm
Mid - South
Haldeman admits responsibility for 1972 memo
Former White House chief of staff H R Haldeman acknowledged writing a February 1972 memo proposing to tie 1972 demonstrations to McGovern and the Democrats as part of the peace movement. He defended approving words in a 1971 Charlotte rally note and discussed plans to expose alleged ties to foreign or Communist money.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
McGovern
Haldeman
White House
Charlotte
N.C
Nixon
Billy Graham
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
John Dean III
Teddy Kennedy
George McGovern
D-N.d
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Weicker
Democratic Party
United States
Dean
FBI
Gordon Strachan
Ronald H. Walker
Secret Service
Graham
Monroe City School Board Finds Advertisement a Disciplinary Issue
The Monroe City School Board personnel committee ruled that the central office mailed advertisement for an insurance company as a disciplinary matter, not a legal violation. District Attorney supports the view and states no law was broken. action will be considered at the next board meeting Tuesday.
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Monroe City
School Board
Insurace Company
Dist. Army
Johnny Carl Parkerson
Parkerson
House Cuts 21.4 Billion Weapons Bill Amid Troop Debate
The House slashed the weapons bill by 950 million while rejecting cuts to overseas forces. A 242 to 163 vote approved the near 1 billion reduction led by Rep. Aspin and Rep. Rousselot. The chamber passed the 20.5 billion bill 367 to 37 despite continued NATO and troop debate.
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Washington
House
U.S
Europe
House Economy Bloc
Les Aspin
D-Wis
John H. Rousselot
R-Calif
Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Peter A. Peyser
R-N.y
House Armed Services Committee
O'Neill
NATO
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
United States
Pike
Tutorial Program Planned at Northeast Louisiana College
Dr Bryther Brantley director of Northeast Louisiana Counseling Center announces a campus tutorial program this fall to aid students across English math chemistry and accounting. Laura Gregory psychology graduate student will supervise with walk in sessions 7 to 9 pm Monday through Thursday and 5 to 10 pm Sunday plus 1 to 3 pm for commuters.
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Bryther
Brantley
Northeast Louisiana Counseling Center
Laura Gregory
Gregory
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U.S. Penitentiary
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Federal
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Black
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Daggett
Selle
Laundy
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Triday
New York
Joseph M. Montoya
Dn.m
John W. Dean III
Montoya
Frank Sinatra
Helen Hayes
Sinatra
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
John J Caulfield
Anthony T. Ulasewicz
Washington Post
Ulasewicz
Internal Revenue Service
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Iran
Ervin
John W. Dean Til
Justice Department
L.S.A
Uarden Martsne
Forsythe Ave
Senate Armed Services Committee
Liberty
Forsythe Business Center
J. B. Herrick
First Federal OF
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