News-Star Endorses Lemmie Hightower for District Judge
The News-Star endorses Lemmie Hightower for the Division B judgeship in Ouachita and Morehouse parishes. A 36 year old Morehouse Parish attorney with Army service and a Tulane Law degree, he promises nonpartisan service and to avoid using courts as political tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
News - Star
Lemmie Hightower
Fourth Judicial District
Hightower
Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
Morehouse Parish
Monroe
Louisiana
Tulane Law School
Bastrop
Ouachita-Morehouse
Monroe Area
Arthritis Foundation
Northeast Louisiana University Alumni Association
American Legion
Fifth District
Ouachita and
Morehouse
News- Star
Shriver Chosen After McGovern Brief Looming Search
The article discusses R. Sargent Shriver as a late contender for McGovern's running mate, after Eagleton was ruled out. It notes initial skepticism from McGovern, promotion by Frank Mankiewicz, and interest from figures like Johnson, Kennedy, and Daley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGovern
Shriver
Senate
Humphrey
Ed Muskie
Frank Mankiewicz
Lyndon Johnson
Ted Kennedy
Richard Daley
Sen
Tom Eagleton
Leary Linked to Global LSD Ring and Arrests
California authorities indict Dr Timothy Leary among 29 named in a Brotherhood of Eternal Love case. Raids across California Oregon and Hawaii seize 1.5 million LSD tablets and 2.5 tons of hashish with a 7.9 million street value. Bail set at 5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Leary
Brotherhood of Eternal Love
League of Spiritual Discovery
Oregon
Hawaii
Nixon Faces Unusual Lobby Push On End The War Vote
Washington reports that President Nixon used face to face lobbying aimed at House Democratic leaders to influence the end the war amendment on foreign aid. Carl Albert and Hale Boggs wavered, with Nixon arguing peace talks could be undermined by swift withdrawal.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Capitol Hill
Vietnam
White House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Hawks
Albert
Boggs
Albert and
Paris
Senate
Taiwan
South Korea
Israel
South Vietnam
United States
Near East Report
I. L. Kenen
Nelson Rockefeller
Record Vote Prediction And Turnout Trends For 1972 Election
A 1972 election forecast predicts record turnout near 90 million voters, up from 73 million in 1968, with 10 to 15 million new 18 to 24 year olds. It notes turnout often rises to support stability amid change and warns past radicals overestimate turnout. Farseeing patterns show fear of war and stability as major turnout drivers.
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U.S
George McGovern
McGovern
South Dakota
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Bryan
la Follette
Wisconsin
Henry Wallace
Goldwater
Vermont
Roosevelt
McKinley
Harding
Eisenhower
Korea
Hanoi Presses for Peace Talks and Possible U.S. Shift
In Washington the U S government faces embarrassment over Vietnam talks in Paris as Congress weighs cutoffs on funds tied to prisoners’ release. Hanoi and Saigon hold firm on independence while U S pressure grows for a political settlement and possible cease fire after the U S election.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Vietnam
Congress
Southeast Asia
White House
Hanoi
Saigon
Indo - China
South Vietnam
McGovern Offers Vice Presidency to Many Names
In Washington a taxi driver reports Sen George McGovern offered the vice presidency to numerous people including Kennedy Ribicoff Humphrey Lindsay Kalowitz Hum mer and a Detroit notary public. The narrator receives a call from McGovern proposing to become his running mate with Frank Mankiewicz named as pick.
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Washington
George McGovern
Senate
Sens
Kennedy
Ribicoff
Humphrey
Lacey
Wisconsin
Mayor Lindsay
New York
Kalowitz
New Mexico
Hummer
Primrose
Rigley
Sam Hill
Idaho
Justice of the Peace
Dumbottom
Long Fence
Montana
Detroit
McGovern
MacArthur Blvd
Massachussets Ave
Baltimore - Washington Expressway
Frank Mankiewicz
The Monroe News-Star Publication Details and Vision
The Monroe News-Star details its publisher lineage from 1929 to 1952 and lists officers including William H. Bronson Mildred Hunt Ewing Edmund Graves Brown Jr Robert Ewing III Patricia Ewing Hendrick Esther Ewing Wynne and several directors. It notes second class postage Monroe Isa Code 71201 telephone staff and Associated Press affiliation and a statement of editorial stance as an independent newspaper printing the news impartially and opposing wrongs regardless of party politics.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
News-Star—World Publishing. Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
William H. Bronson
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing III
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Wynne
Kenneth C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Helen Clay Hall
Harrison Kelly Wynne
Isa
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company
National Advertising
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
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the Honroe News-Star
News-Star
American Trial Lawyers Association
Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association
Boy Scouts of America
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
R. Sargent Shriver
Miami
Dr. Leary
Timothy Leary
Switzerland
Harvard
Orange County
Novak
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Evans
Albany
Rockefeller
Malcolm Wilson
John V. Lindsay
Wilson
GOP
Charles McWhorter
McWhorter
A.t.&t
William Jennings Bryan
Robert LaFollette
Burton Wheeler
LaFollette
By Kevin Phillips
By David Lawrence
Israel and
Jordan
Small Society
Moscow
Peking
North Vietnam
Middle East
Art Buchwald
Monroe News-Star
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